Chapter 1716 – Rams Wan’s Relief
[Distance from the ringing of the Eastern Emperor’s Bell: 104 years]
Dark crows circled in the air, and on the marble ground, a beautiful woman in a smoky blue cheongsam was holding a teenage boy, standing before a rockery.
Behind the two, a young man in a Western vest glanced at his wristwatch, the shimmering light reflecting off the monocle on the bridge of his nose as he glanced behind him as if waiting for something.
The hazy drizzle dampened the young man’s coat and waistcoat, and he looked up at the beautiful woman beside him in disbelief, asking:
”Master Chief, why are we standing here?”
Gongyang Wan calmly spoke, “Waiting for someone.”
”Who?”
”You don’t need to know.”
”Oh ……,” the teenager nodded, looked at his wet clothes, and spoke once again, “Lord Superintendent, why don’t we use umbrellas?”
”What? Can’t even withstand this bit of wind and rain?” Gong Yang Wan coldly spoke, “To become a truly strong person, you have to go through the baptism and refinement of the wind and rain …… If you can’t stand it if you get wet, you’d better go home while you still can.”
The teenager opened his mouth, or silently lowered his head and spoke softly:
”I’m not afraid of the wind and rain …… I’m just afraid that Lord Superintendent your clothes will get wet and you’ll get cold.”
Gongyang Wan glanced at him and did not speak.
”Coming.”
The youth wearing a monocle looked in a certain direction and suddenly spoke.
Gongyang Wan turned her head to look, only to see that amidst the gray drizzle, a black-clothed figure holding an umbrella in his right hand slowly walked across the wet marble pavement, the umbrella’s eaves drooping slightly, obscuring the person’s face, making it impossible to really see.
His footsteps did not make the slightest sound, like a ghostly shadow in the rain, quietly arriving before the crowd.
”Greetings, Lord Lin.” The youth spoke respectfully.
Lin Qiye raised the corner of his umbrella brim and carefully sized up the well-mannered youth in front of him, a flash of surprise flashing across his brows:
”Hu Jia?”
”It’s me.” The youth smiled, “However, right now my name is Lu Fanglin.”
”I haven’t seen you for two thousand years, and you’ve taken that step as well……. Congratulations.”
”It’s still far from you, Lord Lin.”
Lin Qiye’s gaze crossed over the youth and looked at the two people at the back, these two thousand years, Gongyang Wan’s appearance still hadn’t changed in the slightest, but the teenager she was holding in her hands made Lin Qiye feel somewhat familiar.
”Is he ……?”
”The child I picked up from the side of the road, and now, is also a member of the Evil Suppression Division.” Gong Yang Wan replied.
”Hello, my name is Nie Jinshan.”
Hearing these three words, Lin Qiye’s eyes slightly condensed as he dropped the umbrella’s brim down a bit to cover his face once again, and spoke somewhat helplessly:
”You shouldn’t have brought this child to see me …… If you involve my karma with him again, it will be troublesome.”
Gong Yang Wan was stunned, “This child is more than a hundred years removed from your era, right? He also has karma with you?”
”There is.”
”I see.” Gongyang Wan nodded, “Hu Jia, take him around.”
”Yes.”
The youth walked forward, took the palm of the teenager Nie Jinshan’s hand, turned around, and walked towards the smoky rain.
During this process, the teenager Nie Jinshan even stared wide-eyed, wanting to see the mysterious man’s face, but no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t see it clearly.
Only when the two walked away did Lin Qiye slowly speak:
”Did you find me here this time, is there anything?”
”There is.” Gongyang Wan paused for a moment, “I’m planning, to disband the Evil Suppression Division.”
”Dissolve?”
”Not bad…… these two thousand years, the Zhen Evil Division has been sinking and floating in the change of dynasties, from the initial ten or so people, to hundreds of people at its peak, to just a few people ……”
She lightly hooked her finger, and the wigwam in front of her scraped off a layer of skin, revealing the boulder in it that had been salvaged from the East China Sea, with dense names engraved on it, tens of thousands of them.
In Gong Yang Wan’s eyes, the color of reminiscence surfaced, and she seemed to be in a bit of a trance, and
”Nowadays, the feudal dynasty has been completely overthrown, and the world has come to a whole new stage …… The Evil Suppression Division, is no longer suitable for this era.”
Lin Qiye pondered and nodded slightly.
Gong Yang Wan was right, even though in these two thousand years, Gong Yang Wan had been constantly changing and improving the model of the Zhen Evil Division based on the change of dynasties, but in the face of the century where people’s minds had made a great leap forward as well as the explosive growth of technology, it was not destined to be easy for the Zhen Evil Division to keep up with the footsteps.
What’s more, the decline of the feudal dynasty, coupled with the fact that the world has completely forgotten about the existence of the Zhen Evil Division, leading to the Zhen Evil Division is now very difficult to absorb new members, to this day, there are only less than ten members left, this is not because of the unfavorable unity of the Gong Yang Wan, but rather, it is the inevitable result of the change of the times.
”It may not necessarily need to be disbanded, with a different idea and model, there may still be a turnaround.” Lin Qiye advised.
The Evil Suppression Division was founded by Huo Zaiwei, but what was contained was Gongyang Wan’s heart and soul for more than 2,000 years……. Now that she wanted to disband the Evil Suppression Division, there was bound to be some reluctance in her heart.
Gongyang Wan shook her head.
”Lin Qiye …… I’m tired.”
”These two thousand years, I have been exhausting my efforts for the Zhen Evil Division …… There are so many people in the world who fight to the death to pursue longevity, but to me, longevity is a kind of torture.
A Clumsy is dead, and we had become the peak of human beings, and as early as two thousand years ago, I should have followed him into the ground …… For the Zhenxian Evil Division, I have constantly swallowed the foreigners and prolonged my life span, and I have only survived to this day.
For two thousand years, I have swallowed more than one hundred and forty foreigners in the raw …… This body that I have now is completely made up of these one hundred and forty living people, stacked up.
When I bathe now, I have to close my eyes because when I see this body, it makes me feel sick …… I’m tired, Lin Qiye, I’m really tired.”
Gong Yang Wan looked at her white and tender palms, but her eyes were filled with disgust and nausea, and
”I …… don’t want to rely on cannibalism to gain longevity anymore.”
Lin Qiye looked at her pained face and fell into silence.
”So, you asked me to come because you want me to help you free yourself?”
”The Evil Suppression Division was dissolved, and my mission of more than two thousand years has come to an end …… I can be like the Marquis and turn into a heroic spirit to guard the country’s fortune, but this kind of longevity that relies on eating people to continue …… I don’t want to continue. ”
”The process of performing the Soul Hiding Technique is not easy, are you sure you want to do it?”
”It’s just pain.” Gong Yang Wan smiled to herself, “Skinning the bones and cutting open the heart to get blood …… Consider it my punishment for cannibalism.”
Lin Qiye looked at Gongyang Wan’s pleading eyes and, in the end, let out a long sigh:
”I understand …… Then Nie Jinshan, what are you going to do?”
”Hu Jia and Yan Zhong, will take care of him for me,”
Lin Qiye nodded, a broken sword slipped out of his sleeve and into his palm.
He slowly walked towards Gong Yang Wan, and
”Then let’s …… see you again in a hundred years.”
Looking at the sword blade that emitted a cold aura, the corners of Gongyang Wan’s mouth rose slightly, relief surfaced in her eyes, and she slowly closed her eyes:
”Hm.”