Chapter 1994 – The Return of the Old Past
With a wave of An Qingyu’s palm, a terrifying pressure suddenly descended, and the surging time around him pulled Wang Mian’s body like a sea wave, reeling him backward in a hurry!
Just at the moment when Wang Mian was about to be swallowed into the time vortex, An Qingyu’s finger flicked and a white chess piece crossed the time vortex.
A white chess piece crossed the river of time and crashed into Wang Mian’s body, disappearing without a trace along with the turbulent time.
The long river of time once again fell into a dead silence.
After doing this, An Qingyu withdrew her gaze, her figure gradually disappearing above the Long River of Time ……
”Lord Merlin?!!!”
In the boundless deep space, Lin Qiye violently awoke from his sleep!
Dense sweat seeped out from his forehead, and he immediately searched around like a madman, and there was no other figure present in the vast, dark universe, except for the countless stars that flashed silently ……
No ……?
Lin Qiye froze in place, then returned to his senses, rubbing the corners of his bloodshot eyes, a touch of bitterness surfaced in his expression.
”Is it a dream ……?”
The fire of hope that was lit in Lin Qiye’s heart was mercilessly extinguished …… He had a dream, he dreamt that the Eastern Emperor’s Bell was rung, then Mei Lin crossed countless times and spaces and came to his side …… He thought that he had finally found that ray of hope, but he didn’t expect that, after all, it was was just a dream bubble.
Lin Qiye sighed and could only force himself to gather his spirits, preparing to continue fusing the Heavenly Crowning Cloud Sword with the [Hand of Kingship] and heading deeper into the universe.
Just as he was about to open the Forbidden Market, his entire body suddenly froze in place.
”Wait ……”
Lin Qiye looked like he realized something as a flash of light exploded in his eyes, immediately closing his eyes and sinking his thoughts into the Asylum of the Gods in his mind ……
The Asylum of the Gods.
The originally dead silent and empty hospital was now bustling with activity.
Those caretakers who had been left on Earth by Lin Qiye before their departure had long since been forcefully teleported back to the hospital along with the death of the Blazing Angel Lin Qiye.
And at this moment, these hundreds of figures wearing dark cyan escort uniforms were surrounding the compound, chattering and confiding something to the figure in the center, the noise almost toppling the roof of the entire sickhouse!
”Oh? Really?”
”……”
”So the patient in the last ward is [Chaos] pretending to be ah …… That’s really bad news.”
”……”
”Imprisoning all of you in an underground cage and robbing the sickbay? Is that so excessive?”
”……”
”Your Excellency Li Yifei, I really didn’t misjudge you, back then, if it wasn’t for you, I’m afraid it would have been difficult to overturn the situation with just His Excellency the Dean alone. ……”
”……”
”Millions of black goat cubs? The situation on Earth has gotten so dire to this point?”
”……”
”Oh, what bad news ……”
”……”
Lin Qiye stood in the corridor on the first floor, staring blankly at the amiable figure surrounded by the crowd of escorts, as motionless as a statue.
At the same time, that amiable figure saw Lin Qiye on the side, the corners of his mouth rose as he removed the large windbreaker with one hand, revealing his forehead with sparse hair and bowed slightly to him like a gentleman:
”Long time no see, my lord dean.”
Lin Qiye opened his mouth, and after struggling for a long time in the deep space of despair, a flicker of hope finally lit up in his eyes, and his voice trembled a little:
”Your Excellency Merlin ……!”
Room 2 of the Asylum of the Gods, God of Prophecy and Magic, Merlin.
Merlin was an existence that had accompanied Lin Qiye from the time he hadn’t even become a Night’s Watchman yet, and if Niix was half his mother, then Merlin undoubtedly played the role of a knowledgeable, calm, and gentle father …… It could even be said that Merlin witnessed Lin Qiye’s growth from the very beginning.
Nix, Merlin to Lin Qiye’s feeling, is with Bragi, Sun Wukong, Gilgamesh three completely different …… after the three are more like solid and reliable peer brothers, but Nix and Merlin, will always be his elders, as long as the two of them in, Lin Qiye have a kind of inexplicable sense of security.
And at this moment with the appearance of Merlin, Lin Qiye’s loneliness, anxiety, and despair in the deep space of the universe have all disappeared …… like a wanderer adrift in the world who has found a home to rely on.
Seeing this, the crowd of escorts immediately made way for a spacious path, and Mei Lin, holding his staff in one hand and putting his large windbreaker back on with the other, smiled as he walked in front of Lin Qiye.
”Your Excellency the Dean, I’ve understood the general situation …… It seems that a lot has happened during the time I’ve been away.”
Lin Qiye smiled bitterly, his gaze sweeping over the six closed wards.
”…… Yeah, a lot has happened.”
He looked at Mei Lin in front of him anew and spoke from the bottom of his heart, “It’s really great that you can come back …….”
”I didn’t expect it either, I was just on my way back when I suddenly saw a life form floating in the universe, and then I stopped to take a look, and I ended up seeing you …… This is too much of a coincidence.”
”No, this shouldn’t be a coincidence.” Lin Qiye spoke seriously, “The East Emperor bell rose, the holy covenant answered the time, so the past returned, and the Jedi …… are the third holy covenant leading us to meet.”
”The third holy covenant? What is that?” Merlin blinked and laughed, “It seems like there’s a lot I don’t know, Your Excellency the Dean, it’s time for us to find a place to have a good chat ……”
”No problem.”
Lin Qiye’s duo returned to the lounge and closed the door to the room, shutting out the clamor of the caretakers …… Truth be told, this sickbay hadn’t been this lively for a long time since Gilgamesh and the others had left the hospital.
Merlin skillfully pulled a teapot out of a cabinet and brewed himself a pot of hot tea, and
”So, where should we start?”
”Let’s start after you leave the courtyard.” Lin Qiye paused, “At that time …… right, at that time in the High Heavenly Plains, after you left the hospital and went to kill Susanoo alone, I fled in a carriage towards the outside of the High Heavenly Plains, and then …… later… …”
”Later, I took a great deal of effort to escape …… and then also snatched the Tenshou Cloud Sword ……”
”Snatched the Tian Cong Yun Sword ……”
As Lin Qiye spoke, a flash of bewilderment suddenly appeared in his eyes, and his voice grew smaller and smaller.
”The Heavenly Clouds Sword …… is not right …… How did I escape? How did the Tian Cong Yun Sword …… come into my hands again …… Strange …… I don’t remember …… ”
Lin Qiye felt his mind start to swell, he frowned and tried hard to recall the scene at the beginning, but he couldn’t recall it no matter what, as if that memory was missing a part of something very important ……
At this moment, Mei Lin, who was sipping tea while waiting for Lin Qiye to narrate, seemed to have discovered something, his deep eyes narrowing slightly.
”I …… don’t seem to remember ……”
”Your Excellency the Dean ……”
”You wait, I can definitely remember, at that time ……”
”Your Excellency the Dean!” Mei Lin’s voice was rare and serious as he interrupted Lin Qiye’s memories and spoke seriously:
”Have you recently …… used [King’s Star Coin]?”