Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 848 586: The Fallen Yimiao (Part 2)

"He did come to see me, and then I drove him away. As for what he wanted to say, he didn't have a chance to speak. Of course, I am aware of the specifics."

"Haha, hahaha, as long as you're aware. But since you know, why are you here to find me? Could it be that you're disheartened, like me, and want to peacefully spend the rest of your life in the Celestial Profound Realm? So you thought about coming to Emperor's Foot Mountain to make acquaintance with me, your future neighbor, for convenience in the future?"

Yimiao's tone was playful, but her words carried no emotional fluctuation, as if a robot were telling jokes. No matter how funny the story, it felt extremely cold.

Chen Zhixing shook his head at her and then said indifferently:

"Your path may have ended, but mine has not. Let me say again, I have truly come to seek you for a long time, not for any other messy reasons. Stop trying to provoke me, as you know very well that the current me is not someone you can handle. I also don't want to kill one of the few people with whom I can converse equally because of a few words of argument."

"Are you confident you can kill me?"

"I've had the confidence for seven years."

"So after you came out seven years ago, you went to the Cosmic World... You didn't choose to make a move against me then because you saw I had lost my reason and weren't bothered to take action?"

"Indeed."

"Ha, little one, you dare call yourself Venerable with such a soft heart. Truly unworthy of that title. If you continue with this mindset, I advise you to spend your years peacefully in the Celestial Profound Realm with me. Do not think about venturing into that Endless Star Sea, and certainly do not consider becoming an immortal, or you will be played to death by those beings that are no longer human!"

Yimiao uttered words that could be either a warning or a mockery, then fell silent, merely staring straight at Chen Zhixing.

Seeing this, Chen Zhixing silently sighed.

"Why does it come to this?"

"Li Er is dead."

"What?"

"It happened decades ago. At that time, I came seeking you, but your Star Palace disciples informed me that you were in seclusion with no time for 'irrelevant people' like me and were uninterested in trivial matters."

Yimiao's tone was somber: "Yes, you have found your Tao. For people like me and Li Er who are still seeking our path, aren't we just irrelevant to you? Especially after your cultivation surpassed ours, our life or death didn't matter to you anymore, right?"

"..."

Did Yimiao come looking for him?

She did.

How many times?

Chen Zhixing couldn't remember.

He only remembered that Yimiao seemed to have truly sought him many times, but at that time, he was in the adaptation period after cultivating the 36 Celestial Spirits Transformations and didn't want to see her.

Unexpectedly, Yimiao came to talk to him about Li Er's death.

After a moment of silence, Chen Zhixing calmly asked:

"How long has he been dead, how did he die, and who did it."

"How would I know?"

Yimiao's tone was elusive, as if observing a flower she could never see: "I only know that within less than ten years after we returned to the Celestial Profound Realm, the Soul Fire that Li Er, that fool, left behind with me just inexplicably extinguished, just like an ordinary flame blown out by the wind."

As she spoke, Yimiao waved her hand in the air, and a scene from her memories appeared before them.

In the image.

Yimiao sat cross-legged on a mat, seemingly in the middle of a dilemma, while the Moon Bear lay behind her, keeping her company.

On the table behind them, there was a lamp.

And then, just like Yimiao said.

Out of nowhere, the flame within the oil lamp extinguished without wind, except before it went out, Li Er's voice emerged from the flame.

It was Li Er's warning to Yimiao before his death, filled with determination.

"Yimiao! Woman! Trust me! Trust me! Under no circumstances take a step into Immortal Tao! You must never step into Immortal Tao!!!"

Snap.

The flame was extinguished, and the oil lamp in the image shattered, seemingly representing the fate of Huayu Immortal Venerable, who ventured beyond the Celestial Profound Realm seeking the Tao.

Life ended, Tao disappeared.

After the image ended, Yimiao waited a moment, then casually put away the ink illustration, looking at Chen Zhixing leisurely and said:

"Well, I wanted to find you then to inform you of this news. Now it seems I was being presumptuous."

"..."

Chen Zhixing did not answer her, but continued standing there. After a long time, after seemingly accepting the sudden news of Li Er's death, he took a deep breath.

"Enough, let it be. If you've truly given up, peacefully spend your days in the Celestial Profound Realm; I guarantee in my name, as long as the Celestial Profound Realm exists, no danger will come to you."

"Then what?"

"Then...." Chen Zhixing shook his head at her: "If one day you decide not to give up, try going to the Northern Domain, near the Stone Country, and look for a big willow tree. There might be something there that you want or want to know."

"Is that all?"

Yimiao looked expressionlessly at Chen Zhixing. Seeing him with no more words, she patted the Moon Bear she was sitting on and said: "Well, silly one, the guest is done speaking, and I'm a bit tired. Carry me back."

...

The exchange with Yimiao was not exactly friendly.

But if anyone told Chen Zhixing that Yimiao's heart for cultivation had truly died, he would never believe it.

Li Er's death might indeed have struck her.

The residual soul could only help her recognize the road ahead.

As for making Yimiao retreat?

Ha.

Impossible!!!

"You must know, she was preparing to journey the Star Sea thousands of years ago and prepared for thousands of years. She even mastered the Space Tao, not her forte, as her calling card."

Indeed, for the present Chen Zhixing, the progress of Yimiao's cultivation was almost completely transparent to him.

Not only that, he saw Yimiao's hidden motives and the reason why the Celestial Saint wouldn't pass the Celestial Saint's title to her back then.

It was not because of some playful gender difference but likely because the Celestial Saint had seen through Yimiao's truth just like Chen Zhixing had.

This woman never intended to stay in the Celestial Profound Realm as a guardian!!!

Her purpose, her Cultivation Technique, her preparations were never for going to the Spirit Realm later! But if the target is to explore the Endless Star Sea, then it all fits perfectly!

With the Celestial Saint's wisdom, even if only an obsession remained, how could he pass the title to someone intent on leaving?

If Yimiao had gotten the Celestial Saint's title and the Celestial Saint Palace, wouldn't it have been a matter of time before she would ride the Celestial Saint Palace to smash the world and forcibly extract the residual soul in the Celestial Star Realm for a Soul Search?"

Chen Zhixing had no doubt she would do that.

If Yimiao hasn't achieved greatness, it is not due to any lack in talent, intelligence, or disposition, but rather out of sheer bad luck, where things did not align with her original plans and never took place!

However, if she were given a chance, even the one from over two thousand years ago.

Chen Zhixing suspected that Yimiao might have already become a true Celestial Immortal by now.

"Therefore, hoping for this woman to give up cultivating upward, impossible..... Rather than believing she got disheartened, I am more inclined to believe she is devising some scheme, or plotting against someone...."