Chapter 208.1: Jun Xin’s Past
Tang Doudou immediately sensed that something was off. Just as she was about to press him to find out more, she spotted Jun Xin in the distance.
Since she had managed to discover Jun Xin, the black-clothed man naturally noticed him as well. With a swift movement, he entered the back mountain.
“Hey hey, you can’t go in there!” Tang Doudou hastily shouted after him anxiously. Hell, if he went in and died, who would help her find those things?
It was precisely because she didn’t know what exactly those things were that she was waiting to find out the truth after he found them all. However, if he died, no one would ever be able to know the truth!
Just as she gathered up enough courage to rush in after him, Jun Xin came over and stopped her. “Don’t go in.”
“Why did you come here?” Tang Doudou looked at him strangely. Then she turned back to the forest and saw that the black-clothed man’s figure was completely gone. She sighed. Even if she rushed in now, she probably won’t be able to find him, so she might as well give up on the idea.
She turned back to Jun Xin. For some reason, his current appearance didn’t seem pleasing to the eye at all. She looked him up and down, then asked, “Are you really Jun Xin?”
“What? Stinkin’ woman, just because I changed my looks you can’t recognize me anymore? How blind are you?” Jun Xin purposefully replied using his past manner of speaking as he crossed his arms.
It was a familiar tone paired with familiar words. Even if Tang Doudou didn’t want to accept it, she had to accept reality.
But it was still very awkward ah!
She looked at Jun Xin again. “Then from now on, should I call you Ming Mengxin or Jun Xin?”
“You don’t have anything else you want to ask?” Jun Xin responded with a question.
Hm? She did have a lot of questions, but she didn’t know where to start. She was also scared that after she asked, their relationship would change in an irreversible way. Although Jun Xin was very tsundere, unreasonable, liked to cause trouble, headstrong, and barbaric…
Of course, he also had a lot of good points. For example, he was simple and kind-hearted?
For example, he still treated her quite well, if a little fierce.
And for example, he would quietly help her search for a way to cure the Disseminating Tassel Fragrance. That had to be acknowledged even though it turned out to be a troll.
In any case, Jun Xin was a pretty good friend. Most of all, he was well-behaved ah! He ate whatever she made without question!
“Don’t worry, no matter who I am, I won’t hurt you.” How could Jun Xin not know what she was thinking? During this period, he had come to see things clearly. If she really did like him, based on her personality, she would have already expressed it to him. Moreover, it would only bring her harm if she was together with him. Rather than that, it would be better to let go now. That way, they could avoid the scenario of not even being able to stay friends after she found out the truth.
It’s just that to let go was easy to say. As for whether it was doable or not, even he himself didn’t know.
Since ancient times, the subject of emotions had been difficult to control.
However, just being able to stay at her side was already very good.
Won’t hurt her?
He was probably the fourth person that has said that, wasn’t he?
But not hurting her always meant keeping her in the dark and making her a naive, ignorant canary. No one asked for her opinion, her thoughts.
When Jun Xin saw sadness and frustration flashed through her eyes, he reached out and clasped her shoulder. Feigning nonchalance, he said, “Stinkin’ woman, you better not say that I didn’t give you a chance ah! I’ve already said you could ask. If you don’t ask, then this young master will be heading home to sleep!”
When Jun Xin scrambled her thoughts with these words, all the distress in her heart immediately flew away as she cursed at him jokingly. “Little butt-aged brat! All you know to do all day is eat then sleep, then wake up just to eat again! Just get so freaking fat that you’ll never find a wife!” Then she sneakily slanted a glance at him as she said, “Hey, actually I just don’t know how to ask. Why don’t you just talk about whatever comes to mind and when I think of something, I’ll ask?”
When Jun Xin heard those four words, he buried that little bit of hope left in his heart beneath the soil forever. He rubbed her head, then pulled out the antique lamp. “You’ve probably seen this lamp several times. Look at it, what’s different about it?”
To clarify, the four words Jun Xin was referring to were ‘little butt-aged brat.’
Find what was different about it?
But she never got ahold of that lamp long enough to get a good look at it. How would she be able to spot the difference?
However, she had the child lamp on her. She glanced at Jun Xin, then asked after a moment of hesitation, “Are there a lot of these lamps?”
“Green Bone Phoenix Lamp. It was said to be made in ancient times from the bones of a green phoenix. 9981 lamps of various sizes were combined to make an enormous antique lamp. They hung on the sacred tree and symbolically illuminated the world.” Jun Xin picked up the antique lamp. “But unexpectedly, the Seven Great Saint Tribes suffered a great change. The sacred tree withered, the Green Bone Phoenix Lamp was damaged, and all that was left were 12 intact antique lamps and 19 intact child lamps.” (Legend says there are five phoenix colors: green, scarlet, yellow, white, and violet)
“There’s that many?” Tang Doudou was speechless.
“Is it a lot? There were 9981 lamps, yet less than half remains.”
“I’m not saying that a lot survived, but just that I always thought that there was only one lamp.” Then didn’t that mean the lamp had nothing to do with her transmigration?
Unexpectedly, Jun Xin said, “There is indeed only one Green Bone Phoenix Lamp.”
“What you mean is that all these aren’t real Green Bone Phoenix Lamps?”
“How could there possibly be that many green phoenix bones? There’s only one true Green Bone Phoenix Lamp. It’s said that the lamp possesses magical abilities and it’s the sacred object of the Seven Great Saint Tribes. The person who obtains the lamp will become the Head of the Saint Tribes…” He paused for a moment and took in Tang Doudou’s astonished expression before continuing, “However, those are just legends. How could something exist that possesses magical abilities? And the existence of phoenix bones is even more impossible. They’re just things people made up.”
“However, the fact that this Green Bone Phoenix Lamp is the sacred object of the Saint Tribes can’t be denied. It’s just that, ever since the Seven Great Saint Tribes went through the enormous change, the true Green Bone Phoenix Lamp disappeared and no one has seen it since.”
That meant that the one Baili Yu put in Plum Garden for her wasn’t the real Green Bone Phoenix Lamp either?
What a disappointment.
Tang Doudou lost interest in the lamp and started asking about the old man.
“He is your grandpa, but he’s not as good as you think he is. He’s nothing but a petty and contemptible person.” When Grandpa Tang was brought up, Jun Xin’s tone turned particularly disdainful.
“Were you guys the one that set Ten Kilometers Emporium on fire?”
“I started the fire.”
“Why?”
“I felt like it, there’s no reason.”
If it weren’t for this, why would she say that Jun Xin was obstinate? She couldn’t think of anything to say to refute this.
Tang Doudou really wanted to ask him what was going on with him but she didn’t know how to ask. What if she accidentally jabbed his secret and he refused to reply? Wouldn’t that end up very awkward?
The reason Jun Xin had come was to confess this matter to her. The reason he spoke so much earlier was because he was also trying to figure out a way to start talking about it.
The two thought for a long time but still couldn’t think of a good question, thus they simply stood in silence staring at each other.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Dray
Chapter 208.2: Jun Xin’s Past
In the end, it was Jun Xin who couldn’t take this heavy atmosphere anymore and broke the silence by asking casually, “You know that black-clothed man from earlier?”
“I don’t really know him. I’ve only met him once, but he seems very familiar.”
“Then there’s no need to mind him. As long as he doesn’t harm you, it’s fine. As for Nangong Yan, it’s best if you don’t compete with her too much so that she doesn’t get the idea of trying to injure you again. She’s the biological granddaughter of the Wind Cloud Island Master, so even Baili Yu doesn’t dare to do anything to her. If you want to get revenge, it’s best if you borrow someone else’s hand to do it.”
“Humph! For a nobleman’s revenge, ten years is not too late! I’ll make her pay sooner or later!” Tang Doudou rubbed her nose. “Let’s head back first. Su Yi, that old brat is definitely furious that I ran off.”
Jun Xin lowered his eyes slightly and swallowed back his words again. As he watched her lively figure leave, he suddenly called out, “Tang Doudou!”
“Eh?” Jun Xin’s abrupt call of ‘Tang Doudou’ made her momentarily confused. After all, she had gotten used to being called ‘Li Xueyi’ so being called ‘Tang Doudou’ was disorientating. She turned around and asked, “Are you calling me?”
“En.”
“What else do you want to say?” In reality, she still had questions to ask as well. Now that Jun Xin had called her to a stop, she had to take advantage of this chance. Who could guarantee that he wouldn’t change his mind later?
Jun Xin nodded. “Ming Mengxin is my original name. After I was brought to Wind Cloud Island by Master, my name was changed to Jun Xin.”
When he saw Tang Doudou open her mouth, he said with a smile, “Since you’re already used to calling me Jun Xin, there’s no need to change your way of address.”
“Hehe, that’s was exactly what I was thinking…”
“I lived on Wind Cloud Island for about eleven years, then left to see the world and gain experience. The reputation of Blood Fiend Jun Xin started to spread during that time. During those years, I went to a lot of places and saw a lot of things. Then, I finally found information on who I am.”
As he slowly recounted these events, a bit of turbulence appeared in his clear almond eyes. “I also found out about many hidden secrets, and joined God Firmament Hall and became a Saint Envoy of the Saint Tribes.”
“The Seven Great Saint Tribes’ Saint Envoy?” These words caused Tang Doudou great shock. Her eyes widened in disbelief. “But you, you…”
“I’m a descendant of the Seven Great Saint Tribes. After becoming a Saint Envoy, I found out from researching in their book repository that I am from the Wind Tribe. However, I didn’t tell anyone about it. In the Saint Tribes, Saint Envoys had much more power than the descendants, and also had much more freedom.”
“Many years passed again. While I was investigating the Seven Great Saint Tribes’ secrets, I discovered an even more important secret and at the same time also became the alleged Hall Master of the God Firmament Hall.” (Basically, in public they call him that, but it’s not necessarily true.)
“It couldn’t be that God Firmament Hall still has some other Hall Master? What secrets were you investigating? You know my grandpa, could it be that he’s also someone of the Saint Tribes? Am I…”
“Don’t overthink things. I only got to know your grandpa through the Master of Wind Cloud Island. It has nothing to do with the Saint Tribes. Other than the fact that you’ve been poisoned with Disseminating Tassel Fragrance and hence will be raised to become a blood source, you have no connection at all to the Seven Great Saint Tribes.”
However, Tang Doudou saw that his gaze flickered as he said this. It was clear that he was still keeping something from her.
“It couldn’t be that you’re just saying this in order to console me?”
Jun Xin had finished saying most of the important things that he wanted to say, so he returned to his usual casual manner. Curling his lips disdainfully, he said, “Who would have the time to bother to try and console you? I’m simply putting out the facts!”
“However, there’s still one more important matter that I have to tell you about. Su Yi’s motives when he agreed to shelter you back then weren’t simple, so it’s best if you stay on guard around him. He acts carefree and casual, but you shouldn’t be fooled. When he was young, the entire world called had called Cloud City the Devil’s City.”
“Devil’s City?”
“Because a devil lived in it, obviously! You really are dumb!” Jun Xin rapped her head. “Aiy, now that I think about it, I’m the only one with pure motives, everyone else all harbor secret motives. If you hadn’t lost your memories, there’d probably be a lot of people that want to kill you. It’s just a pity that now…”
“What you’re saying is that people wanting to kill me is a good thing?” Although she spoke about it lightly, she knew that everything Jun Xin said was true. If it wasn’t, she wouldn’t have transmigrated into this world and the real Li Xueyi wouldn’t have gone to report to the underworld at such a young age.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Dray
Chapter 208.1: Jun Xin’s Past
Tang Doudou immediately sensed that something was off. Just as she was about to press him to find out more, she spotted Jun Xin in the distance.
Since she had managed to discover Jun Xin, the black-clothed man naturally noticed him as well. With a swift movement, he entered the back mountain.
“Hey hey, you can’t go in there!” Tang Doudou hastily shouted after him anxiously. Hell, if he went in and died, who would help her find those things?
It was precisely because she didn’t know what exactly those things were that she was waiting to find out the truth after he found them all. However, if he died, no one would ever be able to know the truth!
Just as she gathered up enough courage to rush in after him, Jun Xin came over and stopped her. “Don’t go in.”
“Why did you come here?” Tang Doudou looked at him strangely. Then she turned back to the forest and saw that the black-clothed man’s figure was completely gone. She sighed. Even if she rushed in now, she probably won’t be able to find him, so she might as well give up on the idea.
She turned back to Jun Xin. For some reason, his current appearance didn’t seem pleasing to the eye at all. She looked him up and down, then asked, “Are you really Jun Xin?”
“What? Stinkin’ woman, just because I changed my looks you can’t recognize me anymore? How blind are you?” Jun Xin purposefully replied using his past manner of speaking as he crossed his arms.
It was a familiar tone paired with familiar words. Even if Tang Doudou didn’t want to accept it, she had to accept reality.
But it was still very awkward ah!
She looked at Jun Xin again. “Then from now on, should I call you Ming Mengxin or Jun Xin?”
“You don’t have anything else you want to ask?” Jun Xin responded with a question.
Hm? She did have a lot of questions, but she didn’t know where to start. She was also scared that after she asked, their relationship would change in an irreversible way. Although Jun Xin was very tsundere, unreasonable, liked to cause trouble, headstrong, and barbaric…
Of course, he also had a lot of good points. For example, he was simple and kind-hearted?
For example, he still treated her quite well, if a little fierce.
And for example, he would quietly help her search for a way to cure the Disseminating Tassel Fragrance. That had to be acknowledged even though it turned out to be a troll.
In any case, Jun Xin was a pretty good friend. Most of all, he was well-behaved ah! He ate whatever she made without question!
“Don’t worry, no matter who I am, I won’t hurt you.” How could Jun Xin not know what she was thinking? During this period, he had come to see things clearly. If she really did like him, based on her personality, she would have already expressed it to him. Moreover, it would only bring her harm if she was together with him. Rather than that, it would be better to let go now. That way, they could avoid the scenario of not even being able to stay friends after she found out the truth.
It’s just that to let go was easy to say. As for whether it was doable or not, even he himself didn’t know.
Since ancient times, the subject of emotions had been difficult to control.
However, just being able to stay at her side was already very good.
Won’t hurt her?
He was probably the fourth person that has said that, wasn’t he?
But not hurting her always meant keeping her in the dark and making her a naive, ignorant canary. No one asked for her opinion, her thoughts.
When Jun Xin saw sadness and frustration flashed through her eyes, he reached out and clasped her shoulder. Feigning nonchalance, he said, “Stinkin’ woman, you better not say that I didn’t give you a chance ah! I’ve already said you could ask. If you don’t ask, then this young master will be heading home to sleep!”
When Jun Xin scrambled her thoughts with these words, all the distress in her heart immediately flew away as she cursed at him jokingly. “Little butt-aged brat! All you know to do all day is eat then sleep, then wake up just to eat again! Just get so freaking fat that you’ll never find a wife!” Then she sneakily slanted a glance at him as she said, “Hey, actually I just don’t know how to ask. Why don’t you just talk about whatever comes to mind and when I think of something, I’ll ask?”
When Jun Xin heard those four words, he buried that little bit of hope left in his heart beneath the soil forever. He rubbed her head, then pulled out the antique lamp. “You’ve probably seen this lamp several times. Look at it, what’s different about it?”
To clarify, the four words Jun Xin was referring to were ‘little butt-aged brat.’
Find what was different about it?
But she never got ahold of that lamp long enough to get a good look at it. How would she be able to spot the difference?
However, she had the child lamp on her. She glanced at Jun Xin, then asked after a moment of hesitation, “Are there a lot of these lamps?”
“Green Bone Phoenix Lamp. It was said to be made in ancient times from the bones of a green phoenix. 9981 lamps of various sizes were combined to make an enormous antique lamp. They hung on the sacred tree and symbolically illuminated the world.” Jun Xin picked up the antique lamp. “But unexpectedly, the Seven Great Saint Tribes suffered a great change. The sacred tree withered, the Green Bone Phoenix Lamp was damaged, and all that was left were 12 intact antique lamps and 19 intact child lamps.” (Legend says there are five phoenix colors: green, scarlet, yellow, white, and violet)
“There’s that many?” Tang Doudou was speechless.
“Is it a lot? There were 9981 lamps, yet less than half remains.”
“I’m not saying that a lot survived, but just that I always thought that there was only one lamp.” Then didn’t that mean the lamp had nothing to do with her transmigration?
Unexpectedly, Jun Xin said, “There is indeed only one Green Bone Phoenix Lamp.”
“What you mean is that all these aren’t real Green Bone Phoenix Lamps?”
“How could there possibly be that many green phoenix bones? There’s only one true Green Bone Phoenix Lamp. It’s said that the lamp possesses magical abilities and it’s the sacred object of the Seven Great Saint Tribes. The person who obtains the lamp will become the Head of the Saint Tribes…” He paused for a moment and took in Tang Doudou’s astonished expression before continuing, “However, those are just legends. How could something exist that possesses magical abilities? And the existence of phoenix bones is even more impossible. They’re just things people made up.”
“However, the fact that this Green Bone Phoenix Lamp is the sacred object of the Saint Tribes can’t be denied. It’s just that, ever since the Seven Great Saint Tribes went through the enormous change, the true Green Bone Phoenix Lamp disappeared and no one has seen it since.”
That meant that the one Baili Yu put in Plum Garden for her wasn’t the real Green Bone Phoenix Lamp either?
What a disappointment.
Tang Doudou lost interest in the lamp and started asking about the old man.
“He is your grandpa, but he’s not as good as you think he is. He’s nothing but a petty and contemptible person.” When Grandpa Tang was brought up, Jun Xin’s tone turned particularly disdainful.
“Were you guys the one that set Ten Kilometers Emporium on fire?”
“I started the fire.”
“Why?”
“I felt like it, there’s no reason.”
If it weren’t for this, why would she say that Jun Xin was obstinate? She couldn’t think of anything to say to refute this.
Tang Doudou really wanted to ask him what was going on with him but she didn’t know how to ask. What if she accidentally jabbed his secret and he refused to reply? Wouldn’t that end up very awkward?
The reason Jun Xin had come was to confess this matter to her. The reason he spoke so much earlier was because he was also trying to figure out a way to start talking about it.
The two thought for a long time but still couldn’t think of a good question, thus they simply stood in silence staring at each other.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Dray
Chapter 208.2: Jun Xin’s Past
In the end, it was Jun Xin who couldn’t take this heavy atmosphere anymore and broke the silence by asking casually, “You know that black-clothed man from earlier?”
“I don’t really know him. I’ve only met him once, but he seems very familiar.”
“Then there’s no need to mind him. As long as he doesn’t harm you, it’s fine. As for Nangong Yan, it’s best if you don’t compete with her too much so that she doesn’t get the idea of trying to injure you again. She’s the biological granddaughter of the Wind Cloud Island Master, so even Baili Yu doesn’t dare to do anything to her. If you want to get revenge, it’s best if you borrow someone else’s hand to do it.”
“Humph! For a nobleman’s revenge, ten years is not too late! I’ll make her pay sooner or later!” Tang Doudou rubbed her nose. “Let’s head back first. Su Yi, that old brat is definitely furious that I ran off.”
Jun Xin lowered his eyes slightly and swallowed back his words again. As he watched her lively figure leave, he suddenly called out, “Tang Doudou!”
“Eh?” Jun Xin’s abrupt call of ‘Tang Doudou’ made her momentarily confused. After all, she had gotten used to being called ‘Li Xueyi’ so being called ‘Tang Doudou’ was disorientating. She turned around and asked, “Are you calling me?”
“En.”
“What else do you want to say?” In reality, she still had questions to ask as well. Now that Jun Xin had called her to a stop, she had to take advantage of this chance. Who could guarantee that he wouldn’t change his mind later?
Jun Xin nodded. “Ming Mengxin is my original name. After I was brought to Wind Cloud Island by Master, my name was changed to Jun Xin.”
When he saw Tang Doudou open her mouth, he said with a smile, “Since you’re already used to calling me Jun Xin, there’s no need to change your way of address.”
“Hehe, that’s was exactly what I was thinking…”
“I lived on Wind Cloud Island for about eleven years, then left to see the world and gain experience. The reputation of Blood Fiend Jun Xin started to spread during that time. During those years, I went to a lot of places and saw a lot of things. Then, I finally found information on who I am.”
As he slowly recounted these events, a bit of turbulence appeared in his clear almond eyes. “I also found out about many hidden secrets, and joined God Firmament Hall and became a Saint Envoy of the Saint Tribes.”
“The Seven Great Saint Tribes’ Saint Envoy?” These words caused Tang Doudou great shock. Her eyes widened in disbelief. “But you, you…”
“I’m a descendant of the Seven Great Saint Tribes. After becoming a Saint Envoy, I found out from researching in their book repository that I am from the Wind Tribe. However, I didn’t tell anyone about it. In the Saint Tribes, Saint Envoys had much more power than the descendants, and also had much more freedom.”
“Many years passed again. While I was investigating the Seven Great Saint Tribes’ secrets, I discovered an even more important secret and at the same time also became the alleged Hall Master of the God Firmament Hall.” (Basically, in public they call him that, but it’s not necessarily true.)
“It couldn’t be that God Firmament Hall still has some other Hall Master? What secrets were you investigating? You know my grandpa, could it be that he’s also someone of the Saint Tribes? Am I…”
“Don’t overthink things. I only got to know your grandpa through the Master of Wind Cloud Island. It has nothing to do with the Saint Tribes. Other than the fact that you’ve been poisoned with Disseminating Tassel Fragrance and hence will be raised to become a blood source, you have no connection at all to the Seven Great Saint Tribes.”
However, Tang Doudou saw that his gaze flickered as he said this. It was clear that he was still keeping something from her.
“It couldn’t be that you’re just saying this in order to console me?”
Jun Xin had finished saying most of the important things that he wanted to say, so he returned to his usual casual manner. Curling his lips disdainfully, he said, “Who would have the time to bother to try and console you? I’m simply putting out the facts!”
“However, there’s still one more important matter that I have to tell you about. Su Yi’s motives when he agreed to shelter you back then weren’t simple, so it’s best if you stay on guard around him. He acts carefree and casual, but you shouldn’t be fooled. When he was young, the entire world called had called Cloud City the Devil’s City.”
“Devil’s City?”
“Because a devil lived in it, obviously! You really are dumb!” Jun Xin rapped her head. “Aiy, now that I think about it, I’m the only one with pure motives, everyone else all harbor secret motives. If you hadn’t lost your memories, there’d probably be a lot of people that want to kill you. It’s just a pity that now…”
“What you’re saying is that people wanting to kill me is a good thing?” Although she spoke about it lightly, she knew that everything Jun Xin said was true. If it wasn’t, she wouldn’t have transmigrated into this world and the real Li Xueyi wouldn’t have gone to report to the underworld at such a young age.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira, Edited by Dray
