CHAPTER 778: CHAPTER 002: THE PLAIN LADY, WEAVER STAR_2

"Idiot, Zhou Yan, can you hear me talking?"

Jiang Ningxin saw the complex changes in Zhou Yan’s face in an instant, and his temperament also seemed to have undergone an astonishing change suddenly. She felt a mix of apprehension and joy because Zhou Yan’s expression had changed so shockingly, proving that he now possessed the power of judgment, true analytical and thinking abilities.

"Hmm?"

Zhou Yan came back to his senses, looking at the forged ancient book in front of him. He reached out to take it, but the stiffness in his arm made it nearly impossible to move it flexibly.

Yet Zhou Yan’s soul was incredibly strong, driving the power of his physical body as his hands trembled to accept the book.

He shifted his body on the hospital bed, leaning against the headboard, and placed the ancient book on the clean yet dusty and dirty bedding.

"You are... Jiang Ningxin? Grandpa Jiang’s precious granddaughter? The same Jiang Ningxin who has been taking care of my daily needs?"

Zhou Yan organized all his memories once again, understood everything, therefore he asked in return.

"Hmm... you, you’re finally awake."

Jiang Ningxin, overwhelmed with joy, started crying, her eyes immediately turning red.

"You’re not well, don’t cry. In a few days, once I’ve recovered, I’ll treat you."

Zhou Yan glanced at Jiang Ningxin, whose soul seemed ready to leave her body and whose physical encasement was not secure, deducing her life expectancy would not exceed a year.

Her head was shrouded with a dense aura of death.

Sad emotions and melancholic feelings would make this aura gather more intensely, leading to misfortunes and utter bad luck.

Zhou Yan let out a breath, exhaling a stream of Soul Path Vast Purple Flame, which hissed as it burned away much of the deathly aura above her head.

However, with just this action, Zhou Yan immediately sensed that, as if the Heavenly Dao were imposing karma, an invisible force of suppression pressed upon his soul. Even his peak Sword Void Nine Changes soul felt heavy as if burdened with an added mountain.

"Shhh—such strong karma, is this a warning? But I am the Thunder Lord; how can such trifling karma contaminate me? I have transcended the five declines of man and stepped out of the karmic cycle! Break!"

Zhou Yan’s soul finally erupted, shaking with immense force.

"Om—"

The hospital suddenly shook violently as if experiencing an eight-magnitude earthquake, and the alarms by the bed and the hospital’s warning systems screamed out in the span of an instant.

"Uh-oh, it’s an earthquake! Run!"

Jiang Ningxin panicked, and in a flash, she erupted with the potential of life, seemingly possessing incomparable strength as she suddenly lifted Zhou Yan and rushed out of the hospital room door.

She, a frail woman who had never displayed such strength, now possessed it.

Zhou Yan lightly patted her hand, stabilizing the surging life energy, and he too was shocked. At the same time, he vaguely understood the reason behind his brother Lee Ran’s defiance of heaven with his Sword God Fifth Transition strength.

"On the True God Plane, my Sword Void Nine Changes soul strength reached the four-nine degree, but on Earth, I was suppressed to less than one-billionth of my strength. If I can adapt here and exert even one ten-thousandth of my power, once I return to the True God Plane, my combat power will increase by ten thousand times!

Moreover, because of the strong Tai Chu Sealing on this planet, once life potential bursts forth, even a feeble old man can suddenly exert the strength to push over a heavily laden truck. My brother Lee Ran must possess the same ability—just like Jiang Ningxin, who in her anxious state, suddenly went berserk."

"The people of this world are so defiant of heaven, so terrifying!"

"And yet, Jiang Ningxin has not a trace of soul power, not to mention any special constitution. Her spirituality originates from the purity of her body not tainted by male yang energy."

Zhou Yan was utterly astonished, but he jumped down from Jiang Ningxin’s arms and with a burst of Soul Power steadied her trembling soul, ensuring she would not succumb to premature illness and suffer sudden death.

"Idiot... Zhou Yan, you—you—you—"

Perhaps sensing the warmth of Zhou Yan’s palm, suddenly so comforting, Jiang Ningxin paused, feeling a surge of emotion welling up in her.

"It’s okay, there was no earthquake, don’t panic. Let’s go complete the discharge procedures, then head home."

Zhou Yan whispered softly.

"Go... home..."

Jiang Ningxin wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, nodding incessantly but unable to hold back the sourness in her eyes.

"You secretly yearn for the senior named ’Han Yichen,’ right? Later, I will help you see what kind of person he is, then talk to your grandfather to break off the engagement that binds you, allowing you to pursue your own happiness,"

Zhou Yan said calmly.

Even though his soul had returned to his body, he was not a person of this world and would not become emotionally entangled with an ordinary girl due to an engagement.

In his eyes, Jiang Ningxin was nothing more than a pitiful little girl, just like his daughter Sisi, just like Yanyan.

All he could do was help them lead healthy, happy lives like normal people—that was the greatest happiness.

"Zhou Yan, you..."

Jiang Ningxin looked at Zhou Yan, utterly shocked; suddenly, she felt that Zhou Yan had become unfathomably deep and mysterious, impossible for her to see through.

"Undress the gold powder for majesty, arrange the pillows for the chart. The Primordial Girl is my teacher, her grace fills all directions. Desired by all men, the ancients taught the noble emperor."

"Although the books are forged from inferior materials, the script within still carries an ancient breath,"

Zhou Yan murmured to himself as he opened the "Primordial Girl Chapter," reading the first line of poetry aloud.

"Huh? Zhou Yan, what did you say?"

Jiang Ningxin was somewhat unable to understand Zhou Yan.

"The Primordial Girl blessed the Ten Thousand Spirits with music and unlocked their Spiritual Wisdom. The first Artifact Dao Grandmaster, Paoxi, crafted a fifty-string Qin Se Venerable Device for her,"

Zhou Yan explained.

"Are you... Are you feverish again?"

Jiang Ningxin couldn’t help but reach out to touch Zhou Yan’s forehead, but her hand met with an icy chill.

"The Primordial Girl is indeed from the Yanzi Clan; she was also adept in Tai Chu Artifact Dao, forging single entity venerable devices like ’Xuan,’ dual entity ones like ’Zi,’ and triple entity ones like ’Primordial.’ In later generations, we revered her as Empress, with titles like ’Emperor Xuan,’ ’Xuan Girl,’ or ’Primordial Girl.’"

"I don’t understand... What you’re saying is too bizarre, too profound,"

Jiang Ningxin was dumbfounded.

She thought that Zhou Yan’s foolishness had relapsed, so instead of daring to contradict him, she could only agree with whatever he said.

"The Primordial Girl Chapter, it records these things; it’s actually quite interesting,"

Zhou Yan sighed.

"Oh..."

Jiang Ningxin didn’t know how to reply and just made an acknowledging sound.

"Sui Ren and the leader of the Yanzi Clan united, forming a blood alliance based on marriage, known as ’Sui Ren Yanzi Combined Clans.’ The Sui Ren Yanzi Clan established their covenant in the Kunlun Mountain, well, what is known today as the Gansu Qilian Mountain, considered the center of the land; pointing towards the Sky Extreme Star in the center of the Sky Dome, considered the center of the heavens. The Sky Extreme Star, located in the north of the sky, also known as North Star, was founded by the Sui Ren Yanzi Clan, hence also called ’Purple Palace,’ ’Ziwei Constellation.’

The ’Purple’ represents the meaning of the Tai Chu Rune, the code for ’Xuan,’ so ’Purple Palace’ is also ’Xuan Palace,’ with the leading female as the Yin De Star, known as the Holy Mother Jiutian Xuan Nu. Around 15,000 to 13,000 years ago, North Star was named ’Weaver Star’ because of the Yanzi weaver girl,"

Zhou Yan explained.

Jiang Ningxin was utterly confused.

"It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, but you need to know that I’m about to embark on a journey in search of enlightenment. After I deal with some minor matters for you, my first destination will be Kunlun,"

Zhou Yan sighed again and said.

"...You... You’re sick again,"

Jiang Ningxin was lost for words.