CHAPTER 748: CHAPTER 615: WU ZHONG OF THE PREVIOUS LIFE, FENG XUN OF THIS LIFE

"When Feng Xun found Yan Jiu with an excited face, he handed him a list.

Items in the Treasure Hall of the Underground Yama City were more familiar to Yan Jiu.

"Half price?"

Yan Jiu drew out his words long.

"What, any issues?"

Feng Xun glanced at him sideways.

"No at all, if you’re happy, in your eyes, probably even the entire Yan Hall isn’t worth a hair of my sister-in-law. Since you treasure her so much, why not just give it all for free?" Yan Jiu smirked.

They say that men in love are like fools, and Feng Xun was exactly that, constantly smiling foolishly since he entered.

"If we really gave it for free, she wouldn’t be happy." Feng Xun knew Ye Lingyue’s temperament well, his woman liked to take advantage, but she didn’t like freebies.

"I don’t understand your thinking. The materials on the list are all very precious, luckily most of them are available in the Underground Yama Palace." Yan Jiu’s efficiency in handling tasks was good, and he quickly sorted everything out.

"Most of them? Which one is missing?" Feng Xun raised his eyebrow, and his aura, as seen by Yan Jiu, was almost no different from Wu Zhong’s.

"Ancient Dragon Blood." Yan Jiu pondered.

The materials left by Ye Wuming for Ye Lingyue’s Nine Dragon Chant included Ancient Dragon Blood, Phoenix Tail Feather, Red Bead Nine-leaf Grass, Meteorite Iron, and Earth Core Meteor Fire, along with the Five Elements Artifact Cauldron.

Among them, the Five Elements Artifact Cauldron referred to a cauldron with the power of the Five Elements, and Ye Lingyue’s Qian Cauldron, having absorbed the Wood Spirit, Water Spirit, and Fire Spirit, naturally met the requirements.

As for the Earth Core Meteor Fire, any relevant Mutant Fire can substitute it, with Gray Fire being more than capable.

Therefore what’s left were four items, the Phoenix Tail Feather was already obtained by Ye Lingyue from Little Wuya.

Meteorite Iron and Red Bead Nine-leaf Grass were available in the Underground Yama Palace, the only thing not present was the Ancient Dragon Blood.

Ancient Dragon Blood, belonging exclusively to the Ancient Divine Dragon Clan, is extremely rare, just like the Divine Bird Phoenix, they are the highest Divine Beasts on the mainland.

Ancient Dragon Blood is the blood of the Ancient Divine Dragon, an Ancient Divine Dragon that has already reached the peak of the Divine Power Realm, a super Divine Beast.

The last Divine Dragon of the Ancient Dragon Clan is now residing in the Dragon Roaming Land.

Dragon Roaming, located at the depths of the Deep Sea in Qing Province Continent, is extremely dangerous.

"Feng Xun, do you want to discuss with Ling Yue about replacing it with the blood of another close relative Spiritual Beast? As far as I know, there are many Dragon-like creatures on the mainland, their blood should also be able to refine a Heaven-grade Spiritual Artifact," suggested Yan Jiu.

On the mainland, the Underground Yama City can be considered a ruler.

But before Wu Zhong fully awakens, there are some places, even for him and Wu Zhong, that are not easily tread.

The Three Sects is one of them, and another is Dragon Roaming, places like the remnants of Divine Beasts such as the Phoenix’s Nest.

Where does Yan Jiu know, Wu Zhong has already kept him in the dark, having a day tour at the Yaochi Immortal Pavilion.

"No need, I will personally make a trip to the Dragon Roaming Land." Feng Xun decisively refused.

His woman wants to refine an artifact, it must use the best, how could he settle for the blood of a Dragon-like creature."

"I’ll go with you. Your physical condition hasn’t been very stable lately," Yan Jiu said with concern.

"Yan Jiu, now that it has come to this, do you still intend to hide it from me? What exactly is happening to me?" Feng Xun looked directly at Yan Jiu.

"You should know that the root of your cold syndrome is actually a seal. Wu Zhong... appeared because of that seal. Recently, you and Wu Zhong are merging, which indicates that the seal inside your body might be unstable. As to why it’s unstable, I’m not sure," Yan Jiu admitted, knowing that he could no longer hide the truth.

"What kind of seal is it? Did you come to me because of this seal? Yan Jiu, who are you really, and who is Wu Zhong?" Feng Xun had long realized that his cold syndrome was not as simple as it seemed.

Emperor Beiqing and Chen Hongru probably knew this early on.

That’s why Emperor Beiqing, after all these years, had never completely cured his condition.

Yan Jiu sighed.

"Feng Xun, do you believe in reincarnation? Do you believe that beyond the Qing Province Continent, there are other continents? Beyond this continent, apart from humans, there are gods, demons, and monsters."

"Continue," Feng Xun said, neither expressing belief nor disbelief.

"Wu Zhong is you, but from a previous life, or rather, another side of you. Many years ago, you were my king, but due to certain reasons, our enemies killed you. At the brink of life and death, you sealed your last bit of strength within you. Then you reincarnated and became Feng Xun. When you were six years old and faced a deadly crisis, it triggered the seal inside you, causing the previous life’s you, Wu Zhong, to awaken," Yan Jiu explained, knowing how ludicrous his words sounded.

Yet, Feng Xun patiently listened to him continue.

"Wu Zhong’s temperament is completely different from yours because he experienced the betrayal of his closest loved ones. Although the seal also preserved his memories of the past, it made his temperament exceedingly cold. He has always wanted to break the seal and erase your existence. If it weren’t for the appearance of Ye Lingyue, you might have eventually been devoured by Wu Zhong. But then Ye Lingyue appeared, and both Wu Zhong and you fell in love with her," Yan Jiu said with difficulty.

"So originally, when you found me, you also wanted to kill me to let Wu Zhong come alive?" Feng Xun’s voice carried a bit of bitterness.

"I... I admit, that was indeed my initial intention, even becoming a mercenary, the underground Yan Palace in the city, was all to help the darker side of Wu Zhong awaken faster to break the seal. But then... I slowly realized, maybe, having Wu Zhong exist together with you, moving past the seal, experiencing emotions, might actually be a release for him. Feng Xun, I’m sorry for hiding this from you for so many years," Yan Jiu’s voice choked up.

Yan Jiu felt very guilty, not just towards Wu Zhong, but also towards Feng Xun.

There was a time when Wu Zhong was his most revered king.

After the fall of Wu Zhong, their world plunged into years of warfare, with countless of their people killed.

He had adhered to the oath made back then, to find Wu Zhong and bring back their king, hoping he could lead their people to reclaim everything lost.

But instead, he found Feng Xun.

A pitiable, frail, yet exceptionally strong and sensible young man.

For Yan Jiu, Wu Zhong was the king, the boss.

But Feng Xun was his younger brother, a confidant.

He watched Feng Xun grow up.

Yet, it was Feng Xun who taught him how to be a person.

Wu Zhong was important, but Feng Xun was no less so.

Therefore, Yan Jiu was also conflicted, not knowing whether he should still tell Feng Xun the truth and whether breaking the seal was the right thing to do.

After Yan Jiu finished speaking, he lowered his head, waiting for Feng Xun’s judgment.

But what he got was a hand that landed on his shoulder.

"Living in the past alone must be very painful for you. Since neither you nor I nor Wu Zhong can make a decision, let’s leave it up to time to decide." Feng Xun firmly gripped Yan Jiu’s shoulder.