CHAPTER 721: 167, MAY THE HUMAN CLAN LAST FOREVER_2

"Let’s ask later..."

At this moment, in the Royal Secret Realm, a part of his consciousness accompanied the Seventh Princess, but it was indeed difficult to bring this up.

...

"Qiuhe, why don’t you come to my mansion to recuperate, and you can keep Fengzhi company."

On Lin Yue’s suggestion, the Seventh Princess followed him back to Prince Xia’s Mansion. He had already informed the guards and the mansion staff to prohibit anyone from mentioning the public execution to the Seventh Princess.

While the Seventh Princess recuperated, he arranged for the other potential leaks.

"Qiuhe, you can stay in this courtyard."

After arranging the Seventh Princess’s accommodations, as Lin Yue was about to leave, the previously silent Seventh Princess suddenly spoke up and stopped him.

"Brother."

The Seventh Princess looked at him, sighed, and said, "My Divine Soul has been torn apart, do you know anything about it?"

Lin Yue probed carefully, "Qiuhe, do you not remember what happened?"

The Seventh Princess was silent for a long time, then slowly said, "It should be that the Good and Evil Two Minds Cultivation Method activated... My evil spirit seems to be gone, where did she go?"

"Qiuhe?" Lin Yue’s heart trembled.

The Seventh Princess sighed, "Earlier, my Divine Soul was unstable, and I couldn’t remember anything or think clearly, but now it seems I caused innocent lives to be lost... I just remembered, at that time, I felt a strange will explode within my Divine Power, and then I lost my memory..."

She looked at Lin Yue, "Only when something completely contrary to my beliefs happens does the Good and Evil Two Minds Cultivation Method activate, it seems... I, or rather my evil spirit self, must have killed many people, right?"

"Qiuhe." Lin Yue sighed.

"You’ve mentioned this along the way, because you didn’t dare to tell me, right?" The Seventh Princess sighed again, "But even if you don’t tell me, I can still guess a lot."

Lin Yue remained silent.

He knew the Seventh Princess was not a naive person, otherwise she wouldn’t have survived this long with just the Protective Cultivation Method.

On the contrary, she was very clever.

"The Good and Evil Two Minds Method, Dream is used to deceive the kind heart within oneself."

The Seventh Princess said slowly, "In the dream, I saved the people of Youzhou... So that means I must have killed many people to make sense of it."

It couldn’t truly be hidden... Lin Yue sighed and said, "Qiuhe, it’s not your fault."

"...I know, but it still makes me feel uncomfortable..."

The Seventh Princess slowly closed her eyes and said, "Actually, before leaving, when Fourth Brother suddenly taught me this method, I was already thinking... if it truly activates, then it would likely only be under circumstances where I must kill many people..."

"Fourth Prince?" Lin Yue couldn’t help but ask, "Qiuhe... Are you saying, this method was taught to you by Brother Ji?"

"...Yes." The Seventh Princess looked at him, saying, "I don’t know exactly what happened, but it must have been the Demon Clan’s plot, right? Tell me, please?"

Lin Yue took a deep breath and said, "Qiuhe, this isn’t your crime..."

He then recounted the entire incident in detail since the Seventh Princess had already largely figured it out.

"The evil spirit has already dissipated..." The Seventh Princess sighed.

"Qiuhe, why did your evil spirit deliberately mislead others into thinking that the Buddha Ancestor taught you the Good and Evil Two Mind Cultivation Method?" Lin Yue couldn’t help but ask.

The Seventh Princess contemplated for a moment and said, "She... was probably trying to help Fourth Brother cover it up..."

Lin Yue took a deep breath and said, "Qiuhe, I told you, one of the Princes joined the Demon Clan, do you think this person could be..."

"It must be Fourth Brother..."

A trace of sorrow and sadness appeared in the Seventh Princess’s eyes, "So, Fourth Brother exposed his flaw to save me... no matter what he intended to do, at least his kindness to me was real..."

"Qiuhe, do you intend to cover for him?" Lin Yue asked.

The Seventh Princess remained silent for a long while before saying, "Brother, if it were you, what would you do?"

"I would cover for him," Lin Yue said without hesitation, "In my heart, the people around me are the most important, and everyone else doesn’t matter. One must choose between public and personal interests."

The Seventh Princess was silent for a long while before saying, "Fourth Brother told me that since he was born, he, like me, has never killed anyone, which is the thing he least wanted to do, so he could understand me; he truly is a person who cares about everyone, but... why did Fourth Brother help the Demon Clan?"

Lin Yue pondered for a moment and said, "Today the Fourth Prince also said that he only wishes for the Human Clan to live forever, perhaps his thoughts differ from ours."

The Seventh Princess remained silent.

"Is Qiuhe hesitating?"

Lin Yue sighed and said, "The Fourth Prince did save you, if you wish to cover for him, I also find it understandable, just..."

The Seventh Princess looked at him.

"Sorry, Qiuhe." Lin Yue sighed, "Second Brother left part of his Primordial Spirit with me to protect me from a Demon God attack, so everything we just said, Second Brother probably already knows..."

The Seventh Princess was slightly startled, then slowly closed her eyes and murmured, "Thank you, Brother."

Lin Yue hesitated for a moment and then shook his head, "Qiuhe, please take good care of yourself."

He stood up and immediately disappeared.

"Fourth Brother..." The Seventh Princess murmured, as tears gradually fell from the corners of her eyes.

...

Lin Yue appeared in Fengye Garden within the mansion, looking at the blood-like fallen maple leaves all over the ground. He sighed and said, "Second Brother."

"I heard everything."

The Second Prince, sitting in a wheelchair, appeared under a maple tree, catching a falling leaf in his hand, and said softly, "I wasn’t mistaken, you truly are a person of deep affection. Don’t worry, Seventh Sister is very smart, she understands your intention, which is also what she hoped for."

Lin Yue remained silent.

He understood.

The Seventh Princess wanted to cover for the Fourth Prince, yet because of him directly revealing the Fourth Prince, she still thanked him.

Because that was what she hoped for.

The Seventh Princess and the Second Prince, like the Human Ancestor, prioritize their clan over personal feelings.

Even if the Fourth Prince’s kindness to her made her hesitate, hesitate about whether she should cover for him, she would ultimately reveal it.

That was her Dao Heart.

No matter how good the Fourth Prince was to her, she would expose him, even if it meant sacrificing her own life due to guilt, she would do it.

Lin Yue had also realized this.

So, he hadn’t hidden anything from the Second Prince with Divine Thought but instead spoke directly.

He didn’t care about the clan, he didn’t reveal the Fourth Prince for the clan, but because he cared about those around him.

Since the Seventh Princess was caught in conflict, he would be the bad guy.

"Second Brother."

Lin Yue sighed and said, "It’s almost certain that the Fourth Prince allied with the Demon Clan, but I don’t quite understand. Today he also said ’only wish for the Human Clan to live forever,’ why help the Demon Clan then?"

The Second Prince was silent for a moment before saying, "I know, but it’s better to ask him directly."

"Act now?" Lin Yue asked.

The Second Prince slowly shook his head, "The Crown Prince has already suppressed him."

Lin Yue was slightly taken aback and asked, "He didn’t resist?"

The Second Prince paused briefly before saying, "Logically, he should know that once exposed, he is certain to die, but since he helped the Seventh Princess out of personal reason, leaving a flaw, he should have been prepared, but he didn’t resist."

He sighed and said, "But, he and Seventh Sister are very similar, his goal had been achieved, but he also knew he was guilty towards us, he was probably intending to atone with his death..."

"Atone with death?" Lin Yue bowed his head in silence.

The Seventh Princess was indeed such a person too.

Human nature is inherently contradictory.

Even if something is more important than life, there are still degrees of light and heavy.

"Second Brother, can I take Qiuhe to see him?" Lin Yue asked.

"Go ahead."

The Second Prince nodded lightly, "They should meet him."

...

Prince Ji’s Mansion.

At this moment, the mansion’s suppressive formation had already been dismantled, and the Crown Prince, in Mysterious Robe and Crown, stood indifferently in the courtyard, watching the distant Fourth Prince with an expressionless face.

Streams of ethereal forces of heaven and earth permeated the Fourth Prince’s body, sealing his Inner Heaven and Earth.

"Prince Ji, you hid really well."

The Crown Prince said coldly, "If it weren’t for this event, no one would have thought that you are the traitor of the Human Clan?"

The Fourth Prince stood there quietly and said, "Crown Prince, I helped the Demon Clan, but I am not a traitor of the Human Clan."

At this moment, the Second Prince, Lin Yue, and the Seventh Princess appeared in the courtyard.

The Fourth Prince looked at the few of them and lightly said, "However, it is true that I disclosed the Seventeenth Brother’s secrets and whereabouts to the Demon Clan and facilitated their actions."

His gaze slowly lingered on the Seventh Princess, and with a smile, he said, "Seventh Sister, you indeed are as I thought, you prioritize the clan over personal feelings, don’t worry, I’m gratified, Fourth Brother is gratified."

"It was me who exposed you." Lin Yue spoke up, "Consider it a trade-off."

The Seventh Princess was silent for a long while and finally asked, "Fourth Brother, why?"

Facing everyone’s gaze, the Fourth Prince said softly, "I have said, throughout the ancient times, the human heart remains unchanged, at least I wish for our Human Clan to last eternally, naturally for the clan."