bookrebus Chapter 1814 Too Many Peach Blossoms
Chapter 1814 Too Many Peach Blossoms
Inside the suspended palace, the flickering lights cast the shadows of Mingchuan and Jinman onto the cold jade floor.
Mingchuan's sudden question was like a stone thrown into a deep pool, creating silent ripples between the two.
The charm and competence on Jin Man's face vanished for a moment, replaced by a complex expression that had been etched into her features for countless years.
She looked at Mingchuan, and in the depths of his eyes, which always held a smile or a sharp glint, it seemed as if long-forgotten memories were surging up.
She chuckled softly, her laughter no longer coquettish, but instead carrying a hint of relief and vicissitude.
"Yes... I've been waiting for a very, very long time."
Jinman walked to the window and gazed at the vast star map in the celestial mirror, as if looking at the distant sacred realm through that virtual scene. "From the moment I first met you, I knew you were extraordinary. Back then, I was waiting and gambling."
"I bet you've gotten this far. I bet you have the strength to shake that mountain that's been pressing down on you for millennia."
She turned around, leaning against the window frame. Moonlight streamed down from behind her, casting a hazy, cool silver rim on her beautiful features. She bore an inexplicable resemblance to Fairy Yueyao, only lacking her deliberate aloofness and possessing a more mature and genuine air born from hardship.
Mingchuan looked at her and said calmly, "Isn't it time to tell you about the secret between you and the Holy Domain? The time is ripe, it's time to reveal the relationship between you."
Jinman gazed into the distance, a hint of melancholy in her eyes.
She sighed softly and slowly recounted the whole truth.
"Actually, you should have guessed a little. My real name is Yueman. I belong to the same lineage of Longyin Temple as Yueyao. We were both personally taught by the previous sect master and are also cousins by blood."
Her voice became distant, lost in memories, "At that time, I was recognized within the temple as one of the most likely candidates to succeed the Pavilion Master. I was obsessed with formations and deductions, and devoted myself to exploring the origins of the laws of heaven and earth. Although I did not reject the supreme position, I was not as fixated on it as Yueyao."
“And she…” A cold hatred and indescribable sorrow flashed in Jin Man’s eyes, “Her talent was no less than mine, yet she took a completely different path. At first, she only cultivated some slightly radical, unnatural secret techniques. Although I didn’t approve, I didn’t interfere too much out of consideration for sisterly affection and the normal competition within the sect. Until… I accidentally discovered that her rapid advancement in cultivation was not entirely due to her own hard work, but rather because she secretly cultivated an ancient forbidden evil technique—Spirit Devouring and Foundation Seizing!”
Mingchuan's pupils contracted: "Soul Devouring and Foundation Seizing?"
“A vicious and evil technique that can directly plunder others’ cultivation, foundation, and even part of their life essence!” Jin Man’s voice turned cold. “Those she chose as her targets were mostly disciples with good talent but weak backgrounds, such as the geniuses who ascended to the Saint Realm from the Spirit Realm, or the rogue cultivators from the Human Realm who were brought up there by her through special channels. If I hadn’t accidentally discovered the residual pure energy carrying the resentment of the victims in her secluded cultivation place, I would probably still be kept in the dark.”
“I was shocked, angry, and felt a chill to the bone. Although Longyin Temple is not a good place, it still has its bottom line. Such behavior has completely fallen into the demonic path! I originally intended to secretly collect evidence, report to my master, and have him abolish his cultivation and clean up the sect.”
Jin Man's lips curled into a bitter smile: "But I didn't expect her perception to be so sharp, and I certainly didn't expect that her thirst for power and her obsession with position had driven her completely mad. Before I had even gathered enough evidence, she struck first, joining forces with several elders she had already secretly controlled or bribed to falsely accuse me of practicing demonic arts, colluding with external enemies, and attempting to overthrow the sect!"
“That battle…” Jin Man closed her eyes, her body trembling almost imperceptibly, as if she could still feel the terrifying, world-destroying power and the excruciating pain of betrayal from that time. “I was outnumbered and severely injured; my very soul was almost shattered by her Moonlit Soul-Eroding Technique. In the final moments, I detonated my natal magic weapon and half of my cultivation, creating the chaos of a feigned death, which allowed me to barely tear through space and fall into the Spirit Realm…”
"I fell into the mountains near the Qingcheng Imperial Dharma Sect and was on the verge of death. It was Su Hongzhen, who was traveling at the time, who found me."
Jin Man opened her eyes, a semblance of calm returning to them. "I used the alias Jin Man to conceal my true identity and hide my original face, but I displayed extraordinary strength in front of Su Hongzhen. After that, Su Hongzhen took me back to the Qingcheng Yufa Sect and made me an elder of the sect."
“My soul was severely injured for a long time and I have not been able to recover. Su Hongzhen was unaware of this. It was only after meeting you that I discovered that you and I were somewhat compatible. By a twist of fate, you helped me repair my soul and allowed my cultivation to return to the current Nascent Soul Realm.”
She walked up to Mingchuan and looked at him intently: "Mingchuan, without you, I might have already died in some unknown corner, my soul exhausted. You gave me a new life, and you also gave me the hope of wiping away my shame and exposing Yueyao's true colors!"
Mingchuan was processing this astonishing and heavy secret, his heart filled with turbulent emotions.
He never imagined that Jinman had such a tortuous and tragic past, nor did he expect that his entanglement with the Holy Domain Dragon Roar Temple was already destined the moment he met Jinman.
And sure enough, those strange barriers in the human realm at that time were all created by the Holy Domain.
Jinman continued, "Now that I have accompanied you through your growth to the point where you can rival Longyin Temple, I hope that you will never disappoint my expectations, and even more so, do not let down those cultivators in the human realm who have mysteriously disappeared or been injured."
"It's so rare for them to climb to the level of a cultivator."
Seeing the hatred still gleaming in Jin Man's eyes, Ming Chuan slowly nodded: "Don't worry, I will never let you down."
Having said that, he chuckled softly: "So, should I call you Yueman or Jinman now?"
Jin Man's eyes flickered twice, and she pursed her lips: "Yue Man has long since disappeared from this world. Now, only Jin Man is alive. I don't want to mention that past again, and I don't want to have it again."
"I am just Jinman."
Her eyes were full of determination.
Mingchuan finally nodded. "Okay, Jinman."
Jin Man's initial tension gradually eased. Seeing Ming Chuan's serious expression, she playfully winked at him, "Okay, I'm not that anxious anymore, you should relax too~"
Before Mingchuan could react, Jinman suddenly stood on tiptoe and gave him a quick kiss on the lips!
"I believe you can do it!"
After saying that, Jinman slowly walked away, her waist and hips perfectly proportioned.
Mingchuan watched her departing figure, then touched the lingering warmth of the gold thread on his lips, and shook his head helplessly.
"Sigh, is having too many suitors really a good thing?"