Chapter 691 - 690: Died in Battle

Chapter 691: Chapter 690: Died in Battle

This sort of thing had to be avoided. It would be a huge hassle if he were seen.

Then, Jiang Zuo said, "Go on your own."

"Huh?" Mu Lin was completely baffled.

’But why?’

’Why is he suddenly making me go alone? Is he planning to kill me from behind?’

Mu Lin then asked, "What if I can’t beat them? It’ll be easy to get exposed even if I just follow them."

Jiang Zuo thought so too. It was a waste to have help and not use it. He didn’t really want to make a move himself, and since he had already acted once, he basically couldn’t do so again.

Then, Jiang Zuo said, "The Tier Nine Dragon will go with you. Once you find them, just follow them for now. Wait for my instructions."

The Deep Sea Tier Nine Dragon said, "But where are they? We don’t know."

Just then, Jiang Zuo took out an eyeball and began to channel his power into it. An image appeared on the surface of the sea—a view of the Secret Realm. The image shifted continuously before finally settling on a small island.

On this island, they saw the Divine Dragon and the Holy Dragon.

"They’re right here."

Two dots then appeared on the water’s surface. Jiang Zuo said, "The red dot is us, the green dot is them. You see the location now?"

The Tier Nine Dragon nodded. "More or less."

Jiang Zuo then handed some strange fruits to Mu Lin. "If he gets cowardly, feed him two of these."

Mu Lin accepted the fruits and said respectfully, "Understood."

Jiang Zuo said, "Go on."

The Tier Nine Dragon was about to leave, but Mu Lin didn’t move.

She asked Jiang Zuo, "Senior, did Senior Qin Tian really die at the hands of the Dragon Race?"

This was very important to her; she had to get a clear answer.

She refused to believe, deep down, that the Human Race was inferior to the Dragon Race.

’Humans are clearly the strongest.’

Jiang Zuo’s voice was devoid of emotion. "What do you think?"

Mu Lin said firmly, "I don’t believe it. The young miss once said that Dragons and humans can’t be compared. Although Dragons have a greater innate advantage, their starting point is also their endpoint."

"But humans are different. They may be weak, but they possess infinite creativity and limitless potential. Out of countless people, one will always emerge to reach the highest peak—like the young miss’s brother."

Mu Lin continued, "So I don’t believe a Dragon could have defeated Senior Qin Tian."

Just then, the Tier Nine Dragon interjected, "We Dragons have potential too! Besides, there’s no shame in losing to the Holy Beast Primordial Dragon. It’s an honor, even."

The Spiritual Dragon nodded as well, not daring to say much more.

After all, the one standing over them was human.

Mu Lin ignored him. She looked at Jiang Zuo, waiting for him to give her the answer.

Jiang Zuo said, "A Dragon could fight Qin Tian."

Before the Tier Nine Dragon and the others could celebrate, Jiang Zuo added, "But the Holy Beast Primordial Dragon is not worthy of being his enemy."

Even before he achieved the rank of Supreme, Qin Tian was beyond the Holy Beast Primordial Dragon’s league—to say nothing of after he attained that lofty position.

Only a Dragon would have been qualified to fight Qin Tian.

As for who would win, it’s hard to say.

After all, Jiang Zuo had never met Qin Tian.

He had sensed the corpse, but that was all it was—a corpse. It was impossible to tell what his true limits had been.

Now they were confused. But Mu Lin, at least, understood one thing: the Holy Beast Primordial Dragon was no match for Qin Tian at all.

Mu Lin then asked another question, "Then how did Senior Qin Tian die?"

The Tier Nine Dragon chimed in, "Yes, if even the Primordial Dragon couldn’t beat him, who could have possibly killed him?"

The Tier Nine Dragon felt a pang of disappointment hearing that the Holy Beast Primordial Dragon couldn’t defeat a human.

But Jiang Zuo had also said that a Dragon could be his match.

’That must mean there are stronger Dragons, ones I just don’t know about.’ But he didn’t ask.

’Knowing less is safer.’

Jiang Zuo didn’t bother to hide much. "During the ancient era, a divine war broke out. Foreign races invaded, and the Human Race was on the brink of extinction."

"Qin Tian single-handedly united the Cultivation Realm and led it into the divine war."

"In that war, he turned the tide, repelled the invaders, and pacified the lands, before finally falling on the Ancient Battlefield."

"His sacrifice secured eras of peace."

"It is said that in that war, no one returned alive."

Mu Lin was stunned. The Tier Nine Dragon and the others were stunned as well.

They couldn’t even begin to imagine such a hero, or how brutal that war must have been.

But a divine war... just from the name, they knew it was something no ordinary person could have possibly resisted.

’And not a single person survived.’

’What kind of war happened back in the ancient era?’

The Tier Nine Dragon asked, "What about the Holy Beast Dragon Race? For an event of this magnitude, they must have participated, right?"

Jiang Zuo shook his head. "I don’t know. I haven’t heard anything about it."

’Right now, I only know of three or four people who participated in that war.’

’First, Qin Qianning. She was the first important figure to fall in battle.’

’Second, Qin Tian. His name shook the world; everyone knew of him.’

’Third, Li Yue, the strongest Mage in history and a member of a foreign race.’

’Fourth, the founder of the Spiritual Control Sect. He led the entire sect to join the fight, but I don’t know how they fared.’

’So, for now, no names of any Holy Beasts have come up.’

As for whether they had participated or not, Jiang Zuo couldn’t care less.

’It has nothing to do with me, anyway.’

Mu Lin felt both sad and a little happy. She just knew it—Senior Qin Tian wouldn’t have died in such an ordinary way.

Then she asked, "What about the young miss? She was such a good person."

’The young miss of Earth Valley Longyuan... whatever she said was practically law. No one dared to provoke her.’

’It wasn’t like that at first, but everyone learned eventually.’

’Everyone came to believe that anyone who had crossed her in the past had a death wish.’

’I heard that even the strongest monster, You Si, was her lackey.’

’You could say she was always protected, so she should have been able to live a good life.’

Jiang Zuo said, "I heard she was the first to resist the invasion in her brother’s name. She would rather die than retreat, and she fell in battle just a moment before Qin Tian and the others emerged from their seclusion."

’I heard that from Su Qi and the others; I didn’t see that video myself.’

’Though I did see how she died.’

’In fact, the Holy Land People I know are either Saintesses, Candidacy Saintesses, or former Saintesses. I actually know quite a lot.’

’When they discussed these things, they never tried to hide it from me.’

’After all, my wife is a Candidacy Saintess.’

’But I don’t think I know any less than they do. After all, I’m a Candidacy Saintess myself.’

"The young miss... died? But she was so nice." Mu Lin was in a daze.

’The young miss helped me a lot when I first came here. I wasn’t strong at the beginning.’

’I don’t understand. Why didn’t she retreat?’

’She had her brother, she had You Si... Wasn’t she the safest person in the world?’

Jiang Zuo didn’t have time to watch her stand there in shock. "If you have no more questions, go after them. Remember, I haven’t ordered you to attack, so don’t do anything rash. And don’t get caught."

"I’ll notify you when the time is right."

The Tier Nine Dragon nodded in acknowledgment.

Then, they headed directly toward the Divine Dragon’s location.

After they left, Jiang Zuo landed on the island.

The place had been reduced to ruins by his lightning strike, but it seemed the blast had uncovered something.

It felt very dangerous, and vaguely familiar, as if he had sensed it somewhere before.

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「Holy Land」

"That incredibly powerful item you mentioned, where is it hidden? Has it been used yet?" Yue Xi asked Pure Goodness.

"It’s hidden in an extremely clever place. Back then, there was this annoying Dragon—so, so annoying. She wanted it, so I made sure not to give it to her. I hid it in a place she would never think to look."

"So says my subjective consciousness."