Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Chapter 597 - 596 Trust

When Jiang Lianyi said, "Who are you?" Lu Yang’s heart clenched fiercely.

It seemed that the mastermind behind the scenes had completely erased Fairy Eternity’s existence, not just by replacing the name in books but by altering memories, erasing everything about Fairy Eternity from everyone’s minds, and even mighty Jiang Lianyi was not spared.

Jiang Lianyi was a peerless Semi-Immortal with the qualifications to vie for the position of an Immortal, and if even she was not spared, one could only imagine how it would be for other cultivators and mortals.

No wonder no one mentioned Fairy Eternity’s name to resurrect her after her death.

"Fairy Eternity, Yellow Bean?"

Jiang Lianyi stopped her tears, feeling utterly unfamiliar with the name and without the slightest recollection, her eyes filled with confusion.

The smile on Fairy Eternity’s face gradually disappeared. Although she had braced herself, knowing that Jiang Lianyi had forgotten her still filled her with loss and sadness.

"Yes, I am Fairy Eternity, Yellow Bean, known alongside Qilin Immortal, Immortal Jiuchong, Yingtian Immortal, and Time Immortal as the Five Ancient Immortals. I was the last among the five to become an Immortal!"

"The last to become an Immortal was my husband, the fourth one; there were only four immortals in ancient times, where does the fifth Immortal come from?"

"What about your cooking skills then? I taught both you and Xiao Ling how to cook."

Xiao Ling was the Dragon Clan Ancestor, Ao Ling.

"Both of us are self-taught, with no master to guide us."

"And the Playing Dead Technique, the one you just used, I taught that to you and Xiao Ling."

"The Playing Dead Technique came to me and Xiao Ling when we were exploring a Secret Realm, an ancient ruin so old it couldn’t be authenticated. After we left, the realm collapsed and became ruins."

"When you and Qilin Immortal got married, I even gave you an Immortal Fruit, inscribed with ’To the most beautiful of the Demon Race’!"

"I don’t remember anything like that when my husband and I got married. Immortals Jiuchong, Yingtian, and Suiyue came to congratulate us and gave us Immortal Fruit, but none of the fruits were inscribed with ’To the most beautiful of the Demon Race’."

"We used to eat together often, and your abode, your bedroom, I have visited them all!"

Fairy Eternity listed event after event in vibrant detail, met with Jiang Lianyi’s silence.

Jiang Lianyi was silent for a long time.

"Sorry, I don’t have any recollection of what you’ve said."

Jiang Lianyi was no longer groggy like when she had just woken up; she had quickly sorted through all her memories, remembering even the things that happened before her deep sleep clearly.

At the time, her husband’s behavior was strange, stubbornly insisting that she use the Playing Dead Technique to enter a state of death without explaining why. Trusting him, she had performed the Playing Dead Technique, and upon waking, her confusion was met with a strange woman and a Golden Core cultivator.

She was certain her memory was crisp and complete, with no gaps, logical from start to finish, and without a single detail related to Fairy Eternity.

Tears sparkled in Fairy Eternity’s eyes, swirling endlessly, stubbornly refusing to fall.

When Jiang Lianyi saw the other’s expression, her heart ached terribly, unable to pinpoint the reason.

"Fairy..." Lu Yang wanted to comfort Fairy Eternity, but as he tried to pat her shoulder, his hand passed right through.

Fairy Eternity was in a soul state.

Just as Jiang Lianyi was about to say some comforting words, she felt something at her chest. Instinctively reaching out, she pulled a stone from her chest.

"A Memory Stone?"

Jiang Lianyi became even more puzzled. She remembered that before she fell asleep, she didn’t have this stone. Could her husband have slipped it in?

She channeled her spiritual essence into the Memory Stone, and intricate, magnificent patterns appeared on its surface.

The illusory shadow of a man with coral-like horns on his head emerged. He was elegant and graceful, dressed in a black robe adorned with patterns of countless creatures.

"Qilin Immortal?"

"Husband?"

This male illusory shadow was none other than Qilin Immortal.

Lu Yang also recognized Qilin Immortal. This was the second time he had seen him—the first being a reflection from history, and now, an illusory shadow.

"Lianyi, you may have many questions in your heart. You will meet someone, please don’t panic. This person is trustworthy, even more so than I, than Ying Tian and the others!"

"You will find this person very strange, completely unable to recall her origin. Please think about it—if this person had nothing to do with you, how could she have unraveled your Playing Dead Technique?"

Jiang Lianyi was stunned.

Indeed, the ancient ruins had vanished, and only she and Xiao Ling knew the Playing Dead Technique. Her husband, Ying Tian, Jiuchong, Suiyue—none of them learned it, nor was there a need for them to do so.

How did this woman, who claimed to be Fairy Eternity, know the Playing Dead Technique?

"Someone has altered your memories. I do not yet know the identity of this person. You don’t need to know the details of this matter, nor should you get involved. It is a battle at the level of Immortals. The only thing you need to know is that the person who woke you up is trustworthy!"

Subsequently, the illusory shadow of Qilin Immortal turned towards Fairy Eternity with a smile and clapped in congratulations, "Eternity, you have finally been resurrected. It is just unknown how far apart the era you are in is from mine."

"I am sorry that we never managed to resurrect you. The enemy’s methods surpassed our expectations. Not just the Semi-Immortals, but even we were affected. We could only remember you by ’Eternity’; your real name has always eluded us."

"We attempted to call out your name in order, but each time we uttered one, we would forget the one we had said before, falling into a vicious cycle."

"The one slight consolation is that, according to the conversations through the temporal passageway, we confirmed that you will be resurrected in the future."

"Lianyi’s affection for you runs deeper than for me. I didn’t want her constrained by her lifespan, passing away without ever seeing you. That’s why I arranged for you two to meet."

"Even if she has forgotten you, seeing your resurrection will undoubtedly bring her joy."

"To help you find Lianyi, I established this Secret Realm and hid Lianyi on the fourth level."

"To the Cultivators of later generations, this place should be considered an Ancient Secret Realm, or simply, an Ancient Realm. It doesn’t matter anymore. In any case, this Secret Realm is of considerable value to the later Cultivators and quite famous. You love bustling places, so you’ll definitely come here."

"While establishing this Secret Realm, I took the opportunity to give our Demon Race a chance."

"Through our conversations across the temporal passageway, we learned that you are in a soul state, accompanied by a Golden Core Stage young Cultivator. You must have been staying in this young Cultivator’s Spiritual Space all along."

"This Secret Realm will attract not just you, but him as well."

"The first level’s trial is a basic test of martial power. With you there, the Golden Core young Cultivator will have no problems passing it."

"The second level’s trial is more complex. Your intuition is sharp, and you will make the right choices, so this trial should not be difficult for you."

"The third level is to distinguish you from the young geniuses of the Demon Race. Only you would be able to answer the questions there."

"By the way, I am currently fighting the one who tried to kill you using various means. I am not sure where I will be when you are resurrected. Hence, I will not leave a location for you—it would be pointless. If you are resurrected, the world is so vast, eventually, we are bound to meet."

"Well then, farewell."