Chapter 1303: Chapter 1312: Incorrigible

Jiang Fan looked down at his feet!

A silhouette of an old woman wrapped in demonic Qi ascended slowly from below.

Who else could it be but Wu Gou?

"You didn’t expect it, did you? I would be waiting for you inside the Connecting Sky Black Pillar."

With hands clasped behind her back, Wu Gou approached Jiang Fan with a half-smiling expression.

The four-zhang-wide spatial passage left Jiang Fan no room to retreat. He could only confront this once Great Sage face to face!!!

Jiang Fan took a deep breath and solemnly said:

"Senior, you were once a Great Sage of our Central Earth, why help the wicked?"

"Now Central Earth is on the brink of catastrophe, far worse than a thousand years ago. If you return, you will surely win over the people."

Despite the slim hope, Jiang Fan still wanted to persuade her.

Wu Gou smiled faintly:

"I, too, once passed from the Heavenly Human Five Declines into the Great Sage Realm."

"Do you know what that means?"

Jiang Fan nodded his head.

It meant that Wu Gou was once a highly respected person, deeply loved by all.

Only thus could she receive merit and enter the Great Sage Realm.

A flash of nostalgia crossed Wu Gou’s eyes as she said:

"I once loved Central Earth like you."

"Because, on that homeland, there were people I loved and who loved me."

"There were those I silently protected and those who gently accompanied me through the years."

"I even thought I would guard it forever."

"But... as I walked forward, I ended up all alone."

"As a Sage, I have a lifespan of over a thousand years."

"But, the people I love, and those who love me, do not."

"Can you understand what it’s like to come out of seclusion after a hundred years, only to find your most cherished Junior Brother lying on a small mound overgrown with withered grass, or the person who loved you deeply in eternal rest with regret?"

"Time is the most merciless blade in the world."

"It ruthlessly severs all bonds, leaving you in eternal loneliness."

"I bid farewell to each old friend, watched my dear ones turn to bones, and saw those who once admired me, wanting to become a bright youth like me, age and wither away."

"They are all gone, leaving behind only cold tombstones carved with names, reminding me they once existed."

"So, you tell me."

"What in Central Earth is worth my protection now?"

Jiang Fan was stunned.

Immortality is a dream pursued by countless people throughout history.

But it is also a curse.

Those who pursue immortality must walk alone.

Yet, some people can uphold themselves in solitude and still fight for their beliefs.

For instance, Heavenly Eye Sage, who battled with the remnant soul of a Giant Emperor for a thousand years.

But some will lose themselves.

Like Wu Gou.

Jiang Fan said: "Senior Wu Gou, if you no longer wish to protect Central Earth, I won’t force or blame you."

"But, can I ask you to remain neutral and not aid the wicked?"

Wu Gou replied calmly:

"The Ancient Giants can offer me immortality, what can Central Earth offer?"

"I have witnessed life and death, joy and sorrow, and experienced the ruthlessness of time and the cruelty of years."

"I am afraid too."

"Afraid that one day, the ruthless blade of time will catch up with me and confine me to a small tomb."

"Therefore, I must move forward, step by step, towards immortality, to no longer fear time, and to no longer be a slave to the years!"

At that, she shifted her gaze back to Jiang Fan and said: "Don’t harbor any illusions."

"Hand over the Nine Phoenix Chao Dao hairpin, Xingyuan Venerable, and Princess Zi Jiang."

"Considering that once you had my shadow upon you."

"I will spare you a path to life."

Perhaps reminiscing about the past once softened the distant and forgotten memories buried deep inside.

Allowing her icy heart to soften a little.

Jiang Fan sighed inwardly.

Wu Gou is determined to serve the Ancient Giants, chasing that elusive immortality.

Seeking to escape death.

But does true immortality exist in this world?

Life, aging, illness, and death are natural, and nature is the Dao.

Can the Ancient Giants break the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and confer immortality on people?

Probably not.

If they could, the Ancient Saints of Central Earth would have managed it.

But, in Central Earth, is there anyone who is eternally undying?

For ages, it has always followed the natural law of life, aging, illness, and death, and there has never emerged an immortal being.

But Wu Gou has already succumbed to the fear of death.

She is fanatically obsessed with the ethereal notion of immortality and cannot be awakened no matter what is said.

"Hand it over!" Wu Gou said coolly.

Jiang Fan snapped back to reality, nodded, and said: "Alright."

"As senior commands, I dare not disobey."

Without drawing attention, he slipped his hand behind him into his sleeve, grasping the broken bone of the Five-star Giant King.

But before he could make a move.

Wu Gou calmly stated: "Before you activate the Bloodthirsty Giant King’s Origin, I can kill you ten times over."

"Do not exhaust the little mercy I have left."

Jiang Fan’s expression shifted.

Before such a formidable being and at such proximity, any action he took could not be concealed.

With no choice.

He could only let his hand fall and reveal the mirror in his palm.

Princess Zi Jiang glared coldly at Jiang Fan, smiling yet not smiling, and remarked:

"Your Human Clan has a saying, ’when the mountain doesn’t move, the water does.’"

"Did you not expect the tide of our relationship to turn so quickly?"

Just now, Princess Zi Jiang was the lamb awaiting slaughter, and now it’s Jiang Fan’s turn!

Jiang Fan sheepishly replied: "Princess Zi Jiang, would you believe I only intended to invite you to Central Earth for a friendly exchange?"

Princess Zi Jiang clenched her fist and pounded it against the mirror’s surface.

"Exchange?"

"Weren’t you just planning how to sell me at a high price?"

"Abducting the daughter of a Giant Emperor, only you in all of Central Earth would dare do such a thing!"

"Let me out!"

"I promise not to tear you apart!"

Wu Gou also fixed her gaze on Jiang Fan, reaching out with her hand.

"Hand it over."

Jiang Fan was helpless, facing a being of such caliber, he had no room for resistance.

He could only first toss Xingyuan Venerable to her.

Then handed over the mirror as well, saying: "If Xingyuan Venerable recovers, I won’t be afraid of you."

Wu Gou snatched Xingyuan Venerable and couldn’t help but smile: "In the end, it returns to my hands, doesn’t it?"

She then reached out to accept the mirror Jiang Fan handed over.

Princess Zi Jiang glared at Jiang Fan, wishing she could come out immediately and tear him into pieces!!

But, at this moment!

Xingyuan Venerable within the Sealing of Five Senses suddenly had a gleam in his eyes.

Without any warning, he struck, delivering a palm at close range against Wu Gou’s body.

Bang!

A muffled explosive sound.

This sudden blow caught Wu Gou completely off guard, and a palm-shaped bloody cavity appeared on her chest on the spot!

Wu Gou was sent flying backward, crashing into the Gang Feng of the Wind Origin.

About to be shredded by the Gang Feng, the demonic Qi behind her burst forth, forming a massive thrust that pushed her out of the Gang Feng.

Despite this, her back was still torn by the Gang Feng, leaving it a bloody mess with bones exposed!

She was, after all, a Venerate of the Heavenly Human Five Declines.

Yet, within a breath, she was wounded this gravely by the Gang Feng!

But she had no time to check her injuries, and wore a look of shock as she stared at Xingyuan Venerable, who had regained his ability to move.

"How did you break the seal?"

Given Xingyuan Venerable’s injured state, it was impossible for him to break it on his own!

Unless Jiang Fan helped, but Jiang Fan did nothing...

Wait!

She recalled Jiang Fan muttering earlier, "if Xingyuan Venerable recovers."

Immediately, she glared at him coldly: "Did you use Wish Paper?"

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