All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 177 - 37 You Ruhui (3/3, thanks to the alliance leader Wrestling Panda)

Chapter 177: Chapter 37 You Ruhui (3/3, thanks to the alliance leader Wrestling Panda)

——I never imagined that such a ticking time bomb has always been by my side.

The Da Chen royal family, the Emperor’s Blood Commandery Princess, or the Royal Lady... My Seven Fiend Heavenly Mandate, alas...

With a long sigh in his heart, An Jing gathered his spirit and said to the girl, "I indeed pretended not to know because I didn’t want to get involved in your troubles."

"But the fact is, I can’t avoid this, can I?"

"I’m sorry. But indeed, that’s the case," the girl said somewhat sheepishly as she nodded slightly, "Although you might think this is alarmist, the person who has been targeting you and my enemy are actually the same group, and their main target is me."

"Once they succeed, Kanming City will be destroyed, and no matter how far I run, I’ll be captured... Your Strange Mandate is no exception, you’ll be caught by those people and sacrificed alive..."

"Stop for a moment."

An Jing could tell, although the girl in front of him was sincere, her manner of speaking carried an innocent naïveté—as if she knew nothing of the world. If it weren’t for the fact that he knew she was telling the truth, he would definitely think she was spouting nonsense, needlessly alarming.

But indeed, everything matched up.

An Jing recalled the intelligence he had scouted with an uncrewed drone—Lu Jin’s reason for controlling the Earth Pulse Node, to hinder Magistrate Zheng’s ’Joining Earth Pulse’ skills, was to take advantage of the Earth Pulse’s backlash to kill hundreds of thousands in Kanming City during the Frost Calamity, then pollute the Earth Pulse with their blood as a sacrifice, aiding his master, the Great Heavenly Demon behind Lu Jin, to find their target!

The Great Heavenly Demon behind Lu Jin was looking for An Jing, the very same Great Heavenly Demon that sought to capture him. At first, An Jing was somewhat suspicious that the other party might use the Blood Sacrifice to find him... but now it seems a little self-flattering.

The other party’s goal, apparently, is this girl with Divine Abnormality, of Da Chen’s imperial lineage.

So, am I acting as a shield for the Emperor’s Blood?

No, no, no. After this thought flashed through An Jing’s mind, he dismissed it.

One should know that, on the surface, he is just a person with a Star Detriment Wondrous Destiny, at most a Divine Mandate—in certain circumstances, perhaps really not as important as the Emperor’s Blood. If An Jing’s existence drew the attention of the True Demon Sect, it could indeed act as a shield for the Emperor’s Blood.

But in reality, An Jing is of Heavenly Mandate!

The actions and existence of this Da Chen Emperor’s Blood would actually conceal his movements.

With her around, who would care about a Little Leader cultivated by the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect? A person who, on the surface, is most likely deemed to have a Strange Mandate, with only a few guessing he has a Divine Mandate?

It’s the other way around; she is the one shielding me!

Coming to this realization, An Jing raised his hand to signal her to stop, "In simple terms, you are being hunted."

The girl was startled for a moment, then nodded.

"The people hunting you are dangerous, they haven’t found you yet, but to do so, they won’t hesitate to destroy the entire Kanming City, triggering certain cursed Ritual Methods. Because of my Fate Pattern, I will also be noticed and can’t remain uninvolved."

"Yes!" The girl grinned, seemingly about to add something, but An Jing raised his hand to signal her to not speak, "For now, I won’t ask why you can see my Fate Pattern."

"Are you also in a bad relationship with the officials, and therefore can’t go to them for help?"

"Yes! Because..." The girl blinked, intending to answer smoothly, but she abruptly stopped herself, then fell silent.

Good. An Jing nodded slightly. It was fortunate that she hadn’t approached them before, because given that the local government had essentially been a branch of the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect up until recently, this Emperor’s Blood Commandery Princess might not have been captured by the Heavenly Demon or Da Chen but rather by the Demon Sect.

Wait a minute.

At this thought, An Jing suddenly furrowed his eyebrows.

Upon careful consideration... did it really take so many Red Armored Guards to eradicate a common branch of the Demon Sect like Hanging Fate Manor?

The Red Armored Guards are part of the wind, forest, fire, mountain military divisions, the Martial Army, distinct from the ordinary stationed forces.

The founding of the Martial Army is extremely strenuous; each member is at least a martial disciple who has achieved Mind, Body, and Technique, just waiting to open their Inner Breath. Those at the Inner Breath realm are squad leaders, and the entire army in formation is comparable to a full force of Martial Artists!

This kind of army could easily slaughter ten times, or even more, of ordinary human forces!

Not to mention, there was also a True Person from the Divine Repository realm, the ’Six Yang Mystic Mirror’, lending a hand. How could this situation not feel wrong?

Even if amidst it all was Commander Gu from Hanhai trying to rescue his own granddaughter out of personal affection, he could do so openly and unimpeded probably only because he was also carrying out some extremely important mission, right?

Even I could think of the acts of the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect collecting talented children, so Da Chen must have surely thought of it as well.

If they launched a surprise attack on the Demon Sect’s manor, it was to see if there were any mission targets inside, to eliminate suspicion...

Or, perhaps the Demon Sect itself was just a target used to divert attention, the true purpose being to muddy the waters and momentarily shift Da Chen’s focus elsewhere, facilitating the departure of this royal girl with the Emperor’s Blood...

"Okay."

Thinking up to this point, An Jing still had many things unclear in his mind, for instance, just what exactly the Commandery Princess had done to be arrested by the authorities, and why she was being tracked by the True Demon Sect...

Oh, the latter was not a problem. The fact that a Heavenly Demon was lurking within the Da Chen government was probably something Da Chen itself would not acknowledge.

But at the least, An Jing knew that she was an enemy of the entire world and could be trusted.

After clarifying the clues, he nodded and said, "I understand the general problem—you cannot report to the officials, but still wish to resolve this matter."

"Because you’ve seen that I also want to resolve it, so you came to seek cooperation with me?"

"Yes, yes!"

The girl became excited. "You’re really amazing. I didn’t even finish speaking, and you’ve deduced everything!"

"Granny is unwilling to let me take risks, but I know that if I don’t take risks, the ultimate outcome will inevitably be a bloodbath, with no one in the city spared, Granny included!"

"Granny has spent her life helping others. I don’t want her to make a mistake at the end and lose all her accumulated virtue... Those with a Strange Mandate transcend mortals, it seems I really didn’t make a mistake in finding you!"

She said a great deal all at once and, sensing that she might have said a bit too much, she took a step back and fell silent.

...This fellow, just from discerning her Fate Pattern, was worth being fervently pursued by many sects and the Da Chen government to be captured.

An Jing could only feel relieved that she hadn’t seen that he was of Heavenly Mandate, and spoke gravely, "I’ll tell you the truth, I indeed am going to eradicate that group of True Demon heretics—but what can you help me with? And if you want me to help you, what can you offer as compensation?"

"Also, what’s your name?"

"My name is... You Ruhui."

After a moment’s hesitation, ’You Ruhui’ came up with this new name. She spoke earnestly, "I can help you a lot, for instance..."

You Ruhui raised her hand, and then she completely vanished from An Jing’s sight.

"Illusionary Light Escape?"

An Jing was inwardly mocking ’Who doesn’t know that the emperor of Da Chen has the surname Xuan, who are you fooling with You?’ When he witnessed this scene, he narrowed his eyes, becoming serious, "No, this is a higher form of..."

And the Sword Spirit exclaimed in awe, "Impressive! It’s the ’Earth Escape Divine Skill’! She uses the Qi of the Earth Vein to conceal her presence! Not even divination relying on fate or destiny would work, no wonder the Heavenly Demon used the tainted Earth Vein to track her!"

"This is the highest level of the Escape Skill Divine Abilities. This girl’s escape all the way here must have relied entirely on this technique... But it’s odd."

The Sword Spirit wondered, "Then why didn’t she just use the Earth Escape to go to Dust Li, instead of insisting on staying in Ming City?"

"She can only use the Earth Vein within the territory of Da Chen," An Jing immediately thought of the answer. "Her means must definitely be related to her royal Da Chen Emperor’s Blood, even possibly some kind of imperial secret treasure."

"The laws of Da Chen are strict. With the use of heritage or treasure, she can wield Divine Skills at will within Da Chen’s domain, but once outside, she cannot."