Chapter 2319: Chapter 2367: Turned Green

When you dislike someone, you can fake it. When you hate someone, you can also fake it. But when you truly like someone, it cannot be faked.

Chaoge had given him her life-saving golden feathers time and time again. She had helped him in secret over and over. She had smiled, cried, and blushed for him countless times.

Jiang Fan was no longer the emotionally dense and taciturn boy he once was. How could he fail to sense the tender affection hidden in her subtle gestures and quiet actions? He simply couldn’t respond to it.

In his heart, Chaoge would always be that beautiful, kind, and innocent girl who studied medicine to save lives—as pure as an angel. To harbor romantic feelings for her felt like a desecration of that purity. However, he hadn’t expected that playfully feigning amnesia this time would give Chaoge the chance to confess her feelings, leaving him with no way to avoid it.

Tears gradually welled up in Chaoge’s eyes. "Senior, do I... do I like my Martial Uncle too?"

Jiang Fan slowly closed his eyes. "I don’t wish to answer questions unrelated to cultivation."

Chaoge stared fixedly into his eyes. "Since you are my guide, shouldn’t you guide me in matters of the heart as well?

"I just want an answer from you, Senior."

Jiang Fan remained silent for a long time before reopening his eyes. "Yes."

Hearing this single word, Xia Chaoge lowered her head and smiled. Having completely revealed her feelings to her Martial Uncle, she was content.

Jiang Fan’s state of mind, however, could no longer remain calm. "You sacrificed so much, but did he ever give you any sort of outcome?"

Xia Chaoge shook her head. "Martial Uncle doesn’t know anything."

"Is it worth it?" Jiang Fan asked.

Xia Chaoge tilted her head and thought for a moment. "I’ve never considered that question.

"As long as Martial Uncle is doing well, that’s enough for me. I don’t ask for a result.

"It’s like how not all flowers bloom to bear fruit. I am the same..."

THUMP.

Jiang Fan’s body violently shuddered, his pupils contracting sharply as a tempest raged within his heart.

Not all flowers bloomed to bear fruit. To bloom and release a wisp of hidden fragrance, to store that page of time in the depths of one’s heart, and to leave life to lingering memories—that was the exact reflection of his and Jiu Meng’s state of mind when they parted ways at the North Sea all those years ago. It was also their eternal, ineffaceable regret. Now, this sentiment was manifesting once again in Xia Chaoge. Was she going to follow in Jiu Meng’s footsteps? No! He had already let Jiu Meng wither into dust while waiting, burdened with endless regrets. He absolutely could not let Xia Chaoge repeat the same tragic mistake. Even if he couldn’t give her the outcome she desired, he could not allow her to spend the rest of her life in misery.

Jiang Fan’s emotions grew even more turbulent, a hint of a tremor in his voice. "Say no more.

"What do you owe the East Emperor? Why must you marry him?"

Xia Chaoge cast a curious glance at Jiang Fan. She could sense that her Martial Uncle’s gaze just now had been profoundly sorrowful. It was the same look she had seen when Ling Shu died. A trace of heartache entered her gentle eyes, making her even more reluctant to burden him. "It’s nothing.

"You don’t need to worry, Senior. Everything I do is of my own free will."

At that moment, the Communication Jade Pendant transmitted another urging message. Xia Chaoge stood up. "Senior, I have to go back for a while. If I can return, I will continue to receive your guidance."

Now that the West Empress had returned, the East Emperor surely wouldn’t dare delay any longer, fearing unforeseen complications. Once the betrothal gifts were delivered, he would likely marry her in secret very soon. She might never have the chance to come back. Perhaps, this would be the last time they ever saw each other.

However, to her surprise, Jiang Fan stood up right after her. "I’ll go back with you."

Xia Chaoge lowered her eyes. "It’s better if you don’t."

How could she let Jiang Fan watch her marry someone else with his own eyes? If he ever regained his memory one day and remembered this, he would blame himself.

Jiang Fan put away the Immortal King’s Undying Bell and flicked her on the forehead. "You’re the one who asked me for romantic guidance, and now you’re the one telling me not to get involved!

"What kind of person do you take me for?

"Lead the way!"

Xia Chaoge covered her forehead, looking wronged. Seeing that Jiang Fan was determined to go, her face filled with worry. Aside from not wanting to cause trouble for him, she had another concern: her mother despised Jiang Fan. She didn’t know what had happened between them, but ever since her mother returned, she couldn’t stop cursing his name, calling him a dog at every turn. If Jiang Fan went to her home, wouldn’t her mother skin him alive?

"What is it?" Jiang Fan frowned.

"Are you really going to my home?" Xia Chaoge mumbled hesitantly.

Jiang Fan had long been curious about what kind of Angels Xia Chaoge’s parents were. To have raised such a kind and innocent daughter, her father must be a reasonable man, and her mother a gentle and virtuous woman. If their meeting went well, he could even gift them a drop of Holy Blood. "We’re going right now," Jiang Fan replied.

Left with no other choice, Xia Chaoge sent a message to Linglong through her Communication Jade Pendant. "Mother, my guide is coming for a visit. You should... mentally prepare yourself."

Within the city, inside a grand and imposing palace.

Linglong stared at the chests of heavy treasures filling the hall, her brows tightly knitted. Even though one of the chests contained half a drop of the Angel Holy Blood she had dreamed of, there was no trace of joy on her face.

"Is it truly inescapable in the end?" Linglong muttered bitterly.

Ever since the people from the Lost Heavenly Realm brought news of the Six Lords of Chaotic Ancient emerging, she had harbored a bad premonition. Great chaos in the world was already imminent. If the East Emperor didn’t want his bloodline to be severed, he would undoubtedly expedite his union with Chaoge. True enough, in just a few short days, he had gathered so many betrothal gifts. The East Emperor had made up his mind.

However, Linglong understood Xia Chaoge. The girl would fulfill her promise and marry the East Emperor, but to carry on his lineage? Xia Chaoge would instead calmly end her own life.

"Can I really not do anything for Xia Chaoge?" Linglong murmured, her eyes full of shame. Back then, to protect her from the East Emperor’s clutches, she had sent Xia Chaoge to the Central Earth while the girl was still young. As a mother, she had been absent during her formative years. Now that Chaoge was facing such a dire life crisis, was she going to remain absent?

Right at that moment, the jade pendant at her waist chimed. Learning that her daughter’s guide was coming, she frowned slightly. She was naturally aware that her daughter had taken the initiative to choose someone from the Human Clan as her guide. Originally, she had disapproved. However, the guide had been overly generous, gifting an Angel Blade just upon meeting. Therefore, she could only turn a blind eye to it. She hadn’t expected the other party to actually pay a home visit.

"At a time like this..." Linglong furrowed her brows, then sighed. "Never mind, since he is Chaoge’s teacher, it’s only right to make time to entertain him.

"I can also take the opportunity to see what is so great about this human that makes Chaoge take such initiative."

At this thought, the corners of her mouth curled up. "Damn you, Jiang Fan, you’re being thoroughly cuckolded!"

Shortly after.

Linglong sensed two auras descending in front of the palace. One was a human at the Early-stage One Calamity Realm, and the other was a Five Qi Angel Lord. She raised an eyebrow. "Who is it?"

"I’m back." Xia Chaoge expertly unlocked the palace’s restriction and stepped inside.

Linglong abruptly sat up, staring in disbelief at the five Little Angels hovering above her daughter’s head. Her mouth hung open wide enough to stuff a bun inside. "Y-You’ve broken through to become a Five Qi Angel Lord?

"Did you eat an Immortal Pill or something?"

She couldn’t believe it. In just twenty short days, her daughter had broken through from a Three-qi Angel Lord to a Five Qi Angel Lord!

"Senior guided me," Xia Chaoge said nervously.

Linglong immediately realized that Xia Chaoge’s guide was absolutely no ordinary person. An Angel Blade as a gift, and mere guidance resulting in breaking through two consecutive realms within twenty days? Even an expert in the Three Calamities Realm couldn’t achieve that! Just what kind of formidable figure had her daughter met?

She hurriedly urged, "Where is your teacher? Hurry and invite him in!"

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