Chapter 153: Chapter 96: Heaven is Watching (Part 2)

With the Immortal Whale Blood, the Grand Ancestor of Liang’s longevity was no longer a concern.

’No wonder Great Yu Yue said this item could help me contend with the Wind Snow Sword Immortal!’

Su Chen sighed.

Once the Sub-Innate Corpse Refining was complete,

supplemented with Armors Like Mountains,

he would surely be able to approach the Innate Realm.

At that time,

he, the Muddy World Technique Immortal, would truly be on par with the Wind Snow Sword Immortal, and they would be known as the Unparalleled Dual Immortals.

However,

in all the world,

’who could have guessed that the Wind Snow Sword Immortal—the greatest cultivator under heaven—and the Black Lotus were actually the same person?’

’Does this count as aiding the enemy?’

Su Chen shook his head and couldn’t help but laugh.

The Tree Whiskers surged.

Assuming the identity of Imperial Physician Xu Ge, he returned to the Imperial Palace and went to the Imperial Hospital.

The Imperial Hospital was as lax as ever.

Aside from Su Chen, all those ranked Imperial Physician and above, including the director and his deputy, were nowhere to be found.

Only the Medical Officers were milling about the Imperial Hospital.

"The Director only comes out from the rear mountain once every half a month now. Getting an exit pass from the palace has become a real headache."

"Tell me about it."

The Medical Officers grumbled endlessly.

Just then,

Su Chen passed by.

Their tone immediately turned snide and sarcastic.

"Well, if it isn’t Imperial Physician Xu."

"I heard you’re the Governor’s son. No wonder you entered the Imperial Hospital at such a young age and can somehow even cure terminal illnesses. Turns out someone’s been paving the way for you."

"What’s next? They’ll probably make you an Imperial Physician, won’t they."

Xu Ge didn’t fit in.

Neither did Su Chen.

Su Chen paid them no mind. He returned to his small courtyard, dug into the earth, and unearthed the Burial Coffin. He placed the Black Coffin inside the Burial Coffin and nodded in satisfaction.

He also frequently visited the Xuanyuan Treasure Tree, feeding it with Longevity True Qi. Now, all he had to do was wait for the Sub-Innate Demon Fiend used in his Corpse Refining to mature.

All that was left was to wait for the harvest.

The Imperial City was calm and peaceful.

The recent chaos with the Demon Fiends had become nothing more than idle gossip. This ancient city had stood for eight hundred years; it had weathered far too many world-shaking events.

Compared to those, this bout of chaos from the Demon Fiends seemed like mere child’s play.

The small courtyard returned to its usual tranquility.

In his leisure time, he watered the flowers and tended the garden. When he was particularly idle, Su Chen would cradle a hand warmer, feeling drowsy.

But the peace did not last long.

Someone soon came rushing into Su Chen’s small courtyard.

"She escaped."

"Cyan Sparrow escaped!"

Chen Xuan, dressed in a Blue Robe, came jogging up, panting heavily. For someone with his Third-Grade Cultivation to be so out of breath, it was clear how anxious he was.

"Good, let her escape."

Su Chen was trimming the branches of a plant.

’After receiving one of my sword strikes...’

’...even the dullest person would undergo a heaven-shaking transformation.’

’The small Taiye Lake could never cage a Cyan Sparrow who wishes to spread her wings and soar high.’

"She’s sick."

"She hasn’t taken her medicine in days."

"If this goes on, she might die."

Chen Xuan grew frantic.

He didn’t know why he’d come looking for this lazy Imperial Physician, when he could have mobilized the Imperial Guard and the hundred thousand members of the Cao Gang to find her.

"Is that so."

Su Chen stopped trimming the branches.

’I don’t want to lose a second Cyan Sparrow.’

’Even if she’s the fake one.’

"Follow me."

Su Chen paused in thought, his gaze sweeping the distance. As he searched, countless Longevity Fires reflected in his eyes. He stood and walked toward the carriage.

"Drive!"

Su Chen got into the carriage and looked at Chen Xuan, the newly promoted Blue-robed Chief Steward Eunuch.

"You want *me* to drive?"

"I’m a Blue Robe now."

"The only people who get me to drive for them are Marquises, Peak experts, and even Grandmasters..."

Chen Xuan planted his hands on his hips, deciding to put this lazy Imperial Physician in his place.

"If you’re not going, then I’m getting out."

"Forget about you; even the Purple-robed Thousand Years has pulled my carriage like a beast of burden. Being my driver is a blessing you’ve earned over eight lifetimes."

Su Chen snorted coldly and made a move to get out of the carriage.

"Keep bragging."

"Who do you think you are? The Wind Snow Sword Immortal?"

Chen Xuan didn’t believe a word of it and scoffed.

In the end, he still took the reins, driving the lazy Imperial Physician in the direction he indicated.

Soon, the carriage stopped.

They were before a nine-story pavilion of red brick and green tile, covered in a thick blanket of snow. Beside it stood a withered tree, which would never again sprout leaves or blossoms.

"This is..."

Chen Xuan was stunned.

"The Library Pavilion."

Su Chen pushed open the door and walked in.

’In recent years, I’ve climbed the walls to get in here countless times,’ Su Chen thought. ’This is the first time I’ve just walked through the door.’

"Cyan Sparrow, how could she be here...?"

"This is a forbidden area."

"If the Thousand Years finds out, we’ll be beheaded."

Chen Xuan hurried in after him.

The next moment, he was rendered speechless.

There, at the top of the Library Pavilion, was a graceful silhouette in a cyan robe, reading by lamplight. She was going through books one after another, her speed increasing.

Cyan Sparrow was really here.

’Who am I?’

’I should have read these books, but I haven’t read a single one.’

"Hah."

’Who in the world am I?’

’So I really am a fake.’

Cyan Sparrow was laughing.

No.

Lady Shui was laughing.

But as she laughed, tears began to stream down her face.

Just as her memories dictated, she was infatuated with the Wind Snow Sword Immortal—the ageless, godlike youth who could upend the world with a single sword.

She loved his strength.

She loved his freedom.

She loved his carefree spirit.

She loved the trace of tenderness deep in his eyes when he held an umbrella for her.

She had always believed she was that Cyan Sparrow, the one who was lost by the side of the godlike youth during the great flood of the Nujiang River outside Jinjiang City.

Year after year.

She waited for him.

But now, she had discovered she was a fake.

So what did that make her, all these years?

"Oh, Sword Immortal, Sword Immortal."

"You knew I wasn’t Cyan Sparrow, so even though you were here in the Imperial City, you never came to see me even once. Is that right?"

"I, Lady Shui, may be of humble birth, my life as insignificant as an ant’s, but my love is not. I will not allow anyone to trample on it..."

She was weeping.

For a person of humble birth, that love was all she had left.

And yet, even that love had been trampled upon.

From the top of the tower,

she leaped.

"No!"

Chen Xuan’s face drained of all color.

The Palace had long known that this Cyan Sparrow was a fake.

But they still kept this fake Cyan Sparrow around.

It was because the ones who wished to meet the Wind Snow Sword Immortal were not only the Black Abyss, but also the great Purple-robed Thousand Years.

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