Chapter 22 Ah Jing, I Hate Being Strongest

Kunlun Mountain Range, eastern Fantong, Yuxu Peak, deacon hall.

“That’s why I said it! That devil cultivator has already been shattered by Senior Brother Qiu Changtian!”

Liu Daoran roared angrily at the counter, and the deacon opposite the counter explained with a helpless expression.

“It’s not that we’re unreasonable, but the sect does have rules. Either we examine the corpse or we have a token. In short, we have to prove that the target is dead..”

“What else can we do when that person’s turned to ashes?” Lu Zheng also had a furious expression as he questioned from the side, “Could it be that we’re going to bring the powder over for you to examine?”

“How could the deacon’s hall be so shameless!” Wen Qin shouted behind them with Liu Yiyi.

“Even if there is powder, it can be considered evidence..” Before the deacon could finish speaking, he was pulled out of the counter by Hu Haozhi. Hu Haozhi held his shoulder and pulled him out to have a private chat.

“Old Su, you know me, Hu Haozhi, right?” He patted his chest and said impatiently.

“Aiya, how could I not know Senior Brother Hu?” The deacon smiled. “You’re a regular at the deacon’s hall. Most of our missions are handled by you..”

“That’s good.” Hu Haozhi gave a thumbs up and pointed outside. “That person outside is Senior Brother Qiu Changtian, this generation’s chief disciple, the personal disciple of the Sect Master. He has no reason to lie because of such a thing, right?”

“I, I can’t say for sure..”

“Why would he lie to you? Is he after these spirit stones or his reputation?”

“This is what I don’t understand.” The deacon smiled bitterly and said, “If he really is the personal disciple of the Sect Master, why would this generation’s Chief come to our deacon’s hall to do missions?”

“You.” Hu Haozhi shook his head, his expression actually looking a little aged. “Do you know what it means to ‘come out of Kunlun together and help others’?”.

“Huh?” The deacon was stunned. In the cultivation world where the strong preyed on the weak, was there such a thing as “righteous help”?

“In this Kunlun Sect, there aren’t many people that can make me, Old Hu, admire. Even the past chief disciples can be found everywhere with empty reputations,” Hu Haozhi said with a sigh. He looked at the distant snow-capped peaks as if he had fallen into some deep thought. “But that Senior Brother Qiu Changtian is definitely the fully deserving chief disciple.”

When he recalled the perilous battle that day, he still felt a lingering fear. It was just as Liu Daoran had said. If Qiu Changtian wasn’t present, everyone would have already had their souls seized by now, and they would be unable to die.

But what was Qiu Changtian after? Those few spirit stones? Or the admiration of a few insignificant outer sect disciples? None of this makes sense. Which chief disciple in history has been willing to lower himself to lead outer sect disciples on missions?

After thinking about it, he could only say that he was “helpful”.

“Senior Brother Qju..” He muttered as his gaze fell on the endless sea of clouds. “What an immortal-like figure.”

..

“So, what is Senior Brother after?” Xu Yinglian asked in confusion.

“As a member of Kunlun, why must I have other motives for doing sect missions?” Qiu Changtian asked with a smile.

Xu Yinglian nodded and revealed a “why the hell would I believe you” expression. She turned around and said, “Since they’ve already brought the spirit stones here, let’s rest today. I’m going to soak in the Kunlun Spring.’

“Junior Sister, why do you want to take a bath again? You’ll lose your skin.”

“Senior Brother, only dirty things that don’t bathe all year round will shed their skin when bathing.”

“Junior Sister, I bathe and burn incense every seven days.”

“But this is also good. If Senior Brother enters the Kunlun Pool, the entire spring water will probably be ruined. No one is willing to soak in the quagmire, except for the wild boars.”

“I really did shower regularly! And don’t make me sound like a wild beast!”

Qiu Changtian was speechless, and Xu Yinglian revealed a cold smile.

After sending his junior sister to the Kunlun Spring Pavilion, Qiu Changtian summoned the Kunlun Mirror.

“Ah Jing, Ah Jing, are you there?”

“When was I not around?” The Kunlun Mirror asked helplessly. “What?”

“If I were to give the spirit stones to Ling Yunpo now and fly directly to Mount Shu to meet him, would there be a space-time paradox?” Qiu Changtian said excitedly.

“For example, the first thing I heard Ling Yunpo say was ‘Hello, Qiu Changtian’. After that, when I reloaded the archive and turned into Ling Yunpo, the first thing I said to him was ‘Nice to meet you, Qiu Changtian’..”

“No,” the Kunlun Mirror replied. “The timeline is the only one that doesn’t allow for a paradox.”

“So in the first example, you heard what Ling Yunpo said. In the latter example, as Ling Yunpo, you have to say the same thing.”

“Of course, if it’s just a difference of a few words, I’ll help you eliminate these minor disturbances with Imitation Mode, so you don’t have to care too much.”

“What if it’s a big difference?” Qiu Changtian asked warily. “For example, returning to the past and deliberately changing the history that has already happened on a large scale?”

“Your attempt will fail,” the Kunlun Mirror replied. “Furthermore, you will suffer a backlash from the Great Dao of Time.”

“For example, you saw Xu Yinglian die in front of you. Then, you rewound the archive and wanted to stop her death and change history.”

“Then there’s a high chance that you can’t stop it for some reason before you can stop it

— for example, you were killed by a bolt of lightning on the way.”

Qiu Changtian listened patiently and said thoughtfully, “But I can stop her in advance and think of a way to create some illusions to let the ‘past self’ see the ‘death of Xu Yinglian’ according to the history that has already happened, right?”

The Kunlun Mirror was stunned for a long time, as if it had not expected such a thing. After a while, it said, “If you can do this, then it won’t be a problem. It won’t cause a time backlash. Besides, my Imitation Mode can do it.”

Qiu Changtian sighed and said, “Isn’t this the Novikov self-consistency principle? I’m afraid I can’t think of such a magical setting without ten years of cerebral thrombosis.”

“What.. What nov principle?”

“Nothing.” Qiu Changtian sighed. “Let’s leave it at that.”

The Kunlun Mirror fell silent for a moment before asking carefully, “Actually, I’m very curious. What exactly do you think of Xu Yinglian? I’m not asking Qiu Changtian, I’m asking you.”

“Oh, Junior Sister Xu.” He smiled faintly. “A cute junior who chose to follow me because she yearned for me.”

“What about An Zhisu?”

“Senior Sister An? She’s like a flower on a high ridge. Although she’s extremely beautiful and charming to begin with, what I truly admire is her courage and strength that isn’t afraid of stepping into the sky.”

“Do you like them?”

He fell silent for a moment and sneered. “Ah Jing, the so-called trust and reliance have the same meaning. That’s the behavior of the weak. The path I want to take has been paved. Before reaching the end, nothing can stop me. The lonely Sky Throne has yet to be ascended. And this unbearable empty window period will not last long.”

The Kunlun Mirror felt even worse when it heard that. It felt like it was about to break.

What was wrong with this guy? Did he really have human emotions?

“..Alright.”

It echoed vaguely as a strong and irrepressible thought suddenly arose in its heart.

The two of them seemed to be partners, but they were actually in a serious business relationship in exchange for benefits. He helped itself to mend the heavens and save the world, and it helped him to obtain various peerless cultivation talents with Imitation Mode.

However, deceiving the innocent girl’s sincerity was not within the scope of what they had agreed on back then! Therefore, it was understandable for this Imitation Mode to occasionally make a mistake and let them realize this guy’s true colors, right?

For example, he could slowly change Xu Yinglian’s impression of him from a completely disguised “invincible Qiu Changtian” to the real him under his mask.

She would do the same thing to An Zhisu. It would make Senior Sister An know the “fake Ling Yunpo” was just him in disguise..

After this tool helped me mend the sky, he would stop using the Imitation Mode disguise and return to his original temperament and appearance.

However, he was shocked to find that Xu Yinglian and An Zhisu could still recognize him.

If that was the case, it would probably be very interesting, right?