Chapter 1451: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
Shangguan Yiâs halo of bad luck was no joke.
Everywhere she went in the Vermilion Bird Sect, everyone there knew about it. It was like a bug in her program blighting her and everyone around her with constant bad luck, with no one able to figure out why this was the case.
An Lin suddenly came to the realization why an invincible War God such as himself would suddenly be defeated and tortured countless times by a Heavenly God. Could it beâŠ
That this had something to do with Sister Shangguan Yi?
Shangguan Yi was still sobbing beside him like a helpless little girl, and he silently cast this thought to the back of his mind. This must have been just a coincidence.
At the very least, he shouldnât be blaming her for this. If he wanted to blame anyone, he should blame himself for being too weak.
An Lin patted Shangguan Yiâs shoulder with a smile. âActually, every cloud has a silver lining. You donât just bring people bad luck, you simultaneously bring people good luck as well.â
Shangguan Yi shuddered slightly before looking up at An Lin with tears on her gorgeous features. âWhen have I ever brought good luck to others?â
An Lin analyzed with a serious expression, âThink about it, we had extremely lousy luck after entering the Vermilion Bird Trial Grounds and encountered the black phoenix, who was at the Return to Void Pinnacle StageâŠ
âHowever, after that arduous battle, I managed to get a drop of vermilion bird blood essence from him and that drop of blood essence gave Xiaolan a second chance at cultivation. Is this not good luck? If you hadnât attracted the black phoenix to us, I wouldâve never obtained the vermilion bird blood essence!â
Shangguan Yi was a little dumbstruck. âThis⊠Youâre blaming the black phoenix incident on me?â
An Lin spoke with a serious expression, âWhen weâre together, Iâm blaming all instances of bad luck on you!â
Shangguan Yi: ââŠâ
An Linâs expression softened at the sight of the pitiable expression on Shangguan Yiâs face. âOf course, all instances of good luck will also be attributed to you. After all, itâs like I just said, every cloud has a silver lining.â
Shangguan Yi blinked her teary eyes and burst into laughter.
âWhat is this twisted logicâŠâ
âItâs all solid reasoning!â
An Lin continued, âAnd also the snow maidens incident. The Heavenly Time God wanted to destroy your entire race, but I came to save the snow maidens because of you. As such, you saved over a hundred million snow maidens!â
Shangguan Yi looked up at An Lin with guilt and gratitude. âThatâs because youâre a good personâŠâ
An Lin was caught a little off guard, but he accepted the compliment. He was indeed a very good person, after all. âThe only thing Iâm confused about is why the Heavenly Time God decided to target the snow maidens first this time. Arenât they always thinking about destroying the human race?â
âThatâs because snow maidens are humans as well.â Shangguan Yi looked up at An Lin.
âSnow maidens are humans?!â An Linâs eyes widened with astonishment.
âWhy are you so shocked? How do the snow maidens not look like humans?â Shangguan Yi pouted with displeasure.
âYouâre telling me theyâre humans when they can reproduce without a single man among them?â An Lin was completely incredulous.
Shangguan Yi blushed slightly. âI was a human in my past life. I felt like men were disgusting and horrendous creatures, so I hid in a snow mountain to cultivate⊠After that, I managed to successfully attain my dao. Not only did I manage to transform my life essence, but I also invented a method for asexual reproduction. Thatâs how snow maidens came to beâŠâ
An Linâs mouth gaped open. He was even more shocked to hear this than when he heard how snow maidens were humans.
He knew that Shangguan Yi was the Ice Matriarch in her past life, which meant that this Ice Matriarch had created an entire race!
Just one person was able to create an entire race, and it was an extremely powerful and renowned race on the Tai Chu Continent at that. How terrifyingly powerful was she?
âBy the way, you said you thought men were all disgusting in your past life, so nowâŠâ An Lin turned toward Shangguan Yi with curiosity on his face.
âOf course itâs not the same thing now!â Shangguan Yi was eager to clear up any misunderstanding An Lin might have. âThe Ice Matriarch is the Ice Matriarch, and I am me. Iâm completely different from the person I was in my past life.â
An Lin nodded.
Shangguan Yi really was different in this life. She was a lot more unlucky.
A thought suddenly occurred to him. âYou always bring good luck along with the bad. I wonder if weâll have some good luck here as well.â
Shangguan Yi looked up at the vast expanse of golden space around them and could not see anything that indicated good luck. âDoesnât look like it. There doesnât appear to be anything here.â
An Lin stood up and began to explore.
He unleashed his divine sense to investigate this space, only to find that there seemed to be no end to this place.
He drew his Evil-Slaying Sword and slashed down toward the soft ground, but even the blade of a divine tool was unable to leave the slightest trace on the ground.
âWait, this doesnât appear to be matterâŠâ An Linâs sword had been impeded by something, but it didnât feel as if it had struck anything substantial.
âYouâre right.â Shangguan Yi stood up. âChen Chen told me that this world is constructed from the Heavenly Time Godâs residual power. Following the Heavenly Time Godâs death, this place became a space with no will of its own. Furthermore, due to the special properties of the heavenly time power, this space will never decay or disappear.â
An Lin was developing a throbbing headache upon hearing this.
Most spell techniques would disappear over time with no one to maintain them.
However, this spell technique was an exception. Its caster had already died, but the spell technique itself could remain for all of eternity! This meant that if they couldnât find a way to get out of this place, they were going to be trapped here forever!
No wonder Shangguan Yi had said that their current situation was not much different from death.
After all, there was a very high likelihood that they were going to be confined forever here!
âOnce Chen Chen comes back, Iâll get him to teach me the method to remain unaffected by this river of time as well. Iâm going to join them and search for clues within the river,â An Lin said with a determined expression.
âMe too. Thereâs always more strength in numbers.â Shangguan Yi nodded.
The two of them looked out over the river.
Soon, ripples began to emerge from the river.
Chen Chen slowly appeared with an extremely exhausted expression.
A hint of a smile appeared on his face upon seeing An Lin. âYouâre awake, An Lin. How are your injuries?â
An Lin smiled. âIâm pretty much fully recovered thanks to the Great Empressâ immortal pill. How are things going on your end?â
Chen Chen made his way over to An Lin with a slightly distressed expression. âNot well. This river is an embodiment of evil in this world. One can fall into the worlds depicted by the images on the river and will then have to endure unspeakable torture. Seeing as the river can take us to different worlds or spaces, there should be a way back to the Tai Chu Continent within these images, but I havenât found it yetâŠâ
âTeach me the method to enter this river. Iâll help you out,â An Lin offered.
Chen Chen nodded. A white light appeared on his fingertip, which he laid on An Linâs forehead. âDonât resist. Iâm going to inject the Void Body Mantra into your mind.â
A short while later.
When An Lin opened his eyes again, his body had become insubstantial and illusionary.
âSo youâre using a method like this to erase your own existence, thereby making even the heavenly time power ignore your presenceâŠâ
An Linâs eyes lit up as he stood beside the river filled with heinous and infernal images. Then, he carefully lowered his foot into it!
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