The three Celestial Venerables' figures hadn't been recorded...
Lin Qiye fell into thought.
Yang Jian stared at the rippling surface of the water in his cup. After a moment of silence, he finally asked,
"So you're saying that you being my older brother... really happened in the future?"
"Yes."
"Did I die?"
Lin Qiye froze where he stood.
"Other than my soul entering the cycle of reincarnation after death and being reborn, I can think of no other reason for me to become the younger brother of an ordinary mortal," Yang Jian said calmly.
Lin Qiye watched him for a moment, then nodded. "You were indeed reborn. In this life, your name is Yang Jin, and you're my cousin."
"Yang Jin..."
At the sound of that name, something unusual flickered through Yang Jian's eyes. He closed them helplessly, raised his cup, and drained the immortal brew in one swallow.
He took a deep breath and continued asking,
"In my next life, did I have a happy family?"
"Yes."
"In my next life, was I an upright person?"
"Yes."
"In my next life, did I protect the people I cherished?"
Lin Qiye fell silent for a moment. "...Yes."
A faint smile appeared on Yang Jian's iceberg-like face. "Then that is good."
"Aren't you going to ask why you entered reincarnation?"
"Since the future has already been decided, what meaning is there in whether I know or not?" Yang Jian set down his cup and said evenly, "It would only disturb my state of mind."
Lin Qiye looked into Yang Jian's eyes. After a long while, he smiled helplessly.
Getting to know his cousin again in this way... was strange, yet dreamlike. Who could have imagined that the proud and powerful True Lord Qingyuan Miaodao before him would be reborn as that