Jade Dagger: I'm Coughing Blood!

[This Ouyang guy is... Zhuo Zhuo and Ying San. Hm? Why is there another person? How come I remember there being an extra character in the original story?]

[Forget it, probably just some unimportant passerby. But that Zhuo Zhuo fellow is really something, I truly can't understand why he chose Ying Ya!]

[It's not that I'm saying Ying Ya isn't good enough—she does look quite pretty—but... isn't Inner Academy Senior Sister Mu Ling obviously the better choice?]

As the diary's contents refreshed, the smug smile at the corner of Ying San's mouth instantly froze solid.

Before she could even feel joy at her victory over Xiao Ge, a wave of panic coiled around her heart.

As Zhuo Zhuo's girlfriend, Ying Ya naturally knew about Mu Ling—after all, the other party always appeared in the identity of an older sister, and in their interactions, even Zhuo Zhuo treated her with care.

But she only knew that Zhuo Zhuo and Mu Ling had a close relationship; she didn't know that between them there was actually... there was actually a past story!

[Speaking of this, I have to mention that Sea God's Graceful Grace and Mu Ling's background. Mu Ling comes from a noble family in the Heavenly Soul Empire, and because she offended another noble clan, her entire family was wiped out. In the aftermath of that calamity, only Mu Ling was left as the sole survivor, and Mu Ling happened to encounter the Graceful Grace who suddenly appeared in this land.]

[I mean... isn't that a bit too coincidental?]

[I'm not saying Graceful Grace is a bad person, but... that Graceful Grace at that time, his expression was already twisted with venomous hatred, having become a murderous maniac. That murderous Graceful Grace, why did he happen to appear in the Heavenly Soul Empire, happen to be at the old lair of our sect, and then happen to save Mu Ling?]

[Let's not even get into that—if you're going to save her, just save her, but you had to make Mu Ling into Zhuo Zhuo's childhood bride. Old man, can't you see how many years apart they are? Even if you want to bind this innate soul-power genius to the Ouyang Family's Spirit Academy, you didn't have to use this method, did you?]

[Was it because he felt the life-saving grace wasn't secure enough, so he came up with this trick?]

Far away at the Ouyang Family's Spirit Academy, Mu Ling and the Ying Bei beside the Hao Ran body both sneezed at the same time, and their faces also paled simultaneously.

The book in Mu Ling's hands silently fell, and on that delicate, flawless face emerged a hint of contemplation and confusion.

For so many years, she had never once doubted Graceful Grace's motives; on the contrary, she was filled with gratitude toward him. But after reading today's diary entry, Mu Ling carefully recalled the past and only then realized that some doubts had quietly arisen.

Was the annihilation of her clan back then truly without any hidden circumstances?

And that Graceful Grace, who was clearly twisted and vicious at the time, why would he appear in the Heavenly Soul Empire?

However, Mu Ling did not lose her composure; she just gently rubbed her own chest and remained silent.

Perhaps... the things of that year really weren't as simple as they appeared on the surface.

Ying San's reaction was even more direct. She somewhat incredulously looked at Zhuo Zhuo beside her, feeling that her own teammate had become a stranger.

That Inner Academy Senior Sister was actually Zhuo Zhuo's childhood bride!

This matter—Zhuo Zhuo had never even mentioned it to her!

Ying Ya suddenly felt a sense of being deceived.

Thinking of the close relationship between the two, Ying Ya felt as if her heart was blocked by something, an indescribable feeling.

[Zhuo Zhuo's choice, I really can't understand either. I mean, Inner Academy Senior Sister Mu Ling, mature, gentle, knowing, beautiful, and imperial, and she's also the big sister who grew up with him—for a boy whose feelings are just beginning to bloom, that should be fatally attractive, right?]

[Zhuo Zhuo actually gave up such an excellent big sister and chose a girl with a soul-devouring potential or even the ability to become a Soul-Slaying Saintess?]

At this point, Ying Ya subconsciously clenched her fist, and Mu Ling's image surfaced in her mind.

Xiao Ge's judgment was not wrong; in terms of appearance, figure, temperament, talent, and cultivation, she had no shortcomings whatsoever. Moreover, she was even going to become a Soul-Slaying...

No!

I don't want to become a Soul-Slaying!

Ying Ya gritted her teeth and quietly moved away from Zhuo Zhuo, unconsciously shifting her gaze to Xiao Ge.

That diary was so miraculous, it definitely had a way to help her avoid stepping onto that path!

[Having finished talking about Zhuo Zhuo and Mu Ling, let's go back and talk about this Ying San. Although she will fall and become a Soul-Slaying in the future, her martial soul can't be blamed either—after all, the cultivation direction of the Blue Silver Grass has already gone wrong!]

[Speaking of which, this Ying family is really stubborn enough. Just because the first generation clan leader was Ying San, every subsequent clan leader's martial soul had to be Blue Silver Grass, and they even had to follow Ying San's cultivation path—how could that work?]

[Ying San's martial soul is the Blue Silver Emperor, a martial soul that can almost be compared to the Clear Sky Hammer. You guys cultivating Blue Silver Grass—isn't that just a joke? Even without the impact of soul weapons, it's enough to make your Ying family decline!]

"And then, who was the old bastard who came up with the idea of adding poison to the Blue Silver Grass? Isn't that just harming your own descendants? What are the characteristics of Blue Silver Grass? Blue Silver Grass is the most abundant plant in the Great Spirit Academy, even found everywhere, with the most vigorous vitality! Even in barren wastelands, Blue Silver Grass can completely thrive and grow."

[So, the soul ring attachment direction for Blue Silver Grass should obviously lean toward the realm of life, right?]

[Oh, so it was Little Jade Blade who came up with the idea of adding poison to the Blue Silver Grass? Then never mind. That Little Jade Blade guy is really useless! Without Ying San's guidance, he can't even figure out his own martial soul, and his martial soul can only fart!]

[It's also because Ying San is a tough guy; otherwise, with Little Jade Blade messing around like that, he would have gotten Ying San killed sooner or later.]

[Recognizing Little Jade Blade as your master? Hah! Does he even deserve to be called a master?!]

The soul ring attachment direction for Blue Silver Grass is wrong?

Ying Ya subconsciously wanted to retort in her heart.

After all, this was a configuration derived by the Ying family over the years based on Ying San's ancestor's soul ring configuration, and it was even the theory of Little Jade Blade's ancestor, that unparalleled genius, who was Ying San's ancestor's master.

But soon, Ying San froze, because what Xiao Ge said seemed... not a single point was wrong.

At least, she couldn't think of any reason to refute what Xiao Ge said.

Blue Silver Grass's vitality was indeed extremely vigorous, and a soul ring in the life domain did seem to be the best choice.

Could it be... that their path had all been wrong?

Th-this is impossible!

Although Ying Ya vaguely felt that what Xiao Ge said might be true, the ingrained knowledge made it difficult for Ying Ya to accept all at once.

This meant that her previous knowledge was all mistaken?

Or even more seriously, her current beliefs were all mistaken?