Chapter 719

"Then who exactly are you?"

This was something Consort Lin desperately wanted to know. She had to get to the bottom of it, or she simply would not be able to rest easy.

"Who am I? Haven't I already made that very clear? Who I am isn't important. What matters is that everything I do has a reason. It's all for my younger brother's sake, all to help those old fellows' plans proceed more smoothly, to eliminate certain hidden dangers and troubles for my brother, so that he won't suffer a mental breakdown when he learns the truth in the future. That wouldn't do anyone any good. Though a mental breakdown wouldn't amount to much for my brother, it would still leave him depressed for a while. And that is absolutely unacceptable for him, because of his status. He is the one those old fellows chose—especially the one chosen by that bald old monk. Naturally, nothing can go wrong."

"Besides, every minute of his time is incredibly precious. There absolutely can't be any delays. You could say that every minute of his is priceless; no mistakes or problems can be allowed. He must spend every moment cultivating. Otherwise, that bald old monk wouldn't have left him so many good things, nor would he have left him that Big Black Cat. You should know the Big Black Cat's origins, so you should understand just how highly that bald old monk regards my brother. That is precisely why I care so much about him. Though we aren't close and don't get along especially well, he is still my younger brother. We now share the same bloodline. Although that bloodline will bring endless trouble in the future, it is at least still fairly good for now. Though it will make it very difficult