Hearing Chen Xinqiao's name from the incarnation of the Eastern Ya Cui Clan's True Lord, Zhang Yuan's gaze flickered. He steadied his mind, considered briefly, then asked:
"Were you close to Chen Xinqiao, True Lord?"
In response to Zhang Yuan's question, Old Man Chang Geng shook his head. "I never knew Chen Xinqiao, and I was only acquainted with True Person Qingxu. The one who was truly close to Qingxu, who was her friend, is the other incarnation currently directing the original body-the [Heavenly Army Night-Cutting Goddess], known as [Qiming]."
Zhang Yuan was deeply puzzled.
The other incarnation directing the original body?
Could it be that the Eastern Ya Cui Clan's True Lord's three incarnations weren't of one mind, and the original body actually had no consciousness? Whichever incarnation controlled the original body became the Eastern Ya Cui Clan's True Lord?
If that were really the case, there was something seriously wrong with the Eastern Ya Cui Clan's True Lord.
This touched on a True Lord's secrets, so Zhang Yuan did not rashly pry. Suppressing his doubts, he continued, "Since you know of Chen Xinqiao, Senior Chang Geng, is she still alive? Even a wisp of remnant soul would do."
If the Eastern Ya Cui Clan's True Lord and Chen Xinqiao had been friends in her previous life, could the True Lord have secretly helped her when the Lords of Heaven and Earth laid that death trap?
Perhaps there wasn't much the True Lord could do, but preserving Chen Xinqiao's soul would have been enough...
Old Man Chang Geng shook his head again. "Qingxu failed to attain [Heavenly Well Radiance] a thousand years ago. In truth, she died then. Once she failed, there was no possibility of survival."
The winner became king; the loser became an outlaw. True Person Qingxu