Chapter 845 - 328: The Path to Heaven (Part 2)
And her Sister Jiang seemed to be waiting for her here on purpose.
At this moment, Jiang Sha was standing alone at the crossroads.
Yes, standing!
She no longer sat in a wheelchair, nor did she need Liu Qingqing’s care.
Ye Wuyue’s heart was beating very fast, but it calmed down instantly when she saw Jiang Sha.
Jiang Sha had such magic, as long as she was seen, one would feel extremely at ease, as if nothing was a big deal.
"Sister Jiang." Ye Wuyue took a maiden’s light step, her voice becoming sweet and coy.
Jiang Sha slightly gathered her eyes,
"You’re here."
"Was Sister waiting for me?"
"Yes."
Ye Wuyue stopped and asked with a smile, "Why? Did Sister know I’d come to find you?"
Jiang Sha said,
"Of course, you always wear your thoughts on your face without hiding them."
Ye Wuyue blushed, "Ah? Is that so! I thought I was being reserved and restrained."
Jiang Sha smiled gently, "Wuyue is a good child."
Ye Wuyue sniffed, slightly clenching her fists,
"The Demon Cultivators seem to... have all been cleared out. I can’t be completely sure, but that’s what the Unruffled Platform says. Does Sister know about the Unruffled Platform? It’s very powerful, able to control all kinds of Qi mechanisms. The Demon Extermination Bureau relies on it to discern Demonic Qi. An hour ago, I used the Unruffled Platform and found not a trace of Demonic Qi, so..."
She asked cautiously,
"Can we consider that the era of Demon Cultivators is over?"
Jiang Sha smiled and asked, "Do you really care about this?"
Ye Wuyue said, "Because Sister mentioned, you became paraplegic because of the Demon Cultivators—" She suddenly screamed, "Ah! Sister, are you standing! Are your legs healed?!"
"Did you just realize that?"
"No! I just felt that Sister should have been standing all along, so I didn’t react!" Ye Wuyue was extremely excited and sincerely happy.
Jiang Sha smiled softly,
"Wuyue, was it for me that you resolved to kill all Demon Cultivators?"
Ye Wuyue smiled awkwardly and shyly, "I don’t know if it counts as using public power for private gain... But now that I think about it, maybe I just wanted a world without Demon Cultivators. It always felt like the presence of Demon Cultivators... was unnatural, unjustifiable. But I can’t say why. Sorry, I can only give Sister such an ambiguous answer."
"You are very honest."
"I don’t want to hide anything from Sister."
Jiang Sha looked at her seriously and asked,
"Wuyue, do you like me?"
Ye Wuyue’s face turned red to the roots of her ears,
"Ah! This... this, this, this..."
She stammered, unable to speak. At the same time, she scolded herself harshly inside, why, when she had promised herself to express her feelings, was she now too afraid to say it boldly?
"Prob... probably." She lowered her head, her voice as quiet as a mosquito.
Jiang Sha averted her gaze,
"Wuyue, do you like looking at the stars in the sky?"
The night sky was nearing dawn, with only one morning star still shining.
Ye Wuyue looked at the morning star, "I do."
"But the stars are far away."
The clever Ye Wuyue instantly grasped Jiang Sha’s meaning; her shoulders couldn’t stop trembling, her neck taut, but she did not show any sign of sadness, instead forcing a smile,
"It’s quite nice to be able to see the stars just by looking up."
Jiang Sha said, "But by your side, there is scenery more worth appreciating and loving."
"What?" Ye Wuyue was stunned. She didn’t quite understand this sentence.
Jiang Sha shook her head, then smiled and asked,
"Wuyue, are you really certain that there are no more Demon Cultivators in this world?"
Seeing Jiang Sha’s smile, Ye Wuyue couldn’t help but doubt,
"But that’s what the Unruffled Platform said."
"But, who gave you the Unruffled Platform?"
"Brother Wubing."
"No, I mean... from the very beginning."
Ye Wuyue remembered Jianshen San. But she never knew who was really behind Jianshen San.
At this moment, looking into Jiang Sha’s eyes, she suddenly understood,
"Could it be Sister?"
"Smart child."
Like being struck by lightning, Ye Wuyue was motionless, overwhelmed,
"Sister... who are you really?"
"Haven’t you realized it long ago? But you chose to deceive yourself."
Ye Wuyue felt as if she was falling into a massive whirlpool, struggling to breathe,
"Jiang..."
She mumbled Jiang Sha’s surname,
"Sister, you’re Jiang Sha? The Slaughter Demon Lord?"
The pupils of Jiang Sha’s eyes gleamed with mysterious light.
Her silence was acknowledgment.
Ye Wuyue stepped back two steps, her heart feeling like it was being tightly squeezed, unable to expand or contract, her face turned pale, and beads of sweat rolled down her forehead. She asked,
"Am I just a pawn?"
Jiang Sha shook her head,
"You live up to your name, Ye Wuyue, the General Director of the Demon Extermination Bureau, a renowned young talent in this world. After tonight, your deeds will be sung, and in the foreseeable future, heavy marks of your story will be left in countless history books."
"I don’t understand... I can’t accept it either. Brother Wubing knows your identity, right?"
"Yes."
"What about Guan Xin?"
"She just found out."
"So I was the only one kept in the dark from start to finish?"
"No one deceived you."
"Then, it’s just my own stupidity." Ye Wuyue lowered her head, her hair covering most of her face. Heavy emotions almost materialized into a tangible rhythm, lingering around her.
Jiang Sha said,
"Wuyue, many things, we cannot choose the outcomes we want."
She approached Ye Wuyue and gently said,
"But if you want to know the truth, I will tell you everything."
Ye Wuyue gritted her teeth, "Even if I’m a fool, I need to know why all of this happened! So, tell me, why!"