Qin Moyu asked Nan Xun and Liu Yiyi why they were here.
Nan Xun glanced at Liu Yiyi, his eyes asking if he could reveal the Liu family's affairs.
Liu Yiyi glanced at the smooth ground and nodded wistfully.
So Nan Xun told Qin Moyu the whole story, including how he abandoned her at the inn that night.
“…I had already lost consciousness at the time. My master didn’t recognize you, so he left you alone. When I woke up and found out, I immediately went back to look for you, but I couldn’t find any trace of you. Finally, I found out where your sect was located and waited there for a while until your master came back and gave him the jade pendant. Did you get it?” Speaking of this, Nan Xun couldn’t hide his regret. “It’s all my fault for being too reckless. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been involved.”
Now, Qin Moyu was incredibly grateful that Nan Xun had come to her room that night; otherwise, she wouldn't have felt guilty enough to hand the jade pendant over to her master, giving him a chance to survive.
"No need to apologize, I should thank you. If it weren't for the jade pendant you gave me, my master would already be..." Qin Moyu didn't say the word, but everyone present understood what he meant.
Nan Xun hadn't expected that the jade pendant he gave Qin Moyu would actually come in handy. Seeing that Qin Moyu looked normal, he knew that his master was alright, and he was genuinely happy for Qin Moyu: "It's good that you're alright. I said I would repay you."
After all, this was the first person Nanxun had ever met who trusted her unconditionally.
Shen Mo remained silent, pretending to be mute. He really wanted to say that he had made the jade pendant himself, but he was afraid that mentioning it would remind Qin Moyu of the time he had schemed against him. So he could only listen to them chatting happily, feeling wronged.
Ah, as expected, it's better to eliminate the protagonist of Heaven's Way.
Today, Shen Mo is still a sour lemon.
74. Chapter Seventy-Four: They agreed that no treasure in the world could compare to him…
After a long separation, Qin Moyu and Nan Xun chatted happily, but Qin Moyu did not forget the important matter.
"The box?" Nan Xun pondered for a moment, then finally remembered what Qin Moyu was talking about. He took the box out of his storage bag, surprised that Qin Moyu had come to him for this. "Is it this?"
As she spoke, Nan Xun handed the box to Qin Moyu for confirmation, not at all worried that Qin Moyu would take the box and run away.
Qin Moyu took the box and turned it over following the pattern on the outside. Sure enough, there was a character for "sorrow" in the center of the pattern on the bottom. It was indeed the box that Tengwang Pavilion had auctioned.
"This is it!" Qin Moyu's eyes lit up. Seeing that Nan Xun still looked a little doubtful, she told him about the inheritance.
Nan Xun finally understood the reason for the box after listening. Although his master had told him to get the box at the Tengwang Pavilion auction, he had never told him what the box was for.
Qin Moyu asked Nan Xun if he could give him the box, since finding the inheritance required three boxes, and Nan Xun only had one.
“I’m sorry.” Nan Xun shook his head and refused. He said, “My master asked me to take a picture of this box. I don’t know what it’s for. Right now, he… well, he can’t wake up for the time being, so I can’t make a decision.”
Qin Moyu frowned upon hearing this. Nan Xun's words were tactful, but his attitude was firm, so Qin Moyu didn't know what to say for a moment.
Shen Mo knew it was time for him to speak.
Taking advantage of his proximity to Qin Moyu, he pressed his hand on the box and said calmly, "You seem to have misunderstood something. I'm not discussing this with you."
That's not right.
Nan Xun frowned, trying to control his tone and not be too harsh: "May I ask what you mean by that?"
"That's exactly what you mean." Just like Nan Xun, who was determined not to give up the box, Shen Mo was determined to get the box no matter what. If he couldn't get it by being nice, why not force it?
When it comes to plans, Shen Mo never holds back.
The tension between the two became palpable after Shen Mo's provocation, like two needles clashing against wheat awns, neither willing to give in.
Qin Moyu was caught in the middle of the two and was having a terrible headache because of their standoff. He couldn't bring himself to steal Nan Xun's things, but he also couldn't tell Nan Xun about the inheritance that involved the Heavenly Dao. It was really hard to bear.
In the ensuing stalemate, it was actually Liu Yiyi who came up with a solution first.
She said to Nanxun, "Since you can't make the decision yourself, why don't you wake up your master and ask him again?"
Nan Xun's expression darkened considerably after hearing Liu Yiyi's words. He sighed and said, "I want to too... but Master has exhausted too much energy fighting against powerful enemies for me and has been asleep for a long time."
Qin Moyu thought of the original novel by Nan Xun, where there was a chase every three days and a major battle every five days. Every time he was about to die, his master would appear, have a burst of energy, and then go into sleep. He was practically a perpetual motion machine for saving people. It was fortunate that Nan Xun was the protagonist, otherwise how could he have survived until the later stages to revive his master?
Huh? Wait, resurrecting the master?
Qin Moyu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and understood why Zhu Qingyun, who was not good at formations, would want the inheritance. He clapped his hands and said, "Nanxun! I think I know why your master wants this box. He probably wants to use the inheritance of his predecessor to revive."
Nan Xun was taken aback: "Resurrected?"
"Yes." Qin Moyu voiced his guess.
After Shen Mo revealed everything, Qin Moyu used the Southern Kingdom's royal library to investigate Xiang Mei.
Besides recording Xiang Mei's strange obsession with returning home, the book also records the various strange formations he studied, such as formations that allow people to communicate even when they are thousands of miles apart, formations that can preserve images for a long time, and even rumors that he studied formations that could bring the dead back to life, but there was no news of them afterward.
Zhu Qingyun must have heard this rumor, which is why she is so obsessed with the box.
Nan Xun felt that Qin Moyu's words made a lot of sense; otherwise, it would be inexplicable why her master, who was indifferent to all kinds of treasures, was so obsessed with the box.
Although his master didn't say it, Nanxun knew in his heart that he still longed to be resurrected, rather than living in this soul form.
But if you're looking for a legacy...
"Is this box all you need?" Nan Xun asked, pursing his lips.
Qin Moyu nodded: "Yes, we're just one short. The sect leader of Guanlan Sect told me that if I want to obtain the inheritance from the senior, I need to collect all three boxes."
"good."
Nan Xun was straightforward; he took a step back and said, "Then I'll give you the box."