Chapter 558: The Unnecessary Person

Chu Tianqiu had given up on me. He didn't mention anything about what had happened previously, nor did he bring up "cooperation" with me again.

I walked back toward Tian Tang Kou dejectedly, with no one accompanying me.

Yes, that's how it had been from the start. I was always alone before joining Chu Tianqiu's side, and now I've simply returned to that state.

Besides, I had ulterior motives from the beginning, so this outcome is what I deserve.

When I arrived at Tian Tang Kou, I saw a scene I'll never forget.

On the blood-stained plastic playground, many bodies of Li Xiangling were piled up into a small mound of corpses.

At that moment, Li Xiangling was still holding Li Xiangling and walking toward Li Xiangling.

One person had fully demonstrated the suffocating concept of Sheng Sheng Bu Xi.

It seemed Qi Xia not only Hui Xiang but did so with tremendous power. Besides the gathered bodies of Li Xiangling, there were also corpses of Qi Xia scattered everywhere.

As Qing Long had said, as long as Qi Xia wished for someone to live, that person would survive no matter what.

Even if he died, he wouldn't truly die.

I can imagine that on that day, when Qi Xia was brutally killed by Xuan Wu, his final thought was "Qiao Jiajin and Li Xiangling must live on," and because of that, the two of them began their strange "eternal life."

So, my plan barely succeeded. Whether it was my own goals or Qing Long's, they were both achieved through the chaos at Tian Tang Kou.

What happens next?

In this scheme involving three people's collaboration, everyone more or less reached their objectives. Now, it's a question of whether they move faster or if Tian Long does.

Li Xiangling threw her own body aside, looked up, and met my gaze, her expression extremely complex.

Yes, in her eyes, I was the main culprit behind this and the one who killed Qi Xia.

She didn't say anything, but I understood that Tian Tang Kou no longer had a place for me.

I took a few cans of food from the cafeteria and went up to the rooftop, where no one could see me, but I could overlook the entire Tian Tang Kou.

Around afternoon, Qi Xia's team finally left the interview room and joined Tian Tang Kou.

At that time, Li Xiangling started moving Qiao Jiajin's bodies, and Qiao Jiajin stepped forward to help.

I opened a can of beer and took a small sip. The feeling now was quite strange—I didn't know if I still had a purpose or if I'd been abandoned.

Qi Xia, Chu Tianqiu, and Qing Long hadn't openly declared me out, nor had they extended any olive branches to me.

So, what kind of situation was I in?

Until nightfall, I remained an insignificant presence at Tian Tang Kou. No one asked if I was still around, and no one noticed if I disappeared. I became invisible, standing on the rooftop waiting for the sunset.

"Qing Long, have your desires been realized?" I murmured to myself.

As soon as the words left my mouth, Jian Mo surrounded me.

"It's still unclear..." A voice that was both male and female suddenly sounded behind me. "Chu Tianqiu and Qi Xia are both fascinating—I can't give up on either one."

I didn't turn around; I just stared ahead and took a sip of my drink. This feeling was truly uncomfortable.

I only heard him continue from behind: "For now... Qi Xia has a higher score with me."

Qing Long came to my side and picked up a can next to me. He opened it, smelled it, and then disgustedly poured it on the ground.

"Why is that?" I asked.

"How can a person's mind be so meticulous?" Qing Long tossed the empty can aside and turned back to me. "When he built the Ju Zhong, he actually anticipated that one day there would be a Chao Pin sound, which he himself couldn't hear."

"So, what exactly appeared on the screen that night?"

I looked at Qing Long with curiosity and noticed his expression was different from before.

He seemed even more excited now.

"I saw the stirring of Sheng Sheng Bu Xi..." Qing Long said, then smirked slightly, showing a slightly manic smile. "How intriguing. Why didn't I know about this back then...? Did he use Jian Mo at that time?"

"'Saw'?" I was stunned too.

The screen had always displayed "heard" for decades—where did "saw" come from?

"Let me think..." Qing Long touched his forehead. "Qi Xia is inherently Ling Wen, but when he heard the three-word 'frequency,' he already foresaw that he couldn't capture the four-word 'frequency'..."

"What...?"

"That's it!!" Qing Long turned to me, his eyes wide with excitement. "When he built the Ju Zhong, he added an 'insurance' for himself!!"

He looked extremely excited, not much different from Chu Tianqiu's state.

If not for their completely different appearances, I might have thought he was Chu Tianqiu himself.

"You're saying this 'insurance' is...?"

"It's Ling Shi!!" Qing Long exclaimed. "That Ju Zhong doesn't just contain one person's soul... There's also a Ling Shi in it... Qi Xia... you're too fascinating..."

Qing Long's eyes gleamed as if he were reminiscing about a masterpiece he'd seen.

"You already knew that a three-word frequency alone couldn't shake my and Tian Long's position. You foresaw the appearance of Chao Pin, and at that time, you couldn't hear it, so you had to rely on someone else seeing it. That's why you convinced another person... Their soul also entered the Ju Zhong, willing to stand there with you for eternity..."

In just a few words, Qing Long had made the whole story clear to me.

Qi Xia, decades ago, when he sealed his soul into the Ju Zhong, had already laid the groundwork for today.

I swallowed hard and stared at Qing Long, asking seriously: "So... did Tian Long hear it?"

"Of course!!" Qing Long laughed. "Tian Long is completely preoccupied now, gathering a group of Tian Ji to discuss countermeasures. Tao Yuan is really about to change."

"But Tian Long doesn't know who that person is, right?"

I suddenly felt that Qing Long's strategy was correct—Qi Xia's bell sound had actually disrupted Tian Long.

"Tian Long has no idea, of course. That's Qi Xia's only trump card." Qing Long smiled slightly. "Tian Long is now deaf, and Qi Xia's existence won't reach him so easily. Next, it all depends on how things unfold."

I was about to say something when I suddenly realized something was off.

"Qing Long... since you're the only 'ear' in the entire Zhong Yan Zhi Di, why did you activate Jian Mo?"