Chapter 790 The So-called Legacy (Part 1)
“I…”
With her neck caught, Zhou Zhizhi showed a hint of panic. But as if thinking of something, she quickly calmed down. Her palm felt empty, and she nodded lightly.
Facing such a straightforward agreement, Bairnis was startled, as if surprised by the former’s readiness. She then pushed towards the speedboat with her palm and said lightly:
“Let’s go then.”
Soon, the figures of the two gradually got closer. Su Jiu also saw Zhou Zhizhi clearly and probed her with her Mental Power. She frowned slightly, a hint of surprise in her eyes, and asked with some curiosity:
“Are you a Black-clad Bishop of the White Crow?”
On the other person, Su Jiu didn’t truly feel anything unique to the Ancient God Sect. That impure External Qi, the other person was like a lotus root pulled from the mud, too clean.
Could it be that the other party was some kind of undercover agent?
Bai Lin waved his hand directly, interrupting to express his loyalty. He urgently needed to prove that he wasn’t lying:
“This woman follows Er Jiu Lin Ou Shan and the Water Bird. She is one of the Black-clad Bishops I mentioned. She doesn’t know much, you’d better ask me more.”
“Yes.”
Glancing at Bai Lin, Zhou Zhizhi was stunned, then nodded at Su Jiu. With almost no pause, she stepped forward directly, grabbed Su Jiu’s wrist, lowered her head, and said in a low voice:
“Are you… Night Watchers?”
“…Yes”
Su Jiu and Bairnis exchanged glances, both seeing surprise in each other’s eyes. The former had never revealed her identity. Bairnis looked at Bai Lin, her gaze gradually turning cold…
Then there could only be one possibility.
Bai Lin blinked his eyes, as if realizing something. The handsome face turned quite pale. Damn it, this was going to be his end. He immediately denied it in disbelief:
“No, no, ladies, I have been under your control. You know everything I’ve done.”
Hearing this, Su Jiu also smiled. She knew this person had been within their sight. Her gaze turned to the pale woman who was still tightly gripping her wrist, a hint of suspicion in her eyes:
“How exactly did you know we were Night Watchers?”
“Help me…”
Feeling the coldness around her neck, Zhou Zhizhi disregarded it and suddenly raised her head. A hint of excitement appeared on her sickly face. “Your companion is in danger, I will lead you there.”
“What do you mean? What do you mean your companion is in danger?”
Su Jiu looked at the somewhat delirious woman in front of her and asked with a frown. The tone of her voice suggested she was not an undercover agent from the Dragon Country lurking in the Ancient God Sect.
Then why was she asking a Night Watcher like herself to help her?
It was too strange.
“This should prove it, right…”
Zhou Zhizhi quickly fumbled in her pocket and took out the Night Watcher manual, handing it to Su Jiu. Her eyes looked forward nervously at the young woman.
Due to the difference in identity and stance, she naturally felt some fear towards the former.
“Manual?!”
This time it was Su Jiu’s turn to be stunned. She took the manual, looked at the photo on it, and her gaze slid down. She glanced at the words “Zhou Hong,” and her eyes darkened…
As expected, this was the father of the class leader Zhou Zhizhi. The so-called Lord Waterbird was also him. And this Black-clad Bishop wanted her to save someone…
“Do you have anything else to prove it? I need to know if you and…”
Su Jiu slightly raised her eyes, a trace of contemplation appearing in them. She wasn’t sure if this was a trap.
If Zhou Hong had fallen into an ambush, and the Ancient God Sect had received news of them, it was very dangerous for this Black-clad Bishop to pretend to be pitiful to lure them into a trap.
“I am his adopted daughter; you can call me Zhizhi…”
Zhou Zhizhi pursed her lips. She wasn’t sure if they would believe her, so she fumbled in her storage bag again, then flipped through her photo album, and finally handed her phone to Su Jiu. “This is proof.”
“Zhizhi?”
Before even taking the phone, Su Jiu heard this familiar name and believed more than half of it. The two people with the same name, coupled with Bai Lin’s earlier mention that Zhizhi followed the Water Bird.
After taking the phone, she looked at the photos inside: a girl holding a teddy bear, a fruit cake with a lit candle in the center, and Zhou Hong standing nearby…
She was stunned again.
The girl in the photo looked almost identical to the woman in front of her. Her face was bloodless, as if she had taken some illegal drug.
Zhizhi’s voice was still ringing, with a hint of urgency: “Sir, I’ll take you to Luofu Island, or it will be too late.”
Listening to the voice, Su Jiu could even feel the strength in the hands gripping her wrist constantly increasing. She met the other’s gaze again, seeing a plea in those slightly amber eyes.
“Okay.”
Su Jiu didn’t say anything more. The plea in the other’s eyes didn’t seem fake. Most importantly, Mu Qi was there, and…
Thinking this, she touched the water droplet mark on her forehead, feeling a sense of emotion:
If her guess was correct, even if she encountered a Red-clad, she wouldn’t be afraid. With good luck, even that person would intervene, and it might not be impossible to keep a Red-clad.
Since she had agreed, Mu Qi immediately started the speedboat. He also had a goal – to remove the restrictions brought by the wish. He wanted to reach the island as soon as possible.
It could be said that everyone on the boat had their own thoughts, but they all undoubtedly hoped the boat would arrive at Luofu Island quickly.
“Whoosh—”
As the few of them drove the speedboat in the correct direction, no slower than a Battle King, the speedboat tore through the thin mist like a sharp sword, even allowing them to feel the surrounding mist pushing to the sides.
Along the way, Su Jiu and the others chatted intermittently. Zhou Zhizhi also spoke of her past experiences with a hint of self-deprecation, which surprised everyone to varying degrees.
Su Jiu was amazed by the twists and turns of the story, while Bairnis lowered the finger that was on her neck, sighed, and looked at the Blood Clan girl on the other side with a trace of reminiscence…
She, too, was once a caged bird. After encountering light, she had already soared in the blue sky.
Looking at Zhou Zhizhi, who was tightly holding the Night Watcher booklet, Su Jiu could feel the trembling from her not-so-tall body. She then curiously asked:
“He lied to you for quite a long time, didn’t he? Did you not feel angry when you found out he was a Night Watcher?”
“Angry?”
Hearing this, Zhou Zhizhi was stunned for a moment, then slowly shook her head. She carefully put the manual into her pocket and said softly:
“If it weren’t for Lord Waterbird, I would have already died on some cold night. As a subordinate, how could I have any complaints?”
“I only hate my birth. If I hadn’t been born into a Priest’s family, if I had lived in the sunlight like ordinary people, perhaps I would have made the same choice as Lord Waterbird…”
“Become a Night Watcher.”
Without waiting for Su Jiu to speak, Zhou Zhizhi continued, and as she said this, she paused under everyone’s gaze.
“Lord Waterbird always says I have good talent, that I’m even better than him when he was young. I don’t think becoming a Night Watcher is impossible.”
As the boat sailed, she raised her head, looking at the mist ahead, her eyes rippling with emotion.
Su Jiu finally spoke, saying softly, “That’s good, but being a Night Watcher isn’t that easy. Talent is just a stepping stone; the most important thing is the test of humanity.”
“A test? Those who can’t reach that point… I was born into the Ancient God Sect. At a young age, I was injected with prohibited drugs and needed long-term medication and conditioning. As an adult, I killed people. This life can only be lived in the shadows.”
Zhou Zhizhi curved her lips into a smile, as if seeing a future without a future. She actually knew the situation clearly in her heart. After walking into this trap willingly, only two outcomes awaited her…
Imprisonment or expulsion from the country.
Living in the Ancient God Sect, even with Zhou Hong’s guidance, how could she truly be clean?
There were too many choices she had to make under duress.
“I can’t promise you the identity of a Night Watcher.”
Su Jiu remained silent. Actually, these were not big problems. She looked at the other’s profile and said, “But I can help you live in the sunlight and get rid of your current identity…”
“……”
Hearing this, Zhou Zhizhi turned her head slightly to look at Su Jiu, her eyes filled with surprise. She hadn’t expected this Night Watcher to say this…
Bai Lin watched their conversation and had a bad feeling. If they connected, wouldn’t he be the only real bad guy left?
“Not now, but after I confirm with that Night Watcher Zhou Hong that you are not problematic, I can find a way to let you reside legally in the Dragon Country.”
Su Jiu continued, a faint smile on her face. With her relationship with Mr. Ziwei Li, getting an ID card would only be a phone call away.
With Zhou Hong’s endorsement, as long as she confirmed this person’s character was fine, she wouldn’t mind returning a favor to this old senior.
“Miss, we’ve arrived…”
A few minutes passed, and Bairnis’s voice suddenly rang out.
The few of them looked forward and could vaguely see an island. Several waves of energy were crashing towards them from the island, directly disturbing the mist, making the vision clearer.
“Someone is fighting, two against one, someone is seriously injured, and this smell is…”
Su Jiu looked up at the sky, her eyes narrowing. With her eyesight, she could naturally see what was happening in the air, but what shocked her the most was that aura…
“Elegy?!”
She remembered Ren saying that only that Senior Brother had Elegy.
“Uncle Mu, I’ll go check first. You observe the situation and intervene in the battle if necessary.”
But at this moment, she couldn’t afford to think any further. Su Jiu quickly patted Bairnis’s shoulder. The latter understood, closed her eyes, and transformed into a blue butterfly necklace, hanging on her neck.
The moment the necklace was attached, Su Jiu’s hair visibly turned silver, and it lengthened to her ankles. an eerie aura surged from her body. Her face became even paler than Zhou Zhizhi’s, and her eyes gained a hint of disdain and aloofness.
It seemed that at this moment, she had transformed from a half-demon into a true Blood Clan Duke.
“Elegy…”
But soon, her pale face was covered by a mask, and her aura continued to rise…
When the chest armor was attached, the Blood Clan girl floated in the air and stomped down, causing an explosion in the air. Her hands went from empty to holding a Giant Scythe, its blade shimmering with white stars.
“Dream of Blossoms!”
