Chapter 1712: Chapter 644: Fate, Wondrous Beyond Words
When Luo Qingni saw this, she hesitated no more and immediately took out a jade slip, using her Divine Sense to inspect it.
Without realizing it, as she delved into its contents, time in the outside world seemed to slip away.
After an unknown period had passed, she appeared to have finished absorbing all knowledge within the jade slip, reluctantly setting it down to look up at Zhou Chun.
She spoke in a slightly trembling voice, “Are all these jade slips perhaps…”
“Yes, Taoist Friend Luo, your guess is correct. These jade slips all contain alchemy inheritance. If one fully digests this alchemy inheritance, it could theoretically create a Grandmaster Alchemist!”
Zhou Chun said in a calm whisper, seemingly unaware of the significance of his own words.
Hearing this, Luo Qingni’s heart trembled, her eyes widened in astonishment.
She immediately began to ask repeatedly, “Such profound alchemy inheritance, where did Taoist Friend Zhou acquire it? Does Taoist Friend Zhou truly wish to give them to Qingni?”
“Since Zhou Mou has brought these jade slips before Taoist Friend Luo, naturally, I’m not planning to take them back!”
“As for the origin of this alchemy inheritance, it actually has deep ties with you, Taoist Friend Luo!”
Zhou Chun paused to gather his thoughts and then began to describe how he learned about and acquired the Secret Realm Cave inheritance, and how he was fortunate to encounter Zhou Zhiying, a disciple meeting the conditions, and cultivated him to a level capable of inheriting the legacy of the Secret Realm Cave’s owner.
This secret, now that Zhou Zhiying had succeeded in the Core Formation and fully refined and controlled the Heaven and Earth Reversal Great Formation, no longer needed to be concealed from Luo Qingni.
After all, even if Luo Qingni still had a jade talisman token, she could no longer enter the Secret Realm Cave.
Moreover, he would need Luo Qingni’s help to refine rare Spirit Pills like the Infant Transformation Pill in the future, and keeping secrets from her wasn’t a good idea.
Luo Qingni had previously obtained some alchemy notes of Xuanfeng Nephew through him, so as long as she carefully examined the alchemy inheritance he provided, it wouldn’t be hard to deduce their origin.
If, by then, she found out he had deliberately hidden the truth, it could very well sow discord in her heart, potentially causing major issues!
Of course, Zhou Chun wouldn’t confess everything, such as the Nascent Soul Formation Secret Technique, the Taiyi Dual Divine Art, or the Taiqing Immortal Ganoderma details, nor would he disclose the specific Spiritual Medicine or quantities in the Secret Realm Cave to Luo Qingni.
He merely let Luo Qingni know that he had made a fortune, and she could share in this gain to greatly enhance her own alchemy skills.
And Luo Qingni, being a smart person, even if she knew he was hiding something, would definitely not dig too deeply.
Things unfolded just as Zhou Chun had predicted.
After listening to him, Luo Qingni stared at him in shock, and as time passed, her expression slowly became numb.
When Zhou Chun finished speaking and fell silent, Luo Qingni numbly looked at him and said, “Has Taoist Friend Zhou finished speaking?”
“Ahem, finished, finished.”
Zhou Chun coughed slightly, feeling a bit guilty and subtly turned his head away, not daring to meet the eyes of Luo Qingni, the “injured party.”
Although he believed he didn’t owe Luo Qingni anything, without him, Luo Qingni wouldn’t have obtained the Secret Realm Cave inheritance.
But he had to admit that if he were in Luo Qingni’s shoes, encountering such a situation would certainly not be easy to let go!
To use an imperfect analogy, it’s like someone helping to buy a lottery ticket, only to find out it won, and the ticket had been personally handed to the winner without knowing!
In such a situation, how would the lottery ticket recipient feel?
And Luo Qingni’s situation was even more complex because Zhou Chun had exploited an information advantage, trading away that jade talisman token from her without her knowledge!
Even though it was a willing trade between her and Zhou Chun, encountering such a thing makes it impossible not to overthink or easily let it go!
The most difficult part to accept in this matter is that Luo Qingni, without knowing, personally helped Zhou Chun make it happen.
Without the Elixirs she crafted, Zhou Zhiying might not have advanced to the Purple Mansion Late Stage so quickly.
Faced with such circumstances, if Luo Qingni couldn’t come to terms with it and turned against him, Zhou Chun felt it wasn’t entirely impossible.
However, he believed even more strongly that Luo Qingni wasn’t someone who couldn’t let go.
Having known each other for hundreds of years, he shouldn’t be wrong about this.
Now he just needed to give Luo Qingni some time to buffer and slowly digest the negative emotions brought by this revelation, and she would eventually come around!
This, Zhou Chun had no doubt about!
Time passed little by little.
In the cave, neither Zhou Chun nor Luo Qingni spoke, the silence so deep a pin drop could be heard.
Even though Zhou Chun wasn’t looking directly at Luo Qingni, he was observing the changes in her expression.
Thus, he could clearly see that as time went on, Luo Qingni’s expression was obviously showing signs of returning to normal.
Clearly, after an intense internal struggle, reason gradually took the upper hand, overpowering those negative emotions.
After another while, Luo Qingni’s demeanor returned to normal, and she took the initiative to break the silence, “Taoist Friend Zhou indeed has great fortune! I entered that Secret Realm Cave several times and was among the first batch, yet after all my efforts, I only obtained a Nascent Soul Spirit Material and almost lost my life in there!”