Chapter 2490: Whereabouts of the Power Insignia

Zu An shook his head. “I didn’t lie to you.”

“If you didn’t lie to me, why would the Saintess say that you’re her lover? Aren’t you from the future?” The Peacock Princess’ tears began falling.

He’s still lying to me even at a time like this.

A few people noticed their interactions and frowned.

Look at how sorrowful the Peacock Princess is. She must have truly liked him.

That vile man! To think that the Saintess isn’t enough for him; he still wants the Peacock Princess on top of that!

Even so, after what had just happened, the crowd was intimidated by Zu An. No one dared to stand up for the Peacock Princess.

Zu An was distressed. It was hard to explain the details to the Peacock Princess. His silence only made her cry even more sorrowfully.

Just then, a gentle voice spoke up. “Qingwu, he didn’t lie to you. I am also from the future.”

The Saintess was already beside the two of them, and she'd constructed a noise isolation barrier around them before speaking.

“What?” The Peacock Princess was so startled that she stopped crying. She stared at the beautiful Saintess with shocked eyes. However, she soon shook her head and said, “That’s impossible. You’re Yumen Beiqing, the Yumen’s big miss! How could you be from the future?”

“I don’t know the details myself, and I have no way of explaining it.” The Saintess grabbed the Peacock Princess’ hand. “But please trust us. We have no reason to deceive you or everyone else.”

She regretted her reckless decision to flaunt her lover, as she hadn’t expected such a huge mess. She was so happy to be reunited with Zu An that she hadn’t thought things through.

The Peacock Princess thought about everything that had happened in recent years.

The Saintess did seem to have appeared out of nowhere and achieved miraculous feats one after another. That’s very similar to big brother’s appearance. No wonder she’s so outstanding. She’s from the same place as big brother.

She looked at Zu An with a wretched smile. “Big brother, is the Saintess the little sister you want to save?”

“Little sister?” The Saintess pricked up her ears.

Zu An shook his head. “It’s someone else.” He turned to the Saintess and explained, “Xiaoxi has the innate Cruel Poison Constitution. The poison just flared up, and I’m looking for a solution for her.”

“Ah? Is Xiaoxi fine?” The Saintess was taken aback. Anyone who had spent time with Ji Xiaoxi would naturally become fond of that adorable girl.

“She’s fine for the time being, and I have some clues as to how I can solve her problem. You don’t need to be too worried.” Upon seeing how worried she was, Zu An consoled her.

After hearing their conversation, the Peacock Princess had no choice but to concede that the two of them were from the future. She turned to the Saintess and asked, “If you’re from the future, why did you treat me differently all these years?”

She'd initially thought that the Saintess treated her exceptionally well because they got along well. Due to that, they'd become close friends who shared everything with each other. It was only now that she realized things weren’t that simple. Why would someone from the future care so much about her?

The Saintess hesitated before replying, “In the future, I came to know a know a big sister who greatly resembles you, which is why I felt a sense of intimacy with you...”

The Peacock Princess recalled what Zu An told her when they first met, and realization dawned on her. “All this while, I was just someone else’s substitute. No wonder you all treat me so well. It was all my one-sided feelings...” She fled the scene in a fluster, looking forlorn.

The Saintess wanted to chase after her, but Zu An grabbed her and advised, “Give her time to cool down.”

The Saintess bit her lips and chose to give the Peacock Princess some space. She knew there wasn’t much she could say even if she caught up with the latter. She could only pray that time would heal everything. However, after everything that had just happened, she didn’t want to be in the open with Zu An anymore, so she brought Zu An back to her room.

“Big brother Zu, I haven’t had time to ask you why you are here. Is it to save Xiaoxi?”

“That’s one of the reasons...” Zu An told her everything that had happened since he entered this spacetime fragment. “I’m overjoyed to be able to meet you here.”

“There’s a saying that destiny will eventually bring two fated people together, no matter how far they are,” the Saintess replied with a furious blush. Her lover traveling through time and finding her felt like fate to her.

Zu An grabbed her hand, and the two of them smiled. Suddenly, he remembered his reason for coming here and asked, “Speaking of which, do you know what the Fiend races’ power insignia is?”

“The Fiend races’ power insignia? Why do you ask that?” The Saintess was confused, as she struggled to understand what a ‘power insignia’ was.

Zu An summarized the chain of events that had transpired in the underworld and his hunt for the Six Paths’ power insignias.

“I see.” The Saintess nodded in realization. “It should be the Fiend Emperor’s scepter. That's the Fiend races’ symbol of power.”

“Scepter...” Zu An fell into deep thought.

The Saintess added, “The Fiend races had a legendary relic known as the Sun Slaying Bow, but it disappeared a long time ago. No one knows where it went, so they forged a scepter and used it as a power insignia instead.” At this point, she suddenly smiled. “If the Fiend races learn that you have the Sun Slaying Bow, they might just serve you as the chosen one.”

Zu An laughed. “I have no interest in staying with this era’s Fiend races.”

The Saintess’ eyebrows shot up. “Of course, I’m not surprised you miss the future Fiend races more. You have the Medusa Queen, the Empress, the Elf Princess, and so on. Actually, this world also has empresses, medusas, and elves too. Shall I help you find them?”

“Have mercy on me. I already have enough on my hands,” Zu An replied with a bitter smile.

“What can we do when big brother Zu is so charming? You stole the Peacock Princess’ heart away so quickly,” the Saintess said with a sigh.

Zu An was speechless. It was such an awkward topic that he quickly changed the subject. “Speaking of which, do you know where the Celestial World is?”

“The Celestial World?” The Saintess frowned. “Why do you think I’d know that, big brother Zu?”

“The current Fiend races are the descendants of the Celestial Court’s Fiend races,” Zu An said, then told her what he knew.

The Saintess had previously heard the True Demon race claim that their ancestors were the Celestial Court’s Fiend races. “So it turns out those True Demons are just the Celestial Court’s Fiend races’ servants and pets. We were nearly duped by them, though I reserved my doubts toward their claims after what I saw in recent years.”

“Ah, I get it now!” The Saintess’ eyes lit up. “I was wondering why we suddenly fared so well with the monsters, and why the Lord of Slaughter suddenly disappeared from the battlefield. The Lord of Slaughter must have been studying the Fiend races’ Imperial Tomb! If there is a way to reach the Celestial World, it has to be the Imperial Tomb! The Lord of Slaughter must be searching for the Celestial Court!”

Zu An nodded. That was what he thought too. As the Fiend races’ Saintess who boasted a deeper understanding of this era’s Fiend races and monsters, if Xie Daoyun had reached the same conclusion too, it would give greater credence to his conjecture.

“Looks like I’ll have to make a trip to the Imperial Tomb...” Zu An said. “Do you know where the Fiend Emperor’s scepter is?”

The Saintess shook her head. “After his death, the scepter disappeared along with the Fiend Emperor. I don’t know where it is, but it has to be with the monsters.”