Chapter 855: Changxi, Diexi (1/2)

A faint figure flew out of the horizon and instantly appeared before Lu Yun.

“You’ve come back,” sounded a light, ethereal voice.

Summoned by the voice, the little fox burrowed out of Lu Yun’s robes and looked a bit confusedly at the person in front of them… at this very good looking woman… Her eyes grew bigger and bigger before she finally sank back in.

“I…” Lu Yun opened his mouth and made abortive attempts to speak. He settled for staring wordlessly at the woman’s face.

“Do you think I look a lot like someone?” She wore a layer of white silk that floated around her like moonlight, teasingly obscuring the shapely curves of her body. Exceedingly beautiful, she was as gentle as a ray of soft moonlight.

Lu Yun nodded. “But I don’t believe that you also traveled to the future and became her.”

“Indeed I didn’t. I have always been me, the me you see now.” The woman nodded. “However, Ah Zhi told me what my fate is to be… You told me too, the last time you were here.”

Lu Yun fell silent. He’d guessed who this person was. Changxi, the connate demon god of the Taiyin Star.

Residing on the Taiyin Star, Changxi rarely set foot in the great wilderness. However, many were those who knew that there was such a lady ruling over the Taiyin Star.

“I’ve erased my memories of this place,” Lu Yun said gravely.

“Mm, I guessed you would do so.” Changxi nodded and waved a flying sword that resembled a butterfly into her hand. “This is Diexi. You may use it for now as you have no suitable treasure to call your own.”

A violent tremor ran through Lu Yun’s body.

Diexi!

Indeed, the Changxi before him, or rather her body, would be the Diexi of the future!

He didn’t know what he’d shared with the lady of the Taiyin Star last time he visited, but his heart still churned with pain when he saw the shortsword called Diexi. Sometime in the future, Changxi would become a zombie and return to yang as a zombie king. Would she actually be Diexi’s spirit then, or the shortsword’s spirit, or still possess her own spirit?

Diexi had already arrived at the World Gates before he traveled to the great wilderness. She’d shouldered the duties of protecting them, along with Yueshen, Ruyi, and Violetgrave.

“My deepest thanks!” Lu Yun raised a cupped fist salute to Changxi.

“What for? You will save my life in the future.” Changxi smiled. “I am here on Leizhe’s orders to stand guard over Taiyin Star. I cannot leave, so I can’t help you this time.

“That’s no matter.” Lu Yun waved a hand. “I can handle my own matters. I’ll be taking my leave then.”

Changxi nodded and slowly faded away. The shortsword known as Diexi transformed into several butterflies that flitted around Lu Yun’s body and brought him into the cosmos. So it turned out that Diexi was a connate treasure that was extraordinary powerful! That made sense, as she’d slain Zhao Qing with one blow sometime in the future.

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The void of stars was boundless and the celestial bodies radiant. Lu Yun followed the star map to where his replica was located. However, space was so limitless and incalculable that it’d take him tens of thousands of years at his current pace.