Chapter 447: Jiaoqiu Is Still Alive! The Pride of the Xianzhou Players!
[ Little Gui's Livestream Room ]
The epilogue of the plot continued.
Feixiao had already regained her senses.
Witnessing what she had done, she offered an apologetic smile.
In the next moment, her strength suddenly failed her, and her body went limp.
Yunli, Yanqing, and March 7th caught Feixiao in time, supporting her up.
The crowd looked forward together.
The influence of the Crimson Moon had completely vanished.
A clear sky came into view.
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"A perfect ending!"
"Congratulations on finishing this chapter!"
"Please analyze the symbolic meaning of the clear sky here [ haha ]."
"A world where only Jiaoqiu got hurt has been achieved."
"Holy crap! I almost forgot! My Jiaoqiu! [ starts bawling ]"
"Healer Jiaoqiu, this peaceful age is just as you wished."
"Salute to the Xianzhou hero, Jiaoqiu!"
"Rest in peace, Jiaoqiu!"
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With the reminders from the bullet comments, many players finally remembered.
This battle was not without its casualties!
A respectable Foxian had left us forever.
He might never appear in the story again!
The atmosphere, which had been excited and thrilled just a moment ago, suddenly turned somber.
The screen slowly dimmed.
Subtitles appeared.
[ Thus, the Wolf Hunting initiative finally came to a successful conclusion.
With the Warhead defeated, the Borisin wolves were unable to resist and were completely suppressed by the Cloud Knights. The Trailblazer and Moze found the dying Jiaoqiu.
And at this very moment, regarding Hoolay's prison break, there is still one final account waiting to be settled… ]
Seeing the subtitles, many players were stunned at first!
Then!
They were overjoyed!
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"!!!!!!"
"He's still alive?!"
"As long as Jiaoqiu isn't dead, that's great, that's great [ heavy sigh of relief ]."
"Feathered Spirit held back this time."
"Holy crap? How did he survive this?"
"Enough, my heart aches for him. Fortunately, he's still alive."
"Jiaoqiu, it's so good that you're still here, sob sob sob…"
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"I… am still alive?"
In the Shackling Prison.
Even Jiaoqiu himself found it somewhat surprising!
His blood had been drained by Hoolay, and he had poisoned himself…
No matter how one looked at it, he should have been completely dead.
Yet, he actually survived?
Out of the depth of death, life was found?
Suddenly, a look of realization appeared on Jiaoqiu's face.
He muttered to himself, "If I tried this ten times, nine times would result in certain death."
"But Feathered Spirit chose the only path that offered a slim chance of survival."
"Indeed… he held back."
Jiaoqiu continued to look at the screen.
He was already mentally prepared.
Even if he didn't die this time, his physical condition was probably not optimistic.
"If only I could see a diagnostic report or something similar in the game."
"Then I could have a rough assessment of my own condition."
[ Switching to [Lingsha's] perspective… ]
[ In Scalegorge Waterscape, Dan Heng and Lingsha meet with the Vidyadhara Preceptors as agreed… ]
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"Here it comes! Finally, we're going to settle accounts with these traitors!"
"Preceptor, show me your health bar!"
"Yes, yes, yes! It's Dan Heng himself!"
"Welcome back, Dragon King!"
"Vidyadhara Preceptor reckoning, initiate!"
"I hope the Preceptors can still maintain their high-and-mighty attitude in a bit [ haha ]."
"With Dan Heng's personality, he probably won't make a direct move, right?"
"Hard to say. I think Dan Heng has tolerated them for a long time too."
…
Without too much build-up, Dan Heng and Lingsha arrived directly at the statue of the High Elder.
Below.
A young man was standing there, quietly looking at the statue.
Sensing their arrival, he turned around.
With a slight smile, he said, "Preceptor Taoran welcomes Lady Lingsha."
Lingsha returned the smile. "Lingsha greets Elder Preceptor. It has been a long time. This time, I have brought a friend along. Speaking of which, he shouldn't be considered an outsider."
When Taoran noticed Dan Heng behind her, his smile instantly vanished.
Dan Heng's gaze was cold and sharp.
He stepped forward and questioned, "Elder… Taoran? When I was exiled, you were already near the limit of your reincarnation lifespan. But… how did you end up in this state today?"
"This is all thanks to your past life. If you hadn't acted so recklessly back then, why would I have to seek dangerous paths to save our clan, turning myself into this half-human, half-ghost state?"
"Mr. Dan Heng, you have returned twice, yet you never deigned to meet with us old folks. What a pity. To meet under these circumstances today is truly a twist of fate."
"I came with Lady Lingsha today not to reminisce about the past," Dan Heng said in a tone that made it clear they weren't close, warning him not to act familiar.
Lingsha got straight to the point.
She brought up three pieces of evidence—the remains of Mara-struck, the map of the Shackling Prison, and a Returning Dust Shaping Pill.
These pieces of evidence were enough to prove that Hoolay's escape was directly linked to the Preceptors!
They had expected Taoran to flatly deny it or find excuses to wriggle out of it.
To their surprise, he smiled slightly and replied, "Indeed, I did play a part in planning the prison break from the Shackling Prison."
His tone even carried a hint of faint pride!
"So, the appearance of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus and the Lord Ravager in the Alchemy Commission, the chaos caused there, the introduction of the Stellaron, and the revival of the Ambrosial Arbor—all of these are also linked to the Vidyadhara?"
"Indeed."
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"Holy crap! He just admitted it like that?"
"He confessed just like that?"
"Does this guy have some sort of trump card?"
"He's even gloating!"
"At this point, he probably thinks Hoolay has succeeded, so he doesn't want to pretend anymore."
"To eradicate the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, how many of our Cloud Knight brothers sacrificed their lives? You deserve to die!"
"Betraying your own clan and harming innocent citizens—are you even human?"
…
However, Taoran stated his reasons with "righteous indignation":
"Since the Imbibitor Lunae Rebellion, the Vidyadhara population has dwindled day by day. With the High Elder exiled, several of us Preceptors had to struggle to hold things together, saving the situation from collapsing. The methods might have been radical, and they might not be understood, but in the end, it was all for one thing—the survival of the Vidyadhara."
"Yet, the Xianzhou people are bent on banning the Abundance abominations, standing by and watching the suffering of the Vidyadhara. Dan Heng, Lingsha, as Vidyadhara yourselves, you should understand my painstaking efforts. What I did was merely for the sake of survival."
Lingsha countered, "It's not that I don't know the problems faced by the Vidyadhara. Seeking survival is indeed not a crime."
"But what the Elder has done exceeds the boundaries of what a survivor should do… It is like a beast that only knows how to breed, without a shred of human compassion."
Hearing this, Taoran became excited instead:
"Oh? Even if we claim to be of noble dragon lineage, from beginning to end, we are nothing more than upright-walking animals. The survival of the species is the fundamental matter. If I do not act like a beast, the Vidyadhara might not even remain as humans!"
"As the ancients said, the sages are ruthless. Since the High Elder abandoned the responsibility of maintaining the survival of the clan, I had to take the ultimate evil of the world upon myself!"
"Lingsha, Dan Heng, the past is gone, but the future of the Vidyadhara is still in your hands. Now that the situation on the Luofu has changed drastically, we Vidyadhara should unite as one. Do not repeat the mistakes of the past Imbibitor Lunae."
Forget Dan Heng; even Lingsha showed a look of sarcasm.
She said coldly, "I was skeptical about the Luofu Vidyadhara betraying the Alliance… But after hearing the Elder confess to his crimes, I feel that talking about trust is meaningless."
"Violating the laws of the Alliance will bring war and disaster to the entire Vidyadhara clan. Even if we regain the ability to reproduce, what of it?"
Taoran seemed to have expected Lingsha to ask this question.
He replied confidently, "Quite the contrary. Once what I have done succeeds, the Alliance will view the Vidyadhara as their savior. Because the ultimate interests of the Alliance and the Vidyadhara are aligned."
"The Alliance has fought bloody battles against the Denizens of Abundance for thousands of years, but a victor has never been decided. Have you considered why? Because if the Alliance wins, they will inevitably become the next Denizens of Abundance; if they lose, the Alliance will face extinction."
"Therefore, for a long time, the Alliance has hypocritically maintained this precarious balance."
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately triggered a lot of controversy among the players!
In the past, many scholars had also raised similar concerns, questioning the Xianzhou's Hunt.
And now, Taoran had brought this issue directly to the table!
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"The Xianzhou was almost destroyed because of the blessings of Abundance, which is why they turned to the Hunt. And now you're telling me the Xianzhou people will inevitably become the next Denizens of Abundance?"
"After watching so much of the Xianzhou plot, I don't think the Generals of the Xianzhou would ever let such a thing happen."
"This Preceptor is talking absolute nonsense, misleading the public!"
"As long as Yaoshi is not dead, the Denizens of Abundance cannot be completely wiped out. Otherwise, they wouldn't be one of the three major disasters of the universe…"
"We have all witnessed the great war between the Xianzhou and the Abundance. There is no such thing as 'hypocritically maintaining a balance'."
"The Alliance's goal is to return to mortal bodies, not to stop being human!"
"Seeing so many players defending the Xianzhou, as a Xianzhou player, I feel very honored and proud!"
"Naturally, there are great scholars to argue the scriptures for me!"
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