231: : Jackdaw Tower Master, Jedi Tiantong

The young girl walked up to Jiang Lan and stared at him for a long while before asking in a somewhat questioning tone:

"Are you the one who had a Breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation Realm in the Demon Domain yesterday?"

Compared to the young girl's delicate and lovely appearance, her voice sounded as if it was encased in a layer of ice.

The face didn't match, but the voice did.

This stark contrast between her voice and appearance always made Jiang Lan feel an indescribable strangeness.

Jiang Lan frowned.

The Building Master of Cold Crow knew he had only broken through yesterday?

How could she know?

He had clearly tried to avoid it.

Moreover, he had broken through in the Demon Domain, so by all accounts, the Cold Crow Pavilion shouldn't have known about him.

If the Cold Crow Pavilion knew, then there was only one possibility left.

That was, many people already knew about his Breakthrough.

Jiang Lan frowned in thought.

He still felt that he had hidden himself quite well, but he didn't expect that in the eyes of these people, he was no different from a transparent person.

Thinking of this, another hint of doubt emerged in Jiang Lan's mind.

Since even the Building Master of Cold Crow knew, there was no reason for the Kunpeng Demon Emperor not to know.

And he had caused such a huge commotion by slaughtering the mountains earlier.

Why hadn't the Kunpeng Demon Emperor come to trouble him?

"What, you're surprised that I know your identity?"

A smile appeared on the young girl's face.

Her smile was sweet, but her voice remained icy.

It was as if the person making the expression and the person speaking were not the same.

Jiang Lan nodded.

"I am very surprised."

Surprise was surprise; there was nothing to hide.

Moreover, from the young girl's demeanor, she didn't seem to have any intention of harming him.

If she wanted to act, there had been countless opportunities just now.

Since she wasn't an enemy, then she was a friend.

"Surprised about what?" The young girl's face still held a sweet smile, "Surprised that you slaughtered so many demons, yet that Kunpeng fellow didn't pursue you? Didn't even react?"

Jiang Lan was stunned.

Did this woman read minds?

What he had just been thinking was exactly that.

Why was it that every time he met a powerful character, they could see what he was thinking?

And, this woman even knew about his mountain slaughtering?

When he slaughtered the demons, he didn't even show his face, only staying above the clouds and striking down with a single palm.

Jiang Lan was certain that no one besides himself could have possibly discovered that he was the one who did it.

But now, this little girl just blurted it out?

How did she know everything?

The young girl's voice entered Jiang Lan's ears. "Are you thinking, why do I know everything?"

Jiang Lan: "?"

"Alright, I know you're curious, but what you want to understand isn't something that can be explained in a short while."

Jiang Lan nodded, half-understanding.

The young girl said, "Since you have entered the Spirit Transformation Realm, I will first tell you some things. Listen carefully."

Jiang Lan nodded again.

It would be strange if he wasn't serious.

Jiang Lan had a premonition that what this young girl was about to tell him was something he couldn't access anywhere else.

The young girl's indifferent voice continued; although not as icy as before, it still carried a sense of keeping people at arm's length.

"One hundred and sixty thousand years ago, the Nine Provinces Continent was not separated as it is now, but was a whole.

"Although there were oceans, their area was similar to that of the land.

"And after that event occurred one hundred and sixty thousand years ago, the provinces of the Nine Provinces Continent were isolated from each other, and a barrier was set up at the end of the Endless Sea."

Jiang Lan blinked.

Which event?

However, the young girl clearly had no intention of explaining to him, and continued on her own:

"This barrier is what we call Severing the Connection Between Heaven and Earth."

"Before, Cultivators in the Nine Provinces Continent, those in the Soul Transformation stage, were only considered a backbone force. But ever since Severing the Connection Between Heaven and Earth appeared, completely isolating the various provinces, the path of cultivation gradually withered, until now, within the entire Chihong Province, there are only about twenty-something old fellows like us left."

At this point, the young girl smiled again.

"It's been two thousand years. You are the only one to Breakthrough to Soul Transformation in two thousand years. To be honest, when I first found out, I was quite happy; at least among us old fellows, there's a new colleague."

Jiang Lan's brows furrowed slightly.

More than twenty.

The Human Race's pillars he knew of totaled only nine.

Seeing the young girl's voice stop, Jiang Lan directly asked:

"Aren't there only nine Human Race pillars in total? You said more than twenty colleagues, where did the other dozen or so come from?"

The young girl glanced at Jiang Lan.

"Of course, they are those demons."

Jiang Lan's eyes flickered again.

When this woman spoke of great demons, there was no hint of resistance in her tone.

That feeling was like an ordinary person talking about their friends.

Seeing Jiang Lan's expression, the young girl said:

"I don't know why you have such a great prejudice against demons. But we Soul Transformation Cultivators actually have pretty good relationships with each other."

Jiang Lan was puzzled.

"Why?"

In his opinion, the conflict between humans and demons was irreconcilable.

He had always firmly believed in one saying.

Those not of our race are sure to have different hearts.

But clearly, this young girl didn't think that way.

Not just her; looking at her, it was likely that other humans didn't think that way either.

Because if it were Jiang Lan, he would absolutely not choose to be friends with demons.

The young girl suddenly laughed.

She laughed heartily.

"Haha... you look like this now, it reminds me of two hundred thousand years ago. Back then, my thoughts were probably similar to yours now."

Two hundred thousand years ago?

Jiang Lan was surprised.

In other words, this young girl, who looked like a maiden, was actually at least two hundred thousand years old?

You really couldn't tell.

"Come, tell me, why do you hate demons so much?" The indifference in the young girl's voice decreased a few more points.

Jiang Lan's expression slightly darkened.

Why was there a 'why'?

It was just for all the things he had seen before.

"There's no 'why'. Isn't the conflict between demons and the Human Race innate?"

The young girl nodded, "I understand. Demons eat people, and you've seen too many tragic scenes, so you've concluded that there's an irreconcilable conflict between demons and the Human Race, right?"

Without waiting for Jiang Lan to speak, she continued:

"You actually just need to change your way of thinking, and all problems will be solved. Demons eat people, but don't people also eat demons? Survival of the fittest. Heaven and Earth are unkind, treating all beings as straw dogs; the lives of humans, the lives of demons, the lives of flowers and plants, in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, are all the same life.

"No one is more noble than another. If you can eat me, I can naturally eat you too."

Jiang Lan lowered his head.

He admitted that what the young girl said made sense.

Seeing Jiang Lan remain silent, the young girl also stopped speaking, only staring at Jiang Lan, seemingly wanting to see his reaction.

Suddenly, Jiang Lan looked up.

"Indeed, no one is more noble than another, but I am human."

The young girl smiled again.

"I am human too."