615: Chapter 26 Cross-Industry Collaboration

When the story of Lan Kui and Long Yang ended, Jing Tian took off the helmet and fell into silence.

Lan Kui was streaming with tears.

Although Hong Kui did not shed tears, it was hard to hide the sorrow in her red pupils.

After a while, Jing Tian regained his composure and asked Meng Li, "What happened after that? Did Long Kui stay in that sword the whole time?"

Meng Li nodded, "That is correct. Since then, she has been residing within the Demon Sword. The Jiang Palace was destroyed in the war and buried deep underground. Many years later, the ruins of the Jiang Palace were excavated. The Demon Sword saw the light of day again, disturbing the human world with its ghostly power, until it was captured by the Shushan Sect Head of that time and imprisoned in the Lock Demon Tower."

"You have seen how terrifying it is inside there."

"In order to protect herself, Long Kui split off a strong and domineering personality, which is Hong Kui."

Upon hearing this, Jing Tian looked at Hong Kui and Lan Kui with a complex expression and softly called out, "Sister."

Hong Kui was moved, then smiled and responded, "Royal Brother."

Lan Kui threw herself directly into Jing Tian's arms, crying tears of joy, "Royal Brother."

Jing Tian patted her back soothingly and comforted her, "I am here."

After Lan Kui calmed down and wiped away her tears, he continued, "The Jiang Kingdom has been destroyed for a thousand years, and I have long since undergone Reincarnation. The title 'Royal Brother' is no longer appropriate. From now on, you two should call me 'Brother'."

"Okay." Lan Kui readily agreed.

Hong Kui nodded.

Jing Tian smiled, but then seemed to recall something. He asked Meng Li in confusion, "Elder Brother Meng, that's not right. Didn't you say you had a connection with me and Long Kui? It seems you weren't in the memories I just saw."

Meng Li looked at him, Hong Kui, and Lan Kui, and said with a touch of emotion, "My connection with you is a story from another lifetime."

A story from another lifetime?

Jing Tian, Hong Kui, and Lan Kui looked at each other, feeling very surprised and curious.

Seeing this, Meng Li smiled and said, "If you want to know, put the helmet back on, and I will let you see."

Jing Tian put on the helmet and held hands with Hong Kui and Lan Kui again.

Meng Li pointed a finger at his own brow, copied a sphere of light containing memories related to Guo Jing and Mu Nianci in the legend of the condor heroes world, and injected it into the helmet.

Before long, Jing Tian, Hong Kui, and Lan Kui saw the corresponding memory fragments.

... At the scene of the Martial Arts Marriage Contest.

Mu Nianci, who had the same face as Long Kui, won with skill, lifting her foot to kick down two opponents.

Yang Tiexin: "Are there any other heroes who would like to try?"

Meng Li: "Let me try."

Yang Tiexin: "Young hero, you are handsome and have an extraordinary bearing. We are just commoners of the Jianghu, and I fear my daughter is not a match for you. Therefore..."

Meng Li: "People in the Jianghu value compatibility and mutual affection. Your Excellency claims to be a person of the Jianghu, yet you are constrained by prejudices about social status, which is rather inferior. Besides, Your Excellency just said publicly that anyone could come up to compete."

Yang Tiexin was speechless.

Meng Li looked at Mu Nianci: "Miss, please."

Mu Nianci: "You are not using a weapon?"

Meng Li: "My Martial Arts are average; I only know a little bit of hand-to-hand combat."

Mu Nianci: "Martial Arts Marriage Contest values fairness. Since that is the case, I will not use a weapon either."

... Meng Li: "Miss, you have lost."

... Meng Li: "My surname is Meng, and my name is Meng Li. What are your names, Uncle and Miss?"

Yang Tiexin: "My name is Mu Yi, and my daughter's name is Nianci."

Meng Li: "Uncle Mu, Miss Nianci. This is my friend, Guo Jing."

Guo Jing, who had the same face as Jing Tian: "Uncle Mu, Miss Mu, hello."

... Meng Li: "Uncle Yang, is that farming couple related to Miss Mu?"

Yang Tiexin: "That is correct. That couple was actually Nianci's biological parents... A plague broke out in Hotang Village... Nianci's parents saved my life... So I took her with me and adopted her as my foster daughter..."

Meng Li looked at Mu Nianci: "So, you are from Hotang Village in Linan Prefecture."

Meng Li: "I am from Shanyin County in Shaoxing Prefecture. My father passed away early, my mother is still alive, and I have an uncle, an aunt, and an elder brother."

Guo Jing: "Elder Brother Meng, why are you and Miss Mu suddenly introducing your family backgrounds to each other?"

Meng Li: "Because I am fond of Miss Mu, and I won the Martial Arts Marriage Contest. According to the process, it is time to discuss the marriage..."

... Yang Tiexin: "Jinger, to tell you the truth, before you were born, your father and I... Let's drop that matter. How about you two become sworn siblings instead?"

Guo Jing: "Okay."

Mu Nianci: "Elder Brother Guo."

Guo Jing: "Sister Nianci."

Meng Li: "You don't seem to have mentioned your ages. Why are you immediately calling each other brother and sister? What if it's older sister and younger brother?"

... Mu Nianci: "Brother Jing."

Guo Jing: "Sister Nianci."

Guo Jing: "By that calculation, Elder Brother Meng, if you marry Sister Nianci, you will be my brother-in-law."

... Meng Li: "We are already engaged. If I keep calling you 'Miss Mu', it will be too distant. How about this: I will call you 'Nianci', and you call me 'Meng Li'. How does that sound?"

Mu Nianci: "That works."

Meng Li: "You seem to blush very easily..."

Mu Nianci: "What are you trying to say?"

Meng Li: "I'm not trying to say anything; I just wanted to tease you."

... Meng Li: "Take this set down and let my bride-to-be try it on."

Meng Li stuffed the clothes into Mu Nianci's hands: "Go try it on. Whether we buy it or not, we can decide after you try it."

After Mu Nianci changed into the clothes, Meng Li said: "It looks good. The clothes are nice, but the person wearing them is even nicer."

Mu Nianci: "Don't sweet-talk me."

Meng Li: "How could I? I am just telling the truth. I will hold the clothes you changed out of; you go try on this set."

... Mu Nianci: "Meng Li, thank you."

Meng Li: "Then how will you thank me?"

Mu Nianci: "How do you want me to thank you?"

Meng Li: "This is enough."

Mu Nianci: "You are teasing me again!"

Meng Li: "If I didn't tease you, how would you smile? Smile more in the future; you look very beautiful when you smile."

... Guo Jing: "Elder Brother Meng, Ronger, what are you doing here?"

Meng Li: "Miss Huang deceived someone, but she blames me for not exposing her. I am just reasoning with her."

Guo Jing: "Ronger, this is where you are wrong. It is not right to deceive people; why blame Elder Brother Meng for not exposing you? Who did you deceive? Once the Daoist priest's poison is cured, we must quickly go and apologize to them."

Huang Rong: "There is no need to apologize."

Guo Jing: "Why?"

Huang Rong: "Because that person is incredibly stupid!"

Guo Jing: "Incredibly stupid? Can a person really be stupid to death? Is that true or false?"

... Huang Rong: "Oh my, Sister Mu, where did you buy this rouge? It makes your complexion look so naturally and noticeably rosy... Oh, it turns out you aren't wearing rouge. Elder Brother Meng, this is where you are wrong. You took Sister Mu out to buy so many things, why didn't you think of buying her some rouge and powder?"

Meng Li: "Nianci is naturally beautiful; she does not need excessive makeup. You like rouge so much, could it be that you are not confident in your own looks?"

Guo Jing: "Ronger, you are very beautiful. In my heart, you are the second most beautiful woman in the world, so you don't need to be unconfident."

Huang Rong: "The second most beautiful? Then who is the first most beautiful?"

Guo Jing: "My mother, of course."