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"It's better than having a former non-Servant God pretend to be a Servant to deceive people, right?"

Let Wu Ji speak.

"In that case, I'll go watch the fight by myself, okay?"

"What is your purpose?"

Ling Wu Ji was relieved at this time. He felt that the other party definitely did not make that suggestion just to tease him. She must have her own goals to achieve in this Holy Grail War, or maybe she wanted the right to make a wish?

Isn't it?

Now with the blessing of the sky curtain barrier and her own foundation, she is basically omnipotent. Why should she care about a mere holy grail?

She pondered for a moment, then said, "The awakening of the Last King is also related to the so-called Holy Grail to some extent. For example, the Holy Grail in the hand of the ancestor of the gods Guinevere who has been entangled with the Black Prince Alec is very likely to be..."

"Wait, what are you?"

"I mean there is another Holy Grail..."

"The sentence before that..."

"The goddess Guinevere..." Medusa was somewhat confused.

"Guinevere, the Goddess...isn't Guinevere the wife of King Arthur?"

Volume 4: Where is Penglai: Chapter 13: Bagua

Ling Wu Ji was of course aware that there was more than one Holy Grail in the world.

According to Kamisaki Kaori, there is a numbering system for the Holy Grail in the Cathedral Church, and the Greater Holy Grail that was originally located in Fuyuki City and has now been moved to Romania is ranked outside the 700th number. However, within the Cathedral Church, those Holy Grails are naturally regarded as fakes. As for which one is the real one and where it is, we can only ask Brother Jesus about the thing stained with his own blood before his death.

He had long known that the Black Prince Alec had been searching for the so-called Holy Grail and had been entangled with a God-Ancestor. However, it was not until now that he noticed that the name of the God-Ancestor was actually King Arthur's wife Guinevere.

Although he also knew that it was not a big deal for a divine ancestor to live that long, no matter how he looked at it, this matter was full of weirdness. Even if a living person did not care about her reputation, some people who knew the inside story would definitely have some concerns. For example, there was a certain True Ancestor in China. There were only a few words recorded in history books. Although there were folk dramas that interpreted her story later, the image of that True Ancestor in the drama would definitely not be like that of Guinevere.

So, there must be something fishy about this matter.

It is even possible that she herself promoted the spread of this story.

But what's the point of her doing that?

Ling Wu Ji really couldn't understand it.

However, he still paid attention to it and told Irisviel's servant about it. However, the silver-haired servant still looked indifferent after hearing it. Although it might be because Ling Wuji's servant was too strong and made her embarrassed earlier, her attitude towards Ling Wuji became like this. However, from Ling Wuji's point of view, this person did not seem to care that much about Guinevere, as if that person was just a passerby to her.

Ling Wuji realized that he had become overly active in exploring the psychology of these servants recently, probably because Ji Moyu had become a little nervous. When did he become such a gossipy person?

It would be better to practice swordplay with this time.

Make Wu Ji think about it.

After facing the pressure from Zhao Suyi and Ji Moyu one after another, Ling Wu Ji realized that his methods were not as foolproof as he had always thought. Even Taoist magic such as "Human Sound" might not have any effect on those servants. As for the rest, his Tai Chi diagram could only be used to block attacks formed by magical powers such as light cannons. In fact, he himself had very few means of attack. Apart from the sky curtain barrier, he only used the "Heavenly Escape Sword Technique" and "The Art of the Pot". But apart from anything else, using the "Heavenly Escape Sword Technique" to enter that state itself has many risks. If something goes wrong in the process, he may not be able to recover.

So he was fine within the sky curtain barrier, but outside the sky curtain barrier, he was no different from ordinary Jindan level people, and was even worse than ordinary Jindan.

"Isn't it a little too late to sharpen your weapons before the battle?"

The woman in white seemed to have turned into the graceful and independent god again. She stood on the rooftop under the moon, watching Ling Wuji practicing sword alone, and said.

Ling Wu Ji didn't feel like he was sharpening his sword before the battle.

Although his master Lu Wenyuan commented that he was just a little clever, he felt that he was gifted and could usually master the Taoist methods given to him by the system within a few days - he completely forgot the embarrassing situation when he was not yet a Yin God and was helpless against Lie Zi's Wind Control Technique, so he habitually thought that he would be able to master the newly acquired Liuhe Sword Technique quickly.

Even now he still had no clue.

So he just swung the flying sword Xia Ji gave him eight times.

Of course, with Ling Wu Ji's foundation in swordsmanship and the methods of movement and stillness, even if he only performed Xia Ji's Eight Swings, it still had some structure and charm. However, for a swordsmanship master like Zhao Suyi, it was quite unimpressive.

"Although your cultivation and swordsmanship skills alone are enough to deal with ordinary servants, I understand from the master that this Holy Grail War is not an ordinary Holy Grail War, right?" Zhao Suyi examined Ling Wuji for a moment, and then said, "Although I think it is unlikely that an opponent of the same level as Ji Moyu will appear, but even if it is just an opponent like me, it will be quite difficult for you, right?"

"You think too little of yourself."

Let Wu Ji speak.

It's not without reason that he chose this man.

Although in the end the opportunity to summon her was given to Kanzaki Kaori.

However, in Ling Wuji's opinion, he and Ji Moyu's compatibility is extremely bad. If they exchanged holy relics...

Ling Wu Ji immediately gave up this thought.

There was no way he would give up the opportunity to summon that person.

Even if that nuclear weapon was not on good terms with him, at least she still gave him some face and gave him the Flying Sword to play with. But if she was summoned by Kamiya Kaori, even if her compatibility with Kamiya Kaori was better than his, she would definitely be in a dominant position. It's hard to say what her attitude towards him would be at that time. In comparison, his current relationship with Zhao Suyi is reasonable.

"Maybe," the woman in white said noncommittally, "But, with your current state, you can't beat me, right?"

Ling Wuji said, "If it's not limited to swordplay, then that may not be the case."

"Oh?"

She raised her eyebrows, obviously quite skeptical of Ling Wuji's statement.

Ling Wuji thought about it, and pointed the jade-green sword in his hand at her. Suddenly, Zhao Suyi felt a palpitating sense of crisis rising in her heart. She dodged to the side, but as Ling Wuji's sword pointed, the sense of crisis lingered and was difficult to get rid of. She suddenly remembered something and said, "Is this the 'Sky Curtain Barrier'?"

"As I recall, the Sky Curtain Barrier was already being built during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, right?"

Ling Wuji felt a little strange.

Did she have to act so strange?

"At that time, people were only building in the areas of Haojing and Luoyang, and I heard that they only built a rough outline, not as pervasive as the one you are using now." But when she got to this point, she changed the subject and said, "But, I heard that your sky curtain barrier was only built in this country, so as long as I leave here, you will still be helpless against me like before, right?"

Volume 4: Where is Penglai: Chapter 14: The Monkey Heart

"It's just that there's nothing you can do about it, right?"

Ling Wuji admitted that her swordsmanship was indeed unpredictable, but he was just careless before. If he just wanted to defend himself, Ling Wuji would not be completely helpless. However, it seemed that there was no benefit for him to delay any further.

After all, the hatred he holds among the God Slayers is indeed high enough.

Seeing that Ling Wuji was still unmoved, Zhao Suyi shook her head and said, "Although I also know that people like you are too smart, so no matter what you do, you will never bow your head like others, but if you rely too much on your intelligence and refuse to bow your head, you might do something you will regret in the future because of a momentary anger."

"Talking from experience?"

“It’s really a matter of experience.”

Ling Wuji's eyes suddenly became bright.

But Zhao Suyi saw what he was thinking, so she said, "Of course, the experience I'm talking about is not referring to myself, but to Fan Shaobo."

"I remember that person's life seemed quite fulfilling, right?"

Ling Wu Ji was not surprised that she mentioned that person. After all, it was Fan Li who mentioned her to Gou Jian, the King of Yue. In the book that Ling Wu Ji read, although he did not understand what the historical facts were, Fan Li, as recorded in the official history, could indeed be called a smart man. He saw early on that Gou Jian, the King of Yue, "could be a partner in adversity but not in happiness." Before leaving Yue, he left a letter to his good friend Wen Zhong saying, "When the birds are all gone, the bows are put away; when the rabbits are dead, the dogs are cooked." Wen Zhong was only half-believing and half-doubting and claimed to be ill and did not attend court, but was still forced to commit suicide. Fan Li later went into business and was also known as "Tao Zhu Gong." It didn't seem like he had any flaws in his life.

"People like us, or heroic spirits, want to respond to the call of the Holy Grail and get the chance to make a wish to make up for something because we have some inner wishes and regrets in our previous lives," she smiled faintly when she heard Ling Wuji's evaluation of Fan Li, and said, "I bet that if you find a holy relic related to Fan Shaobo, he will definitely respond to your call."

"why?"

"Because of Xishi."

Ling Wuji was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to say. He thought that if the stories about Fan Li and Xi Shi mentioned in those unofficial histories were true, then Fan Li was a complete scumbag who, for the sake of his own ambition, did not hesitate to send the woman he loved to someone else's palace. Although in the end he seemed to have gone boating with Xi Shi, this kind of story sounded so cheating that it made people feel uneasy.

"Of course, Fan Shaobo was wrong in this matter," she said, looking at the silver moon in the sky, as if recalling her past life, "It's just that both of them were angry at the time, but Fan Shaobo was a person who refused to give in, so he made the best of the situation and sent Xi Shi to the palace of King Wu."

"So you think that Mr. Fan's wish is to change the past?"

Ling Wu Ji asked her.

Zhao Suyi nodded naturally.

Ling Wuji saw her expression and it seemed that she and Fan Li were not just casual friends. He was not sure what to say for a moment. In his opinion, Fan Li was a man who knew that the monarch he served was a wretch, so why did he want to share the hardships with him? Could it be that he had some masochistic tendencies? Although this speculation was interesting, Ling Wuji felt that it was more likely that he wanted revenge and to prove himself, and in order to achieve this goal, he might not really be unable to sacrifice Xi Shi.

Seeing that Ling Wuji had a look of disapproval on his face, Zhao Suyi said for a moment, "It seems that his life experience has not given you any inspiration?"

"You've said so much, do you want me to be your disciple?"

Ling Wu Ji avoided answering and just asked.

She nodded.

"Why?" Ling Wuji said, "Even a person like Confucius, although he was revered as the most holy teacher and model for all ages by later generations, his doctrine has been distorted beyond recognition. Although in my opinion it doesn't matter whether it is distorted or not, both the doctrine and the swordsmanship will definitely become distorted and lose their original appearance in the process of transmission. In this case, what you are pursuing is to be recorded in history books by later generations like Fan Li? But if not, then why? Your attainments in swordsmanship are too high, and you just want people to defeat you purely with swordsmanship?"

Zhao Suyi suddenly exuded the same sharp aura as that night.

Ling Wuji also immediately picked up the Tengkong Sword and became alert.

But after a long time, he only heard a faint sigh from the woman.

"Speaking of which, I recently checked the information of later generations and found some very interesting things."

"Tell me."

"In the earliest records, there was a white ape challenging me, but later on, it was the so-called Ape Master who came to teach me swordsmanship. In modern times, some people even said that I would stab my 'mentor' for Fan Shaobo and kill Fan Shaobo's lover, but in the end I was amazed by Xi Shi's beauty and found it difficult to kill her..."

“Well,” although Ling Wuji did not want to excuse the person mentioned later, he still couldn’t help but say, “That’s just an interpretation.”

"Yeah, it's just an interpretation," she said, not looking angry. "Then do you know what the truth of the matter is?"

"The truth?" Ling Wuji was also a little curious for a moment, "In other words, there really is a person or monster called Ape Lord?"

"Have."

"So, what is the truth?"

"The truth is, he is a figment of my mind, the so-called 'mind monkey'. He was created only because I was hesitant, so he wanted to stop me from going down the mountain and to stop me from ruining my peaceful 'state of mind'."

She looked directly at the young man holding the emerald jade sword and said.

"So the concept of 'monkey mind' appeared early on?"

Ling Wu Ji said with great concern.

He thought about it again and felt that this story sounded quite interesting. However, he asked in confusion, "But the problem is that the appearance of the 'Monkey Heart' means that your 'State of Mind' is unstable, right? In that case, whether he can stop you or not is actually meaningless. If he can stop you, it means that you have completely gone astray, so the differentiated 'Monkey Heart' is so powerful. But if he can't stop you, it means that you can overcome your own distracting thoughts, but in that case, your 'State of Mind' will naturally not return to the time before you came down the mountain."

"You are indeed a very smart person."

Volume 4: Where is Penglai: Chapter 15: Thinking

Ling Wu Ji didn't think that this level of intelligence could be called intelligence.

However, when he heard the person involved talk about his past, he immediately found it very interesting: In some people's interpretation, in the confrontation between the white ape and the Yue girl, the Yue girl was able to win the battle because of her concept of using stillness to overcome movement. But in Zhao Suyi's story, the white ape appeared because her heart was moved, and the white ape would only appear after she returned to a state of stillness. Between the two, which one is moving and which one is still?

No, the problem here actually goes back to what he said to Araya Soren at the beginning. There is actually no difference between movement and stillness, because they are essentially a kind of opposition and disagreement. Once a choice is made, it means that her swordsmanship loses that "completeness" and the possibility of containing everything.

"So your wish is to go back to that time?"