Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 2047: Chapter 2091: Gongsun Yan and Lianjing

Jiangshan First-class Building Owner’s soul body has been reassembled, but it’s a dead object devoid of consciousness.

"What’s going on?" Jiang Fan’s heart sank abruptly, and he asked in a deep voice.

The white-robed skeleton said indifferently, "After his soul turned into light spots, his consciousness naturally fell into silence."

"You can only find a way to awaken his consciousness."

Jiang Fan’s tensed nerves slightly relaxed, at least the old monster didn’t leave a hidden hand.

However, it’s easy to say awaken a person’s consciousness, but terribly difficult to do.

Consciousness is the instinctive reaction of a creature to external perception; to activate its response, it requires deep-level stimulation.

But, Jiang Fan knew too little about Jiangshan First-class Building Owner.

His joys, angers, sorrows, loves without fear, he knew nothing.

How could he stimulate him?

Suddenly, he thought of his foster mother and tried, "Lianjing Venerable is here!"

The soul body had no reaction.

Jiang Fan showed disappointment; the Building Owner once risked a dangerous sword attack as the Young Emperor for Lianjing Venerable.

If even foster mother couldn’t stimulate him, Jiang Fan couldn’t think of anything else that could.

"Owner! Boo hoo hoo~"

The sound of crying was approaching from afar.

It was Gu Xin’er, disregarding Green Pearl’s admonition, rushing over.

As the deputy building owner of Jiangshan First-class Building, Gu Xin’er was one of the most trusted by the Building Owner.

Upon learning about the Building Owner’s fall, her sadness surpassed Jiang Fan’s by much.

"Xinxin, don’t disturb Jiang Fan, he’s trying to resurrect the Building Owner..." Green Pearl advised.

Jiang Fan heard this and beckoned: "Xinxin, come over."

Gu Xin’er ran over crying, and when she saw the Building Owner’s soul covered in cracks, she quickly wiped her tears, surprised:

"The Building Owner isn’t dead?"

Jiang Fan said with a composed face, "His consciousness is still asleep, if he can’t wake up, he’s a living dead."

Upon hearing this, the joy that had just emerged in her big eyes blurred again with tears:

"Owner, wake up, aren’t you full of tricks? How come you aren’t tricky now?"

"Hurry and wake up, I will never badmouth you for being greedy, nor covet your treasures anymore."

But no matter how she called, the soul remained unresponsive.

It seemed to have sunk into eternal deathly silence, without the slightest reaction to the outside world.

Gu Xin’er looked at Jiang Fan with tears: "Jiang Fan, what should I do?"

Jiang Fan showed a hint of sorrow: "If even you can’t stimulate him to wake up, how could I?"

Hearing this, Gu Xin’er felt even sadder, grabbing Jiangshan First-class Building Owner’s soul and shaking it vigorously while crying:

"Wake up! Owner! Black Merchant! Stingy! Gongsun Yan!"

She shouted the name of Jiangshan First-class Building Owner over and over, attempting to forcibly awaken him.

But it was all in vain, and the soul body remained unresponsive.

What responded was Jiang Fan.

His ears twitched, and he looked at Gu Xin’er with a puzzled expression: "What did you call the owner just now?"

Gu Xin’er blinked her tear-filled eyes, sniffling: "Black Merchant?"

"No, the next one."

"Stingy?"

"The next one again!"

"Gongsun Yan?"

Jiang Fan touched his chin, puzzled: "Is this the owner’s real name?"

Gu Xin’er sniffed her nose, nodding: "Yes, I once saw the owner’s real name in a confidential registry."

"What’s wrong? Is there something strange about this name?"

Jiang Fan pondered: "Not strange, just very familiar, like I’ve seen it somewhere."

He tried hard to recall, memories surged through his mind like a torrent.

Suddenly, he remembered something.

He found a red jade box from the furthest corner of the Heavenly Thunder Stone.

The origin of this item is quite complex.

Initially in Yan Dao’an’s space storage device, later Jiang Fan designed to poison Yan Dao’an, the space storage device fell into Jiang Fan’s hands.

Then, Jiang Fan was chased by Carefree Master, using the mechanism in the space storage device, severely injuring Carefree Master, and the space storage device was taken away by Carefree Master.

Later, Carefree Master was unlucky, encountering the Hell Beast and being devoured by it, the space storage device fell into the Hell Beast’s hands.

Finally, the Hell Beast encountered Jiang Fan in the South Sea and was stripped of its equipment by him.

That space storage device was one of the spoils.

Thus, the jade box came to Jiang Fan’s hands after several owners.

He promptly looked at the jade box; there was a seal on it engraved with the words "Gift from Gongsun Yan"!

"Indeed!"

Jiang Fan was surprised; he’d wondered where he’d seen the name "Gongsun Yan."

It turns out to be this mysterious little jade box.

He had already forgotten what was inside the box, so he immediately opened it.

Inside he found a Copper Coin and a letter.

The Copper Coin was so ordinary it couldn’t be more ordinary, far less valuable than the jade box itself.

Jiang Fan recalled a bit, picked up the letter, and opened it, row after row of strong words came into view.

"Lianjing, may you find this letter in peace."

"The bond between you and me began with this Copper Coin."

"Today I return it to you, and the bond ends here."

"Bonds begin and end, life is a dream and illusion."

"May in the next life, I’m still a beggar, and you a fleeting beauty passing by."

"Do not linger for me again."

Boom!

Jiang Fan’s mind was overwhelmed by thunder.

What had he just seen?

Lianjing?

Isn’t that his foster mother’s path name?

He finally understood why the first time he heard the four characters "Venerable Lianjing," they sounded slightly familiar.

It’s mentioned in this letter!

What’s more bewildering.

Jiangshan First-class Building Owner and foster mother actually knew each other long ago!

Back then, both were in the mundane world.

Jiangshan First-class Building Owner was an impoverished beggar, and Venerable Lianjing gave her a Copper Coin.

This formed their bond.

And the bond ended... should it be when Venerable Lianjing became the woman of Heavenly Patrol Venerable.

Thinking further, this jade box was from Yan Dao’an, and when Yan Dao’an disappeared, the Building Owner’s paper puppet once reached the continent searching for traces of Yan Dao’an.

What for, but to retrieve the Copper Coin from the jade box.

This Copper Coin was their token of affection.

Looking closely at the content of the letter, it’s easy to feel the farewell sentiment in Jiangshan First-class Building Owner’s writing.

It’s as if he knew his death was near, so he returned their token to Venerable Lianjing, with a promise for the next life.

Calculating the time, the jade box appeared shortly before the arrival of Connecting Sky Black Pillar.

The Building Owner must have received the Great Wine Sacrifice’s commission then, preparing to execute the Infernal Plan, feigning betrayal of Central Earth.

If the plan failed, he would certainly die, soul obliterated.

If successful, he wouldn’t be tolerated by Central Earth, still a dead end.

Knowing he must die, hence this was his final words.

Understanding everything, Jiang Fan suddenly felt the jade box in his hand as heavy as a mountain.

A Copper Coin, a letter.

Condensing the tragic love between Jiangshan First-class Building Owner and Lianjing Venerable.

As fate would have it, the jade box fell into Jiang Fan’s hands.

And the two protagonists, one became his foster mother, the other became a respected elder.

The invisible hand of destiny closely linked them three and the jade box together.

He looked at the sleeping soul of Jiangshan First-class Building Owner in his hand, then looked at the letter, a warm smile emerged at his lips.

"Fate would not bear to let your tragedy continue."

"Then, let me reunite your bond once more!"