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Chapter 441 Lies
Lin Zhao dared not think about or ask anyone else.

She changed the subject: "What are your thoughts on this now?"

Qu Shu propped her head up, her silver eyes cold and aloof, but a hint of softness could be seen within them.

"If you want to cancel the marriage contract, you can, but you have to help me obtain the position of patriarch of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan."

Lin Zhao understood: "Is this why you sought out the Ancient Phoenix Fortune Teller in the first place?"

Qu Shu nodded: "No matter how strong my talent and strength are, I am still a Heavenly Phoenix. In the end, I will be offered to the strongest Heavenly Phoenix by the elders of my clan. Although I escaped their initial demands because I asked Huang Yue to raise me when I was a child, I know that this is not a long-term solution."

Lin Zhao listened quietly.

"So I need your help to gain complete autonomy."

Lin Zhao nodded: "Once I reach the True Immortal Realm, I will go to the Heavenly Phoenix Clan. Just tell me what you need me to do then. As for this marriage contract... you can choose not to cancel it, or you can choose to cancel it."

After saying that, Lin Zhao scratched his head: "What I mean is, I hope your future choice won't be based on our marriage contract, you understand? In another sense, I am my past self, and I am also my present self, and so are you. Perhaps we are both somewhat different?"

Having learned about what had happened before, Lin Zhao didn't care whether the marriage contract still existed or not.

But if she's so awkward, then putting herself in Qu Shu's shoes—who was reborn even earlier than her—Lin Zhao has absolutely no idea how she feels now.

Qu Shu was silent for a moment, then said, "When you reach the Integration Stage, this engagement will automatically be canceled."

Lin Zhao was taken aback by these words: "What did you say?"

Qu Shu sighed: "Haven't you noticed? Because of the marriage contract, our strengths are actually bound together to a certain extent. My strength will increase as your cultivation advances."

Lin Zhao had vaguely suspected this before, but the matter was too bizarre for her to think about in detail.

But what does this have to do with the marriage contract between the two?
"Because I cultivate the Heavenly Phoenix Cry. In the words of you human cultivators, it is a technique of the Path of Ruthlessness. Reaching the Nascent Soul stage is considered a minor success, and worldly entanglements will automatically disappear because of my minor success in the Heavenly Phoenix Cry."

Lin Zhao sensed the marriage contract: "What is your current cultivation level?"

Qu Shu said, "You're almost at the Nascent Soul stage, aren't you? When you reach the Integration stage, I'll be able to fully reach the Nascent Soul stage."

Lin Zhao met Qu Shu's indifferent silver eyes and felt even more that, with the addition of this face, Qu Shu was not like a living being with emotions, but rather like a deity in a mural, indifferent and elegant.

But how could a cat be so emotionless? This thought flashed through Lin Zhao's mind, but she quickly dismissed it.

The Qu Shu before her was unlike any Qu Shu she remembered. Just like herself, she was different from her past life and from when she first met Qu Shu.

Lin Zhao said, "My promise to you will not change. Qu Shu, I always hope that every choice you make is one you like."

Lin Zhao wasn't sure if Qu Shu smiled, but he didn't give her much of a reaction.

"Thank you."

The two people on the Tian Tong Mirror ended their conversation. Only then did Lin Zhao realize that he had forgotten to ask about the Nuwa Stone, so he quickly sent a long message to Qu Shu.

Qu Shu had just finished speaking when she sighed helplessly, "Since when did Sister Huang Yue start liking to eavesdrop?"

"How would I know you're always lying if I didn't eavesdrop?" Huang Yue stepped forward, unsure what to say about her younger brother: "How long do you think you can fool Lin Zhao with these lies? Is Lin Zhao that stupid?"

As Qu Shu slowly recounted the story of Lin Zhao's Nuwa Stone, he said, "She is indeed clever, but since I told her about it, she won't doubt it."

Neither of the Lin Zhaos ever doubted the information Qu Shu told her.

After replying with the last word, Qu Shu paused for a moment before continuing, "If there's any doubt... then it's probably because our marriage contract is over, and my influence on her is over." Huang Yue, sitting not far from him, rubbed her temples, her head aching. "You've always been a decisive person, but Qu Shu, you can calculate everything in this world, except for love. You shouldn't have schemed against Lin Zhao."

From their first encounter to this point, Qu Shu has set traps for Lin Zhao every single step of the way.

Qu Shu nodded: "That's right."

He knew, but so what?

He won't change.

His mother was so deeply in love that she died far from home, and even the ancestral graves required his constant scheming to be moved back.

His father didn't scheme; he abducted the strongest Heavenly Phoenix of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan while he was just a celestial beast. And what happened in the end?

He was exiled to the most desolate place in the upper realm and has been unable to return ever since.

From the time she could remember, Qu Shu told herself that she must take every step correctly, and if she took the wrong step, she should start over.

Relying on the ancient phoenix's luck, he came again and again.

But now the system tells him that this is his last chance to be reborn.

But he still has many wishes that he hasn't fulfilled.

Lin Zhao was important to him, but compared to his other long-cherished wishes that he had been obsessed with for countless lifetimes, she was important, but only to the extent that she made his heart burn with desire.

He could no longer follow in the footsteps of his mother, who paid the ultimate price with her life, and his father, who spent half his life in exile, and ruin everything for the sake of love.

……

Lin Zhao breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Qu Shu's reply.

Then, she leaned back and covered her face with the Heavenly Mirror.

Grandma Honghu, who had been quiet all this time, said, "Little girl, Tianfengming is not some heartless path."

Lin Zhao replied sullenly, "I know."

Grandma Honghu: "How did you know?"

“How could the Heavenly Phoenix Clan allow a Heavenly Phoenix, who is being groomed to be the husband of the future strongest Heavenly Emperor, to cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness?” Lin Zhao sighed. “But Qu Shu must have his reasons for saying this. If he won’t tell me, why should I force him?”

Having regained his memories, Lin Zhao always felt that Qu Shu was like a house cat that had been abandoned, distrusting everyone.

Since proud and aloof cats always have their own ideas, owners can only wait until the cat has finished doing its own thing outside before coming back to see it.

"Let's put this matter aside for now."

Lin Zhao didn't intend to delve into these matters. With her current Nascent Soul stage strength, thinking about the Heavenly Phoenix Clan wouldn't help. She had given Qu Shu the initiative in the marriage contract from the very beginning. In other words, Qu Shu could cancel the marriage contract if he wanted, or not if he didn't.

Lin Zhao said to Grandma Honghu, following Qu Shu's reply.

"The Nuwa Stone in the Lin family's possession should be of the water attribute. The person who took this Nuwa Stone must have once possessed the relevant bloodline, but he was unaware that the Nuwa Stone could not be used to activate the bloodline. If the Nuwa bloodline is destroyed, it cannot be activated at all; it is equivalent to being destroyed and severed. That is why there is a saying in the outside world that the bloodlines of the Three Sovereigns have all disappeared. But in fact, as long as the Three Sovereigns plane does not perish, the bloodlines of the Three Sovereigns will exist. It's just that most of their descendants have lost the qualification to inherit the bloodline. As for why they lost it, Qu Shu has not found out either."

“Isn’t this good?”

Lin Zhao said helplessly, "Teacher, I haven't finished speaking yet. Although this Nuwa Stone is not for activating bloodlines, it can find beings who have inherited Nuwa's bloodline. If someone with ulterior motives uses it to find the inheritor of Nuwa's bloodline and then secretly harms the inheritor, then things will get really messy."