Chapter 450: New Players Moving In

The bonds and entanglements between people, for nearly everyone, arise from acquaintances and mutual understanding formed after birth.

But for some, the connection between them perhaps began in a past life, an exceedingly long time ago.

Such was the case with Xuejian, who met her creator, Xiyao, upon the Divine Tree in the Heavenly Realm, only to learn that she had been fashioned from the tree's sacred fruit and cast into the mortal world, created by Xiyao out of her lingering longing for the divine general Feipeng; and Jingtian was none other than the reincarnation of Feipeng.

Perhaps between the two of them, like an absolute destiny, they were fated to come together, continuing to experience yet another cycle of encounter and acquaintance.

As time flows, some may drift further and further apart in the vast sea of people, while others, even after enduring a thousand years, remain as fresh as ever.

Though it was previously known from Longkui's fragmented words that Jingtian had another past life hundreds of years ago as the Crown Prince of Jiang, no one had ever truly witnessed the related events of that bygone era.

Here, one must mention a spell that also appeared in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 1," known as "Dreaming of the Immortal Journey"; regarding their respective past lives, the game provides not just fragmented accounts from the mouths of others, but offers the most intuitive experience right here.

"Is this Prince Longyang, Jingtian's past life?"

"Look, is that Xiao Kui?"

"The bond between those two siblings is so beautiful..."

"Why is everyone watching this...?" Tang Yu was clearly in a foul mood, even though failing to match the skills of Wang and Xie in the academy examination was an outcome long anticipated.

He ordered a cup of milk tea, currently lacking the humor to care about any mechanical contraptions, and simply sat down on the sofa to watch.

"Xiaoyue," Mu Qing asked in confusion, "What is this...? Is this the 'The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3' you mentioned?"

As for City Lord Zong Wu and Elder Yu, they sat upright with solemn expressions, holding colas in their hands: "To think the shop owner has already played up to this point?"

"Let us watch first!" Zong Wu stroked his beard and said, "Ah, this old master is well advanced in years, yet I never expected to end up envying a young man, who is both the reincarnation of a heavenly god and blessed with such a wonderful sister."

Most importantly, because they spent every day immersed in the game comprehending the way of the sword, this feeling was exceptionally clear and profound.

Perhaps occasionally they would fantasize about having such experiences in their own youth.

"No, there are two of them!" Elder Yu spoke in a perfectly serious tone, "Though that girl Hongkui is a bit unruly, both her spells and swordplay are formidable, how could you overlook her!"

"Clearly, it is Lankui who is sensible and clever, possessing the true demeanor of a lady from a great house; isn't Hongkui just the transformation of the demonic intent within the Demon Sword?"

"What do you know! That lass Lankui is simply too gentle and weak in character, which is why she is always easily bullied!"

"This master simply prefers the sensible nature of Lankui, what of it?"

"Ah, you old scoundrel!" Elder Yu slammed his cola bottle heavily onto the table!

"..."

The people nearby stared at the two of them with darkened faces: "..."

"Cough, cough! This master will not bicker with you, let's... let's watch the live stream." In an instant, he became perfectly serious, though masked in awkwardness, "What an absolute lack of decorum?!"

This segment of the plot consisted mostly of retrospective cinematic cuts.

From the mutual reliance of the siblings, to the critical illness of the King of Jiang, and the invasion by the enemy state.

Longyang bore the heavy burden, assisting his father with state affairs by day, and practicing his swordplay desperately by night.

Ultimately, the strength of a single person could not alter the fate of an entire nation; the capital was besieged, and defying ancestral rules, Longyang opened the inherited manual of the Demon Sword, gathering alchemists to forge it