Chapter 319

Chapter 319: Nothing has changed
Everyone reacted differently to his words.

Fang Cheng Lang was glaring at Wu Shao Zhen in hatred and did not even hear what Su Ming said.

Master Qing Yan’s eyes were deep and serious. The others looked indifferent.

Su Ming did not mind. A strange light flickered in his eyes as he said, “Under Dean Mo Xin’s guidance, I opened the Heavenly Tome and learned a world-saving method that can make up for our mistakes and let us start over. But to carry it out, we have to pay a certain price.”

Master Qing Yan asked, “What price?”

Su Ming showed a dazzling smile. The dimples at the corners of his mouth were as sweet as honey.

“Everything we have.”

The lines on Wu Shao Zhen’s brow grew deeper.

Quan Ye said impatiently, “Su Ming, stop being mysterious. Speak clearly. What exactly do you want us to do?”

“It is actually very simple,” Su Ming replied. “I saw an Ancient Grand Formation in the Heavenly Tome. As long as we activate the formation array, it can reverse heaven and earth, turn back time, and send us back to the past.”

Everyone was shocked.

The ones who had looked indifferent finally reacted.

Their hearts had been tortured by regret until they were exhausted. If there was even one chance to return to the past and fix everything, they were willing to pay any price.

Yu Zhao’s heart trembled when she heard “turn back time and return to the past.”

[Could it be that my rebirth came from them?]

[No, that’s not right.]

At this point, a hundred years had passed since her death. Even if they successfully activated the formation array, it should not have been her, carrying her past life’s memories, who was reborn.

[There must be another reason behind it.]

“If we can return to the past, then Little Zhao, Little Zhao can come back to life too, right?” Cui Jue asked excitedly.

Ignoring the scene of Master Qing Yan stabbing Little Zhao in front of him with a single sword was the thing he regretted most in his life.

He did not care whether the Cultivation World lived or died.

He only wanted Little Zhao to come back.

He only wanted Little Zhao.

“Not only Yu Xiao Zhao,” Su Ming said, giving a firm answer. “Everyone who died because of Ye Cong Xin can be revived.”

Cui Jue grabbed him by the front of his robe and shook him hard. “Then what are we waiting for! Activate the formation array now, right now!”

Lan Zi Yu hesitated at the side and said, “The price of reversing cause and effect is not something a cultivator can bear.”

“You’re just greedy for life and afraid of death! I’m not! I’d gladly trade this useless life of mine to bring Little Zhao back!” Cui Jue shouted, turning on him in anger. His twisted, scarred face became even more distorted with excitement.

Lan Zi Yu fell silent.

His pride and self-respect had already been worn away by the many torments Ye Cong Xin put him through.

Master Qing Yan asked anxiously, “Su Ming, how do we activate this Ancient Grand Formation?”

Su Ming pulled free from Cui Jue’s grip. He straightened his clothes and said seriously, “The materials to build the Ancient Grand Formation are easy to find. There is only one difficulty. To run the grand array, we need seven formation cores. Each formation core must be a great Fated One blessed by the Heavenly Dao. Only great Fated Ones can withstand the power of laws when the formation array is operating.”

Quan Ye swept his gaze around.

There were exactly seven people on Lone Moon Peak.

And these seven were all great Fated Ones personally chosen by Ye Cong Xin.

He did not even need to think before nodding. “Fine, I will be a formation core.”

“I will as well,” Cui Jue said right after.

Fang Cheng Lang was the third to agree.

Master Qing Yan stared at Su Ming. “As long as we activate the grand array, we can save the world?”

“Yes.”

“Very well. I agree.”

Everyone’s eyes turned at once to Wu Shao Zhen and Lan Zi Yu.

Lan Zi Yu shrank his neck a little and asked, “What will happen if I become a formation core?”

Su Ming’s tone was light. “You will die, and you will never have the chance to reincarnate.”

In other words, they would lose the chance to be reborn.

Once they died, their souls would scatter and they would be gone forever.

Master Qing Yan and the others were not surprised by this result, but Lan Zi Yu strongly resisted it. He just did not dare show it openly because of the looks on everyone’s faces.

Wu Shao Zhen had no such concerns. He said bluntly, “I refuse. I fell into Ye Cong Xin’s hands in this life because I misjudged her. In my next life, I will not make the same mistake.”

With that, he turned to leave.

Su Ming’s next sentence nailed his feet in place.

“If we return to the past, you will have a chance to save your dead clansmen. Think of your parents, who were cruelly torn apart by the enemy to save you. Do you not want to save them?”

Wu Shao Zhen had killed countless people in his life. His heart was as hard as iron. His only weakness was his family.

Thinking of the scene of his clansmen’s tragic deaths, he turned around in anger. “You had better pray that I can save my kin. Otherwise, I will definitely kill you.”

Su Ming sneered at his threat.

The most troublesome Wu Shao Zhen had agreed. Their world-saving plan was already half a success.

Whether the other half would succeed would depend on Heaven’s will.

Su Ming asked Master Qing Yan to keep an eye on Lan Zi Yu. He then led the rest of them to begin drawing the formation on Lone Moon Peak.

As profound and mysterious lines started to appear at the peak of Lone Moon Peak, Yu Zhao, watching from the void, gradually felt a sense of detachment.

She had a feeling.

The day the grand array was activated would be the day she went back.

While the others were busy drawing the formation, Lan Zi Yu started scheming.

“Master, the Cultivation World’s disaster today is not completely our fault,” he said. “Why should we sacrifice ourselves like this? The people who are saved will not be grateful to us. They will only think it is what we should have done. Master, don’t you think I’m right?”

Master Qing Yan looked at Lan Zi Yu’s face, which was full of fear and flattery, and felt deep pain.

Back when Ye Cong Xin first showed her malice in front of them, Lan Zi Yu had been the angriest one. He had pointed at Ye Cong Xin’s nose and cursed her out on the spot.

Because of that, he became Ye Cong Xin’s first target for revenge.

No one knew what he had gone through at her hands.

When they saw him again, his whole aura had changed. He did not dare raise his voice when he spoke. He only walked with his back against the wall.

Yet in the past, he had been the proudest and most fsheepoyant of them all.

“Lan Zi Yu, look at yourself now,” Master Qing Yan said angrily. “Do you even remember what your own name is?”

Lan Zi Yu froze for a moment, then pulled his lips into a bitter smile. “Do I have a name? I don’t remember.”

Sometimes he even doubted whether he really was Lan Zi Yu.

The bright, shining figure in his memory felt more like a trace left by a past life.

“Whether you remember or not, saving the world must be done,” Master Qing Yan said. “I will never allow another traitor to appear on Lone Moon Peak.”

Facing Master Qing Yan’s furious gaze, Lan Zi Yu finally fell silent.

Time passed.

The Ancient Grand Formation took shape.

A few days later, Su Ming gathered everyone together.

“I have decided to activate the array tomorrow,” he said.

No one spoke.

Su Ming nodded in satisfaction. “Enjoy this last night well. Tomorrow, when the formation array is activated, we can go back to the past and change our fates. Then there will be no Ye Cong Xin bringing disaster to the world. We will all be able to make up for our regrets and get what we wish for.”

Lan Zi Yu’s eyes flickered.

If he could return to the way he used to be, losing his chance at reincarnation did not seem so hard to accept.

The others also followed Su Ming’s words and smiled faintly, letting themselves imagine freely.

Only Yu Zhao knew all their dreams would come to nothing.

Because when they lived their lives over again, they would not gain their past life memories as she had. Knowing nothing, they would still walk the same old path.

The people of Lone Moon Peak would treat Ye Cong Xin as a precious treasure to protect.

And Wu Shao Zhen would still face the tragedy of his clan being wiped out.

Nothing would have changed.