novelhk Chapter 571 I knew it was you from the beginning
Chapter 571 I knew it was you from the beginning
Tianyan's voice rang out: [01, I'm here.]
Upon hearing Tianyan's response, Ling Yi held the hairpin up to her eyes: "The Book of Fate says this is the Heavenly Fate Brush, and that the spirit of the Heavenly Fate Brush is missing. You gave this brush to me, do you know where its spirit is?"
Upon hearing Ling Yi say, "This pen was given to me by you," Tian Yan was somewhat surprised: "How do you know this pen was given to you by me?"
After asking his question, Tianyan didn't wait for Lingyi's answer before asking again: "[01, when did you find out that I was the one who gave you the pen?]"
The reason Tianyan asked this question was because the time he gave Lingyi the Life-Giving Pen and the time he appeared as a system and bound himself to Lingyi were two separate events. He originally thought that Lingyi knew his identity, but only that he was a 'system'. He never expected that Lingyi knew about him from an earlier time.
Ling Yi said, "When you appeared the second time you wanted to bind me, I knew you were the one who saved me from the zombie horde."
Tianyan was surprised, then realized: "You agreed to the binding so readily back then because I saved you?"
He claimed to be the Destiny No. 1 System, which he used to bind with Ling Yi when she appeared. He wanted to complete a mission by binding with her, and after completing the mission, he could grant her one wish.
Normally, even without asking in detail, one should at least ask if any wish is acceptable.
Ling Yi asked him all sorts of questions. After he finished speaking, she answered "I agree to bind" very readily. Tian Yan had been puzzled, but considering that Ling Yi had no feelings at the time and planned to drag everyone down with her, he thought that Ling Yi agreed so readily because she was curious about him as a "system" and wanted to change places. He never expected that it was because she recognized him.
In that world, I never showed my face. How did you recognize me?
Ling Yidao: "The sound."
“You spoke when you first appeared, so I recognized you the moment I heard you speak the second time.”
Upon hearing this answer, Tianyan fell silent. He hadn't expected it to be because of the voice. If it was because of the voice...
With a hint of probing, Tianyan asked, "When I appeared in the Mirror of Mountains and Rivers as Ji Yan, did you know it was me?"
Sensing the probing in Tianyan's words, Ling Yi chuckled and said, "Hmm, I knew it as soon as you opened your mouth."
Realizing he'd been exposed from the start, Tianyan's tone held a hint of frustration: "How could this happen?"
No wonder Ling Yi wasn't wary of him at all when he suddenly appeared; it turns out he knew that he was the 'system'.
Sensing the frustration in Tianyan's voice, Lingyi smiled and comforted him, "It's alright. Even if I didn't know at first, given your subsequent actions, I would have suspected it was you sooner or later."
Tianyan was frustrated: [It's different.]
He thought he had disguised himself well, but little did he know that he had been completely exposed from the very beginning.
"It doesn't matter." Ling Yi offered a few words of comfort before getting back to the main topic: "So where did the spirit of the Destiny Brush go?"
Getting back to the main point, Tianyan put aside his frustration and said seriously: "[01, the Heavenly Mandate Pen is related to many other things. Only if you recover it can you retrieve it.]"
When Tianyan said this, Ling Yi knew that it wasn't that he didn't want to say it, but that he couldn't.
"Alright." Knowing that Tianyan couldn't say, Ling Yi didn't ask any more questions. She put away the pen and asked another question: "Why did you leave it to me back then?"
Tianyan said: "[The spirit of the Heavenly Fate Brush is in a very bad situation; it would be better if its true form were with you.]"
After listening to Tianyan's words, Lingyi asked, "I didn't know before, but now that I do, I can't just ignore it like before. Is there any way to help it get better?"