Chapter 1240 - Shocking Everyone Present
The disciples and elders turned toward Liu Wuxie, eager to see how he would respond. Only a handful had ever read the book in question. Liu Wuxie, after all, was a new disciple who had only just entered the Book Collection Pavilion for the first time. By all logic, he should not have known what the book contained.
"The Aquatic Moon—Huan Tian records the tragic love story between the Aquatic Moon Cave Master and Huan Tian. The first chapter describes the Aquatic Moon Cave Master's cultivation and experiences..." Liu Wuxie began after drawing a deep breath.
His voice flowed steadily as he recited nearly the entire text word for word.
When he finished recounting the book, a deathly silence blanketed the square.
"That's impossible! I was there when he read it—he only glanced at the book for three seconds!" one disciple shouted. Many inner disciples witnessed it when Liu Wuxie reached the sixth floor. Back then, he paused only briefly on the text before moving on.
"A coincidence! It has to be a coincidence!" cried the deacon who had posed the question, his face stiff with disbelief. The surrounding disciples echoed that doubt, insisting Liu Wuxie must have read it elsewhere.
The truth, however, was that people long knew the Aquatic Moon Cave Master's love for Huan Tian as one of the Indigo Bamboo Star's most poignant tales. At that time, Huan Tian already had a wife—their love doomed itself from the start.
Huan Tian once belonged to the upper echelon of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, which made books about him scarce. No one could imagine where Liu Wuxie could have learned such details.
Later in the story, when Huan Tian fell gravely ill, the Aquatic Moon Cave Master risked her life and traveled to the Blood Fiend Astral Domain in search of a rare spiritual herb to save him.
Though she succeeded, she suffered mortal wounds and died. Consumed by grief and guilt, Huan Tian died the following year. Their tragic tale was real; scribes had recorded it hundreds of thousands of years ago, but few remembered it today.
As Liu Wuxie spoke, each word carried a strange power; he conjured images of the heartbreaking tale in everyone's minds. Several female disciples silently wiped away tears, while others cried out in indignation, condemning Huan Tian as heartless.
High above, divine senses lingering in the sky sighed. They witnessed the story in ages past; to them, no absolute right or wrong existed in matters of love, only people meeting at the wrong time.