Chapter 857: Chapter 266: So, This Is the Jade Emperor (Please Subscribe) – 2

Cheng Guang realized.

Ever since he had entered the Divine Temple, this person next to Heavenly Machine Elder had been constantly watching him.

Their gaze had never left him.

It seemed like they were particularly concerned about Cheng Guang himself.

Meanwhile,

Cheng Guang also faintly felt that this person by Heavenly Machine Elder’s side seemed even more familiar.

That sense of familiarity was initially subtle, but soon, Cheng Guang felt something was amiss.

He had felt a certain familiarity towards Heavenly Machine Elder already,

but how could he also feel familiar with this person next to Heavenly Machine Elder??

Could it be that they were all old acquaintances and he had simply forgotten??

Cheng Guang couldn’t figure out exactly what the situation was with the person in front of him.

However, although he didn’t feel a strong sense of familiarity towards Heavenly Machine Elder, it wasn’t as strong as the feeling towards the person next to him, which was much more intense.

Thus, Cheng Guang decisively shifted his gaze from Heavenly Machine Elder to the figure next to him.

Cheng Guang observed the figure by Heavenly Machine Elder and suddenly felt that this figure seemed to be a woman.

Tall in stature, although she was draped in the same white robe as Heavenly Machine Elder, the fitted robe on her finely outlined the enticing curves.

Her beautiful eyes that looked at Cheng Guang shimmered with the light of stars.

They were exceptionally captivating.

“You are…”

Cheng Guang looked at the figure next to Heavenly Machine Elder, paused for a moment and then suddenly a silhouette and a name surfaced in his mind.

Cheng Guang exclaimed in surprise, “You are…”

“Jiang Luojing?”

Cheng Guang directly spoke the name “Jiang Luojing.”

When Cheng Guang uttered the name “Jiang Luojing,” he didn’t immediately care about how the woman next to Heavenly Machine Elder would react; he was first taken aback by his own realization.

Jiang Luojing…

was from Great Chu just like Cheng Guang.

Although Great Chu had been annihilated, Jiang Luojing was, like Cheng Guang, one of the last few citizens of Great Chu.

Additionally,

Cheng Guang knew that Jiang Luojing was previously in the Great Yan Dynasty, but then she had completely disappeared.

Even when Cheng Guang had asked the Great Tang Emperor to take control of the Great Yan Dynasty, there was no sign of Jiang Luojing.

Cheng Guang had wanted to help Jiang Luojing but without knowing her whereabouts, he couldn’t begin to try.

Cheng Guang truly hadn’t expected that he’d meet Jiang Luojing whom he had been searching for under these circumstances.

Was this really Jiang Luojing?

If this was Jiang Luojing, then why was she here?

At that moment, countless, uncountable doubts surfaced in Cheng Guang’s mind.

As these myriad doubts surfaced in Cheng Guang’s heart,

the figure next to Heavenly Machine Elder, on hearing Cheng Guang utter the name “Jiang Luojing,” suddenly stiffened a bit.

Then a hint of surprise emerged in her beautiful eyes.

She seemed just as unexpecting that Cheng Guang, without having seen her face, could still precisely call out her name.

Jiang Luojing removed the white hood covering her face, revealing a beautiful and radiant face with eyes shining like stars.

“Princely Heir, long time no see.”

Jiang Luojing’s red lips slightly parted with a smile as she spoke to Cheng Guang.

Cheng Guang, seeing Jiang Luojing’s appearance, was also stunned.

He gazed intently at Jiang Luojing.

Cheng Guang suddenly realized that at this moment, apart from those starlike shining eyes that felt particularly familiar, every other movement, the entire demeanor, bore no trace of the familiarity from before.

Jiang Luojing at this moment, compared to when they first met, had an air of nobility with an added sense of majesty.

She seemed like an Empress…

Since when did Jiang Luojing acquire such an aura…?

No…

No…

Cheng Guang suddenly realized that Jiang Luojing might not be just an ordinary person; perhaps she had awakened her past life.

Who exactly was Jiang Luojing in her previous life?

How could such a tremendous change occur in her demeanor in such a short time?

Even Ning Qianxue, who had also awakened memories of her past life, wasn’t influenced so quickly or significantly.

It was only a gradual fusion and then neutralization into her current form.

Cheng Guang looked at Jiang Luojing with a complex expression, then gradually suppressed his complicated emotions and nodded slightly, responding, “Yes, it has been a long time since we last met.”

“It’s unexpected that we would meet under these circumstances.”

“This Jade Emperor…”

“Was it your doing?”

As Cheng Guang spoke, he shifted his gaze from Jiang Luojing and looked at the Jade Emperor standing behind them.

The Jade Emperor was indeed Cheng Guang’s main reason for coming.

Even encountering Jiang Luojing, which shocked him greatly, his attention couldn’t linger too much on her.

Listening to Cheng Guang’s words, Jiang Luojing also nodded slightly, “It was our doing.”

“Princely Heir, we have been planning this for the Jade Emperor for a long time…”

“How did you find us…”

“And moreover, the strength you possess now…”

As she spoke, Jiang Luojing couldn’t help but scrutinize Cheng Guang, feeling that the changes in this Town-Nation Duke’s Heir were also terrifyingly significant in the recent times.

Previously, even though the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir’s cultivation was powerful, it wasn’t to the extent it was now.

It seemed he was just one step away from becoming an Earth Immortal.

Even Jiang Luojing herself, with resources acquired through scheming and the help of Heavenly Machine Elder, could only advance her cultivation to this level in such a short time.

But…

This Town-Nation Duke’s Heir?

What was he relying on?

Was it because…

He too had awakened his past life?

Was it because of…

The Saint Monk?

Suddenly, Jiang Luojing pondered this possibility, but then doubted it; if Cheng Guang, the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir, had really awakened his past life as the Saint Monk,

the moment he saw her, he would have undoubtedly recognized her.

At the same time,

he wouldn’t have addressed her by her name “Jiang Luojing” upon their first encounter.

Rather, he would have said…

“Your Majesty the Empress…”

Jiang Luojing bit her lower lip lightly, wanting to ask Cheng Guang something, but the words hesitated on her lips and ultimately remained unspoken.

Simultaneously,

Jiang Luojing also noticed.

Not only had the cultivation of Cheng Guang, the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir, undergone significant changes during the time she had not seen him.

Even the people around him…

had become so strong and also…

appeared to be not of simple identities.

Were there Buddhas?

Were there Immortals?

Jiang Luojing’s gaze moved past Cheng Guang, the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir, towards Guangyin Buddha, Cleansing Thought Buddha, Great Tang Emperor, and Ning Qianxue.

Although Jiang Luojing couldn’t recognize all the figures accompanying Cheng Guang, she could tell that most of their cultivation levels were not simple.

How had this Town-Nation Duke’s Heir subdued both Buddhas and Immortals in such a short time?

And why would these people so willingly follow him?

For a moment, Jiang Luojing was confused about what the reasons behind all this could be.

During Jiang Luojing’s bewilderment,

Heavenly Machine Elder also became perplexed.

Seeing Cheng Guang and his entourage had utterly shocked him.