Untouchable Lovers

Chapter 93: Chapter 89 A Big Joke

When Tian Rujing began to slowly pull up his sleeves, Chu Yu’s heart started pounding wildly. She couldn’t help but hold her breath, then suddenly as if remembering something, she exclaimed, “Wait!”

Tian Rujing stopped his motion and silently looked at her.

Chu Yu realized that yelling stop at this moment was meaningless, so she gave a wry smile and said, “Never mind, continue. Oh, could you slow down your movements a bit? Don’t hide it all at once like last time, let me have a clear look.”

Tian Rujing was wearing two layers of clothing. After lifting the sleeves of his purple robe, the white inner garment was revealed. After performing the same action again, his wrist appeared in front of Chu Yu.

On the fair wrist, a silvery-white bracelet, about two inches wide and one centimeter thick, was tightly clasped. The whole bracelet was as delicate as satin in silver, with its soft luster flowing smoothly as a whole. Only in the center of the back of the hand was a ruby the size of a pigeon’s egg embedded.

Tian Rujing stated solemnly, “This is the Divine Artifact that has been passed down through generations at Yunjin Mountain.”

Chu Yu asked emotionlessly, “Then what about the Heavenly Book? Where is the Heavenly Book?”

Tian Rujing lightly moved his right hand and pointed his index finger at the ruby. Afterward, a strange change occurred above his wrist.

Specks of pale blue light slowly appeared in the air, the light points abnormally crystalline, as if they had soaked the brilliance of the stars of the sky into quicksand, gathering before her eyes, twinkling with enchanting beauty. The floating light points seemed alive, slowly converging like sand, eventually forming a pale blue light shield in the air with those light points creating neat text. The content of the text was a fragment of historical records.@@novelbin@@

This scene, Chu Yu had only seen something similar in science fiction movies from her previous life, probably called something like “three-dimensional holography,” but everything before her eyes was even more concrete and realistic.

Tian Rujing deliberately slowed down the demonstration. Only when the light shield appeared did he look up at Chu Yu, but he was surprised to see that this woman, after seeing these things, appeared so calm that it was almost indifferent.

Tian Rujing was slightly astonished. The light shield also trembled with his emotional fluctuation, but quickly returned to normal.

When his master, Tian Ruyue, taught him how to use the Divine Artifact, the scenario he demonstrated was the same one he was showing to Chu Yu today. Although it was only for a moment, it had deeply shocked him, who was usually indifferent, nearly unable to control himself. Yet, the young girl before him, who clearly was a sentient being prone to overthinking and swift mood changes, why was she so calm in the face of this spectacle?

Who exactly was she?

What Tian Rujing didn’t know was that although Chu Yu’s face showed no expression, her heart was not as unruffled as her appearance suggested. Her soul seemed to split in two, with one half controlled purely by rationality, serene and crystal clear, each train of thought exceptionally clear. When she saw the three-dimensional holography, her mind calmly noted, “Just as expected.”

Yet, the other half, not controlled by rationality, was turbulent and seemed as if it wanted to break free from her body. Complex and intense emotions violently collided and mingled, nearly bursting her heart, continually shouting inside, “So it is! So it is!”

Chu Yu calmly asked, “That blue Light Shield around you, is it also created by this… Divine Artifact?” When mentioning the words “Divine Artifact,” Chu Yu paused for a moment, somewhat reluctant to voice them out.

Tian Rujing nodded, “Indeed.” Compromising the first time made the second time less difficult. Tian Rujing willingly demonstrated again. A faint blue light shimmered over the silver bracelet and then a blue Light Shield instantly surrounded his body.

Chu Yu intently watched for a while, closed her eyes, then opened them again.

Ever since Tian Rujing had been tricked by her to verify history with the Heavenly Book, Chu Yu harbored a vague guess—that Tian Rujing held something in his hands that did not belong to this era, something that made him knowledgeable about history and possessed superhuman strength.

This guess became clearer over time. Earlier at the doorstep, when she saw Tian Rujing repel the assassin, she was only a veil’s width away from the truth. And now, Tian Rujing revealed this veil himself.

The bracelet on Tian Rujing’s wrist might have even surpassed the technology of the era Chu Yu was in.

It was not a spell, but technology, nor was it a dynasty’s Energy Fortune, but rather history recorded many years later that accidentally arrived in a time and space where it shouldn’t have appeared, and with it, the technology it bore caused subtle distortions and influences.

Although Rong Zhi had anticipated the truth one step ahead, he was not surprised when he actually faced it. However, upon confirming it with his own eyes, his emotions uncontrollably surged.

Indeed, it was so, truly so.

These two emotions arose at the same time, seemingly contradictory, yet in fact, they supported each other.

Chu Yu didn’t know how this object arrived in this era, nor was she very clear about its origins, but upon seeing the projection, she suddenly felt like crying.

Both she and this bracelet were outsiders to this world.

In a distant era, carefully concealing her own origins, alone in her thoughts about an unknowable future, she struggled to adapt to strange people and environments. Her mind was filled with many things, and even if she shouted them out loud, no one would understand.

Lonely as hell.

Even though someone as exquisite as Rong Zhi could not fully comprehend what was on her mind. The barrier of over a thousand years was not so easily crossed.

She was always alone.

After a moment of melancholy, Chu Yu quickly forced herself to return to calm. Now was not a good time to be sentimental; she had more important issues to face, such as: How to use what she now knew to position herself most advantageously to gain the greatest benefit?

She now knew that the bracelet on Tian Rujing’s wrist—currently not sure what this thing exactly is, and unwilling to call it a Divine Artifact, let’s just call it a bracelet—had likely landed accidentally into the hands of Tian Rujing’s master, or perhaps some ancestor, who might have discovered the bracelet’s miraculous functions and revered it as a Divine Artifact to be passed down through generations, and the history recorded within it was revered as a Heavenly Book.

That spherical Defense Light Shield must also be one of the functions of the bracelet, which was supposed to be purely a result of technological innovation but was used to demonstrate so-called miracles, becoming something feared by everyone as the Heavenly Master.

What’s interesting is that they didn’t use the bracelet to achieve feats or dominate the world or anything of that sort; rather, they considered this as a mission bestowed upon them by heaven.

Generations who had mastered the power of the bracelet, like Tian Rujing, cautiously treated the Heavenly Book as a sacred decree, aligning the course of history with the future records of history.

Chu Yu looked at the bracelet, her gaze somewhat warm and nostalgic. Even though the bracelet couldn’t understand her feelings, suddenly seeing an alien object only she could fully understand in a cold and silent world a thousand years ago still gave Chu Yu the illusion of seeing a relative in a foreign land.

You must be lonely too, right?

She silently said to the bracelet, “You are the culmination of intelligence, yet used to spread ignorance and falsehood. The history you record is treated as a Heavenly Book, defensive devices are treated as spells. Not being able to fulfill your purpose, you must be lonely too, right?

Thinking this, Chu Yu couldn’t help but want to laugh a bit. She really wanted to tell Tian Rujing, “Hey, kid! Your so-called Heavenly Book is just a history book!”