Chapter 43 - Past Life

Chapter 43 : Past Life

“Haha… A cycle of reincarnation… You seem to have forgotten everything,” Elder Qingxue said with a sorrowful smile on her stunning face. Raising her hand, a magical treasure appeared behind her. “I don’t want you to die in ignorance,” she continued. “This is the debt you owe me from your past life, a debt you could never repay in a lifetime.”

“Past life?!” Ye Xuan couldn’t help but look incredulous. He had just transmigrated to this world, how could he have a past life here? Besides, once one enters the cycle of reincarnation, past deeds should be erased – a fact well-known to cultivators. Some people don’t even know whether they were male or female, human or beast in their past life.

Yu Ling’er, despite not knowing the details of Ye Xuan’s past life, hastily spoke up: “Even if Ye Xuan did something in his past life, it shouldn’t matter now, right? Once you enter reincarnation, past deeds are left behind. If everyone were to be held accountable for their past lives, wouldn’t everyone have some sort of karma?”

Elder Qingxue chuckled coldly at Yu Ling’er’s words, “But what if his past life and his current life are the same person?”

“What?!” Yu Ling’er exclaimed in shock, turning her gaze to Ye Xuan. “How can a person’s past life be the same as their current one?”

“Because he never entered the cycle of reincarnation, he never cleansed the karma of his past life,” Elder Qingxue explained, staring at Ye Xuan. “Well, it seems my words alone won’t convince you, nor will they alleviate your feeling of being wronged. Let me show you what you’ve done to me…”

Saying this, Elder Qingxue beckoned with her hand, and a treasure flew to Ye Xuan from behind her. It was a mirror. With a surge of her spiritual Qi, the mirror enlarged, transforming into a massive light mirror, directly facing Ye Xuan.

“This treasure is called the Former Dust Mirror. It reveals one’s past deeds. After you watch, you’ll understand. And don’t think about stalling for time or waiting for someone to rescue you. When I arrived, I already cast a spell isolating us from the outside world.”

“The Former Dust Mirror… really in the hands of Elder Qingxue…” Yu Ling’er’s expression changed upon hearing this. She had heard from her mother about the many treasures of Taihua Immortal Sect, and the Former Dust Mirror was among the most formidable.

It could reveal the past of anything, even a mere stone, showing many of its past stories. She never expected such a powerful artifact to be with Elder Qingxue. Could it be that Brother Ye Xuan really wronged Elder Qingxue in the past?

Yu Ling’er looked at Ye Xuan, pondering the implications of Elder Qingxue’s words. According to her, Ye Xuan’s past life hadn’t entered the cycle of reincarnation, and he was essentially the same person. How was this possible?

Ye Xuan, faced with Yu Ling’er’s gaze, felt helpless. He had guessed that the woman was another female lead in the story, where he must be a significant villain. Her wanting to kill him seemed logical, yet he hadn’t even received his script.

Just then, the system’s voice rang out, “Detecting the script of the second female leads. Host, would you like to view her script?” The world around Ye Xuan seemed to pause.

“Finally, the system…” Ye Xuan thought, confirming his suspicions. “Let’s see what kind of villain I am this time. View it.”

With Ye Xuan’s thought, information about the second female lead, Mo Qingxue, appeared in his mind. After reading the script, Ye Xuan’s expression turned peculiar. According to the script, he was not only a villain but a despicable one at that. No wonder Elder Qingxue hated him so much, disregarding the status as a fellowship from the same sect, and determined to kill him within Taihua’s territory.

The protagonist of the script, Mo Qingxue, also known as Elder Qingxue, was a kind, gentle, and beautiful girl who fell victim to a nefarious villain – Ye Xuan himself. He schemed against her, forcing her to marry him. Although she eventually fell in love with him, he callously abandoned her after getting bored. The cruelty of his actions was evident.

“Not only that, I even forced her to abort our child against her will. After manipulating her into a miscarriage, she fell into utter despair. To seek revenge against my heartlessness, she began her journey of cultivation. But by the time she became powerful enough to confront me, I had already been reborn through some special means, and she couldn’t find me anymore. Yet, she harbored that deep-seated hatred in her heart…”

The script was detailed, focusing not just on Ye Xuan’s villainous actions but also on other characters and the female lead’s perspective. To her, Ye Xuan was more than a villain; he was a heartless scoundrel.

Honestly, if I were the female lead, I would want to annihilate such a ruthless and unscrupulous person myself. How could there be such a heartless and immoral person in this world? Even tigers don’t eat their cubs…

“Truly fitting for a villain’s script… And these events happened hundreds of years ago. It’s not easy to cleanse such a past…”

At this moment, Ye Xuan was somewhat speechless. The script’s content was intertwined with the fate of this world, and Mo Qingxue’s story took place hundreds of years ago. The past, already happened, couldn’t be changed even with a script. It meant that I was destined to be this villain?

“Ding, correct. Host, you are indeed that shameless major villain,” the system replied. “Please accept your fate gracefully.”

“What if I don’t accept it?” Ye Xuan asked.

The system responded, “As these events have already occurred, if the host doesn’t fulfill this destiny, it would lead to the collapse of this world starting from hundreds of years ago, and the host himself would be engulfed by the river of time…”

“Being tasked to play a villain who forcibly takes a common girl and harms his own child…” Ye Xuan sighed helplessly, then his eyes lit up with excitement, “This is going to be thrilling!”

“Hehe, do you really think such a small matter can defeat me? What’s wrong with being a despicable villain? Watch me cleanse my own image!”

“As for Elder Qingxue, you now look down on me, cold and ruthless, wanting to kill me. Just wait until I return from my transmigration. I will make you cry and beg for my forgiveness!”