Chapter 1674: Do You Still Remember.?
Gu Luolin couldnât quite follow what was happening.
Ye Zichen and the Thousand-Faced Yao Monarch had already shed all pretenses of cordiality, and what followed should have been a bitter struggle that only one of them survived. They could only leave by stepping over the otherâs corpse.
And yet, the hostile atmosphere had mellowed once more.
Neither was in a hurry to attack. They simply spoke, seemingly at ease.
Gu Luolin truly didnât understand why they were acting like this. Her seniors had always killed decisively. Who had the time to waste chatting? If you could attack, you might as well do so quickly and be done with it.
The clan rules were like that too; if you didnât like someone, you went and hit them.
If you won, the clan not only wouldnât punish you, but they might even reward you.
Just now, sheâd prepared to help Ye Zichen face their common foe several times, yet even after all this time, he didnât attack! Gu Luolin was getting frantic!
Who pitied who? Who lamented what? All that talk about pity, but which of them pitied her?
Her big eyes flashed with impatience, and she pursed her lips, but she dared not speak. Although neither of them had attacked, she could sense the still-explosive atmosphere between them.
All they needed now was for someone to set the fuse and detonate this fragile peace.
Set them off, and theyâd probably attack!
âStar Master YeâŠâ The Thousand-Faced Yao Sovereignâs eyes carried a hint of a smile. Even when Ye Zichen announced that he pitied him, the Yao Sovereign grinned; the very thought was ridiculous.
But although he smiled, in an instant, his expression changed. He was now reminiscent of a venomous snake, his piercingly-cold gaze terrifying to behold.
âYou can pity me if you want, but the dead have nothing to do with me. All I can say is, they were stupid. If theyâd been clever enough to see through my facade, as you were, they wouldnât have died. Donât think too highly of them either; they died, but that was because they were greedy.â
Ye Zichen didnât know what the dead had been through in life, but based on the Thousand-Faced Yao Sovereignâs words, theyâd likely passed the point of no return in pursuit of some sort of temptation.
But none of that was important. They were already dead. What good would debating their merits do?
The Thousand-Faced Yao Monarchâs eyes flashed with an even more vicious, sinister glint. His neck rotated, making several full circles, as if it were boneless. When she saw this, Gu Luolin was so scared, she covered her face.
Then, the monarchâs head returned to its usual position, and he laughed diabolically. âYou pity me? Star Master Ye, you do know youâre about to die, donât you? Yet you still have time to pity me? If you want to pity someone, pity yourself. Why is it that, despite being well aware that I was up to something, you were still stupid enough to follow me into this sealed-off room? Pity? Once youâre dead, Iâll appear before the world wearing your face, and while theyâre completely off guard, their corpses will become my nourishment!
âI said I pity you, and I do. YouâŠ. are a tragic person.â Ye Zichen still wore that pitying expression as he stared at the Thousand-Faced Yao Monarch. His eyelids drooped, as if he were a Boddhisatva out to redeem the masses.
Beneath this gaze, the Thousand-Faced Yao Monarch felt transparent, as if Ye Zichen saw through him completely.
Those pitch-black eyes seemed to stab right through his heart, as if they were knives. Memories heâd hidden away for so long, they were practically covered in dust, rose unbidden before him.
The Thousand-Faced Yao Monarch didnât know why, but those eyes made him recall an elder heâd once met when he was young.
At the time, he was just a little snake whoâd yet to even take on human form, and the old man was just an ordinary cultivator.
Of course, at the time, he saw the elder as a peerless expert.
He was injured, and the elder offered him shelter, despite knowing full well that he was a cold-blooded snake. The old man treated him like family, almost as if he were his own flesh and blood child.
The elder taught him martial arts and bought him medicines to increase his cultivation.
His savior, practically his adoptive father, had been nothing but good to him. And yet, on one of his medicine-picking expeditions, when he got injured, the snake turned on him without warning and devoured him, draining all of his spiritual power.
When he was ambushed, the look in the old manâs eyes was just like Ye Zichenâs.
Pity mixed with lamentation!
After devouring the old man, the Thousand-Faced Yao Monarch took on his appearance, but whenever he saw his reflection in the water, he remembered the look in the elderâs eyes. Eventually, he clawed madly at his own face, then devoured a passerby at random. He never appeared before others using the elderâs face every again.
Tens of thousands of years had passed. Even he thought heâd forgottenâŠ
But now it seemed he remembered clear as day.
âSeeâŠ. How pitiful you areâŠ?â Ye Zichen sighed, but his eyes bore into the Thousand-faced Yao Monarch like torches. He saw the changes in the monarchâs expression. âI said it already: youâre a tragic figure. Itâs true, isnât it?â
âShut your mouth!â
âYouâve actually been tormented with regret all this time, wondering why you had to give into your bestial nature and kill the man who was like a father to you, havenât you? At night, when the world is silent, donât you think back to your youth, and to your days at the elderâs side, plucking medicines, learning the dao, and practicing martial arts?â
âYouâŠâ
The Thousand-Faced Yao Monarch froze.
This was impossible!
His time at the elderâs side was a memory from his youth, back when he was just a little snake, too weak to even take on human form. No one could possibly know about that.
Could Ye Zichen really see into the depths of his heart?
But in an instant, the monarch sealed away his emotions once more.
But then, Ye Zichen laughed. âEven now, you still remember the heroic old man who saved you from the brink of death, donât you?â
âYouâve said too much, and Iâve given you too much time. And here I thought youâd say something interesting, but it turned out to be nothing but a mountain of nonsense. Iâm in no mood to let you ramble on. Go on and die like the others!â
The Thousand-Faced Yao Monarchâs gaze darkened. Then, he willed his domain, which heâd long since spread around Ye Zichen, into action. When it hit, it would obliterate him!
Even if Ye Zichen really could read his innermost thoughts, what if it? Dead men told no tales!
He wasnât even in the mood to savor Ye Zichenâs shocked expression as his domain killed him. Ye Zichen had touched on his innermost thoughts; even ripping his body into thousands of pieces would do nothing to vent the Thousand-Faced Yao Monarchâs hatred.
As for Gu Luolin, Gu Xuande and Qing Liâs daughterâŠ
Her!
He didnât want to leave her either.
ButâŠ
âYao Monarch, when I said I pitied you, there was another reason for it as well. Youâve taken your victory for granted.â
Something unimaginable had happened; even after willing his domain into action, Ye Zichen stood in place by the pillar, alive and well. He still had a pitying look in his eyes.
Only then did the Thousand-Faced Yao Monarch notice, but the domain heâd stretched around Ye Zichen had been peeled away, and it was no longer under his control.
âYouâve arrogantly assumed that Iâm nothing but a fish on a chopping block, but think about it: Iâve suspected you all this time. How could I possibly be so stupid as to fall into your net and throw my life away on purpose?â
Ye Zichen narrowed his eyes, but he couldnât help but sigh. He looked at the monarch and smiled. âYou ought to be curious why I know what happened back then. Well, Iâll tell youâŠâ
Ye Zichen took two steps back, then cupped his fist in greeting. âUncle Lan, Iâll have to trouble you!â
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