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Published at 8th of November 2020 11:09:33 AM


Chapter 50

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Chapter 50 – Old Embarrassment

Jiang Xunyi couldn’t help but sigh before continuing. “Later, you realized that it was not me who was related to you, but Huang Yan, who was about to be executed by me. No matter what, you needed to save him. You and Ning Fen were encouraged by someone to join forces and target me. Just to save him, you paid with the honest reputation you worked your entire life to build, and Ning Fen paid with her life. Was it really worth it?”

Jiang Xunyi’s guess almost completely coincided with reality. Chen Li was speechless for a moment. Light streamed from behind him, and his face seemed to be older at this moment.

He opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say, so he lowered his head and cast his gaze on the dusty ground.

Life has no roots, free-floating like dust.

After a period of silence, he finally spoke slowly. Although his back was already bowed, Chen Li still struggled to stand straight. “Yes. You are right. That night, you suddenly fell into a coma in your room for reasons unknown. It was me who tore the sleeves on one of your old clothes and it was also me who spread this news. Miss Feng really did come, but at that time, you didn’t wake up at all. Everything was set-up by me; I was the one who accidentally discovered Miss Feng’s secret and persuaded her to do this.”

Although he had long since speculated this, when he heard these words, Yun Xie still felt a pain in his chest. He couldn’t help stepping forward and glaring at Chen Li, but the words would not come.

For this, for such a ridiculous reason… this ridiculous reason indirectly led to him personally killing the person he loved!

Yun Xie couldn’t imagine what his world would look like without Jiang Xunyi’s inexplicable resurrection. Although he seemed to look as comfortable as before, the fear, terror, pain, and longing could not be forgotten in this lifetime.

The sorrow and anger gradually receded and eventually became unspeakable fear and exhaustion, causing even people like Yun Xie to be unable to help trembling slightly.

Jiang Xunyi looked at Yun Xie, who looked as if he was about to fight to the death with Chen Li. Fearing that he would lose control and kill him, he quickly reached out and said, “Hey, Yun Xie…”

Yun Xie suddenly grabbed his hand, turned around, and gave Jiang Xunyi a hug.

Jiang Xunyi froze, but then he felt Yun Xie’s uneasiness through the other’s faint trembling. His heart was slightly moved, and the hand that was about to push him away slowly shifted to his back, where he patted lightly.

Everyone knew of the good relationship between the two. In the eyes of others, this is the affectionate hug between brothers. Only Nie Yan and Wei Xiuqi looked at each other as if they discovered something extraordinary.

Jiang Xunyi let out a rare sigh. “It’s okay, Yun Xie, aren’t I alive?”

There is a cold fragrance on his body, carrying the smell Yun Xie was so familiar with. It was reminiscent of the winter’s pine branches, the summer night’s first lotus, and the dream’s frost and flame, carrying immeasurable pain and love.

Yun Xie took a deep breath and slowly let go of Jiang Xunyi. When he turned around, his face had become cold. “Chen Li, don’t you feel remorse after doing such a thing?”

Chen Li looked at Huang Yan on the side and saw that his face was completely filled with shock and disbelief but no trace of being moved. He slowly sighed. He knew very well that he probably wouldn’t be able to live past today, and since this kid is the only thing he cared about in this world, he still didn’t look away. He stared at Huang Yan’s average face, a face very similar to his own when he was young.

He wanted to maintain his dignity in his last moments and tried his best to suppress it, but his voice still unconsciously trembled. “Master, you just asked me if doing these things is worth it just to save him. Maybe in the honorable eyes of your kind, no one would care if he lost his life, or maybe you merely see him as an ant, but I care!”

Jiang Xunyi was speechless for a moment, listening to Chen Li muttering, “Why can you take control of my son’s life? Why is it so difficult for little people like us to survive…”

He suddenly remembered that in the last days of his original life before he had crossed, he also hated his powerlessness and the injustice of fate. He once pretended to half-joke to his brother, “Hey, big brother, if I were to die one day, you must be filial and don’t make our parents sad.”

But he was knocked on the forehead by his brother Jiang Yu’an. “What nonsense. I tell you, you are dad and mom’s precious pimple. If you dare to have an unexpected accident, our family will not survive.”

But they did not have a choice; surviving is so difficult, and in the end, he eventually died.

At this moment, Chen Li suddenly looked up at Jiang Xunyi. “Master, do you know why I thought you were my child at first?”

Jiang Xunyi recovered and frowned slightly after hearing Chen Li’s words. He really didn’t know the answer to this question. He himself mistakenly believed the other was his father only because the beginning of the book Rising Clouds and Billowing Sky said so. As he thought about this, he tilted his head and saw that the light in Chen Li’s eyes was shining in an unkind way.

When things have become this troublesome, Jiang Xunyi will naturally not be naive enough to think that the other party will still be kind to him. Still, he was not too afraid. The man who learns of the correct path in the morning can die in the evening without regrets, so the truth must be revealed.

“Speak.”

“When I brought my son up the mountain and asked Immortal Master Ti Ming to raise him, he agreed without knowing that this is a prostitute’s child. I knew that Hidden Spirit Sect was difficult to enter, so I kept this a secret in my heart. Fortunately, I didn’t know back then, but he wanted to find a cover for the beloved disciple he had just brought back.” Uncle Chen looked at Jiang Xunyi and said one word at a time, “Because your real mother is a dancer from the Underworld.”

The word “Underworld” fell into everyone’s ears, and Yun Xie’s heart burst into shock. His first reaction was to blurt out, “Shut up!” He immediately looked to Jiang Xunyi.

It wasn’t that he was very nervous, but the Underworld was different from normal realms. The women who served as prostitutes were either of the most humble origins, traitors and sinners, or have committed unforgivable mistakes. They were not allowed to conceive future generations. Originally, everyone should have taken sterilization medicine when they first enter the Underworld. On the chance that an accident happened and they gave birth, and the child was immediately drowned.

In other words, Jiang Xunyi‘s life was a mistake in itself. It can be said that having such a background was a hundred times worse than being the ordinary son of a prostitute. It was no wonder Immortal Master Ti Ming had to deliberately cover the matter up.

Chen Li stared at Jiang Xunyi’s face with a slightly malicious smile on his lips. In his view, even ordinary people can’t accept this news, not to mention the arrogant Jiang Xunyi, and a slightly perverted joy couldn’t help but arise in his heart.

Compared to Yun Xie, Jiang Xunyi himself was much calmer. He even glanced at Yun Xie with a baffled expression. “Why are you so worked up? He’s talking about my mother, not your mother.”

He raised an eyebrow, and continued, “Besides, to be born in such a place but still survive is a testament that my mother must love me very much. This result is better than believing that my own father wanted to kill me.”

Yun Xie didn’t expect Jiang Xunyi to respond in this way. In his shock, he suddenly smiled involuntarily. He couldn’t tell if what he felt was pride or distress. At a glance, Chen Li was stunned and could no longer speak.

Jiang Xunyi continued, “Uncle Chen, is she still alive?”

Chen Li was still unable to react, and said dumbly, “She is long dead.”

Jiang Xunyi nodded and stopped asking questions.

Jiang Xunyi and his reputation have both experienced ups and downs. The people around him had no idea how to respond. Hearing these words, there were both admirers and people filled with disdain. He ignored all the discussion around him. When he saw Master Wushou slowly stand up, he walked forwards slightly and said, “Master.”

Master Wushou patted his shoulder and said, “You can think like this, good.” His eyes swept Feng Xue, Wanderer Zihui and others, and slowly said, “According to my viewpoint, the truth of the matter related to Young Master Jiang has been made clear. I wonder if anyone has any other opinions?”

Zihui and the others really wanted to have other opinions, but from now on, they could not say anything more about the matter.

“Thank you Master,” Jiang Xunyi said.

Yun Xie was focused is on another point – even with good reason, he still did not believe that Chen Li was the leader orchestrating this matter behind-the-scenes. “Please wait. Since your debts are cleared, this should also mean someone else owes us. Wanderer Zihui, Family Head Feng, you had so much to say before, shouldn’t you say something now? Chen Li, who was it that was cooperating with you to frame Jiang Xunyi? Even if you don’t want to live, don’t you still want your son’s life?”

Jiang Xunyi murmured, “Hey, Huang Yan has violated the sect rules and can not be spared. You can’t promise anything.”

Yun Xie’s expression remained unchanged, his eyes unblinking. “I know, I was lying.”

Jiang Xunyi: “…”

As it was related to Huang Yan’s life, Uncle Chen really twitched, hesitating for a while. Just as he opened his mouth to speak, Yun Xie suddenly shouted, “Who!”

His reaction was extremely fast, and as soon as he spoke, his body had jumped into the sky, quickly blocking in front of Chen Li. Caught between his two fingers was a silver needle.

At the same time, Jiang Xunyi had also leaped in the opposite direction towards the area the hidden weapon shot out from.

Yun Xie raised the needle in front of him and saw the tip of the needle gleaming with blue light. It was obviously poisoned. His beautiful face suddenly showed a sneer. He dropped his hand and turned around, and the smile on his face froze.

Chen Li fell to the ground, his chest already still.

He had died inexplicably!

At this moment, Jiang Xunyi also returned without success. He flipped on a branch and fluttered down beside Yun Xie, frowning. “I didn’t catch anyone.”

After saying this, he saw Chen Li who fell to the ground and exclaimed in shock. “This…”

Yun Xie was puzzled. “I just turned around and he suddenly fell to the ground, dead.”

“Hasn’t the hidden weapon been stopped by you? How could this be?” Jiang Xunyi crouched down to examine Chen Li’s cause of death but was surprised to find that there wasn’t the slightest trace of a wound on his body, nor were there any internal injuries.

He was a little unwilling, but he still stretched out his hand to press the other person’s chest. His expression changed and in shock, he leaned back and almost sat down on the ground.

Yun Xie rushed to helped him. “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Xunyi was completely shocked. “His… his heart is gone!”

This was absolutely unprecedented. Yun Xie helped Jiang Xunyi up, took out a dagger, and cut the other person’s chest without hesitation. He really found that all the organs in the chest cavity were intact and healthy, but where the heart was supposed to be was just an empty space.

It was as if it had disappeared into thin air.

The two looked at each other and saw the shock in the other’s eyes.





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