Shun Yaya, knowing that she might have lost the person she had chosen as a target of revenge, couldn't help but feel despair. She truly couldn't accept that the man who had not only betrayed him but also caused the death of her elder brother to be living in this world without any problems.
She wanted to kill him for taking her elder brother's life and, at the sa ti, save his brother's soul if possible. This is sothing she wanted to do as soon as she woke up from her slumber. The pain of not being able to take revenge for her family mber made her extrely sad, and everyone in the dining hall had noticed her emotions due to that sudden emotional outburst from her.
"I want to take revenge! How can he disappear? Just like that! This is simply unfair! There is no way I can accept this!" said Shun Yaya.
Before she could make a move, Anwei, who is near her, pressed the sleep acupoint on her, forcing her to sleep. When Uncle Shun and Aunt Yan looked at him, Anwei could only say, "She just got better. It is not good for her to be emotional. Let her sleep first."
"He is right. You should go back ho first and let her rest for the night," said Yun Ming.
In the eyes of the old couple, Uncle Shun and Aunt Yan, Yun Ming is a doctor and it is better to listen to him. Uncle Shun carried his daughter in his arms and looked at Wang Xiajie, who had beco indifferent to everything, including them.
Uncle Shun said, "Xiao Xia, thank you and I'm sorry."
Aunt Yan also wanted to say the sa thing, but seeing that Wang Xiajie didn't respond, she couldn't say another word. Yun Ming had escorted them out of the house, leaving only Wang Xiajie and Anwei in the mansion.
The silence between the two had spread, but the eyes of Wang Xiajie on the young man didn't move at all, making Anwei a bit uncomfortable as he cleaned the table. He pretended not to see Wang Xiajie's eyes falling on him
Wang Xiajie said, "Leave the plates for Yun Ming to clean up. You... I need to speak with you. Follow in the study."
He stood up from his chair and took his leave, but upon seeing that the young man didn't follow him, Wang Xiajie turned around and said to the young man.
"Don't pretend. We need to talk, Hei Xiaojing."
The mont the na 'Hei Xiaojing' was ntioned, Anwei abruptly turned his head to look at Wang Xiajie, who was staring at him with a serious gaze, and realized that maybe his identity had slipped sohow. He was sure that Yun Ming didn't rat on him, and it can only an that this man had indeed noticed the strangeness of him, especially when An Ziwei was ntioned.
Anwei 'Hei Xiaojing' sighed and responded, "Okay. I will go with you." Explore hidden tales at empire
The two of them headed to the study room on the second floor. They bumped into Yun Ming on their way up and the latter didn't say anything but bowed his head in greeting the two lords and then headed to the kitchen to clean up.
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In the study room...
Wang Xiajie and fake Anwei sat at the sofa set. They didn't speak to one another and waited until one asked. In the end, the first one to speak was Anwei or should I say the real Hei Xiaojing, who was supposed to be current era's human emperor. Anwei will now be called Hei Xiaojing.
Hei Xiaojing asked, "How did you know who I am?"
"My preferences, your knowledge as well as your indifferent reaction about the information from the Imperial Palace. When you bump into on the road that day, it was intentional. You also used an illusion to hide your face like . That little girl kept looking at us because of our disguise. There is also your vigilance towards Yun Ming as well as your reaction when An Ziwei was ntioned.
The one who used the life-exchange curse on you was your cousin, An Ziwei, isn't he?" said the God of Void.
Hei Xiaojing stopped pretending and said, "When the official Xu Ming who is supposed to be dead, I understood everything. Why have you changed so much? Why you are completely different from how I rember and why I do not see your lovestruck eyes even when knowing that I am Hei Xiaojing. The real Wang Xiajie had died, didn't he? How did he die? You are not human, aren't you?"
"I'm not. Wang Xiajie is dead. A blind bear took his life. He was beyond saving, and he was already dying when I descended," answered the God of Void while observing the young man in front of him.
Upon seeing him grip his hands upon the news of Wang Xiajie's death, this young man seems to feel uncomfortable.
"Did you regret it?" asked the God of Void. Asking this young man if he regretted not accepting the love of the young man before he dies.
Unfortunately, his response is colder than ice. Hei Xiaojing let go of the strength in his hand and said, "No. I don't love him and I cannot as well. I just regret accepting the words of the officials of overtaking him. I just wanted to show him that I don't need his protection at all. But in the end, he left without a word and died.
I was also cursed and failed to protect his throne, but in the end, when I choose to find him, he is already gone. I don't know what to do now."
"If you want to take back your identity and throne, I can help you. But I wanted the man behind everything of this farce!" said the God of Void.
Just recalling that the man in the black cloak that destroyed his plans to capture Ye Yan and Hei Suya alive angered him a lot. There is also his use of similar power as his. This itself surprised him. As far as he can rember, only Tun Shizhe, that world eater fragnt born from the sa origin as him, possessed similar power as him, though his proficiency with darkness elents isn't that good.
However, a man whose identity is unknown can control the darkness like himself. The only difference is that there is no way two gods can wield the sa domain except if they are a married couple who have completed the marriage trial like him and his wife, Hei Anjing, which allowed them to share each other's power, domain, and everything.
Hei Xiaojing noticed that this man using Wang Xiajie's identity might not even be a human. Thinking about that golden sky phenonon that he himself had witnessed made him recall the myths about the gods descending in the mortal realm, and maybe that information is real after all.
He said, "I don't need the throne. In fact, I was never interested in it. It is better to appoint a new one who is worthy to take over it. There is sothing I need you to help with. The other half of my soul failed to escape when I tried to give up my destiny upon learning about the life-exchange curse. Without it, they wouldn't have been able to impersonate my appearance and deanor at all.
Also, I can feel my soul being slowly sucked away; maybe it's the effect of the curse."
"Life-exchanged curse is a taboo that needs ti to fully activate. Before the activation, the one stealing must live the life of the one he had stolen. He must live like you are, and if he failed to do it then the curse would backfire on him and he would die instantly."
"In short, one must not doubt his identity or else that curse will not be completed. But it seems that your cousin is indeed a fool; why did he want to beco the human emperor that much?" asked the God of Void.
Hei Xiaojing glanced at him, who was about to drink his coffee, and said, "He is in love with Wang Xiajie."
The God of Void choked from his black coffee as he was taken off guard.
Cough. Cough.
When the God of Void noticed the slightly upturned lips of the young man in front of him, maybe he realized that this little kid did it intentionally and waited for him to drink his coffee before saying these words.
"You brat!"
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"It seems you have seen the appearance of the man behind the black cloak or that other half of your soul in him would have not reacted in a way as if he wanted to kill . Maybe that man in the black cloak looks like ," said Wang Xiajie.
At these words, Hei Xiaojing frowned as he didn't expect this information and looked serious all of a sudden. "Are you telling the truth? When did you et the fake human emperor?"
"A few days before eting you on the road? Your reaction. Don't tell you don't have all of your mories?" said the God of Void.
With a dark face, Hei Xiaojing nods his head. "I don't recall much before I woke up with this identity. After my soul has been split, there are lots of things I can't rember."
"It seems that taking back your soul must be done imdiately. If so, we must do it when my order subordinates have returned. For now, don't worry about the capital. There is always soone looking at that place. I will make them take back your soul. But it might take a bit longer if that man once again interferes.
If that happens, I will have to make a move on my own," said the God of Void.
Upon hearing the willingness of this man to help him, even though he knew that this man isn't Wang Xiajie, he felt more comfortable around this man than Wang Xiajie. They also got along well for months and almost didn't fight at all.
With this gentle smile, Hei Xiaojing didn't notice what appeared on his face as he said to the God of Void, "Thank you, kind sir!"
This gentle smile rendered the God of Void speechless as he stared at the young man before him with no similar features from his wife. Just this gentle smile gave him the sa light and fleetingly comfortable feeling whenever his beloved wife smiled at him.
Hei Xiaojing didn't notice the shock on the man who hid half of his face behind his cup and said, "Then I will continue to use this identity for a while. But that young lady might mistake for my cousin, since he had cursed and his appearance had been passed on to little by little; that's why I choose to hide this face with an illusion."
The God of Void said, "Don't worry. Just never remove the disguise you have on you. Even if she saw, we can only still explain the real situation to them."
"I know. Shall we go to sleep? It's already late," said Hei Xiaojing.
The God of Void said, "You can go. I still want to have another cup of coffee."
"You truly like that bitter thing. Anyway, I'm going to sleep now. Good night!" said Hei Xiaojing cheerfully as he returned to his identity as an innocent little guy.
Wang Xiajie had also returned to normal and gave the young man the usual smile. "Good night, Xiao An."
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