Chapter 1139: Chapter 83: Reincarnation (Final)
The inn had long been abandoned since the family here perished.
Dust covered everywhere, and there Ye Fei sat alone in the hall, seemingly waiting for my arrival.
He poured me a cup of wine, which I drank without hesitation. Ye Fei smiled at me, saying he was fond of me, but unfortunately our ideologies were truly different.
“You won’t escape this time.”
For the first time, I felt full of confidence, almost looking down at Ye Fei.
Not just because my power had broken through again, nor because he had bee a target everyone wanted to attack, and certainly not because I knew Ye Fei was injured—he was hurt by the people of Xuanyuan Palace half a month ago.
I looked down, simply because I seemed to feel that I had freed myself from Ye Fei’s manipulation.
For fifteen years, I always felt Ye Fei was constantly around me, mocking my weakness, watching coldly as I chased after him.
To me, Ye Fei was like a god high above, possessing the power to easily destroy what I wanted to protect, suffocating me under his pressure.
Don’t take it to heart, I said, exhausted.
Alright, Ye Fei agreed, after finishing this pot of wine.
I agreed to him as well.
I understand Ye Fei as well as I understand myself.
He was proud, never disdainful of lies, a man daring to laugh wildly and gaze coldly upon the realms of China and Dao Monster.
I even had to admire him.
Ye Fei then said there’s a little time left, that just sitting there was too boring, and suggested playing something, then pulled out a deck of cards and spread it out.
“How about gambling? You and I have similar powers now, so let’s not use them. Just draw cards and pare sizes, win or lose entirely based on luck.”
“What happens if you win, what if you lose?”
“The winner asks the loser one question, any question… Of course, you can choose not to answer.”
I nodded, drawing a card before Ye Fei. He then slowly drew a card after me.
Mine was a Diamond 4, Ye Fei’s was a Heart 9; he won, I lost.
“How much longer can you live?”
“At most, not beyond three years.”
Ye Fei smiled slightly, threw away the Heart 9 in his hand, then drew another card, this time it was a Club 7. While I drew a Heart 5.
“How many villains have you encountered all these years?”
“Including you, a total of three hundred and thirty-seven.”
Ye Fei tossed the card aside and drew a Spade 3 next; I drew a Diamond 6.
“Do you remember how many people, how many monsters you’ve killed?”
“I don’t remember, I never count.”
Mine was a Spade 10, Ye Fei’s a Spade 7.
“In pletely rooting out evil, have you ever mistakenly killed someone?”
“No.”
Mine was a Heart 8, Ye Fei’s a Club 3.
“Is it just what you believe that there’s none?”
“None means none.”
Mine was a Club 2, Ye Fei’s a Spade 10.
“In this lifetime, what do you regret the most?”
“Fifteen years ago, not stopping you sooner.”
Ye Fei chuckled, this time drew a Spade 10 again, mine was a Heart Q.
“In this lifetime, what do you not regret the most?”
“No ment.”
I then drew a Heart A, Ye Fei’s was a Club J.
“Tell about your first half of life.”
“Orphan, my family swept away during the flood. Master took me uphill, stayed there training ever since. At age eleven learned Mana, at nineteen mastered all curse techniques of Dragon Tiger Mountain, at twenty-six descended the mountain. After descending, half a year passed, came to Lv Village.”
Mine was a Spade 5, Ye Fei’s a Spade 6. Ye Fei poured the wine again.
“You… what are you thinking now?”
“Win another round from you, then I’ll ask.”
Ye Fei happily drank his wine, then drew a Diamond 5, I drew a Diamond 8; Ye Fei made a gesture inviting me.
“What about your first half of life?”
“Father captured a woman with special physique, then gave birth to me. I never saw this woman; according to my father, she was a tool that could make me more perfect. I started training from my first day of birth. Before thirteen, never left the training room. At thirteen, my father died, killed by someone from Xuanyuan Palace. He took me out, claiming to root out evil pletely, pierced my heart. Interestingly, my heart grows in a different place than others; probably a trick done by my father when he bore me? Anyway, I survived. At twenty I left the island, at twenty-six came to Lv Village.”
I picked up the wine bottle, shook it, less than half remained. After pouring for both me and Ye Fei, this wine was probably only enough for one more drink.
I drew a Spade K, this time Ye Fei did not draw, letting me ask directly.
“Xuanyuan Palace wants to eliminate you, after not dying, why root out evil pletely?”
“Because of it, I got a chance to leave the training room. Don’t you think this itself is a good reason.”
“I don’t.”
I then drew a Diamond J, this time Ye Fei was luckier, drew a Spade K.
“Chased me for fifteen years non-stop, for what… besides killing me.”
This time, I fell silent for a long time. I knew I could choose not to answer this question, because the rules had already been set. Ye Fei was very patient, just like that, watching me with a smile.
At that moment, I suddenly realized, all of my confidence, so-called superiority, was surprisingly fragile… He was still the same gentleman who, for fifteen years, seemed to be around me, mocking me constantly.
“Because of fear.”
Ye Fei poured the last of the wine into the cup, barely filling a cup, one for himself, one for me. Yet he held it and didn’t drink immediately.
I didn’t drink either.
We sat facing each other, barely moving, Ye Fei started looking at the wine cup, seemingly lost in thought.
We sat from morning to dusk. At dusk, it started to rain, heavily. I remember a little girl told me before, coastal weather is like this, the rain hides, and when it decides to scare someone, it would e raining.
Ye Fei’s cup moved for the first time, he suddenly recited a poem.
“Young man listens to rain on singing pavilion upstairs, red candle faint gauze tent.”
Beauty Yu, Listening to Rain.
“Middle-aged man listens to rain on guest boat, river wide clouds low, cliff cries west boundary,” I had heard before, and continued at this point.
He then looked and said, “Now listen to rain under monk’s hut, hair already graying.”
“Sorrowful, joyful, together, alone, always heartless, albeit on step front, drips till dawn.”
Ye Fei smiled, finally drank the cup, softly said, “Sitting until dawn is too long.”
I feel the same, I didn’t drink it, but instead chose to thrust my sword at this moment. This sword that I have painstakingly practiced for fifteen years is a sure-kill blade… Perhaps now I can defeat Ye Fei, but I can kill him.
The table shattered instantly as we exchanged blows, the inn that stood vacant for fifteen years also collapsed suddenly at this moment. In the pouring rain, Ye Fei and I were face to face.
My sure-kill sword pierced into Ye Fei’s shoulder while his Blood God Palm Imprint hit my left arm, leaving it unliftable. Ye Fei was right, our powers are about the same now.
This might be a fight to mutual destruction.
We fought fiercely, from the mountainside to the cliff top, then from the cliff edge to the beachside, causing the weather to change. Three years ago, I’d already entered the Inquiry Phase, joining the ranks of the strongest in the Shenzhou Dao Realm.
Ye Fei is no less than I am, he might have entered the Inquiry Phase fifteen years ago.
We stopped asking each other questions, for the questions we wanted to ask have been asked while drinking.
The cliff at Lv Village was shaved away by us, and the beach’s edge was also destroyed, creating a new terrain, the storm feared our power and dissipated.
My peachwood sword ultimately pierced into the right side of Ye Fei’s chest, going through his heart… while Ye Fei’s hand imprinted onto my chest.
Almost at the same time, we both fell to the ground. This was almost the ending I’d thought about the most over the past fifteen years – and now, it’s appearing so vividly before me.
But it’s somewhat different from what I imagined.
I originally thought, after falling, Ye Fei would still say a few words to me… But Ye Fei breathed no more, dying so decisively.
He had always been this decisive.
I am the only one left with half a breath.
He shouldn’t have told me that his heart was different from ordinary people’s… Until the moment I closed my eyes, what lingered in my heart was neither the relief of revenge nor the ease of persistence over fifteen years.
I was just puzzled… puzzled as to why he told me.
Suddenly, on the vast ocean devoid of dark clouds, a dazzling golden light shone. The battle in the night storm had left my body cold… but now the radiant sea seemed to convey warmth.
I seemed to see a figure in the sea, I couldn’t see her clearly, but I remembered her name. She was like a sea monster, singing loudly on the radiant sea.
I used the last bit of strength to sit up, glancing at Ye Fei who had long since turned cold… I sat cross-legged on the ground, vaguely recalling a time when I also sat at this beach’s edge, watching the sea.
…
In a trance, it seemed I had bee Ye Fei.
I spent thirteen years in a dark, perpetual training room, and suddenly one day, someone appeared before me, saying your father has been killed, and you were created as a tool for revenge, not meant to remain.
I think, Ye Fei thinks, we think… I, we, are evil?
I abruptly opened my eyes, the dazzling light stung me, yet I recalled a long time ago, a senior told me about the matters of the human heart.
“Not colder than the human heart, not warmer than the human heart… cold or warm, self-conscious.”
Cold or warm, self-conscious.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw this senior… I awoke from reincarnation.
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The young nurse who once embraced me crying, wanting to exchange her body for security, was still sleeping soundly on the chair… I almost forgot her face.
The clock on the wall seemed to have barely moved, only a few minutes had passed.
I could clearly hear the sound of Zhan’s heartbeat monitor in the isolation ward… and the senior just stood quietly in front of me, watching me.
“Is this… just an illusion?” I looked at Senior Luo, old dreams and fantasies, dream illusions, I couldn’t even distinguish whether this was the illusion or if Ye Fei and I were the illusion.
“If this is easier to prehend, Mr. Mo Mo may as well understand it this way.”
The senior said, looking at me.
I frowned in confusion.
The senior said this: “Recently found something, using its capability, it can reconstruct a different direction based on the original foundation of this world.”
“Is this… set by the senior? Was Ye Fei… Ye Fei also designed by the senior? Everything?”
“No. Ye Fei was just another version of yourself created by your doubts.” The senior looked at me, still very calm, “Once he’s thrown into it, everything evolves naturally… rather than saying I designed it, it’s more like, it’s what you wanted to know.”
I somewhat didn’t understand… but the senior’s words, I often have to ponder for a long time. But I vaguely understood a bit.
I have experienced reincarnation twice, one is myself, one is Ye Fei… our reincarnation processes simultaneously.
“Not colder than the human heart, not warmer than the human heart, cold or warm, self-conscious…” I slowly recited the realization I came to.
At this moment, the senior looked at me, his gaze seemed different… seemed a bit more vivid, I always felt, when he looked at me, it had a feeling of looking at a piece of art.
I suddenly felt a chill down my spine.
“Well then, Mr. Mo Mo, your service has been acplished, in accordance with the contract, thirty years of your lifespan will be payable.”
I nodded.
In an instant, I felt like I’d aged considerably… perhaps my appearance hadn’t changed, but I really felt as though a long time had passed.
“Then… thank you for your patronage this time, Mr. Mo Mo. Looking forward to serving you again next time.”
The senior respectfully exited.
This time, I didn’t ask the senior to stay. I just silently watched him disappear from my sight.
Knowing that now, I seemingly possessed something the senior wanted… if I wished, he would appear before me again.
After a long time, the clock’s pointer on the wall went round and round, the young nurse still hadn’t awoken, I’d cast a calming curse on her, she could sleep for a long time.
Still asleep in the isolation ward is Zhan.
I looked through the glass at the sleeping Zhan, also at my reflection on the glass… I finally saw myself.
I discovered there were some white hairs on my temples.
“Now listening to the monk Lu below, hair already speckled…”
No longer young.
I took a deep breath and left the underground healer’s room… I planned to go to the room where the scarred monster was trapped.
I know that this time, I will not be frightened away by him again.
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Outside Wolong Mountain Villa, Nero was poking a hive attached to a branch with a stick… drooling, the stick slowly extending towards the hive.
“What are you doing?”
Luo Qiu’s voice suddenly sounded from under the tree, startling Nero, the stick instantly punctured the hive, and the angry bees swarmed out.
Nero let out a cry, falling from the tree at once—of course, for a tyrant who was one of the former Club Michael’s fighters with high bat skills, there was plenty of time for her to adjust her posture in the air and land safely.
She landed perfectly, simultaneously waving her hand to scatter the swarming bees in terror.
“Boss, I’m timid, don’t scare me, alright? You don’t believe it, touch and see?” Nero puffed out her chest, looking pitiful.
Luo Qiu chuckled lightly, waving his hand, producing a piece of beeswax—obviously from the hive in the tree.
“Eat it.”
“Thanks, boss!”
Nero happily took it, biting into it contentedly.
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