Yun Che's "mature" teachings left Hua Caili stunned for a long time, as if she was trying hard to understand and digest his words.
But after the silence, an exceptionally clear and pleasant "puff" sound was heard.
Yun Che unconsciously stretched out his hand and pressed the tip of his nose: “What I said… is there something funny?”
"No, no." Hua Caili quickly covered her lips, but her smile remained: "It's just that the way you looked just now, and the words you said, are exactly like my father."
Yun Che: “…”
"You are so young." Hua Caili's eyes curved, "I remember everything you said. But there is one sentence that I cannot agree with."
"Which one?"
"You said you were cold and heartless." Her smile was filled with an irrefutable seriousness: "Although my experience is very shallow and I probably haven't met as many people as you, I am very sure of one thing, you are definitely not a cold and heartless person. On the contrary, you are the best person I have ever met during this experience."
Just as Yun Che was about to speak, Hua Caili interrupted him hastily: “Don’t rush to deny it. On the day we first met in the Linyuan Realm, you and I didn’t know each other, but you resolutely came to my rescue; the Princess Helian of the Linyuan Realm was kind to you, and you helped the entire Helian royal family obtain the qualifications to enter the Linshen Realm, and also won back their long-lost dignity.”
"As for me, you have saved me more times, but you still think you owe me a favor and want to pay it back tenfold. You even agreed to my unreasonable request to go with me."
"So, far from being cold and heartless, you are the most loyal person I have ever met."
Yun Che opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Hua Caili again: “There is another piece of irrefutable evidence!”
“Your light profound power.” She looked at Yun Che, her beautiful eyes sparkling with starlight. “Although, I have never seen light profound power before. But all profound practitioners know that the reason why people with light profound power are so rare is because to carry light profound power, one needs a sacred and spotless body and a pure and kind heart.”
"And such a person...such a Mr. Yun, would be the person in this world who is the furthest away from being 'cold and heartless'."
The girl's eyes were too clear, so he looked away and laughed, "The so-called characteristics of the light power are just rumors. You only said that I value friendship, but do you remember that at the Kirin God Conference, I abused my opponents wantonly, with cruel means, without any mercy; just now, I killed the three of them without even moving my eyebrows."
"Or, you can guess how many people I have killed in my life..."
Yun Che's words did not make Hua Caili show the slightest confusion or astonishment. Instead, she slowly shook her head, the smile between her brows becoming more and more charming: "My father once said that a person's appearance and talent are predetermined and cannot be changed. However, putting aside these unchangeable things, being able to value love and hate evil, and being happy to repay kindness and revenge, is already one in a million, and I have lived a life without regrets."
"To be lenient to the enemy is to destroy oneself, to be kind to the evil is to help the evil..." She recited softly, and then blinked her eyes: "Before, I just thought that my father's teachings were nagging and boring, but when I met Master Yun, these words of my father that should have been forgotten suddenly became very clear."
Her father was one of the Seven Gods of the Six Kingdoms. To be able to match his words of praise was the highest level of recognition in the world.
“Alright, alright.” Yun Che said with a look of helplessness and flattery: “Since Sister Qu said so, then it must be correct. I can now call myself a good person everywhere.”
"That's right." After emphasizing, she added, "I also want to thank Master Yun for helping me find the answer. Otherwise, I would never have figured it out on my own even after many years."
Invisibly, the distance between the two people became less and there was more warmth.
“No wonder you took the initiative to expose your light power.” Li Suo’s voice suddenly rang out.
"Building trust and narrowing the distance by proactively exposing huge secrets is secondary. The most important thing is to awaken the other party's 'cognition'."
“That’s right.” Yun Che replied calmly, “I have lamented more than once that fixed cognition is the most terrifying thing in some ways.”
"Look," he said with some pride, "due to her knowledge of the 'mysterious power of light', she has already determined that I am a person of the utmost purity and kindness. Even if I consider myself ruthless, even if she witnessed me torturing my opponents and killing people mercilessly, she would find reasons for me to deny it... Oh, ironclad evidence."
“…Not without despicableness.” Li Su commented.
Yun Che smiled indifferently: “The moment I met her in the Sea of Mist, it was already the beginning of my despicable behavior.”
Li Suo: "But you seem to have failed."
“Failure?” Yun Che’s eyebrows twitched: “How do you say that?”
Li Suo said slowly: "Your original intention should be to make her develop a romantic relationship with you. But she just said that your posture is like her father. In this case, how can a romantic relationship develop between her and you?"
“You don’t understand this.” Yun Che said leisurely, “Her inexperience in the world is obvious at a glance. Therefore, the man she has had the most contact with, the one she admires and respects the most, and the one with the tallest image she can imagine, is undoubtedly her father. Whenever she talks to me, she always mentions the word ‘father’ inadvertently.”
"So, her casual remark was a subconscious attempt to bring me closer to his father. Far from being a failure, it was a transfer of closeness, trust, and even a little bit of admiration. It couldn't be a better state."
“……???” Li Suo couldn’t understand and was speechless.
“Oh, I forgot.” Yun Che suddenly realized, “You don’t have parents, so it’s naturally difficult to understand.”
"..." Li Suo stopped talking.
At this moment, an extremely abnormal abyss of dust wave came from behind.
Yun Che turned around quickly, and Hua Caili also uttered a startled cry at the same time: “Look! Ah… Could it be…”
As far as the eye could see, the middle-aged man who had just been pierced through the body by Yun Che’s sword and whose aura had been completely exhausted was surrounded by gray mist, and the surrounding abyss dust seemed to be pulled by an invisible force and rushed towards his body.
However, this lifeless body was not swallowed by the abyss, but gradually turned darker. Then, a violent cold aura slowly rose up.
squeak!
The body under the gray fog moved, and its legs supported the body pierced by the giant sword, and it slowly stood up.
He was surrounded by gray air, and his vaguely recognizable face was as gray as a corpse. However, his eyes emitted two terrifying black rays similar to those of the Abyss Beast.
The profound energy that should have remained dormant forever with the death of his body, rose up again in his body, only it was even more violent than when he was alive.
"Yuan...ghost!" Hua Caili chanted softly.
A mysterious beast that is completely eroded by the abyss dust will turn into an abyss beast.
Those who are completely corroded by the abyss dust will turn into abyss ghosts.
However, if a mysterious beast is corroded, it will become an abyss beast. If a person is corroded, he will be seriously injured and die, and after death he will be corroded into nothingness... Only one in ten thousand can become an abyss ghost.
As for under what circumstances a person will be corroded by the Yuan Chen and turned into a Yuan Ghost... some speculate that it is because of their special physique, and they are alienated by the Yuan Chen before being devoured; some speculate that it is because of their special soul, and they are assimilated with the Yuan Chen. There are many different opinions, but there is still no conclusion.
A strange light suddenly appeared in Yun Che's eyes.
During the time he entered the fog sea, he encountered countless abyss beasts and occasionally saw abyss ghosts. But this was the first time he witnessed a dead mysterious being transformed into abyss ghost.
The newly born Abyss Ghost grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands and pulled it out of its body, splashing out red-black blood like that of the Abyss Beast.
A pair of terrifying deep eyes pierced Yun Che and Hua Caili.
Then, he uttered a scream that was not human, and swung his huge sword directly at the two men.
Abyss ghosts, like abyss beasts, have the purest desire for destruction.
But unlike the Abyss Beasts, their abyss-transformed bodies still retain the ability to control strength and the instinct to fight. In the foggy sea with endless Abyss Dust, their wounds will heal quickly and their strength will never be exhausted. They are far more terrifying than the Abyss Beasts and even more terrifying than themselves when they were alive.
The power and intent of the sword when the giant sword was swung was no less than when he was alive, and it was even more violent with the blessing of Yuan Chen.
Hua Caili snorted softly and was forced back several feet in an instant.
Yun Che went straight forward, and the Hell Emperor opened his hand, grabbing the giant sword without any retreat.
With a roar, the bones of Yuan Gui's hands were broken, and his body, which was wrapped in gray mist, was also knocked over in the air. Yun Che swung his sword back and smashed it hard on Yuan Gui's body.
Boom boom boom boom——
Every time the power of the demigod fell, the body of the Abyss Ghost would be twisted. When the seventh sword fell, the body of the Abyss Ghost could no longer support itself and broke into several pieces in mid-air.
Yun Che took a step forward, and the power of the Ice Phoenix suddenly enveloped him, quickly covering and sealing the broken body of the Abyss Ghost, before shattering it into a sky full of icy dust.
Around Bingchen, wisps of thick gray fog rose and dispersed, soon merging into the endless sea of fog.
Yun Che slowly lowered his hand, his eyes following the scattered gray mist.
"You scared me." Hua Caili walked over quickly, but her face was full of surprise and excitement: "This is the first time I've seen someone turn into a ghost right in front of me."
“Me too.” Yun Che nodded: “Can this be considered an unexpected gain?”
The roar of a deep beast could be heard in the distance, apparently disturbed by the huge noise just now.
"Let's get out of here first."
The two men restrained their breath and headed in the direction where there was no roar.
When his figure was completely engulfed by the Abyss Mist, Yun Che silently turned his head and glanced at the direction where the Abyss Ghost was previously.
"Why is your soul sea so turbulent?" Li Suo suddenly asked.
Even when he saw the Lin God in the Lin God Realm, his heart and soul had never been so turbulent.
“I seem to have discovered something incredible.” Yun Che narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. “However, it will take time to verify.”
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Ten days later, outside the sea of fog.
"...I still can't face the death of living beings as calmly as you do. Is this cowardly?"
"No. It's because you are too kindhearted. Also, all you have seen before is the beauty of the world. You are not used to the misery that is more cruel than death."
"A tragedy more cruel than death..." Hua Caili thought for a long time and asked in confusion: "What kind of tragedy could be more cruel than death?"
These days, she had unknowingly asked Yun Che too many questions.
“A lot.” Yun Che looked ahead and answered in a calm voice:
"For example... my homeland is reduced to ashes before my eyes..."
"The lost love..."
"The truth is too late to regret..."
"The despair of having no choice...
"Trust in those with evil hearts, and hurt and harm those with sincere hearts..."
"Many... compared to that, death is but a moment of fear and pain, and sometimes even a much-desired relief."
Hua Caili's snow-white hand unconsciously pressed against her heart.
Such plain words made her feel sad and suffocated.
Her father, her aunt, and the Zhetian Divine Kingdom flashed before her eyes unconsciously... She shook her head and said, "I have never thought about these things before, and now... I dare not think about them. Woo... Just listening to you say these words makes me feel so scary."
“Whoever encounters this is very pitiful.”
Yun Che smiled and said, “Don’t worry. A beautiful person like you will definitely be blessed by the heavens. Your loved ones will definitely not let the misery of this world affect you in the slightest.”
She turned her eyes to look at Yun Che for a long while, and asked in all seriousness: “It’s really strange. You are only half a century old, but why do you know and have seen so many things? You are just like those seniors who have traveled through the worlds countless times.”
"Maybe it's because my experience is special. And..."
He paused, hesitated for a long time, and finally seemed to make a decision: "Sister Qu, actually... I am not half a century old."
"Huh?" Hua Caili's eyes lit up with surprise: "But, at the Kirin God Conference, I saw with my own eyes that your bone age was measured to be a little over half a decade."
Yun Che stopped walking: “It’s not that there is a problem with the Xuanbei. It measures a person’s bone age. And I…”
As he paused, a blue light suddenly flashed on his body, and a huge blue dragon shadow slowly appeared behind him... accompanied by an ancient dragon power that instantly sealed off the entire space.
“Ah!” Hua Caili screamed in shock and took a small step back. Her beautiful eyes widened as she saw the dragon’s shadow overlapping with Yun Che’s.
Yun Che smiled slightly, lowered his arm, and the dragon shadow and dragon might also dissipated: "I have the dragon marrow and dragon soul bestowed by my master, so my bones and blood must be different from those of ordinary people. The profound tablet used to measure a person's bone age naturally cannot measure my exact age."
"I said before that when Master rescued me, I was probably only ten years old. Since then, more than a hundred years have passed. So my real age should be two sixty years old."
Looking at Hua Caili, whose pink lips were half-open and whose expression of surprise had not faded, he said with a guilty look on his face, "Dragon marrow and dragon soul are also secrets that Master has told us not to let anyone know, so I have kept it from Sister Qu for so long. If Sister Qu is angry, I...will accept the punishment."
Compared to Hua Caili's surprise, Hua Qingying's heart and soul in the distant sky were shaken as if thousands of mountains were collapsing.
With Hua Caili's experience, she couldn't tell what was wrong with Yun Che's dragon soul. But Hua Qingying had so much experience...
"Dragon God..." She whispered, and then her voice was filled with disbelief and surprise:
"Above the Ancestral…Dragon…?"
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