Chapter 213 Jiang Biechen Curses People
Seeing that Xiao Que was reluctant to hand over the Suzaku Egg to him, the man frowned and said sternly, "Your Majesty, as a ruler of a country, you should not have weaknesses. Moreover, this is the only Suzaku Egg in the world. Do you want the people under your protection to die at the hands of the demons?"
The man's tone became more and more severe, and the look he gave Xiao Qun was extremely sharp.
The fingers of Xiao Qun holding the Vermillion Bird Egg were trembling slightly, veins on the back of his hand were bulging, and his fingertips were white, but because they were hidden in the wide sleeves, no one could see them.
Jiang Biechen felt his heart pounding as he listened to their words. "What is he going to do? What are you going to do to A Su who is not yet born?"
"Asuku, is that its name?"
"What did your majesty say?" the man frowned.
Xiao Que smiled and shook his head, "Nothing, I will hand the Suzaku Egg over to the Imperial Master."
The Imperial Master took the Vermillion Bird Egg and sighed, "Your Majesty, I taught you and watched you grow up. We have paid too much for the future of the human race. We must not fail at the last moment."
"The human race is too weak. If the human race cannot cultivate, after you and I die, the human race will still be caught in an endless killing with the demon race. Master knows that this Vermillion Bird Egg has been with you for so many years and has a special feeling for you, but you also need to know that its parents and tribesmen all died at the hands of your father. Once it breaks out of the shell and knows everything, do you think it will still stay with you?"
Xiao Qun closed his eyes and said, "Teacher, don't worry. As the emperor, I know what to do."
Xiao Qun turned and left, and Jiang Biechen was forced to follow him. Looking at the door that suddenly closed behind him, he did not notice the tears sliding down Xiao Qun's eyes.
"puff……"
Xiao Que spit out a mouthful of blood, and his body shook. Jiang Biechen was startled, "What's wrong with you?"
Xiao Qun wiped the blood foam from the corner of his mouth as if nothing had happened, as if he didn't feel any pain, with a faint smile on his face, "I'm fine, I'll take you to see where the human race lives."
He had just walked less than a hundred meters when a miserable cry suddenly came from the palace behind him. Jiang Biechen's heart seemed to be grabbed by an invisible hand, and his face turned pale with pain.
One sound after another, Jiang Biechen wanted to rush in, but no matter what he did, he couldn't get ten meters away from Xiao Que.
"Go save him, go save him." Jiang Biechen's eyes were red, like a trapped beast, and his breathing was rapid.
Xiao Qun, however, seemed to have not heard his words. After a long while, he said, "This is his fate, and it is also my fate."
"Bullshit, I, Jiang Biechen, have never believed in fate. If you don't go to save her, I will." Jiang Biechen glared at Xiao Qun angrily, his eyes wishing he could cut him into pieces.
Although he still didn't understand why he was so angry and upset, and didn't understand what Xiao Qun had said before, after seeing Xiao Qun handing the Suzaku Egg to the Imperial Master, an unknown fire burned in his heart, gradually destroying his rationality.
Xiao Que paused for a moment, then took another step as if nothing had happened, "It's useless. You can't leave me, and other people can't see you. What you see is what has already happened, and neither you nor I can change it."
"I don't believe it. It will definitely change. It will definitely change."
Watching Jiang Bie rushing out again and again and finally reappearing beside him, Xiao Que sighed softly with a faint smile on his lips.
"Why bother! He is not your A Su now. His life or death has nothing to do with you."
Jiang Biechen punched the ground, his eyes red, "F*ck, do you still have any humanity? He grew up with you."
"Humanity? Maybe I really don't have any! It was almost a dead egg when I picked it up. I don't remember why I kept it. I was too young at that time. Maybe I felt compassion or something else."
Xiao Qun's steps slowed down with every sentence he spoke. "I watered it with my own blood every day to keep it alive. It was also from that time that I heard its voice, tender and full of hope for the outside world, attached to me, so lively, would get mad at me, act coquettishly, let me read storybooks to it, and imagine the world after growing up with me. Unfortunately, none of this can be realized."
“Ahem…”
Another large mouthful of blood was spat out, and Jiang Biechen could even see a lot of blood clots.
"I promised it that I would take it around the entire Xuan Dynasty once it broke out of its shell. Unfortunately, it has not broken out of its shell in the past ten years. The teacher said that it was a dead egg, but I forced it to come back to life, so it would never break out of its shell. I didn't believe it before, but now I do."
"you……"
Xiao Qun raised his hand to interrupt him, "Let me finish, I don't have much time."
"I don't know when our relationship changed. It might have been something it said carelessly when my mother arranged my marriage at the age of 16. It was a childish thing that I have long forgotten, but I still remember it."
"What did it say?"
"It asked me what marriage meant, and whether it would no longer love it after it had a wife. It asked me if it could become my wife when it grew up. At that time, I thought it was just talking nonsense, until I had a dream. In the dream, the boy had delicate eyebrows and eyes, and a small red mole under his eye. He smiled very beautifully, and ran towards me happily like a little bird."
Suddenly, Xiao Qun's black hair turned visibly white, and fine wrinkles appeared on his face. He aged ten years in an instant, and his body was still aging at an accelerated rate.
Jiang Biechen was startled, "Your Majesty, how is your body?"
Xiao Que waved his hands to show that there was no problem. Even though his body had already exceeded the load, his back was straight and his steps were not unsteady as he walked steadily forward.
He smiled tenderly, "I don't understand love, but I gave it all my tenderness. I wanted to fulfill my father's last wish, so I unified the Xuan Dynasty to fight against the demons, killed the Demon King, and was eventually called the Human King by the people.
I wanted to protect it and make it worry-free, so I made myself stronger and stronger, hoping that there would be a peaceful and prosperous era when it broke out of its shell. I did all this, but it never came into the world. "
"I know, the teacher is right. It is a dead egg that is not tolerated by heaven and should not exist. I forcibly changed its fate and caused the extinction of the Suzaku clan. This Suzaku egg that was supposed to die has become the only hope."
When they returned to the edge of the cliff again, the small table was long gone. Xiao Qun was standing on the edge of the cliff, looking skinny and old.
"I know this day will come sooner or later. This is the only way for it to survive that Heaven has given it, but I can't bear to let it bear the consequences alone. So I made a decision. The demon race is no longer powerful now. As long as there are more and more people who cultivate in the human race, the human race will never decline."