Chapter 912: Redemption
Noticing Shun's gaze, Ye Fei finished her medicine and asked bluntly, "Master, is there something you want to ask me?"
Shun took the medicine bowl from her hand and put it back on the table, nodding: "I do have something I want to ask you."
"What does Master want to ask?"
Shun asked directly, "Where does the Holy Dragon power within you come from?"
Mentioning this, Ye Fei's eyes dimmed.
She gripped the blanket tightly with her fingers, took a deep breath, and said, "It was Chi Ye who inherited it from me."
"Holy Emperor Chi Ye despises humans intensely; she will not casually pass on the power of the Holy Dragon to any human." Shun gently shook his head, his gaze towards Ye Fei deepening: "Little Fei, what did you experience before you met me?"
Ye Fei's body trembled.
Seeing that Ye Fei's face had paled slightly, Shun thought for a moment and then asked, "Is it something that's difficult to talk about?"
Ye Fei met her master's eyes and saw the deep concern in them. Her fingers, which had been gripping the blanket tightly, slowly loosened.
Leaning against the pillow, she looked up at the beam above her head and revealed the truth she had been keeping to herself: "A few months ago, because I possess both human and demon blood, I was hunted down by the Holy Church, a powerful force in the human realm."
"Those white-robed divine messengers dug out my spiritual roots, broke my legs, forced me to ingest the Nine Nether Flower poison, and finally kicked me off a cliff..."
"Chi Ye and I were best friends. She couldn't bear to see me die, so she chose to exchange her life for mine, passing everything she had on to me. From then on, I possessed her cultivation, divine artifacts, followers, and status..."
The girl's tone was very calm, but you could instantly hear the sound of her heart bleeding, crystal clear.
Being hunted down, facing a powerful enemy alone, and losing a close friend... each of these is extremely cruel.
His eyebrows twitched slightly, and he raised his hand to soothe Ye Fei's head, saying, "You've suffered."
Ye Fei silently curled the corners of her lips: "I lost everything. To take revenge, I must strive to become stronger. And just then, you appeared—"
"That's why I want to become your disciple."
Shun took out a small bag, poured out two candies, and placed them in Ye Fei's palm, gesturing for her to eat them.
Ye Fei blinked, guessing that her master was trying to comfort her, and happily put the candy into her mouth.
Sweetness, in itself, is a flavor that can evoke feelings of joy.
The sweet taste of the candied beans spread in her mouth, easing Ye Fei's heavy mood slightly: "Thank you, Master. You like candied beans?"
He lowered his long eyelashes and looked at the candy in his hand. After a long while, he said softly, "Actually, I don't like sweets."
"Candy beans are my lover's favorite thing..."
Ye Fei paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered what Ling had told her before: that Shun had killed a god in the Nine Heavens to avenge his partner.
“After she died, I have been following in her footsteps. I walk the paths she walked, eat the foods she liked to eat... Perhaps only by doing this can I feel that she is still alive in the world.”
Shun exhaled and looked up at Ye Fei: "The reason I took you as my disciple, besides your talent, is also because you have the same resolute eyes as my lover..."
"Therefore, I want to use my own strength to guide you to become a powerful figure who stands at the pinnacle—or rather, to become an existence that surpasses even the gods."
Ye Fei stared at him intently, then smiled: "Master, wouldn't you say we've redeemed each other?"
She needs to rely on her master to become the person she wants to be.
The master, on the other hand, transformed his resentment and hatred towards the Nine Heavens into a spiritual sustenance for her.
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