Chapter 370: A Realization
At the sight, the white-haired eunuch's expression changed sharply. He moved in an instant to stand before the Great Xuan emperor's body.
The purple-robed Daoist showed equal shock and arrived close behind, then turned immediately to Zhao Kuang, "Your Highness, what has happened? His Majesty..."
But before Zhao Kuang could even open his mouth, the white-haired eunuch let out a cry of grief, "Your Majesty..."
The white-haired eunuch wept with streaming tears, kneeling before the Great Xuan emperor's body and calling out to him in a shrill, broken voice, sobbing inconsolably.
Zhao Kuang's eyes darkened. It was his father who had died. Why did this elderly eunuch look even more heartbroken than him?
With that thought, Zhao Kuang immediately changed his own expression, swapping it for one of red-rimmed eyes and overwhelming grief, and said in a choked voice, "Father Emperor's cultivation went into deviation during his retreat. By the time we discovered it, it was already too late..."
Zhao Kuang had supplied a plausible reason for the Great Xuan emperor's death. But when his gaze landed on the finger-width hole pierced through his father's forehead, his eyes shifted and he quickly added, "In his deranged state, Father Emperor turned his own finger art against himself. Your son is devastated, wracked with pain beyond words."
The moment the words fell, Zhao Kuang dropped to his knees before the Great Xuan emperor's body just as the white-haired eunuch had, and let out a wail of heartbroken grief that completely drowned out the eunuch's crying.
The Crimson Cloud Evil Spirit watching from the side felt his eyelid twitch.