Chapter 765 - 406: Into Demonhood (Part 2)
The old man yawned,
"Don’t be so wishy-washy. He’s fallen so deeply, still confused on the path, unable to use Refining or practice. You guys are equally matched, fifty-fifty. Besides, you’ve got so many buffs stacked. What’s there to procrastinate about? Give him a punch to wake him up."
Huangfu Yi hesitated for a moment.
The old man glared at him,
"Never hesitate! You’ve learned the Lightning Style, you’ve mastered the Gang Fist! Rush in, stab him with a sword! Or give him a punch! A self-sacrificing blow, with all your might! How could you not even touch him once!
When there’s a disparity in strength, you have to bet your life! Put life and death aside! And what’s wrong with dying! I’ve left you so many escape routes! What’s there to fear! Just charge! Just fight! Risk it all!"
"Risk it all? Risk it all... Risk it all!"
Huangfu Yi gritted his teeth, stood up, and shouted to pump himself up!
"Risk it all! Risk it all!! Risk it all!!!"
Then he lunged forward, raising the Candlestick.
Then it was as if a flash of sword light appeared, the candlelight dimmed.
The old man looked over,
"Oh, you’re back, how was it this time?"
"Ugh—!! Ugh—!! Ugh—!!"
Huangfu Yi kneeled on the ground, spewing blood, his snot and tears mingling with the blood spraying from his mouth and nose, his entire body curling up like a shrimp, trembling, the Centipede Armor on his body seeming like decaying dust, cracking like broken leaves, scattering like powder-like dust.
"Hey kid, what’s wrong with you..."
At this moment, the candlelight brightened again, only three fingers left on his hand, and the youth’s face illuminated, even the old man was stunned.
Defeated.
The youth’s face was split open, a distinct sword scar ran vertically down from the center of his brow, splitting the Immortal Spirit Jade Marrow, breaking the Heart Core Elixir Baby, even shattering the newly formed sword embryo in half. If not for the chest’s Black Lotus Vine struggling desperately, stitching the cracked body together, he would’ve likely split into two halves already.
"Kid... are you alright..."
Huangfu Yi experienced a moment where even his heartbeat stopped, only exhaling with no inhaling, until the Lotus Vine stitched him up, he could barely speak.
"His... his sword... was too fast..."
The smile on the old man’s face also disappeared, just looking solemnly at the unending blood flowing from the youth’s body, unable to cease the sword scar for a long time,
"Severing cause and effect, the Sword Intent is complete, how did progress become so fast...
Didn’t expect that bastard was telling the truth, the entire Beichen Sword Transmission’s upper limit is actually so high...
It’s over, too far off, it’s over now..."
Huangfu Yi didn’t have the energy to move anymore, just kneeled in front of the old man, gasping.
The old man looked at him, hesitated for a long time, finally just shook his head,
"...Forget it, ultimately your foundation is still lacking, no matter how you cheat, you’re still just a person.
Let’s go out and level up again, once you’re ready...
Or just live out your life peacefully, not too shabby. Don’t force yourself..."
"What happened later..."
"What do you mean ’later’?"
Huangfu Yi kneeling on the ground, spitting blood,
"...You, you pulled me out from a pile of the dead... what happened later."
"Later..."
The old man was silent for a while, shrugged,
"Later we avenged the brothers. Broke through knife mountains, stormed through arrow rain, breached cities and captured sactuaries, killing all the way, chopping all the way, killing killing killing from south to north, chopping chopping chopping from west to east, rising to prominence through bouts of killing, to Enfeoffment and Ennoblement in battles.
Finally won, avenged the grudge too."
Huangfu Yi looked up, his eyes momentarily confused,
"Just that? Like... in those drama scripts?"
The old man nodded,
"Isn’t that just following the script?"
Huangfu Yi looked at him,
"Did we save them in the end? The world?"
The old man was silent for a long while, in the end, just shook his head.
"The people in the heavens do not favor peaceful times."
Huangfu Yi lowered his head, clenching his fists, carving ten bloody lines into the ground, then grabbed the Candlestick.
With a flash of sword light, the candlelight went out again.
In the darkness, with a thud, the youth’s right arm fell to the ground.
The old man jumped up, snatching the Candlestick back.
"You’re really seeking death!"
Luckily the candlelight shone again, within two fingers’ worth of dim light, the youth breathed heavily, stubbornly lifting his head with single hand propped in the pool of blood. Though his entire body washed in blood, the blood spurting from the sword scar drenched his face to the point of blurring beyond recognition, but his eyes, however, sharpened like a sword, holding a radiant clarity never seen before.
"No worries! I, I’ve learned it! Still, have two chances! Can definitely win!"
"Little Yi..."
Huangfu Yi interrupted him,
"Believe in me! Can win! His move was too fast, I didn’t have the chance to use the flying sword earlier!
But I’ve watched that move three times, have learned it! Can do! Hold on! I can hold on!"
But the old man looked at him for a while, finally just shook his head,
"No need for you to hold on, I lied just now, just to provoke you.
But even if you can’t actually do it, it’s okay, I’ve prepared other backup plans.
Listen, you should leave the mountain first and heal up until..."
"You’re my mentor from the previous life, aren’t you!"
Huangfu Yi shouted,
"In the Mystic Sect, nothing is more valued than the bond of mentor and apprentice! You said so!
I don’t care about Xuantian Ruyi stuff!
I don’t care who’s down there either!
You gave me so many opportunities! Led me all the way here! Saved my life multiple times!
Just to give me a chance, to do what I want to do!
You’re my mentor, aren’t you!!"
The old man didn’t speak.
Huangfu Yi kneeled before him, kowtowed with a thud onto the ground,
"Master! Let me go!
All my life... haven’t achieved anything... haven’t saved anyone...
Just watch everyone die with open eyes... I... I really...