Chapter 0.66 Dismissal to the Horizon
“Your wish has come true. Everything you wanted to say, I’ve heard it all with my own ears, and I guarantee that all your suffering will vanish like smoke and clouds.” Qin Gou’s heart twisted like a knife as he walked towards Kong Ling.
Kong Ling’s eyes were red, still finding it hard to believe. “Is it really Master?”
“That field of tulips on Arc-Moon Mountain, where butterflies chase bees, your most cherished treasure, I’ve always taken good care of it.”
“Your unworthy disciple Kong Ling greets Master.”
Suppressing his sorrow, his voice rang out. At the same time, Kong Ling curtsied gracefully.
As Qin Gou reached out to help her up, Kong Ling quickly clasped his hand, her voice filled with panic. “Master, you… you must leave quickly, get out of the Abyss immediately. The Demon Emperor’s strength is no longer what it once was.”
“So what if it’s not? My cultivation is also not what it used to be.” Qin Gou chuckled self-mockingly before stating with firm resolve, “Before, it was impossible, and information was scarce. Now, I absolutely cannot let you continue to suffer and stand by idly.”
“But, but I… Master, that day on Dragon God Island, Kong Ling deserves to die a thousand deaths.” At this moment, memories flooded her mind, and Kong Ling could no longer hold back. Tears were about to fall from the corners of her eyes, but she quickly wiped them away.
As the saying goes, a man doesn’t shed tears easily, and a strong girl doesn’t need them either.
“Get up, let me hug you properly.”
Hearing this, Kong Ling stood up with a look of shame.
Qin Gou embraced her and stroked her soft, black hair, saying gently, “Of course, I know why you did what you did. I also understand how much pain you’ve endured to choose to let me misunderstand you and help you find release with your own hands.”
“Master… Today, I almost killed someone again. He was a prisoner, but I didn’t know him at all! Later, I treated his injuries and let him go directly. In the end, he saw through me with a single glance and said I was crazy. It turns out I’m irredeemably far gone. Master, am I still human now? Am I still your disciple, the human Kong Ling?” Kong Ling chose not to desperately maintain her good image in Qin Gou’s eyes, but instead, she chose sincerity, confessing her misdeeds to Qin Gou without any pretense.
Qin Gou shook his head and gently patted Kong Ling’s back. “You’ve always been my good disciple; you’ve never changed. And I myself have never been someone who can’t tolerate the slightest bit of grit in their eyes, someone perfect. I too have times of madness and cruelty… In fact, I’m also a very selfish person. There are countless beings in this world, and ever since you became my disciple and established a connection in my life, needing each other, in my eyes, you have completely become extraordinary and unique. You are the only one in this world, more worthy of tenderness than ten thousand others.”
After he finished speaking.
Kong Ling’s delicate body trembled. She raised her tear-filled, touched eyes and choked out, “Master, even if it’s just to comfort me, Kong Ling doesn’t wish for you to speak ill of yourself like this. Master, you are already the best person in this world.”
Qin Gou smiled outwardly with affection.
It was only outward, and only because Kong Ling was still present that he maintained such a pleasant demeanor.
Nine heavens and ten earths away from the Demon Race’s Abyss Palace, on Purple Ridge Arc-Moon Mountain.
Waves of thunder tore through the dark, overcast sky, making it as bright as day. In an instant, a gale howled, and a downpour ensued.
The originally silent late night was shaken to its core by one person’s anger, with the force of heaven and earth collapsing.
In a village near Arc-Moon Mountain, the old village chief gazed deeply at the divine mountain that had been passed down through generations. “It must be the mountain god’s wrath again, just like last time. Tonight, prepare pigs and sheep in the village, and tomorrow morning, we will all go and offer sacrifices to the mountain god!”
“Old Village Chief, didn’t a cultivator elder come to the village specifically to tell us about last time? It was just a big earthquake, the rocks rolled down, startling the wild animals. There was no mountain god’s wrath,” a young man from the village chuckled.
“You greenhorn, what do you know? Do you think the legend of the mountain god is baseless? Our ancestors passed down that our small village was once plagued by strange beasts, and by the grace of a fairy’s help, we were spared. The legend of the mountain god was spoken by the fairy herself all those years ago. Even our village flag was a gift from the fairy. Since the village flag fluttered in the wind, our village has never encountered any disasters, and everything has been prosperous.”
“The village flag has such an origin?” the young man exclaimed in surprise.
“Since I remember, the village flag has already been erected there. No one remembers how long this village flag has existed,” the old village chief said with reverence.
As they spoke, both men looked towards the large flag fluttering in the gale.
Silver hooks and iron strokes, inscribed with two large characters: ‘Zi Xuan’!
Protected by the Purple Extreme Demonic Sect, Xuan Nu Luo Sha, ten thousand ghouls, monsters, goblins, and spirits.
“But if that’s the case… it’s the fairy and the village flag that have always protected our village. The mountain god has never truly appeared…”
Before the young man could finish his sentence, a deafening roar echoed. The two of them suddenly sat down on the ground, their eyes filled with awe and fear. It wasn’t the sound that scared them, but on that mysterious and unfathomable mountain, a colossal, feathered, sinister strange hand suddenly appeared from somewhere and pierced through!
“Th-there really is a mountain god!”
The giant hand continued to extend but was suddenly blocked by an invisible barrier. It abruptly turned its palm into a fist and struck violently.
Hatred, deep as the sea; resentment, high as the heavens!
The bulging veins on the giant hand silently revealed the owner’s savage madness. Although it seemed to be hitting empty air, it produced strange sounds like shattering glass.
Suddenly, almost all living beings nearby heard a soft, weak, yet very clear bell.
A sound like a helpless concession… ‘Ding’.
One of the fingers of the giant hand extended beyond the invisible barrier and pointed far in a certain direction.
Feather Ascension in a single thought, Dismissal to the Horizon!
At the same time.
In the Demon Emperor’s underground palace in the Abyss.
Beneath the largest Eternal Seal Ice, Mo Qingyang sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. A ghostly blue light illuminated his face, making it look exceptionally strange. Suddenly, Mo Qingyang’s hair stood on end, and his pupils stared straight ahead. An unexpected scene appeared in his vision.
A flawless, pure white feather, as white as snow, appeared out of thin air and drifted down.
Yet, Mo Qingyang could feel an endless killing intent and terrifying power contained within this seemingly ordinary inanimate object. And in Mo Qingyang’s memory, there was only one person who possessed such transcendent power at the Dharma Aspect Realm and used such a method of killing.
The snow-white feather abruptly shot towards the Demon Emperor like a long sword.
Mo Qingyang’s hysterical roar echoed through the underground palace…
“Qin Gou of Arc-Moon Mountain, you persistent madman!”
