Free Web NovelChapter 179: Chapter 179: The Intruder With Her Eyes
Xing Luoguang stepped out of the portable cabin, and his relaxed expression disappeared instantly.
The softness from a few minutes ago was gone. His face turned serious as he quickly followed after his brother.
His steps were long and steady.
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It was the first time they had encountered such a strange situation. Their base was hidden carefully. Very few people even knew this place existed.
With their current condition, they absolutely could not afford to attract attention from any empire.
Especially not now. Not after they had brought Yue Yue here on purpose.
His jaw tightened.
If their location was exposed... if an empire discovered their hidden base... it would not just be a small conflict. It would mean destruction. His race, already struggling, would completely cease to exist.
That was something he would never allow.
No matter what.
He could only hope this intruder had nothing to do with any empire.
Ahead of him, Xing Luoye slowed down slightly as he sensed his brother catching up.
"What exactly happened?" Xing Luoguang asked in a low voice.
"One of our patrol teams found him near the polluted sand beast," Xing Luoye replied calmly. "He was unconscious at first."
"Did you question him?"
"I haven’t met him yet," Xing Luoye said. "I was informed by the men guarding the outer perimeter. The moment I heard, I called for you."
Xing Luoguang nodded. That was expected. Something like this required both of them to be present.
"Did he resist?"
"No. According to them, he didn’t even try to escape."
That answer only made things stranger.
Soon, both brothers reached the holding area. Several of their men stood around in a tight circle, weapons ready, eyes sharp.
In the middle stood a single figure.
The moment Xing Luoguang and Xing Luoye stepped forward, the surrounding men parted respectfully.
And then...
Both brothers saw him clearly.
Their eyes widened at the same time.
Xing Luoye’s expression shifted to visible shock.
But Xing Luoguang felt as if his heart had dropped straight into his stomach.
Impossible.
The young boy standing there had pastel purple hair with a faint hint of blue. It fell softly around his forehead. Under the dim light, his gemstone-blue eyes seemed to shimmer faintly.
Eyes that sparkled like polished gems.
Xing Luoguang almost stumbled backward.
How could this be possible?
How could two people look so similar?
Are they related?
The person in front of them was barely an adult. Probably eighteen or nineteen years old.
The same age as Yue Yue.
And the resemblance...
It was too much.
The hair.
The eyes.
Even the delicate but stubborn look in his expression.
After the brothers arrived, the young boy did not even flinch. He stood there quietly, as if completely oblivious to the powerful presence surrounding him.
As if he didn’t feel threatened at all.
That calmness made the situation even more unsettling.
Xing Luoguang stared at him without blinking.
His mind was in chaos.
How could someone else in this world have the same pastel purple hair and gemstone-blue eyes as Yue Yue?
Xing Luoye’s face hardened. He stepped forward, his movements blurring with speed, and gripped the boy’s chin with a crushing force.
He tilted the boy’s head up, forcing their eyes to meet.
Despite the pain that must have been radiating through his jaw, the boy’s gaze wasn’t filled with fear.
Instead, his eyes were mocking. He looked at Xing Luoye as if he were already a dead man walking.
"Who are you?" Xing Luoye spat the words out through gritted teeth, his eyes flashing with a dangerous light.
The boy didn’t flinch. With a sudden, sharp jerk, he shook his head away from Xing Luoye’s grip. A cold, chilling laugh escaped his lips.
"Don’t you know? Or are you just refusing to acknowledge my presence?" the boy asked, his voice smooth but cutting.
He looked around at the grim surroundings before his eyes landed back on Luoye. "I am here to take my sister back."
He paused, his smile widening into something dark. "I’m taking her away from you monsters."
The word "monsters" snapped something inside Xing Luoye.
Without a word of warning, his fist flew forward, punching the boy squarely in the face.
The boy’s head snapped back, and he stumbled, but he didn’t stop smiling even as blood began to trickle from the corner of his mouth.
"Get out! All of you!" Xing Luoye roared at his men.
The warriors scrambled, sensing the prince’s explosive rage, and quickly cleared the area until only the brothers and the prisoner remained.
The boy wiped the blood from his lip and mocked them further.
"So, you don’t want your people to know the truth? That their great princes are just greedy kidnappers who stole a precious female of our empire?"
Xing Luoguang’s hands clenched into white-knuckled fists. He felt a surge of fury, but he couldn’t bring himself to strike the boy. His mind was racing.
How is this possible?
They had done every bit of research imaginable on Yue Yue before bringing her here. The records were clear: she was an orphan from a low-level orphanage.
She had been sold like a piece of property to the Winged Serpent clan. She had no background, no family, and no connections to royalty. That was exactly why they had felt safe bringing her to this hidden city.
But now, this boy, who looked exactly like her, was claiming to be her brother.
Where were you then? Luoguang thought bitterly.
Where was this ’brother’ when she was being sold? Where were you when she was being thrown in front of that crazy heir of the Winged Serpent clan?
"You’re lying," Xing Luoguang said, his voice low and trembling with suppressed emotion. "She has no family."
The boy turned his shimmering blue eyes toward Luoguang, his expression turning even more condescending.
"You checked what the Empire wanted you to check. Did you really think someone like her would be left unprotected forever? You stole something that doesn’t belong to you, and now, the bill has come due."
Xing Luoye stepped closer, his shadow looming over the boy. "If you think you can just walk in here and take her, you are sadly mistaken. No one leaves this place... alive." freewёbnoνel.com
The boy laughed again, a sound that sent a chill down Luoguang’s spine.
"I don’t need to walk out. My people already know where I am, and they know where she is."
