Free Web NovelChapter 448: Chapter 273: Sweeping Away the Six Kingdoms to Achieve Great Unity, I Have No Complaints Nor Regrets
Anning Town was small and sparsely populated. Its environment was quaint and tranquil. It was famous for its pottery, and every year, many merchants came to purchase ceramics to resell.
The town’s tavern had few patrons and was currently very quiet. A cold, aloof woman in a cloak sat by the window.
Beside her sat a man with dragon horns, his upper body bare. His pupils were golden-yellow, and he had his legs crossed as he sat next to the woman. The waiter and the manager at the counter couldn’t see him at all; the manager was simply preoccupied, clacking away at his abacus.
"Even though I’m not your true master, you’re still going to follow me?"
Qi Muxue, inside this body, gazed at the gradually brightening sky and spoke without looking away.
A dense, blood-tinged Demonic Qi clung to the dragon-horned man like a viscous liquid. He looked at Qi Muxue and chuckled softly.
"Of course. With my master absent, you are my master for now."
"You won’t restrict my actions?" Qi Muxue asked, frowning.
The dragon-horned man said nonchalantly, "As long as you don’t kill yourself, you can do whatever you want."
"Are you people from the Demon Country always so self-willed?"
Qi Muxue had asked about this dragon-horned man’s identity before.
He was the Dragon Spirit and Artifact Spirit of this Innate Demon Treasure, the Blood-Containing Dragon Pearl. His true form was that of a member of the Royal Dragon Clan, over a thousand years old. During a great war, he had fallen in the Holy Netherworld. Eventually, he revived in the Yellow Springs River as an Undead and was later refined into the Dragon Pearl.
He had followed the Great Nether Empress ever since she was just a young girl.
The dragon-horned man was speechless. "What do you mean, ’you people from the Demon Country’? For heaven’s sake, lady, your current identity is the most revered Empress of the Demon Country."
"Then again, you people from the Central Plains are always so long-winded and sanctimonious. Whatever you say or do, you have to drone on with a bunch of grand principles, as if your conscience would eat you alive otherwise."
The dragon-horned man swung his crossed leg, looking at Qi Muxue with a smile in his eyes. "If you have any unfulfilled wishes, any enemies you couldn’t kill with your own hands, now’s your chance to do it."
"Wishes?"
Qi Muxue murmured upon hearing his words.
The dragon-horned man said smugly, "That’s right. My master is the most powerful prodigy in the world. Not just in the Holy Netherworld, but in the Central Plains World as well. No one’s talent or disposition can compare to hers."
"With me helping you, forget about just sneaking into a National Capital. Even if the Three Religions’ Saints came for you, they might not be able to stop you."
"So, do whatever you want."
Qi Muxue asked suspiciously, "Are you trying to destroy my Daoxin?"
The dragon-horned man just chuckled and said nothing.
Unaffected, Qi Muxue’s expression was resolute. "A true expert should see the freedom of the weak as their boundary, not use their strength to bully them. The unseen rules between heaven and earth, the powerful inertia of worldly forces, the iron law that all people are born, age, sicken, and die—it is these invisible forces that have shaped the Central Plains World we have today."
"I don’t think so."
The dragon-horned man shook his head.
"What you’re talking about only works in the Central Plains World. If you tried to live by those rules in the Holy Netherworld, you’d be devoured by Demon Fiends within days, without a scrap left."
Qi Muxue said, "A Gentleman keeps benevolence and propriety in his heart."
"He who loves others is always loved by them. He who respects others is always respected by them."
He raised an eyebrow. "Just like a Confucian scholar, always poring over this empty, cerebral nonsense. Is there really nothing you want to do? To use a term from your Human Race, don’t you have any ambitions?"
"I do."
Qi Muxue said flatly, "To conquer the Six Kingdoms and bring peace to the world. I would have no regrets."
"That was my father’s dying wish, and it is mine as well."
The dragon-horned man’s Dragon Eyes darted about. He smiled. "Well, that’s easy. With your current strength, handling the Six Kingdoms would be a piece of cake. You could go to the Six Kingdoms Capital City and sweep away all obstacles by yourself. In a way, you’d be clearing the path for the Emperor of Great Yan."
However, her reply was:
"I will use my own power, not the power of the Demon Dao."
The dragon-horned man gave a helpless smile. "So stubborn."
Qi Muxue ignored him and began examining the dark markings on her arm. There were some on her snow-white collarbone as well.
It looked as if a piece of smooth, jade-like porcelain had been suddenly smeared with mud, creating a ruinous feeling, like a pure, untainted lotus blossom being defiled.
The dragon-horned man glanced over. "Those are Witch Race Divine Patterns. They increase your affinity with the Power of Heaven and Earth."
"This kind of thing is common in the Holy Netherworld. Don’t think they’re ugly. Not everyone can receive the blessings of Divine Beings."
Qi Muxue looked at her body, a strange feeling washing over her.
’It’s true that I’ve obtained immense power, but this power doesn’t belong to me.’
’From what this Dragon Spirit has said, I can glimpse a part of the whole, and in my mind, I can roughly picture the rise of a prodigy.’
’Three years ago, Witch Palace Language was just a Demoness, yet she became the Empress of Great Netherworld. She must have hidden many secrets.’
’There’s a reason she became so powerful.’
’The crises she faced, the life-and-death struggles, the Opportunities she encountered, the Destiny she carried...’
’All of it is beyond anything I can compare to.’
The dragon-horned man suddenly spoke up. "What you’re thinking right now is actually quite one-sided. You can’t imagine what my master went through to become the person she is today."
"The hardships she endured, the things she suffered... they’re beyond your imagination."
"So don’t use the rules of the Central Plains World to bind her or judge her."
Qi Muxue asked, surprised, "You can hear my thoughts?"
The dragon-horned man shrugged. "You and I are one entity. Without my help, how could she have obtained so many Opportunities?"
"Your perspective is still too narrow. You haven’t seen the wider world."
"The Central Plains World may be vast, but in the eyes of Divine Beings, it’s nothing special."
Qi Muxue said seriously, "A broad perspective shouldn’t be a tool to mock others."
"Right, right, right. Whatever you say."
The dragon-horned man was already exasperated and didn’t want to talk anymore.
Qi Muxue asked, puzzled, "Is it really okay for you to tell me so much? In a way, aren’t I your enemy?"
The dragon-horned man sighed. "Don’t you get it yet?"
"It’s because you’re not important that I don’t care."
"By the way, you should probably be careful. A powerful expert is approaching this area. Their aura is strong."
"They’re stronger than any of the masters who’ve come for you before. Be careful."
Out of a sense of contractual obligation, the dragon-horned man still gave Qi Muxue a warning.
’Is it another expert from Great Yan?’
Qi Muxue’s heart tightened.
To escape the Court’s assassins, she had already fled to such a remote place.
’And they can still find me even here?’
’Stronger than any of the masters who’ve come before?’
’Could it be one of the top experts from the Eastern Palace Mansion?’
Qi Muxue set aside her idle chat and complex emotions. She looked to the sky, wondering how to deal with this.
WHOOSH!
A bolt of lightning fell from the clouds, striking the bluestone street.
An upright figure appeared on the street. He was divinely handsome and young, with a powerful vitality. His eyes were incredibly deep and intimidating, and he carried an air of someone who could look down upon the entire world.
The moment he appeared, time itself seemed to slow down around him.
Seeing this person, Qi Muxue’s pupils contracted. She never expected it would be him.
Lu Mingyuan’s gaze was profound. His Divine Sense swept over the rows of houses before him, quickly locking onto the tavern.
He noticed a cloaked woman standing at the window. He paused for a moment, seeming to observe her carefully.
He didn’t sense any killing intent from her. On the contrary, her gaze felt very familiar.
"Mu Xue, is that you?" Lu Mingyuan asked softly, his voice transmitted directly to her.
Those words sent a massive shock through Qi Muxue’s entire body.
’It’s Lu Mingyuan.’
’He recognized me!’
’He actually recognized me!’
At this moment, no news could possibly compare to the surprise she felt.
The grievances from being hunted for all these days burst forth like a collapsing dam.
In an instant, Qi Muxue appeared on the street, wanting to embrace Lu Mingyuan.
But when she saw her current appearance, she stopped in mid-air.
However, Lu Mingyuan didn’t mind. He pulled her into his arms and comforted her in a gentle voice:
"It’s okay now. It’s all over."
The two of them stood there in the middle of the street like a pair of celestial lovers.
Anyone who didn’t know better might have thought an Immortal had come to the Mortal World to escort someone away.
The scene earned the heartfelt respect of the surrounding common folk.
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