Chapter 127: Zhuang Yusheng’s CPU Burned Out
[…]
Lou Yunxiao stared intently at Ning Xiaoxiao’s face, immediately seeing through the young girl’s innermost thoughts.
Consequently, he didn’t plan to hide anything and said, “Junior Sister, you’ve already sensed it, haven’t you?”
“Mingxin is A-Ke.”
[???]
Zhuang Yusheng had just managed to catch his breath, but these words scared him so much his blood pressure spiked again.
[Cough, cough…]
He seamlessly coughed up another mouthful of old blood.
The senior alchemist sister beside him hurriedly stepped forward, covered his mouth, and fed him an elixir.
After taking it, his voice pitched an octave higher.
“Mingxin is A-Ke?? Didn’t A-Ke die?”
“Lou Yunxiao, what kind of nonsense are you spouting?!” He waved his hand in front of Lou Yunxiao’s face. “You haven’t gone crazy again, have you?”
But just as he finished speaking, he saw Ning Xiaoxiao’s body stiffen before a bright smile blossomed on her face.
It was an extremely rare, genuine smile.
“I knew it, he is my brother.” Speaking of this, the young girl’s voice choked up. With red eyes, she said, “That’s wonderful, that’s wonderful, he didn’t die… my brother is still alive…”
[…]
Zhuang Yusheng froze in place.
Looking at Ning Xiaoxiao’s expression of crying from sheer joy, he truly didn’t dare to question this news anymore.
He just stepped closer to Lou Yunxiao and asked quietly, “Are you sure this news is accurate?”
Lou Yunxiao gave an “Mm”, thought of something, and suddenly smiled.
However, that smile carried self-deprecation and was full of irony.
He said to Ning Xiaoxiao, “But he left again. He left me in the secret realm and disappeared without a trace, not even leaving a goodbye letter.”
“I think he must be thoroughly disgusted by me.”
“Disgusted to the point where spending even one more day with me makes him feel sick.”
Lou Yunxiao remembered Qingru telling him that A-Ke had set off to leave on the very first night he absorbed the Godhood, acting completely ruthlessly.
Finally, he said to Ning Xiaoxiao, “I’m sorry, Junior Sister. I couldn’t bring him back.”
Ning Xiaoxiao was stunned.
She heard deep agony in Lou Yunxiao’s words.
This completely baffled her.
Weren’t her brother and Senior Brother on very good terms?
Why would he abandon Eldest Senior Brother and leave alone?
Moreover…
Since he didn’t die, why… didn’t he reunite with them when they were in Beiyou City?
And why leave Senior Brother all alone in the secret realm?
Even causing Senior Brother to utter such self-loathing words?
Ning Xiaoxiao didn’t understand, but she didn’t dare to ask too much.
She just suppressed the doubts in her heart and sniffled.
She comforted herself that just knowing her brother was still alive was already wonderful enough.
Regardless of whether her brother still wanted her as a sister, and regardless of whether he would ever return.
As long as she heard that her brother was living well in this world, that was the best thing for her.
Although Cui Xuecheng and the others harbored questions about Lou Yunxiao, they were all currently grateful for his life-saving grace.
After exchanging pleasantries, they began cleaning up the battlefield in Nantong City together.
Zhuang Yusheng’s injuries had already been treated by the senior alchemist sister, so he wouldn’t just cough up blood at the drop of a hat anymore.
He leaned close to Lou Yunxiao and said, “Lou Yunxiao, there’s something wrong with you.”
Lou Yunxiao glanced at him and said with self-abandonment.
“Yes, there’s something wrong with me. Being abandoned by the person you like, what kind of reaction do you expect me to have?”
“You confessed to A-Ke? And then got rejected? And then he just didn’t want you anymore and ran away?”
Zhuang Yusheng’s imagination had always been rich.
Now, he had guessed the truth with remarkable accuracy.
Seeing Lou Yunxiao nod, Zhuang Yusheng was completely dumbfounded.
He frantically pinched his own philtrum.
He never expected that Lou Yunxiao, this tightly sealed gourd, would actually take the initiative to confess!
What was even harder for him to believe was that A-Ke, who in his eyes had loved Lou Yunxiao so much and sacrificed so much for him, would actually reject Lou Yunxiao!
Could it be that he had misjudged the situation all along?
Did A-Ke actually not like Lou Yunxiao at all?
But he remembered when the four of them were in Nantong City, A-Ke said he had someone in his heart?
Having someone in his heart, but not liking Lou Yunxiao.
That meant A-Ke’s beloved was someone else entirely?!
And Lou Yunxiao had just been indulging in unrequited love from start to finish?
Oh my heavens…
Zhuang Yusheng began frantically pinching his philtrum again.
He felt the amount of information was too massive; he couldn’t even process it all.
For a moment, he didn’t even know who to feel sorry for.
After a long time, he patted Lou Yunxiao’s shoulder and said, “Good brother, listen to my advice. If you’re sure he doesn’t like you, then let it go. Just treat him as a benefactor who saved your life, treat him as a fellow disciple.”
“Thinking too much about anything else will only bring unnecessary trouble.”
He thought Lou Yunxiao would nod.
After all, Lou Yunxiao had an upright nature and was often quite receptive to sound advice.
Yet, after waiting for ages, he suddenly saw Lou Yunxiao’s usually bright, moon-like face twist into a grimace.
He replied with three extremely cold words.
“Not a chance.”
[…]
Zhuang Yusheng felt that Lou Yunxiao really had gone crazy again.
Previously, he had gone mad from guilt and longing for a dead person, and now he was going mad from unrequited love for someone who had awoken.
Having known Lou Yunxiao for so many years, he had never seen him so obsessed with anyone.
To the point of absolute paranoia.
It was hard to tell if this was a blessing or a curse.
…
“Useless trash!”
In the Demon Realm, Nan Lou’s demonic claws viciously gripped Nan Shi’er’s head. His fingers pierced into the Great Demon’s skin, directly crushing the bones, drawing out blood-curdling screams.
“To be scared into such a state by a mere Lou Yunxiao! You even wanted to defect and turn around to insult your master! You sure have a lot of nerve!”
“L-Lord, spare my life!” Nan Shi’er, reduced to a mere head, contorted his face in terror.
At the time, he had thought he couldn’t escape, so his mouth ran loose cursing Nan Lou. Now that he had been dragged back by Nan Lou, he was so terrified he didn’t dare move a muscle, only opening his mouth to beg for mercy.
“Spare your life? Spare your life so you can betray me?” Nan Lou sneered coldly. He directly opened his blood-basin mouth, exposing razor-sharp teeth, and swallowed the head whole, chewing and crushing it without mercy before swallowing it down.
As he consumed Nan Shi’er, his cultivation—which had fallen after his battle with Ning Ke—rapidly skyrocketed, breaking through from the Mahayana stage straight into the Tribulation Crossing stage in one fell swoop.
“Such disobedient garbage is perfect for filling my stomach.”
He licked his lips and muttered to himself, “It seems that Lou Yunxiao obtained an opportunity from the Snow Dragon clan. My demon envoys are no longer a match for him. I can only temporarily avoid his sharp edge and wait for the Lord to awaken before initiating the God Descent ritual…”
“As for now…”
His appearance reverted back to Ning Ke’s face, and he tore open a spatial rift leading to the Qianyuan Continent.
“Let me continue playing around using this stinky fox’s identity for a bit longer…”
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