Chapter 1900: 900: The End, Once and For All!
Chapter 1900: Chapter 900: The End, Once and For All!
“What do you think?”
A simple question, yet in an instant it silenced the atmosphere between the two, a faintly dangerous aura enveloping a hundred yards around them as if both were gathering strength.
Taihao Immortal Venerable’s face showed no fear or amazement, appearing fearless, unafraid of life and death, as if he had prepared a backup plan beforehand, making one hard to fathom.
The silent atmosphere lasted for ten breaths, and Chen Yuan said with a carefree smile:
“Do you think I would guess?”
“I think not.”
“Congratulations, you guessed right, but unfortunately… there is no reward.” Chen Yuan was indifferent to whether the other had a backup plan; even if he did, whenever encountered, he could still execute them.
One could say that from the moment Taihao Immortal Venerable was defeated, the existence between them was no longer on the same level, thousands of years of time, still worn away.
Even if given time to catch up, so what?
Chen Yuan would show him what it means to look up to him, what it means to… despair… and powerlessness.
Taihao Immortal Venerable nodded and, after a moment of silence, said:
“I want some dignity.”
“I can give you that.”
Of course, if the other did not want dignity, then he would have to forcibly grant him dignity.
“Thank you.”
“No need to thank… I have always been a magnanimous person.” With a gentle smile on Chen Yuan’s face, Taihao Immortal Venerable’s face also showed a smile.
𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
If one didn’t know better, one might even think they were old friends.
“Throughout your past, you don’t seem like such a person.”
“People always change; when I was young, naturally one would try every means to climb up, even resorting to unscrupulous methods, but when reaching the peak if still holding narrow thoughts, then one cannot be the Human Emperor.
Cannot be the ruler of the world.”
Chen Yuan spoke earnestly.
“Looking at your age, though not old, the words you speak can indeed inspire reflection.” Taihao Immortal Venerable nodded, then casually waved his hand, a table formed from conjured rules appeared, ethereal and unreal.
“Living in the world, sometimes it’s not just age that one looks at, but experiences; some drift through life, born in the lower echelons, can you expect them to have much insight?
Some die young, yet if they’ve experienced much, naturally they will be different. Since entering Jianghu, I’ve been through wars, faced countless life and death predicaments.
The Emperor sees me as a pawn, the father who gave me life sees me as a piece, faced with the world’s chaos, Human World’s disaster, such circumstances, even those who have lived a millennium, cannot compare with my experiences.”
The two sat down, now devoid of any hostility.
Chen Yuan no longer felt the urgency to immediately strike down Taihao Immortal Venerable, as Qi Fortune was already taken; whether this person dies or not no longer matters, yet for future concerns.
It is still more stable if he dies.
“The world’s great trend is a chessboard; everyone is like a chess piece.” Taihao Immortal Venerable watched the upper wall and overlooked people, what he saw was vastly different from normal people.
“Everyone is like a chess piece… but at least in the Human World’s chess game, you should be the chess player.”
Chen Yuan smiled.
“Was in the past, is now, will not be in the future…”
“No one can always control the game; now it’s you and me playing, the future is others; you’ve lived for thousands of years, seen through the chaos of the Human World.
You should have this realization.”
Taihao Immortal Venerable nodded in deep agreement, then suddenly fixed his gaze on Chen Yuan and asked:
“Before I die, there’s something I want to tell you, and a question I want to ask you.”
“Ask away, as long as it’s not related to life and death matters, it’s not that I cannot tell you.”
“My question is, you… where did you come from?”
Taihao Immortal Venerable stared at Chen Yuan, observing his subtle moves.
“Why does the Immortal Venerable say this?”
Chen Yuan’s expression remained unchanged, lightly smiling as he asked.
“I once traced your past and observed your growth, and reached a conclusion: more than ten years ago, when you first became a constable in Ping’an County, some changes occurred.
Afterwards, your personality changed significantly, life’s trajectory changed drastically, perhaps related to that mysterious altar, but… that thing is definitely not the main reason…
For a person’s character seldom changes in a short period, additionally, on your body, on your Divine Soul, there’s an inscrutable power.
Making it unable to be seen through.
This has been my question all along; I didn’t ask before for fear of angering you, and considering eliminating me swiftly, but now I am about to return my soul completely to heaven and earth.
Hence, wanted to clarify some things, so I can die without regrets.”
Taihao Immortal Venerable spoke solemnly.
Chen Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly, not answering; this indeed is one of his very significant secrets, but it’s not something that can’t be disclosed, so he did not immediately gather to clarify.
Of course, admitting is not possible.
Taihao Immortal Venerable has not reached that level.
The atmosphere between the two fell silent again for a moment, then Chen Yuan said:
“Then where do you think I came from?”
“Actually, my initial guess was possession; you had some strength before, but fell, and by coincidence, possessed this current body.
But later I overturned this thought, because going forward some more decades, in this Human World there hasn’t been someone like you, if once entered Jianghu, relying on your temperament and strength.
And with the help of that mysterious altar, would not have fallen.
Hence, now I believe the most likely scenario is that you come from another Boundary Domain, having powerful strength before life and for various reasons reincarnated to regain strength, but this too poses a problem.