Chapter 651 – Her Gaze Is Far Away, at the Other Side (1/2)
Chapter 651 – Her Gaze Is Far Away, at the Other Side
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Far in the distance, by Xining Village's old temple, the stream was silent.
The Tianhai Divine Empress gazed at the monk across the stream and said, ”You should know very clearly just who I have always been wary of.”
The prayer beads in the monk's palm ceased their movements. His eyes still closed, the monk indifferently replied, ”They have never gone to the other side, so they naturally cannot contemplate what you have contemplated.”
She replied, ”I also have never been.”
At this time, she was still at the peak of the Mausoleum of Books, but her gaze was here, tens of thousands of li away.
No matter how far, as long as they were connected through this world with her Qi, her soul could personally come.
This was the her standing by the stream.
The monk pondered her response and replied, ”That is reasonable.”
The Tianhai Divine Empress asked, ”Is this not the situation you most desired to see?”
The monk replied, ”I never imagined to see anything when making this plan.”
The Divine Empress calmly gazed at him and asked, ”Are you Crown Prince Jiancheng's son? Grandson?”
The monk's face revealed a nostalgic expression. After a moment of silence, he softly answered, ”Crown Prince Jiancheng is my father.”
The Divine Empress's brows rose as she asked, ”We do not understand—why did you exiled imperials join hands with him? After all, he is Emperor Taizong's black dog.”
The monk slowly said, ”Ultimately, even the greatest resentment cannot surpass time or the desire to return home. We wish to return.”
The Tianhai Divine Empress asked, ”But did you not think that you could be the vanguard of the other race?”
After some silence, the monk shook his head and replied, ”We descendants of imperials are not the other race. This is our homeland; no person has the right to obstruct our return.”
The Divine Empress replied, ”And you are so sure that the other race on that continent will not have other ideas?”
The monk fell silent, ceasing to speak.
The limpid waters of the stream had long since been frozen by their two powerful souls.
The lotuses formed from blood drifted west and then east in the stream. The trees by the stream would occasionally move in the wind or become still despite it.
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With a bout of autumn rain, a sudden chill, the grass that yesterday was still very green now turned completely yellow.
Daoist Ji stood in the grass that didn't even reach up to his knees. Sensing the distance between him and that black jade ruyi, he once more turned to the Mausoleum of Books and said, ”Just abdicate. Like Su Li, leave this world.”
The Tianhai Divine Empress drew back her gaze from the stream in the far-off Xining Village and replied, ”Those sons of mine wish to be Emperor, Chen Guansong wants to leave his name on the annals of history, Yin has been trapped by the words 'the benefit of mankind', the White Emperor wanted to fight a battle with the Demon Lord, but what of you? From beginning to end, I never understood just what you wanted to accomplish by doing so many things.”
Daoist Ji expressionlessly replied. ”This is His Majesty Emperor Taizong's dying wish, and you also once promised me and my junior brother that you would return the throne to the Chen clan.”
The Divine Empress replied, ”I only have one son and he suffered the wrath of the heavens. In my womb, his sun wheel was destroyed.”
Saying this, she glanced at Chen Changsheng, then glanced at some place in the Mausoleum of Books.
”No matter which one is my son, perhaps pure and kind, or simple, or a fool, or a cripple, if he ascends to the imperial throne, who will reign over this world?”
The Tianhai Divine Empress gazed in the direction of the autumn plains and mocked, ”At that time, who will the true emperor be? Those good-for-nothings and scoundrels, or you?”
Daoist Ji was silent, not answering this question.
The wind blew across the wilderness, shaking the yellowed grass. They seemed like rice paddies, but they gave off no sweet aroma, only the stench of decay after being rotted away in the rain.
”Saying so many uninteresting words, seeing so many uninteresting people and affairs, in the end, all of you still have to kill Us.”