Chapter 1061 – Beyond the World and the Starry Sky (1/2)

Chapter 1061 – Beyond the World and the Starry Sky

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Shang Xingzhou said nothing. Rising, he walked out of the room.

Prince Chen Liu paused for a moment before hurriedly following.

Shang Xingzhou took the stone steps on the side of the room to walk to the roof, which appeared to serve as a star observation platform.

A chilly wind ruffled his sleeves.

It was only at this point that Prince Chen Liu noticed that this monastery did not have a temperature-controlling array installed.

Shang Xingzhou raised his head up to the starry sky. He did not put his hands behind his back, and his blue sleeves blown back by the wind made him seem like a clown on stage. It seemed like he was about to crouch down and then leap forward, perhaps wanting to leap up into the starry sky, but his final fate was to comedically fall back to the ground.

Prince Chen Liu gazed at his figure, subconsciously comparing him to the Divine Empress on the Dew Platform.

”If one wants someone to die, one must first make them go crazy.”

Shang Xingzhou's voice was as light as the wind. It had no flavor or emphasis, making it impossible to tell what he was really feeling.

Prince Chen Liu did not understand who he was referring to. Was the crazy one Xu Yourong or the emperor? And who was the person about to die?

Shang Xingzhou's eyes gradually sank deeper into the sea of stars and he spoke no more.

Prince Chen Liu bid farewell. As he left the Monastery of Eternal Spring, he could not help but turn his head to look at that rooftop.

He was still not sure if he was correct in coming to Luoyang tonight.

His morning meeting with Xu Yourong in the Orthodox Academy and the words she had said seemed extremely deliberate.

That she had made him feel like they were deliberate had been a deliberate action on her part.

But if he had not always had these thoughts, how could he have been stimulated by these deliberate actions?

Over the last few years, he had hidden his ambition extremely well. No one knew of it, not even those who were familiar with him, like his father or Mo Yu. Even the Tianhai Divine Empress had only suspected but had never been sure. Of course, this might have been because she just didn't care.

But he could not hide it from Xu Yourong.

In the Imperial Palace, he had always felt like this girl was looking at him rather strangely, as if she was smirking at him.

She had not exposed him then, so why had she said those words now? Why had she so deliberately given him this chance?

Prince Chen Liu could not miss this chance, and he also knew that if his response was the least bit improper, he would be regarded by Shang Xingzhou as sowing discord. As a result, he had been very calm and candid. It now seemed that this sort of method was correct. At the very least, it had not incurred any response from Shang Xingzhou.

So what should he do next?

Prince Chen Liu traveled overnight to return to the capital. By the time he had reached the princely estates of the Road of Peace, the winter sun was high in the sky and warmth was beginning to permeate the air.

It seemed that the winter truly was about to pass, that the season of renewal had arrived.

Prince Chen Liu was somewhat emotional as he walked into the estate.

”You should be well aware that the Holy Maiden want to use us to force His Majesty to stand on the Pope's side.”

The Prince of Xiang stared into his eyes and asked, ”This being the case, why did you still go to Luoyang?”

”Yourong has always been fair in her actions. Even her schemes have always been open and aboveboard.”

Prince Chen Liu was already extremely calm. Even the icy eyes of his father could not affect his expression.

”A wildfire1 truly is frightening, but if we did not have this fire, we wouldn't even have a chance to rescue the grain from the flames.” (TN: Ambition, 野心, literally translates to 'wild heart' or 'unrestrained heart', and wildfire is 野火 which literally translates as 'wild fire'.)

The Prince of Xiang's eyes suddenly turned mad, glimmering with a fiery light, but his voice went cold. ”But did this thought ever occur to you? Victory can only be obtained from the middle of chaos, but does she have the ability to disorder the venerable Daoist's heart?”

Prince Chen Liu replied, ”I understand Yourong. Even if the venerable Daoist wins in the end, it will be a bitter victory.”

There was a pause, then the Prince of Xiang asked, ”Then when do you think this will begin?”

Prince Chen Liu replied, ”From the moment she arranged to meet with me in the Orthodox Academy, the chess game had begun. Her visit to the palace last night was her lethal move!”

The Prince of Xiang perked his brows. ”A lethal move?”

Prince Chen Liu said, ”Yes. This move was a move to win the world, and so the world must be used to respond to it.”

The Prince of Xiang sighed, ”So the storm was already here.”

”Only after the storm passes can one see the rainbow.”