999 Why Sorry (1/2)

Liu Yiqing was still alive, but he was seriously wounded. Although Hengmu Liren had tried to keep him temporarily alive with Haotian's Divine Flame, it was even more miserable for him to stay alive.

The Eldest Brother showed up in Linkang and came to the imperial palace. He stood between Hengmu Liren and Liu Yiqing and cut off the Divine Flame. Liu Yiqing was about to be relieved. It would be an ultimate relief. But perhaps because of what had happened previously, the Eldest Brother said sorry to Liu Yiqing sincerely and seriously.

Yet Hengmu Liren did not want Liu Yiqing to be relieved. It enraged him. The Eldest Brother was not paying any attention to him and that made him feel disrespected and even more furious.

He said in a cold voice, ”Mr. First, you are too late. Or perhaps you should not have arrived before we end this. You showed up at this moment and said sorry to this dying man. What's the point? Don't you think it's hypocritical? Are you simply trying to make yourself feel better?”

Anyhow, the Academy did not partic.i.p.ate in the battle tonight, and Liu Yiqing was certainly dying. Hengmu Liren's mockery was an attempt to drive a wedge between them.

However, it seemed that the Eldest Brother never heard him or saw him. He looked at the blood-stained Liu Yiqing and said again, ”Sorry.”

Liu Yiqing replied calmly, ”Mr. First, you knew it was my own choice.”

The Eldest brother said after a pause, ”But the Academy should have stopped you from doing so.”

Liu Yiqing shook his head and said, ”The Headmaster used to say, if we sought for virtue and acquired it, there should be no regret.”

Upon his word, the Eldest Brother was speechless.

Liu Yiqing continued, ”The Academy won't be able to handle everything in the human world. We should try to contribute as individuals. What are you accusing yourself for?

The Eldest Brother said, ”How could we stay aside while a great dam is collapsing?”

Liu Yiqing said, ”That's exactly why you, Mr. First, will not do better than Mr. Thirteen.”

The Eldest Brother shook his head and said, ”Youngest Brother is no longer the person he used to be.”

Liu Yiqing was a bit stunned. He remembered something and put on a smile on his blood-stained face. He sighed and said, ”So Mr. Thirteen has been watching from Chang'an.”

The Eldest Brother said, ”Maybe not clear enough, but he is definitely watching.”

Through the blood soaked white cloth , Liu Yiqing looked at the ruined imperial city in the darkness. He smiled and said, ”Luckily I chose the right spot as I thought he might be watching.”

He had cultivated for a long time but did not gain his fame until recently. He made a wrong choice and paid huge price for it. But he was never wrong afterward. Tonight he was sitting on the sedan and that was the spot he chose.

The sedan was facing the previous city wall that went through vicissitudes. It faced the south and was an auspicious Fengshui site for a tomb.

The Eldest Brother looked at him and said, ”Sorry. You can trust us.”