1329 Karmic Ties of the Pas (1/2)

Tang Xiu took a deep breath and nodded. ”I promise I'll give you a satisfactory explanation in the future. Further, I owe you a favor as well. Come to the Great Tang Empire if you have any needs in the future.”

With that said, Tang Xiu took out all his Immortal Stones, Immortal Crystals, and Crystal Essences and handed them to the beautiful Manager of the Convict Arena, saying, ”6 Perfected Golden Immortals, including that Sablefiend Scorpio. I've counted the total sum I have which is 84.6 million Crystal Essences. Even though I borrowed 20 million Crystal Essences, I still have to fork out 60 million Crystal Essences.”

A surprised look glittered in the woman's eyes as she nodded and slowly said, ”You can save the 600,000 Crystal Essences.”

Having said that, she took out 6 Soul Plates, handed them to Tang Xiu, and personally opened the six cells to unchain each of the Perfected Golden Immortals chained inside.

”Sablefiend Scorpio, Celestial Litho Monstrum, Flaming Demon Feline, Golden-eyed Great Peng, Lupus Chimaera Monstrum, and Nethersea Whale King, the six of you are slaves of Great Tang Heavenly Emperor starting today. I've handed over your Soul Plates to him, so your lives are now in his hands,” the beautiful woman glanced at the six people and said in a deep voice.

The six deathmatch fighters that had gone through 300 battles in the arena stared fixedly at Tang Xiu. Their whole bodies were full of death energy and unruliness was evident in their expressions. Even though Tang Xiu controlled their lives, he bought them at such a high price, so they were not worried that Tang Xiu would kill them and very likely only wanted them to fully serve him.

After refining the six Soul Plates and completely controlling their lives, Tang Xiu then lightly stated, ”My commands will take priority over anything else including your lives in the future. Certainly, I won't mind punishing one of you as a warning for the rest, so which one of you wants to try to disobey my will first?”

Killing one to warn the rest?

The six Perfected Golden Immortal deathmatch gladiators suddenly had a change in complexion. Their unruly expressions slightly changed. None of them wanted to die, let alone become such a chicken on the chopping block.

”We're leaving, Old Sycamore.”

Tang Xiu nodded at the beautiful woman and turned to outside.

Old Sycamore didn't reply, nor did he even greet the woman. He just walked outside beside Tang Xiu. When they came to the gate, he asked, ”Great Tang Heavenly Emperor, where shall we go next?”

Tang Xiu's lips wriggled a few times. As Battle Peng handed him 10 Immortal Crystals, Tang Xiu received them and handed it to Old Sycamore. ”It's a reward for you. Fate will make us meet again in the future.”

Having said that, he led the group towards the distance.

10 Immortal Crystals?

Old Sycamore stared blankly at the 10 Immortal Crystals in his hand. Some memories that had been sealed in his heart suddenly gushed out like a flood destroying a dam.

It was thousands of years ago. He was just a boy less than 9 years old, wandering the streets with his younger brother to beg around, hoping to get some alms and leftovers. They were driven out, beaten, and abused like livestock that even slave traders were unwilling to capture.

However, on that fateful day, month, and year, the brothers stole 2 expensive pieces of clothing but were discovered by its owner and nearly killed. At that moment, he vowed that he'd kill the man who beat him if he lived. He also vowed to kill the man who had abused the brothers. At that time, he had even made plans to go all out to get some money to buy a cultivation art manual and become a powerful cultivator.

And at that moment, a great figure suddenly blocked the sun for the brothers.

But his younger brother knelt behind that great figure who had rescued them, shouting that he wanted to acknowledge him as Master. In his eyes at the time, it was just a dream—something people like them should not dare to imagine.

But eventually, that man halted his pace and asked his brother a few questions before he agreed to accept him as his disciple, though he must take his brother away.

”How long are we leaving for, exactly?”

It was the only question he asked at the time, and the answer he got was: thousands of years at the earliest and eternity at the longest.

He didn't leave, however. He couldn't wait for a thousand years, nor did he want to regret it for eternity. But in the end, his brother was taken away by that great figure, whereas he stayed.

Old Sycamore clearly remembered that before his brother was taken away, that great figure handed him 10 Immortal Crystals and said something he never forgot for the rest of his life:

”It's a reward for you. Fate will make us meet again in the future.”

Now the scenes of the past unfolded yet again.

Old Sycamore's bleeding heart opened up. That majestic and unparalleled figure looked so familiar and yet so… real.

”A-are you him?!”

Old Sycamore chased ahead a few steps forward with a face full of excitement as he shouted aloud.

After he shouted this sentence, however, disappointment from deep within his soul gushed forth and filled his whole heart, as though his whole being had fallen into a glacier hole. He knew that he had lost his reason for a moment. Because that man… just like his brother, was already… dead.

Some kilometers away, Tang Xiu's pace came to a halt as he slowly turned around. Watching the ghastly pale-looking Old Sycamore, his lips squirmed a few times, and finally, he transmitted his voice he didn't plan to speak out to Old Sycamore's ears.

”I'm really sorry.”

Having said that, Tang Xiu took everyone to speed up and disappeared from Old Sycamore's sight.

Sorry? You're saying sorry?