Chapter 183 - Collective Buff (2/2)

“Father Niu… Since when did I become such a narrow-minded and ignorant wastrel?”

Everyone in the ship was dead silent.

Lonemoon was extremely confused. It was only then that he started to truly reflect on everything that happened in the Heavens beyond Heaven in the past few days. Putting aside the prejudice he held against Chen Ge, it seemed like… he really did not do anything harmful toward them. Instead, from the beginning, he seemed to be on Invincible Sect’s side. He ignored the request of the various emperors and even let the Invincible Sect take part in the great competition.

Although Shen Ying was there and the sect did not really care for his gestures, it was a fact that Chen Ge did not know this. He did not even know about the Immortal Execution Array. All along, he thought that Yi Qing and Lonemoon were the ones who broke the array. So he really… did all he could to help Invincible Sect. Although they did not need his help, could he really ignore all his efforts just because it did not benefit them in the least?

Of course, there was the fact that after Hui Ling offended Shen Ying, Chen Ge only punished her for one day and let her off the hook the next day. But no matter what, the most that Lonemoon could say was Hui Ling being rude to them. In modern times, this did not even count as an offence. As one of the disciples who was to compete as well – it did not seem all that unreasonable to lock her up for just one day.

Why was he treating the both of them so harshly?

In his heart, he knew that the novel was the reason for the way he felt. Before this, he was afraid that things would develop as they did in the novel. It took him plenty of effort to accept that the novel was very different from reality, yet now he could not escape his view of the characters in the novel.

Just because Chen Ge was the male lead and Hui Ling being the new female lead, Lonemoon developed a prejudice against the both of them. He was sure that they would bring only harm to the people around them. This was the lasting impression that they made on Lonemoon. He did not even like Xuan Tong that much in the beginning. He only gradually accepted her after Hui Ling appeared.

Now, he was trapped in this impression of them and unable to see reality clearly. He even… he even thought of making the two of them disappear off the face of the earth forever.

Lonemoon’s heart jumped and he stopped himself just before he fell off the ship. Suddenly, everything was clear. It felt like a fog that was there for a long time had finally cleared. He faintly felt something that had been buried inside for a long time threatening to explode.

“Shen Ying…”

“Huh?” Shen Ying paused. “You’re not going to ask us to turn around so we can kill them, are you?”

“No, it’s merely a suggestion.”

“What?”

Suddenly, Lonemoon broke into a grin. “The next time you want to have a serious conversation with me… Can we not do it in the sky?”

“Huh?”

Shen Ying had not even asked before a great burst of immortal Qi shot through Lonemoon’s body. His entire body seemed to be glowing and the white light was blinding. Below his feet, the top-grade immortal artifact, the Ten-Direction Ship, suddenly cracked with a loud sound.

Holy shit!

Shen Ying lost her balance and almost fell over.

“Master!” Fortunately, Yi Qing reacted very quickly and caught her, placing her atop his flying sword. They flew outside of the reach of the immortal Qi.

“What’s happening?”

“He’s having an epiphany.”

Damn! Father Niu’s ability to have epiphanies mid-conversation was still going strong!

“Where’s the rest?”

“I think.. they’re also having epiphanies.”

“…”

Shen Ying felt like she just activated a buff for the entire sect.

“Wait…” Shen Ying’s expression changed. She subconsciously tried to go back to where Lonemoon was. “Father Niu! You haven’t given me my allowance!”

“…”