502 Vow of Amendmen (1/2)
”Are you okay, senior Ding?” Tong extended his hand to Ding Yuan.
”Oh? Thank you, your majesty!”
Ding Yuan could finally breathe after the imminent crisis. He was only a few inches away from death, but he was saved.
”Say, senior Ding, have you read the clan chat recently?”
The face of Ding Yuan cramped as soon as Tong mentioned the recent clan chat. He would be a fool had he not realized that Tong referred to the scandal, which Lu Bu violated his daughter.
This was a sensitive matter. A wrong reply could spell death to his entire family.
”… Yes.”
”Do you understand what your son just did?”
”… Yes.”
Tong sighed, ”You don't have to be afraid. It's not like I'll kill Lu Bu or something.”
”Then?”
”When I heard that Min'er has been soiled, I examined her condition. Do you know what's funny?” Tong snickered, ”My daughter learned the system skill that I gave to Lu Bu.”
”…”
”To be honest, I'm pissed. Well, since he somehow saved my daughter's life, I can't really blame him…” Tong looked up and smiled at another angel, who was floating in mid-air, ”Do you have a minute, Fengxian?”
Lu Bu arrived later than Tong as his speed was much slower. By the time he arrived, Tong had finished killing both Ling Tong and Sun Fang.
Lu Bu looked at Tong and nodded with a bitter smile on his face. He was aware of what he had done, but he didn't regret it. He descended and stood in front of Tong.
”I'm sorry. Zhang Min almost died from soul injuries. I had to.”
Tong shook his head, ”Don't be. Say, Fengxian…”
”What?”
The atmosphere was awkward as Lu Bu didn't know what he should react or say to Tong. On the contrary, Tong seemed to have many things to talk to him.
Moreover, Tong's eyes contained doubt and hesitation. Lu Bu could tell that he was making an important decision regarding this event.
”I have a confession. I need your forgiveness as well.”
”…”
”Will you believe me if I say that I'm the reincarnation of Dong Zhuo from the other timeline?”
”!!!”
Ding Yuan and Lu Bu widened their eyes in disbelief and astonishment. This came out from the left field, and they had never dreamed about this kind of confession.
In the other timeline, Dong Zhuo incited Lu Bu to betray Ding Yuan to join his side. However, Lu Bu overworked himself and killed Ding Yuan, proving his loyalty to Dong Zhuo.
Ding Yuan had a complicate thought as he stared into Tong's eyes. Since the latter did not hide his emotion and facial façade, the elite governor could read his expression and confirmed that Tong did not lie.
”Good lord…” Ding Yuan was speechless, ”Then, have you been tricking us?”
”I never trick you, senior Ding. This is something that I have just discovered recently. I'm not messing around. You see, when one's cultivation reaches 8 wings, they will obtain their previous life's memory.”
”But I do have the previous life's memory!” Lu Bu yelled.
”Those were the OTHER timeline's memory, not yours. They were the memory of someone else entirely. Lilim has simply copied their memory and implanted it to all of you, so your soul can be completed.”
Ding Yuan and Lu Bu frowned as he did not understand Tong's explanation.
”Let's do it this way,” Since both of them had no clue about the concept of karma, reincarnation, and multiverse theory, Tong placed his hand on Lu Bu's naked chest, ”I'll force awaken your 8th wing. You will understand everything yourself.”
*BOOM*
Without waiting for Lu Bu to react, Tong injected some of his lifespans into Lu Bu, forcefully awakening the 8th virtuous soul that Lu Bu had been delaying its awakening.
Eight white wings fluttered behind Lu Bu's back. However, some of them suffered minor injuries since the container was not ready for the weight of 8 souls.
Lu Bu coughed a mouthful of blood and crouched down. He activated his regeneration skill to self-heal right away.
”WHAT WAS THAT FOR!? I WAS DELAYING … my ….”
Lu Bu widened his eyes after he gazed at Tong. His vision blurred, and he could see more strange objects and beings around Tong and Ding Yuan.
Tong's souls no longer had the appearance of policemen. Instead, they were fat and muscular ugly men, the previous form of Dong Zhuo in his prime.
Lu Bu recognized those people right away since he hated Dong Zhuo more than anything. The latter had abused his power, bullied him with authority, and exploited his status.
Still, Lu Bu could not bring himself to hate Tong this time. After all, he had gain enlightenment and more knowledge regarding karma and the universe through his multi-life recollection.
Karma snakes floated around them. At first, Lu Bu thought that they were wandering souls. But after they gazed back at Lu Bu, the latter obtained the flashback of their resentment, hatred, and their memory.
They contained the grudge of the animals and people that he had killed, the karma chain!
Finally, Lu Bu realized that all the previous memory he had obtained were nothing but a hoax. They were not his, but a borrowed recollection from someone else entirely!
He turned around to look at his true form, the 8 virtuous souls he had.
They were not in their human forms. Instead, they were grey wolves! He was not a human in the past, but animals!
Lu Bu closed his eyes, trying to remember what it was like in the previous lives. He remembered walking on all four, sniffing and hunting for meat, day by day.
He gritted his teeth, unable to accept the reality, ”What is karma, Zhang Tong? What are we!?”
Tong sighed, ”We are toys, being played by gods. Actually, we are Lilim's toys.”
”Lilim!?”
Lu Bu paused as he recalled that he made a deal with this mysterious existence. She taught him a way to save Zhang Min's life with a price of him becoming her servant.
His face paled, realizing that he had agreed into something bad.
Noticing the change of expression, Tong squinted his eyes, ”Have you ever talked to Lilim? She always talks directly to our head.”
”Yes. Actually, I made a deal with her…”
Lu Bu explained the incident of why and how he passed the Immortal Yang Vein to Zhang Min. Ding Yuan could only look at his adopted son speaking something incomprehensible, but Tong nodded as he understood why Lilim did that.
”You fucked up, Fengxian.”
”Wasn't that just a vow?”