Chapter 466 - Home? (1/2)

Xin Lan narrowed his eyes. ”Quite the contrary. I had hoped not to see you again. Especially since I'm here to solve the mess you created.”

Jin Ling tilted his head. ”Oh? It couldn't be … that man is still alive?” He also narrowed his eyes. The last time they had met, Xin Lan had said that that man had been reborn and that one of the disciples caught in the explosion in the Leyuan region had been him. Xin Lan certainly knew which of them it was. So if he was still here … then that man was too. He had to be one of the disciples that had only been injured. Or maybe … ”Is it that person you saved from that bastard Qiu Ling? That Yu Jin?”

Xin Lan cursed inwardly but his face stayed impassive. ”What are you even talking about? I'm here because the Heavenly Emperor sent word that your actions were the cause of some mishap with the Son of Heaven. They asked me to fix this mess.”

Jin Ling frowned. Could this really be true? ”Why would you do the Heavenly Emperor a favor?”

Xin Lan snorted. ”Do him a favor? Don't tell me you have another screw lose since we saw each other the last time? If this matter isn't dealt with, who knows if he will live? If the Nine Heavens loose their crown prince, it is obvious what will happen, isn't it? You sure are bold doing such things. Bold but an utter disappointment. His Majesty never would have accepted this kind of behavior. Naturally, I won't be like you. I'll set right what you did wrong. I'll make sure nothing is changed about the status quo of the immortal races.”

Jin Ling looked down. So this had indeed nothing to do with that man. He was probably dead already. Well, then he'd have to wait a while longer until he could find him and annihilate him, soul and everything. Whatever. He should deal with Xin Lan first.

”So, have you fixed the mess already?”

”Mostly.”

”Then why don't you come back home now?”

”Home?” Xin Lan's brows lifted. How had the demon realm become his home? Actually, he never had had a home. He only ever had places where he stayed. Even at his master's side … Could he dare to call a palace or a house where another man went to lie down in bed call his home? At the most, he was a guest that was condoned. Someone Chun Yin had accepted to be there because his master had wanted him to and he could probably count himself lucky that the two of them had never become an official couple or this might have changed.

Jin Ling nodded as if it was a matter of course though. ”Yes. Haven't you had enough of wandering outside already? It's time to return to the demon realm. That's where you belong.”

”The demon realm?” Xin Lan's lips quirked up in a self-ridiculing smile. ”But I'm a dragon. Shouldn't the one to call me home be the dragon and not the demon king?