C77 (1/2)
At that moment, when he saw that stubborn person, shock flashed across the Reliance Xiao's unperturbed face. The hand holding the silver whip trembled slightly, almost losing control of it … He …
He was actually struck by the whip!
Of course, he knew the power of this whip. It was a whip that contained eighty percent of his power … He also knew that if this whip landed on his body, if it wasn't for the protection of his inner force, he would have died on the spot. Even a person with powerful martial arts skills would be seriously injured from this whip, but … He did not move or make a sound!
Xin Cang Qu stared at her father with extreme indifference. She didn't hate him nor did she love him, she only calmly looked at him …
His eyes, which were as black as ink, were already a little dejected. However, in the face of this unfilial son of his, they could still emit the sharp glints of the past!
In just a short year's time, he seemed to have aged quite a bit …
”It's been so many years, why is my memory still so short …” Ye Qing sighed in the same way. It seemed to be asking the same question. However, that low and deep voice seemed to be talking to itself.
Those crimson eyes were unfathomably deep and serene, that demonic smile that seemed to be eternally undefeatable surfaced on Xin Cang Qu's face once more, ”Your son and subject doesn't have a memory, royal father, you …” Isn't that the clearest? ”
Even though he called that person his father, no one could tell that he was a father due to his emotionless and cold tone.
Xin Xiao didn't continue to ask this question. His eyes were as calm as autumn water. He asked in a similarly cold tone, ”Why didn't you run away?”
When she heard this, Xin Cang Qu faintly pursed her lips and smiled, remaining silent.
”If you don't say it out loud, you must hate us from the bottom of your heart, right?!” Finally, the owl spoke again.
”No!” Xin Cang Qu lowered her eyes slightly, replying with a word coldly and straightforwardly.
”No?” When he heard these two words, he seemed to have exceeded the latter's expectations. ”Why?”
”You are the monarch, and I am your subject! You are the father, and I am the son! ” When Xin Cang Qu raised her gaze again, her eyes had already changed to a demonic glint from before, as she stared somewhat mischievously at the high and mighty Monarch … His own father … Suddenly, her lips curved up into a devilish smile as she spat out word by word, ”How dare I hate you?”
”You don't dare, do you …” ”Then why are you disobeying my orders year after year, risking your life to come back?”
”Father's problems today seem to be a bit numerous! ”Could it be …” Xin Cang Qu's voice slowed down, but she still smiled and looked straight at him. However, that pale expression was so eye-piercing, and also so heart-wrenching … Following that, the distinct voice of a devil could be heard, ”You want to chat with your son and your wife?”
Hearing the sound, the Daoist man's heart skipped a beat. He then realized that he had gone out of his mind today. He turned around, stood with his hands behind his back, and coldly said, ”Scram!”
”Imperial Father, please take care. This son of yours has already scram!”
The devilish smile on her lips slowly spread outwards. Her ice-cold words did not carry a single thread of warmth, but her seemingly light and indifferent voice was extremely ear-piercing. By the time she finished speaking, the red figure had already disappeared into the night.
The cool night wind blew through the doors and windows, blowing away the tears in the corners of his eyes … The messenger owl slowly turned around and stared fixedly at the bloodstain on the ground …
That was his blood … It was also his blood!
After a long while, the figurehead suddenly broke out into a laugh. However, that extremely desolate, ridiculing and sorrowful laugh was even more unbearable than the sound just now.
”Lanruo …” ”He's really too much like you, especially when he's so stubborn. He's exactly the same as you …”
The raving sound lingered in the empty hall for a moment before disappearing into the night along with the red figure.
”...”
The imperial mausoleum of the Heavenly Trust Country was on the eastern outskirts of the city. In fact, if one wanted to worship Orchid Ore Temple, it wasn't necessary to go there.
However … He still went! He knew that person would treat him like this, but he still went!
By the time Xin Cang Que arrived at the Royal Tomb, the time of the new era had already passed.
Even though he was severely injured, he walked with extreme lightness and steadiness, as if he was worried that the slightest disturbance would startle the person sleeping inside.
The red shadow quickly entered the underground palace.
In that incomparably dark underground world, even the brightest and most luxurious decorations couldn't cover up this endless desolation and desolation.
Xin Cang Qu walked all the way to the end of the path, and looked at the tightly shut bronze door and the beast head, Ouroboros Clan, hanging on the door.
Tonight was a bit special. There was no one here, not even a gatekeeper!
Could it be that that person knew he was coming and sent everyone away to make things easier for him? But... It seemed impossible. Just based on that whip strike just now, why would he consider such things for himself! In that case, someone must have transferred the guardian away, and this person … It should be his big cousin Baili Qing.
Gently walking forward, he waved his fan and opened the bronze door wide. He then continued moving forward, going inwards until there was no more road before he reached the memorial grave.
His gaze moved past the Linlang Pearl Jade and landed on the painting beside him … He took a step forward and looked deeply at the portrait of the lady …
Her crimson eyes shone with a gentleness that she had never felt before. That warmth, that softness, that beauty … That was something that he had never even seen before!
Those scorching and peaceful eyes … He was like someone who hadn't returned home in a long time, returning to his home …
The woman in the portrait was also the most beautiful person in the world in that pair of crimson eyes!
The woman who looked like a fifth god to him was none other than the red-faced Empress Dowager of the Heavenly Trust Nation, his mother!
Xin Cang Qu slowly raised her hand and gently touched the painting, as though she was holding her mother's hand …