Chapter 612.1: The World Will Know No Peace Without Lu Yuns Death (1/2)
Ge Long was short and scrawny, his back slightly hunched over, but at this moment, he looked incredibly imposing. Faint black flames even circled around him—not hellfire, but another fire with great destructive power.
His attack threw the white being back into the void deep within hell, never to be heard from again. Everything seemed to settle down.
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“You...” Xing Chen stared dumbly at Ge Long. He didn’t expect the old servant to explode with such prodigious battle strength.
“Who the hell are you?!” Lu Yun demanded after a deep breath. This Ge Long was definitely not the once-grand steward of House Ge, the one who wanted to kill Lu Yun to avenge his granddaughter!
Lu Yun had never put much thought into when the old man had appeared in Yuying’s tomb out of the blue. He’d always thought that Ge Long’s continued existence and strength originated from the Tome of Life and Death.
How very wrong he’d been!
Ge Long showing up in Yuying’s tomb marked the defining moment in which he was something else entirely. Something Lu Yun didn’t know about. His was a power that the current Tome of Life and Death couldn’t grant.
“Hehehe.” Ge Long bowed and smiled his usual servile and overly fawning smile. “This old man is your servant, sir.”
Xing Chen stared dumbly at Ge Long, at a loss for words. The Sal Tree of Life and Death wasn’t in Xing Chen’s body, but he could tell through his connection to Lu Yun that the attitude Ge Long projected was completely genuine.
“You need not lose confidence in yourself, milord. If your heart and lungs hadn’t been in conflict with each other, your sword dao would’ve been able to kill that thing.” Ge Long continued merrily, “Once you incorporate the remaining three organs into your replica, there will be very few in the world who can rival you.”
Xing Chen felt an urge to smack his face. He was lucky enough already to have acquired the two organs, all five were out of the question!
Even if the other three organs had already been created, they must be in the possession of personages he couldn’t afford to earn the enmity of. For example, the heart had been in Ashu’s possession. The holy lord was a mighty figure in the underworld, and there was no telling how great his strength would be if completely unleashed.
The liver, kidneys, and spleen must be in the hands of great powerhouses like him as well.
Noting Xing Chen’s expression, Ge Long said knowingly, “This old servant doesn’t know where the kidneys and the spleen are, but the liver will be yours if milord can acquire the Ancient Tree of Life.”
Xing Chen started.
“The liver is in the tree!” Ge Long declared with great certainty.
“How do you know?” Xing Chen frowned.
“Because the Key of Life was born from the liver,” responded the old servant who wasn’t who he appeared to be.
Xing Chen didn’t intend to follow up on that line of inquiry. Although Ge Long wasn’t lying, he was very adept at skirting the real issues at hand. Further questioning wouldn’t result in any real answers.
“The dangers to Dusk Province haven’t been resolved yet,” Xing Chen changed tack. “Go help.”
“This servant… this servant would have to seal my core like Ashu if I am to leave hell, or trouble will follow.” Ge Long hurriedly shook his head. “Besides,” he pointed with resignation at the unknown abyss of the netherworld, “that thing has broken out of its restraints. This old servant has to stay here and keep watch, or it’ll destroy hell during this early stage of its recovery.”
“Alright then.” Xing Chen shook his head and turned to leave. Another battle had started outside, one that he had to intervene in.
After his departure, a pair of fearful, stark-white eyes slowly materialized.
“You, it’s you...” The white being from earlier was left with only a pair of eyes, ones that looked out with a shocked and fearful gaze. “You, you’ve become someone else’s servant...”
Ge Long shot it a glare and didn’t pay it any more attention. He dropped down to the ground, picking up the shattered shards of the coffins.