797 An Occasion of a Farewell (1/2)
”Work hard, children.”
There was an inexplicable sense of sympathy in the white-gowned lady's voice as she said, ”When your cultivation base reaches a level where it can be of use, your parents' friends will come looking for you to rescue them together. In this universe, those who are able to save them are too few in number. Perhaps, other than their direct descendants, there are no others.”
”This is the Ninth Abyss' unique arcane magic,” she spoke in a low voice.
Yun Yang second-guessed himself then. 'Could this actually be real?'
No matter how calm the lady looked and how serious her actions were, it was a challenge to hold back her laughter; she almost broke the façade a few times. She ultimately succeeded with much effort, the willed composure built up from countless years allowing her to maintain the grim front without a crack in her serious mien.
All this while, the exchange of voice travel had gone on many times externally –
”Aren't you being too spiteful?”
”So what? Old Black thinks I'm powerless against him if I don't do something.”
”Won't you be bringing down karma upon yourself? You've already induced one the last time, now you're provoking Old Black. When will the issues come to rest?”
”Whatever. I think the more karma like this I collect, the better. They want to accomplish things smoothly and pass on the heritage? There's no such convenience in this universe. They don't even come to greet me. So be it... Now, I'd like to see what they can do to me…”
”Nonetheless, it's still too much to twist the situation like this. They're their biological parents.”
”They're doing things within my territory. How can it happen without them showing any sincerity? I'm not going to take such a loss.”
”If so, Old Black is going to be a sick black sheep. It's still good karma if it's just the effort that's wasted, but if…”
”This is the result I want. Have you already taken in your disciple?”
”Yes, I'll take her back in a while.”
”Let me go over to recruit a disciple or two as well sometime later. I can't let a certain someone be the pioneer in this.”
”So this is the idea you're thinking of. It's not a bad one at that.”
”You realized it as well? This way, it'll be their people and ours. How is that related to Old Black now? I'm so happy!”
”Hah! You're delighted, but this opportunity didn't come by easily for Old Black… He's borrowed the Bound of Universe to set things up just to leverage on the providence to accomplish the Ninth Abyss, but instead, he became an enemy by your books… Old Black's done so much to make himself an enemy! This is too much…”
”Cough, this can still be negotiated. As long as he comes to me to apologize, I'll give it back to him. I'm benevolent and generous. I'm accepting. That's how a smart one behaves.”
”Hah!” The lady in white almost spat blood. ”Apologize? Did they offend you? It's you who've been finding fault with them all these years! You haven't taken enough advantage as well as finding troubles?”
”It's his fault anyway!” The voice over on the other side was vehement. ”Am I someone who simply finds fault with others and incurs random karma? The current situation is that he was wrong first! Since he's at fault, is it unreasonable that I want him to apologize?”
The white-dressed lady was stunned.