836 The Final Battle At Tianxuan Cliff 18 (1/2)
None of his friends and families in Tiantang City could rival the opponent before him. If he could escape from this battle with the intention of seeking revenge afterward by assassinating everyone related to Yun Yang, there would be no lucky exceptions!
Furthermore, the whole Empire of Yutang could break apart and collapse from this man's retaliatory wrath!
Yun Yang had never denied the intelligence and capability that Mr. Nian possessed. He was a brilliant talent, the crème of the crop! Perhaps, in comparison to Ling Xiaozui and Dugu Chou, the two generations of the Unrivaled Experts, Mr. Nian was a more qualified Unrivaled Expert.
”Since Lord Supreme Cloud's initial plan is to uproot all things, why are you asking if I'm fighting? Isn't this uncalled for?”
Intense hatred poured from Mr. Nian's gaze. ”To me, even if Lord Supreme Cloud relents and ceases to fight, even if you wish to forget everything and seek reconciliation, it's impossible!”
His finger pointed, his teeth clenched. ”The blood debt of Supreme Cloud's brothers is always on your mind. Today, the remains of the Four Seasons Tower's brothers still lie exposed in the open! Their blood has yet to dry, their eyes – they're still staring at me!”
”If I don't avenge their deaths, what dignity do I have to continue leading the Four Seasons Tower?”
Yun Yang replied in a distant tone, ”What is your intention by coming over here now, then? To openly provoke me? Or perhaps you're here just to tell me this?”
”The brawls of the martial world result in deaths. This is the case – this has always been the case. Being killed because one is weaker, all the more is a martial artist's final destination. There's no dispute about this.”
Mr. Nian said, ”However, the many years of comradeship…”
There was a pause and a hint of a sob in his voice but it was suppressed immediately. He looked up into the sky and recounted, ”How many cycles of spring and autumn, how many cycles of peace and turbulence… In retrospect, the least time among these brothers spent with me sums up to one thousand and two hundred years…”
”Among them, when the bearers of the four seasons just got to know me… was three thousand years ago…”
”They've died fighting, but I'm still alive. Maybe I'll die too not too long from now. However, as long as someone from the Four Seasons Tower still lives on, we'd never allow our brothers to die and be left out in the open so pitifully!”
”You've come to collect their corpses? So that they can rest in peace?” Yun Yang blurted in realization.
Mr. Nian answered darkly, ”Exactly. We're brothers. I must collect their corpses. In addition, I want to collect God's Bones!”
”God's Bones…” Yun Yang was deep in thought with a frown on his forehead, a thought suddenly bubbling in his mind.
”I'll bury them as fast as I can so that they can rest in peace. Early morning tomorrow, you and I will fight the ultimate battle and end this war once and for all!” Mr. Nian said in a low tone and laughed forlornly, saying, ”I think… Lord Supreme Cloud won't be so heartless as to not allow this little window of time, will you?”
Yun Yang answered faintly, ”You're here today to bury them, but I wonder when you lie lifeless here soon, who'll be present to bury you?”
”I believe Lord Supreme Cloud would not have my corpse exposed to the wilderness,” replied Mr. Nian with a chuckle.
Yun Yang kept silent for a beat.
Rationally, his first instinct was to disallow Mr. Nian from collecting the dead bodies; it was a cultivator's instinct that automatically reminded him that doing so would put him in utter danger. However, Mr. Nian's request was justified; it was reasonable and logical. It could hardly be rejected.