Chapter 1212: Never Peaceful (2/2)
”Will I still be me, after I die?”
”Is reincarnation real?”
”What about a thousand years later after I have died? Will I still exist?”
”In my life, I have my most beloved woman, my favorite children, grandchildren…I have so much to care…What will happen to them after I died? My most beloved girl, if reincarnation is real and I can live again, will you still recognize me? Will I still recognize you when we meet again?”
”The great terror between life and death…Death is not so terrifying. What I am truly frightened of is loosing all that I love. I can’t let it all go. The more I am afraid of losing, the more confused I get. The more confused I get, the more frightened I feel …”
Rock Dragon old man looked at Emperor Shun in the eyes, pointed at his own heart, and continued, ”But, it still shouldn’t happen. I have a chance to think now. No matter how badly I am terrified of death, I shouldn’t be helping those evil beings. I am dying now, but my mind is suddenly clear again. When did things start to change?”
Emperor Shun knitted his eyebrows. His eyes shone with a sharp light, as he asked in a deep voice, ”You…What can you remember?”
Rock Dragon old man remained silent for a long while, then raised his right hand with difficulty, weakly knocked on his forehead and said, ”Someone, someone erased some of my memories…Ah, how terrifying…Hehe, I thought that I am a powerful one, especially good at all kinds of soul magic…I am, always, always the one to do things to the others’ souls…But, I never thought that one day, someone would do things to me, yet I didn’t even know.”
”This, hmm, hehe…I am dying now, but I finally remembered.”
”My youngest granddaughter, that day, she brought back a lotus.” Rock Dragon old man looked at Emperor Shun, his lips twitching, ”A rare one, golden, with eighty-one petals. It was glowing and colorful. I had never seen a lotus like that before, so I planted it in a jade bowl, and looked at it every day and night.”
”Later on, someone told me that he has a supreme magic that can allow me to go beyond life and death, to live forever.”
”But how did he tell me that? And why did I believe him? How could I…Those sky devils, how did they find me?”
Rock Dragon old man’s voice turned weaker and weaker. Blood gushed out of his mouth. Soon, bits of smashed internal organs started spurting out of his mouth. He looked at Emperor Shun, reached out his hand, which was covered in blood, then gently patted on Emperor Shun’s cheek.
”Do you remember it? Back then, you were sent to me to learn fishing, farming, grazing…You were just a three-year-old kid…Shun, be careful, you must be careful…We human beings are the owners of the natural fortune, that means we can never live a peaceful life…Wolves, tigers, cruel and evil ones…Too many of them…”
Rock Dragon old man slightly trembled, then his body quickly turned cold and stiff. His life faded, so quickly.
Emperor Shun gazed at Rock Dragon old man’s face and murmured with a low voice, ”We are the owner of the natural fortune, so we can never live a peaceful life. Why? Why? Those wolves, tigers…”
Slowly putting down Rock Dragon old man’s body, Emperor Shun stood back up. His eyes had turned blood-red, while streams of purple mist rose, twisting around his body. The broad palace started quaking; hurricanes were raised, stirring the air and roaring shrilly.
”If we can never live a peaceful life, so can’t you!” Emperor Shun gritted his teeth and raised his head, roaring towards the sparkling dome, ”If we can never live a peaceful life, you shall never rest either! For what you have done to us, sooner or later, we will do it back to you!”
Following a sizzling noise, Rock Dragon old man’s body suddenly began burning.
Rock Dragon old man’s body quickly burned out, leaving a fist-sized golden lotus wrapped a hazy silhouette in it. It flashed up and seemed to dart away.