1428 The Last Tea Meeting (1/2)
The man in black clothes didn't sound as calm as earlier. It seemed he was begging, begging painfully.
It seemed the name Prime Master Yue was giving him an unbearable pain!
Ye Xiao's eyes looked painful too.
He nodded and said, ”I see. I understand. I will remember!”
The man in black clothes made a long sigh of relief as if he had finally gotten something he wanted for a long time. ”Good. Good. Great!”
He quietly turned around and walked aside toward somewhere a man in black clothes landed.
As he walked over step by step, he saw a suit of black clothes on the floor. A strange look filled his eyes, sadness, relief, console, desperation…
The black clothes were the only things left.
The blood and fresh inside the clothes were all gone.
The dead body was melted into nothing at the moment when the man landed on the floor.
Ye Xiao was stunned. It wasn't until this moment that he realized how overwhelming the Life Cage could be. After the cultivators performed this technique, they had given up everything of themselves, including their blood, soul, and flesh. Everything of them had become the purest energy in the world.
Not even a hair of them was left!
It was indeed the ultimate restraint technique, the legendary martial art!
The man in black clothes was quiet, but he didn't stop moving. He kept walking ahead, while Ye Xiao was following after step by step. He saw all the twelve sets of black clothes that were lying on the floor at different spots.
Twelve sets of clothes were all that had left, nothing lively anymore!
”Hah hah hah…” The man in black clothes suddenly burst into an extremely sorrowful laugh.
Ye Xiao made a long helpless sigh.
As Ye Xiao could remember, Yue Changtian was such an elegant gentleman, who was powerful and also righteous. He had never seen Yue Changtian being so awkward. That was why he felt so sorry about it, but also realized Yue Changtian's determination to what he was going to do and the loyalty to his own sect!
The next moment, the man in black clothes raised up his hand. Two chairs and a table showed up from nothing all of a sudden. In a familiar tone, he talked to Ye Xiao, said, ”Now, it is time for you and I to have a good talk about it.
”Hmm. Not to talk about it… You just listen to me. I will do all the talking.”
He said, ”Just listen. When I am speaking, please do not interrupt.”
Ye Xiao's eyes were full of complicated emotion.
”Have a seat.” The man in black clothes seemed to be casual and polite now. As he pointed at a chair, he took a seat on the other chair. After that, he took out a set of teacups and teapot, started to make tea.
He really was casual and leisure. When he was making tea, he was so concentrated, elegant, and gentle.
”This tea meeting must be the last time for me to make some tea and have some tea.” He said, gently in a low voice.
”Life is just like a tea meeting.
”A meeting always goes to an end.
”My meeting is going to end.
”Yesterday, even just now, I felt regret that there were so many things that I yet have done. However, at this very moment, everything naturally took a place. Perhaps you don't know. Maybe you don't believe it. I assure you, that I can't be more peaceful and calm at the moment.”
Ye Xiao quietly sat opposite to him, silently listening to him.
He didn't speak, not only because Yue Changtian didn't want him to… He just didn't want to interrupt.
This was very likely the last time Yue Changtian talked.
He understood how Yue Changtian felt, so he just listened, quietly and patiently listened.
”With your brilliant sight, I believe you could see that the twelve men in black clothes just now were not all disciples of the Cold Moon Palace.” Yue Changtian, the man in black clothes with mask, slowly said, ”What happened that day… We were invited to the West Hall to discuss about the great plan of fighting against the secret organization—at least we thought it was a great plan…
”What a surprise! When we arrived, we got restrained for no reason… When we woke up, we were already deeply under their control. It was impossible to get away from the manipulation. As we all had lost our freedom, we finally realized that the West Hall, the world's most influential sect, is the main base of the secret organization.
”The Master they call, the biggest demon of the secret organization, is very likely a member of the West Hall too. In my opinion, that head demon is in all probability the first prime master of the West Hall, the world's most powerful cultivator in the old days, Zong Yuankai!
”However, it was done. There were nothing we could do anymore. We were regretful, but we couldn't stop.
”What happened to us… It was not only physical, also mental. Our minds were under their control. We, the superior figures who were high upon ordinary cultivators, suddenly became slaves to some demonic creatures!
”As superior cultivators in different influential sects, we all have our bottom lines. Most of us have thought about killing ourselves, to avoid bring shame and disgrace to our own sects. However, under the head demon's control, we can't do as we wish. We couldn't even kill ourselves… Under that circumstance, some were forced, some lost their conscience. Many people have caved to the organization, become tools to the demonic creatures. We ourselves have become demonic creatures already.
”Even people like me, we changed. We didn't cooperate this much in the beginning, but then we had to do as they say. In the end, we were totally their dogs. I believe we were trying to earn their trust. That is why we did those things. We tried to complete the missions as fast as we could… We have to send the message out to tell the world the information we got.
”There is nothing we didn't do… No matter how disgusting it was, how brutal or inhuman it was… we did what they asked. In fact, sometimes we did more than they asked us to do to earn their trust… I don't think I can ever speak of what they were.”
Yue Changtian shook his head. In his eyes, there was indescribable extreme pain. He couldn't endure remembering those things he had done.