Chapter 897: Is this your disappointment? (1/2)
Was Bai Yuqiao still alive? Blacktower was already in ruins by now.
Ning Cheng gave a cold snort. “She’s dead!”
“Then I’ll count the debt on your shoulders. Exchange it with your life!” Bai Yanqing’s gaze grew fierce as he focused on Ning Cheng, completely ignoring the two other “strangers” on the sidelines.
It had to be said that this was Long Feiye and Han Yunxi’s first time being so thoroughly underestimated.
“One man’s deeds are one man’s responsibility!” Ning Cheng ignored the couple as well as he raised his chin and looked coldly at Bai Yanqing. “Bai Yanqing, you and I are both clan heads. Do you dare to toss your poison arts aside and fight me in a one-on-one duel?”
Ning Cheng’s plan could count as a failure, so his biggest ace now was the Pear Blossom Rain needles. No matter how despicable he got, he had to find the best chance to assassinate Bai Yanqing. Otherwise, the old man would find him no end of trouble afterwards.
“Duel?” Bai Yanqing laughed coldly, but he actually agreed. “Alright, then!”
Seeing the two of them about to fight, Han Yunxi immediately stopped them with a cold voice. “Ning Cheng, to the side! Bai Yanqing’s life is mine!”
She had used her real voice, which startled both Ning Cheng and Bai Yanqing into looking back.
“You!”
“Princess!”
Bai Yanqing had always assumed that Long Feiye and Han Yunxi were lovers turned enemies, but Ning Cheng could guess at a glance that the masked man was Long Feiye.
“Princess, what’s happened to your legs? Did Long Feiye do something to you?” Ning Cheng raged.
Long Feiye tore off his mask with an icy face as he answered him. “What do I to her is none of your concern!”
Ning Cheng was furious, but in the end he didn’t move. He hadn’t lost his wits to the point of arguing with Long Feiye in front of Bai Yanqing. Bai Yanqing only saw Long Feiye holding Han Yunxi in disbelief. Why are the two of them still together? Why?
He used up all that effort and all those schemes to make them into hated foes! How could they…
“The East Qin crown prince and West Qin princess are actually in love with each other. Haha, that’s hilarious!” Bai Yanqing laughed out loud. He looked towards Ning Cheng and laughed even louder. “Ning Clan Head, do you see this? The Di Clan paid such a huge price for the sake of reviving West Qin, and yet its princess still made up with the East Qin crown prince!”
Ning Cheng’s unpleasant expression turned even gloomier at his words.
“Ning Cheng, you spent so much effort to ambush this old man. But that person doesn’t appreciate a whit of it! Oh that’s right, has Han Yunxi come to help Long Feiye kill me?” As Bai Yanqing spoke, he gave Ning Cheng a disdainful look. Each and every one of his words were calculated for his ears. He strode over and sighed. “Ning Clan Head, you couldn’t have betrayed the West Qin like this old man, could you?”
“I did not!” Ning Cheng fumed. That was the one thing he couldn’t bear.
“Then why is the West Qin princess nestled in the East Qin prince’s embrace instead of helping you? Hehe, you should know that she’s the only person in the world who can contend against this old man!” Bai Yanqing stated.
Ning Cheng had no retorts, but he had already lowered his head to stand there like a punished child waiting for a scolding. But where was he wrong? Just what were his mistakes?
“Ning Cheng, you’re too pathetic. This old man won’t cause you any troubles, either. You should go back! Haha! A smile erases all debts, why are you still fussing over this?”
Under Bai Yanqing’s mocking tone, Ning Cheng remained unmoving even as his right hand clenched into a fist. Was he really fussing over nothing? Was he the only one who cared?
Three generations of the the Di Clan had all worried over the same thing! He asked himself whether he was truly dedicated to the cause reviving the nation. He had taken upon this task when he was in his teens and spent his entire life living for this goal, suffering all the while. Was he doing all this because he wanted to?
The answer he gave himself was ‘Yes!’ Since childhood, he had read up on West Qin’s history and worshipped its royal clan. He yearned for its days as a nation and looked forward to the day when his personally commanded troops could end up protecting its own country!
The Di Clan was home, while West Qin was a country. Hearth and nation made up his everything. All those lonely years fighting battles had only been possible with his faith in his homeland carrying him through. Who could take it otherwise? But today he was standing here alone, being mocked by Bai Yanqing. He sneered not just at him, but the entire Di Clan. Was it really Bai Yanqing’s disdain? No! This was the mockery that Long Feiye and Han Yunxi’s actions had resulted against him.