Chapter 961: It’s enough if she has no regrets (1/2)
Regret it?
Han Yunxi’s first reaction was to shake her head. She had decided on this course of action back at Three-Way Black Market and persisted until now. Although it looked like they’d made a mistake, she didn’t regret it, nor did she want to! When she first found out about Long Feiye’s past, she had made her voice. Her only thought was to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with him under the light. This man was unsurpassable in both civil skills and military strategy; moreover, his lofty thoughts were without compare. No one could imagine the amount of bitterness he’d suffered on his path to maturity.
She loved him, respected him, and ached for him.
A man like him shouldn’t be bound by the fetters of hatred and live only for East Qin’s sake. He should live for himself. Whether it was a dream or wild scheme, he had the right to walk farther and fly higher. She didn’t want the enmity between East and West Qin to drag him down, much less see him yield again and again for her sake. She wanted to be his strength, not his obstacle.
Under these circumstances, the trap at Hundred Poisons Sect had been their best chance. If they’d missed it, she couldn’t imagine how long he’d have to wait again. Perhaps they would have had to separate once they left Hundred Poisons Sect.
Seeing Han Yunxi shake her head still seeming lacking to Long Feiye, so he looked at her and asked seriously, “Answer me.”
Han Yunxi staked it out and said loudly, “I don’t regret it! There wasn’t any enmity between East and West Qin to begin with. You and I will never be separated by hatred!”
Long Feiye was waiting for those very words. He pulled Han Yunxi close and held her tight before letting go. As long as she didn’t regret it, it was enough. Couldn’t he clean up any mess she left behind? Now that Gu Beiyue was back, even Bai Yanqing wouldn’t be able to affect the continent he’d soon conquer.
Long Feiye said, “We don’t need the truth. We only need an opportunity to work together. The world is full of people with their own version of accounts. Even if Bai Yanqing shows himself and exposes us, what of it? It’s unlikely whether the people would believe him.”
He turned and ordered the shadow guard, “Send orders to spread word that Bai Yanqing didn’t die from a stab to the heart. He faked his death and ran away.”
Gu Beiyue’s taut expression finally relaxed at Long Feiye’s words as he smiled. When it came to trickery and tactics, Long Feiye was the superior foe. By striking first, he gained a preemptive move to catch Bai Yanqing unawares! It was unlikely anyone would believe them if they waited until Bai Yanqing showed himself first. However, if they spread rumors now and said he’d faked his death, then any unmasking by the man would still leave most of the public on their side.
Moreover, Long Feiye had emphasized his stab wound through the heart. Most likely, that would send all of Cloud Realm Continent astir! With Bai Yanqing’s background as a Poison Sect heir, the people of the world would easily think of the legendary Poison Gu humans. The Poison Sect had become the enemy of the world just because of this research, much less a man in Bai Yanqing’s situation. No matter whether he was a Poison Gu human or otherwise, everyone would fear him, hate him, and mistrust him!
Han Yunxi’s heart settled back into her chest as well. It had to be said that Long Feiye’s latest move was absolutely ruthless. She could almost imagine how lively Cloud Realm Continent would become once the news hit.
As the Poison Sect leader, I should “follow along with the crowd,” she mused.
“Send orders to the Poison Sect and have Bai Yanqing stricken from the records of the bloodline’s descendants,” Han Yunxi instructed.
A poison guard hesitated before asking, “Princess, is that it?”
“That’s it. No need to say anymore, leave it for the masses to guess!” Han Yunxi was suddenly feeling a lot cheerier. Like this, she wouldn’t have to shoulder the burden of “patricide” anymore.
Both her and Bai Yanqing were descended from the Poison Sect’s main bloodline, so people would naturally suspect their relations. If she used her status as sect leader to strike him from the records now, it would prevent his bad reputation from affecting the newly restored Poison Sect and give her a reason to interrogate him if he came claiming her as his daughter again. She didn’t mind placing righteousness before family and publicly renouncing relations with Bai Yanqing.
“Your Highness, princess, the most important task now is to stabilize the Di Clan. Next is finding a way to defeat the Poison Gu human! Since a formula for a complete specimen exists, there must be another that counters it!” Gu Beiyue declared.
Long Feiye and Han Yunxi agreed with him. After consideration, they decided that it was more important to find the formula rather than quell the Di Clan first. They hadn’t felt threatened before this revelation, but the truth only left them frightened in hindsight. Truthfully speaking, even the two of them combined were no match for him! Bai Yanqing had been hiding his true strength from the start, most likely because he didn’t want to be targeted by the rest of the world.
How many people in the world wanted to live forever and never die? But if such a person actually existed, wasn’t he terrifying as well? Who wouldn’t want to destroy him in exchange? Even those powerful factions would try hard to destroy him if they couldn’t have him for themselves. A freak like this not only threatened the safety of the common people, but the regimes of the reigning monarchs.
“Have Kangan Private Bank apply pressure on the Di Clan for now to test them out,” Long Feiye added. Although Myriad Merchant Hall had no idea that Long Feiye owned Kangan Private Bank, they all knew of its close relations with Han Yunxi.