Chapter 0140 – Age of the Foolish Beasts – Absolute Return

The drunken demon’s face flushed red, not sure if it was from the booze, from the setting sun, or from the shame that had burned deep in his heart for years.

“I’ll have to have a couple more drinks.”

I was about to get up to say goodbye when I heard this and sat back down.

Of course I knew about what happened between the Blood Heavenly Demoness and the One Flower Sword Venerable, they used to fall in love with each other but ended without any success. But I never thought that the Drunken Devil would be involved.

“I used to drink and chat with Sword Zun a lot, and one time, he asked me if I knew the Blood Heavenly Demoness, and asked me if I knew what kind of person she was. I was very strange at the time, so I asked him why he suddenly asked about it. He said that the Blood Heavenly Devil had drawn a picture for him, and I asked him to show it to me. It was a painting of a lady, and the painting was of none other than Jian Zun, painted in a way that was a few points more beautiful than the real thing. As soon as I saw it, I knew that the Blood Heavenly Demoness had moved her heart towards Sword Zun.”

The Blood Heavenly Demoness in her youth would actually make a painting for someone else, and it was a picture of a lady that was pouring out her adoration, which was unimaginable.

“Since then, the Blood Sky Demoness has often approached Swordfather intentionally or unintentionally, asking him to drink tea one moment, and asking him to take a walk the next. Every time Swordfather came back, he would tell me about these things, do you know what I was feeling at that time?”

“It’s bad?”

“It’s more than unpleasant, it’s awful!”

“Could it be that you also like Swordfather, senior?”

“Not at first, it’s just that when I saw that the Blood Sky Demoness had moved on to him, I was inexplicably anxious in my heart. I originally thought that Swordfather liked the Sect Master, after all, the Sect Master was so good to him, and they were often inseparable. I thought I didn’t have a chance at all, but I didn’t expect ……”

I picked up the jug and filled a glass of wine for the drunken devil. He stared blankly at the glass as if remembering something.

“Once, when we were drinking, I couldn’t help but confess my love to Jianzun, but ……”

The drunken demon stopped abruptly, and I sighed, speaking for him.

“You are rejected.”

The drunken demon nodded slowly.

“He said the person he likes is the Blood Sky Witch.”

The Drunken Devil suddenly became agitated and slammed the table.

“How is this possible? How could he like that old and ugly Blood Sky Demoness? She’s so many years older than us!”

The Drunken Devil poured his heart out to me unreservedly back in the day.

“I was so angry that I didn’t sleep for days and nights, and I hated myself for being too impulsive to take advantage of the opportunity, and I hated myself even more for the embarrassment I showed when I was rejected.”

It was hard to imagine that this old and cunning drunken devil nowadays had such a simple side back then.

“Who hasn’t done a few stupid things in their youth?”

“Of course you didn’t!”

I did a lot of stupid things back in the day ……

“Just thinking about that makes me want to find a crack in the ground!”

The Drunken Devil stood up and paced back and forth in the pavilion, finally walking over to the railing and looking out over the dark lake for a long time.

“Since then, my heart twisted, and although I didn’t move on the surface, in my heart I thought of ways to break them up. However, things went against my wishes, and Swordfather’s love for the Blood Sky Demoness grew with each passing day.”

The Drunken Demon spoke as he lit the lantern in the pavilion, the firelight reflecting his gloomy face.

“One day, I passed by a green house and overheard the voice of the Blood Heavenly Demoness, who was drinking and chatting with a few people from the Southern Sword Sect. They chatted about Sword Zun, asking her how much she liked Sword Zun, if she had ever kissed, if she had ever gotten into bed …… These are all topics that men often talk about when they get together, but I was so enraged by what I heard that I couldn’t wait to rush in and beat the hell out of them!”

The drunken devil drank his glass in one gulp, and I accompanied him.

“I should have rushed in there and cussed them out!”

“Then why didn’t you do that?”

“I’m afraid that if I get impulsive, I’ll ruin myself.”

We all know that even if he did act impulsively, it wouldn’t be a big deal, and at most, he would be laughed at a few times.

“The next day, I found Swordfather and told him about this matter. In fact, I just wanted him to know that the Blood Heavenly Demoness had gone to the greenhouse, and I didn’t expect that I would add fuel to the fire and plant all those dirty words on the Blood Heavenly Demoness’s head. I told Swordfather that the Blood Heavenly Demoness was in the greenhouse showing off with others about kissing him …… My heart was beating so hard that I hated myself for doing such a despicable thing, but my mouth was uncontrollably saying those words.”

“Ka-ching!”

The drunken demon crushed the railing with one hand, his eyes filled with anger and remorse.

“Ever since then, the Swordfather and the Blood Sky Demoness quarreled a lot and finally parted ways.”

“Have you done anything similar since?”

The drunken devil shook his head.

“No, their relationship has broken down and will never be the same again. Instead, I’m now hoping they’ll make up so I can drink and chat with them in peace.”

“Have you thought about apologizing to them?”

“Thought so.”

“Then why don’t you go?”

“If it had been for any justifiable reason, I might have plucked up the courage to apologize, but I couldn’t begin to tell the truth. I can’t tell them that I did those despicable things because I was jealous. Perhaps, in my subconscious, I still wish they couldn’t be together.”

The drunken demon looked at me and smiled to himself.

“I am such a scumbag.”

“I know.”

“What?”

“Do you think that I would believe that you are some kind of decent person? You are clearly a devious and despicable ……”

“Enough!”

Annoyed, the drunken demon interrupted.

“It’s not like I did anything wrong! I just said a few words of truth! The Blood Heavenly Demoness did go to the greenhouse, and those words were indeed said by those men, and it’s not like I forced them to say it! I ……”

I suddenly realized that over the years, the ones who had truly suffered were perhaps not the Blood Sky Demoness and the One Flower Sword Venerable, but the Drunken Demon himself.

“You’re right, if they really love each other, they won’t separate just because of a few idle words. Even without your presence, they would have broken up for other reasons.”

“Right! That’s right!”

When the drunken devil heard my words, he immediately came to life and walked over to me, excitedly patting my shoulder.

“But when they did break up, I wasn’t happy about it at all.”

“Why?”

“Swordfather once told me that you wanted them to be your right-hand men.”

“So, do you want to come and clip my wings, or do you want to help me put them back on?”

The drunken devil shook his head.