Chapter 0164 – Willow Darkness – The Absolute Return

by GreatBrother(위대한 다오 형제)

"Do you know why Miss Chin is avoiding you?"

"Why?"

" Miss Qin is a person who seeks freedom, yet you forced her to marry you, of course she would rebel. The reason why she rejected you and fell in love with me is because of this rebellious mentality."

Hearing these words, Zhao Xin’s face, immediately eased a lot. It turns out that she doesn’t hate me, but hates being forced into marriage.

"She told you herself?"

"Do we need her to say such things? I can think of it with my toes."

"So what am I going to do?"

"Right now, she’s preparing for the ‘Subterranean Dragon Battle’ at full strength, and you pushing for a marriage at this time will only make her resent it even more. You should support her, encourage her, and let her compete without fear."

Zhao Xin nodded, as if he had never thought about this. Selfish people like him were always self-centered and never considered the feelings of others.

"You go cheer her up."

"Cheer up? Should I send her flowers and gifts then?"

"It’s not time yet, she’s only just made it to the final eight and you’ll only make her feel pressured if you give her a gift. You just need to verbally encourage her."

"Then I’m going to have to go ahead and prepare my gift for winning the championship."

"You are so smart! Highly skilled in martial arts, a distinguished family, and handsome in appearance, you are simply perfect. As long as you use the right method, Miss Qin will definitely not reject you."

Hearing my bragging, Zhao Xin was instantly enraptured, but the look he gave me was still filled with murderous intent. He must have been fantasizing about how he would break me into pieces after the deed was done.

"You cunning fellow! If Miss Qin sees your true colors, she will definitely be scared off by you."

"Don’t forget my 100,000 taels of silver!" I said to Zhao Xin who got up to leave.

The day I disappear from the Wulin League, this future "hypocrite" will also disappear from this world.

Because, the moment Qin Xia Ling reached out her hand to a guard and said she wanted to be friends with him, what she grabbed was not just a hand, but a whole new life.

Two days later, the eight-team tournament was held as scheduled, and Xu DaLong won the tournament with great difficulty.

However, in the course of the match, he was stabbed in the shoulder by his opponent’s sword, and blood stained his lapel.

The staff rushed to carry him to the medical tent on the sidelines and I ran after them.

"If I die, please tell my brothers that Xu Da Long died in battle and has no regrets!" Xu DaLong lay on the stretcher and sent me a voice message.

"Any more last words, hurry up and say them. In your place, let Mr. Zhang take over?"

"No!"

"So who’s it going to be? Liam?"

"No!"

"So, who do you think, let’s have it?"

"Even if I become a ghost, I won’t give up this position!"

The physician quickly treated his wounds.

Fortunately, no tendons were injured, but the wound was deep and required some time of recuperation.

Back at the inn, I told Xu Dalong to sit down.

"Give me your hand."

"Oh."

I injected a stream of true qi, slowly into his body, traveling along his meridians and eventually converging on the wound, nourishing the damaged meridians and muscles. Doing so could greatly speed up the recovery of the injuries.

"Much better, thank you."

"Don’t worry, I’ve already checked, your wounds didn’t hurt any vitals or bones."

With Xu Dalong’s strength, being able to enter the top eight was already the limit. This time, he was able to win solely through luck, talent, and desperate effort.

But he seems to want to keep the challenge going.

"Can I still play in the next game?"

I knew what he was going to say, so, on purpose, I didn’t stop him.

"Of course I’m going to participate, even if I have my arm in a sling with bandages! Even if my arm is ruined, I have to attend! This is a major event that relates to whether I can become the Demon Sect Master or not!"

However, Xu Dalong’s reaction was out of my expectation.

"Good."

He actually said yes? I jumped at once.

"How could you say yes? You’re supposed to say ‘no’, how is the race more important than your arm? You should have argued with me!"

"But this is so important."

"What is it? Isn’t it just a game? What’s so important?"

"It’s not a competition, it’s your position as Sect Leader! I have to win in order to help you track down the Divine Order!"

I looked at him quietly, his eyes, full of loyalty and passion, but he eventually avoided my gaze.

"Is this your way, to escape reality?"

"You saw through it?"

"Of course, you’re acting so contrary. You’re the one who wouldn’t even give up your arm if the sky was falling."

"That’s for sure, even if the martial arts forest is destroyed, my arm can’t be okay! Xu Da Long, you’re really great! It’s so awesome! Entering the top four is already amazing! Kudos to you!"

Listening to his boasting, I couldn’t help but laugh, and Xu Dalong followed suit, but as he laughed, he screamed in pain.

"Ouch! It hurts me so much! Don’t tease me!"

"Who told you to show off? Get some rest."

I turned around and was about to leave when Xu Dalong suddenly called out to me.

"Really?"

This time, his tone, unusually serious. I knew that he really wanted to continue in the competition.

"No."

"It’s not just for the sake of your Sect Leader position, but also for myself. During this time, I’ve been participating in tournaments and I’ve been feeling a lot of emotions, and I want to challenge myself to the limit."

In the room, a silence fell.

"Investigator Xu, this road, once you step on it, it’s hard to turn back."

"What road?"

"It’s the way you say, the way to get in the ring even with your arm in a bandage. The way to keep going even if you’re bruised all over, even if you have trouble with your legs, even if you can only see out of one eye."

At first, in order to find the last material for refining the "Great Law", I, too, had traveled this road.

I’ve been down this road before, so, I want to stop him; but I know what it means, so, I can’t stop him.

Once he gets a taste of this path, he’ll never be able to go back in time and be a peaceful Yellow Springs Court investigator.

"At least, this time, I want to try."

"Even if you weren’t injured, it would be difficult to defeat your opponent in the next round."

"Please point me in the right direction."

"If you insist on showing off, your arm, it’s really ruined."

"Then I’ll find another arm, ah, no, it should be the left."

"You could have been hurt worse."

"Then take the opportunity to rest for a while."

The determination in Xu Dalong’s eyes is the same as the one I had back then.

"In that case, don’t freeze."

Xu Dalong stood up violently.

"Your fate, as always, takes a turn at the inn."

"And you, always, will be there for me."

Did the twist of fate really have anything to do with me, with the inn? No, it was because of this stubborn little man, his determination to never give up.

I took him and walked out of the inn.

"Hellish Cultivation, starting now!" Xu Dalong shouted combatively.

"We’re not going there." I stopped him and pointed in the opposite direction, "Let’s go to the other place first."

I took him and went to the Central Plains Money Bank and took out half a million taels of silver.

"What are you withdrawing so much money for?"

"We don’t go to hell, hellish training will only hurt you more."

"So where are we going?"

"Elysium."

Looking at the surprised Xu Dalong, I revealed a meaningful smile.

“We’re going to Elysium, an extremely expensive world to enter.”

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