Chapter 0191 – I Heard You Say Only One Thing – Absolute Returns

by GreatBrother(위대한 다오 형제)

I walked over to him and stood alongside him.

"You look tired."

Hearing my words, Jian Wuya’s gaze moved away from the moon and landed on me.

"Yeah? There’s been a lot going on lately. How about you? How have you been?"

His tone was much softer than usual. I could sense that he was trying to restrain himself, the more he was in a difficult situation.

In a way, I feel a little guilty. My rebirth had indeed brought many twists and turns to his life. This battle was doomed from the start, how was he, in his early twenties, a match for me? What’s more, after being reborn, my strength has continued to increase.

But, Brother, we can’t live in the past forever. If we stay the same, only death awaits us.

"You’re concerned about me meeting with the demon of power?"

"To say I don’t care would be a lie."

"I’ve recently gotten hooked on boxing, can you believe it?"

"Do you think I’ll believe that?"

"You shouldn’t always cultivate alone, go and walk around with the other Devas more often. You can go and chat with the Blood Sky Demoness or go and drink with the Drunken Demon. I won’t mind."

"You are quite confident. You’ve only pulled a few people together and you think you’re assured of victory? As an elder brother, I would like to advise you not to think too simply of the Demon Zuns. Just because they’re smiling at you now, doesn’t mean they really consider you as one of their own. Until the last moment, you will never know what kind of choice they will make."

I looked at him, the corners of my mouth turning up slightly.

"Are you mocking me?"

"No, I’m just a little emotional. How long has it been since you’ve spoken to me in such a serious tone? Seems like a long time ago."

Jian Wuya turned his head and looked at the courtyard wall under the moonlight.

It was as if there was an invisible barrier between us that was higher and thicker than this wall.

"The power demon said he would support you, and he said father should feel the same way."

Jian Wuya’s body shook violently when he heard this.

"Really?"

"Uh-huh."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Big brother, I’m a person who has always disliked mouths. If others are kind to me, I will naturally be kind to others."

I finally said the words that were buried in my heart.

"Do you know why I insist on competing with you peacefully instead of sword fighting?"

"Why?"

Jian Wuya’s tone was filled with doubt.

"When you were a child, you did do something to wrong me. You made me fear the jianghu from a young age, and even wanted to run away from it all at one point. At that time, whenever I heard the word ‘jianghu’, I would get scared and retreat."

This is the first time I’ve brought up this matter in front of him. Sword Wu Ya’s pupils trembled slightly, it seems that he didn’t realize that I had already noticed what he had done. It’s no wonder that he did it so covertly in the first place, on the surface he was looking out for me in every way, but in reality, he was pushing me into the abyss step by step.

He didn’t deny it.

"Then you should get back at me, why did you choose to compete peacefully?"

"Because you’re not so bad."

"!"

"If you were really bad to the bone, you would have just killed me in the first place, or wasted my dantian, and used every means to stop me. But you didn’t, you just wanted me to know what to do and didn’t think of taking my life. You just did something bad that was within the range of what I could understand and accept. You were still young at that time, so I can forgive you."

The more important reason, of course, was that my father wanted us to be brothers in harmony.

"You …… you’re unbelievable!"

Sword Wu Ya burst out in a rare foul language, obviously shocked by my words. Perhaps at this moment, his heart was also engaged in a fierce battle of thoughts.

‘What would you have done if you hadn’t been sure of becoming the heir in the first place? Would you have stopped there? Would you have willingly handed over the position of heir?”

What kind of a person is he?

In fact, even I myself cannot give an answer. After all, things have already passed, and no one can predict what kind of choice he would have made back then, in that situation.

"But don’t take it lightly. You and I are both standing on the edge of a cliff now, and if we are not careful, we will be doomed. As I said, I want to win you in a dignified manner, if I kill you, even if I sit on the Sect Leader’s seat, I won’t be able to gain the sincere support of the Demon Elders. The same goes for you, if you win me by despicable means, they won’t sincerely submit to you either. Don’t forget that the Demon Elders have been secretly observing us."

Jian Wuya was silent for a long time before he suddenly opened his mouth and asked:

"When did you become so talkative? You weren’t like this when you were a kid."

"It’s probably all the internal energy that’s being used to train your mouth."

"It’s not funny."

For the first time, I talked to him in this way. Did the thick wall between us loosen a tiny bit as a result? I don’t know, but I hope that my words touched him.

"Now that the conversation has been opened, I’ll say one more thing. Who says that in a power struggle, brothers must turn against each other? Who says we must fight to the death? Why should we be swayed by those vulgar examples and suspicions?"

I walked up to him and looked him straight in the eye, word for word:

"So stop imagining things. If you’re worried that I’m going to kill you, then come to me. Look into my eyes and you’ll realize that I won’t do that. Don’t take what happened today to heart, and don’t feel like you’ve lost. Think of it as my brother me suddenly becoming articulate, that’s all. Don’t be impulsive, and don’t rush into decisions!"

After I finished speaking in one breath, Jian Wuya finally couldn’t help but explode.

"Brat! Do you know you’re annoying? You said you’d only say one sentence, but you ended up saying so much! You’re the one who should come to me! You little brat, who are you to lecture me!"

After that, he left the yard in a huff.

Brother. You’re giving me a headache, and what’s wrong with me when it comes to you? Compared to father, compared to the Eight Devils, you are the one I have the hardest time dealing with.

I stood still, looking in the direction he had left, with mixed feelings.

"All family members are enemies," the words of the Blood Sky Demoness echoed in his ears again.

The next few days were devoted to intense practice.

Cultivating during the day and also at night, he hated to use all his time to improve his strength.

And just like that, a few days went by in a flash.

This night we were having our usual late night practice.

I’m mimicking the movements of the power demon and practicing my punches.

Suddenly, the sound of breaking wind rang out.

Power Demon’s fist, without warning, came at my face.

The seemingly missed punch was a hidden kill shot.

"Bang!"

My fist collided with his in mid-air with a muffled thud.

Li An and Chansuhee were startled by the sudden noise and hurriedly looked towards us.

We stayed in our punching stance, with our fists facing each other, and didn’t move a muscle.

"Sorry, just got carried away."

"Human nature."

"Well? Since we’ve moved on, why don’t we spar?"

"Your offer is tempting, but I decline."

I had anticipated that sooner or later he would be unable to resist and challenge me. His desire to fight me was no less than my desire to learn his martial arts.

"If you refuse, then turn around and don’t look at me like that."

Being watched like this was probably a first for him.

I began to scrutinize him in earnest. Starting with his fists, to his eyes, and finally, my gaze fell on his face.

"I realized that looking at you a few more times, you’re not so scary."

As Devil Quan sniffed, he revealed a hint of a crying expression and shook his head as he began to organize his clothes, as if he intended to end his cultivation for the day.

As soon as he turned around, Li An and Chansuhee surrounded him on the left and right.

"Gongzi, you’re lying again!"

"Obviously the more you look at it, the scarier it gets, okay?"

I couldn’t help but laugh at their serious banter.

My gaze, followed the far away back of the Power Demon. He was alone, walking towards the darkness, his broad back, looking a bit forlorn.

For some reason, my gaze, always unable to stay on his face for too long. Instead, his slightly lonely back, always inadvertently, overlapped with the figure of that person in my memory.

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