Chapter 0198 – How Easy Do You Think It Is – Absolute Returns

The power demon didn’t say what he always says:

“Nice try.”

Had my attempts, at last, succeeded? Or is he too lazy to perfume me anymore?

He was silent and turned his gaze to the ring. The two fighters, were battling bloodily on the stage, while the spectators below the stage, were shouting and cheering frantically.

“Here, it won’t change for decades.”

“Maybe, in the future, my son, will accompany your old man and come here to watch the game together.”

The power demon looked at me in surprise.

“You want to get married?”

“If I meet the right person, I’ll consider it.”

I certainly had no intention of getting married, but I gave a, common-sense answer anyway.

The power demon said seriously:

“If you don’t truly love each other, I advise you not to get married.”

I thought that he would say, as he did before, that in his life, he would never have friends or family. But instead he said, another reason.

“It’s so hard for someone as good as you to settle the heir issue peacefully, can your child, do it? Ordinary people, they can’t withstand this kind of pressure.”

He was both praising me and worrying about my offspring. More importantly, he was making the assumption that I had become a Heavenly Demon.

“I’ll consider it carefully.”

“Didn’t you say before that you wanted the bloodline of the Heavenly Demons to be severed in your generation?”

“So what? I’m dead anyway, so what the hell with the flood.”

Quan Demon looked at me with complicated eyes, as if to say, Only you, can say such words.

“Let’s go.”

“Good.”

Devil Quan took one last look at the ring, his eyes filled with complex emotions. In his life, will he ever come back here again? I don’t know, but I think he should be, treating it as a final farewell. He looked around, and in his eyes, there was a lingering feeling, but when he turned to leave, he did not hesitate, and walked out with large strides.

After leaving the underground boxing ring, we walked aimlessly through the streets. Quan Demon stopped asking me where I was going, and I stopped deliberately looking for a destination and just followed my feelings.

“Have you ever been lost?”

“No.”

“Neither have I.”

Perhaps that’s what makes this trip, so precious.

We, all of us, have never lived as we are now, as we want to live, never experienced, the joys of being disoriented.

“Right, I concede this bet, I lost.”

“No, I’m the one who lost.”

I was a bit surprised. Although he said “it’s okay”, it must have been hard for him to see the game being rigged, right?

“I had a great day, thank you, for bringing back the memories.”

What he really wanted to say would have been: thank you, for giving me the opportunity, to show you, what I really am.

“So, our battle for dignity is now tied one to one.”

“There’s always a winner and a loser.”

“That’s for sure.”

Demon Quan suddenly said:

“Before that, I want to go somewhere.”

It was the first time he had ever, of his own accord, gone anywhere.

“As long as it’s a place you want to go, even if it’s a mountain of daggers, I’ll accompany you!”

“Where we’re going, it’s not that scary, but you’d better put on more clothes.”

We said goodbye, the underground boxing ring that held the memories of Quan Demon’s youth, and walked in the direction of the setting sun.

After a long trek, Kwon Demon and I, finally arrived at the top of the snowy mountain.

“Hoo hoo hoo ……”

The wind roared and swept up the flying snow, covering the sky and the sun.

“Why are you here?”

The place where Quan Demon wanted to go was surprisingly this snowy mountain.

“This is the place where the last Power Demon, made me the heir.”

“Yes?”

This is something that I didn’t know about.

“Master and I, in fact, don’t get along. When it came to picking a successor, he originally wanted to pick another person. That person, although his martial arts skills were not as good as mine, he was very good at pleasing Master. Do you know why Master finally chose me?”

“Is it because of my father?”

“Yes, it’s because of the godfather.”

Back then, when father sent Quan Demon, into the East Fist Sect, he hadn’t yet become a Sect Leader. But when Quan Demon, officially became a Demon Sovereign, Father, had already become a Heavenly Demon.

The last power demon, naturally, had to look at his father’s face.

“You became a power demon because of my father.”

“Isn’t that something to be more proud of?”

“Pride?”

“How can the last Power Demon be compared to my father? My father had a discerning eye, and saw your potential from an obscure fighter. You did not fail him, and went from white boxing, to black boxing, and eventually became a Power Demon. You must believe in my father’s vision.”

“I once, too, thought that I was the Chosen One, the only one who could become a Power Demon. But now, I don’t know if the choice of the Sect Leader is right or wrong.”

“If his choice was wrong, the other Devas, would not have said that you are the most difficult Devas to deal with. You are a deservedly powerful demon.”

Quan Demon was silent, gazing out at the snowy landscape in the distance. Snow-capped and silver-clad, only by standing at the top of the mountain could one enjoy such a magnificent view.

I appreciate his honesty. If he had been stubborn, he would have become a stubborn stone and never been able to break through. Precisely because he knows how to reflect, I believe that he will be able to break the shackles of fate.

I said sincerely:

“At first, I was just curious as to what kind of person you really are. Later, I was attracted by your goal of ‘breaking the shackles of fate’ and wanted to be like you. But now, I prefer you as you are now.”

“The way I look now?”

“I think that the way you fought with those gangsters when you were young is the way you really were. When we get back, I’m going to tell all the Iron Fist disciples your story, so they’ll know what a great person their Master, is.”

“Have you said the same thing to the other Demon Lords?”

“I said things that were from my heart, things they wanted to hear, but couldn’t. Sure, I’ve said some compliments, after all, I want to be on good terms with them. But I’ve never told a lie, I’ve said what I wish people, would say to me.”

I looked at the power demon and said:

“You don’t hear that very often, do you?”

He taught so many disciples and managed so many congregations, yet he rarely heard, from the heart, praise.

“Such words …… are seldom said to me.”

In the future, will anyone say such things to me? Will they, after all I’ve done for them, remember me as good?

The power demon looked at me silently, and after a long time, he withdrew his gaze and looked away.

“What do you want to become a Heavenly Demon for? Do you want to unify the jiangsu?”

“On the contrary.”

“On the contrary?”