Chapter 0246 – Memories of Childhood – Absolute Returns

“I want to play a little longer.” Jian Wuji said.

“Let’s play a little longer then.” Marble nodded.

He pinned all his hopes on changing Sword Wuji’s mind.

“However, we have to get out of here. I don’t want to wander around the Thousand Poison Forest, which is filled with poisonous insects, without the Poison King accompanying us.”

“Good.”

Jian Wu Ji and Marble returned the way they came.

After the Poison King left, Marble obviously relaxed a lot. It seemed that he also felt tired of spending time with the Poison King.

“Thank you.” Jian Wuji suddenly said.

“Thank me for what?” Marble asked, puzzled.

“Thank you for making a point of coming here to see me.”

“I see you’ve been in a bad mood lately, so ……”

“I swam, walked, and played games today, and I feel much better. How about you? Did you have fun today?”

“I’m happy too.”

However, Marble’s mood was not as relaxed as he claimed. After the Poison King also openly expressed his support for Jian Wuji, the anxiety in his heart became even stronger. Now, he was left with only one last way, and that was to change Jian Wuji’s mind and make him voluntarily give up on inheriting the Sect Leader position.

“It’s only those who can play that can play, I had wanted to have a good day with you today, but I didn’t expect it to be so difficult.” Jian Wuji said frankly.

“You’re young, so of course you think play means running around and making a mess. For people like me who are older, rest is the best way to have fun.” Marble said.

He stops and looks up at the sky, “I haven’t relaxed like this in a long time.”

From the way Marble looked at the sky, it was clear that he had been living under a great deal of stress. It was as if he had surfaced from the deep sea, and it was hard for him to get a breath of fresh air. In the past, he had always followed behind Jian Wu Yang, sneering and sneering, with a sinister and cunning look, but now it seemed that he was nothing more than a poor man.

“Senior Poison King always advises me to rest when I’m tired.” Jian Wuji said.

Marble looked at Jian Wu Ji and asked, “Do I look tired?”

“I think that you must have suffered a lot.” Jian Wuji said seriously.

It wasn’t flattery, but he meant it.

“You worked hard.”

Marble thought that Jian Wuji was flattering him, but his eyes told him that Jian Wuji was serious.

Jian Wuji had been trying to do one thing recently:

Say whatever comes to mind and don’t keep what you want to say to yourself.

He knew that Marble must have wanted someone to understand how hard it was for him as well, and that’s why he said what he said.

“Marble, you’ve worked hard.” Jian Wuji said silently in his heart.

Marble could feel Jian Wuji’s sincerity.

He tried to restrain himself, but there was a flash of emotion in his eyes.

“Damn!” Marble cursed in his mind, “This kid, at such a young age, how did he get such deep eyes?”

Marble continued to walk forward, and Jian Wuji silently followed behind him.

The two walked for a long time without speaking.

They came to a scenic spot and stopped.

“Let’s rest here for a while.” Jian Wuji said.

“Good.”

Jian Wuji took off his shoes and dipped his feet into the clear stream.

“It’s so comfortable, come and try it too.” Jian Wuji greeted.

“Aren’t you afraid?” Marble asked.

“Afraid of what?”

“The Forest of a Thousand Poisons is filled with poisons, how do you know that there are no poisons in this stream?”

“I’ve heard Elder Poison King say that there are no poisons in flowing streams. You should quickly come down.”

“No need.”

“When was the last time you played in the stream?”

Marble couldn’t remember much. He never seemed to have played in the stream except as a child. Could it be that he had really never played?

“This is my wish, so please accompany me for a while.” Jian Wuji pleaded.

“Don’t you have any other wishes?”

“I think I can brag to others in the future that I played in the stream with Lord Marble back then, took walks together, and raced together to find poisonous herbs.” Jian Wu Ji said with a smile.

Marble cries, “I used to only play in bloodshed, it’s nice to enjoy that once in a while.”

Jian Wu Ji pulled Marble to the streamside without any further ado, helped him take off his shoes, and let him put his feet into the water. Marble’s feet were small, white and tender, and looked especially cute in the clear stream water.

“It’s really the first time I’ve done something like this in all my life.” Marble lamented.

So says the Poison King, who says it was the most incredible experience of his life.

“It’s comfortable, isn’t it?” Jian Wuji asked.

Marble looked at Jian Wuji, “The way you are, you don’t look like a young man at all.”

“I’ve been living under my father’s shadow since I was young, it’s not like you don’t know what kind of person my father is.” Jian Wuji said helplessly.

“Yeah, your father is not a nice person to be around.” Marble said with deep empathy.

The word “father” is an almighty excuse. Just bring up the father and it explains everything.

“When were you happiest in your life?” Jian Wuji suddenly asked.

Marble was deep in thought.

When are you happiest?

Past events surfaced in his mind, like streams that flowed slowly. However, he couldn’t recall any happy memories. He must have had happy times, he just couldn’t recall them now.

“Do you?” Marble asked rhetorically.

“I’ve had a lot of happy times lately, as you know, I’ve been out causing trouble. If I had to pick the happiest moment, it would be when I went hunting with my father.” Jian Wu Ji said.

He certainly had many more happy times, he just didn’t tell Marble about them.

“What did your father say?”

“He’s always laughing at me, not that you don’t know that.”

Marble nodded as Jian Wuji mimicked his father’s mockery of himself, “Very much so.”

“I’ve been teased by him so many times that I mimic him.”

Marble still didn’t recall when he was the happiest, so Sword Wuji continued, ”When I left the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect and lived with another identity, I was also very happy. By the way, my right-hand man Xu Dalong, he is a very funny person, I often tease him and he always cooperates with me, we are always happy when we are together. Also, my henchman Li An, she is the most beautiful girl in the Central Plains martial arts, not only beautiful, but also smart and kind, every time I think of her, I will be very happy. And …… I’m also happy when I’m alone.”

However, Marble still hasn’t found the answer.

“What about you?” Jian Wuji asked.

“I have nothing to say.”

“Even if you were once happy, wouldn’t it be a wasted life if you forgot? It’s too bad! You think about it, even if it’s just a small thing.” Jian Wuji said unforgivingly.

“Even if it’s just to perfume me, you can just say one random thing.”

Marble suddenly spoke up, “The cave.”

He thought back to a long time ago, when he was a child.

“When I was a kid, I used to go to the back of the mountain to play, and there was a little cave there. I liked to hide in the cave.”

Marble’s eyes grew deep.

He grew up short and different from other children. He could tolerate the ridicule and ostracism of his friends, but what saddened him the most was that even his parents and brothers treated him as an alien.

He first discovered that cave on the day he was first beaten by his brother. He was too short to beat his brother, who was a few years younger than him. What made him even more angry and aggravated than being beaten was that his brothers stood by and did nothing, not one of them stepped up to help him.

He cried and ran into the mountains, wandering aimlessly.