Chapter 1902 - 695: Ziyang of Donghuang

Dongmen Yong, who lost both his hands and feet, lay on the ground, his gaze slanted towards Su Mo, with a grin:

"Can Alliance Leader Su do this old man a favor?"

"Lord Dongmen, just say the word."

Su Mo nodded.

"Could you please retrieve my severed hands and arms?"

Dongmen Yong sighed:

"To be in such a condition now is truly dreadful."

Hearing this, Su Mo smiled:

"No."

"It’s just a small effort..."

"That won’t do either."

Su Mo continued to shake his head:

"Lord Dongmen’s methods are indeed impressive; with one slip, you might leave without a shadow.

"This trivial task, though seemingly insignificant, truly cannot be helped."

"...Alas."

Dongmen Yong sighed:

"As expected of you...

"However, since you’ve seen my Qiankun True Understanding, you should know.

"This martial art, though formidable, is not some immortal magic.

"Now that my dantian is destroyed, my inner strength has dispersed.

"Even if I got my hands and feet back, they couldn’t be reattached..."

"You knew I saw your Qiankun True Understanding?"

Though Su Mo questioned, he was not particularly surprised.

"Alliance Leader Su defeated the Night Lord in Liuyin City, and Liuyin City is adjacent to Chimei Forest. Beneath Chimei Forest is Wangliang Courtyard, a place the Night Lord would inevitably visit.

"There was a rumor before this that the two of you chased each other all the way there.

"You came from the direction of Chimei Forest.

"The Night Lord would certainly go to Wangliang Courtyard to find me.

"Following that logic, Alliance Leader Su must have been to Wangliang Courtyard.

"And with your skills, entering the underground cavern of Wangliang Courtyard.

"Clearly, it wasn’t difficult...

"The Qiankun True Understanding and Yin Yang Immortal Order I left there naturally fell into your hands."

Dongmen Yong smiled:

"However, with Alliance Leader Su’s martial arts skills.

"I suppose you would look down on mere tricks like mine."

"Not at all... It’s not disdain, but rather incomprehension."

Su Mo sighed:

"Your Qiankun True Understanding is mostly incompatible with ordinary absolute skills.

"The front and back don’t align, and there’s much that seems disconnected.

"Without understanding the true meaning, how dare I practice it recklessly?"

"Traveling the Jianghu, indeed, one should be cautious and prudent in every step."

Dongmen Yong laughed heartily, but this laughter seemed to strain his injuries, adding a few painful grunts to his laughter.

At this moment, he took a long breath:

"Alliance Leader Su must have many questions in mind.

"Today, I am already in a deadlock.

"I plotted against the Jinglong Association only to avenge the clan massacre of years past.

"Personal life and death have long been disregarded.

"But even so, I left a way out for myself.

"And that path is Alliance Leader Su.

"It’s just unfortunate that Alliance Leader Su harbored too deep a grudge against me, only appearing after I’ve reached an inevitable end...

"I say this not to blame Alliance Leader Su for anything.

"If it were me, I would do the same.

"Traveling the Jianghu, there are very few trustworthy people.

"The waters of this Jianghu are too deep.

"Facing an unfathomable enemy, if one cannot be cautious, they would have long perished in the Jianghu.

"This situation today was also within my expectations.

"So, in a sense, this is quite alright."

He paused slightly at this point before continuing:

"But to speak of this matter...

"It started from a long time ago.

"Starting from Zheng Yuan, that Old Ghost... the former First Shock.

"In those days, like many other disciples of the Jinglong Association,

"I believed the Jinglong Association had grand ambitions, saving the people from calamity.

"It was a cause worth dedicating one’s life to.

"However... when Zheng Yuan targeted me everywhere, I realized that he targeted me not because he didn’t like me.

"But because he feared me.

"We were all disciples of the Jinglong Association, having received the same ideals in our youth, brothers of one family. Even the First Shock rarely stood above, instead referring to other Jinglong brothers as equals.

"As for the other Jinglong members calling themselves subordinates, it was merely out of spontaneous respect.

"Following such logic, the smarter and more capable I was, the more Zheng Yuan should have been pleased.

"Even if there was a desire to vie for the high position of Jinglong.

"There was no need for fear.

"This point made me wary.

"In the end, I indeed detected something amiss."

Su Mo listened quietly, and Wei Ziyi also came beside him.

They heard Dongmen Yong speak softly:

"The Gui Ru Clan was named after the Gui Ruins.

"In the past during the Da Xuan Dynasty, because they refused to accept the suppressions of the Da Xuan Dynasty, as a result, Emperor Xuan ordered their slaughter.

"They were nearly exterminated.

"Fortunately, the clan already knew of such an outcome.

"Thus, they sought a way out in advance.

"Since then, they’ve quietly recuperated.

"The Jinglong Association annihilated my clan to find our clan’s inherited divine skill ’Guixu Scripture’.

"Drawing all things into the Gui Ruins, forming the great law of heaven and earth!

"In the past, Da Xuan attacked the Gui Ru Clan for this very reason.

"But, alas, how could such a ’Guixu Scripture’ exist in this world?

"How could anyone accomplish drawing all things into the Gui Ruins and reshape the world?

"In the end, neither Da Xuan from those days nor the present Jinglong Association.

"Found what they desired.

"Da Xuan annihilated my clan from centuries ago, leaving only a few people to quietly recuperate.

"The Jinglong Association, however, eradicated the last roots of my clan entirely.

"This is not only saddening but also laughable.

"In the past, the Jinglong Association, under Emperor Xuan’s rampage across the Jianghu, harming the innocent, raised the banner of righteousness to rectify past injustices.