Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

Chapter 431: Chapter 14 Resentment and Letting Go

Heavenly Demon True Monarch suddenly opened his eyes, his spirit momentarily listless, but he quickly recovered.

However, other five figures noticed even that brief moment of weakness.

“Heavenly Demon True Monarch, what happened? How did you get injured?”

Although not everyone had arrived today, the Heavenly Demon True Monarch was a top fighter; how could he be injured in that world they had schemed against for thousands of years?

Kui Tian Monarch also looked towards Heavenly Demon True Monarch since he needed to maintain the passage and hadn’t seen anything.

“There was some unexpected trouble…” Heavenly Demon True Monarch’s complexion wasn’t good either, “The unexpectedly strong individual might be more powerful than both Zhong and Jiang Yun; with less than twenty percent of my strength, I couldn’t take him down.”

He wouldn’t talk carelessly; if an enemy was not an opponent, then they weren’t.

Accurate intelligence could make his plan more successful.

“You, Heavenly Demon True Monarch, are not a match for him…”

“It was just less than twenty percent of my strength.” Heavenly Demon True Monarch stressed, “But I suspect he was holding back. Even if I had sent three times the strength, I might have still failed. There’s a real complication in the plan.”

The other five figures fell silent; they highly valued that world and had schemed for so long just to avoid any complications, yet it still hadn’t been foolproof.

Of course, they quickly adjusted their mindset.

“Although it is beyond our expectations, there’s no need to be overly concerned. Heavenly Demon True Monarch, do you think he would be a match for you at your peak?”

“Impossible.” Heavenly Demon True Monarch denied immediately, “At my peak, I could easily annihilate him.”

“That’s enough then, we still control the situation.” The speaker was an elderly figure that looked most like a human, marked by a flame symbol between his eyebrows.

“Divine Fire True Monarch is right, but now that this has happened, our original plan can no longer be used, which is regrettable.”

“No matter; we had prepared for this possibility. Jiang Yun was a temporary measure we conjured up on the fly, the most stable plan has long been underway.”

Everyone nodded in agreement; Jiang Yun’s failure was a pity but didn’t disappoint them too much.

“Now we must trouble Kui Tian Monarch, that person needs to be closely surveilled.”

“The place where that person is no longer has the Peeping Sky Eye; it might be difficult to get useful information.”

“No worries, do your best. Though he’s strong, he won’t surpass us in a short time. As long as our plan is completed on schedule, we can suppress him with a flip of our hand.”

“Fifty years should be enough!”

…

The six conversed, unconcerned with minor setbacks as their plans had long been in motion and weren’t halted by a single failure of Jiang Yun.

After Heavenly Demon True Monarch left, Wang Sheng immediately sensed the loss of the resistance against Chang Zai.

“It’s a pity, he got away, and that mysterious eye also disappeared, and—”

Wang Sheng dispelled the mountain that was suppressing Jiang Yun with a wave of his hand; it was no longer necessary.

Previously, unable to sense Jiang Yun’s spiritual body, he had assumed it was because the self-titled Heavenly Demon True Monarch was suppressing him to the point of imperceptibility; now, it seemed Jiang Yun had died the moment Heavenly Demon True Monarch had arrived.

The disappearance of the spiritual body meant the soul had dissipated.

“Heavenly Demon True Monarch… and that eye, indeed, my suspicions were correct, such a pity that Jiang Yun is dead. Otherwise, with my current Divine Thought, I should be able to perform mind control on him.”

With the clue from Jiang Yun gone, Wang Sheng returned to Zhong’s side.

The events seemed lengthy, but they had happened in an instant; so brief that Zhong hadn’t even had time to react, only understood that Wang Sheng was confronting some existence.

“Jiang Yun is dead; it seems he didn’t have any formidable tricks.” While the reality was different, there was no harm in his saying so.

The stronger Zhong’s emotional fluctuations, the easier he would be to control.

But reality differed from his expectations; Zhong not only did not get more agitated, but he also calmed down.

He had faced the facts.

This person was far beyond him in strength, a Jiang Yun capable of defeating him was easily suppressed by him; he was powerless even to resist.

What suppressed him was merely a small mountain while he was burdened by an entire world.

“You must have broken through recently, right? If it weren’t for Jiang Yun, you might have already been taken down by me.”

Zhong knew that someone like himself would be immediately sought out as soon as a breakthrough occurred.

An appearance now suggested the breakthrough occurred no longer than three days ago.

Wang Sheng didn’t deny it; it was true.

“So it seems, a stroke of bad luck!”

Having said this, he grew despondent and fell silent.

“Should I address you as Zhong, or as an ancestor of the Spirit Clan?” Wang Sheng finally spoke, almost entirely certain but still seeking confirmation.

Zhong, even while suppressed, trembled, then said, “It’s all the same. Zhong has always been my name; it never changed.”

His words affirmed Zhong’s identity.

Wang Sheng was finally able to ask what he had long wanted to know.

“I’ve learned from the Spirit Clan that you put in much effort to resist the First Dynasty. Why did you end up on the same path? The Spirit Clan is faltering now; this isn’t what you wanted, is it?”

“Why follow the same path…” Zhong’s emotions fluctuated strongly, filled with great despair and resentment, “You of the Human Race ask me why, should you not ask your own race instead! If not for the Human Race, why would we be on this path!”

“All of the Human Race should die! You included!”

Wang Sheng could distinctly feel a change in Zhong, in both his emotions and personality.

“Why did the Spirit Clan become human, wasn’t it the doing of your Human Race? Perhaps the emergence of the Demon Clan is a punishment for your Human Race!”

Wang Sheng didn’t speak nor did he become angry about Zhong’s words.

He had no knowledge of events from thousands of years ago and wouldn’t comment. Regardless of Zhong’s difficulties, he wasn’t about to leave him be.

“A punishment for the Human Race, perhaps!”

Seeing Wang Sheng maintain his composure, Zhong too seemed to find some peace.

“I foresaw everything, but I didn’t anticipate your emergence. Had I known, I would have dealt with you before this.”

“Before this, you might not have been my match.” Wang Sheng was stating a fact.

“…Perhaps…” Zhong didn’t contest it, “I underestimated you; to break through the Human Race’s limitations is certainly not simple.”

After those words, Zhong closed off again, seemingly unwilling to speak further.

Wang Sheng didn’t inquire further and pondered whether he could control Zhong’s spirit; this was the last one, and he couldn’t afford a careless death.

But before he found a way, he noticed Zhong seemed conflicted, and then Zhong spoke again.

“If I could, I truly wouldn’t want to tell you these things. Do you know why Jiang Yun suddenly became strong?”

“I understand, an outsider, perhaps one coveting our world.”

Zhong’s face turned blank, then he seemed somewhat relieved.

“So you know, that’s good…”