Could it be that I am the cruel villain?
Chapter 366 - 236: Last Wish, Long-standing Wish_2

Chapter 366: Chapter 236: Last Wish, Long-standing Wish_2

No wonder Senior Sister chose to stay behind herself.

"Do you know what you did the day Lu Luo almost lost her life?"

He shook his head.

His expression somewhat vacant, he only remembered that when the Golden Arhat’s foot came down, his entire heart seemed to halt. He could clearly hear the sound of his blood flowing and his heart beating, followed by an extreme surge of rage from his Dantian bursting to the top of his head, and then he completely lost consciousness.

"With a single sword strike, you split that Golden Arhat into two."

His head suddenly ached!

Fragmented memories flooded into his mind, reassembling themselves, he seemed to witness the scene of his own madness that day. The earth was torn apart, mountains crumbled, and eight Vajras had their heads sliced off, their bodies cut in two; even the Grotto Heaven beneath his feet completely collapsed...

"Remember now?"

He kept silent; it was clear that it was no pleasant memory. Over the years, Jiang Feng had been deliberately trying to forget this matter, but after it erupted again two years later, he realized that the villain was always himself.

Clan Leader Xin Yue was also silent.

It was obvious that she hadn’t recovered from the intense shock just yet. Now, the one thing she wasn’t too sure about was whether the boy in front of her really inherited that power.

Thud!

"The evidence is here."

As she spoke, a completely deformed lump of iron was thrown onto the stone table.

Upon closer inspection, it was a completely misshapen Buddhist Bell, cleaved open in the middle to expose the reddish rust inside. It was the only Magic Treasure left behind after Jiang Feng’s battle.

As for the Thirteen-story Exquisite Tower and Fangcun Mountain, they had been completely shattered. These two items were originally made of stone and were instantly crushed under the slash of Demon Night True Monarch, especially Fangcun Mountain, which was ground into powder.

She stared intently at that lump of twisted metal.

She could feel that mad power even without touching it. The familiar aura allowed her to finally let go of the tension she had been holding.

Without saying a word, her expression showed neither sadness nor joy.

She didn’t know whether she should be happy or angry. For many years, she had been searching for news about her father, but both the Human Clan and the Demon Race had burned all the secret scrolls and records about her father, leaving her with no way to investigate.

From the time she was young and could remember, she had never seen her father. She only heard about him from her mother, and she didn’t have much of a good feeling towards the man who had caused their family to be torn apart and her mother to die.

No matter how towering and charming the man her mother spoke of was, the fact was that she had never met him.

She hadn’t even seen him after her mother gave birth to her.

So when Xin Yue was young, her heart was filled with resentment toward this "father" who had not only never shown his face but also led to the ruin of her family.

Every time she thought of her mother, gravely injured because of him, struggling back home only to breathe her last after uttering a few words, she couldn’t help but feel heart-wrenching pain.

Even after burying her mother with her own hands, she never waited to the arrival of that man. All she ever saw was the short sword that her mother always carried with her, which had the same aura as this broken Buddhist Bell.

Back then, she fantasized many times, if her father were still alive, how she should face him upon meeting him.

Should she mock him? Ridicule him? Sever all ties completely? Or should she wait until she had enough strength and then kill him to satisfy her vengeance?

Back then, she was just fifteen.

Time changes, and in a flash, many years have passed, and now she is no longer that naive young girl.

Without leveraging her mother’s connections or blood ties, relying solely on her resolute methods and terrifying strength, she united the fragmented Fox Clan. Even if her hands were stained with the blood of countless clansmen, she still succeeded.

She honored her mother’s dying wishes, protecting the Fox Clan behind her, and she also followed her mother’s last hope, making every effort to find her father’s whereabouts, whether or not they would recognize each other. Her mother hoped that she could meet her father at least once.

But by the time she ascended to the position of Clan Leader, her thoughts differed drastically from those of her youth.

After truly climbing to that height, she realized there were many things beyond her control, which is what led to her relationship with Su Qianlu disintegrating. The more she interacted with the world and the stronger she became, the more she understood its cruelty.

It was then that she came to understand, her father’s constant absence, his unwillingness to see them, might not be due to a lack of affection for her and her mother, nor a disinclination.

But rather, an inability.

Naturally, she knew of that earth-shattering war. With her cultivation level at that time, not to mention aiding, she didn’t even have the qualifications to watch from a distance.

The Ten Days Light Seal Formation, Sealing Demon Array, Demon-locking Array, and so on, that nearly covered the entire sky even miles away, any slight disturbance emanating from which could’ve injured her, even as far as a thousand miles away.

Moreover, in that battle not only did emperors of the Human, Demon, and Devil races emerge, but the sky itself was torn apart. She also vaguely saw a sliver of Buddha Light descending from the heavens, which in that instant filled her with terror, and she sat trembling in her place.

That was an aura not of this world, a presence that exceeded the Three Realms. She could not even begin to imagine what the actual battlefield was like.

It was hard to imagine how much her father, once an Emperor of the Human Clan, had to bear.

As she aged, the "hatred" in her heart gradually faded, and she began to understand that her father’s reluctance to acknowledge them and return home was to avoid entangling her and her mother, so that she herself could live a peaceful life.

The astute Xin Yue also faintly guessed that her smooth return to the Fox Clan and the affection and devoted mentorship of a Devil Immortal were probably blessings left by her father.

Back then, although she was somewhat talented, she was still too young. A hundred years ago, she had just reached Divinity Transformation, and suddenly the Devil Immortal granted her a territory outright.

It should be noted that even Devil cultivators of the Void Refining Period would fiercely contend over a single territory. Among them, more than half of the Domain Masters were old monsters of the Unification Realm.

Yet such good fortune had fallen into her lap.

Her delicate fingers gently stroked the edge of her teacup, the atmosphere remaining silent and still. Jiang Feng, of course, was unaware of the relationship between the two, and simply lowered his voice to ask softly.

"Hey, Senior Sister, can this thing still be repaired? When I clashed with Jin Shan, it seemed pretty fierce, and it shares some characteristics with my Soul Summoning Bell. If it could be fixed, it doesn’t have to be as powerful as before, even half would do."

She glanced at it.

Sure enough, her Junior Brother was still the same.

"Forget it. Even if you melted this hunk of junk for that broken bell of yours, it would be futile. Do you have any awareness of the power of the Serpent within you? With one slash, not only was the instrument cut, but the spirit as well. The soul of this Buddhist Bell has been severed by you; even if it could be repaired, it would only be an ordinary bell."

"Sigh, such a pity. By the way, Senior Sister, Clan Leader Xin Yue has been sitting here in silence for half an hour already. Was the news you shared really that impactful to her?"

"Of course."

"But what exactly are you planning, Senior Sister?"

"Just wait and see, I won’t harm you, Senior Sister."

She pursed her lips. Although she laughed and joked verbally, it was plain to see that Liu Tangxi seemed to be smiling—a smile of success. And Xin Yue, after a long silence, finally came back to her senses.

It seemed as if she had made some decisions in her heart. Her eyes, as they now looked at Jiang Feng, were no longer peculiar, but still carried a polite smile, seemingly unaffected by the previous events.

"Thank you, Peak Master Liu. With this, you’ve helped fulfill a long-held wish of my mother and me. But there must be more you wish to discuss, isn’t that so?"

"From my understanding of the Peak Master, unless it’s a request, you wouldn’t clarify matters as such. Forgive my directness, Peak Master Liu, please clearly state your request. If it is within my capabilities, I will certainly lend a hand."

She made a welcoming gesture.

Liu Tangxi was not polite and merely stated her purpose.

"I want..."

"Your father’s Cultivation Technique."