Chapter 35: Questioning Mu En, Wounds Must Be Avenged with Blood!
Deep within the secret chamber of the Sea God Pavilion, the roots of the Ancient Life Tree emitted a faint green glow from the cracks in the walls.
This aura, which should have brought peace of mind to anyone.
Within the vision of Lin Sheng's Mangekyo Sharingan, was an incredibly surging flow of life energy.
"..."
Mu En sat in his wheelchair, his body hunched over.
That pair of turbid dragon eyes quietly watched the youth before him, whose wings had not yet fully matured.
Just a moment ago.
Lin Sheng had spoken the words that shook Mu En's soul, using a tone that was almost like a verdict.
"Xuan Zi must die."
The room fell into a deathly silence.
For a long time.
Mu En finally raised his head with some difficulty, his voice as hoarse as sandpaper rubbing together.
"Is there... really no room for change?"
"Child, although Xuan Zi was at fault, he is, after all, an elder of Shrek. If he falls, the balance of the World..."
"Room for change?"
Lin Sheng acted as if he had heard some grand joke.
He lunged forward, and the Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye instantly erupted with a ghastly red light, staring down this aging Dragon God Douluo.
"Can a Sea God Pavilion elder treat the lives of others as mere grass?"
Lin Sheng roared in a low voice.
"My village, the aunt and uncle who raised me, were all buried under Xuan Zi's arrogance and negligence!"
"The opponent wasn't Zhongli Wu, nor was it Long Xiaoyao or Ye Xishui!"
"It was Ming Lei! Level ninety-two!"
Lin Sheng did not care in the slightest that Mu En was the Dragon God Douluo of the current era, and roared.
"What was he doing? His momentary negligence cost hundreds of lives!"
Lin Sheng's voice shifted from a low growl to a deafening roar.
The air in the entire secret chamber seemed to be sucked dry at this moment, and the space twisted faintly due to his extreme rage.
"You tell me, in the ruins stained red with blood, is there room for change? In the desperate eyes of my aunt and uncle before they died, is there room for change?"
Mu En let out a long sigh.
"Sigh..."
In that instant, he seemed to age another ten years.
He opened his mouth, but realized that any excuse appeared so pale and powerless in the face of such an extreme blood feud.
He knew that Lin Sheng's mind was made up.
This was no longer a game between Sects, but the most primitive and pure form of karma.
Since it was karma.
There must be a resolution!
"I apologize."
In the end, this Dragon God Douluo, who held power over the entire continent, deeply lowered his proud head before the youth.
This apology.
Was for Xuan Zi's dereliction of duty, and also for the rules of Shrek that had long since rotted in arrogance.
"..."
Lin Sheng snorted coldly.
The red light in his eyes gradually receded, but the cold intent to kill still boiled ceaselessly like water in a cold pool.
"Hatred must be washed away with blood by someone; this is the rule, the law of nature, and karma..."
"It must come to an end."
"Thank you for the dragon core, Senior. I will take my leave now."
Lin Sheng turned abruptly and strode out of the secret chamber.
He paused at the threshold, his silhouette stretched long, appearing lonely, proud, and resolute.
"..."
In this World, some wounds cannot be healed even with divine medicine; only the head of the perpetrator.
Can appease those souls who vanished in the flames.
...
The door of the secret chamber closed slowly, emitting a heavy, muffled sound.
Lin Sheng had just stepped out into the corridor.
When he saw a slender and holy figure standing beside a carved wooden pillar not far away.
"It's you..."
Clad in white like snow, cold as the moon.
Zhang Lexuan did not know how long she had been waiting here. At this moment, she had shed the dignified shell of the outer courtyard's head senior sister, and instead looked like a girl next door harboring worries.
Lin Sheng raised an eyebrow, slowed his pace, and spoke first to break the silence.
"Waiting for me?"
Zhang Lexuan nodded gently. She took two steps forward and stopped at a distance of three feet from Lin Sheng.
This distance was subtle.
It did not seem distant, nor did it overstep boundaries.
"Previously in the Star Dou Great Forest, and just now inside the Pavilion, I never found a suitable opportunity to properly say thank you."
Zhang Lexuan's voice was like pearls falling onto a jade plate.
Cold yet carrying a touch of sincerity.
"Thank you for stepping in to save Ma Xiaotao earlier, and thank you... for not kicking Shrek while it was down at that time."
Lin Sheng waved his hand casually.
His expression was cold, but he did not show the previous hostility.
"You don't need to mind. Saving Ma Xiaotao was because Mu En offered a price I couldn't refuse; it was a fair transaction."
"As for dealing with the Evil Soul Master, that is my personal principle. I am not yet so low as to kick Shrek while it is down."
Zhang Lexuan, however, did not think so.
She looked at Lin Sheng's face, which was still young but filled with vicissitudes, and a ripple appeared in her beautiful eyes that even she herself had not noticed.
"Hmm... setting aside these grudges, actually, we can count as friends, right?"
When she asked this question.
Zhang Lexuan, the inner courtyard's head senior sister who usually remained calm even if Mount Tai collapsed before her.
Surprisingly, she twisted her fingers in a rare display of nervousness.
Her expression held a trace of imperceptible tension.
"Huh?"
Lin Sheng was clearly stunned, as if he had heard some unbelievable cold joke.
He looked at Zhang Lexuan with slight astonishment.
Only after a long while did he laugh, saying...
"You are the highly regarded inner courtyard head senior sister of Shrek. Are you... short on friends?"
"My reputation in the Sea God Pavilion is not very good."
Zhang Lexuan was choked by Lin Sheng's sharp, barbed words, her pretty face flushing slightly, and her chest heaving violently.
She gritted her teeth in anger.
"Lin Sheng! You guy... do you have to be so insulting?"
Watching the usually aloof head senior sister display such a vivid expression, the gloom in Lin Sheng's heart actually dispersed a little.
He nodded slightly, his tone softening a bit.
"I suppose so. I have a blood feud with Xuan Zi, but towards you... I do not hold that kind of hatred."
Zhang Lexuan felt a touch of bitterness in her heart for some reason.
But upon hearing the words "I suppose so," the corners of her mouth involuntarily curled into a bright arc.
"Since we are friends, then next time we meet, I hope it is not on the battlefield."
Zhang Lexuan said with a smile.
"Perhaps."
Lin Sheng turned and walked towards Du Busi, who was waiting outside.
Under the direct sunlight, he turned his head to take one last look at Zhang Lexuan.
"However, even if it is on the battlefield."
"As long as our positions do not lead to a life-or-death confrontation, that situation shouldn't happen."
Watching Lin Sheng and Du Busi turn into streaks of light and disappear into the horizon, Zhang Lexuan remained standing in place for a long time.
The autumn wind blew across the wooden corridor of the Sea God Pavilion, messing up her hair.
She gently stroked her chest, feeling the slightly rapid heartbeat there, and revealed a smile that even she felt was unfamiliar.
Perhaps even she herself did not know...
That she, who was regarded by Mu En as Bei Bei's child bride, had always had a complex and vague understanding of her own feelings.
But until...
Several years ago, she had met Lin Sheng.
Sometimes she wondered, if... six years ago, Xuan Zi had not been momentarily negligent, perhaps their positions.
Would not be so rigid?
That's right, she had heard the conversation between Lin Sheng and Mu En.
"Lin Sheng... see you next time."
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