When the woman took off her mask, her voice changed from weathered to light and mellow.
As expected.
As long as she didn't reveal her true face, the chances of her being a woman were very high. For example, Xi Jingxuan had been Gu Hong Zhenren's disciple.
Please, can't you do something else?!
Whoosh!
Ye Xingchen turned around, shock in his eyes.
The woman who had revealed her true face looked a lot like Jie Lingyao and Empress Lingyao, as if she was a combination of the two.
However.
Her eyes were dim and her face was unusually pale.
At first glance, she looked malnourished, but upon closer inspection … she looked like she was nearing the end of her life.
Trust yourself.
Get rid of it.
The woman was at the end of her tether, and her breathing was ragged.
She tried to put on a charming smile. "Are you surprised?"
"… …"
Ye Xingchen's expression was unreadable, but he was more shocked than anything else.
He was already having a hard time suppressing the fact that he was the Night King. Now that he had seen the fake Night King's true face, he was even more shocked.
"You … …"
Ye Xingchen said in a low voice, "Who is it?!"
"Lingyao, who has been by your side all this time, through life and death with you," the woman said.
Ye Xingchen's eyes flashed with murderous intent again.
She was too much like Empress Lingyao, and so new and old grudges came to the fore.
"I know you hate me," Lingyao said.
Ling Yao replied, "But please forgive me for my selfishness and stubbornness for having accompanied you for so long."
Her voice sounded more and more like Empress Lingyao.
Slap!
Ye Xingchen rushed down and grabbed her by the neck. He said angrily with a murderous aura, "Don't try to play tricks here!"
He felt that killing Empress Lingyao in the Upper Realm was not that simple. Now that he had encountered her again, there must be a conspiracy.
Perhaps.
That woman was not dead at all.
Every step was planned by her in advance!
In order to obtain the Taixuan Sutra, she had cruelly killed herself. In order to ascend to the Upper Realm, she had lied to the Nine Great Emperors. In Ye Xingchen's heart, Empress Lingyao was a vicious woman who was good at scheming and would do anything.
"I don't have much time."
Lingyao, who was bound, did not resist. "Can you let me explain?" she said weakly.
Like begging, like pleading.
Strangely enough, Ye Xingchen, who was originally extremely angry, suddenly felt a trace of softness in his heart, and the strength in his hands gradually weakened.
"In the past, you knew that divining the future would consume your lifespan, but you still did it without hesitation. Do you know why?" Ling Yao asked.
"Why?"
"I found an opportunity to break through to a higher level."
"What opportunity?"
When Ye Xingchen asked this, a bitter look appeared on Ling Yao's face. She said, "I accompanied you for hundreds of thousands of years. I thought we were the closest, but there were some things that you never told me. It was as if you treated me as an outsider."
"Of course I have to be on guard against a scheming woman," Ye Xingchen said calmly.
"After you were reborn, you forgot everything. I don't blame you for saying this." Ling Yao looked at him and said, "But remember, I, Ling Yao, have schemed against many people in my life, but I have never schemed against you, the Night Prince."
"Empress Lingyao, what did Jie Lingyao say?" Ye Xingchen's face darkened as he asked, "Don't tell me that it was just your avatar and everything was just a test."
"They are not my avatars," Ling Yao said.
Ling Yao replied, "They are people of flesh and blood, and have their own thoughts."
"Do you think I will believe that?"
Ye Xingchen was certain that Empress Lingyao and Jie Lingyao were her avatars. Everything had been part of her plan, part of her scheme.
"The 32 Spirit Seeds of the Cang Sea School were created by the heavens and earth. One of them was born with two types of souls. Although they are not separate, they are independent of each other. That is why it is called the Spirit of Soul Restoration," Ling Yao said.
"… …"
Ye Xingchen frowned.
"That's right."
Ling Yao said, "I inherited this Spirit Seed."
"… …" Ye Xingchen said with a straight face, "So it's different from an avatar?"
Ling Yao did not answer the question. Instead, she said to herself, "You used your lifespan to divine the future again and again until one day you found an opportunity to break through to a higher level. When you realized that you did not have much time left, you chose to reincarnate."
Ye Xingchen was stunned.
So it was not that her lifespan had run out, but that she had committed suicide.
"You, the Night King, chose to end your own life in order to become stronger, but did you ever consider your friends and family? Did you ever consider me?" When Ling Yao said this, her tears flowed uncontrollably.
Although it had happened a long time ago, it was still unforgettable. When he came to the secret room as usual and saw the cold corpse, the pain in his heart was intense.
"You left just because you said so."
Ling Yao said sorrowfully, "When did you ever consider my feelings?"
"No."
"You never considered others."
"In your heart, martial arts were always more important than anything else."
"Even if it was the Night King Alliance that you personally established, even if it was the subordinates who fought with you on the battlefield, you could abandon them all and pursue a higher level without hesitation."
When Ye Xingchen heard this, he tightened his grip and said coldly, "Your so-called explanation is to criticize me?"
"You are selfish, you are heartless, you have no sense of responsibility."
Ling Yao laughed as she cried, and said, "But I still love you. Isn't that silly?"
She had described the Night King as a close friend, but "true love" was more accurate.
However.
This love was one-sided.
Even if it had always been by his side, taking care of the internal affairs of the organization without complaint.
Although he didn't want to admit it, it was a bit like Jun Changxiao and Rose Of Flowers. The latter had always taken care of the sect without asking for anything in return.
But!
From what he knew so far, Gou Sheng was ultimately more reliable than the Night King. At least he wasn't so selfish and heartless, and had even begun to take on the responsibility of a husband.
"After you were dismembered, I met Wei Buzi." Ling Yao controlled her emotions and said, "He told me that with your personality, no matter how many times you were reborn, you would not change, unless … someone was willing to sacrifice themselves to help you change yourself."
Here came the main point!
Ling Yao continued, "I used your corpse as the eye of the formation to set up the karmic reincarnation array, and forcibly dismembered the spirits of the resurrected souls, so that they would intersect with you after reincarnation, forming a karmic connection. This was in hopes of changing your extremely short-sighted, cold-blooded and heartless personality."
"Empress Ling Yao was killed by you."
"Which means that she still failed."
"… …"
Ye Xingchen's face darkened.
To change his cold-blooded and heartless personality, she had deliberately stabbed him in the back. Was this not a deliberate attempt to kill him?
"Empress Ling Yao may have inherited half of my soul, but after being separated from my body, she is no longer under my control. She is herself, and has her own thoughts and ideas," Ling Yao said.
"… …"
Ye Xingchen's face was cold. "She must have inherited your schemes as well."
"I don't deny that," Ling Yao said. "But Jie Lingyao inherited the other half of your soul, and does not know how to scheme. I hope you will treat her well in the future."
At the mention of Jie Lingyao, Ye Xingchen thought of the child in his womb, and his face gradually twisted. It was clear that he was very conflicted and very conflicted.
Hum!
At that moment, Ling Yao's body gradually faded, and then she laughed. "My soul has been separated into two independent living beings. I've actually died long ago, and I've only been relying on a secret technique to survive, leading them forward as the Night King."
"I'm tired."
"Now that you're finally here, I have no more regrets."
"… …"
Ye Xingchen let go of her.
She had faded, and he could no longer catch her.
"Night King." Ling Yao's face gradually cracked. She tiptoed and leaned over, forcing a smile. "Before I leave, can I hug you?"
"… …"
Ye Xingchen's heart suddenly felt like it was being pricked by needles.
He did not speak, nor did he refuse.
Unfortunately, Ling Yao's body had completely faded, and when she tried to hug Ye Xingchen, she passed through his body. She stood behind him in a daze, and her eyes were filled with disappointment. "Perhaps it's my fate to never have you."
Her body collapsed and turned into starlight.
"Under the heavens, all lands belong to the king, and all the people on the shores of the land are the king's subjects. This is the great promise you once made, and I will always watch from the heavens …"
The starlight gradually faded, and so did her voice until it completely disappeared.
Ye Xingchen clutched his chest, and a pained expression appeared on his face. Then, he turned around and walked to the luxurious chair, and sat down steadily.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
In an instant, the Nightking Alliance's leaders, who had been lined up neatly outside the hall, bowed and shouted, "Welcome back, Night King! We pledge our lives to follow you through fire and water!"
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PS: Empress Ling Yao's trap was set today. Actually, she had already thought about it after she died. As for whether it was reasonable or not, that's up to me.
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