Xiao Yu, who had been quietly listening to everyone chat, noticed Long Zheng's gaze shift to her when he spoke of the descendants of the Guilty. She couldn't help but ask, "What descendants are you talking about? Are you referring to me?"
Long Zheng: "Otherwise? Your ancestors followed the Guilty and achieved great deeds, only to be betrayed by the Guilty in the end. The power remaining in your bloodline has transformed into the Guilty's mark, passed down forever, unable to be erased."
"Compared to the Guilty, you are the more pitiable ones. You are innocent, yet you suffer because of the Guilty's mark."
Xiao Yu: "This..."
After hearing Long Zheng's words, Xiao Yu's thoughts became somewhat chaotic.
She didn't know what the Guilty was, nor did she understand her own origins. She was merely an abandoned infant found by the Sovereign of the Savage Chaos.
Even after reaching the pinnacle of the Savage Chaos, she remained vague about her past. Even the Sovereign of the Savage Chaos, her brother, only knew that immense energy was hidden within her. As for what that energy was, no one in the Savage Chaos, not even the will of the Savage Chaos, knew.
Now, she had suddenly learned of her origins from Long Zheng. Although she didn't know if Long Zheng was telling the truth, this sudden influx of information was enough for her to spend a considerable amount of time digesting.
Ye Ling also listened quietly as Long Zheng finished recounting the story of the Guilty's descendants. He then asked Long Zheng, "How do you know all these things about the Guilty?"
Long Zheng replied, "These are old tales that have been circulating in the Void Dark Side for a long time. Basically, anyone who has lived long enough in the Void Dark Side knows these things."
Ye Ling: "In other words, you've only heard rumors about the Guilty and their kin?"
Long Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly: "What? Do you think I'm the kind of person who makes judgments based on hearsay?"
"Ye Ling, do you know why I hate the Guilty? It's because my wife once followed the Guilty, yet she, such a kind and understanding person, was brutally killed by the Guilty!"
"My beloved's death plunged me into the abyss, and it was for this reason that I sought revenge against the Guilty, only to be killed by the Guilty myself... Ye Ling, the blood feud between us can never be washed clean!"
Ye Ling: "..."
Ye Ling fell silent, and the surrounding people didn't know what to say, the atmosphere becoming somewhat awkward and oppressive.
Even the carefree World-Ending Spiritual Fire didn't know what to do to ease the tension.
After all, the revenge for a murdered wife was an irreconcilable hatred.
Just as the atmosphere was about to turn icy, Chu Yun suddenly stepped forward and said, "I believe Ye Ling, and I also witnessed the scene of Ye Ling fighting the Guilty with my own eyes. Ye Ling and the Guilty could never be the same person."
Long Zheng squinted at Chu Yun: "Girl, do you know... that the Star Chaos you belong to was also destroyed by the Guilty? As a survivor of the Star Chaos, is it really right for you to speak for the Guilty?"
Chu Yun: "I am the Sovereign of the Star Chaos. What I do is my own business and doesn't require anyone else to remind me."
Long Zheng: "Alright... I can't convince you, and you shouldn't try to convince me. I have my own judgment. Time will tell whether Ye Ling will become the Guilty, and we shall wait and see."
After speaking, Long Zheng fell silent and closed his eyes to rest.
Chu Yun did not continue to argue with Long Zheng but turned to Ye Ling: "You..."
"It's alright. The past is always filled with mysteries, and the pursuit of truth is also cruel. I am aware of this."
Ye Ling waved his hand at Chu Yun, not wishing to dwell on the topic of the Guilty.
Although Ye Ling did not believe he needed to pay for the Guilty's actions, Long Zheng held a deep hatred for the Guilty, and Long Zheng viewed Ye Ling as the Guilty. Furthermore, Ye Ling himself had used some unsavory methods to keep Long Zheng by his side...
Under these circumstances, the misunderstanding between Ye Ling and Long Zheng would only deepen until it became irreconcilable, ultimately leading to a confrontation between the two.
With that, Ye Ling pondered for a moment, then removed the Source Script from Long Zheng's body and erased it on the spot.
"You?"
Long Zheng's eyes snapped open, and he looked at Ye Ling with confusion, not understanding Ye Ling's intentions.
Ye Ling: "I was inconsiderate before. The conflict between you and me is irreconcilable. Keeping you by my side will only deepen our hatred. You may leave."
Long Zheng sneered: "Are you trying to play hard to get? Do you think I'll fall for your trick?"
Ye Ling: "Think whatever you wish. You are free. I don't care what you do next."
Long Zheng: "Then what if I choose to seek revenge on you?"
"You can certainly try," Ye Ling said, looking directly at Long Zheng. "Previously, I used some tricks to subdue you, but now I understand that it's impossible to make you serve me. If you truly wish to fight me, I will no longer hold back."
"If you are truly confident that you can defeat us, then by all means, try."
Long Zheng gave Ye Ling a deep look and then said, "You are indeed different from the Guilty, but that doesn't mean you won't become the Guilty."
"Ye Ling, I will watch you from the shadows. The day you become the Guilty again, I will seek revenge and end your life with my own hands."
With that, Long Zheng transformed into a beam of white light, shot straight into the sky, and then disappeared.
The World-Ending Spiritual Fire looked up at the disappearing Long Zheng and asked Ye Ling, "Kid... he just left like that?"
Ye Ling: "He wasn't confident in defeating us, so he chose to leave. And I wasn't confident in changing his mind, so I chose to let him go."
The World-Ending Spiritual Fire: "Then wasn't our trip to the Hidden Dragon Fierce Land in vain?"
Ye Ling shot the World-Ending Spiritual Fire a glare: "You didn't contribute anything, so why are you sighing?"
"However... our trip wasn't entirely in vain."
Saying this, Ye Ling took out the three treasures he had obtained from the treasure vault.
Long Yu, who had been imagining the love-hate entanglement between the First Ancestral Dragon and Ye Ling, snapped back to reality upon seeing the three treasures Ye Ling produced. He looked at Ye Ling in disbelief and asked, "Boss... you got all three treasures from the Hidden Dragon Fierce Land?"
Ye Ling: "Is there anything strange about that?"
Long Yu: "No, no... didn't the rules say only one could be taken? How did you manage to get all the treasures?"
Ye Ling: "The guardians of these three treasures were the residual forces of Long Zheng. I just subdued Long Zheng himself, so it's reasonable that I obtained all three treasures, isn't it?"
Long Yu: "This, this... I suppose that's also true."