"Yes, I just can't stand it, that's all."
Xiahong Lie laughed crazily, "Speaking in front of you, there's nothing shameful. I've suffered humiliation from others, and only she comforted me and stayed with me time and again. She made me feel that life still had meaning, but she still betrayed me effortlessly, watching me being played like a dog, hahaha... It must have been amusing..."
His self-mocking laugh sounded like the mad howl of a defeated dog.
Lin Yue looked at him expressionlessly and indifferently said, "I am not interested in your past. What does the bitterness of your past life have to do with my seeking revenge on you?"
"Well said, that's exactly it, haha..."
Xiahong Lie laughed uncontrollably and began to cough violently.
After a long while, he continued, "That day I saw you and Su Ziqiu sitting at the gate of the Dao Academy, looking affectionate, and I immediately thought of her, so I killed her. It's just that simple."
"Just that simple?" Lin Yue repeated expressionlessly.
"Yes, just that simple!"
Xiahong Lie laughed loudly, "Baili Fengzhi told me that she came by the will of my mother, saying I am the son of the Divine Emperor, and that the most noble bloodline flows within me. No one can insult me, so I understood, I can kill whoever I want, what do others experiences have to do with me?"
He looked wickedly at Lin Yue, "You want to avoid this? There are many more noble people in this world than you. In some people's eyes, you are nothing but livestock that can be slaughtered at will. This is the most common understanding. How can you avoid it?"
Lin Yue looked at Xiahong Lie expressionlessly, without speaking.
After a long moment, he finally said indifferently, "I see, you can be quiet now."
After speaking, he took out a water flask from his belt, grabbed Xiahong Lie's cheek, forced his mouth open, and poured a large gulp of Soul-binding Water into him.
"You ... aren't killing me yet?"
Xiahong Lie furrowed his brow and looked at him, then immediately lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
Lin Yue glanced at him indifferently.
If possible, he really did want to kill Xiahong Lie immediately.
But...
He didn't want to lose his life over such a person.
Although it was said in the secret of the Five Rings Level that the illusion barrier could isolate qi, fewer than a hundred cultivators in the world could see through this barrier.
But without thinking, it was clear that it surely couldn't stop the cosmic resonance triggered by the death of a prince.
Once dead, the Bloodline Divine Power would cause a resonance of heaven and earth throughout the Great Yong Realm. What kind of incredible power could that trigger?
Moreover, the resentment of the soul would curse his body, and there was no solution for that.
"Let's see how much help this Cave Mansion can bring me."
Lin Yue took a deep breath, glanced at the dim depths of the cave, then took out a dark red, heavy wooden box from his pack and gently opened it.
The moment the box was opened, a bright, soft light poured out like water, immediately scattering the surrounding dimness.
Long Bright Pearl.
This was a trinket made by cultivators.
Although it was not considered a treasure, it was a rare gem for mortals, found by him last month through a First Ring Level secret.
Under the soft, clear light, Lin Yue held the Long Bright Pearl in his hand and walked towards the dark depths of the cave.
The sound of footsteps echoed.
The darkness gradually receded.
In a while, he reached the deepest part of the cave.
This part of the cave was not as spacious as the entrance but was rather narrow and cramped, only about ten meters wide, and the height was even less than ten meters.
And here, lay two corpses.
The two corpses, laying side by side, leaned against the stone wall, facing each other.
Previously, it was too dim, and Lin Yue hadn't looked closely, but now a closer examination immediately led to a discovery.
The corpse on the left, clad in a white robe embroidered with golden cloud patterns, was only left with a skeletal frame. Judging from the larger pelvis and the slender skeleton, it might have been a woman.
The female skeleton held a rusty iron sword in her hand, the blade penetrating the chest of the corpse opposite and nailing it to the wall.
It was like her final thrust, dying together with the other right there.
The corpse sitting opposite her looked extremely eerie and terrifying.
Although not a skeleton, it was just wrapped in a layer of wrinkled skin, seeming to have lost all flesh, leaving only the skin, looking extremely horrifying and grotesque, and even the appearance it had in life was unrecognizable.
It could only barely be identified as male.
The two corpses just sat quietly, facing each other as if they had been looking at each other for countless autumns.
Letting time erode and decay.
No matter how splendid life was before, after death, it was nothing more than a skin and a dry bone.
Lin Yue silently looked at the male skin corpse, slowly took out the mask that had peeled off Xiahong Lie's face from his bosom.
After a long while, he softly said, "I do not know you, but in any case, it was your left treasure that saved me. If given the chance, I will come back to bury you."
The first time he came to this cave, he had found this strangely peeled-off face skin from the appearance of this corpse, and through Blood Recognition, he had obtained this strange treasure.
Its name was—
All Being.
This strange face skin, fire could not burn it, water could not soak it, and swords could not damage it.
And its most mysterious ability was to allow a person to perfectly disguise as another.
A small part of the other's body, such as blood or hair, was sufficient. This strange treasure "All Being" could then decode and analyze it, allowing perfect disguise after wearing the All Being.
Whether in terms of appearance, skin, bone structure, or life essence...arsimped