Transcending the Nine Heavens

Chapter 212: All the Way to Due South

“Purple flame bloodline!” Wei Wuyan, having roamed the martial arts world for many years, undoubtedly understood what the purple flame bloodline was. In an instant, he felt a surge of blood rush to his head, and for a moment, his blood surged violently, causing stars to appear before his eyes. He couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, groaning, “So that's how it is, so that's how it is…”

He sat there on the ground, continuously murmuring the phrase "so that's how it is."

From initial confusion and misunderstanding, then to pain and disbelief, followed by sudden realization and helplessness, and finally to despair, his voice gradually became resonant with continuous hatred, reaching a point where it was flooded with anger.

In just this brief moment, Wei Wuyan had gone through a lifetime.

All his confusion had found an answer at this moment!

“So that's how it is!” Wei Wuyan said quietly, but firmly.

After uttering this sentence, he suddenly felt a wave of heartache! A profound heartache!

He repeated it word by word: “So, that, is, how, it, is!”

Each word was accompanied by tears that slid down his face.

It turned out that everything was a lie. All the love, all the cultivation, all the care, everything…was false!

He once thought that although he had lost his home, his parents, and his sister, he still had family.

Now he realized, he was wrong.

Since childhood, he had lived within a conspiracy, merely a tool. Growing up was merely to allow others to drink blood. So that's how it is.

No wonder, his wife and child could be killed at a whim! So that's how it is!

Wei Wuyan sat quietly, chuckling softly and shaking his head.

Tears began to fall from his head shake, slowly spreading to both sides.

Then he stood up, his expression calm, his eyes showing not even a hint of fluctuation. He took a deep breath.

He quietly said, “Since I have no face, what use is there in having a face?”

Suddenly, he reached out, grabbing his own skin, and with a ripping sound, he tore it off! His face was instantly a bloody mess.

Chu Yang stepped forward, wanting to say something, but ultimately held back.

By tearing off his own face, it represented that he no longer wished to die. He had regained the desire to live.

Tearing off his original visage was to better continue on his path…such a past was unbearable for anyone to look back on. Chu Yang understood and empathized with Wei Wuyan's feelings.

“Chu Yang, thank you.” Wei Wuyan took out some medicine from his pocket and carefully applied it to his face. With the use of his internal energy, the wounds on his face turned into scars. Only then did he speak to Chu Yang.

“I am not thanking you for saving my life; I am thanking you for helping me understand things.”

“I cannot die!”

Wei Wuyan turned around, his fingers stroking the tombstone, his eyes revealing infinite tenderness: “My wife and child are still waiting for me, waiting to see me take revenge for them…to seek justice for them.”

Chu Yang said deeply, “Indeed, if you die, they will never see their justice; moreover, they will have no attachment to this world… Wei brother, go through more life experiences. Your son has not experienced everything in this world; experience more, do more things, and when the day comes that you reunite with them, you can tell your son about your experiences…these are things he does not know…”

Wei Wuyan forced a bitter smile, yet hope shone in his eyes, “Is that world really there?”

Chu Yang said in a low tone, “As long as you believe it exists, it does! If you don't even believe in the existence of that world…then it won't exist!”

“I believe!” Wei Wuyan said earnestly: “I believe!”

His gaze became gentle and loving, as if envisioning a future where he would tell stories to his son…who still hadn't had the chance to see this mundane world.

The mountain wind grew fierce, whistling over the mountain peak. The sky gradually darkened, and the endless woods appeared dark and foreboding, emitting sounds akin to ghostly wails.