Chapter 1109: Depression
"Showing off family affection...using any means necessary..."

The threatening words implied by Liu Xunyi made Yun Zhuiyue furious. A chilling murderous aura emanated from him, and he pounced on Liu Xunyi's face like a ferocious dragon or a vicious tiger.

"Liu Xunyi, how dare you threaten me?"

However, facing the furious Yun Zhuiyue, Liu Xunyi remained calm and still sat at the table as steady as a rock, his eyes calm and indifferent, and there was no trace of emotion on his expression.

"Saint Lord Yun, I am only discussing this with you in a friendly way. If you think I am threatening you..." At this point, a frightening light suddenly flashed in Liu Xunyi's eyes, and he seemed unwilling to argue with him any more, so he said with little interest, "Well! If you say it is a threat, then it is a threat. I hope you will take care of yourself."

Yun Zhuiyue never expected that Liu Xunyi, who always "convinced people with reason", would be so tough today. She was inevitably stunned for a moment and became even angrier.

"If you have the ability to make them abandon their loved ones, you can also threaten me in a big way." Liu Xunyi said calmly, "Then, even if I kneel on the ground and beg you, it will be my own fault. I will never be like you now... losing face and losing the battle!"

"you……"

Before Yun Zhuiyue could refute, Liu Xunyi suddenly stood up, and a faint blue-black aura spread and rose from his body, neutralizing most of Yun Zhuiyue's murderous aura in the blink of an eye.

"Liu Xunyi, you are not discussing with me, but conveying your decision to me."

"I dare not! I am just giving you a chance to part ways amicably..."

"Oh! I, Yun Zhuiyue, have been in the martial arts world for decades. Do I need a young boy like you to give me a chance? I thought you were different from Luo Tianjin. Little did I know that you are both equally despicable in your bones."

"Yun Zhuiyue, you've insulted me too much!"

"you……"

When Yun Zhuiyue faced the furious and evil Liu Xunyi up close, he truly experienced the shock and despair that Qingfeng felt when he was competing with Liu Xunyi yesterday.

Today, Liu Xunyi's inner strength, momentum, and power are far beyond Yun Zhuiyue's imagination. At the same time, he gradually understood why Liu Xunyi, who has always been humble and conservative, suddenly became strong and radical? Because he really has the capital to look down on the world.

Even so, Yun Zhuiyue still did not show the slightest bit of cowardice in front of Liu Xunyi. He frantically mobilized his internal strength, and even though his feet had sunk slightly into the ground, he still fought against Liu Xunyi in a tit-for-tat stalemate, doing his best not to lose in this invisible contest.

In the not-so-spacious room, two powerful internal forces tore at each other, causing the tables, chairs, and benches to shake violently and fall all over the place. Pots, plates, cups, and bowls fell all over the place, making clanking noises.

"Luo Tianjin, oh Luo Tianjin, you are really haunting me! Back then, you stole my love and forced me to leave Xiangxi. Now, your son is forcing me to draw a clear line between me and Rou'er. What did I, Du Xiang, owe you in my previous life? Why did you and your son take turns to be my enemy? After more than 20 years, you still won't let me have peace?" Yun Zhuiyue howled to the sky, her voice full of grief and regret. "If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted back then, and I shouldn't have felt sympathy for your son again and again. If I had strangled him in his cradle, how could there be such a disaster today?"

"Yun Zhuiyue, I have done my best for you and Longxiang Mountain, and I have no regrets."

"Have a clear conscience?" Facing Liu Xunyi's rebuttal, Yun Zhuiyue laughed angrily, "If I hadn't helped you expose the ugly faces of Qingfeng and his daughter at the 'Eradication of Traitors' meeting yesterday, how could you have cleared the charge of 'patricide' in front of the world? Now, you just escaped death and you can't wait to cross the river and burn the bridge, and even shamelessly call it 'doing my utmost kindness and having a clear conscience', which is simply ridiculous. Could it be that your conscience has been eaten by a dog? Is repaying kindness with enmity considered doing your utmost kindness and righteousness?"

"If I wanted to destroy the bridge, I wouldn't be standing here alone! I just said that I would do my best to make amends..."

"Compensation for what? Land, money, martial arts secrets... If I had my eyes on these things, I wouldn't have helped you deal with Qingfeng yesterday, because the benefits he promised me are far more generous than the 'compensation' you mentioned?" Yun Zhuiyue interrupted Liu Xunyi's defense without any hesitation, "You clearly know the relationship between me and your mother, you clearly know my feelings for your mother, you clearly know that her position in my heart is more important than my life... and now you want me to leave her?"

Perhaps it was Yun Zhuiyue's scolding that hit his soft spot, but Liu Xunyi's eyes changed quietly, and the dark green air lingering in the air dissipated in an instant, causing Yun Zhuiyue, who suddenly felt relieved, to breathe a sigh of relief. When Yun Zhuiyue slowly straightened his body and stretched his muscles a few times without leaving any trace, he realized that he was already sweating all over and panting like a cow.

"To be honest, from the moment you and your son reunited, I no longer have any ill will towards you." Seeing Liu Xunyi's mind wavering, Yun Zhuiyue suddenly had an idea, and turned his grief and anger into gentleness, and his words became very sincere, "I'm not afraid of you laughing at me when I say this, but I even... wanted to treat you as my own son and be your stepfather. Just now you said that I hated you because I hated Luo Tianjin, which... is true. But now that Luo Tianjin is dead, and you and Rou'er have recognized each other as mother and son, I will no longer regard you as the incarnation of Luo Tianjin, but only as the apple of Rou'er's eye. Therefore, I will no longer 'hate others', but will only 'love the whole family'..."

“Saint Master Yun!” Liu Xunyi frowned and interrupted Yun Zhuiyue’s statement. “I am no longer a child. I don’t need anyone’s care, let alone… a stepfather. What you just said… was really corny.”

“These pretentious words come out of my mouth, so how can I not feel that they are pretentious?” Yun Zhuiyue said bitterly, “But in order for you to understand my feelings and my obsession with your mother…”

"That's enough!" Liu Xunyi waved his hands repeatedly. "You and I, two grown men, are in the same room, and you keep talking about 'feelings'... It's really strange. I know how you feel about Valley Master Xiao, but..."

"Liu Xunyi, do you really hate me to the core?" Yun Zhuiyue said angrily, "You really can't tolerate me? Little do you know that what I'm doing now is tantamount to asking you for mercy with a thick face. It's not that I can't live without you, but I can't live without..."

"I've just said that there's no need to talk about the past. I'm angry with you but not furious, I have resentment but no hatred." Liu Xunyi's expression changed, and he shook his head slowly, "I'm drawing a line between you and me, not only because I can't get over my grudge against you, but also because we have different aspirations and paths, and the Xianwang Mansion and Longxiang Mountain are also very different. You just said that we are the same kind of people, but that's totally wrong, because we are completely different. My attitude towards Longxiang Mountain has nothing to do with whether it can be 'tolerated', just like my attitude towards Lu Mansion, Qingcheng, and Emei. I don't want to be their enemy, nor do I want to be their friend."

"That's wrong! How can you compare me with Lu Tingxiang and his ilk? And how can you lump Longxiang Mountain together with Lu Mansion, Qingcheng, and Emei?" Yun Zhuiyue took a step forward, her tone extremely unhappy, "They are small-minded people who follow the wind and curry favor with the powerful, and I... although I am not a gentleman, at least I can be loyal to your mother and never leave her. Just based on this... you can't compare me with them."

"I'm not talking about the 'Eradication of Traitors' meeting, nor am I talking about love affairs..."

"Then what did you say?" Faced with Liu Xunyi's hesitancy, Yun Zhuiyue seemed a little annoyed and angry.

"What I'm talking about is... the morality of the martial arts world, good deeds and benevolence." Facing Yun Zhuiyue's aggressive questioning, the confused Liu Xunyi pondered again and again, and finally put aside his worries and told him all the frustrations buried in his heart, "Although we are all in the martial arts world, fighting and killing are inevitable, but some people fight and kill to enforce justice and eliminate harm for the people. And some people... often act on impulse without reason. Even worse, they are plotting evil and killing innocent people..."

“You mean… you, Liu Xunyi, are a kind and gentle person? And I, Yun Zhuiyue, am a bad person who does all kinds of evil?” Yun Zhuiyue sneered, “Don’t forget, the four major crimes that Qingfeng listed for you are still being passed around in the martial arts world…”

"No! I, Liu Xunyi, have stumbled my way to where I am today, and my hands are already stained with blood. How dare I call myself a 'good man'?" At this point, Liu Xunyi's eyes darkened, and his tone became particularly sad. "But whether it is the Xianwang Mansion or the Xiangxi Teng Clan, or even the Jueqing Valley, which was also a heretical sect in the past... none of them are as bloodthirsty and murderous as Longxiang Mountain. It is said that if Longxiang Mountain disciples want to stand out, it does not depend on the depth of virtue or the level of martial arts, but on how ruthless they are and how many people they kill. There is a saying in the martial arts world, 'The dragon and the elephant build a monument building, the ten impermanence swim in the sea of ​​blood, the four guardians take turns to sit, and thousands of people cannot get to the end'. Such brutality and horrifying, how can people not... stay away from them?"

"Who in this world doesn't have evil thoughts that go against the norm? Who doesn't have past events that are hard to bear? I remember when your father... Luo Tianjin won the throne of the leader of the martial arts world, he publicly cleared Longxiang Mountain and Jueqing Valley of the reputation of being a heretic and acknowledged our orthodox status in the Central Plains martial arts world. Since then, every move of Longxiang Mountain has always been under the 'close surveillance' of your grandfather. As for the crimes and indiscriminate killings of innocent people that you mentioned... they are all old stories."

"It's a thing of the past for you, but it will never be forgotten for those you hurt."

"Humph! In the end, you're just worried that getting too close to Longxiang Mountain will tarnish your reputation!" Yun Zhuiyue asked angrily, "What about the young king of Qin? You are the deputy leader of the Xilu Wu Sect, and you are willing to work for a foreign race. Aren't you afraid that the Han people in the world will poke your spine?"

"Reputation is small, friendship is big! If one day the young king of Qin does something as cruel as Long Xiangshan did, and dares to hurt my friends openly, I will also cut off all ties with him."

"A cruel thing? Your friend?" Yun Zhuiyue gradually understood the crux of Liu Xunyi's problem and asked doubtfully, "I wonder which friend of yours was hurt by Long Xiangshan?"

"Saint Lord Yun is really 'a noble man forgets things easily'. Have you killed so many people in these years that you can't even remember clearly?" Liu Xunyi's eyes turned cold, and there was a trace of contempt in his sneer, "Do you remember how the Pan family of Yingchuan was destroyed? How did Mr. Pan Ba ​​die with hatred? Miss Pan has saved me from danger many times, and now she is in this Danfeng Garden, close to you and me. If I only care about my own pride, let your cruelty go, and turn a blind eye to the blood debts of Longxiang Mountain, how can I explain to Miss Pan? How can I explain to Mr. Pan Ba ​​in the underworld?"

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(End of this chapter)