Chapter 69

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

Inside the sleeping palace of the General's Mansion, the lamplight was soft, casting a warm and cozy glow over the room.

Ren wore Xuan Ge's oversized pure black pajamas, his figure leaning diagonally against the edge of the bed, hands pillowing the back of his head, gaze calmly fixed on the ceiling, his expression carrying a few traces of complex thoughts.

He inadvertently glanced at Xuan Ge beside him, only to see Xuan Ge wearing nothing but a pair of boxers, head bowed, intently watching the jade slip in his hand, fingertips sliding lightly across it.

That casual manner left Ren momentarily speechless, a trace of helplessness flashing in his eyes.

Ren couldn't help but purse his lips, proactively finding a topic, his tone carrying a few hints of teasing:

"You've already become the Divine Might General, can't you pay a little attention to your image? Looking so disheveled, what would people think if word got out?"

Xuan Ge still stared at the jade slip in his hand, fingertips rapidly sliding, scrolling through videos, and said without even lifting his head:

"You, me, and Jing Yuan, Dan Feng — which of us hasn't seen the others?"

His tone was casual, not caring about his image in the slightest; he paused, then added:

"Moreover, I'm a man, not some delicate young lady — so what if I'm disheveled? You think I'm afraid of being seen?"

Ren was choked by Xuan Ge's words, momentarily at a loss for a retort; he opened his mouth but found no reason to refute, only able to helplessly roll his eyes and turn his gaze back to the ceiling.

Xuan Ge finally put down the jade slip in his hand, also mimicking Ren's posture, hands pillowing the back of his head, leaning against the bed's edge.

His gaze turned toward the ceiling, his voice low, muttering to himself:

"The End... heh~ Did you see me disturbing your causality threads?"

Upon hearing this, Ren's expression instantly turned serious, his voice deep; he turned his head to look at Xuan Ge and asked:

"You're the Vidyadhara Prey's Emissary, the Imperial Bow even granted you the power of causality — aren't you able to see all these things yourself? Why come ask me?"

Xuan Ge slowly closed his eyes, crossed his legs, toes lightly shaking back and forth, his tone lazy yet carrying a few hints of deep meaning:

"I know it all; looking directly at the final answer would make things simple, but often, that most straightforward answer is also the most hurtful — why should I go looking for trouble?"

As soon as the words fell, Xuan Ge's conversational tack abruptly shifted, his tone returning to his usual teasing, laughing as he said:

"You think I'm the Old Man Under the Moon? Staring at causality threads all day long."

"I'm the Divine Might General of the Shen Wu Xian Zhou, not a Diviner of the Tai Bu Si — if there's really something I can't figure out, wouldn't having Jing Tian calculate it be the end of it?"

Xuan Ge didn't care about this power of causality in his heart; although he had become the Vidyadhara Prey's Emissary, he merely walked his own path.

The identity of a Xian Zhou General was merely political correctness.

What he cared about were the brothers who had conquered the world with him, past regrets, and the overall situation of the Xianzhou Alliance and Shen Wu.

That is what a General, an Emissary-level figure, should think about — not wantonly squandering power like a child holding a nuclear launch button.

Moreover, this causality must avoid contamination; it's extremely troublesome, so unless absolutely necessary or he truly cared, he fundamentally wouldn't go looking at those causality threads.

Of course, killing is excluded — that doesn't stain causality; just strike to kill.

"Heh~" Ren couldn't help but let out a light laugh, a trace of amusement flashing in his eyes.

For Jing Tian to encounter a General like Xuan Ge who doesn't play by common sense in this lifetime — he's truly had eight lifetimes of rotten luck; he probably gets a headache from Xuan Ge's antics every day.

Ren took a deep breath, just about to open his mouth, intending to bring out several hundred years of brotherly bond to persuade Xuan Ge.

To let the Stellaron Hunters act in peace, and also to seize the chance to inform him of what the Stellaron Hunters were currently doing, hoping to gain his understanding.

But before his words could leave his mouth, he was interrupted by Xuan Ge's flat tone:

"Ying Xing, you know my temperament — your destined ending, I don't acknowledge it, and I absolutely won't let it come true."

Hearing this, Ren's pupils instantly turned red, the aura around his body turning violent.

The Mo Yin body within Ren showed signs of erupting; he desperately suppressed the restlessness in his body and said in a fierce voice:

"Man has five names! The price has three! Xuan Ge, you are not one of them!"

Xuan Ge glanced at Ren, whose Mo Yu Shuang restlessness was about to break free of suppression; the teasing color on his face instantly faded.

He then lightly raised a hand; a strand of pure Vidyadhara Prey power slowly surged out, gently flicked toward Ren, steadily merging into his body, helping him stabilize his restless Mo Yin body.

The red light in Ren's pupils gradually faded, returning to how it was before.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the restlessness in his body, his tone softening a few degrees, and persuaded once more:

"The sins we committed back then are so heavy they cannot be repaid — this is the punishment we deserve!"

"Xuan Ge, none of this has anything to do with you — stop meddling!"

Xuan Ge fell silent for a long time, not speaking; in his heart he clearly understood Ren's meaning.

Bai Hang is dead, not among the "five names."

The so-called five people refer to those few of them still alive today — those sins, they have never been able to let go.

A moment later, Xuan Ge suddenly let out a light laugh, his tone carrying a few hints of mockery, and asked:

"So you plan to end it with death, using death to repay the so-called sins? That's what you call atonement?"

As soon as the words fell, Xuan Ge suddenly changed expression, violently sitting up, his gaze sharp as he looked at Ren, his tone stern, carrying a few hints of anger:

"Who taught you this absurd logic? Was it Old Huai? Ying Xing, do you even know what you're saying right now!?"

"All guilty persons must apologize with death! This is our destiny, and our only path to atonement!"

Ren wasn't convinced either; he violently sat up, directly confronting Xuan Ge face to face, his tone firm, not yielding in the slightest.

Xuan Ge looked at that mad, determined smile on Ren's face, and the anger in his heart grew even stronger.

He didn't use any Path power; he raised his hand and gave Ren a Friendly Face-Breaking Fist — the fist wind was gentle, yet carried full force.

Immediately after, Xuan Ge violently pounced, straddling Ren's body, looking down at him from above, his tone firm, carrying a few hints of unquestionable dominance:

"Since you want to apologize! Then stay on the Shen Wu Xian Zhou, stay by my side, use a lifetime to protect the Xian Zhou — that is true atonement, don't think about ending it with death!"

"Hmph! Xuan Ge, don't think just because you've become a Heavenly General of the Xian Zhou, you can order me around and dictate my decisions!"

Ren flew into a rage, punching Xuan Ge hard on the chin with such force that he directly sent Xuan Ge flying off of him.

Ren quickly stood up, strode forward, pinned down Xuan Ge who was trying to get up, raised his hand and threw another punch down, also giving Xuan Ge a friendly face-smashing fist, his eyes full of unwillingness and stubbornness:

"My own sins, I will atone for them myself, no need for you to meddle!"

Xuan Ge grimaced in pain, yet didn't retreat in the slightest, instead backhandedly catching Ren's fist, borrowing the force to exert force, violently tripping Ren to the ground, then pouncing on him and pinning him down, tone firm:

"You can't run! I also absolutely won't let you die, your path of atonement, I'll walk it together with you!"

"Truly arrogant! I see, the mad and perverse one should be you!"

Ren replied unwillingly, then backhandedly pushed Xuan Ge away.

The two instantly wrestled together, the room filled with the sounds of their scuffling, yet there was no real hostility, only the stubbornness and bond between brothers.

Simultaneously, in the living room outside the Bedroom door.

The four women, originally guarding against each other in silence, hearing the scuffling sounds from inside the Bedroom, all stopped their respective thoughts and looked in unison toward Xuan Ge's Bedroom door, expressions varying.

Ling Sha was most worried about Xuan Ge, afraid something might happen to the General; she didn't have time to think further, strode forward, and pushed open the Bedroom door.

But the scene that met her eyes made her freeze instantly.

She saw Ren currently pulling at Xuan Ge, while Xuan Ge's big underpants had already slipped down at one corner.

Ling Sha's little face instantly flushed with a faint blush, her ear roots also secretly heating up, but she quickly steadied her emotions, suppressed the shyness in her heart, and asked respectfully:

"General, what is this? What happened?"

Xuan Ge at this moment had his back to the four women outside the door; hearing Ling Sha's voice, he instantly became "calm and collected".

He hurriedly pulled up the slipped underpants, cleared his throat, and said with feigned calm:

"Cough cough... nothing, nothing, Ying Xing and I just haven't seen each other in a long time, fooling around is all."