Chapter 1403: People Should Not Have Feelings

"Indeed, if it weren't for her, I wouldn't have ended up in such a crushing defeat, a defeat so bizarre." Li Yunshan laughed at himself: "People shouldn't have feelings."

"You said she betrayed you at the final moment?" Chen Yu was a bit puzzled: "Didn't you say that for her, you could give up the position of Sect Leader?"

"That is the vicious part. I wanted to take her away and no longer concern myself with the world of martial arts, but she wasn't willing to live that kind of life with me," Li Yunshan said. "And my Senior Brother didn't feel at ease letting me leave either."

"After all, as long as I left, there was always a possibility I could make a comeback, so to him, I was always a threat."

"That's true, to him, you were always a threat." Chen Yu nodded slightly.

"So she incited me to fight; she wanted to be the Sect Leader's wife," Li Yunshan said. "And at that time, I was someone whose head had been turned. To put it bluntly, even if she had wanted the stars in the sky back then, I would have plucked them for her without hesitation."

"This..." Chen Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He wanted to say that Li Yunshan was truly a 'simp', but he was afraid of upsetting the old man.

"I know what you're thinking. You must be cursing me in your heart as... what is that term you modern people use? A 'simp', right?" Li Yunshan pondered and said: "Yes, yes, that's it, a simp. You can say it directly; I'm not afraid of being scolded, because I truly am a simp."

Chen Yu was speechless. This old man talked a bit too much, but it was clear that back then, he had truly been deeply in love with that Junior Sister of his.

"So when she said she wanted to be the Sect Leader's wife, I went to fight for it directly. At the time, there were many people in the sect who supported me. If I had wanted to fight for it, my Senior Brother wouldn't have been able to compete with me at all," Li Yunshan said.

"But why did you fail later? Was it because of her?" Chen Yu asked.

"Yes. My Senior Brother and I had our final showdown on Shi Jian Ya. This battle concerned the ownership of our sect." Li Yunshan paused, revealing a look of longing: "That day, the morning glow covered the ground, and we fought there to a standstill."

"My strength was greater, but my Senior Brother was favored by our master, and he had a Dharma Artifact in his hand, so the two of us fought to a draw."

"However, after a few rounds, both of our Primordial Qi were on the verge of exhaustion. Just as I was resting, she came..."

"What happened after she came?" Chen Yu felt a deep sense of curiosity in his heart.

"After she came, she brought me a cup of water..." Li Yunshan said.

"The water was poisoned?" Chen Yu asked.

"That's right, it was poisoned," Li Yunshan said with a bitter expression: "Actually, I could tell there was something wrong with that cup of water."

"But you drank it anyway?" Chen Yu asked: "You were heartbroken at the time, weren't you?"

"Yes, heartbroken... so I drank it without hesitation. I told her, 'Junior Sister, this water laced with Origin-Dissolving Powder is truly delicious,' and after saying that, I downed it in one gulp," Li Yunshan said.

"Her expression must have been quite spectacular at that moment," Chen Yu gave a bitter smile.

"Indeed, it was spectacular. She never imagined that I had known the water was poisoned all along," Li Yunshan said: "But then her gaze turned fierce, and she drew a blade and stabbed me."

"..." Chen Yu was speechless. To be a simp to the extent that Li Yunshan had been was truly something else.

"I am a damn fool," Li Yunshan sighed and said: "Honestly, to live life to the point I did, there's no one else like me. Back then, as long as I hadn't drunk that cup of water, I still would have had a chance to turn the tables. It's a pity."

"Yes, it really is a pity," Chen Yu nodded slightly and said: "Back then, as long as you hadn't drunk that cup of water, they wouldn't have been able to do anything to you."

"Nothing to be done. If you can't let go of your own attachments, nothing works," Li Yunshan shook his head: "That stab completely severed my thoughts of competing. I let them lock me up, confined in the dark, sunless Dungeon, year after year, day after day."

"So what did that Junior Sister of yours get in the end? Did she become the Sect Leader's wife?" Chen Yu asked curiously.

"Heh, how could that be?" Li Yunshan couldn't help but laugh: "Don't I know what kind of person my Senior Brother is? He is nothing but a hypocrite; he always puts on a sanctimonious appearance."

"What he is best at is using others. Once that person has no more value to be used, he will kick them away without hesitation."

"So where is she now?" Chen Yu's gossip-loving heart grew heavier; he urgently wanted to know what Li Yunshan's Junior Sister ended up with.

"In the end, she was accused by my Senior Brother of harming fellow sect members, locked away at Wu Yuan Ya, and finally tortured to death," Li Yunshan said.

"What a pity. After simping to the very end, she still ended up with nothing," Chen Yu shook his head slightly, feeling a bit of regret.

"Heh, she brought it upon herself. Who can she blame?" Li Yunshan muttered: "When she went to do those things, she should have expected such an outcome."

"Because no one understood the Senior Brother better than she did, but the Senior Brother promised her a few benefits and said a few sweet words, and she fell for it. She insisted on courting death; who can she blame?"

Li Yunshan gave a bitter smile, his expression somewhat desolate.

"Then, in the end, did she have even a shred of regret?" Chen Yu asked.

"Regret? How could she not have any regret at all?" Li Yunshan sighed and said: "And I even saw her one last time..."

"That last meeting must have been deeply etched in your memory, right?" Chen Yu looked at him with sympathy.

"Yes, she told me she regretted it. She wanted me to save her, and she said she would be with me forever from then on," Li Yunshan said: "Honestly, from the time I met her until that moment, she had never shown me such favor before."

"And did you feel even a little moved?" Chen Yu asked.

"I did... for a moment, I was indeed a little moved," Li Yunshan laughed: "But by then, I was already powerless."

"She told me she could do anything for me, just begging me to save her... but that just disgusted me," Li Yunshan said.

"Then what did you do?" Chen Yu asked again.

"I didn't do anything. It was just like a dog I used to keep," Li Yunshan said leisurely: "I liked that dog very much and treated it very well, but one day, it saw someone else and ran off after them like crazy, and I never saw it again."

"By chance, one day I saw it. It was rummaging for food in a trash can. When it saw me, it pounced over happily, wanting to jump into my arms like it used to, but I dodged, because I found it dirty."

Chen Yu gave a bitter smile. This past of Li Yunshan's was truly spectacular, but looking at him now, he didn't seem very happy either.