Ye Feng: Big Brother... I Want to Go Home!

Li Guanqi pressed his lips together, forcing a smile uglier than crying, and cursed aloud. "You absolute bastard, Ye the Second!! Do you have any idea how worried I've been about you?!" "If you were going to die, you should've died far away—not even bothering to send word!" The more he cursed, the hotter Li Guanqi's fury burned. Yet after only two lines of shouting, his eyes reddened, and he choked back tears as he murmured softly, "As long as you're not dead... As long as you're still alive..." "You damn dog!!" Ye Feng pursed his lips, fighting to suppress his turmoil, but the violent surge of demonic energy swirling around him betrayed his unsettled heart. Listening to Li Guanqi, tears welled up and began to fall. No one knew what he had endured all these years. Trapped in the mire, in the solitude of the dark nights, his mind was constantly haunted by the dying curses of countless innocent souls. Even though he knew... He had not been the one who killed them. Yet more than once, he had suspected that Lu Tian already knew of the tricks between himself and Song Zhi'ang. Every solitary night, he had thought more than once of running away—fleeing the Heavenly Demon Hall, fleeing Lu Tian's control. Compared to Song Zhi'ang, he felt his own psychological endurance was not even half that of a woman. Zhuang Yan stared fixedly at Li Guanqi, his eyes blazing with venomous hatred. Suddenly! A hand shot violently toward Zhuang Yan's eyes. *Pfft!* "What are you looking at?" Red and white matter splattered as Zhuang Yan's curdling scream rang through the hall. At that exact instant, Zhuang Yan smashed a fist against Ye Feng's wrist, hurtling backward while circulating his primal energy to mend the wounds. Two trails of bloody tears streamed from his eye sockets, the searing agony leaving a lingering dread in his heart. Against his fair skin, the streaks of blood were starkly visible. Glaring at Ye Feng, who had just struck, Zhuang Yan narrowed his eyes and said in a chilling voice, "Mo Da, do you know what you're doing?" "Are you trying to betray the Heavenly Demon Hall?!" At those words, the people behind him instantly stiffened with tension. Compared to Mo Er's insubordination, they feared Ye Feng's betrayal far more! Everyone knew of the relationship between him and Li Guanqi. As for why Ye Feng remained in the Heavenly Demon Hall, everyone understood perfectly well. Not just them—even Lu Tian knew. Yet Lu Tian had never paid Ye Feng any mind, letting him linger at his side. His true intention was known to none. Ye Feng, by contrast, seemed not to have heard Zhuang Yan's reprimand at all. Somewhat uneasily, he looked up toward Li Guanqi. Pursing his lips, he hesitated for a long while before looking at Li Guanqi and whispering, "Big Brother... do you... still want me?" "I... want to go home." Li Guanqi opened his mouth to speak, but Ye Feng's voice cut him off. "Don't answer me yet." "Big Brother..." "Actually, decades have already passed for us. Lu Tian has a time array; otherwise, these pieces of trash behind me could never have grown this fast." Hearing this, Li Guanqi's pupils shrank. Ye Feng looked at Li Guanqi with reddened eyes, his face bathed in tears before he even realized it. "I've done many terrible things... killed many innocent people..." "Their wronged souls wail in my ears day after day... Sometimes I even regret the choice I made back then..." "I truly regret it..." "I... am a filthy sinner, soaked from head to toe in the blood of innocents. In the eyes of the world, I'm an evil cultivator, a demonic cultivator, an irredeemable monster!!" "Sometimes I even think that it would be better to just die quietly like this." Li Guanqi's body trembled slightly. Lowering his head, he suddenly roared! "Shut up!!!" "Do you have any idea what I went through to find you?" "Do you know how hard Cao Yan and Xiao Chen have fought?!" "Do you know that Xiao Chen beat Xu Junlin—the foremost candidate among the Eight Generals—into submission?!" "If killing was a sin, then go atone for it for me! Don't sit here wallowing in self-pity and wishing you could apologize with your life!" "Even if you, Ye Feng, are to die, you should never die buried in guilt!" "If anyone is to blame, blame me for failing to protect you..." "So what if you killed ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand?!" "The dead cannot return to life. If you were wrong, face it, but I believe that killing those people... was never what you wanted!" A sudden light sparked in Ye Feng's eyes. In truth, he had said all that on purpose. Because certain secrets... could not be exposed at this moment. Yet hearing Li Guanqi's words brought peace to his heart. Li Guanqi was still the same Li Guanqi—the elder brother who shielded him at every turn! He held no prejudice just because Ye Feng was inside the Heavenly Demon Hall. And his brothers were all putting their lives on the line so that he could return. He smiled. He knew that it was time to go back. To hell with his hesitations! Today, he was going to go home with Li Guanqi!!! "Big Brother... Ye the Second... is going home with you today!!" Li Guanqi's chest heaved violently, his lips quivering and his eyes bloodshot, his voice ringing with resolute power. "Good!!" *Boom!!!* Li Guanqi's aura surged to its zenith in an instant! Today, he would take Ye Feng away. No one would stop him! With a flick of his hand, Li Guanqi shattered over a dozen jade slips, his furious voice shaking the heavens. "At Xiantu Cliff, I, Li Guanqi, implore all of you for aid!" In an instant, Meng Jiangchu, Gu Changsheng, and the other Mahayana realm powerhouses who shared deep bonds with Li Guanqi all received the message. Not only that, but Li Guanqi also shattered several uniquely distinctive jade slips. Those belonged to Cao Yan, Xiao Chen, Gu Li, and Tang Ru!! Among them, there was also one that belonged to Su Xuan! All at once, dark currents surged where ordinary eyes could not see. Meng Jiangchu emerged from seclusion, treading atop the Five Yang Ghost Fire, tearing through space with a grim, chilling expression. Gu Changsheng stood with his hands behind his back, his face solemn. A white-haired elder's eyes flashed. Turning to the man beside him, he sent a quiet mental transmission: "Qinglong, make a trip." The stern-faced man nodded slightly, leaving a clone behind while his true form dissolved soundlessly into the void. Su Xuan narrowed his eyes, murmuring softly, "Let me see which of you it is... Clever tricks indeed, humph!" "Guanqi has already entered the Mahayana realm. If you keep grinding... the blade will be ground away." Undercurrents surged across the realms, and every major power turned its gaze toward Xiantu Cliff!!! *Boom!* Seeing that the situation was taking a disastrous turn, Zhuang Yan immediately crushed a pitch-black jade slip and bellowed, "Hall Master, Mo Da has rebelled!!!" "Brothers, kill them!!!" The moment his words fell, the remaining figures lunged violently at Ye Feng! All five were mid Mahayana realm cultivators, and the combined might of their strike shook heaven and earth. In merely a single breath, the grand hall was reduced to ash, and towering demonic energy struck terror across the surroundings. The corners of Ye Feng's mouth curved upward faintly. Turning to meet the simultaneous attacks of all five men, his expression did not waver. His voice carried an unprecedented lightness as he sneered, "Just by yourselves, you pieces of trash..." "Think you're worthy... to! Strike! At! My! Big! Brother?!!"