Chapter 696: Chapter 125: True God Territory, Where Does Mercy Come From?
People should not always look at their past, for the present is usually more mature and steady than the past. Everything about the past then seems immature and fragile.
At this moment, Zhou Yan had such a strong feeling.
Especially when he watched Lee Sha with his silly ’yo-heave-ho’ laughter and drooling saliva, like an onlooker, he even had the urge to slap himself awake.
Because this behavior was not just foolishness, it was downright mental incapacity!
Yet this sentiment quickly stabilized as his temperament calmed down, because all these events had already taken place and had become immutable facts.
Even if he intervened, aside from interrupting the process of the True Void Heavenly Prohibition and the derivation of this memory scene, there would be no effect.
It was like a pre-recorded Sword Illusion Realm, where one could choose to watch or not to watch, but could not alter the factuality within it.
Zhou Yan could not interfere with anything. The only thing he could do was to be a spectator, watching Lee Sha grow into Lei Yan King and gaining the knowledge of this secret memory.
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"Lianqing, Lianqing, for you, an Elixir."
Lee Sha sold all of his Cultivation Resources to buy the best Elixirs at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
Holding the Elixirs with joy and excitement, he found Lee Lianqing and offered them to her.
At that time, Lee Lianqing was conversing with another lady in white, seemingly in high spirits.
When Lee Lianqing heard Lee Sha’s words, her pretty face immediately froze over.
She looked down at Lee Sha with icy eyes and a face full of disdain, her cold voice ringing out, "I told you, don’t call me ’Lianqing.’ Only ’Brother Tianlun’ can call me by that name. Who do you think you are? You’re just an idiot! Heal your stupidity first!"
"Moreover, what is this? It’s merely a Soul Pill. Not to mention Brother Tianlun can give me much better ones, even the inheritance from my father surpasses this by far!"
Lee Lianqing’s voice was harsh and cold.
The lady in white, on the other hand, looked at Lee Sha with a somewhat inexplicable gaze, her eyes puzzled and dim.
"Is he the one?"
The lady in white inquired.
"He’s the fool that our Li Family picked up; we nurtured him so much yet he’s still worthless. He keeps trying to court my favor, doesn’t he realize that with his condition, I will never like him? But then again, he’s an idiot; maybe he’ll never understand that in his lifetime."
Lee Lianqing said with a mix of helplessness and sighing lament.
The lady in white then glanced at Lee Sha thoughtfully, a fleeting look of pity and compassion in her eyes.
She quietly approached Lee Sha, picked up the Elixir that had fallen to the ground and was now covered in dust, gently wiped away the dirt, and softly said, "Mr. Lee, you have many hidden injuries; take this Elixir for yourself. Lianqing has better Elixirs; she does not need this one."
Lee Sha took the Elixir dazedly, his expression stiff and his movements very rigid.
He was just repeating the words ’no need,’ ’no need’ to himself, talking to himself, occasionally laughing with a ’yo-heave-ho.’
But this smile obviously included unhappiness, although he might not even know the meaning of unhappiness, only the ’yo-heave-ho’ laughter expressed a kind of mood.
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"Love is indeed inherent in life, this resentment is not for the wind and moon. Although Lee Sha is foolish, his emotions are so sincere. His nature is pure and clean, devoid of any impurities."
"If it were me, I would not only refrain from pursuing Lee Lianqing, but I would also trample over Xiao Tianlun, humiliate him, and utterly annihilate him—No good, Lee Sha is about to suffer again."
"Helplessly, I can only watch, entirely powerless to change anything."
Zhou Yan muttered to himself as he watched Lee Sha’s experiences, feeling very stifled but also touched with a sense of warmth and emotion.
However, as these emotions arose, Zhou Yan remembered something—that was when he, Zhou Yan, first faced Lee Lianqing, and the remorseful words she had spoken—
"I... my name is ’Lee Lianqing.’ You used to often call me ’Lianqing,’ but at the time, to avoid giving a bad impression to Brother Tianlun, I... I didn’t let you call me that, which made you sad for a long time... Even, to make you give up hope, I made you kneel in front of Brother Tianlun... I will never forget your expression then... Do you remember?"
This sentence from Lee Lianqing caused the recalling Zhou Yan to tremble.
At that moment, through the space between Lee Sha’s eyebrows, Zhou Yan saw the flicker of killing intent and jealousy that arose from Xiao Tianlun due to Lee Sha’s close interaction with the Rain Immortal.
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"So you’re that what’s-his-name Lee Sha, Lee Trash, right? I tell you, from now on, stay away from Lianqing, you got that?"
Xiao Tianlun said those words, and he brazenly wrapped his arms around Lee Lianqing, hugging and embracing her right in front of Lee Sha, provoking Lee Sha.
Lee Sha just laughed with ’yoho, yoho’, yet his gaze was filled with sorrow and despondence.
"You think you, a toad, can eat swan meat? You don’t even look at yourself in the mirror to see what you’re like! Heh heh, let’s forget about this time, but consider it a warning, there must not be a next time!"
"Scram!"
Xiao Tianlun arrogantly spoke and then kicked towards Lee Sha’s head.
Lee Lianqing didn’t think these words were too much; on the contrary, she felt that Xiao Tianlun was really domineering, filled with a man’s charm.
"So you’re this Xiao Tianlun, the Spiritualist? I don’t see what’s so great about you, bullying an ordinary, flawed person. Such trash like you is even fit to be with Lianqing? Scram!"
Suddenly, the woman in white, the Rain Immortal, with a gentle wave of her hand, blocked Xiao Tianlun’s attack while her expression was displeased.
Her voice was very cold.
Lee Lianqing was startled by her words, with fear on her face, and also a look of pleading, seemingly begging for mercy for Xiao Tianlun.
The woman in a white silk skirt ignored Lee Lianqing’s gaze and expression. With a smack, three consecutive slaps had already hit Xiao Tianlun’s face.
Xiao Tianlun’s body shook, unable to move, suddenly he was oppressed to his knees before Lee Sha.
His face was already red and swollen from slaps, blood trickling from the corners of his mouth, his kneeling body trembling.
It was as if he was kneeling before Lee Sha.
Just as Xiao Tianlun was about to get angry, immediately another terrifying force of suppression bore down on him. His body was struck like by thunder, immediately going mad, incessantly kowtowing to Lee Sha.
Lee Sha’s eyes showed surprise, and he called out nervously ’yoho, yoho’ in shock.
"He who humiliates others, will be humiliated."
The woman in white said coldly, and then she was about to use even more cruel means to suppress Xiao Tianlun. However, at this moment, Lee Lianqing suddenly stood in front of Xiao Tianlun, kneeling before the woman in white, and pleaded earnestly, "Rain Immortal, I beg you to let him go, please..."
The Rain Immortal looked coldly at Lee Lianqing and said, "You will definitely regret it in the future!"
"I love Brother Tianlun, and I will never regret it."
"It’s just that, this Xiao Tianlun, is truly a scum and trash, he only sees women as toys, not having a bit of genuine affection."
"I’m willing, no matter how bad Brother Tianlun is, he’s better than Lee Sha."
Lee Lianqing was resolute.
"Alright then, since you have made up your mind, I will give your father this face."
The woman in the white silk skirt sighed and lifted the suppression on Xiao Tianlun. But at the same time, she suddenly placed a sealing mark on Lee Lianqing, saying, "You can follow him, but I have already imposed a restriction on you: you can’t even hold hands with him, let alone other intimate actions. If he truly cares for you, I will help you remove these in the future.
I just don’t want your purity to be spoiled by the likes of such trash."
After saying this, the woman in the white silk skirt immediately sealed Lee Lianqing.
Xiao Tianlun had a look of extreme hatred in his eyes, but he concealed it very well.
If he couldn’t play with Lee Lianqing, why would he hypocritically stay with her? It’s all because of that damned Lee Sha!
Xiao Tianlun was raging inside.
But at that moment, as if sensing something, the woman in the white silk skirt suddenly looked up at the sky.
"You’re getting more and more presumptuous. Do you think this prison is a place you can come and go as you please?"
In the void, a man in white robes fluttered like a divine spirit, with an extraordinary demeanor.
"It’s none of your business," the Rain Immortal said coldly.
"Do you think I care about your life or death? The Undying Divine Sovereign will meet with the Blood Barbarian God Sovereign soon. If you don’t show up, just wait for the tragedy."
The man in white sneered.
"Wasn’t the Blood Barbarian God Sovereign suppressed by the Undying Divine Sovereign?" the Rain Immortal was a bit puzzled.
"The message has been sent, make of it what you will. As I said, such trash is not worth the trouble. You insist on showing mercy, which is downright laughable. You should know, in the True God Territory, where is there mercy?"
The man in white was impatient and after leaving these words, he suddenly disappeared.
The Rain Immortal was silent for a while. She looked at Lee Lianqing and said, "I’m leaving. Take care of yourself. As for Xiao Tianlun? I warn you, if you dare to harm him severely, don’t blame me for annihilating you completely."
After Rain Immortal finished speaking, she swung her hand and an array pattern appeared in the void, taking her away like an ascending immortal.
Such a world-shocking method, it was awe-inspiring.
"Is this Jiang Tianling? I hadn’t expected it to be him! And this Rain Immortal... Jiang Yuning? Indeed, it’s her; just because I’m observing the True Void Heavenly Prohibition now, what I’m seeing are scenes from the past, so I have no sense of familiarity, almost failing to recognize her."
Zhou Yan murmured to himself, but also felt somewhat sad.
While observing the True Void Heavenly Prohibition, it was as if he had God’s vision, being able to clearly sense the mental activities of most people, even changes in their gazes and fluctuations in emotions, but similarly, for people like Jiang Tianling, Jiang Yuning, he still couldn’t sense any of their thoughts.
According to this scene, did the Jiang family extract Lee Sha’s Perfect True Soul and Jiang Yuning took the blame upon herself, thus feeling guilty and to blame? Especially upon seeing the current state of Lee Sha, was her heart truly distressed?
Zhou Yan felt complicated.
Although these are experiences from the past, even though these events have already occurred, living through them now and activating the memories of the growth of Lei Yan King, Zhou Yan still felt heavy-hearted.