Chaos Systems
Chapters. 127 - Shadow of the Past

"Oh, it's so hot! What kind of place is this?"

In a dark room filled with burning candles, Mu Chen Xiao woke up in a state of shock and cold sweat after he experienced a spiritual explosion a week ago.

He is currently inside an open coffin with a lit candle surrounding it and also a spirit-exorcising spell that is lined up around it. The spell was also attached around his coffin and even covered its original shape.

"It's so weird and exaggerated! Why would they put me in a coffin like this? And where are my clothes?" Mu Chen Xiao muttered as he looked at the current situation by wearing a garment commonly worn by mourners.

"Oh, man,... You're awake apparently?" Said a man who had previously sat on a throne not far to the right of his coffin.

The man sitting on his throne was covered by the shadow of a dark room and the only light there was a candle of fire surrounding him. He could not clearly see who this man was but, he felt that he had heard this voice.

"Who are you? Why take me to a strange place like this?" Mu Chen Xiao asked after he noticed the shadow of the man.

A man, who was holding a cup, suddenly stood up and put his cup back on the table next to him. This person then walked up to him and showed himself from behind a shadow.

He is Mu Chou Ran!

"What did you bring me here for?! Why not take me back to the Sect?!" Mu Chen Xiao said with an angry expression after he found out that this person was Mu Chou Ran, his own father.

Mu Chou Ran smiled a grin and said, "It turns out that the desire to kill you is huge as well." He said with a face similar to that of a ruthless killer.

"What do you mean?"

"Huh,... I'm sure your Uncle will definitely not forget this much less he can't take you back to the sect." Mu Chou Ran snorted as he turned his back to Mu Chen Xiao and continued, "... Since the seal I put on your forehead has disappeared, you've gotten out of control and almost killed your own Uncle."

Mu Chen Xiao looked seriously and asked back, "What person do you mean Uncle is Master Zhao?" His question made Mu Chou Ran instantly glance at him cynically.

After he finished glancing at her, Mu Chou Ran looked back to the front and replied, "As you think. That person is your Uncle and the entire Zhao family are your close relatives. Actually, he already knew that you were his nephew, but he preferred to keep it a secret. You know why?" It was his words that made Mu Chen Xiao confused to answer him. "... It's because your own uncle killed your mother."

Mu Chen Xiao was shocked after hearing that. He fell silent and lowered his head and was speechless for a few moments.

"When Mom was killed, why didn't you stand next to her? Isn't it as the head of the family that you should be able to protect everyone even for Qian Yue? Where were you at that time to leave her alone?" Asked Mu Chen Xiao which made Mu Chou Ran distrustful of his current words.

Mu Chou Ran was silent for a while.

"If you want to know, why not just go where you were just born?" Mu Chou Ran's chirps that instantly flicked his finger at Mu Chen Xiao's forehead.

After he did so, Mu Chen Xiao felt as if he was inside a burst of light that would lead him somewhere. Initially all white but, over time he inhaled the scent of a Meihua flower that was growing in season. And not long after, the scenery turned into the atmosphere of a large residence in Jiangyan city.

"Is this the residence of the Mu family 13 years ago?" Mu Chen Xiao muttered as he looked at the objects and everyone around him.

For now, he was indeed in his own residence however, he was, he could not be seen by anyone and could not touch any object that was there because he had just been born.

After he was swept away in his state of mind, inside a room Mu Chen Xiao heard the sound of a newborn baby crying and the joyful cheers of the people who witnessed it.

Without a second thought, Mu Chen Xiao immediately walked to visit the house. He stopped in front of an open window and his vision immediately showed the atmosphere when several people were witnessing the birth of a potential successor to the strongest family.

In the midst of them was a woman who looked very tired with sweat that soaked her bed. Then, a white-bearded old man came to him with a baby boy who had been warmed by a clean white cloth.

"Congratulations Miss Mu! You gave birth to a boy." Said a white-bearded grandfather who immediately gave the baby to a woman who had just given birth to him.

The woman touched the soft skin of the face of the baby boy in her arms. His expression looked happy and his gentle smile made the baby in his arms feel comfortable and he slowly stopped crying as he looked at his face.

"Why did he give me this kind of illusion?" Mu Chen Xiao muttered as he looked at it.

"Qian Yue's! You did very well." Said a man who had been standing next to the woman since then but, Mu Chen Xiao had been completely unaware of her existence since then.

”Mu Chou Ran?! Since when was he there?!” inner Mu Chen Xiao after he realized who the man was.

"She's smaller than I thought. Will I one day have a successor that is so powerful compared to me?" Mu Chou Ran said as he was holding the baby and watching him.

Hearing that made Qian Yue slightly laugh and her right hand immediately pulled slowly on Mu Chou Ran's clothes. "... Don't talk like that. What if he hears it and follows what you said." Said Qian Yue softly and with a pleased laugh as she looked towards Mu Chou Ran.

For the first time, Mu Chen Xiao saw Mu Chou Ran who was laughing along with the woman named Qian Yue. ”... Is what I see is just an illusion?” inner Mu Chen Xiao was in complete disbelief after he saw her.

"I've been thinking about his name since a few months ago." Said Mu Chou Ran who was inviting attention from Qian Yue who immediately looked at him.

"Oh yeah? What kind of name are you going to give him?" Asked Qian Yue.

"I will give him the name Chen Xiao and his full name is Mu Chen Xiao. Do you like it?"

Qian Yue smiled gently at him and replied, "Of course. It was a name that suited him. You must've seen it because of his smaller size."

Mu Chou Ran slightly laughed and he stroked Qian Yue's head gently. "... Isn't a normal baby size this small? And again he will also grow in size by himself."

”There is no way Mu Chou Ran can be like this! I heard he was the cruelest person who made anyone shudder in fear when he saw it.” Inner Mu Chen Xiao thought about it.

Then after he saw the scene, the atmosphere around him turned terrible with a lot of blood and swords scattered around the residence.

It was one year after his birth. The Yin Lang Sect came attacking them and destroyed everything that was there.

Mu Chen Xiao was greatly shocked after what he saw in front of him instantly turned into a sea of corpses and swords. Your whole family did not expect that there would be an assault on their residence. They all died defending their land from the people of the Yin Lang Sect who used dark magic to kill them.

"Why is it like this? Where is that woman?! And where did Mu Chou Ran who was supposed to protect them go?!" Mu Chen Xiao muttered that he had finally left from where he was before.

Suddenly he remembered the words of the old grandfather who had found that when the attack occurred, he had been drowned in the Luobing river.

Without a second thought, Mu Chen Xiao immediately went towards the Luobing River which was a short distance away from where he was standing. As he went to the river, he saw many murders and fights going on around him.

The children were crying and the flesh was torn apart by the incision of the sword that did not look at its opponent. Not long after he ran. Mu Chen Xiao's gaze was immediately fixated on a woman who was walking limping because of the wounds on her legs.

The woman was Qian Yue who had been severely injured with a pink hanfu that had almost entirely been stained with her own blood.

"Qian Yue!" Mu Chen Xiao exclaimed who immediately ran up to him however, his voice could not be heard in his ears at all.

After Qian Yue reached the riverbank, Mu Chen Xiao saw her writing her name on a dry wooden branch. He wrote it using his hair ornament and then, he placed it together with the baby Mu Chen Xiao who was already inside the wooden basin.

"Sorry, I can't keep you company any longer. Xiao'er be careful when getting to know strangers." Said Qian Yue before he finally drowned the baby Mu Chen Xiao into the Luobing river.

Mu Chen Xiao who saw him only fell silent while staring sadly as he did not expect that Qian Yue would throw him away.

Not long after she drowned him. A blade of ice had suddenly pierced through the skin and flesh of Qian Yue!

His mouth was bleeding profusely and not long after, he was killed at the hands of someone unknown to him.

As he looked at the blood coming out of his body, Mu Chen Xiao's expression turned to be extremely shocked and sat down after he saw Qian Yue die at the hands of someone unknown to him.

”Who is that villain?!” muttered Mu Chen Xiao who was directly staring towards a sword that had previously stuck in Qian Yue's body.

The sword looked very familiar to him. That person was a young man born in midwinter. Long hair that blows with the wind. His eyeballs were golden brown and this person was Zhao Bingyan?!

Ahhhh!

Mu Chen Xiao instantly woke up and returned to his present life. As long as he sees his past, Mu Chen Xiao continued to fall asleep for several hours and he realized that he was currently in a room in the Mu family residence in Qianlu city!

"Is it all just a dream?"