The Legends: The Tale of Immortality
Chapter 81: Heart Rate

Ever since the life-and-death experience that gave him the deepest impression, Yue Qing Ye had grown more and more perfect. His life was completely twisted like a robot, without a trace of warmth that made him slowly stir up fear in the hearts of others.

Yue Qing Ye's learning speed was very strong, it didn't take long and she had already surpassed all of her teacher's teachings. The talent he shows from day to day increasingly makes people feel a big difference between himself and others.

In the eyes of many, yue Qing Ye's presence carried a lot of still superficial respect and respect it finally developed into a sincere emotion of admiration after Yue Qing Ye managed to take down an enemy who wanted to take advantage of her.

The same scene, was still a group of assassins who had come to visit Yue Qing Ye's residence, but the second time the same scene happened, the end result turned out to be different from what others had thought. Yue Qing Ye was completely unharmed, yet all the assassins sent to her were successfully completed alone by Yue Qing Ye.

Yue Qing Ye who grew stronger by the day, was never open to the praise and admiration of everyone around her. He really grew up as expected by his clan. A genius, an esteemed young master, a young master who never tarnished the name of the clan. What a role model that is idolized and respected by anyone.

He was so perfect, actually appearing to be a figure that would tread the world of immortals.

However, amidst this perfection Yue Qing Ye had lost the warmth of her heart. The clan higher-ups finally saw the awkwardness of Yue Qing Ye, yet any actions had been useless. Yue Qing Ye became devoid of empathy, everything she did had to be perfect.

Several times his parents wanted to talk to Yue Qing Ye to open their son's heart, yet each word only sank into the dark lake without causing any ripples. Yue Qing Ye no longer had any enthusiasm for her mother's affection she had always craved, she no longer showed pure admiration and respect for her father.

Yue Qing Ye's gaze felt dark, empty, and cold. There was no trace of humanity in both of his pupils like how he used to be.

Every time Yue Qing Ye faced various different situations, no ripples appeared on her face. His gaze had a trace of indifference that made one doubt whether this child even understood the meaning of the word humanity?

When facing the clan members who were in a generation with him, Yue Qing Ye demanded that they should always appear perfect. He would take the time to use his status and give them harsh personal training, he did not care about the feelings of the clan children who became fearful and disinclined towards him. Several times he even made them realize the inferiority buried in the depths of their hearts and encouraged them to grow stronger.

Of course some of the clan elders had strong disapproval towards Yue Qing Ye's attitude, but their opposition was only considered a last breeze by Yue Qing Ye. The child does not care at all about the opinions of others and only does what he thinks is right.

Yue Qing Ye's behavior did attract the hatred of many people, but not long after that the hatred was silenced by itself under the result created from the child's hands.

The clan children his age advanced swiftly as if they had absolutely no stumbling blocks blocking their steps, they shot forward endlessly like meteors. Slowly, the clan children who were just mediocre developed into geniuses at their young age.

The initial protest that was always fluttering finally came down to silence.

Yue Qing Ye was too capable.

The boy was actually able to turn his words into reality. The children of his age whom he had forced to leave their families and go to his place to train, managed to come out to be outstanding talents.

Finally the compliments started to go up. The name of Yue Qing Ye, which had been debated by some parties, flew back to its former glory. However, amidst Yue Qing Ye's perfection there was one factor that still made people uneasy.

Yue Qing Ye was too cold.

He has no emotion.

No matter what condition he was in, his heartbeat was always stable.

It was as if he was alive, but he wasn't.

This condition lasted until Yue Qing Ye finally met BaiLi Yun Xiao.

Yue Qing Ye who had always been like a living puppet, had apparently cultivated an overwhelming interest towards the cousin she had just met.

Slowly, the cold-hearted child began to show astonishing changes. Under BaiLi Yun Xiao's tutelage, Yue Qing Ye was finally able to show emotions in her pair of icy pupils. Anyone could see that chunk of ice finally melting and showing its gentleness and purity to the world.

Yue Qing Ye herself was also conscious.

His ever-steady heart rate was finally able to choppy under the collision of his laughing cousin. He still did not understand, how could any child be able to open a sincere smile under the pressure of a life that bled like hell?

This BaiLi Yun Xiao who was his cousin made him feel like he was inside a mystery box. From what he heard, his cousin was also a holy blood just like him. However different from her, from the first time she met BaiLi Yun Xiao she could see a never-dead brilliance in the eyes of this cousin of hers.

BaiLi Yun Xiao had a life experience that was not much better than her. Sometimes Yue Qing Ye even felt that her cousin was much more unlucky and pitiful than her.

Poor thing.

It was a trace of emotion that Yue Qing Ye had never expected to appear. He never thought that his heart, which was said to be cold-blooded from the mouths of others, could actually infer complicated emotions such as pity for others.

It was a new experience for him. Initially Yue Qing Ye still felt shaken by the change in her heart. A chill rose to the crown of his head when he found out that he had broken the limit of perfection he had been guarding for so long.

It's a sign of weakness.

He knew much better than anyone that weakness could get people killed easily. He even had time to think of the idea to eliminate the perpetrator who made his heart change. Yue Qing Ye had never felt anything against the threat of death coming at her, she was not afraid of death. However, he did not want to die.

This world might not give him any feelings. He has lived his days with utter indifference since the tragedy that struck him at the age of four.

Yue Qing Ye knew better than anyone that living things were very easy to die. No matter what their status was, as long as they were much weaker than other existences, then their right to life would drift off without a hitch.

Just like the servant girl.

Yue Qing Ye who was still a child actually did not understand why she wanted to stay and survive in this world even though she actually did not have any special emotions or feelings towards this world, he did not even have the fear of death that would pull him away. He did not know why a figure like himself who was said by others was emotionless, capable of having quite conflicted thoughts.

But Yue Qing Ye was also not interested in delving further into her psychological state. He simply followed his inner desires and continued to walk in this world.

Perhaps. she just doesn't want to be a forgotten, time-consuming remnant like her former babysitter girl.

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Yue Qing Ye looked at her sleeping students with peaceful faces without knowing how busy the medics were caring for them. He had to admit, Baiki Yun Xiao's words tore through all the coverings lining his heart.

His cousin, his best friend, the first person to melt the ice in the depths of his heart, never wrongly looked deep into his hidden heart.

Yue Qing Ye was still quite a perfectionist and demanded perfection until now. This trait of his could not be changed no matter how hard BaiLi Yun Xiao tried, he was still cold-hearted. Merely, his heart opened as an exception for BaiLi Yun Xiao.

However, now that Yue Qing Ye could not turn her head away from the fact that her frozen heart had returned beating strongly to someone other than Yue Qing Ye.

Inside his chest cavity, behind his flesh and blood, that ever-quiet heart was racing.

A throbbing heart rate for someone other than BaiLi Yun Xiao.

Yue Qing Ye drew her facial line even tighter, no matter how reluctant she was to admit it, the fact that she had been softened a second time aside from by her nanny girl and BaiLi Yun Xiao would not change.

His rational mind refused to accommodate the interests of others above his reputation, yet his heart pulsed with a completely different command.

In a corner of time he was not aware of, these children had managed to steal the affection from his cold heart. He never expected that one day he would also put his interests under the interest of a group of adult children who had just entered his life for a few weeks.

Yue Qing Ye sighed.

That soft sigh echoed loudly several times in BaiLi Yun Xiao and Lian Yi's ears.

Yue Qing Ye knew that she had made a decision. A decision that would never cross his mind by his past self. He stared at the lying forms of some of his students who not infrequently received cold rebukes and cruel training threats by him.

It's just a reputation, after all. At most he only had to sweep his opponent when his turn arrived and re-raise his good name that had been overthrown by these disappointing students.

BaiLi Yun Xiao raised a gentle smile and heard the answer he had expected.

"alright. Just this time."