The Naughty Senior Sister
Duan Yunfei - 2
Yan Xu brushed aside the slender hand that was holding him and said coldly, "Only mere utterances will never be able to persuade me. If it was another man, I'm sure they'd agree right away. Unfortunately, I'm different from them."
"What do you want me to get my freedom?" asked Duan Yunfei seriously.
"First I need a rational reason, your sentence just now is just an emotional reason and there is no satisfactory explanation."
Duan Yunfei sighed and said, "This will be a boring and somewhat cliche explanation, are you sure you still want to listen?"
Duan Yunfei could explain his condition, yet it would sound like a fairy tale in the eyes of a stranger who did not know the origin of the land they were currently treading on.
Yan Xu who understood how the girl thought added, "Just tell me everything, this stranger is guaranteed to be different than you think."
"Foreigners, yes .... Well, sometimes talking to strangers is more convenient, compared to family alone," said Duan Yunfei, feeling nostalgic on a distant day and never going back.
"Now briefly explain," this time Yan Xu gave the order, not asking nicely anymore.
Duan Yunfei nodded with a serious expression, "Good."
...
This barren land filled with chaos and death qi energy was also a different kind of monster this used to be the territory of the fallen kingdom, Duan Kingdom. Duan Kingdom was located far away on the edge of the southwestern continent in Xuanyuan world.
The Duan Kingdom was based on trust, where an archbishop had the second position after the royal family, the Duan family. Duan Yunfei—'s fatherMuan Minsheng— was the last king of the kingdom before accepting their downfall.
The downfall of the Duan Dynasty began with the Archbishop who had become a heretic and worshipped a demon that had never existed in Xuanyuan world history records. He was tempted by the power and promises offered by the devil and became a pawn.
The name of the demon worshipped by the archbishop was Sheng Ji A'xia— queen of the young demons and had yet to spread her name across the Xuanyuan— plain ....
"Stop a minute!"
Yan Xu suddenly felt a cold sweat on his back when the name Sheng Ji A'xia— Demon Queen Xia— was mentioned.
"What's wrong?" asked Duan Yunfei.
"Are you sure that demon's name is Sheng Ji A'xia? How do you know if he's the real one?"
"Oh, that's .. I'll never forget how cruel his expression was and a bit of a strange mutter while carrying a child."
Yan Xu gulped once and asked, "Did you still remember how the child he was carrying looked like?"
Unsuspecting, Duan Yunfei continued to reply, "He has an innocent expression yet all the misfortune suffered by our dynasty was his plan. His gaze that looked filled with purity, only saw the lives of others as his toys. He also had a similar appearance to Sheng Ji A'xia, like the younger version of himself."
Duan Yunfei bowed grimly then continued, "I can only assume that it was his son with a man who even had very savage thoughts. Thousands of innocent lives alone would not be able to touch his conscience, truly worthy of being called a demon."
'Wire, it looks like I've dug up a grave that was covered by my own son,' Yan Xu thought as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.
He clenched his slender hand until it trembled then continued, "What angered me the most was when he heard the muttering of the little girl."
'Stop it, please stop. I get it, I'm sorry, so let's just stop here, okay?' Yan Xu was still deeply silent because it was the deed of his own son.
"She said ..." Duan Yunfei clutched tightly onto the end of Yan Xu's immortal robe, "The Duan Kingdom doesn't actually exist and we are merely trial rats of the old faction to awaken a demon god for the sake of killing them."
"I don't want to think of his words as the truth, even if they are. However, deep within me, I felt that the happiness we felt was not fake at all."
"But, you know? Plagued by the fact of the murmur of a little girl is indeed more cruel than having to know it alone."
The thin smile on Duan Yunfei's color-lost face showed no signs of anger nor killing intent. A sign that Yan Xu felt as an observer, this girl had given up on the reality that befell them. However, there was a strange mismatch with Yaoyao's explanation and murmuring.
"Which god did you worship?" asked Yan Xu indifferently.
"The god, named Mo Yifan, is considered the great god of creation, which turns out to be one of the doctrines of false belief among demons called the old faction."
"Mo Yifan .. It looks like I've seen that name in one of the ancient literacies of our peak library ...."
Duan Yunfei who lost half his soul, regained his spirit back, "Do you know something about this Mo Yifan?"
Yan Xu gave a small nod and said, "This Mo Yifan is one of the Great Sins of the Underworld, although I don't know what he means yet because that's all that's mentioned in the note. Other than saying that he was one of the greatest evils in the world, there was no other record that described Mo Yifan further."
"That's it, so the explanation of the little girl was indeed true. Oh, I just remembered him adding something before they left," Duan Yunfei closed his eyes, trying to recall what the little girl said that day.
'Don't say ....'
Yan Xu began to feel uneasy about this situation. If it was Yaoyao, she could guess what kind of speech the little girl would say despite still lukewarmness to her personality. However, those with the same root rot can feel each other without having to be told.
Sure enough, Yan Xu's suspicions proved to be correct after listening to the remark from Duan Yunfei.
"ah! The little girl said, 'if you have no place to go, wait here for two thousand years and according to my ability to see the path of destiny, someone destined to take you out of this endless hell'. After saying that, he gave me some food and some artifacts as well as a training manual for human cultivators."
".... Coincidentally, my wait has already entered two thousand years right today," Duan Yunfei continued looking at Yan Xu expectantly.
'Damn, right. You guys are making a mess, why should I bear the rest of your mess? Can't you guys clean it yourself?!' Yan Xu had already exploded in his mind, yet still maintained a flat expression as if nothing had happened.
Nodding a few times, Yan Xu asked, "How can you have such a long lifespan?"
"We are the Duan family, at least have a lifespan of five thousand years without cultivating. Can live several years without having to eat and drink."
"The human race is longevity huh, so it's also a possibility that makes you the target of the old faction."