Ancient Strengthening Technique - Chapter 2409

Chapter 2409

AST 2409 - Unable to Mediate, Mission, Removing Obstacles

Qing Shui knew that he had to know his limits; thus, he let go of her .

Tantai Lingyan didn't continue to attack him but just stared at him . She wasn't that angry . Her feelings seemed to be different from what they were in the past, and she had no idea why . It could really be that she had some instinctive emotions toward him .

This matter brought the two of them closer together . Qing Shui knew that Tantai Lingyan was still a little angry at the moment . However, he just smiled and said, "Lingyan, why are you still angry? I didn't do anything to you . "

"I'm leaving . " Tantai Lingyan turned to leave .

"Mmmm, it’s still early . Why are you in such a hurry? I have yet to say the things I intended to tell you . You have been too anxious just now and made me forget about the important things," Qing Shui said grudgingly .

His words almost caused Tantai Lingyan to fight it out with him again .

"What is it?" Tantai Lingyan asked .

"I propose that the Divine Palace and the Demon Gate set aside all prejudice for now . If we really wish to fight it out, wait until we're at the Upper Three Regions and you've become the Demon Gate's sect leader there . What do you think?" Qing Shui gave it some thought .

Right now, Qing Shui didn't wish to follow after Tantai Lingyan and help her clean up the mess she created, with her beating up people and he providing treatment .

"The Demon Gate and the Divine Palace are enemies . "

"I know, but the hatred has been accumulating from a very long time ago . The Divine Palace hasn't done anything bad to you . "

"When you inherit the legacy, you have to accept everything about it . This is the most basic thing about legacies . It's impossible to mediate between the Demon Gate and the Divine Palace . It'll never be done . This is our mission," said Tantai Lingyan .

Qing Shui nodded seriously . "I know . That's why I said it’s just for now . We'll put down our prejudices temporarily . Or . . . . you can just join the Divine Palace . "

"Then you can just join the Demon Gate!" Tantai Lingyan smiled and said, looking at Qing Shui .

"That's impossible . You Demon Kings are all bad people who commit all sorts of evil . Benefactress [1], repent and the shores are at hand . " There was no way that Qing Shui would join the Demon Gate .

"You guys are the ones who proclaimed yourselves to be righteous . There are many people who claim to be so but commit a lot of evil deeds in the background . They are worse than the people in the Demon Gate . " Tantai Lingyan looked at Qing Shui .

"This is true . There are people like that amongst those on the righteous path . There are also good people amongst those who are said to be on the evil path . In the past, you were very kind and you were by my side as well . At a later time, you said that you felt a calling and had to leave . It should be to obtain the legacy you had inherited . If I knew that this would happen, I would have never let you go . "

"Things are meant to happen . It's just a matter of time before they do . I'll let the Demon Gate provoke fewer massacres . We'll leave the other things for the future," said Tantai Lingyan after giving it some thought .

"Is being the Demon Gate's sect leader so important to you?" asked Qing Shui .

"It's my mission . There's nothing else to it . "

"What do you have to do to complete your mission before you come to a stop?" 

Hesitating for a moment, she replied, "To have the Nine Continents Demon Gate stand atop the Nine Continents . " 

"Stand atop? It means that the Demon Gate will have to become strong and establish a firm standing . Do you have to wipe out the Divine Palace and all the other forces?" 

"No . Putting aside whether Demon Gate could do that, even if it could be done, there isn't a need to do so . It doesn't mean that we have to kill someone just because we can . The people in Demon Gate don't wish to be involved in too many massacres either and won't kill people for no reason . " Tantai Lingyan frowned slightly .

"You have the Demon Saint Blood, but it seems that you're unaware of some things concerning it . The Demon King's Blood will cause one to become bloodthirsty and easily become impulsive . It'll make one crave for power and walk the path of massacres . It is in killings where one would become stronger . There would even be Demon Kings who would wipe out an entire city, and it hasn't just happened once or twice," Qing Shui said seriously .

Qing Shui felt a little happy to discover that the Demon Saint Blood didn't let Tantai Lingyan lose her rationality . It made sense . How could the Demon Lord who dominated over the rest of the Demon Kings lose all rationality? It's a pity that she had lost her memories . In the past, he was able to change her life . It could be because of this that she had lost her memories of him . It was because only by doing so would she be able to accomplish her mission .

Qing Shui understood it now but felt even more upset . What must he do to bring her back? Qing Shui knew that even the Heartmatched Fruits might not be effective . He might even end up joining the Demon Gate . . .

"Then are we considered friends now?" Qing Shui asked in anticipation .

Friends . . . This term caused Tantai Lingyan to be stunned for a moment . She didn't have friends, or rather, she didn't have many friends . She only remembered that the Demon Lord Palace's Palace Mistress was her friend . However, she felt that the person was also very distant from her now . She might even forget that person in the future . . .

"Friends? I think we really can't become friends . " Tantai Lingyan shook her head .

"Just because we're on opposing sides?" Qing Shui asked .

"Isn't this enough reason?" 

"Let me tell you a story . A man and a woman like each other . However, she was a demon and had killed many people . She also killed this man’s master, even wiping out his sect . In the beginning, he didn't know of her identity . At one point in time, both of them fell down a cliff due to other people setting them up . The two of them ended up having a physical relationship . In the end, this man married another woman . Alas, this lady was an unfortunate one and had been humiliated by two men from the Demon Gate . "

"You aren't making this up, right?" Tantai Lingyan looked at Qing Shui .

"I didn't . I swear it's definitely not made up . "

"How did the story end?"

"The woman in the story killed the man's wife—that pitiful lady—by mistake . It was the woman's Master—a great evildoer in the past—who had forced her to turn against the man . The woman's Master ended up being killed by someone whom she had harmed in the past . The man found the woman and asked her why she had killed his wife . "

"How did the woman reply?" Tantai Lingyan seemed to want to know the story's ending as well .

"The woman said, 'Since you already believe it, then there's no need for me to say anymore . If you wish to exact vengeance, then just go ahead!'"

This time around, before Tantai Lingyan asked, Qing Shui continued, "In the past, this man was no match for this woman . The woman went easy on him multiple times, but this time around, she lost . The man had become stronger than her, and his sword pierced through the woman's body . The woman asked if he would marry her if they weren't tied down by each other's background . "

"How did he reply?" Tantai Lingyan asked softly .

"He said he would; then thrust the sword into himself and said that he would die together with her . "

Tantai Lingyan didn't say anything and looked at Qing Shui .

"The obstacles between them are greater than the one between us . It was a feud of having killed the other party's Master . He who taught me for one day is my father for life . The feud between them was impossible to mediate . Despite so, they were also considered to have become a couple and have promised to spend their next life together . The obstacles between us are nothing . Is it so difficult to just be friends?" Qing Shui said .

"They loved each other . But I don't like you, let alone love you . Why do I have to try to remove all the obstacles?"

"You . . . You . . . You don't like me? How's that possible? You have taken such a great advantage of me and now you'll throw me aside?" Qing Shui's eyes were agape, appearing as if he had seen something totally unbelievable .

"You only know how to spout rubbish! I'm leaving!" After saying that, Tantai Lingyan left .

[1] Monks/nuns refer to a layperson as benefactor/benefactress .