Chapter 2374 - A Story (1/2)

Chapter 2374: A Story

“This…”

Wang Chong was hesitant. He had never imagined that all of this would be due to him. He wanted to say some comforting words, but he didn’t know what to say.

“Heh, this doesn’t have that much to do with you. Even without this matter, I would have fallen into hibernation. In one year, I am only able to be awake for that very brief period. This is the curse Heaven placed on me. When something is gained, something must be lost,” Master Guangcheng indifferently said, apparently having comprehended everything.

“Is there nothing that can be done to change it?” Wang Chong said.

Master Guangcheng merely shook his head and smiled, and Wang Chong instantly fell silent.

“There’s not much time left. Before then, do you have the time to hear an old man’s story? It’s a story from a very long time ago,” Master Guangcheng said.

Wang Chong was rather surprised, but he still nodded.

Master Guangcheng had called it a story, but Wang Chong knew that it couldn’t be that simple.

“When someone has been sealed for too long, they start to want to talk to someone. Perhaps this is just what happens when one gets old.”

Master Guangcheng mocked himself, but very quickly, a look of recollection appeared in his eyes, his mind drifting far, far away.

“I’ve basically forgotten about my origins and background, as that was truly too, too long ago, and there wasn’t anything very special about it. But there is one thing that I am sure you already know. A very long time ago, I truly was a member of the Celestial God Organization, and I followed Heaven for a very long time. Although I wasn’t a member of the Supremes, my status was even higher. At that time, my relations with him were not as tense as they are now.

“One day, Heaven suddenly came to find me, saying that a crisis was coming, that in a short while, a soul from another world would arrive. He would bring disaster upon this world that would affect everyone.”

Wang Chong was slightly shaken by this news, and he suddenly understood something.

In the Celestial Palace, Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan had left three psychic brands. One had been for him, one had been for Little Nightmare, and the other had been for Master Guangcheng. But Master Guangcheng had never mentioned what was in his psychic brand.

It was clear that what he was saying was linked to that set of memories.

“Heaven told me that he needed me to do something. Before that seed had fully developed, he wanted me to find that soul, become his teacher, and control him from the shadows.

“I quickly found the person that Heaven spoke of. I had imagined many scenarios, but what I had not imagined was that the person Heaven spoke of was only a child of eleven or twelve years old.

“He knew nothing at all and could use no abilities. Even his martial arts were taught by me.

“The matter proceeded more smoothly than I expected. That child trusted me enormously, never once suspecting me. Moreover, as I interacted with him, I found that he was truthfully just an ordinary child, little different from other people. Moreover, he had ideas that were sometimes so childish and naive that you could laugh.”

Master Guangcheng suddenly paused, a gentle smile appearing on his face. He appeared to be immersed in those beautiful memories.

Wang Chong didn’t rush him, only emotionally sighed as he looked at Master Guangcheng.

He had already guessed at the relationship between Master Guangcheng and the Yellow Emperor back in the Celestial Palace. A story that had begun with deception would not have a very good end.

Heaven and Master Guangcheng had both been outstanding talents of the world. To countless people, they were legendary existences.

Heaven had designed a plan which Master Guangcheng had executed. But Heaven had underestimated one thing: human emotion. Master Guangcheng’s current expression said everything.

As the two interacted every day, and with Xuanyuan holding nothing back from Master Guangcheng, Master Guangcheng had unwittingly begun to truly treat Xuanyuan as his disciple, casting the initial plan to the back of his mind.

And Master Guangcheng’s next words verified Wang Chong’s theory.

“I… I was with him for ten-some years, guiding him and teaching him everything I knew.

“I watched him mature from a naive boy to a steady youth of some fame. With every step he took, I felt pride and joy. At some point, I forgot what my initial goal had been.”

Master Guangcheng sighed before continuing.

“But there are some things that can never be changed. No matter how unwilling I was, once those otherworldly invaders crossed through space and came to this place, nothing could be changed… War erupted—the Battle of Zhuolu that you are familiar with.”

“What?”