Chapter 499 - He Engraved His Soul (1/2)

Leng Jin Yu blinked. Before he could react to that flying cup Jinde had sidled up to him, his fingers stroking his arm and his head coming to lie on his shoulder.

”Mn, my dear, I'm so happy that this misunderstanding is cleared up now. I felt horrible when I saw that child kiss you. I even feared my heart might break.”

Leng Jin Yu's hand was grabbed and pulled purposefully onto Jinde's chest.

Qiu Ling whistled and turned away, intending to leave.

”Ah, wait!” Leng Jin Yu wanted to get up but Jinde wouldn't let him. He grimaced. ”Jinde, whatever issue we have we can still talk about it later, can't we? There's something I have to tell Longjun.”

”Is that really more important than me?” Jinde slid even closer and his other hand pulled at his lapel, revealing that clavicle once again.

Leng Jin Yu closed his eyes. ”It's about his fiance.”

”What's with him?”

Before Jinde could do anything, Qiu Ling was already kneeling in front of Leng Jin Yu with his eyes wide open. He didn't even seem to notice that Jinde had been in the process of showing off his body. Jinde gritted his teeth. Ugh. Now what? Could he still strip in front of his stepson?

Leng Jin Yu opened his eyes and carefully took his hand back. ”I went to report to the Nine Heavens after we returned from the secret realm. Besides this story about 'Tian', he only revealed one other detail about his memories. Further investigation showed that it is related to something called the soul-engraving dagger.”

”What?!”

Both Jinde and Qiu Ling jerked and stared at him incredulously. Leng Jin Yu tried to loosen his shoulders but their gazes made him tense again immediately.

”Well, I don't really know what that is but it seems His Highness has used it. The Heavenly Emperor sent me to ask that Senior Xin of your race for help. I was supposed to ask him to take a look at His Highness' soul but he refused and said that the chances of this would be more successful if you did it because you already have a connection to His Highness.”

Qiu Ling nodded but he was obviously in a daze.

Jinde sighed. ”It's no wonder you don't know about this. The soul-engraving dagger is an old artifact. It is a pair with another weapon called the soul-devouring dagger.”

Leng Jin Yu frowned. ”I know of that one.” After all, that had been the weapon Hong Bao stole to help the Fate's Scribe. ”It seems the soul-devouring dagger is able to destroy a soul, is that right?”

”Mn.” Jinde nodded and lifted his left sleeve a few inches. He absentmindedly caressed the pale scar that could be seen on his wrist. ”Legend has it that long ago a god and a demon fell in love. But the demons originally can't love so to reassure his lover he forged this pair of daggers. The soul-engraving dagger was left with him and he used it to engrave his soul with the promise to never stop loving this god and stay true to him until the end of time. The soul-devouring dagger was given to the god and he was supposed to make use of it in case the demon should ever break his oath.”

”Did he break it?”