NOVEL NEXT Chapter 72: Miscalculated
I made an isolation array first before he activated the stealth stone. The array was to keep the stone secret.
“Do you know what this is?” Asked me Li-er
“This is the stealth stone you used to hide from that female cultivator for 3 years”
“Yes. This is also the stealth stone I lost after my mother died then my half brother Wu ChengLiu found in this city and used against me”
For a while my mind went blank, then it started spinning at 100 rpm and my eyes turned big
“From the look of your face, you know what I am talking about” stated Li-er
I was still silent, I had a million questions, a million possibilities and I was not sure which one was the correct one. I needed more time to process the implications “I…How?” was the only thing I could say
“It seems my mother miscalculated. I regained my memories before the curse was gone... It is just that I also regained my memories of my past life too” Li-er smiled slightly “I regained them when I reached level 8 of Qi condensation and I have been observing you since then” He finished
I closed my eyes and took a big breath. This was Li-er, this was also the villain big boss Wu ChengLi. He trusted me from day one and I did the same for him. But now that he has regained not only this life's memory but also the memories of the previous one, I was not sure if I should trust him with my story or not. This was my dilemma, I was planning to never tell anyone about my previous 2 lives but now…
“The only difference between my past life and this one is you. Thanks to you, I found my mother alive. Before, I felt it when she died on the first day of the freezing winter. With the shock, my curse was forcibly removed which helped me regain all my strength but the after effect was me turning into a murderer. I killed the female cultivator, her contracted beasts and the plants. I lost the stealth stone during my rampage and was never able to find it again. I could not even get into that cave anymore because of the array1The array that stopped animal killers from entering. With my constitution I could not die from the cold so I wandered around. Eventually, I returned to the Wu family to avenge my mother, where I killed the b*tch who poisoned and cursed us" The last sentence was said with a scowl
"Wu ChengLiu, her son, ran away shortly after failing to avenge her and he ended up in this city where he recognized and bought the stealth stone. He changed his name at that time to hide from me and my mother’s family so you might know him as Wu TaoShen. I found him eventually but he had more backers and power. I tried to kill him a few times but I lost in the end”
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“You know about the previous life, you must be like me, but your rebirth was earlier enough for you to make major changes. I observed you all this time and the way you warned me, repeatedly, about my family and the need to get stronger…All that points to the fact that you knew my half brother and what I could experience at the Wu family. Am I correct so far?” he asked
I could only nod slowly “What are your plans now?”
“Breakthrough foundation establishment, remove the curse, go to the Sun family and test my father. If he deals with that b*tch well enough I might go back to him. If not, I will stay with the Sun’s until I am strong enough to travel around the world by myself. As for that b*stard Liu, it all depends on how he behaves towards me. I plan to cut his path early though. Him not getting the stealth stone is a good start. I need your help, one of his concubines is from this city, she had a magic tool that helped him get far too many backers. I plan to either destroy that tool or take it”
Ok. So far, except for that concubine who hurt his mother, he was not planning to kill anyone who did not hurt him in this life yet. I could work with that
“If vengeance is not your goal I can tell you my story. I will trust you for now and hope that no 3rd person would know what we are talking about since I made the array”
“You think I am stupid enough to tell anyone that I was reborn? I can assure you that you are the only one who knows and will know in the future. The reason I trust you is your actions since before we met until now”
I set up a table and 2 chairs inside the array, sat down and made black tea. Tonight was to be a sleepless one for both of us.
“I will start with the first life then…”
It really took all night. I talked about my 1st life, the 2nd then the 3rd. Li-er did not expect the 2nd life nor did he expect the first life being in a book but he said nothing until I finished talking
“So… you are the brainless cultivator that attacked Wu ChengLiu again and again…I heard about you in my first life but I did not know your name then. Too bad, if we met then I could have stopped you from doing something foolish” This was his first conclusion after my story
“I truly believe something was weird with me at that time! I am pretty sure you felt the same after my death. Based on the book YOU turned brainless after I was gone…and this is your first conclusion? Nothing about the book or my 2nd life?” I complained
“I am just processing my own way Shin-er” And now he was calling me Shin-er instead of Shin-ge? Well, he was older than me so I let it pass2the -ge is usually added for boys older than self and -er is for boys or girls younger than self
“If he got something that could make you obsessed and then used it on me after your death... then it should be something he got while running away the first time or he would have used it directly on me” stated Li-er. Yep I planned to continue calling him Li-er
“But you were too strong for him. He could not make you hate him more than you already did, you would have killed him the way you killed his mother”
“True, so he picked a fight with someone he was sure to win, you. Don’t look at me like this! He must have lost the first time you fought on purpose. You are bad in martial arts” added Li-er
I was feeling embarrassed. I was called brainless and weak in every way possible by Li-er!
