novelraw Chapter 313 : I Want to Kill Him
Chapter 313 : I Want to Kill Him
Chapter 313: I Want to Kill Him
Outside the Imperial Pool, Jiang Zhi, who had been swinging his sword, only stopped when he saw Chu Huaixu emerge completely unharmed.
The Moon Country cultivators responsible for guarding the Imperial Pool were already lying scattered across the ground.
Yet it was clear that this peerless killing prodigy of the Dao Gate had shown restraint—he had not dealt lethal blows to these people.
As for the external formation restrictions, they had nearly been shredded to pieces by his sword qi, leaving only the shattered formation core barely holding on.
“Did anything happen to you?” Jiang Zhi asked.
Chu Huaixu did not conceal anything: “Grandmaster, the Emperor-level Divine Sense attempted Possession.”
That single, brief sentence made Jiang Zhi freeze instantly, his face soon filling with killing intent and icy severity.
He immediately used his Divine Sense to probe Chu Huaixu’s current condition.
Only after confirming that he was completely unharmed did he ask, “It failed?”
“Yes. This disciple used some methods.” He did not elaborate.
Jiang Zhi had always known that Chu Huaixu carried many secrets.
But he was not the type to pry into everything.
Every cultivator had secrets they did not wish others to know—many relied on them to survive.
Still, even he could not have imagined that with merely Third Realm cultivation, Chu Huaixu could escape such a calamity within the sacred land of Moon Country.
“Let’s go. Leave this place first.” Jiang Zhi glanced at the sky and spoke.
“Alright.”
The two of them rose into the air and flew toward the Academy.
While flying, Chu Huaixu also informed him that Niu Yuanshan was dead.
Jiang Zhi’s eyelids lowered slightly, his index and middle fingers of his right hand twitching faintly.
Chu Huaixu had thought his grandmaster would ask more.
But unexpectedly, Jiang Zhi only said two sentences:
“First, regroup with Nangong Yue and Chu Yinyin.”
“Then, you only need to tell me what you want to do.”
Academy, Noble Guest Chambers.
Nangong Yue and Chu Yinyin were no longer at the Martial Arena.
Their earlier visit had essentially been like attending an opening ceremony.
The preliminary round held no real spectacle and was not worth staying for.
Moreover, before the Eastern and Western Continents’ Grand Competition had even officially begun, such a major incident had already erupted!
From the perspective of these two Dao Gate elders, everything had happened far too abruptly—almost absurdly so.
Nangong Yue believed there was something hidden behind all of this.
But with the fragmented information available, she could not discern the reason.
No matter what, even if Niu Yuanshan truly was a spy, he should not have been executed on the spot!
How to handle matters afterward should have been jointly decided by Moon Country and the Dao Gate.
And from Qin Xuanxiao’s words, it was as if, in front of tens of thousands, he had also declared that Chu Huaixu—this true disciple—was likewise a spy.
These two matters combined, along with the final handling by the Moon Country royal family, and the forceful intervention of the Guardian of the Nation high above the nine heavens—all amounted to slapping the Dao Gate in the face!
The Old Girl was already furious beyond measure.
“This is unbearable!”
She began cursing again: “Where is Little Martial Uncle?!”
“My master was right—Jiang Zhi, Jiang Zhi, always ‘about to arrive’!”
Nangong Yue immediately raised her hand and said, “Hey! Junior Sister, mind your words. At a time like this, we should be united against outsiders. Why are you picking faults with our own people first?”
“Little Martial Uncle is unaware of what’s happening here. Moon Country must have used some method.”
Chu Yinyin found that reasonable.
The other side had planned things deliberately while they were caught off guard—they were already at a disadvantage.
After exchanging a few more words, Jiang Zhi returned with Chu Huaixu.
After everyone shared what had happened on their respective sides, Nangong Yue and Chu Yinyin could hardly believe it—
Everything… had all been for the sake of Possession!
The Emperor-level Divine Sense actually had consciousness! It was not merely a simple soul-force!
And it had even intended to borrow Chu Huaixu’s body to return from death!
This matter was far too significant.
So significant that they could hardly process it for a moment.
“Damn it! All Moon Country people deserve to die!” Chu Yinyin immediately jumped up in rage.
“The royal family has always been like this!”
“Greedy, selfish, self-centered, arrogant…” she kept listing.
However, it was worth noting that none of the three Dao Gate high-level figures present asked Chu Huaixu why the other party claimed he was Huo Dingyi, or why the Heir of Prince Rui had called him a spy.
Only after careful consideration did Nangong Yue tentatively ask:
“Huaixu, Qin Xuanxiao said Steward Niu was a spy. What do you think?”
All three of them fixed their gaze on him.
Chu Huaixu raised his head, his expression calm, and said indifferently:
“I don’t know. But at least from my perspective, he wasn’t.”
Next, he still had many things to do.
Just for the sake of doing those things, Old Niu must not be a spy!
At the very least, he would insist to the end that Old Niu was not!
The four of them talked in the room for nearly half an hour.
Only at the end did Jiang Zhi ask Chu Huaixu, “So, what do you plan to do next?”
The Dead Fox could actually understand his grandmaster’s meaning directly.
But after thinking for a moment, he still said, “Grandmaster, I need some time to think. I want to go out and get some air. I’ll give you an answer later.”
“Alright.” Jiang Zhi lowered his eyelids slightly and did not urge him.
At this moment, Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing were still at the Martial Arena participating in the preliminary round.
Chu Huaixu walked alone, seemingly without direction.
Yet somehow, he found himself arriving at the courtyard where Old Niu had lived.
He walked inside and sat on the stone bench beneath a tree.
A light snow had fallen last night, but not heavily, so there was no accumulation today—it had already melted.
His thoughts began to drift.
For some reason, Niu Yuanshan’s words on the high platform to Qin Xuanxiao echoed in his ears.
“Chu Huaixu is Chu Huaixu.”
“This subordinate already sent word—Huo Dingyi is dead. Does Your Highness not know?”
In that scene, Niu Yuanshan had been kneeling on the ground, his forehead pressed to the floor—just like a servile slave, like an old dog raised by the royal family.
Chu Huaixu actually would have preferred that he struggled for himself a little more, rather than for him.
Because to be honest, Chu Huaixu did not need it.
Yet precisely because he did not need it, that was what made it most unbearable.
Because before the grand tides of the world, Niu Yuanshan was nothing more than a minor figure.
He did not know about the Origin Spirit Realm, did not know about the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven, did not know about the Nascent Soul, did not know about the Dao Ancestor’s many arrangements… he knew nothing.
In fact, the two sentences he had said to Qin Xuanxiao were the real truth!
Chu Huaixu was indeed only Chu Huaixu!
Huo Dingyi truly no longer existed in this world!
From beginning to end, he had always only been Chu Huaixu.
And yet, he chose to take his own life—choosing to use his death to let Huo Dingyi go.
That was what pained Chu Huaixu the most.
Sitting beneath the tree, feeling the cool breeze, after a long while, he suddenly murmured:
“Old Niu… was this also you letting go of your younger self?”
Naturally, Chu Huaixu received no answer.
He stood up and walked into Niu Yuanshan’s room.
There was not much inside. On the wooden table, three unfinished Spiritual Tangerines were still placed.
The tangerines were grown on Medicine Mountain—one could not buy them outside.
Chu Huaixu sat down and looked at them.
“Are they really that tasty?” he muttered.
He knew very well that Old Niu loved them.
He casually picked one up and peeled it.
Placing a segment of the Spiritual Tangerine into his mouth, he chewed slowly.
The tangerine was very sour. After each segment, he paused for a few seconds.
After finishing the entire fruit, he was overwhelmed by the sourness, yet no tears came.
“So sour, Old Niu! Damn, it’s so sour!” Chu Huaixu spread his hand, letting the peel fall onto the table.
“If it’s this sour, how did you usually swallow it…”
After eating that unbearably sour tangerine and saying those words, the turmoil in Chu Huaixu’s heart had already settled.
Then, follow the heart.
He had decided what to do next.
Chu Huaixu stood up and walked out of Old Niu’s residence.
“Then… one by one,” he said, looking up at the sky.
This time, the Emperor-level Divine Sense had abandoned the Heir of Prince Rui as its Vessel and instead attempted to possess him. From a certain perspective, it had actually saved Qin Xuanxiao’s life.
“But—you shouldn’t have!” In his mind appeared the image of Qin Xuanxiao standing on the high platform, looking down at a dog.
—You’ve gotten yourself into trouble.
World Protagonist?
Chu Huaixu let out a laugh.
“If I can save you… I can kill you as well.”