novelraw Chapter 586 - 525: Lan Cang Revived
Chapter 586 - 525: Lan Cang Revived
Quan Jin turned to look at him. "What do you mean?"
"Sang’er can be ruthless sometimes. She means what she says. Judging by her attitude now, she doesn’t even want the child. She truly wants nothing more to do with the Rakshasa King."
Fei Yuan mused, "In the long, endless river of time, who can guarantee a heart won’t change?"
Anubia’s interest was piqued. He casually tossed out two dice. "Why don’t we make a bet~"
He glanced around at the various expressions on the other Beast Husbands’ faces and said with a grin, "How about we wager the energy mines in your territories? Nothing much, just one hundred million cubic meters of energy mine! Just a little something to make it interesting!"
Si Ye replied coldly, "Not betting."
’There are enough rivals for her affection already. I don’t want a new one!’
Quan Jin wasn’t interested and walked away.
Fei Yuan was very curious. "I’ll bet that Luo’er will accept Sha. Three hundred million cubic meters of energy mine."
’There are enough Beast Husbands anyway, one more won’t make a difference. I just want to see the new baby.’
’Of course, if Luo’er could just keep the child and get rid of the father, that would be even more perfect!’
Lou Xianyue also placed a bet. "Then I’ll bet there’s no chance. Sang’er won’t accept him."
He shot a half-smiling glance at Anubia. "If you lose, you have to put up energy mines from your Star Vortex Insect Nest, too. Don’t think you can just profit without putting anything on the line."
His little scheme having been exposed, Anubia wasn’t the least bit embarrassed. A charming smile spread across his handsome, cool face. "Naturally. I’ll bet five hundred million cubic meters of energy mine!"
Yan fell into deep thought. He didn’t like Sha, but if Luoluo could win him over, he would be a tremendous asset.
"Then I’ll also cast my vote for ’yes, she will.’"
Seeing that most of them had placed their bets, Minos thought for a moment and decided to bet as well.
Fei Yuan recalled his Talent Ability. "A bet’s a bet. A certain someone had better not cheat."
"Heh, that would take all the fun out of it." Minos considered for a moment, then bet against it.
...
「Three years later.」
Lan Cang seemed to have been in a long dream. He dreamt of his own life, illusory as a flower in a mirror or the moon on water. It flashed before his eyes like a fleeting montage, scene by scene, from birth to death...
Only when he met her did the images slowly fill with color, becoming vivid and enchanting.
"Luoluo!"
Lan Cang suddenly awoke with a start, sitting up in bed with one knee bent. He was gasping for breath, his short black hair damp with cold sweat. The sight of the familiar furniture before him only made him feel more disoriented.
He looked down, staring blankly at his own young, slender hands.
’Didn’t... I die?’
’Was that all a nightmare? Or is this the dream?’
Lan Cang reached out and pinched his thigh. The sharp pain told him it was real!
’I’ve come back to life?’
CLICK—
The wooden door opened. Sang Luo stood in the doorway, silhouetted against the light. They gazed at each other from a distance, in a moment that felt as long as a century.
Like a marionette with its strings cut, Lan Cang stared blankly at Sang Luo in the doorway. The light traced a golden edge around her beautiful figure, making her look as wonderful and dreamlike as the world’s most beautiful fairy tale. Her lovely, almond-shaped eyes slowly reddened.
Her lips parted as she called out softly, "Cangcang, I missed you so much."
The moment he heard those words, Lan Cang moved as if a switch had been flipped. He shot out of bed and rushed to embrace Sang Luo as she flew into his arms, lowering his head to press a deeply tender kiss on her forehead. "I’m sorry, Luoluo. I left without a word and made you worry for so long."
"I missed you so much, too."
Before he died, his last thoughts were of her and the children.
"It’s not your fault. I know Sha forcibly reclaimed your soul fragments," Sang Luo said, shaking her head.
Lan Cang was stunned. "You... you know about him?"
Sang Luo nodded, looking up at his familiar, handsome face, her eyes moist with tears. "Cangcang, over a hundred years have passed. A lot has happened. I’ve met Sha, and... we have a history. He and I... have a child."
Now that he was resurrected, Lan Cang was essentially a Clone that Sha had deliberately separated from himself. The main body possessed all the Clone’s memories, but the Clone could not assimilate the original’s memories without permission. Therefore, he had no idea what had transpired over the past century. His fingers, which had been wiping away the tears from the corner of Sang Luo’s eye, suddenly froze. A suppressed anger appeared on Lan Cang’s face. "Did he use me to threaten you?"
Sang Luo shook her head. "No... so much has happened in the last hundred years. Let me tell you everything, bit by bit."
Lan Cang nodded gently. "Alright."
Sang Luo looked at his face and grew happy again. "Cangcang, you look just like you did when you were young!"
Lan Cang didn’t need a mirror to know it was true. His fingers were slender and pale again, free of wrinkles, and his body felt light and full of life. This was the peak physical condition of his youth, something he hadn’t possessed in his old age. Even his lifespan had been extended to be endless. He knew this was Sha’s doing.
Sang Luo stayed in the North Continent for several months, eloquently recounting for Lan Cang everything that had happened over the past century.
In turn, Lan Cang told her the things he never had the chance to say back then.
When Lan Cang was young, he didn’t know he was one of the Rakshasa King’s soul fragments. But as his body grew old, he began to vaguely sense something was off. Then one day, he happened to receive a letter.
This letter was engraved directly into his mind in the form of a memory via Divine Sense!
It was from that day on that Lan Cang finally learned of his origins. He was a soul fragment of a certain Supreme Ghost King from the Ghost Domain, and he could be reclaimed by the original at any moment.
That was why, later on, Lan Cang had told Sang Luo not to resurrect him after he died.
Lan Cang couldn’t defy the original’s decision and feared he might even bring disaster upon Sang Luo, which was the last thing he wanted.
Later, Lan Cang had also written a farewell letter in advance, every word an immense struggle to put down.
His mind was filled with nothing but thoughts of Sang Luo.
But when he actually put pen to paper, he deliberately omitted the words he wanted to say to her. Those unspoken sentiments all became scraps in the wastebasket, which he burned.
"Let’s go see the children. They’ve missed you terribly. You’ll probably give them the shock of their lives," Sang Luo said with a laugh, taking Lan Cang’s hand.
Lan Cang squeezed her gentle hand firmly and nodded. "Mm-hm!"
In Gangong City, when Lanxuan saw his father smiling and waving at him from a distance, he instantly turned to stone. The important documents in his hand fell to the ground with a THWAP! and he forgot to even pick them up.
He wondered if he was hallucinating from exhaustion, or if this was a final burst of lucidity before his own sudden death, his father having come to take him away for their reunion...
"What are you thinking about? Dad’s back, aren’t you happy to see me?" Lan Cang clapped him on the shoulder.
Lanxuan nearly jumped out of his skin. "D-Dad?"
’The touch is so clear... he’s real! He’s alive!’
He whipped his head around to look at Sang Luo, who was watching, overjoyed. "Mom, what in the world is going on?"
Lanxuan knew his mother possessed a Creation Furnace that could resurrect people, but hadn’t his father’s soul completely dispersed back then? Theoretically, resurrection should have been impossible.
Sang Luo gave him the short version of what had happened.
Surprise erupted in Lanxuan’s eyes. He hugged Lan Cang tightly. Though he had long since grown into a mature and steady Male Beast, he couldn’t help the tears welling up in his eyes. "It really is you, Dad! I-I’ll go tell my brother and sister the good news right now!"
After hearing that their father was back, Lanyun and Lanxin rushed over as well. A family reunited! There is no greater happiness in this world.