The King of Curses

Chapter 223 Confession of a Reborn Person
The sea breeze whistled past my ears, the sound became louder and louder, and the noise in the background was gradually smeared into blankness.

Thunder comes from the silence.

The timing of Cen Dongsheng's decision to confess was indeed abrupt; but the motive for this was actually germinated a long time ago.

Although it seems unnecessary to explain it now, a stone is still a stone no matter how small it is. Perhaps people don’t necessarily have to pursue a relationship without impurities, but…

When Cen Dongsheng saw his lover's deep and clear eyes, only one thought remained in his mind:
If you have the opportunity to be honest, just say it frankly. It has never been a problem.

……

Just as Cen Dongsheng had guessed, even after hearing his words, the woman's expression remained unmoved and there was no sign of surprise.

She placed her palm on his chest and smiled gently.

"You finally said it. But I didn't expect you would choose this time to confess to me."

"There's no point in continuing to hide it."

Cen Dongsheng shook his head.

With her elder sister's vision, it is impossible that she had not noticed the clues revealed in his actions and words in the past, and Cen Dongsheng himself was not good at concealing himself.

It would be fine if it happened once or twice, but now their relationship is so close and both sides have seen each other's sincerity clearly, and the so-called "secret" has long been exposed.

She was just waiting for his confirmation.

"In fact, I have already guessed it. That vision for the future is not gained through the mind or reason. It is something that only those who have witnessed it with their own eyes can say."

An Zhizhen brushed her long hair behind her.

"I believe you are equally aware of this. I thought... this was an unspoken understanding between the two of us."

"I thought so, until today."

Cen Dongsheng sighed.

He kept thinking about why An Zhizhen dragged him around today.

From the school he attended, to the orphanage where he grew up; then to the place where Sister Zhizhen once worked and studied, to meet her parents...

The elder sister said that this was to allow them to feel the "weight of life", but all they saw were some traces left by the long river of time. How much weight do these traces occupy in their lives today?

Cen Dongsheng is a man who is so withdrawn that he cannot even consider the welfare home where he grew up as his "home";

An Zhizhen is a woman so cold-hearted that she doesn't even care about her parents' affection.

For a man, the most exciting adventures in his life all begin after rebirth; the dark years he experienced in his previous life are merely a prelude to all this.

The same goes for my elder sister.

Of course, he was not arrogant enough to think that meeting him was enough to change An Zhizhen's fate, but there was one thing that could definitely be the starting point in her eyes:

That is the day when he awakens "Tiankui Quanshou" and becomes a curse master.

Before this, pretending to be an "excellent ordinary person" and living a mediocre life with no end in sight was definitely not the life she wanted.

Fortunately, their relationship has come to this point today. Even though An Zhizhen is scheming, she often lets down her guard in front of the man she trusts the most. Therefore, Dongsheng can barely see through the mystery given by his elder sister:
Even the smallest confusion, the most insignificant gravel, are part of life, and she wants to reach out and touch them, to gain a slight resonance with him in history.

What a troublesome woman, he thought this more than once, but the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.

"I realized that whether you guessed it or not and whether I would tell you or not are two different things."

"Well, they are two different things."

Sister Zhizhen pressed her pretty face against his chest. She could hear her lover's steady and strong heartbeat, which was more intoxicating than the waves of the sea.

"I'm sorry, I've actually been waiting for you to speak."

"If you had asked earlier, I wouldn't have hidden anything."

Cen Dongsheng put his arm around the woman's shoulders, looked down at her crystal-clear earlobe, and felt an urge to hold it in his mouth.

"Yeah, I know, but I'd rather wait for you to speak up... I can't help it, I'm just such an awkward woman."

"And I am a dishonest man."

"It means we are a perfect match."

After the joke, An Zhizhen loosened the hug, raised her head to look at the man's face, and her attitude became more serious.

"'Reborn'?" the woman pondered and asked, "It's equivalent to your soul traveling through time from the future and returning to your present self?"

"Yes, I have memories from eight years in the future."

"That sounds like a time traveler. How, exactly, do you do that?"

Even Cen Dongsheng himself was not sure about this. He only knew that the source of this rebirth was the activation of the "unknown life ban" in his body.
"In my previous life, I was found to have the potential to control life, but it never awakened, so I could only become an ordinary spell-binding master. Until a certain point eight years later, it suddenly activated..."

Cen Dongsheng tried hard to pick up the memories before his rebirth.

"After I was reborn, the power of the life ban disappeared. I guess it can only be used once."

"You can go back eight years in time, and you have enough power to interfere with the world. That's amazing." The elder sister praised first, and then asked a question: "But since it is your life ban, it means that going back in time is related to your own 'fate' and it is an innate power. Will it really disappear?"

"Honestly, I don't know. Because this curse has only been triggered once from beginning to end, and even now I still don't know why it was triggered."

Cen Dongsheng was also confused. Unfortunately, the timing of the rebirth was beyond his control. He had already missed it and had no chance to experiment again.

"Anyway, I really can't feel the existence of the 'Life Ban' in my body now. It may be some kind of special case."

"Um……"

An Zhizhen nodded thoughtfully.

"By the way, there really is a force in this world that can interfere with the flow of time."

"Yes."

"If we become rivals, it sounds like it won't be easy to resolve."

As expected, my elder sister immediately regarded it as a threat.

But in Cen Dongsheng's eyes, different abilities are only "useful" or "not useful" depending on the area of ​​expertise of the spell-forbidden master. For example, his apprentice's "super intuition" and "elementalization" are both excellent abilities that are very suitable for combat, but this does not represent strength or weakness.
Curse masters who possess abilities like the celestial curse that can interfere with time and space/fate, or the divine curse that involves "conceptual manipulation" are indeed rare talents, welcomed and valued by major organizations, but what determines the "level" of a curse master is still the sheer scale of their power.

"The specialness of superpowers is not enough to overcome the overwhelming gap. If you can't beat your opponent, there is no point in trying."

Take the King of Equality as an example. In her complete state, she possesses both the "strongest spear" and the "strongest shield". The "I am the Infernal World" that covers her entire body all day long cannot be cracked by the seemingly powerful "concept system" or "mental operation". However, she can easily wipe out her opponent from the timeline with "killing". If you want to defeat her, you can only bring in the strongest people of the same level as her - the remaining ancestors, whose true Qi as deep as the sea and the power to destroy the world can break the defense of "Infernal World".

The same principle applies to the Philosopher King. If someone relies on his special abilities to become an enemy of An Zhizhen, I'm afraid that even that power will be taken away from him immediately, or he will become a puppet.

But then again, the time span of "eight years" is indeed exaggerated. He was reborn directly into the era when the ancestors were not yet complete. Judging from the scale alone, he has demonstrated magical powers that are no less than those of the ancestors. Perhaps it is precisely because of this special specification that his life ban has become a disposable consumable.

Cen Dongsheng answered while thinking about his own uniqueness.

"I see... Are these the 'rules' and 'balances' that a Curse Master needs to abide by?"

"That's right. No matter how powerful the effect of the supernatural power may seem, the curse master needs true energy to activate it, and the larger the scale of the curse interference, the more difficult it will be to achieve."

For example, a celestial being-type spellcaster may possess the ability to "go back a few hours", but achieving this effect itself requires a heavy price to pay, and abuse will drain all of the spellcaster's true energy and even vitality; if the spellcaster further expands the length of the timeline, or wants to interfere with targets in a larger range, several lives will not be enough.

The only way to break through this limitation is to reach a state where even fate cannot restrain you.

This is a threshold that the curse masters cannot bypass, and "Ancestor" is the ultimate goal of everyone.

"The factor that determines the strength of a spell-binding master is the scale of his power." An Zhizhen quickly accepted this answer, but raised a new question:

"Then, since you have been reborn into this era, wouldn't you already be the most powerful celestial immortal curse master?"

"Well, not really..."

Cen Dongsheng frowned.

...Yes, this has always confused him. He didn't think that he was just a second-class spell-forbidden master before his rebirth, and he had enough energy to promote a supernatural power of the level of "time reversal", even across eight years...

"Forget it. For now, knowing this is enough."

The considerate Sister Zhizhen changed the subject.

"In fact, I have also considered whether your 'rebirth' itself hides a secret. For example, you were killed by an enemy, or died in an unexpected disaster, and you cannot tell anyone about this. This is why you choose to hide it."

"...No, it's really just that my supernatural power is activated out of control."

Cen Dongsheng sighed.

"I don't have the opportunity to participate in those magnificent events. In my previous life, I was just your subordinate, a very ordinary second-class curse master."

"……subordinate?"

She smiled with interest.

"To be precise, you were my subordinate's subordinate's subordinate. At that time, I didn't even have the chance to see you."

"Ah... So you came to me first after you were reborn? Because you admire me?"

"Yes. To me, you are as far away as the sun and the moon in the sky."

"...Then, how would you feel when you hold that unattainable woman in your arms?"

The elder sister laughed softly.

"Do you even need to ask?"

Cen Dongsheng took a deep breath, and used his strong arms to exert a little force to bring An Zhizhen closer to him. The tip of his nose was lingering with a mature fragrance, and the touch in his arms was soft and full, which could arouse the fire in his heart at any time and anywhere.

His mood is naturally...

It feels so good.

……

Although she didn't hear the answer, the man's unconscious psychological reaction had already told her the answer.

"Dongsheng, you really don't hide your desires at all."

The woman pressed her beautiful lips against his cheek and whispered passionate words into the man's ear. Smiling, she slowly moved her delicate hand down and grabbed her lover's handle.

"I can't hide anything from you." Cen Dongsheng's breathing gradually became heavier, and he replied, "Now I am completely open with you."

"It's the same for me. My abilities, my wishes, and my past... What I'm showing you is everything I once had and then gave up."

An Zhizhen's other hand gently stroked his cheek, and the movement of her fingertips brought a cool and comfortable feeling.

The woman's movements are gentle and loving, yet also have an undisguised ambiguity of wanting to arouse sexual desire; this contrast is irresistible.

Amid the man's panting, she skillfully caressed her friend, lover and relative.

"I know you won't believe it easily, but I can't help it. I am that kind of woman."

"I--"

"——So, we can only prove it with actual actions."

Before Cen Dongsheng could speak, his elder sister offered her lips to him, making him swallow the words back.

Warm and rapid, the biting sea breeze could not blow away the warming atmosphere; the two people's gazes intertwined at a close distance, and that pair of deep and charming eyes seemed to suck his soul into the endless darkness, never to escape.

"…I'd rather never get out of this for the rest of my life."

Cen Dongsheng thought to himself, he acted according to his instinct, trying to take the initiative in flirting, putting his palm on the back of her neck, applying a little force, and bringing his lover's cheek closer.

He stuck out his tongue, and the tip of his tongue gently slid across the tender lips. With a gentle aggression, he slowly pushed open her teeth, pressed his tongue against hers, and then wrapped and entangled her, taking possession of everything about her.

The kiss became deeper and deeper, with an almost greedy desire, the entanglement between lips and teeth expressed emotions that could not be expressed in words, hot and intense.

The place where they were was the center of the world, all sounds and lights were cut off, and only each other's breathing and heartbeats remained...

After an unknown amount of time, their lips reluctantly separated. They both knew very well that this long, sweet kiss was not the end, but merely the prelude to the climax of the drama.

The elder sister stared at him with a dazed look and invited him breathlessly:
"Dongsheng, take me home, back to our own home..."

……

After tidying up his clothes for the time being, Cen Dongsheng took An Zhizhen's hand and went back into the house.

Looking at their daughter's disheveled hair and rosy cheeks, the couple seemed to be hesitant to speak. They were shocked as if they had seen something incredible.

But they were naturally in no mood to explain. To them at this moment, everyone in the world had become a supporting role and was no longer worthy of attention, simply because the most important drama that they were looking forward to was about to begin.

They said goodbye in a hurry and got in the car and headed straight for their destination.

(End of this chapter)