Peerless Douluo: Blood of the Black King Nidhogg!

Chapter 169 Regret Always Pervades Life (4K)

Chu Zihang...

Looking at Vina's complicated smile, Mo Yuan frowned almost imperceptibly, his mind filled with a myriad of thoughts.

First of all, there can only be one explanation for Vina being able to directly call out her own pseudonym: it was something Elder Mu told her. Following this clue, we can basically understand why Elder Mu said that Vina was the last gift he was giving her.

"Do you want me to seduce Vina to reduce the trouble of unifying the continent? I never expected Elder Mu to come up with such a method..." Mo Yuan sighed inwardly, feeling somewhat helpless.

This speculation may sound absurd—giving up an empire for love would be considered defying the heavens in any world—but unfortunately, this is Douluo Continent, also known as the Continent of Love, where anything is possible.

As for why Elder Mu knew that Vina had feelings for him, we have to mention Shrek Academy's powerful intelligence system. Apart from the Sun Moon Empire, the three major empires of Douluo Continent were basically transparent to Shrek Academy.

There's even a joke that goes like this: when the intelligence agencies of the three great empires hold a meeting, all the attendees are from Shrek Academy.

It is precisely because Shrek Academy frequently interferes in the affairs of other countries that the three major empires of Douluo both love and hate Shrek.

"Ah."

Mo Yuan gave a nonchalant "hmm," then went directly to the window and pulled back the tightly closed curtains, letting sunlight stream into the dim office.

He then went behind his desk and sat down, calmly gesturing to the chair opposite him, adopting a businesslike demeanor.

"Please take a seat."

Vina's smile froze for a moment, but she quickly regained her composure. Was this the right attitude? Absolutely right, without a single problem. It was exactly the decisive and ruthless 'Chu Zihang' she remembered.

After Vina sat down, Mo Yuan went straight to the point, "It was Elder Mu who told you my identity, wasn't it?"

Although this sentence is a question, its tone is very certain.

Vina paused for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded gently. "That's right. It was His Majesty the Dragon God who sent me this news a day ago. It's just a pity. If only it had been sooner, I could have come to see His Majesty the Dragon God off on his final journey."

After saying this, Vina concealed the faint sadness on her face and smiled brightly again. Her beautiful eyes were fixed on Mo Yuan, her gaze sparkling, and her eyelashes swayed like willow catkins in the spring breeze.

"After we parted ways, I thought about it for a long time, but I still couldn't guess what your identity would be. In the end, I never expected that you would be a student of Shrek Academy. If Elder Mu hadn't personally delivered this news, I probably would never have believed it..."

Despite Vina's calm demeanor and lack of panic, her mind was in turmoil, filled with doubt and astonishment.

Unlike Elder Mu, she was very clear about the level of strength Mo Yuan displayed during the Misty Forest incident—definitely the combat power of a Title Douluo.

If it were the current Mo Yuan, it would be fine. With his unparalleled talent and strength, he might actually be able to overcome several levels and defeat a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

But don't forget, she met Mo Yuan almost three or four years ago. What was Mo Yuan's cultivation level back then? At most, he was a Soul King, right?

A Soul King suppressing a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast—if this got out, people would probably think he was mentally ill. You can't joke like that!

Vina took a few deep breaths to calm her excited yet complicated emotions, and continued speaking with a smile.
"Oh right, and later during the Soul Master Competition, you showed your talent and amazed everyone on the field. When the news reached Heaven Dou City, I was wondering why these characteristics sounded so much like Chu Zihang. Who would have thought that you and him were actually the same person?"

"Indeed, peerless geniuses are rare, appearing only once in a century. Looking at the Douluo Continent now, only you and that Final Douluo can be considered worthy of this evaluation..."

Listening to Vina reminisce, Mo Yuan glanced at her slightly trembling hands, remaining silent without saying a word, just like he had been in the Misty Forest.

After a long pause, Vina seemed to have nothing to say and finally stopped talking, staring blankly at Mo Yuan, looking somewhat at a loss.

"Hmm, so what? Why have you come here today? To catch up?" Mo Yuan asked in a calm tone.

When asked a question that laid bare such indifference, Vina's breath caught in her throat for a moment, as if her heart skipped a beat, and an indescribable pain welled up from the depths of her heart.

She had already investigated Mo Yuan's situation at Shrek Academy and knew what kind of person he was usually, but even when he was facing strangers, his attitude towards her was completely different from how he treated her now.

Which of the two attitudes reveals his true nature? Vina already knows the answer without needing to say it. Mo Yuan has been very tactful, unwilling to be too absolute or definitive.

Recalling the description of the relationship between Mo Yuan and Ning Tian in the intelligence report, Vina felt pain all over her body, as if every nerve was taut like a bowstring, and the pain was unbearable.

But what can be done about the pain? The two had only met once before; they were close enough to be considered friends, but to be precise, they were strangers.

All I can do is ask myself: Am I too late?

A trickle of blood seeped from the edge of her red lips. Vina forced a smile again, then quickly shook her head and explained,

"No, no, no, you once saved my life and Muxue's life. Now that we have found our savior, besides expressing our gratitude, we should naturally offer a gift of thanks."

As she spoke, Vina took out a jade box made of pure bluish-white jade from her soul tool.

“I know you spent 100 million gold soul coins at the Starlight Auction House to bid for a 100,000-year-old soul bone with the ultimate sacred attribute. I didn’t expect that I would find such a soul bone deep in the Imperial Treasury yesterday. It also has the ultimate sacred attribute, but its age is a little different, only about 80,000 years old. I think it should be able to help you.”

Hmm? Another soul bone with extremely sacred attributes? Could it also be related to the fragment of the angel's divine position?
Mo Yuan thought this guess was quite likely. Although such soul bones were indeed precious, they were taken from the treasury of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

An empire that has been passed down for tens of thousands of years is bound to have some good things. He wouldn't be surprised if another artifact related to the gods, such as the Vast Ocean Universe Cover, appeared.

Looking at the jade box being pushed towards him, Mo Yuan did not reach out to take it. He simply nodded calmly and said, "This gift is acceptable. From now on, we are even."

Vina's smile remained unchanged. "Then, how about we get to know each other again?"

Mo Yuan's eyes flickered a few times, then he shook his head.

"Next time, we'll meet again if fate allows, and we can talk about it then."

Vina's outstretched hand froze in mid-air. A chilly autumn breeze swept through the window and brushed against her eyes. She smiled, tears welling up in her beautiful eyes.

"Okay, see you later."

She had expected that this meeting would not lead to anything, since it had always been her unrequited love. Although Mo Yuan's attitude saddened her, it was normal.

Regret? Of course I do.

But that's reality; regrets always accompany us throughout life.

As she was leaving, Vina quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, turned around to look at Mo Yuan, and said with a smile, "Only I know about this. Apart from me, my father, the Poison Sect Master, and even Mu Xue don't know. You can rest assured that I won't tell anyone else." After saying that, Vina turned and walked out of the office. The door closed gently, and the lock clicked softly.

"Alas... Elder Mu, I know you want to make my path to unifying the continent less troublesome, but how can matters of the heart be so easily resolved?"

Mo Yuan's tone was helpless. Perhaps if he took the initiative to accept Vina's kindness today, the unification of Douluo Continent might be much easier in the future.

But if he doesn't like someone, he just doesn't like them. He's not willing to go against his conscience and accept a stranger of the opposite sex just to achieve his goal. As for what will happen in the future, he'll deal with that later.

Besides, this isn't his style. Once he becomes the Black King, any difficulties or troubles will be nothing but sand, easily overcome with a single step.

Turning his gaze away from the closed door, Mo Yuan looked at the blue-white jade box on the table. With a click, the jade box was opened, and an extremely sacred aura immediately filled the office.

The bottom of the jade box was covered with a thick layer of black and gold silk, and on the silk lay a piece of excellent quality left arm bone, which was crystal clear and looked like a piece of fine crystal.

A golden halo, like ripples on water, flowed above the soul bone, and a faint golden mist rose, quietly gathering into a ball, which then transformed into a lifelike little soul beast.

The soul beast had a rather peculiar appearance, with eight tails, resembling a tiger or leopard, and wings spread across its back. Each of its pure white, jade-like feathers exuded a holy aura.

"Sure enough, there really is a fragment of an angel's divine position inside..." Countless alchemical matrices twisted in Mo Yuan's eyes, and through the soul bone, he saw the golden fragment with the aura of a deity inside.

As for what kind of soul beast it was, Mo Yuan had no clue, but it was most likely that it was an ordinary soul beast that had accidentally received a broken fragment of a godhood and mutated into this form.

As the alchemical matrix in his eyes dissipated, Mo Yuan suddenly had a strange feeling, as if he were playing some kind of card collecting game, and he might actually be able to collect all the fragments in the end and recreate the angel body.

After looking at it for a while, Mo Yuan put the jade box into his soul tool. He didn't need it right now, so he would keep it for later.

Just as Mo Yuan was about to leave the office and return to the Soul Arena, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned his head and looked out the window, and saw several pairs of big eyes staring intently at him from behind the window of the senior sister's office across the street, their faces full of gossip.

Upon closer inspection, they were all familiar faces: Han Ruoruo, Senior Sister, Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao, Yao Haoxuan, Gongyang Mo, Xixi, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Beibei, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen.

"6..."

Upon realizing that Mo Yuan had discovered them, the group immediately wore awkward yet polite smiles.

Upon seeing this, Mo Yuan's forehead veins throbbed, his smile was 'nuclear cancer can be hydrogen', and his mouth opened and closed silently.

Even without a sound, Xu Sanshi and the others seemed to hear what Mo Yuan said, which was very simple, just three words.

—Get over here.

"We're doomed. Let's go. Brother Mo told us to get lost. I already told you that with Brother Mo's ghostly perception, we should have hidden on another hilltop and secretly watched with our soul tools." Xu Sanshi pushed open the door and walked towards the room with a helpless expression.

The others followed suit, and soon there was a knock on the door of Mo Yuan's office.

bang bang bang-

"Come in."

The door opened, and Xu Sanshi and the others filed into the office. They all knew Mo Yuan's personality and knew that he wasn't really angry.

As expected, after a round of joking and laughing, Mo Yuan jokingly told them to find a place to sit.

Two years have passed, and everyone has changed a lot. First of all, Ling Luochen and Ma Xiaotao have fully grown up and their looks have reached their peak. They are beautiful and radiant. Meng Hongchen, sitting next to them, is no less beautiful.

Her long, flowing silver hair cascaded casually over her smooth, delicate shoulders. Her skin was as white as snow and as warm and smooth as jade. Her features were exquisite, like a painting. In particular, her rare red eyes, compared to three years ago, were now like fine wine that had been aged for a long time, making them even more intoxicating.

As for Meng Hongchen and the others, well... not bad, they've made progress.

"Why are you all here at the Fire Seed Department today? Team building?" Mo Yuan asked.

Xu Sanshi immediately replied, "Didn't we hear that you, Brother Mo, have taken over as the dean of the Fire Seed Department? So we thought we'd come and see you. We'd been wanting to come for a few days already."

But we guys are smart enough to know you definitely wanted to catch up with Ning, so we postponed it until today. Of course, there was also a little bit of curiosity about your relationship with Princess Vina..."

When Xu Sanshi mentioned 'catching up with Ning,' he raised his eyebrows, emphasized his words, and gave a knowing smile that only men understand.

Mo Yuan: "..."

“Well said, but don’t say it again next time,” Mo Yuan looked at Yao Haoxuan and Gongyang Mo and the others. Before he could speak, Yao Haoxuan spoke first, immediately distancing himself from Xu Sanshi.

"Brother Mo, Gongyang, Ling Luochen, Xixi, and I are not with Xu Sanshi. You can hit him later, but don't hit us. We are really here to help you."

Upon hearing this, Mo Yuan became interested. "Oh? Tell me about it."

"We've all graduated, right? We were all planning to go back to our own homes and find our own mothers, but now that you've become the head of the college, we discussed it among ourselves..."
"Given your abilities, Brother Mo, we probably won't be able to offer you any significant help in this lifetime, but we can't forget the life-saving grace. So, we thought we'd come here as teachers, to lend you a hand in whatever way we can."

Upon hearing this, Mo Yuan's eyes lit up. He felt it was quite good. He had already looked at the list of teachers in the Fire Seed Department. Apart from a small number of teachers, the rest were basically appointed by Yan Shaozhe and could be considered Yan Shaozhe's faction.

Although the teaching quality is acceptable, it would definitely be best to have our own people replace them.

Mo Yuan nodded and said, "If you are willing, then of course there is no problem. After you have completed the appointment documents, you can take up your posts directly."

Upon hearing this, Gongyang Mo's eyes lit up, and she stared intently at Mo Yuan's face. Her voice became even more charming than before, to the point that even Mo Yuan couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.

"Dean Mo Yuan~ I noticed you don't seem to have a secretary yet. Would you like me to fill the role? I'm very capable~ A secretary can handle things when needed, and you can do it yourself when not—"

"Stop! Stop! I don't need a secretary, I can handle it!" Hearing this dangerous statement, Mo Yuan felt a cold sweat break out and quickly stopped him.

"This... alright~" Gongyang Mo looked disappointed, his eyes dimmed.

Those who had watched the whole thing cast strange glances at them. Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo, who were older, turned to look at each other and both saw the same thing in each other's eyes.

Are young people these days all so adventurous?

(End of this chapter)