Fairy, you call this repaying a debt of gratitude?

The two sat down inside the house, which was very tidy and had all the necessary living facilities.

An antique wooden table sits in the room, and the two people sit facing each other.

Shen Wei tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

He asked the question that had been on his mind for a long time and that he most wanted to ask:

"You know about...that thing inside me?"

"Know."

Hearing Ye Qingci's crisp and decisive answer, Shen Wei remained silent for a while before continuing to ask:

"When?"

"After your battle with Meng Changgeng that day, I observed you carefully. Your breathing was disordered, and a strange black aura surrounded your body. Moreover, your astonishing explosive power and self-healing ability are something that normal people cannot do."

"so?"

"After you fell into a coma, I cut open your chest and saw with my own eyes the demonic dragon seed inside you that was constantly throbbing and emitting an evil aura."

He was taken aback, seemingly not expecting this answer.

"So, you went to rescue me that day just to confirm this?"

Shen Wei's voice was slightly hoarse. He had wanted to ask for a long time why Ye Qingci happened to be there that day, thus delaying his recovery.

"No..." Ye Qingci shook her head gently, a hint of hesitation in her voice. "What I wanted to confirm at first wasn't that."

"What is that?"

"What I want to confirm... if you're unwilling to admit it, why bother asking?"

"..."

Sure enough, she already knew her identity; those tests were never unfounded.

So, her insistence on staying at the Jade Balance Sect was to fulfill a promise she made years ago.

No, it can't be that simple!

Shen Wei took a deep breath and asked the crucial question:

"So, what exactly is this plan you're talking about?"

"Um......"

Ye Qingci pondered for a moment, then looked up at him.

Before I answer you, I want you to honestly ask yourself: are you sure you really want to know the answer?

Upon hearing this answer, Shen Wei was stunned for a moment. He was so eager for the truth that he had overlooked this point:

Is he truly capable of bearing everything the truth brings?

This choice seems to change his mundane life and plunge him into an unknown situation.

Even more terrifying is that the truth might reignite the long-dormant hatred in his heart, and through the hands of the evil dragon, he might once again become that monster that is neither human nor ghost.

Although in the first few years, hatred was the only motivation for him to live.

......

He will never forget that night.

His mother died in front of him, his father disappeared without a trace, and there were no survivors in the Lu family.

His playmates, his loved ones, everything he had, were all destroyed that night.

And that grinning man, on countless nights, became a nightmare, disturbing his sleep.

Driven by a thirst for revenge, he devoted himself to cultivation, even becoming an assassin. He not only risked his life to acquire cultivation resources but also used his identity as an assassin to gather information about his enemies.

Seven years passed in this dark and uncertain world.

It was another dark night. Holding a long blade, he followed the clues and found his enemy's residence, finally learning the enemy's name—Gu Hanfeng.

With the help of seven years of arduous training and the blessing of the evil dragon within him, he moved with impunity, and Gu Hanfeng died under his blade without any resistance.

He then showed no mercy, and the entire Gu family, young and old, women and children alike, died under his blade. Not a single person was able to leave the mansion alive.

But after doing all this, instead of the expected sense of relief and liberation after avenging a great enemy, a huge emptiness suddenly arose in my heart.

The evil dragon within him fed on the hatred in his heart and the resentment of the entire Gu family over the past seven years, and at that moment it gave birth to a terrifying existence beyond his imagination.

He could clearly feel his breathing becoming increasingly disordered, and his consciousness gradually fading into darkness, yet a sense of relief, almost a sense of relief, suddenly arose in his heart.

Perhaps he was already dead, died that night, along with the name Lu Chen.

What survives now is nothing more than a puppet driven by the evil dragon's hatred, a soulless shell.

A night breeze suddenly swept by, gently ruffling his blood-stained hair, carrying a touch of night coolness that felt very comfortable.

He has always enjoyed nights like this.

Let it all end here. This night seems quite nice...

"You're getting off easy, you stupid dragon."

He murmured, his voice echoing in the empty courtyard, lonely and lifeless:

"I'll let you use this body to turn this world upside down."

He could clearly feel the black figure inside him roaring madly, with a bloodthirsty desire, as if it wanted to break through his body and take control of everything.

"I'm not going to witness this with you anymore, I'm tired."

He slowly collapsed to the ground, gazing up at the night sky, where stars twinkled and the moonlight was cold. An unprecedented wave of sleepiness suddenly swept over him, almost threatening to engulf him completely.

"Feed...feed."

A clear, crisp female voice rang in my ears.

Even the desire to die can't be allowed peace?

What puzzled him even more was that, since he had already wiped out the entire Gu family, who else could be left?

Then he opened his eyes.

Under the moonlight, a girl dressed in plain clothes bent over and quietly looked at him. The moonlight shone through the sycamore leaves in the courtyard and fell on her, as if gilding her with a soft glow.

"Who are you?"

Shen Wei's voice was so hoarse that it was almost inaudible.

"I am... Gu Hanfeng's youngest daughter." The girl's voice was very soft, and there was not a trace of hatred in her tone.

Gu Hanfeng's daughter?

Upon hearing this answer, Shen Wei smiled incredulously:

"Are you out of your mind? Didn't you see your father's corpse right next to you? He died by my sword, and everyone in your Gu family died by my sword!"

"However, you all deserve this!"

"Then... kill me too."

The girl lowered her eyes.

"Since it's what I deserve."

"What?"

"I'm telling you, just kill me. I don't want to live anymore anyway."

Shen Wei was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly as he stood up, rushed to the girl, reached out and grabbed her neck tightly.

His fingertips could clearly feel the slenderness and warmth of her neck; it seemed that if he exerted any more force, the girl's fragile life would be lost.

But at that moment, Shen Wei was stunned. He saw that the girl whose neck he was choking and who was on the verge of suffocation had a faint smile on her lips.

That eerie smile stirred a sense of unease within him.

He abruptly released his grip, slamming the girl heavily onto the cold ground, where she let out a soft thud.

"Ha, why should I? Just because you want to die, I have to give you a quick death? Then why doesn't anyone give me a quick death when I want to die?"

The night wind blew again, stirring up fallen leaves and bringing with it the stench of blood.

The girl lay on the cold ground, neither crying nor resisting, but quietly curling up, her shoulders trembling slightly, emitting soft sobs.