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However, before the three women could travel 32 feet, a white afterimage shot over their heads. He showed no sign of slowing down and jumped over them.
The three women flew into a rage.
"How dare you?!"
"How preposterous!"
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The three women struck their sheaths at the same time. Longswords shining with bright light shot out like lightning, and with lithe movements, they pounced on the man in white.
But unexpectedly, the three people's attacks sank like stones thrown into an ocean. They just landed on the person's afterimage. Not only did they not cause any damage to the person, they did not even manage to touch his sleeves.
Whoosh!
The person did not intend to stop. He charged through the air, and soon, he vanished from the three women's sights.
"What a powerful show of the Growling Tiger, Roaring Dragon technique…"
"It's no wonder why the disciples checking the perimeters gave no warning to us!"
"He's too terrifying! This won't do! We have to send a letter to the faction master to warn her! A powerful enemy has invaded our place!"
As the three women discussed with each other, they brought out a tame and white messenger pigeon…
At that moment, a charming and coquettish voice came out suddenly from the forest. "There's no need for that."
The three women were shocked.
They curtsied simultaneously and put on incredibly respectful expressions.
"Greetings, Young Faction Master!"
"We didn't manage to stop this powerful enemy. Please punish us, Young Faction Master." The three women were terrified.
Her plain dress was semi-transparent. The successor of Sky Demon Sect charged out of the forest, and her voice gradually traveled into the distance. "There's no need for you to blame yourselves. If the person who came over is him, even if our faction master attacks, she might not be able to stop him. Continue patrolling the area."
The three women quickly exchanged shocked expressions. They answered to her orders, straightened their bodies, and suppressed their urge to chase after her as they controlled patrolling the area.
Wan Wan moved through the forest with her beautiful and charming body. Very soon, she stopped at the foot of the last mountain of Yin Weed Faction's Weed Palace.
As she stared at the top of the mountain that was surrounded by clouds, Wan Wan looked around before she frowned slightly. "I knew it, you didn't come here to meet my mistress. You're here for Evil King."
The trees in the area swayed, but no one answered her.
Wan Wan said nothing else. She turned around and left without turning around.
The hillside of Yin Weed Faction's Weed Mountain was surrounded by clouds, and there was a small pavilion hidden in it.
Two cups of newly brewed tea released white steam in the pavilion, releasing a refreshing steam that seeped into people's hearts.
Two men in white with extraordinary presences sat facing each other in the pavilion as they stared at the red sun beyond the fog and clouds.
"As expected of someone who has entered the dao of heaven. Evil King, you have refined interests. This place is like paradise, and you're immersed here while remaining aloof to the world. I'm truly envious."
The young man in white stared at the handsome and calm face. There was an otherworldly sense of indifference on that face, and he looked as if he had seen through the essence of all things.
As the young man spoke, he looked around him.
Everything around him was quiet. There was only a young boy in black meditating not far in the distance.
"Sect Master Happy, you jest."
The middle-aged man chuckled and pulled back his sleeve so that he could pick up a snack from the plate on the stone table. He tossed it into his mouth slowly. "The fights in the world of martial artists will never end. Even those who have already reached the dao of heaven can't break free of it. I'm only able to break free of it so soon because of the trip to the desert palace. It allowed me to understand just what is most important."
"Oh?"
A strange light shone in Happy's eyes. "The trip to the desert palace seems to have made your temperament much calmer. That is a matter worth celebrating."
"Sect Master Happy, you're frowning. You seem to be bothered by something." Evil King cast Happy a look, and there was an underlying meaning in his words.
"I do have something bothering me." Happy nodded.
"Since you're here, if you don't mind, you can talk to me about it." Evil King never once stopped moving. He moved without restraint, as if he was facing an old friend. He was not at all like the temperamental Evil King who killed at a whim. At that moment, there was a unique air about him.
Happy sighed softly. "I came to Weed Palace this time because I wanted to use something that Evil King possesses. I just didn't think… that Evil King would already be dead."
"Sect Master Happy, you do indeed have a sharp eye." When he heard this, Evil King not only did not fly off into a rage, he even looked at Happy with a sparkle in his eyes. "Evil King is already dead, and the person in front of you is just a normal man. He enjoys his time in his garden in paradise. I am Shi Zhixuan, but I am no longer Evil King Shi Zhixuan."
If someone else were in Happy's place, they might think that Evil King was suffering from multiple personality disorder, but Happy could clearly sense that the evil presence from Evil King was completely gone from him. The man in front of him gave off a magnanimous, natural, and unique presence. It was very easy for others to feel fond of him.
"Senio Shi, you have already obtained the essence of the dao of heaven. I am impressed."
"You still haven't mentioned what you want from me," Shi Zhixuan said.
"I want to borrow something from Evil King. It has nothing to do with Shi Zhixuan." Happy remained silent for a few seconds before he enunciated his words clearly.
Shi Zhixuan smiled and did not delve into the topic any further.
Both of them drank tea for a while.
After an unknown amount of time passed, Happy suddenly spoke up to break the elegant silence between them. "Senior Shi, you once had two people's will in your body."
"..."
"Now, Evil King is dead. Only Shi Zhixuan remains, but that is a blessing to all lives and the world of martial artists."
"..."
"I'd like to know why Evil King died."
When he heard Happy's strange question, Evil King was slightly stunned. Then, he put on a stern expression before he said slowly, "He was born from love, and he died for life."
"He was born from love, and he died for life?" Happy carefully pondered over the phrase Evil King spoke, and he mulled it over in his head.
A sparkle slowly appeared in his eyes.
'He was born from love, and he died for life.
'What he's talking about is his experience as Evil King.
'Due to his love, he had an evil conscience born in him, and his personality split into two.
'And to live, his evil conscience died!'
But these words struck Happy hard, and he resonated with them. He got up slowly and said very seriously, "Thank you for your teachings."
Then, he got up and walked out of the pavilion.
In truth, Happy had been waiting for his other self to appear over this period of time, but even now, Chen Kaixin never woke up.
This time, he intended to get the third stone plate from Evil King, but to his surprise, the change in Evil King caused him to cast aside his plan.
But that did not mean that he came out of this without any reward.
'He was born from love, and he died for life…'
It caused Happy's soul to be cleared. He suddenly felt relaxed, as if he had all his baggage released.d
Instead of being bothered by this predicament, it would be better for him to think with a new mindset and head down a new direction!
"From now on, I am Happy!
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br /> "There will only be Happy in the world. There will no longer be Chen Kaixin."
A resolute and relaxed look flashed on Happy's face. He slowly arrived beside the boy in black and stopped for a moment.
"If you have the time to put on a disguise to meditate here, it would be better for you to look for a place to practice the martial art Senior Shi taught you… Evil Emperor."
When the final two words entered the boy in black's ears, the boy shuddered, and he slowly opened his eyes.
But at the moment he opened his eyes, there was no longer anyone in front of him!
In the distance, Evil King's act of enjoying his tea while the warm sunlight shone through the clouds surrounding them was burned into Evil Emperor's eyes…
End of Sword Among Us.