Questioning Heaven, Desiring the Way

ng you out for some candies later.” The man’s usually unbothered expression turned to one of fatherly love when he heard that voice.
He held out a pretty little toy to her and patted her head adoringly.

“Oh…” The little girl grabbed the toy from the man and responded a little disappointedly.
She took a few steps in the other direction when she suddenly turned as though she was going to remind him to do something but was a little afraid as she said, “Don’t forget!” and toddled off.

“If he’s dead, then so be it.
I’ve severed ties with him a long time ago, so why did you come all the way here to tell me?”

The woman had a tinge of gentleness in her eyes as she watched the little girl walk a little unsteadily into the distance, even though her voice was emotionless.
However, the grief on her face was apparent enough to make him sigh heavily.

“Then…what’s Yuluo going to do? She’s still so young.
If word of what happened between us gets out, then she’d…” The man looked conflicted even as he stared at the woman with love.

“Didn’t you want complete control of the Seven Kill Sect? I’ll help you.
As for Yuluo, I’ll tell her once she’s older.
Before that, you can be her uncle.” The woman looked even gloomier than before, and the air was filled with a sense of tragedy.

“We’ll go with that then.” Before the woman could snap out of her grief, the man suddenly stabbed his finger through the area between her brows, his violent spiritual energy mincing the woman’s soul in an instant.

“I know none of this is real, but I don’t want to wake up.”

In that very moment, it seemed like she had gone back in time.
A tear slowly rolled down her cheek as though she had been relieved of a terrible burden.
She did not look the slightest bit surprised and merely looked calmly at the young man in front of her in that large black cloak, a bloodied symbol gleaming in his eyes and a faint smile on his lips.

“Mother!” A hysterical shriek came from behind the man.
The little girl had suddenly returned and was staring in horror at the young man who had replaced her Uncle You as well as her dead mother who was bleeding from between her brows.

“I need you because you’re easier to control.” Gu Suihan stroked the little girl’s fair and chubby cheeks, ignoring the fact that his fingers were still stained with the slightly warm blood of the little girl’s mother.

“Drink the tea.”

Mo Yuluo suddenly felt like her body was lighter now, as though it was missing something.
Everything became blurry for a moment, and the next thing she saw was that faint smile on Gu Suihan’s face.

“You shouldn’t have done that.
She…was my mother after all,” said Mo Yuluo in a trembling voice as she saw the gray soul in Gu Suihan’s hands that emanated a familiar aura to her.

“I know.” Gu Suihan downed a cup of warm tea and exhaled with a pleased look on his face.
“You’re easier to control.
She, on the other hand, was hoping to die.”

“I know.
I knew what she was trying to do all along.” Mo Yuluo’s eyes were filled with tears.
She hugged her knees fearfully like an injured baby animal and murmured, “No matter how realistic her acting was, I’d always known what she was thinking.
She was hoping to use this chance to help me get over the demons in my heart so that I could reach the Origin Core stage without worrying about any of these demons getting into my body.
She gave me those joined heart fruits so that I would have someone to rely on after she died.
She split her soul and placed herself in my head in hope that I would overcome her and become even stronger.
I knew all this, but…”

“But you were just like her.
You would rather die than let her die.” Gu Suihan finished the sentence for her.
He went on, “If my guess is right, even if she wiped your consciousness out, it was only for a moment.
She kept pushing you in order to force you to kill her.
At the same time, you ambushed her twice, hoping to make her angry and kill you instead.”

Gu Suihan clicked his tongue and looked like he wished there was more to this story.
“What a moving tale! Unfortunately for both of you, I appeared.”

“She’s…dead?” Mo Yuluo shuddered suddenly, her face pale as she stared at Gu Suihan.

“You should be able to sense her overwhelming soul power from here.” Gu Suihan held up the cloud of gray mist in his left hand.
He cast a spell, and the mist gathered to become a round and dark dantian.

“What exactly do you want me to do?” Mo Yuluo pushed away the messy strands of hair on her face and looked intently at Gu Suihan, who seemed to have grown much older.
His sideburns were a little white now.

Stabbing that one finger into Yun Lianyi had cost Gu Suihan 30 years of his life.

“What in the world is the Seven Kill Sect hiding? What could be of such great value to make all the other sects join forces to destroy the sect?”

“Humph! It’s just vacancies in the Upper World.” Mo Yuluo refused to answer his question honestly.
“You Hantian is my father.
I will not betray his efforts.”

“His efforts? Why is the Ethereal Court bent on annihilating the Seven Kill Sect? Why has this never happened before?” Gu Suihan took another sip of tea as the bloody symbol in his eyes rotated and generated copious amounts of violent qi.