Chapter 125

Zong Zi Heng had a high fever and was in a coma for several days. Zong Zi Xiao was very distraught at his bedside, but refused to show his concern. The evil fire flared up everywhere, frightening the physicians and chamberlains of the Wuji Palace so much that they gave an aftermath account to their families*.

He had not been back to the Wuji Palace for ten years and found that the biggest change in the place was that it had become much more desolate. After all, the late emperor and empress were gone, the princes and princesses had moved out and married off, and with the decline of the Zong clan, there was a massive loss of disciples. This vast Wuji Palace was in a state of depression.

He thought sarcastically that Zong Zi Heng must not have expected that the throne he had so painstakingly snatched was in fact in shambles. The Daming Zong Clan was already on the verge of death and no longer had the power to return back.

However, now that he had returned, everything had become unknown.

"Your Holiness." A respectful voice came from behind him.

"Speak."

"The emperor has woken up." Even Cai Cheng Yi’s breathing was in propriety. He was afraid of this temperamental, malicious and ruthless Supreme Demon. But in his heart, he could not help but lament. This great devil had completely inherited Chu Ying Ruo's stunning beauty. With the beauty of an exiled immortal and the pretty, flirtatious and demonic appearance, anyone who looked at him would have their souls tremble.

Zong Zi Xiao walked quickly towards Zong Zi Heng's bedchamber.

When he pushed open the door, it seemed that Zong Zi Heng had just changed his dressings and his maid was helping him to straighten his lapel.

When the movement was heard, everyone in the room turned around, and their faces suddenly changed at the same time, as if they had seen a ghost.

No, ghosts are the prey of cultivators, and they are impossible to find in the Yang energy-rich Wuji Palace. How can they be one-in-a-millionth as frightening as the Supreme Demon?

The little colors that had been on Zong Zi Heng's face faded away in an instant. His fingers clenched the lapels of his jacket, even his joints were blue and white from the excessive force. What had happened that day in the Zhengji Hall had tormented his heart every moment, making him want to die of shame and anger. He was instinctively afraid when he faced Zong Zi Xiao.

With a sweep of Zong Zi Xiao's eyes, his subordinates understood and scrambled to retreat. He sat down on the edge of Zong Zi Heng's bed and lifted up his collar: "Your wound recovery is ..."

Zong Zi Heng snatched back his own clothes and ducked into the bed in one smooth motion.

A hand grabbed his shoulder, making him unable to move.

Zong Zi Xiao sneered, "Where are you hiding? There's nothing on you, inside or out, that I haven't seen or touched."

Zong Zi Heng glared angrily, his eyes red with rage.

The look of total resistance stung Zong Zi Xiao, and he said in a deep voice, "Don't give me a hard time." He pulled the man hard into his embrace and wrapped his arms around him from behind.

"What are you doing!?" Zong Zi Heng's body trembled as the strong arms that imprisoned him and the solid chest that pressed against his back formed a cage from which there was no escape. The close contact of their bodies caused him to recall all the unspeakable things this man had done to him.

"Don't move, let me see your injuries." Zong Zi Xiao pressed his face intimately against his big brother's and chuckled, "What did you think I was going to ‘do*’? If I really fuck you to death, won't I lose my fun?"

Zong Zi Heng clenched his fists, as if his heart had been thrown into a frying pan.

Zong Zi Xiao loosened his lapel and took a closer look at his newly grown tender pink flesh: "Mm, it's recovering well. How about down there? Does it still hurt?"

Zong Zi Heng’s shame turned to anger and he couldn't tolerate it anymore, but when he just transferred some Qi, he realized something was wrong.

"Don't waste your energy, I've sealed your spiritual chakra*." Zong Zi Heng gently turned his face and kissed him on those pale pink lips, saying in a coaxing lover's tone, "You can't open it for a while. I will check daily. If I find you opening the point on your own, I will punish you." He paused and smiled, "Guess how I'll punish you."

"... Get out."

"You're telling me to scram? Big brother, I'm afraid you're still not awake and have forgotten who's in charge here."

"Don't call me big brother!" Zong Zi Heng growled.

"You don't deserve to be my big brother either. It's just that I'm used to calling that. And ah ..." Zong Zi Xiao bit Zong Zi Heng's soft and tender earlobe and said flirtatiously, "I find that every time I call you big brother, you bite extra tightly there."

Zong Zi Heng fiercely broke away from the iron-clamped arms. He did not know where he could escape to, for he had no place to stand in the vast universe.

Suddenly the heaven and earth spun* and Zong Zi Heng was pinned down on the bed.

Zong Zi Xiao propped both arms on the sides of his head and looked down at him from above: "You are not yet healed, don't do something to make me unhappy and bring misery on yourself."

There was a sudden commotion outside the door.

A child's voice shouted "Father".

"Aiyo, Your Highness, how did you get out? You can't go in, you can't go in ah." Cai Cheng Yi's anxious voice rang.

"I want to see Father, you go away. Father!"

Inside the room, the two brothers’ faces changed at the same time.

Zong Zi Xiao turned to the closed door with a cold face.

The word "Father" turned into a sudden burst of veins on his head.

Zong Zi Heng watched the expression on Zong Zi Xiao’s face, panic displaying in his eyes.

Zong Zi Xiao got up and walked towards the door.

"You ..." Zong Zi Heng tried to get up from the bed, but his body was so weak that he nearly fell off the bed.

Zong Zi Xiao opened the door violently and a small figure’s head crashed just nicely onto his waist.

It was a boy of about five or six years old with a white and smooth small face, beautiful and sophisticated. He’s from a wealthy family at a glance. He tilted his head and looked at Zong Zi Xiao with his mouth wide open.

"Zhong Ming, I said you are not allowed to come out, go back quickly!" Zong Zi Heng said in a stern voice.

"You ..." Zong Zhong Ming suddenly glared angrily, "You are Zong Zi Xiao!"

Cai Cheng Yi was so frightened that his legs trembled, "Your Highness, listen to the emperor's words. Go back quickly." He said and was about to go forward to pull the boy.

A jealous fire flared up in Zong Zi Xiao's chest, almost burning through his sanity. Although he had been prepared for the past ten years, he had never heard that Emperor Kong Hua had conferred a queen or taken a concubine, so he felt lucky, only to find that ... he even had a child!

The thought that Zong Zi Heng had already married happily with someone else before him made him want to kill them.

Zong Zi Xiao grabbed Zong Zhong Ming's collar and lifted the child up.

Zong Zhong Ming shouted, "Bastard, let go of me. I'm not afraid of you, I'm not afraid of you! Don't you dare hurt my father!"

"Zhong Ming!" Zong Zi Heng said anxiously, "Zong Zi Xiao, let go of him. He's just a child."

"He is your child." Zong Zi Xiao's eyes were cold, "Who is his mother, and where is she?"

"It’s none of your business. You are a bad guy. You demonic cultivator, core thief, let go of me!" Zong Zhong Ming's short limbs kicked and stomped in the air. Although he was small, he seemed truly fearless, truly a newborn calf who is unafraid.

Cai Chengyi knelt down on the steps and begged, "Your holiness, don't argue with a child, I beg you."

Zong Zi Xiao threw Zong Zhong Ming to the ground and stomped on the child's chest.

"Zong Zi Xiao!" Zong Zi Heng was extremely angry.

Zong Zhong Ming broke open the large foot with both hands and screamed, "Let go of me, I'll kill you------"

"Whose is it?" Zong Zi Xiao's face was full of gloom and jealousy. Whoever touched his man would not survive today.

Zong Zi Heng gasped, "You, you let go of him first."

"Father." Zong Zhong Ming called out, "Did he hurt you? I will kill him."

Zong Zi Heng endured the humiliation and had to give in, "Let him go and I will explain to you."

Zong Zi Xiao kicked Zong Zhong Ming away, "Scram."

Zong Zhong Ming jumped up from the ground and tried to run to Zong Zi Heng's side, but he was stopped by Zong Zi Heng's stern words, "Zhong Ming, don't you listen to me anymore!?"

Zong Zhong Ming's eyes instantly burst into tears.

"Go back."

Zong Zhong Ming wiped away his tears and ran away with grievance.

Cai Cheng Yi closed the door. Fearing that Zong Zi Xiao would renege, he picked up the child and turned to run away.

Zong Zi Xiao paced up to Zong Zi Heng step by step and said viciously, "Who is that woman? If you dare lie, I will kill this wild child along with her."

"He is Hua Jun Cheng's son." Zong Zi Heng said through gritted teeth.

Zong Zi Xiao froze for a moment as he quickly recalled the name: "The young master of the Huaying Sect?"

"Right."

"So, this kid is Hua Yu Xin's nephew." After all these years, Zong Zi Xiao still remembered this woman, as she was Zong Zi Heng's lifelong unforgettable, and naturally, she had become a thorn in his heart.

"Right."

This answer made Zong Zi Xiao unsure what to feel, and he said sarcastically, "You are so affectionate that you even raised the Hua family’s son."

"I can hardly not be blamed for the Hua family being wiped out by Lu Zhao Feng." Zong Zi Heng glared at Zong Zi Xiao with bloodshot eyes, "If it wasn't for me, Hua Yu Xin wouldn't have been involved in Lu Zhao Feng's plot and wouldn't have died, and the Hua Family wouldn't have been extinct in order to take revenge." When he rushed to the Huaying Sect with the Zong Clan cultivators, he only had time to save this only bloodline of the Hua family, and what he owed to the Hua family would be difficult to repay even with this life.

Zong Zi Xiao was silent for a moment and laughed mockingly, "Ridiculous, you look so loving and righteous. Do you think the people of the world will forget your true nature?"

Zong Zi Heng knew that explaining anything would be futile, so he fell silent in response.

"Or do you also know that you have sinned so much that you want to be virtuous and do good now?" Zong Zi Xiao walked over and gently lifted Zong Zi Heng's chin, saying in a cold voice, "It's too late. We'll go to hell together, big brother."

Zong Zi Heng turned his face away.

"From now on, you will continue to be Emperor Zong." Zong Zi Xiao stroked Zong Zi Heng’s black hair like he was teasing a cat or dog, "I said before, as long as you serve me well, you can sit firmly in the throne."

Zong Zi Heng only felt his face burning.

"What, are you unhappy? There are many people who sell their bodies for glory under the sky, only you sell the most expensive." Zong Zi Xiao chuckled twice and ordered, "Tomorrow, send out an imperial order to all the great sects."

"What do you want to do?" Zong Zi Heng looked up sharply.

His dark pupils were so frightened that just looking at them could make one want to abuse him.

Zong Zi Xiao gently caressed his cheek, "Within seven days, I want to see the annual offerings, including what they owed from previous years, and offer everything together."

"..."

"I want to gather the power of the immortal cultivation world to make the best core for me." Zong Zi Xiao's pair of extremely charming dangling fox eyes were overflowing with ambition, "I will definitely break through to the ninth Chongtian of the Zongxuan Sword."

 

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gave an aftermath account to their families*.[向家眷交代了后事]---when someone dies, all matters after death must be explained, such as how the property is distributed, where is the burial and so on. What it meant in this sentence is SZX wasn’t in a good mood, and everyone was very terrified of him.

do*[干]---in this phrase, he said 你以为我要‘干’什么？真把你干死了。 Sadly the meaning was kind lost during tl. This same word has 2 meanings in this sentence, one is ‘do’ and one is ‘fuck’

chakra*[脉]---energy point

the heaven and earth spun*[天旋地转]---- giddy with one's head spinning

 

Edited on 24 Apr. 21 (Emzie)

 

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