Dragon Tamer - Chapter 1499 - 1503: Illusory as Smoke

Chapter 1499: Chapter 1503: Illusory as Smoke

“Aunt Xuehen… calm down, we can take our time to plan!” Zhu Minglang felt the killing intent, even though it wasn’t directly aimed at him.

“I warned you, I warned you!!” Zhu Xuehen’s tone became more severe; the mountains and seas of swords behind her seemed to obliterate this vast world.

“Aunt Xuehen, I’ve let you down…” Zhu Minglang tried to persuade her.

“Haha, how could I not be aware? In your heart, I mean nothing as your mentor, not to mention the Prophet can always keep Li Yunzi undefeated!” Zhu Xuehen said.

For some reason, Zhu Minglang was overwhelmed by a strong sense of crisis!

“It’s your own decision, you should pay the price for it. Do you see it? Your White Dragon!” Zhu Xuehen pointed at Little Bai Qi, who was sleeping soundly beside him.

Zhu Minglang looked over, and that sense of crisis became more intense!

“Yes, I am insignificant, but what about it?”

“I warned you to stay away from this White Dragon, yet you ultimately chose the dragon.”

“I warned you to keep distance from Li Yunzi, but in the end, you became inseparable husband and wife with her.”

“You don’t need to struggle anymore, whether to direct the sword at me or at Li Yunzi.”

“The Azure God is not necessarily human; dragons are the oldest Azure God.”

“You should know, nurturing you was a heart demon for me; if you can’t stand by my side and I can’t cruelly kill you, then I am the most miserable one… As the years passed, I failed to shake the Li Yunzi protected by the Prophet; I became more disturbed until I saw your White Dragon…”

“I firmly believe I am insignificant to you, but your White Dragon is enough to rival Li Yunzi.”

“Another Azure God of the Dragon Gate is not me, but your White Dragon.”

“Haha, Li Yunzi will not allow you to sacrifice; she will certainly kill Bai Qi to save you.”

“And your dragon will never allow you to die for anyone; ultimately, it will choose to kill Li Yunzi to save you.”

“Their weight in your heart is truly equal.”

Zhu Xuehen was cold and merciless, but she saw very clearly.

She did not need to hold any hope for Zhu Minglang, believing that the Zhu Minglang who defied her will time and again would ultimately not stand with her.

Thus, the real chip Zhu Xuehen could hold was Bai Qi!

When Zhu Xuehen saw this White Dragon in the Xuan Tian, a strong murderous intent surged in her heart!

She couldn’t understand why Zhu Minglang could abandon Sword Cultivation for this White Dragon!

Zhu Minglang did not understand how much effort she had poured into him!

Nurturing an Azure God was undoubtedly also inviting disaster upon herself; Zhu Xuehen needed to take the risk that this disciple might wield the butcher’s knife against her someday!

That day was drawing closer and closer.

It was time to make a choice!

“Aunt Xuehen, is this the reason you haven’t wanted to see me for so long, even when you had so many opportunities to kill me but didn’t?” Zhu Minglang spoke.

Zhu Xuehen did not answer.

Indeed, she had many chances to solve the problem at its root.

But she couldn’t bring herself to do it.

She could only choose to avoid meeting him, choose to respond coldly.

But as time went on, she became increasingly uneasy.

“Aunt Xuehen, I know your arrangements are just to protect yourself, and you’re also afraid of confronting me with arms… I admit many times I defied your wishes, abandoned your best plans for me, but neither of us can play God and predict what the future holds…”

“The reason I became a Dragon Shepherd was not purposeful defiance, negating your painstaking efforts. If instead of a dying Bai Qi there was a life-threatening situation for you, and I could use my decade of cultivation and promising future to revive you, then I would without hesitation abandon Sword Cultivation and become a wreck.”

“I did not distance myself from Li Yunzi because I firmly believe that when the time comes to choose between Azure God authority and me, she would abandon the Azure God authority to ensure my survival, and likewise, she believes I would do the same, otherwise you wouldn’t put me through such torment today.”

“The same goes for Bai Qi.”

“I don’t know what makes you so terrified, so uneasy, if it is because of me, I could swear with my life and soul that I won’t wield the sword against you, nor will I permit Bai Qi and Li Yunzi to do such a thing. I will protect you until I truly vanish into dust.”

“If there’s something else making you so unsettled, please tell me.”

“I believe there is nothing scarier than having to make a life and death choice involving you, Bai Qi, and Yunzi; knowing my greatest fear, I would only choose to face another fear, which is to destroy at all costs what forces me to make such a choice! What is it that requires you to tell me!”

Th𝙞𝑠 ₡h𝓪p𝖙єr 𝐢𝐬 p𝐨ѕ𝙩𝖾đ bƴ 𝘒𝑖𝐭𝘦п𝖔𝓋єḷ

Zhu Minglang did not back away, nor did he feel fear.

He approached Zhu Xuehen, unwilling to view her as his enemy, nor did he want her to put him through such torment and pain.

He needed to understand Zhu Xuehen’s inner turmoil, needed to know what she ultimately feared.

“There is no one, yet I am Heaven. The cicada’s life is fleeting, the turtle’s lifespan is long, life exists in the world including birth, aging, sickness, and death… this is the law, and I am the one who makes such choices, which you need to fight against!” Zhu Xuehen said.

“Then let us follow this law, you, me, Yunzi can age, all will die!” Zhu Minglang’s tone strengthened.

Zhu Xuehen was silent.

She was in deep thought, seemingly questioning herself about what she had sought in life—immortality? Eternity?

Zhu Minglang let out a slight sigh of relief inside.

Zhu Xuehen hesitated, indicating that this supposed choice of the other Azure God to vanish into dust was not irresistible!

Zhu Minglang approached, attempting to stretch out his hand, to gently embrace her.

How could it be an enemy?

Why force each other into such a situation?

If there is indeed fear, then face it together, even if it means mutual destruction, never mutual slaughter!

Zhu Xuehen did not dodge, she simply stood there.

Zhu Minglang tried to embrace her, intending to offer her some comfort; often Zhu Xuehen still viewed him as that boy practicing swordsmanship who hadn’t considered he could now face everything, including facing the things she feared on her behalf!

Just when Zhu Minglang thought he had let Zhu Xuehen release her hostility and fear, suddenly, his arm passed through Zhu Xuehen’s body…

This arm that wrapped around her body ultimately became one holding himself, and the Zhu Xuehen before him, like the untouchable Black Sundial Flower, like the distant Dragon Gate in the sky…

No warmth, no touch, as illusory as clouds and mist, Zhu Minglang could hardly believe looking at Zhu Xuehen, until he stepped back a few paces, Zhu Xuehen’s clear form reappeared before him!!!