Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 590 True Heart

chapter 590 true heart

translator: borntobe

after releasing the little girl, long chen revealed a long needle that was stabbed into his chest. that needle was black as ink, and black qi was spreading through his flesh at a rate visible to the naked eye. it was obvious that this was an extremely terrifying poison.

zi yan saw that the girl’s terror had disappeared to be replaced with calm. she looked at long chen with a gaze that invoked pity, a gaze that made it impossible for anyone to suspect she would actually kill someone.

as for the doll in her hand, there was a hole in it. obviously, it was no doll but a killing mechanism.

“how could it be like this?”

yu tong looked from the girl to the black needle in long chen’s chest; her heart filled with indescribable pain.

“do you hate me?” long chen slowly kneeled down and calmly looked at this girl, gently rubbing her cheek.

the girl was very beautiful, looking like she could have been cut out of jade, appearing like a flawless porcelain doll.

“i know that of the people i just killed, your father and mother were probably amongst them. do you hate me?” long chen asked again.

the girl shook her head. this handsome face in front of her had just seemed like the face of a death god, but now in the blink of an eye, it was the face of a big brother figure, making her feel warm and safe. a trace of panic flashed in her eyes.

“i am the killing god’s follower. we aren’t afraid of death. our deaths just allow us to return to the embrace of our god. slaughter is our divine mission. we don’t know love, and we don’t know hate. we live just for slaughter.” the girl suddenly summoned the courage to speak as if these words gave her the courage to face long chen.

but for such emotionless words to come from a three-year-old girl was truly chilling.

zi yan and yu tong’s hearts jumped. such a young child had already been imbued with such an ideology?

“who told you this?” asked long chen.

“this is the killing god’s guidance.”

“have you seen your killing god?”

“no.”

“then how do you know this is the killing god’s guidance? how do you even know it exists?” asked long chen.

“you... you can’t blaspheme the killing god! you can kill me, but you can’t blaspheme the killing god!” raged the girl.

long chen looked at this little girl’s furious expression and smiled slightly. “looks like you really are a devout follower. but your eyes tell me you’re a bit nervous and afraid.

“you are trying to use another kind of strength to force yourself to go against your own heart.

“but he also has times when he is kindhearted and acts so foolishly. if he had been unable to block that poison, wouldn’t he have lost his life just now? did he only act this way so that we would see it?”

zi yan shook her head. “with long chen’s character, he would disdain doing such a thing. it’s just like he said. he doesn’t care about right or wrong. he just acts according to his heart. so he does many things that seem foolish to other people, but he always has a clear conscience and doesn’t care about other people’s opinions.”

“the heart?” muttered yu tong.

“don’t think about that. perhaps that’s a feeling that only such a legendary existence can have. we’re unable to experience it,” said zi yan. but after saying that, she couldn’t help feeling that long chen’s future would be lamentable.

long chen’s only possible ending was to be destroyed beneath the heavenly daos. he walked a path that was impossible to walk to the end. that was because what he was facing was the heavens.

“sister, what was the killing god that girl mentioned? how come i haven’t heard of it?” asked yu tong.

“her killing god isn’t a true god. our immortal palace’s secret canon has records of one hundred and eight true gods. but there is no record of a killing god.

“our immortal palace had countless powerful experts that appeared over successive generations. but only the ninth divine emissary relied on her own strength to rise into those rankings, becoming number one hundred and three.

“these assassins cultivate slaughter techniques. those aren’t true divine arts, and their auras are completely different. however, their fighting style truly is similar to that scum from the divine world, en puda! perhaps they are leftovers from his dao,” said zi yan. but when she mentioned en puda, contempt and ridicule appeared on her face.

that kind of expression very rarely appeared on the normally calm zi yan. in other words, this en puda definitely had to be an exceptionally despicable existence.

“sister’s knowledge truly is great!” praised yu tong.

“your mental realm isn’t high enough to read the secret canon yet. once you reach that realm, you’ll naturally have the qualifications to look through it. however, you’ll have to prepare yourself. when you see those recordings about the immortal era, it will bring about a practically destructive impact to your dao-heart. if you aren’t able to endure it, it would be a catastrophe for you!” warned zi yan, a complicated expression appearing on her face. there was even a trace of sadness in her eyes.

“well, let’s not talk about that for now. we’re going to leave tomorrow. junior sister, let’s stroll around and buy some trinkets from this mundane world. i’m sure our fellow disciples in the immortal palace would be delighted to see those!”

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long chen was feeling a bit depressed. looking at that girl’s innocent and pure eyes had made him think of his own sister that he had never met.

calculating the time, she should almost be two years old. she was only a bit younger than that girl. however, his sister should be growing up completely carefree under his parents’ pampering. but seeing this girl, who also should have been pampered by her own parents, being raised into a killing machine, long chen felt pain inside.

despite knowing that this girl had also been an assassin who had wanted his life, he had foolishly spared and forgiven her. even long chen didn’t know why he would be that foolish, but he really was unable to kill such a naive child.

her kind of belief was truly terrifying. that kind of belief could make a person lose their rationality and become crazy. the assassins from the bloodkill hall were truly a bunch of madmen.

previously, long chen had thought they were just idiots. even after he had killed so many of them, they still didn’t know how to retreat.

now he sneered inside. they treated themselves as slaughter weapons. whether they killed or were killed, they would feel no terror. they treated death as returning to the embrace of their god? then fine, the next time he saw them, he would send them all directly to their god for free, letting them have a celebratory reunion.

long chen was weary of these days. no one could be on guard forever. his only option was to give them a painful lesson in order to cease their neverending entanglement.

as he walked, he didn’t sense any more assassins. most likely, their attack was over with that one wave. seeing the huayun auction house before him, long chen directly entered.