In Another World, Everyone Want to Kill Me!

Chapter 388: Battle Begins

Yue Mingxuan nodded slightly.

Since he had already decided to join forces with Hu Mei’er, then he would have to trust him completely.

Trust those you employ and do not employ those you doubt.

That had always been Yue Mingxuan’s way of dealing with people.

Of course, that trust was only what he displayed on the surface.

From time to time, he still used his mind-reading ability, yet he could not detect even the slightest trace of malice from Hu Mei’er.

Even now, he still did not understand the true reason behind Consort Wan’s death all those years ago.

Consort Wan had clearly suffered cultivation deviation while practicing martial arts, which eventually led to mental instability.

If someone claimed she had died of natural causes, no one would believe it.

Furthermore, Consort Wan’s appearance bore a striking resemblance to Yue Mingxuan’s own.

If their relationship had merely been one of superior and subordinate, Yue Mingxuan felt that his mother would never have passed the Ninefold Celestial Mystery technique to her.

Could it be that Consort Wan actually shared some blood relation with him?

The moment this possibility crossed his mind, Yue Mingxuan felt a chill run down his spine.

If Consort Wan truly had a blood relationship with him, then would that not make Hu Mei’er his younger brother?

"That shouldn’t be possible... right?" Yue Mingxuan muttered under his breath.

He did not actually know what kind of relationship existed between himself and Hu Mei’er. Yet whenever he looked at Hu Mei’er, he genuinely felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity deep within his heart.

At first, he had assumed that this feeling came simply from the fact that Hu Mei’er’s face looked remarkably similar to his own.

He believed the familiarity stemmed from their resemblance.

But what if that was not the case?

Yue Mingxuan remained silent and quietly stored the thought away in the back of his mind.

By now, he had developed many different theories, though he had no idea whether any of them were correct.

If Hu Mei’er truly was his younger brother, then many things would become much easier to explain.

The problem now was how he could verify such a possibility.

For that, he would have to rely on Tang Youyou.

If Tang Youyou could obtain information from the Nine Abyssal Gate regarding the previous Imperator Jin and Consort Wan, then perhaps this mystery could finally be solved.

The secrets of The Black Archon might very well be hidden within the Nine Abyssal Gate.

Now that Tang Youyou had already infiltrated the Nine Abyssal Gate, there was nowhere else Yue Mingxuan needed to go.

For the time being, he simply wore this plain and unremarkable face while remaining at Shang Qinghua’s side day after day.

Hu Mei’er had deliberately arranged for Yue Mingxuan and Shang Qinghua to spend more time together.

Yue Mingxuan felt deeply grateful for that.

He truly still wanted to remain by Shang Qinghua’s side.

"So you’ve really decided to join forces with Hu Mei’er?" Shang Qinghua asked once more.

Yue Mingxuan nodded.

"Alright. As long as it’s a decision you’ve made, I’ll support it."

"You aren’t going to ask me why?"

"You naturally have your own reasons. If you want to tell me, then you’ll tell me when you’re ready." Shang Qinghua gently pinched Yue Mingxuan’s small nose before continuing, "The amount of time we can quietly stay together like this is becoming very limited."

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"The people from the Nine Abyssal Gate have arrived."

Yue Mingxuan let out a quiet sigh as he spoke.

The arrival of the Nine Abyssal Gate came much earlier than he had expected, and their advance was far more aggressive than he had imagined.

Yue Mingxuan truly did not want to face these people, but this was a battle he could not avoid.

That day, Rong Zishen seemed to arrive with the force to shatter heaven and earth itself, bringing Mogushu and the others with him.

His cultivation appeared to have improved significantly since their last meeting.

Yue Mingxuan could clearly sense that Rong Zishen’s aura had grown even stronger once again.

Thinking back to Keshun Sanfeng’s death, Yue Mingxuan knew that Rong Zishen’s heart was filled with hatred toward him.

Yue Mingxuan understood the pain of losing a loved one all too well.

Even so, their situations were not exactly the same.

Rong Zishen had personally watched Keshun Sanfeng die before his eyes.

Yue Mingxuan, on the other hand, had never witnessed how his own father died.

Still, the crushing weight of that grief was probably the same.

Although he understood Rong Zishen’s feelings very well, Yue Mingxuan still could not forgive the things Rong Zishen had done.

The two fathers of Shang Qinghua, as well as Yue Mingxuan’s biological father, could all be said to have died because of Rong Zishen.

Yue Mingxuan remembered every one of those debts.

Those grudges were things he could never forget.

At the same time, he also remembered that Keshun Sanfeng had indeed died by his own hand.

Because of that, Rong Zishen’s feelings right now were identical to his own.

That overwhelming hatred that made one wish to tear the other person apart.

Beyond all of that, Yue Mingxuan also remembered Rong Qinglei.

The very first friend in the Beirong imperial family with whom he had truly shared his heart.

Although Rong Qinglei’s personality had been somewhat eccentric, his heart had always been kind.

Yue Mingxuan remembered everything Rong Qinglei had done for him.

Those memories felt as though they had happened only yesterday.

"So you’ve finally come."

Yue Mingxuan stared coldly into Rong Zishen’s face as he spoke.

Rong Zishen returned the same icy gaze.

"I came here to kill you."

"Then that depends on whether you actually have the ability to do it!"

As soon as Yue Mingxuan finished speaking, he activated the Ninefold Celestial Mystery.

At present, it was the only cultivation technique he knew, and it was also the one he had mastered most thoroughly.