Dragon-Marked War God

Although he had stolen the Craftsman God’s Codex back then, deep in his heart he felt extremely ashamed before his master and did not know what to say. Even knowing that his master had already forgiven him, he was still at a loss. For tens of millions of years, that feeling had made Tuoba Longyu more nervous than even refining divine weapons.

The wind howled. Over the Bamboo Sea Mountains, snowflakes drifted down one after another, and gradually it became a heavy snowfall. The bamboo sea turned a vast expanse of white, looking extremely cold and desolate.

“Master, I’ve come back! From now on, I will spend the rest of my life serving you with filial devotion.”

Tuoba Longyu said with great determination in his heart.

Jiang Chen silently watched Tuoba Longyu. For Shangguan Hongyan, he had not been an unforgivable person, yet he had driven Tuoba Longyu out of the sect and nearly wiped him out on the spot, which had severed all ties between master and disciple. But Tuoba Longyu had long since recognized his mistake. He wanted to confess it to his master, but had no idea where to begin. If not for Jiang Chen’s words, he might still be refining weapons in a daze in the Drawing Sword Sect.

“Master, your unfilial disciple Tuoba Longyu begs to see you!”

Tuoba Longyu said in a resounding voice, full of endless longing and repentance. He knelt before the Bamboo Sea Mountains, and his voice echoed throughout them.

“Rumble——”

A deafening sound rang out. Over the Bamboo Sea Mountains, covered in ice and snow, with snowflakes flying everywhere, a white-robed figure came treading on the snow. His long hair was tied behind him, his face was icy cold, his brows were raised in contempt, and his eyes were full of endless killing intent.

The middle-aged man’s face was grave and his brows deeply furrowed. He said coldly:

“Back then I spared your life, yet you refuse to repent and want to come back to steal my things? Hmph. Do you want me to grant you death?”

The middle-aged man roared angrily, his eyes burning like torches. Tuoba Longyu was so frightened that he trembled all over. At that moment, Tuoba Longyu’s face changed drastically. He had not expected his master to be full of such rage, without the slightest intention of forgiving him.

“Master, haven’t you already… forgiven me…”

The expression on Tuoba Longyu’s face was extremely complicated, even full of despair, because he could clearly feel the boundless killing intent coming from his master.

“Shangguan Hongyan! He’s Shangguan Hongyan!”

Jiang Chen sucked in a cold breath. That feeling of ruling over the heavens gave Jiang Chen enormous pressure. With his current strength, there was no way he could be his match. Even fusing his lightning, he might not be able to kill him.

Jiang Chen had never been one to give up easily, but he knew that if he went up against Shangguan Hongyan now, his chances of survival would be one in ten.

“Forgive you? Hmph. You stole my treasure, and you expect me to forgive you? Not killing you was already an act of mercy. And now you actually come back to see me. Do you really want me to strike you dead with one palm?”

Shangguan Hongyan said domineeringly. He stood with his hands behind his back, his momentum swallowing mountains and rivers, as fierce as a tiger across ten thousand li, as if fused into one with the snowflakes falling from the heavens. That might, which transcended nature itself, made even Jiang Chen click his tongue in amazement.

“Master, little junior brother said you had already forgiven me. All these years, I’ve kept you in my thoughts and wanted to see you once more. Could it be that little junior brother lied to me?”

Tuoba Longyu’s eyes were full of bitterness.

“Little junior brother? What little junior brother? Who on earth tricked you into coming here?”

Shangguan Hongyan roared angrily and struck out with a palm that nearly took half of Tuoba Longyu’s life. Even Jiang Chen frowned slightly. This Shangguan Hongyan was simply a butcher who killed people like flies. His killing aura was too, too heavy, to the point of making people feel suffocated.

Tuoba Longyu was knocked back by Shangguan Hongyan, his face deathly pale, spewing blood wildly. But he did not try to fight back. He had completely given up resisting, yet Shangguan Hongyan still struck viciously, without the slightest mercy.

“Master, I don’t ask you to forgive me. Being able to see you once more is enough for me. Little junior brother has important matters to attend to, so he didn’t come back with me.”

Tuoba Longyu said in a low voice.

“Utter nonsense, it’s all crap! There is no little junior brother at all. You’ve been tricked into coming here. Don’t you understand even now? What foolishness.”

Shangguan Hongyan said coldly. Only at that moment did Tuoba Longyu realize that he had very likely been deceived. Could it be that the little junior brother from before had all been a lie, and everything he had said was false too?

At that moment, Tuoba Longyu’s face was deathly pale. He did not care whether the little junior brother was real or fake. He only wanted to know whether his master had forgiven him. But obviously that little junior brother had been made up from nothing. His master still hated him to the bone. He had not killed him back then, but the hatred he felt for him now drove Tuoba Longyu even further into despair.

“I’m sorry, Master. It’s all my fault, all because I was too foolish… that I listened to slander. But he clearly knew about the Craftsman God’s Codex. He even settled everything with one hammer blow and helped me complete the refinement of a Mid Grade Primal Origin Treasure. His refining skill is definitely not below mine.”

Tuoba Longyu explained it all slowly. At this moment, Shangguan Hongyan’s face grew darker and darker. He was even furious with Tuoba Longyu, and especially when he heard the words “Craftsman God’s Codex,” it stirred up enormous anger in him.

“The Craftsman God’s Codex, the Craftsman God’s Codex again. It seems that today you insist on making me kill you to vent the hatred in my heart.”

Shangguan Hongyan shouted in a deep voice, his face dark to the extreme. He seemed to be thinking of what had happened back then. The Craftsman God’s Codex was an anger and a mark that could never be erased from his heart.

“Master, I’m sorry. I know I was wrong. I’ll go find that guy right now and kill him to vent your hatred. When that’s done, I’ll take my own life to repay your great kindness.”

Tuoba Longyu said with great determination.

Shangguan Hongyan looked into the distance and said calmly:

“No need.”

“Since you’ve come, why skulk about in hiding? Didn’t you just want to see me? Now you’ve gotten your wish. What secret is there left that you can’t tell?”

Where Shangguan Hongyan’s gaze landed was exactly where Jiang Chen was hiding. He had not expected to be discovered in an instant.

Jiang Chen’s face changed, but at this time he did not hesitate either and slowly walked out.

“As expected of Shangguan Hongyan. You actually discovered me. It seems you already know who I am.”

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes and locked gazes with Shangguan Hongyan.

“Bastard! You aren’t my little junior brother at all. Who exactly are you? Why did you deceive me and come to find my master?”

Tuoba Longyu was beside himself with rage, staring at Jiang Chen, his killing intent fully exposed.

“He who kills will in turn be killed. I’m only here for revenge.”

Shangguan Hongyan’s expression grew graver and graver.

“I guessed a little. But I really didn’t expect you to come looking for me.”