Faceted Jade a.k.a Carven Jade [ENG Translation]

CHAPTER 86

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Are you wanting to be with me?
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With a lantern in hand and his shoulder embraced, Qin Yan turned his head, stunned by the words he heard.

However, he quickly realized that Fu Changling's agitation and tears might not only be for Fu Yushu and Lin Chen but also for the Qin Yan of the previous life.

Fu Changling held a lifelong hatred for the Qin Yan of his previous life because he believed that Qin Yan had massacred his clansmen. Despite enduring bullying since childhood, and lacking favor in that clan, it was, after all, Fu Changling's only place of belonging.

Everyone needs a place to anchor themselves. Regardless of whether it is a good place or not, it can provide solace in the knowledge of having a place to call home.

Qin Yan killed the Fu clansmen, resulting in Fu Changling harboring a lifelong animosity toward him. In fact, Fu Changling went so far as to take Qin Yan's life himself because of this. And now, despite believing that Qin Yan, even if he were to be reborn, should not bear such a sin, Fu Changling still grapples with this matter deep within his heart.

He harbored hatred for a lifetime, which led to harming Qin Yan and ultimately himself. Yet now, suddenly, he came to the realization that that was not his home.

Perhaps when Qin Yan annihilated the Fu Clan back then, it was for him.

Perhaps, when Qin Yan annihilated the Fu Clan back then, it was not entirely unjustified.

How can he face the hatred from his previous life, and everything he has done to Qin Yan? He owed Qin Yan.

How could he confront the hatred he harbored in his previous life, for everything he had done to Qin Yan? What he owed Qin Yan.

He should not only thank Qin Yan for shouldering the blame in the Xuanji Secret Realm but also express his gratitude after Qin Yan risked his life to pluck the Flower of Renascence for his sake at the Cliff of Ten Thousand Bones, sacrificing his flesh to be devoured and enduring a hundred years of transmigrating souls.

He owed everything to Qin Yan, from beginning to end. None of his hatred should even exist. Everything he had done seemed like a farce, with him playing the most absurd, laughable, and detestable antagonist of all.

But he believed he was righteous, convinced that he had sacrificed greatly in pursuit of justice, for the Way of Heaven.

Fu Changling wept and laughed in Qin Yan's embrace, while Qin Yan held him in silence. He felt a relentless pounding in his heart, repeatedly striking hard, as if something were on the verge of bursting out from within him.

"You tell me, what kind of person am I? If I hadn't been born, my mother wouldn't have to leave the Cliff of Ten Thousand Bones. She could have lived happily with my father."

Fu Changling chuckled as if finding it extremely amusing, saying, "Without me, Qin Yan wouldn't have to go to the Golden Light Temple to take the blame, wouldn't be recognized as a demon lord, wouldn't experience the torment of being devoured by ten thousand ghosts at the Cliff of Ten Thousand Bones, and wouldn't have tarnished his righteous principles with demonic cultivation."

"It's all because of me."

"He annihilated the Fu Clan, became Sui Yan MóJūn, and I ruined my parents' lives, I ruined Qin Yan's life. Yet, here I am, living just fine."

"That's not it..." Qin Yan's voice trembled as he spoke, but Fu Changling couldn't hear him at all. He was immersed in his own world, smiling and lamenting, "I was the leader of the Immortal Alliance, revered by all. I resided in lofty towers while he dwelled in the shadows. I have lived a fair and upright life, yet my mother, in order to keep me alive, became the demoness. Qin Yan wished for me to live a good life, yet he became the demon lord..."