Born to Disappear

Chapter 15

'Hualing, who are you exactly?'

"Ah Qing, since when did you start?" Hualing asked without looking at the person he asked.

"Since the first day of entering the sect." Yuan Qing replied with a straight forward look. Without any further explanation, he understood correctly the essence of the question.

"You have to be careful, there will be a lot of difficulties if caught" he said, advising. Hualing was unable to name his teacher or anything related to the old man, as a stage cultivator breaking the void could tell if one were to mention his name even from thousands of kilometers away.

"I understand very well," Yuan Qing understood correctly that.

"Ah Qing, I don't know what kind of trouble lies between you and Liu Xing Sheng. But whatever it is, you can't kill him." Yuan Qing saw how the previous cheerful look had completely disappeared, spoken in a tone without rebuttal.

"Sometimes he'll kill me." Yuan Qing remembered very well when Liu Xing Sheng's sword pierced through his heart.

"No, I won't let that happen." Hualing said confidently with lips that smiled wide until the eyes narrowed. "If there was me, there wouldn't be anything that would hurt ah Qing." he continued with the same conviction. Not knowing if in the future, he would hurt his god with his own hands.

Seeing the confidence in Hualing's eyes, for some reason he was hard not to believe it. So he simply replied with a brief 'emh', "then what if the two people reported?" he asked, remembering that the two people he spoke of also knew his identity.

"That's no problem," Hualing replied lightly, while he skipped a little. Like a happy little girl.

And on another peak, one of the people they had just talked about was standing full of disbelief among the crowd of disciples. The second peak master stood on the high podium with his direct disciple standing at the back.

'How could it be as simple as martial aunt Xue killing a demon cultivator in anger, resulting in a breakup of information. Then where is Yuan Qing's information as well a demon cultivator?' Chen Qinyang really wanted to shout and deny, but no matter how she wanted to speak, no sound came out of her. There was only a shock sensation, like low voltage electricity running down his throat.

So with dissatisfaction, he could only hear the nonsense about Xue Hualing receiving the punishment of self-instection and the fine of the allowance.

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Ten years later

Qing Long Continent, Northern Mainland, Hua City.

A young girl was standing in front of a jewelry stall, wearing peach-colored clothing with a white combination. Her black hair was neatly arranged with peach blossom hairpins. In his hand was a bracelet that appeared to be made of white jade, and only a glimpse could be known if it was a fake item, "ah Qing, is this suitable for me?" he asked the tall young man standing behind him.

"If the sister wants something like that, in the shop over there has better quality." the youth called ah Qing replied gently. Black clothes wrapped his body, while his hair was held in a jade crown.

"But isn't this very good?" Hualing whose appearance had not changed since ten years ago again asked, lifting the bracelet a little higher.

Yuan Qing who was now twenty-three years old had grown much taller, he sighed helplessly, "as long as the sister wants it." Xue Hualing had always been like this.

"Alright, I'll buy this one" he said then handed the bracelet to the peddler to pack.

Yuan Qing shook his head then placed down a single low-tier spirit stone that the seller had happily received. "Where's next?" he asked Hualing who was busy putting up the bracelet he just bought.

"Does it look good?" Hualing thrust out his wrist that was no longer empty.

"Very good," Only Yuan Qing knew if the compliment was not for the cheesy, circular bracelet, but rather the slender white wrist of Hualing. So white that Yuan Qing could see the purple veins under that fair skin.

"The fourth brother seems to have said something about a good restaurant around here" he replied with a frown and a right finger pinching his chin.

Hearing about that Lan surnamed man, Yuan Qing couldn't help but feel sour. That fourth direct disciple of Cao's peak master was really too sticky on Hualing, according to Yuan Qing of course.

Hualing:"Lan Shi's Restaurant?"

Yuan Qing's forehead instantly twitched upon hearing Hualing mention that name.

Hualing:"Why is the name of this restaurant exactly the name of the fourth brother?"

Hearing Hualing's sentence, Yuan Qing immediately followed the direction of the woman next to him. His gaze was fixed on the plaque attached in front of a restaurant. Lan Shi said written with a free sweep following the flow, like floating clouds and streams of water along a river.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence. Come inside!" Hualing said as he pulled Yuan Qing's hand, entering the crowded-looking restaurant.

"Two customers come for a meal or stay?" a restaurant waiter greeted the two.

"Please sit here" the waiter guided them to the empty table on the side.

"Please give me some frost wine, lotus cake and spicy duck." said Hualing after hearing some names of dishes mentioned by the waiter.

"This place is pretty good, I don't know if this place has been recommended by a fourth brother?" Hualing monologues with views that circulate around.

"Have you heard it?" a cultivator sitting next to them spoke softly.

"Hear about what?" the cultivator sitting at the same one table asked with origin.

"The sky sect's forecast!" the first cultivator answered more softly, but both Hualing and Yuan Qing could hear him clearly.

"Sky sect? Fellow cultivator said the sky sect issued a prophecy?" the cultivator at the other table who seemed also interested in this news asked.

"Yes. It is not uncommon to say bad, nor can it be said good. A few days ago there was a news from the celestial sect, it was said that the calamitous demon lord would be born." the first cultivator then spoke.

"Isn't that bad news?" the cultivator sitting beside him gave a comment that everyone who had heard had also thought of.

"There is actually one other prophecy. It was said simultaneously that it would be born the son of fate who would defeat the demon lord!" he said that was responded enthusiastically by cultivators around.

The bustling atmosphere on the side table was inversely proportional to the two-man table, Hualing and Yuan Qing. Their table filled the silence, as if the crowd could not reach it.

"Is this news really accurate?" someone at the table next door asked.

"of course. This news leaked out from the inner disciples of the sky sect!" the first cultivator answered convincingly.

Hualing looked at Yuan Qing, reminded of the pair of demonic horns he had seen. He was afraid that the demon king that was meant in the prophecy was Yuan Qing. Not afraid of the danger Yuan Qing brought, but rather afraid that Yuan Qing's identity would open up to bring danger to this man.

"Ah Qing," Hualing called out softly. Grabbing the fingers full of calluses resting on the table.

"That sky sect?" Yuan Qing asked softly anyway. In the memories of his previous life, the sky sect was indeed a big sect. But it was not about the prophecy that made them famous, but rather the disciple of the sect master whose genius was comparable to Liu Xing Sheng who was often called the darling of heaven.

That year when he was twenty-five years old, he rebelled and came out of the soaring cloud sect. It was the moment his physique and demonic cultivation were exposed. Eight years later he returned to take revenge on the peak of the five soaring cloud sects, leveling the peak to the ground. Not a single student survived. Two years later, there was internal chaos in the usurper after the death of sect master Zhang Junqing.

One year later Liu Xing Sheng managed to suppress the chaos and became a sect master. And two years later was the siege of the true sects against the demon sect.

Within that period of time he had heard about the sky sect becoming the number one sect after the soaring cloud sect engaging in internal chaos. And the other, nothing else.

"Have you forgotten your lesson about the Qing Long continent?" Hualing asked in a nosy tone.

"I never learned it." And this Yuan Qing's answer successfully made Hualing choke on wine.

He had truly forgotten to never give this basic lesson to Yuan Qing. Moreover, this was the first time Yuan Qing had come out from the central mainland.

"The sky sect located in the Northern mainland, was the largest sect in the Northern mainland and the second largest in the Qing Long continent after the cloud sect soared. Since hundreds of years have been famous for their accurate predictions, such as the onslaught of ferocious beasts on the central continent tens of years ago; certain families of cultivators who colluded with demon cultivators; cracks connected to the demon realm in certain regions and others. Led by a soul-splitting stage cultivator, Liang Song." Hualing finished his introduction solidly.

Yuan Qing frowned, everything Hualing said was completely different from his first life.

Yuan Qing:"This is really weird."

Hualing:"What's weird?"

Yuan Qing was speechless, he was still unable to tell the second life he was currently living.

However, his past was not something he should be proud of.

Hualing:"Ah Qing?"

Hualing had not yet answered the question, both of them felt a tremor. The wine inside the cup rippled, the vibration felt increasingly stronger.

The two realized, here are all cultivators. The immortal noble tomb Shui Xing had opened. Without delay they immediately left, one disappeared in a flash of lightning and another disappeared within the fog. Leaving behind the knocking sound of two middle-tier spirit stones hitting the table.