Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 2128: Chapter 2126: The Finest Monologue

Unwilling?

The two crisp and icy words were spoken lightly.

But among the people present, who wasn’t a highly cultivated expert, naturally, they heard it clearly.

In an instant, mocking glances and disdainful sneers were continuously directed towards her.

”Unwilling?” Xiao Yi was slightly stunned.

In the distance, the woman’s lips moved again, imperceptibly.

Yiyi clenched her teeth, her expression becoming even colder.

”I, the dignified Holy Moon Sect Saintess, return to a small family as a maid?”

”Did you misunderstand something?”

Tears on Yiyi’s face had long disappeared, leaving only coldness.

Yet, her heart bled once more.

Xiao Yi trembled upon hearing this, but he only smiled slightly, gazing earnestly at Yiyi.

”Do you know why I came seeking you?”

”Perhaps, once in your eyes, you were just a maid, even not worth mentioning, possibly having no place in my heart.”

”Even logically, even if you were lost, I need not care much.”

”But that’s not how I see it.”

Xiao Yi paused, his expression serious with a touch of melancholy, muttering to himself.

”Since you were taken, I left the Xiao Family and formally went out searching for you.”

”That year, I was over 16 years old.”

”It was also the year I resolved, even if across endless mountains and waters, I would bring you back.”

”The first sect I joined was called Sky-splitting Sword Sect, the foremost sword sect of the entire county.”

”Back then, I thought joining the strongest sword sect would surely lead to finding you, after all, in my eyes, a Northern Mountain County was already vast.”

”But later, I realized this world was far larger than I imagined.”

”So vast that even if I entered the Mysterious Profundity and could perform Sky-controlling Flight, I wouldn’t be able to fly across this world’s expanse in a lifetime.”

”Only, I always felt it was just because my power was insufficient.”

”I always believed, as long as my power was strong enough, I could certainly find you.”

”So, I never gave up, always searching.”

”Later, I searched throughout the entire kingdom, across sixteen nations, crossed chaotic spatial currents, entered the Central Region.”

”Arriving in the Central Region, joining the Asura and Wind Fiend halls, continuing to search, I believed you must be here.”

”Certainly, later I encountered Cang Yue, finally having news of you, I set a three-year agreement, the longest duration I could endure.”

”These years, I trained everywhere, stayed in Heavenly Hidden Academy for a while, then at Black Cloud Academy, afterward, traveling alone.”

”Wherever events happened, where opportunities arose, I’d go there, knowing those were things that could help me grow faster.”

”I never stopped my steps, traversing most of the Central Region.”

”Star Swapping Territory, Fangcun Territory, Heavenly Hidden Territory, Black Cloud Region, Four-direction Territory, Eighteen Mansions Territory, Eastern Range...”

”To this day, it’s been over ten years, nearly 11, I finally found you.”

Xiao Yi laughed bitterly, ”Back to the previous question, do you know why I came seeking you?”

”The time spent with you wasn’t actually that long.”

Xiao Yi didn’t lie; having crossed into this world, his time with Yiyi amounted to only months at most.

”But you were the first to care for me, treating me exceptionally well.”

”You always feared I’d starve, every time preparing meals before I felt hungry, though not gourmet cuisine, they filled and suited my taste, always insisting I eat first.”

”These years, I’ve forgotten how long it’s been since I properly ate a meal.”

”Because other food, I simply didn’t feel like eating.”

Xiao Yi glanced at his Young Master’s clothes, saying, ”These years, I’ve forgotten how long it’s been since I’ve worn any other attire.”

”In the past, you feared I’d feel cold or shabby; my sole Young Master’s outfit, you kept mending seamlessly.”

Xiao Yi laughed bitterly, ”Of course, later on, as I grew bigger, the old Young Master’s clothes no longer fit, so I had dozens of identical but larger ones made.”

”Remember Yangg Fu?” Xiao Yi spoke lightly.

”That dagger nearly took your life.”

”For the first time, I was that anxious, that afraid, worried.”

”Back then, I never thought you’d be that foolish, shedding your life, blocking it without hesitation.”

”Phew.” Xiao Yi took a deep breath, ”Perhaps these matters seem utterly trivial.”

”To this level today, these aren’t considered major events, but fleeting matters easy to forget.”

Xiao Yi earnestly gazed at Yiyi, ”Perhaps, many things to you seem only natural, to outsiders, merely disregarded.”

”But to me, it was different.”

”Some people, once recognized, never change.”

Xiao Yi spoke sentence after sentence.

Around them, unknowingly, silence had long fallen.

Even at the seats of Heavenly Hidden Academy, Eighteen Mansions, Chu Rou, Muu Ning, Gongsun Huowu, and others, their expressions were complex and silent, just watching the handsome young man on the high platform.

That young man seemed to casually recount his decade-long journey.

Yet, that hint of weariness, that touch of melancholy, made it clear to everyone that this young man must have gone through much, encountered countless setbacks, even countless life-and-death moments, before arriving here.

The last few heartfelt words, seemingly bitter or smiling.

But why did it touch one’s heart?

Who in the present day doesn’t know Xiao Yi’s name? Who hasn’t heard of those shocking stories?

In over ten years, how resolute must he have been, enduring hardships, navigating countless obstacles, experiencing numerous hair-raising dangers?

In fact, no one knew he also bore Yi Xiao and Xiao Xun identities.

Otherwise, all the struggles, setbacks, and dangers this young man faced would be even more staggering.

”Young Master...” On the high platform, the coldness on Yiyi’s face was long gone, replaced by flowing tears.

No wonder she saw the experience in her Young Master’s face, the unwavering determination, saw inexplicable fatigue.

It was the first time she realized her Young Master had been through so much to come here and find her.

How could she bear to see disappointment, bitter smiles, and melancholy on her Young Master’s face?

How could she endure this?

Tears ran down her cheeks into her mouth, bitter.

But she knew her Young Master’s suffering was a hundred times more bitter.

”Young Master, I am willing,” Yiyi said without hesitation.

”Really?” Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows.

”Yes.” Yiyi nodded firmly.

”So you tricked me earlier? Maybe now you’re deceiving me too?” Xiao Yi chuckled.

Tears blurred Yiyi’s vision; she hadn’t even noticed that Xiao Yi’s former melancholy and bitter smiles were gone, replaced by lightheartedness.

”Yiyi didn’t trick Young Master.” Yiyi quickly said, ”To make Young Master sad is Yiyi’s fault, earlier it was just...”

Xiao Yi smiled, wiping tears from Yiyi’s face.

”There’s one more reason I haven’t mentioned for seeking you.”

Yiyi looked up, eyes filled with tears and confusion, gazing at Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi smiled, ”Back when I first saw you, I knew my family’s maid would, when grown, surely be extraordinarily beautiful.”

”I’ve always trusted my judgment wouldn’t be wrong.”

”And indeed, it proves true; my family’s maid grows more beautiful than anyone.”

”Such kind and gentle, yet exceptionally fair, like an immortal descending, my maid was stolen; if I don’t find her, wouldn’t I be a fool?”

”Uh.” Yiyi listened to these lighthearted words, startled.

Silence lingered around.

Everyone could hear the young man’s words, though lighthearted.

But, this was the young man’s genuine confession, given to that one beloved, before all of Central Region’s top forces.

This surpasses all flowery language, beyond all sweet talk.

On the high platform.

Xiao Yi wrapped his arm around the beauty’s slender waist, smiling, ”Did you forget that your Young Master is always exceptionally smart? Do you really think your poor acting could deceive me?”

”Earlier, it was just that old fellow transmitted, threatening your life and the life of my Xiao Family.”

Upon speaking, Xiao Yi’s icy gaze was instantly aimed at the woman, who was the Saint Lord!

Eyes, cold to the extreme.

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