Chapter 882: Chapter 688: Altered Memories?
The system couldn’t help but complain, [Damn, this man is so heartless! You’ve done so much for him, even saved his life, and he still has his heart set on that fiancée. I give up!]
Shen Tang frowned slightly, feeling something was amiss.
Xue Yansi’s expression was indifferent, "My fiancée is Luo Ying. I won’t be with you, so don’t waste your time."
Seeing the female look down silently, he didn’t urge her to stay. Perhaps she was hurt by his words and felt heartbroken.
Xue Yansi didn’t even realize when he started caring about a female’s feelings, only sensing a stuffiness in his chest, an indescribable emotion.
He pressed his lips together, forcing himself to look away as he brushed past her.
"Let’s end this. I won’t kill you, just stop following me."
After speaking, he turned into a cloud of black fog and disappeared.
In Shen Tang’s hand, something appeared. Upon opening it, she found a space ring.
Inside were precious supplies, medicines, and even a points black card, which held enough money for an ordinary person to spend for ten lifetimes.
"..." Was this his reward for helping him?
But this also indicated that he wanted no further involvement with her.
Shen Tang silently accepted the ring, looking towards the direction where Xue Yansi had left, feeling inevitably saddened and distressed.
The two had walked side by side for years, with such deep emotions. No matter how hard she tried to say she’d let go, she couldn’t truly do so easily.
Once they were intimate partners, now Xue Yansi remembered nothing, didn’t even accept her kindness, and forcibly drew boundaries, almost wanting to become strangers.
At the same time, she deeply realized that the tenderness and care Xue Yansi once showed her, so different from his nature, was merely because of love.
Now, without affection, she was just like anyone else in his eyes.
If she hadn’t saved him this time, given the cold-blooded nature of ghost snake beastmen, he wouldn’t have shown any mercy towards her.
The system said, [Host, I still find it odd, Xue Yansi doesn’t seem to have simply lost his memory, more like his memory was altered.]
[You see, he appears to be deeply affectionate towards his fiancée, but left her in a crucial moment to save you, indicating his instinct still loves you.]
[If the rumors are true, and he shared a deep connection with his fiancée through life and death, it’s impossible for him to act this way.]
[His love for that fiancée is probably just fabricated memories!]
After all, there was precedence, so it was indeed possible, and Shen Tang had long been suspicious too.
[So, host, saying anything to Xue Yansi now won’t help, he might even feel like he’s betraying his fiancée, hence wanting to clear his relationship with you!]
The system continued, [Not giving him the necklace might have been the right choice. If Xue Yansi’s memory is completely altered, he might not believe the evidence even if it’s right in front of him, and instead, become more wary of you.]
[If you truly wish to bring him back, the priority now is to find the source that fabricated the false memories and restore his memory. That’s the most important thing!]
Shen Tang nodded, sighed lightly, and vanished.
...
Elsewhere.
The chaos in the Ghost Snake Clan’s royal palace had calmed down.
Although the engagement ceremony was disrupted like this, the Ghost Snake Clan likely became the laughingstock among the clans, but fortunately, the invited guests weren’t seriously injured, an unfortunate yet lucky outcome.
Nobody was more furious than the Family Head, Xue Xiaoyuan.
He naturally could guess who did it, aside from his good son Xue Jianghan, who else could act under his nose?
He always said the "Bone of Devouring" was prepared for him, yet that rebellious son was so impatient, making such a big mess, delaying the grand plan! It almost led to catastrophe, humiliating the Ghost Snake Clan!
But now that things had come to this, some matters didn’t need to be hidden, and he’d see how to proceed later.
A cold and fierce glint flashed in Xue Xiaoyuan’s eyes, as he personally led a team toward Chaotic World Forest.
Before arriving, he felt the earth-shattering movement of battle over there.
The powerful and terrifying devouring power seemed to sweep through heaven and earth. Though it was daytime, the vast black fog obscured the sky, like nightfall.
Hundreds of clouds of black fog swirled fiercely in the air, violently colliding, almost flattening the surrounding mountains and stony forests!
The commotion was terrifying, making everyone afraid to approach.
Xue Xiaoyuan’s face changed.
Though his talent wasn’t top-notch, if not for back then...
He probably wouldn’t have become the Family Head.
Fortunately, his son excelled, with talent among the younger generation absolutely outstanding, along with all the resources he poured in for development, Xue Jianghan’s strength wouldn’t be inferior to that wildling who grew up outside!
In the distance, the battle gradually stabilized.
Xue Xiaoyuan quickly sensed something was wrong, two devouring powers originally evenly matched, crazily tearing each other apart, but amid the fierce conflict, one side rapidly weakened until it was completely destroyed and devoured by the other.
One must have died!
Xue Xiaoyuan was greatly delighted.
It must be his son who won!
Xue Jianghan’s strength was so strong, unbeaten among the clan’s younger generation, especially since he also possessed life-saving weapons, enough to devour Xue Yansi!
Though the final plan didn’t exactly go as expected, this outcome was also good.
Xue Xiaoyuan promptly cast aside the unnerving matters from the banquet, feeling excited and jubilant.
Oh brother, who would’ve thought.
——After all these years, back then I couldn’t obtain your Bone of Devouring, but your son’s devouring fire ultimately fell into our father and son’s hands!
Xue Xiaoyuan immediately led his men following the residual devouring power to prepare to congratulate his son.
However, upon seeing the person there, they were all dumbfounded.
The man was tall, slender, with a cool and ghostly aura, silver-white long hair flowing like moonlight, and his narrow purple eyes showed no emotion as he gazed at them, as if looking at inanimate objects.
Xue Xiaoyuan’s face instantly stiffened, an ill chill rose to his heart.
He pointed at Xue Yansi, incredulous, "How...how are you still alive?!"
He surveyed the empty surroundings, his voice tinged with anger, "Where is Jianghan? Where’s my son?"
Clearly when bringing Xue Yansi back, the Family Head publicly claimed him as a long-lost child, yet now he couldn’t even bother pretending, looking at him like a hated enemy.
Xue Yansi stared at the frantic Xue Xiaoyuan, his expression increasingly cold and indifferent.
Recalling Xue Jianghan’s words and Xue Xiaoyuan’s current reaction, he immediately felt certain knowledge in his memory increasingly chaotic, filled with unexplainable falseness.
He spoke calmly:
"I killed him."
Boom——
With those words, the place fell silent, like a thunderous explosion.
The subordinates were all incredulous; the Young Master was dead.
Xue Xiaoyuan was enraged beyond measure, his eyes widened with fury, "I will kill you, to avenge my son!"
Both sides were instantly tangled in combat.
Xue Xiaoyuan truly wanted to kill Xue Yansi, to dig out his bone.
Xue Yansi naturally understood now, this Ghost Snake Clan Family Head was likely not his father. Those words back then were merely to deceive him into returning to the clan.
Looking at that son’s demeanor, what they schemed for was nothing but his Bone of Devouring.
Xue Yansi coldly smirked inside and struck without mercy.
Yet the death of Xue Jianghan alarmed those old folks in the clan who were in seclusion.
Those old monsters possessed deep and unfathomable strength, said to have someone who already surpassed the Primordial Beast Tier!
No matter how strong Xue Yansi was, he couldn’t possibly fight the entire Ghost Snake Clan alone, nor could he face those old monsters.
However, the Ghost Snake Clan couldn’t capture him either.
He vanished without a trace, as if evaporating from the world.
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