Volume 5: The Mystery of Shamo Chapter 66: All the longings are in vain
By the time Yao Ji walked out of the Tianxuan Secret Realm, Wu Su had also returned. Judging from his expression, it seemed that he had almost completed all the tasks assigned to him.
He was a little surprised to see Yao Ji's calm expression, and stepped forward quickly: "Junior sister, are you okay?"
Yao Ji knew what he was asking, but she didn't know whether he was worried that his uncles would make things difficult for him, or whether he was worried that his uncles would be angry with him?
She forced a smile and said, "It's okay. Didn't I promise you before? I was just going to catch up with the uncles. Don't tell me you don't trust me?"
Seeing Wu Su's slightly relieved look, she suddenly curled her lips and said calmly, "I'll just inform them about tomorrow's event."
Wu Su's breath, which hadn't yet relaxed, immediately rose to his throat again, as if he hadn't expected her to speak so nonchalantly. He was stunned for a long moment before he stammered, "I thought we had to keep tomorrow's events a secret from our uncle-master and the others..."
"Brother, you can't avoid what's coming, so it's better to take the initiative. Besides, how can we leave our uncles absent from such a big event as the succession to the Chief Wizard?" Yao Ji said with a wry smile. Seeing Wu Su's slightly embarrassed expression, she lowered her eyes, sorted out her thoughts, and then looked up, suddenly smiling at Wu Su: "Brother, can you wear that bright red dress with gold lotus flowers tomorrow?"
Wu Su was startled again when he heard this, but his frown gradually relaxed, and a hint of smile appeared in his eyes. "I asked you a long time ago to prepare it for you. Although it may not be exactly the same as it was back then, it should be pretty close. Speaking of which, you didn't like that dress so much back then, and you always said I had bad taste and that bright red was too vulgar..."
"Now, now, I think red is quite good. It's strong, bright, and flavorful." It was like a blazing fire burning the sky, as if it wanted to burn everything. But Yao Ji kept this sentence in her heart and never said it out loud.
Tomorrow, let's put an end to all of this. Sha Mo's grievances, five hundred years of love and hatred, all come to an end. And she and her...
In fact, the words she had said before going to the Tianxuan Secret Realm were just a step in the plan. It was a trigger, a fuse she had deliberately dropped. She knew very well what kind of seeds her words would plant in the hearts of the four uncles, and what she wanted to do was to make them suspicious first.
Uncle Qingchen's reaction before had confirmed her speculation. Some things that happened back then were not the common idea of the four uncles. There must be something fishy. Although she was almost certain that Uncle Qingfeng was one of the culprits, her intuition also told her that he was not the only one. Uncle Qingfeng was not a person who could accomplish anything big, and his mind was not that meticulous. If it was true that behind the battle between Sha Mo, as she had speculated before, someone deliberately told Mo Yi's father about the Heavenly Stone, then Qingfeng could only be an accomplice, not the mastermind.
But who is the mastermind?
Although the person she is most suspicious of at the moment is Uncle Qingsong, she cannot convict him without solid evidence. Moreover, one cannot judge a person by his appearance. Uncle Qingyang, who seems to be reckless and unkempt, may not be without suspicion.
So, she pretended that she had known the whole truth, but in fact it was just a test of the waters and a feint.
She wanted to make the culprit reveal his true identity and put an end to the grudge that existed for five hundred years once and for all.
This was also the reason why she deliberately revealed to them that she would be accepting the inheritance of the Chief Wizard of Shamo tomorrow. That person would definitely not want to see her take over Shamo again.
She believed that there would be something good to watch tomorrow.
All she had to do now was wait, wait for that person to strike again.
"Lili~" His voice was a little hoarse, but one could tell he was extremely surprised.
In the void, the familiar figure suddenly appeared.
Mo Yi, who else could it be besides him? Apart from his 'Mirror Flower Water Moon', who else could find her so quickly?
Mo Yi's usually stern face was obviously filled with joy when he saw that she was safe and sound. But when he saw Wu Su beside her, Mo Yi's brows furrowed deeply...
Looking at the unconcealable fatigue on his once handsome face, her heart felt as if someone had grabbed it tightly, causing her to feel a slight pain.
However, she did not move. She stood beside Wu Su with her spine straight, biting her lower lip slightly, as if trying to suppress her emotions. Wu Su tilted his head to look at her, a strange color flashed in his eyes, and suddenly he jumped in front of her: "Mo Yi, you dare to come to Sha Mo to seek death!"
Before he finished speaking, he had already made his move. He spread out his robe sleeves and swung out countless red halos about a foot in size. There seemed to be flickering flames at the edges. The red halos spun rapidly in the air like wind wheels and shot towards Mo Yi in the void.
"Get out of the way!" Mo Yi growled, unsheathing the Dragon Slash in his hand. Icy blue beams of light pierced the air, colliding violently with the red light wheel in the air, making bursts of violent noises. Suddenly, Mo Yi's figure flashed and passed directly past Wu Su. He stretched out his hand to her in mid-air and called softly, "Lili, come here quickly."
Her body trembled slightly. If it weren't for the rationality in her brain suppressing her, she would have obediently taken his hand and gone with him. However, she knew that she couldn't.
Wu Su was already furious at this time. He turned around and swung out several purple light curtains to attack Mo Yi in the void, but was blocked by another golden barrier. A hint of anger flashed in Wu Su's eyes, and he looked back at her coldly.
"Brother, please don't do anything. This is a problem between him and me. Let me handle it myself." Yao Ji's voice sounded calm, but it made Wu Su feel uneasy for no reason. Just when he was about to say something, she suddenly continued, "Brother, trust me, I know what to do."
Wu Su pursed her lips, said no more, and stopped silently. Perhaps it was the determination on her face that made him feel that his junior sister now was a little different from that day.
Quiet...
"Lili?" Mo Yi called out again tentatively. This time, he got a clear answer. Unfortunately, the answer made his expression suddenly become quite interesting.
"I'm not Yinglili, I'm Yaoji, Moyi, long time no see." She stared into his eyes and said this calmly, but the slightly trembling voice still betrayed her.
Fortunately, she didn't need to pretend too much at this time. Wu Su had already known about her and Mo Yi. If she pretended to be too nonchalant, it would make him suspicious.
"Yao... Ji?" Mo Yi repeated subconsciously, his pupils suddenly dilated, as if he was not mentally prepared. His bottomless eyes were fixed on her familiar face, and his expression began to become a little complicated. His deep black eyes were suddenly covered with a layer of thick fog that could not be dissolved, and they were bottomless.
What was that fleeting feeling? Love? Hesitation? Struggle? Or heartache?
Who is he feeling sad for?
Yinglili? Or Yaoji?
She looked at his tightly pursed thin lips, and suddenly for no reason she recalled his appearance when she first met him five hundred years ago. He was still that bright and cheerful young man, and she was still in her prime, as if nothing had changed, everything seemed just like yesterday, but something seemed different.
"Where is Yinglili?" Mo Yi finally spoke again, but he was asking the other woman.
"I am her, and she is me." She pondered and spoke slowly.
"What did you say?" His voice suddenly rose and became hoarse.
"I 've woken up , so she'll naturally disappear. She won't come back." As she spoke, she raised her head and suddenly met his eyes, which were as cold as frost...
And the look on his face at this moment was a sadness she had never seen before. Yes, it was sadness. Such an expression seemed to be naturally unsuitable for Mo Yi, but it made her heart suddenly filled with sadness.
At that moment, she finally understood who was causing his heartache. It turned out that compared to Yao Ji's awakening, he was more concerned about the whereabouts of Ying Lili.
She closed her eyes slightly, knowing that in this gamble between Yao Ji and Ying Lili, Ying Lili had won.
However, even though the winner has been decided, the plan must continue. No matter who wins, the set goal must be achieved.
She bit her lower lip and was about to say something more cruel to force Mo Yi to leave, when she suddenly heard Mo Yi sigh deeply. After a long while, he spoke softly, "I was sorry for you that day. I couldn't stop my father..."
"The past is over, why bring it up again..." She lowered her eyes slightly, and after a long while she said quietly, "Besides, I'm the one who owes you. I was the one who cast the curse, causing you Nayu people to kill each other for the past five hundred years. It's all my fault..."
"Yao Ji..." Mo Yi's thin lips opened and closed, as if he wanted to say something else, but in the end, he said nothing. Perhaps his heart was in a mess at the moment because of the sudden disappearance of Ying Lili. Although he had expected such a day to come, what he didn't expect was that when this day suddenly came, it would make him so heartbroken.
"Tomorrow, I will once again take over as the chief wizard of the Shamo tribe." She suddenly turned her head away, not daring to look him in the eye. His deep black eyes would make her forget her name, forget everything, and would make her unable to utter a single cruel word.
But at this moment, there are some words that she must say and some things that she must do. She needs to gain Wu Su's trust, so she must completely break up with Mo Yi in front of Wu Su. Although Wu Su may not completely trust her because of this, this is a gesture she must make.
For this reason, even if it meant stabbing herself in the heart twice more, she had to do it. She tried to make herself take two deep breaths, and then slowly said: "As for the 'Suzaku's Sorrow', I can't say for sure, but I will find a way to solve it. After that, please take care of yourselves, Nayu people. From now on, Nayu and Shamo owe each other nothing. You and I have been entangled for so many years. No matter who owes whom, who has wronged whom, it's all in the past. Just... forget it..."
At this point, she was almost weeping. She turned her face away and said in a trembling voice, "From now on, we will be in the vast sea of people, each of us...to the ends of the earth..."
