A Third Jade {Mo Dao Zu Shi}

♬Chapter 63♬

"Bao Qiang was a great man. After all... me and him trained together under the same master"

Wei Ying was shocked to hear this, "Hold on, Bao Qiang and Xiao Xingchen, my martial uncle, knew each other?" Wei Ying looked over at Chen Hong, who shrugged since he didn't know himself.

"As a matter of fact, I was there at the funeral. I didn't want to be seen, so I hid with Song Lan" Xiao Xingchen said. "People have no respect. Blaming you for his death, even though you are the one suffering the most here!" Song Lan angrily said.

"I guess A-Qiang was right. Fate can be rather cruel at times" Li Nuan sadly mumbled.

"So, if my father grew up with the Xiao Xingchen... they're martial brothers"

"And if my mother, Cangse Sanren, also grew up with Xiao Xingchen, who is also her martial brother..."

"We're not, but somehow related! / We're not, but somehow related!"

Meanwhile...

Mingjue angrily pushed Guangyao outside of the golden carp tower, "What? A lifetime in prison?"

"Mingjue, please calm down!"

"Calm down"?" Mingjue punched Guangyao in the face, "What did you promise me back then? Blood for blood! Xue Yang has the blood of dozens of lives of the Chang Clan on his hands, and all he got was a life sentence? Or are the rumors that the Jin Clan intends to have Xue Yang restore the Stygian Tiger Amulet true?"

"Mingjue, how could you believe in idle rumors? As for Xue Yang, I can't disobey my father's orders!" Guangyao argued.

"Meng Yao! Stop pretending in front of me. Your ways won't work on me anymore. A-Nuan would be ashamed if she was here and heard about what you have been doing, especially what you did to Bao Qiang!"

"My ways? Which of them?" Guangyao wiped blood from the side of his mouth, "You always say that I'm too calculating and dishonorable. But how can we be the same? You were born with noble status, and you cultivation is high. But what about me? Do you think my position in the Jin Clan is steady? Do you think I would be able to rise to power after Jin Zixuan died? Jin Guangshan has no intention of letting me succeed him! You think that I should be afraid of nothing? Well, I'm afraid of everything. Even some people"

Mingjue's became enraged as veins were popping out from his cheek, "You haven't changed at all, Meng Yao. Calculating, manipulative, and using any means you can. Absolutely shameless! I want you to stay away from A-Nuan! She shouldn't be friends with the person who killed her one and only!"

Guangyao chuckled in response, "Mingjue, you have killed far more than I did. So why is it that even though I only killed a few cultivators out of desperation, you keep bringing it up, even until now?"

Xichen and Li Nuan unknowingly arrived at Mingjue and Guangyao arguing.

Mingjue, "Countless souls have fallen under my saber. But I have never killed out of my own desires, let alone out of the power!"

Guangyao, "Are you saying that everyone you killed deserved to die? If I killed one to save a thousand, would the good outweigh the bad, or do I still deserve death? To achieve great things, sacrifices must be made!"

Mingjue, "Then why don't you sacrifice yourself? Is your life worth any more than theirs? Are you any different from them?"

Guangyao, "Yes. They and I are, of course, different"