BROKEN LOVE THREAD (The Untamed)

Prologue

Heavy breath can be heard echoing softly around the Cold Pool Cave located at the back of Cloud Recesses. Every single breath he took caused his weak body more damage than ever. The pain on his body is unbearable, but the pain inside his heart is even greater.

He no longer has the energy to scream out the pain. What's the use of screaming when nobody cares about his pain? What's the use of crying when he knows no one will ever listen to him?

He took another breath only to cough out another mouthful of blood. Every single breath of cold air is piercing his lungs, and the cold surrounding of the cave feels like thousands of knives slashing his skin. He knows his days are numbered. It's only a matter of time before death welcomes him.

If he dies, will anyone care about it? Wei Ying chuckles at that ridiculous thought. Who is he kidding? No one will ever care about him, much less miss him. Why would anyone ever miss the root of all evil, Yilling Patriach? They will probably throw a banquet to celebrate his death.

He looks at the bright blue vein shining on his skin all over his body. The Night Bloom poison is spreading faster because of the coldness. The poison is supposed to kill him in a year time. However, the cold air and the icy chain binding both his hands and legs speed up the time taken for the Night Bloom poison to reach its final stage.

This poison is a silent killer. It's undetected during its early stage. Those who get administered with it will not show any physical symptom of poisoning and will suffer when the weather changes.

Another mouthful of blood escaped his pale bluish lip and scattered around on the floor. He looks at the icy floor covered in blood. It's time to end this suffering.

He lays on his back, placing his hand on the centre of his chest. He focuses his mind and energy to feel his golden core. He only ever saw this process once when Wen Qing took out his golden core during that time and transferred his golden core to Jiang Cheng. He remembers the pain he had to bear during that time, and he is about to do it again. This time, he is not transferring it to any other person. Instead, he intends to crush this core and his meridian all together.

He can feel the surging power of his golden core and pull it out slowly. His entire body shook in pain, but he focused his mind on getting it out. It's a bit easier to get it out this time compared to last time because this is the second time he has done this procedure.

After what felt like eternity, there it is, his golden core shining brightly on his palm. His eyes feel heavy, his body feels colder than before, and he is tired. Tired of this world. Tired of everything. He focuses the last bit of energy he has left and crushes the golden core in his palm.

The core crushed into tiny pieces of golden dust, floating in the air, lighting the dark pool cave for few seconds before the darkness enveloping the cave once more. His consciousness left him, pulling him back into the darkness. Before his eyes are completely closed, he can hear a distant scream of the voice he knows too well..

WEI YING!!