I'm only one year old, what the heck is a Overturning System?!-Chapter 414 - 183: What’s Meant to Come Will Always Come (Please Subscribe)_3

Chapter 414: Chapter 183: What’s Meant to Come Will Always Come (Please Subscribe)_3

"I did not expect all my efforts, even Chen Taiping, that child, is not very clear, yet it was an outsider who first saw through me."

"You are wrong," said the shadow with a shake of its head, "Chen Taiping is well aware; he just does not wish to openly break with you."

"For a thousand years in Great Wei, there have only been eight Marquis, among them the lineage of Prince Zhenbei and King of the Southern Garrison each have three, and the other two, one in the east and one in the west, even outpacing non-royal kings."

"If he were to openly break with you, the long-standing balance would be completely destroyed, and the defense of Beixiong Pass would be affected."

"That’s why Chen Taiping has only been defensive towards you, without taking the initiative to strike."

"Perhaps it also involves persuasion from Du Qing."

"Oh?" Zhou Tiance laughed twice, his face crinkling with wrinkles as he spoke:

"Should I then thank them for their mercy of not killing me?"

The shadow shook its head again, sighing with a tinge of emotion: "You don’t have to be like that."

"In fact, once you are gone in a hundred years, all this will end."

Zhou Tiance’s smile paused, then slowly faded.

The voices of the two dissipated after a long while; he then began to speak, coughing:

"Chen Taiping is not a Marquis of exceptional talent, but indeed, he is the one most concerned with the bigger picture."

"Unfortunately... unfortunately, I will not be able to see the direct lineage of Duke Wuan dies out."

"..."

The expression beneath the shadow’s mask was complicated, but it was unclear what to say.

Zhou Tiance hunched over, slowly bowed his head, and continued to speak:

"If it weren’t for the fundamental injuries I sustained at Beixiong Pass, I wouldn’t have considered this desperate strategy."

"Now it seems that I can only have Chen Yuan succeed the title of Duke Jingye to ensure the legacy is not lost."

"How unwilling I am."

There is much about which Zhou Tiance is unwilling.

Aside from his family’s descendants dying out at Beixiong Pass, he is also unable to swallow up the lineage of Duke Wuan.

If he had been more ruthless back then, killing Xia Wanwan, or had the heart to kill Chen Yi directly...

Would the outcome today be different?

The shadow quietly observed him for a long time, then urged: "Old Marquis, you should go back."

Zhou Tiance nodded, slowly turned around, and walked out.

Stopping by the door, he turned his head to the side and asked, "Mr. Yin, do you have a spouse? Do you have any sons or daughters?"

The shadow, standing tall, looked at him with a complex gaze.

"In my life I have drifted, having no spouse; however... I have a daughter, born of a demon."

Zhou Tiance coughed twice, asking, "Oh? What is her name?"

"Xiao Lan," after saying that, the shadow paused for a moment, then added, "Zhou Xiaolan."

Zhou Tiance acknowledged with an ’Oh’, pushed open the wooden door, looking at the moonlight’s silver glow outside.

"Mr. Yin, since Chen Yi is not fated to die, I have decided to spare him. Of course, I will not let him off easily."

"Also according to your opinion, what are the chances of Chen Yuan succeeding as Duke Jingye?"

The shadow looked at his hunched figure and sighed, "Old Marquis, if you are sincere, there may be a glimmer of hope."

"What do you think is the reason the Holy Emperor arranged a marriage for him?"

"Probably because he fears your plans might succeed."

Zhou Tiance scoffed coldly: "I have devoted decades to Great Wei, and in the end, I have become an unwanted pawn."

"Whether they want me to give up, we shall see if they have the capability!"

Saying this, Zhou Tiance walked away, step by step, until he disappeared into the wasteland’s wilderness.

And in the wooden house behind him, the shadow silently watched his figure.

After a long time, he removed the mask from his face, revealing a handsome middle-aged man’s face.

—His eyebrows thick and straight as a sword, eyes large and spirited, nose bridge wide, lips full.

Beneath his wide black robe was a tall and straight figure resembling a spear.

"Duke Wuan Chen Taiping... Chen Yi..."

"Sigh... what must come, will come..."

...

The next day, dawn brightened the sky.

Hua Youxiang opened the door of the wooden house, just about to stretch and move about, when she saw the outside crowded with people.

Rows of Night Watch Department personnel dressed in red uniforms and carrying machetes looked solemnly toward the distance.

Hua Youxiang paused, her Sword Intent sweeping across, her eyes widened in alarm, and she hastily ran back into the wooden house.

"Sister, eldest sister, quick, quick, quick... Outside, outside!!"

Hua Xianzi chided her with a pat, telling her to quiet down.

"Aren’t we out of the Sect, why are you still shouting like that?"

"No, no, it’s not that, sister, hurry... Ah, come with me."

Unable to articulate clearly, Hua Youxiang could only pull her sister’s hand and run outside; arriving at the door, she hurriedly pointed all around:

"So many people, so many dead people!!"

Hua Xianzi looked outside, her beautiful face equally surprised, her gaze sweeping over the ravaged rocks and ravines.

Several rows of corpses lay outside the wooden house in tragic shapes, and at a rough glance, there appeared to be hundreds.

Not only that, but there were also two giant demons, tens of meters long, lying beside those dressed in black.

Judging by their miserable state, they must have died in great agony.

And around these bodies were dozens of Night Watch Department personnel.

The leader stood respectfully in front of Chen Yi, smiling and saying something.

Gu Tiangang, Cao Abao, and others stood behind Chen Yi, occasionally saying a few words.

Hua Xianzi stared blankly again, examining carefully for a moment before noticing that the wounds on those bodies were all sword traces.

"Did Brother Chen do all this?"

"What?" Hua Youxiang realized and exclaimed: "Sister, you, you mean to say last night there was an attack, and they were all killed by Brother Chen?"