Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 2588 - 2608: One to Bear, One to Die!

Chapter 2588: Chapter 2608: One to Bear, One to Die!

"Do you intend to kill him head-on?"

Qiu Wushuang turned pale with astonishment, "He is a Quasi-Saint; could it be that you have really become a Quasi-Saint?"

Zhen Liuxue spoke calmly, "It is a fight to the death. Even a thirty percent chance is worth taking the risk."

Qiu Wushuang stared at Zhen Liuxue in silence, and after a long while whispered, "Even if what you say is true, and he is indeed the murderer, didn’t mother do what she did hoping that you and I wouldn’t go to our deaths? How is challenging him any different from seeking death?"

After a pause, Qiu Wushuang’s emotions suddenly surged, "Even if you die, nothing will change. He will still be the Hall Master, while you will be utterly dead, without a trace left..."

Zhen Liuxue said indifferently, "Isn’t that exactly what you want? You won’t have to see me anymore."

Qiu Wushuang’s face reddened with anger, glaring at Zhen Liuxue, her chest heaving violently, obviously infuriated by Zhen Liuxue’s words.

"Yes! Then go die if you like, die so completely that there’s nothing left to be annoyed at!"

Although clearly being cursed at, Zhen Liuxue’s typically indifferent eyes revealed a hint of softness, and her icy voice became somewhat more tender.

"You know what kind of person I am. Now that I am willing to become what I am now, there are many things I no longer care about, including my own life..."

Qiu Wushuang looked at Zhen Liuxue’s wrinkled, aged face and fell silent. A cultivator’s appearance is of utmost importance, even one of the driving forces behind their cultivation.

Zhen Liuxue used to be so beautiful, with a divine spirit-like appearance and countless admirers, a spitting image of her fairy-like mother. Because of this, many people said she more closely resembled her mother’s daughter, while Qiu Wushuang, despite being pretty, still lacked much of the charm when compared to her mother and to Zhen Liuxue.

Zhen Liuxue was an orphan; her mother took her in as a disciple, raised her, and treated her as if she were her own daughter, dedicating even more effort to her than to her biological daughter.

Much later, Qiu Wushuang was born, and compared to the extremely beautiful and highly talented Zhen Liuxue, she seemed to pale in comparison. As a result, Qiu Wushuang had always disliked Zhen Liuxue, even detested her.

In front of their mother, Qiu Wushuang would not show any signs, but privately, in front of Zhen Liuxue, she never hid her feelings. To this, Zhen Liuxue would always just laugh it off, not caring, not complaining, allowing Qiu Wushuang to behave as she wished.

After Qiu Wushuang came of age, she wanted to surpass Zhen Liuxue, aiming to outdo her in every way, yet the results were quite disheartening.

Qiu Wushuang was actually a genius, but Zhen Liuxue was even more of a Demon.

The two contended for a long time, and most of the time, it was Qiu Wushuang who lost, and lost miserably, which intensified her resentment against Zhen Liuxue.

Later on, their mother passed away, and Qiu Wushuang succeeded as the City Lord, while Zhen Liuxue went far away. Since then, the two never saw each other again. When they met next, Qiu Wushuang had become a Superior Prime Daluo Immortal, one of the top powerhouses in the Immortal Realm, one of the Twelve Immortal Kings, while Zhen Liuxue had turned into an old crone, her beauty gone, aged and worn.

In pursuit of greater strength, had she sacrificed her lifespan, causing her to age so rapidly?

Qiu Wushuang asked softly, "Did you do all this just to avenge our mother?"

Zhen Liuxue answered calmly, "Without Master, I would have died long ago. My life was reborn because of her. She was murdered, and I must do something about it. Even if the cost is my death, it doesn’t matter. After living for so long, everything has been a bonus. There is nothing in this world that I am reluctant to leave behind."

Qiu Wushuang clenched her fists; at this moment, her heart was filled with complex emotions.

Her mother had been murdered; yet she, her biological daughter, served her enemy as a subordinate, even contentedly so, while the woman she loathed sacrificed her appearance, her lifespan, and was even willing to give up her life for the sake of revenge!

Guilt!

Shame!

Fear!

Various emotions rippled through Qiu Wushuang’s heart, causing her intense unease.

Just as Zhen Liuxue had said, she knew about it, but what could she do?

Revenge for her mother?

Though she was powerful, facing that man would likely result in her being effortlessly wiped out with a mere gesture of his hand.

Seeking revenge would lead to death, and it would be meaningless. Yet doing nothing resulted in inner turmoil and uncertainty...

Zhen Liuxue spoke calmly, "You can just pretend you never saw me. Continue being the City Lord. Whatever I do has nothing to do with you. You can just act like you don’t know me. Now, I am basically unrecognizable, so you don’t have to worry about being implicated."

Qiu Wushuang looked at Zhen Liuxue, with undisguised fury in her eyes, "So what? You plan to abandon me again without knowing anything, to bear everything alone, even to die alone like before?"

"Don’t think I don’t know, originally mother intended to leave the position of City Lord for you, for you to take care of me, but you refused her, saying that you dislike restrictions and wanted to wander around. In truth, from that moment on, you were prepared to leave Ice and Snow City, to find out the truth and avenge our mother, weren’t you?"