Stronger by Killing

Chapter 308 - 263: Heading to Bright Moon Gorge (2)

It can be said that he was born with a golden key, a favored child of heaven, showered with limitless love since childhood. Many believe that he would be the successor of the next Sect Leader of Sword King City. By the age of thirty, he had already reached the Grandmaster level effortlessly, growing up in Sword King City and gaining much popularity.

However, just a few years ago, unexpectedly, a person named Sword One appeared and stole all his thunder. In a short amount of time, Sword One seized the title of the most outstanding youth in Sword King City, and was even personally designated by the Ancestor of Sword King City to be the next Sect Leader. You can probably guess what happened next!"

Gu Zhan raised an eyebrow and said, "Jealousy?"

"Yes," Nangong Weiyang replied, "Wei Zi’ang’s jealousy towards Sword One has reached a manic level. In Sword King City, he uses all sorts of means to ostracize Sword One. Now, in the younger generation of Sword King City, no one interacts with Sword One.

And Sword One himself is just so lacking in ambition, meekly accepting it all, never contending for anything, which has caused Wei Zi’ang to become more and more excessive, almost openly excluding Sword One. Whoever associates with Sword One, he targets them too, it’s the same inside and outside of Sword King City."

Saying this, Nangong Weiyang glanced at those people in the courtyard and said, "Do you really think none of those people recognize Sword One? Many are just pretending not to see, unwilling to offend Wei Zi’ang,

though you can’t really blame them for being opportunistic. Mainly, Sword One is such a waste, never fighting for anything. If he had even a bit more backbone, would Wei Zi’ang even matter? Sigh, so, Brother Gu, if you can avoid offending Wei Zi’ang, then don’t. Mainly Sword One isn’t worth you offending Wei Zi’ang. You should go explain to Wei Zi’ang,

although Wei Zi’ang is a bit petty, your status is right there for everyone to see. If you go explain, he won’t deliberately target you anymore. Although he can’t affect you much, it’s always good to have fewer stumbling blocks while traversing the Martial World."

Gu Zhan chuckled slightly and asked, "But I don’t understand what he gains from doing all this? Sword One is already the confirmed next Sect Leader. How does sidelining Sword One benefit him?"

"There are no benefits," Nangong Weiyang replied, "Does human jealousy need benefits? There is no love without reason in this world, but is there less hatred without apparent reason?"

Gu Zhan smiled and said, "True enough."

At this moment, Sword One said softly, "Brother... Brother Gu, maybe you should go explain to Zi’ang. He’s just a little childish, not really bad at heart. He doesn’t intend to harm me, he’s just upset because I took what was supposed to be his. If you explain, he won’t be angry with you."

Gu Zhan looked at a loss for words,

calling someone over thirty a spoiled child, indeed rare to hear.

"Forget it," Gu Zhan waved his hand and said, "After the war between righteous and evil ends, I’ll return to Canglan Dao. Who knows if we’ll ever meet again in this life!"

"That’s true." Nangong Weiyang nodded.

Sword One lowered his head and said nothing.

Nangong Weiyang looked at Sword One, rolling her eyes several times.

Soon after,

Sword One entered a mode of invisibility, sitting quietly listening to Gu Zhan and Nangong Weiyang chat. If it weren’t for him occasionally pouring tea for the two, he might have been completely ignored.

However, he was quite satisfied with this state, sitting by with a smile,

though his gaze often quietly lingered on Nangong Weiyang. When Nangong Weiyang talked about something exciting, he would mimic the appropriate facial expressions. When the conversation touched on unpleasant matters in the Martial World, he would furrow his brows.

As Nangong Weiyang mentioned,

the three of them sitting in this corner really seemed isolated. People came and went in the courtyard, yet no one greeted them, as if they were invisible.

After chatting for a while, Nangong Weiyang suddenly said, "Forget it, Brother Gu, I see you really have no interest in associating with Wei Zi’ang, how about we change places!"

Upon hearing this proposal, Sword One’s eyes immediately lit up, and he quickly agreed, "Okay, yes, yes!"

Nangong Weiyang rolled her eyes and said, "What’s it to you? Aren’t you fond of reading? Go back to your books!"

Sword One lowered his head and said nothing.

Gu Zhan chuckled and said, "Let’s go, Brother Sword One, Miss Nangong, let’s find another place. Staying here bores me too."

Then, the three stood up and left.

In the courtyard,

from a room, Wei Zi’ang was watching them leave with an icy expression, sneering slightly.

A middle-aged man walked up behind him and said softly, "Young Master, actually, this Gu Zhan is a real prodigy with limitless potential. You didn’t need to become estranged from him earlier. If the Sect Leader finds out, they’ll only think you’re being immature!"

Wei Zi’ang said flatly, "Without doing this, how could I deceive those old fellows? If I appeared mature and sensible, would they dare to allow me to target Sword One? Would my plan succeed?"

The middle-aged man paused and said, "I indeed underestimated you."

Wei Zi’ang calmly said, "They can tolerate a little jealousy in a spoiled innocent child, but they would never allow a scheming individual to plot against Sword One. I can throw tantrums and make a fuss, but I mustn’t have deep machinations!"

"I understand now," the middle-aged man clasped his hands.

"Moreover," Wei Zi’ang said softly, "this Gu Zhan, heh, at most he’s just another Mo Jingzhou, what can he amount to in front of my Sword King City? There’s no need to pay him any mind!"