The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1766

Chapter 1766: 863 Truth of That Year (Second Update)

This name has not been heard for many years, yet its memory has not faded away. Just being slightly mentioned, like a piece of wood being pressed underwater finally freed from the big hand, it suddenly floated to the surface.

"I once fought a battle with him."

That battle was the most thrilling one in Xuanyuan Qi’s life.

Shitian was clearly just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, yet displayed strength more terrifying than Xuanyuan Li.

Xuanyuan Qi only later learned that he had been poisoned with purple grass, which triggered his potential. But even so, his talent was unparalleled in the world.

Besides the first Shadow Lord, Xuanyuan Qi could not think of anyone in the world who could defeat that boy.

"I lost."

Xuanyuan Qi said.

"So, you two did fight, but since you lost, how did you manage to leave?" Gu Jiao remembered that Shitian’s mission was to kill the Shadow Lord, and at that time, the Shadow Lord was Xuanyuan Qi.

Combining the information obtained during these days at the border pass, Gu Jiao speculated that the goal of the Jianlu at that time should have been to destroy the entire Shadow Organization, including the National Master Hall and Xuanyuan Family under the Shadow’s protection.

There was no reason for Shitian to let Xuanyuan Qi go.

Unless he himself was also severely injured.

"He stopped." Xuanyuan Qi said.

Gu Jiao was slightly taken aback: "Why?"

Xuanyuan Qi shook his head mechanically and slowly: "I don’t know."

He fell to the ground badly wounded, Shitian’s sword was pressed against his throat, but then the sword suddenly stopped moving forward.

He looked at Shitian in surprise, his vision had long been blurred by the blood, unable to see Shitian’s expression.

But he could feel Shitian watching him, and Shitian’s murderous intent gradually faded away.

In the end, Shitian said nothing, turned around, and left.

"Left?"

This did not fit Shitian’s style. Actually, whether it was Shitian back then or Long Yi now, once they accepted a command, they would go to great lengths to complete it.

Gu Jiao touched her chin: "Strange, you said Shitian was watching you. Did he see something on you that made him stop his murderous intent?"

Xuanyuan Qi: "I don’t know."

Gu Jiao: "Did you have anything special on you at that time?"

"No."

The only special item Xuanyuan Qi had on him was the Shadow Order, but before Shitian made his move, he had already secretly handed the Shadow Order to Xuanyuan Zheng.

Gu Jiao really couldn’t understand why Shitian would suddenly stop for no reason. Gu Jiao originally thought that the two of them had caused each other severe injuries, resulting in the subsequent situation.

"Shortly after Shitian fought you, he lost his memory. He accidentally entered Princess Xinyang’s Residence and became a Dragon Shadow Guard. I once thought it might have been you who caused Shitian’s amnesia. It seems not."

Xuanyuan Qi said: "Now, I can."

The implication was that at that time, he did not have the ability, but as a half-living dead after being at Ghost Mountain, Xuanyuan Qi reached a realm of power that ordinary people could not achieve.

Gu Jiao: "What happened next? After Shitian left, did you immediately go to Ghost Mountain?"

Xuanyuan Qi: "No."

Following that, he was hunted down by Jianlu, which lasted for several years. After he finally pretended to have died once again as the second Shadow Lord, he managed to return to Yan Country, but what awaited him was the disastrous news of the Xuanyuan Family’s rebellion and extermination.

Everyone was dead: his elder brother died, his sister-in-law died, Sheng’er and his brothers along with Azi also died, the Princess was abolished, and his sister, Empress Xuanyuan, was put into the Cold Palace...

Even the old members of Shadow were nowhere to be contacted; he thought they and Zhengzheng had all been murdered.

Gu Jiao said: "After Xuanyuan Zheng parted from you, he did not return to Yan Country but remained in Zhan Country. Perhaps the old members of Shadow you mentioned just happened to go to Zhan Country to find him."

Xuanyuan Qi suddenly realized: "No wonder, I couldn’t find them."

"Continue with your story," Gu Jiao said.

But Xuanyuan Qi didn’t continue.

When he returned to Yan Country and saw the severe blow to the Xuanyuan Family, he was deeply shocked, and coupled with his lingering injuries, he fell seriously ill.

He lost the will to live, and when he was about to die, he heard that person’s voice.

"Xuanyuan Qi, I need your help... go to Ghost Mountain and wait for me, to complete a task for me."

"What task?"

"When the time comes, you will know."

"How will I know when the time has come?"

"You will know. If... I’m saying if, that time never comes, it will be the regret of all of us."

At that time, he was running a high fever, his mind was muddled, he only saw a vague shadow, had it not been for finding the token by his hand the next day after he had completely woken up, he would have thought the previous night was just a dream.

That person who had been missing for many years really reappeared.

But shortly after assigning him a confusing task, he disappeared again.

Even so, he still regained his spirits and wholeheartedly went to Ghost Mountain.

Ghost Mountain was initially not the burial site for Xuanyuan’s army but rather a place to dump their bodies.

He buried one corpse after another with his bare hands.

At first, he thought that was the task assigned to him.

Gradually, with the intrusion of countless forces from Liang’s army, Jin’s army, and even some bandits, the graveyard suffered serious destruction, he then felt guarding this graveyard was his task.

Each day facing the boundless graveyard, he couldn’t remember when he started forgetting he was still alive.

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