Be Passive In The High Martial World

Chapter 3: The Old Ancestor Takes Action

The prison cells were small, each with only a narrow window for light.

Recently, the weather had been bad, with continuous gloomy and rainy days. It was already dusk, and there shouldn't have been anything visible outside.

However, Chen Kuang's gaze pierced through the iron bars of the window and saw a starry sky...

A clear, pure, and magnificent starry sky!

Above the distant sky, which was cloudless for thousands of miles, stretched a vast galaxy. Countless stars shimmered with extraordinary brilliance, like a gorgeously woven brocade.

Colorful auroras appeared faintly, like a hazy veil cast down to the mortal world.

This scene was too unusual, so beautiful that it even seemed eerie and terrifying.

Chen Kuang felt dizzy and mesmerized, struggling to breathe and trembling all over.

Wasn't it raining outside? The prison guards carried heavy moisture and coldness.

Where was the rain? Where were the clouds?

It was just a moment...

"It's the Saint! The Saint has taken action!"

An excited voice came from a nearby prison cell.

A prisoner, who seemed to be a scholar, suddenly stood up and exclaimed with excitement as he looked at the strange scene outside the window.

"It must be the Old Ancestor of the Liang Kingdom, who abdicated the throne to his younger brother six hundred years ago and then went into seclusion!"

"It is said that his cultivation reached the heavens and he was close to the path of a saint. It turns out to be true!"

The scholar prisoner cried and laughed.

"We are saved! We are saved!"

"Hahaha, the fate of the Liang Kingdom is not over! The dynasty can continue!"

The other prisoners immediately became noisy, as if a new hope had emerged, and they all climbed up, talking excitedly.

"Is it really the Saint?!"

"Indeed! This is the aura of the Saint! It was the same when the Saint of the Zhou Kingdom took action back then!"

The silent prison cells suddenly became lively, even the air seemed to come alive.

"...The aura of the Saint?"

Chen Kuang stared at the starry sky, murmuring to himself.

Was that feeling of hair-raising danger and accelerated heartbeat the so-called aura?

Some information emerged in his memory...

"Saint" was the title given to those Transcendent and extraordinary Immortal Gate cultivators who had truly reached great power. They could move mountains and fill seas, control the wind and rain... They were omnipotent.

The eyes of the Queen of the Liang Kingdom also sparkled with hope.

She stood up, looked at the sky, clenched her fists, and muttered to herself.

"As long as we can hold back the Eastern Emperor, even with the power of the fifty thousand Zhou army, they are no match for the cultivators of the Liang Kingdom's Lingtai..."

She turned back to Chen Kuang with joy and said, "Mr. Chen, we are saved!"

Boom!

A second wave of loud noises continued, causing the ground to shake violently, creating chaos inside and outside the prison cells.

Hmm...

Chen Kuang took two steps back, lowered his head, and saw a crack in the ground of the prison cell that extended all the way to the wall.

He couldn't help but be amazed.

It was really... quite exaggerated.

The battle between cultivators was just an aftermath, yet its power was already comparable to an earthquake, a natural disaster!

This world was probably even more dangerous than he had imagined.

His previous actions were indeed reckless.

In this world of martial arts, even ordinary people might be physically fit.

It seemed that he was still influenced by his inherent thinking from his past life and became a bit impatient.

Chen Kuang exhaled slowly.

Speaking of which, after Huo Hengxuan saw through his reckless idea, he actually reminded him, which didn't match his cruel and ruthless reputation as the "God of Slaughter"...

Wait a minute... something's not right!

The scene from earlier flashed back.

He followed the other person's gaze... and turned his head!

Damn it, this old bastard wasn't reminding him, he was testing him!

Chen Kuang cursed inwardly, hearing the hoarse voice of the old man again.

"Hehe, you can indeed see."

Chen Kuang held his breath, restraining himself from turning around.

Huo Hengxuan grinned.

"It's a bit late to continue pretending now, isn't it?"

Chen Kuang: "..."

Indeed, it was too late.

Chen Kuang simply turned his head, looked directly at Huo Hengxuan with shining eyes, without any concealment.

...

Huo Hengxuan had anticipated that after being exposed, the other party would panic and reveal their true colors.

In his opinion, this person first pretended to be a blind musician, and then deliberately approached the Queen of the Liang Kingdom. He must have had ulterior motives.

Moreover, this person had probably recently killed someone, as the smell of blood on him couldn't be concealed...

In his mind, there was no other possibility except that this person was a spy from the Zhou Kingdom.

But he didn't expect that Chen Kuang would directly drop the act and stop pretending.

During the brief pause, the Queen of the Liang Kingdom also understood the meaning behind Huo Hengxuan's words.

Her originally happy expression froze for a moment, turning into nervousness as she pursed her lips.

"Mr. Chen... Court musicians are supposed to be blind."

"Mm."

"So, you... you're not a musician?"

In reality, she wanted to ask if he was deceiving her. If he was someone sent by the Zhou Kingdom to extract information, then this bun was indeed insignificant.

After experiencing the desperate situation of the destruction of her country, the only goodwill she received turned out to be fake...

She lowered her head, feeling somewhat disappointed.

"I am."

Chen Kuang felt a headache coming on.

He really wasn't suited for acting...

Chen Kuang said in a low voice,

"I was blinded by my parents at a young age. I became an apprentice to a musician at the age of six and entered the palace at sixteen. It has been three years since then, and I have always been a person of the Liang Kingdom, never speaking falsely."

Huo Hengxuan sneered sarcastically,

"So, telling lies with your eyes open is how it is."

"I didn't know that there was a way for the blind to regain their sight in this world."

Chen Kuang fell silent for a moment and then softly said,

"Life and death, flesh and bones, don't they exist? General Huo."

He turned his back to the Liang Kingdom Queen and his gaze fell on Huo Hengxuan's limbs, accurately landing on the location of those few lumps.

Although he didn't know the specific function of these lumps, he could guess.

This old bastard was not being honest at all. He hadn't really had his hands and feet chopped off.

Huo Hengxuan, being so perceptive, immediately noticed the unusual focus of Chen Kuang's gaze.

His entire demeanor suddenly changed, becoming extremely fierce, like a giant snapping turtle lurking in the water, suddenly discovering its prey and revealing its sharp and ferocious fangs, ready to bite off its vulnerable neck at any moment.

Chen Kuang felt a chill run down his spine and didn't dare to move.

He forced a smile and was about to say a few more words when he saw Huo Hengxuan give a sinister smile and then spit on the ground.

"Ptui—Boom!"

In an instant, Chen Kuang heard a sharp sound of breaking through the air, followed by a thunderous roar.

It was right next to his ear, right in front of him!

His scalp went numb almost to the point of exploding, and he instinctively turned his head and stepped back, but it was too late.

"Bang!"

The sound of a watermelon exploding.

The next second, his entire right half of his head felt intense pain, and a buzzing ringing filled his skull.

Chen Kuang's mind went blank, and he reached up to touch, but he touched nothing.

The right half of his head was completely gone!

Chen Kuang retreated in horror, feeling dizzy, and fell backward.

In his spinning field of vision, he saw a huge concave spiderweb crack on the wall, embedded with...

Teeth?!

He fell to the ground, and the familiar darkness surged in like a tide.

...

Chen Kuang blinked, suddenly coming back to his senses, and instinctively reached up to touch his right side of the head.

Intact.

Huo Hengxuan across from him was just sitting cross-legged, casually spitting on the ground.

The killing intent was like a tangible presence... The novel didn't deceive me, this is really happening.

"Mr. Chen? Mr. Chen?"

The anxious call of the Liang Kingdom Queen gradually became clear.

Chen Kuang took a deep breath, feeling like his soul had just returned to his body.

He calmly said, "I'm fine, Madam, no need to worry."

The Liang Kingdom Queen patted her chest, calming her trembling arc, and then bit her lip with some regret.

Oh, this man deceived her... Why did she care about him?

Huo Hengxuan's gaze flickered.

Strange... Normally, a person would be much more affected by his killing intent.

Chen Kuang looked at Huo Hengxuan, who had a nonchalant expression, and it seemed to say, "I can kill you anytime."

But Chen Kuang instead tugged at the corner of his mouth, revealing a hint of a smile.

Threatening with words instead of actually taking action...

"It seems, General Huo has an answer in his heart."

Huo Hengxuan made no comment and snorted.

Chen Kuang continued on his own,

"I haven't revealed this matter to anyone. Isn't that enough to prove my loyalty?"

"My eyes... to be honest, I don't know what happened either, but I can guarantee that I am on the same side as you now."

"If General Huo doubts my intentions, then there's no need, because all I want is to stay alive."

He emphasized each word, "To stay alive, and then leave."

Huo Hengxuan remained expressionless.

"Not enough, unless..."

The old man turned his head and squinted his eyes at the figure swaying outside the door.

Suddenly, he chuckled,

"These prison guards are quite annoying. If you can help me kill them, then I'll believe you."

(End of this chapter)