The Cause

"Hmm?" Hun immediately turned to Xiao Ai. "What do you know about the destruction of my realm?"

"Those people are after the sun stone, right? You and your people are expert smiths and craftsmen, and it has strengthened the distinctive scarlet flame in your body."

"You're right, those people are after the sun stone." Hun then recounted everything with a sorrowful expression. "Honestly, I don't know the origins of those cultivators, but they suddenly attacked my realm. Additionally, the beast tribes helped them, and many dragon riders attacked us at that time. Although we have so much advanced equipment, our basic strength is weaker than theirs, so we are ultimately powerless to repel them."

Xiao Ai wasn't surprised by that; no matter how advanced the equipment they had, they would never win against those people. "Those beast tribes and dragon riders came from the Thousand Beast Realm. As for those cultivators, they came from the supreme realm called the Celestial Paradise, and the person who leads them is called the Flame Emperor. He is one of the best alchemists in the universe, so he targeted the sun stone to fulfill his ambition to be the best."

"Thousand beast realm, Celestial Paradise, and Flame Emperor, huh?" Hun muttered to herself in a voice filled with hatred.

Xiao Ai thought for some time before telling Hun something. "I won't go into too much detail, but Atropos is still intact now, and your people are still alive too."

"Huh?" Hun suddenly turned to Xiao Ai. "What do you mean by that?"

"You will know the truth someday, but I hope you don't say anything to our master about Atropos, at least for now." Xiao Ai actually didn't want to hide it from Tang Xiao, but the situation would become serious if he knew too much about the future, especially since the past had shifted too much because of Old Tang Xiao's actions, and she didn't want to aggravate it any further. That's why she had to be careful when speaking and acting so as not to disrupt the order of the universe even more.

Seeing Xiao Ai's serious expression, Hun, who was once the queen of a realm, could naturally understand what she meant, and she didn't ask anything further. However, in her heart, she also wants to prove that her realm and its people still exist.

Afterwards, they just watched Tang Xiao practice while talking about light things, but Hun was quite impressed by his tenacity and seriousness. Even though it was difficult for him to move in double the gravity, he continued to struggle hard to adapt to it, and there was no desire to give up in his expression.

After struggling for a long time, Tang Xiao finally started to adapt to double the gravity, but he still couldn't adapt completely. Even so, he was quite satisfied with his training and decided to rest first, and he would continue later.

"How do you feel, Master?" Xiao Ai asked as she and Hun approached Tang Xiao.

"Haha." Tang Xiao laughed before telling her. "I feel great, and I might be able to adapt to double gravity after I train here for another two or three days."

Xiao Ai agreed with that, especially since she always monitored Tang Xiao's condition through her main chip in his brain. "Once you perfectly adapt to double gravity, your speed will definitely far surpass that of ordinary humans, and none of them will be able to see your movements, let alone touch you."

Tang Xiao did not deny that, but he had never thought about ordinary humans, especially since he could already fight them. "Unfortunately, this is still not enough to face strong cultivators, especially if I want to fight Long Yin in the future, so I have to continue improving myself. Even so, I won't do everything in a hurry, or everything will backfire on me, and I myself will suffer the consequences."

"That's right, Master." Hun joined in speaking to Tang Xiao. "A city can't be built in a day, and neither can your strength. That's why you have to take one step at a time, and you also have to strengthen your basic foundation, so your foundation won't be unstable."

"En." Tang Xiao then ordered Xiao Ai to do something. "Yu Xiaoling did wrong me in the past, so I will never spare her, but her daughter is innocent. Since she is already dead in her eyes, I want you to prepare a few things for her, so her future won't be ruined because of our actions."

"All right, I will follow your wishes, Master."

Afterwards, Tang Xiao quickly cleaned himself up before returning to his room, but Tang Yin was already fast asleep, so he decided to leave her to rest.

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It was already midnight when he came out of the ark, so Tang Xiao decided to rest, but someone suddenly knocked on his bedroom door.

*Knock... Knock...*

'Hmm? Who would come here at this late hour?' Tang Xiao then used his true eyes, and his expression was a little surprised to see the woman standing in front of the door. 'I thought it was Su Rou, but I didn't expect it to be Jessica Lie. Why did she come here? Hey! I don't need to care about that, right? Since she has come here, I will do something to her.'

Tang Xiao then opened the door and asked, pretending to be surprised. "Miss? What are you doing here? Do you need my help?"

"Can I talk to you?" Jessica asked him back, causing Tang Xiao to raise his eyebrows, but she hastily spoke again. "Don't get me wrong, I just wanted to confirm something because I felt something familiar from you."

'Does she recognize me? That's impossible, right? She's not a cultivator, so there's no way she can see through my disguise.' Tang Xiao then nodded to her. "Come in then."

Jessica immediately entered the room, but she was shocked because Tang Xiao closed the door, and she subconsciously took a few steps back and distanced herself from Tang Xiao. "Why did you close the door?"

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Instead, Tang Xiao asked Jessica back as he sat on the side of the bed.

Jessica felt relieved by that, and she immediately sat down in an empty chair. "Have we met before, Feng Xiao? I feel like I've seen you before, and I also feel familiar with you, but I remember for sure that I have never seen your face before."

"Why do you think so? I just came from the village, so we shouldn't have met before." Tang Xiao replied indifferently, but he also thought of a way to capture Jessica. 'Can you do anything about this woman, Xiao Ai?'

[Hmm? What do you want to do to her, Master?]

'I want to capture her, but I don't want to cause a stir because of her disappearance, and I also need her to do some other things.' Tang Xiao himself had thought about it, and he wanted to capture his enemies or maybe kill them, but he had other plans for Jessica.

Xiao Ai giggled at Tang Xiao's answer. [Hehe, I can help you with that, Master. You can send Jessica into the ark, so I can do something about her, and it will definitely suit your plan.]

'All right, I will send her to you immediately, and you can explain everything to me later.'

On the other hand, Jessica did not speak a word and observed him for anything familiar about him, but her heart jolted when she looked into his eyes with such seriousness. 'His eyes... his eyes really resemble Tang Xiao's eyes.'

"Why do you keep quiet?" Tang Xiao asked her again.

"No." Jessica shook her head at him. "Your eyes resemble someone I know, and he's an old friend of mine."

"An old friend?" Tang Xiao raised his eyebrows.

"Yes." Jessica answered with a nod. "Yes, his name is Tang Xiao, and we were good friends when we were in middle school, but it's a shame I heard he passed away."

'She feels familiar with me just because of my eyes?' Tang Xiao muttered as his face darkened, but he suddenly remembered that Jessica did often look into his eyes when they were still good friends. Even so, hearing her refer to him as her good friend made his emotions overflow. He then got up and stood in front of her, and he coldly asked her. "Are you two really good friends?"

Seeing Tang Xiao's sudden change in attitude as well as his cold voice frightening Jessica, she then stood up while taking several steps back. "What do you want to do?"

However, Tang Xiao didn't answer her and looked at her hatefully, but Jessica suddenly ran towards the door, and he immediately grabbed her hand before throwing her onto the bed.

"Ahh!" Jessica screamed in fear, and her body trembled violently. 'Shit! Why did he suddenly turn so rude? I shouldn't have met him!' "Help... Ugh!"

Tang Xiao immediately moved in front of Jessica and strangled her neck, causing her face to turn red from difficulty breathing.

"Ugh! Let me go! I'm going to die!"

"Is he really your good friend?" Tang Xiao asked as he looked at her with a look full of emotion. "What kind of good friend would frame him as violating you by force? As a result of your actions, he had to spend seven years in prison, and he almost died in the dark ravine."

Jessica's eyes widened as soon as she heard Tang Xiao mention that, and she kept trying to remove his hands from her neck, but her strength wasn't comparable to his. "How... how did you know about that?"

"How did I know about that? I actually hadn't thought of a plan for you, but you sent yourself to me instead." Tang Xiao replied as he canceled his transformation, which caused Jessica to freeze in shock. "Do you remember me now?"

- To Be Continued -