You Know I'm Not Talking About the Present You

Watching the Child of Fortune put on the act of a determined youth, Di Juetian felt like laughing.

He wondered whether anyone had ever told this guy that his acting was a little bad. In Di Juetian's previous life, he probably would have been an extra at best.

One? I think you want all three. After all, there's still a trace of greed in your eyes.

Does he really think he's a young prodigy? It looks like this is the reborn-expert type, still holding on to the confidence from his previous life.

Judging by his expression just now, he must have been an impressive figure in his previous life. Even if he were trash, he carried immense confidence!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have looked so sure of himself.

This guy was the reborn-expert type and had become a live-in son-in-law. It looked like both his parents were probably dead.

After all, being a Child of Fortune's parent was a high-risk profession!

Di Juetian had noticed earlier that when this Child of Fortune mentioned his parents, his gaze had been indifferent, as if they were strangers, without a trace of affection!

Since his parents were gone...

That left only one handle on him.

Di Juetian looked at Gong Xin ahead of him.

A light shone in his eyes.

Seeing that Zhao Wuji was still acting, Di Juetian smiled faintly!

Without meeting Zhao Wuji's eyes, he spoke in a casual tone.

"You know I'm not talking about the present you, but the you from before."

"Your soul isn't damaged, either. It's fusing."

"I wonder if I'm right?"

Zhao Wuji's expression stiffened for a moment.

His fingers trembled almost imperceptibly!

Then his expression turned confused.

He looked at Di Juetian as though wondering what he meant by that.

Then he looked around.

"Young Master Di, were you talking to me?"

Di Juetian turned and met Zhao Wuji's eyes.

Zhao Wuji felt a ray of light shine into his body.

His powerful soul instinctively surged forth.

Then he looked at Di Juetian warily.

"I didn't expect you to see through me. That's right, I did have a lucky encounter and received an inheritance, but it wasn't possession. It's just that the inheritance made my soul power too strong, so now I can't even cultivate."

Seeing the self-mockery in Zhao Wuji's eyes, Di Juetian said nothing.

"Still not going to tell the truth? You wouldn't want anything to happen to my cousin, would you? You should understand what I mean, right?"

Di Juetian glanced casually at Gong Xin.

He spoke to Zhao Wuji in an even tone.

Zhao Wuji's expression changed.

"Young Master Di, what do you mean by that?"

"What do I mean? Don't you know? You've been nervous ever since I appeared. Naturally, you're nervous because I'm a man."

"You like my cousin. If you don't want anything to happen to her, I hope you'll tell the truth."

Zhao Wuji's expression finally changed.

He hadn't expected Di Juetian to see through his condition.

But when had he given himself away? In his previous life, after all, his strength had placed him among those at the pinnacle of the Immortal Domain. Why couldn't he see through this young man now?

He couldn't see through Di Juetian, yet Di Juetian had seen through him with ease.

"What do you want to know?"

"I want to know where you came from."

"Sorry, I can't answer that. My soul hasn't fused together yet, and there are many things I don't remember."

"I only remember receiving an inheritance!"

Zhao Wuji looked bewildered as he said this.

"Is that so?"

Di Juetian didn't care. This Child of Fortune had lived for who knew how many years in his previous life.

He had his own rules for doing things. It looked like Di Juetian wouldn't be able to draw any information out of him.

If he pushed him too hard, Di Juetian didn't believe this Child of Fortune would be without means of his own.

Besides, having the Child of Fortune right under his nose...

Was what put him most at ease.

Seeing that Di Juetian had stopped pressing him...

Zhao Wuji relaxed.

Now, in his eyes, this young man Di Juetian had been marked as an enemy.

This guy is terrifying.

Even though they had only exchanged a few brief words...

He hadn't expected Di Juetian to threaten him outright.

But why had this guy given up again?

Zhao Wuji was a little confused.

Seeing that the two had finished talking...

Gong Xin stopped walking as well.

She looked at Zhao Wuji with concern.

"How did it go?"

"I have to say, Young Master Di is truly a dragon among men. Even the way he sees people is different. I've really benefited greatly this time."

His eyes were full of admiration as he said this.

Di Juetian noticed that Zhao Wuji's bearing had already changed as he spoke.

The world-weariness he had shown before was gone.

Only the vigor of a young man remained.

"Interesting."

Seeing the change in Zhao Wuji, Gong Xin was also stunned for a moment.

Then she laughed.

"Now you actually look like a young man. Before, anyone who didn't know better would have thought you were an old monster weathered by life."

"Grandfather was curious before, wondering what you'd been through to have the eyes of someone who had seen through the world."

"You looked even more like an old man than my grandfather."

Gong Xin laughed, revealing two pretty dimples.

When Zhao Wuji saw them, a trace of nostalgia flashed through his eyes, then vanished.

"Boring."

This was too much trouble.

Di Juetian looked at the demonic beasts around them.

He sighed.

Then the power of lightning appeared around him.

When this power appeared, Zhao Wuji was stunned. Did Di Juetian have a lightning-type physique?

Gong Xin was curious as well.

Di Juetian took a light step.

The moment his foot touched the ground...

A sudden change occurred in the heavens above the secret realm.

An utter blackness.

At the same time, a vortex appeared.

Before long, an enormous tornado rose, a hundred zhang thick.

One after another, dragons formed from lightning opened their eyes, cold and filled with the air of judgment.

Then countless lightning dragons descended around the pillar of storm, charging at the demonic beasts on the ground.

When the demonic beasts sensed Di Juetian's presence, they fled on instinct.

As wary as Zhao Wuji was, his expression also turned grim.

He hadn't expected Di Juetian's methods to be so ruthless. He looked like a harmless, handsome young man...

Yet he was so fond of killing.

Demonic beasts exploded one after another amid the lightning.

"All right, the path is clear."

Di Juetian spoke casually, then walked ahead.

Where no one else could see, Di Juetian wore a cold smile.

Behind him, Zhao Wuji clenched his hands as he watched Di Juetian's back.

Then he looked at Gong Xin.

He said nothing and took a deep breath.

Then his eyes filled with reverence.

Gong Xin looked at Zhao Wuji's expression but said nothing. Any young man would envy such strength, wouldn't he?

Zhao Wuji followed behind, his gaze never leaving Di Juetian.

"What exactly is this guy after?"

For some reason, Zhao Wuji kept having a bad feeling, but he couldn't put it into words. It was the first time he had felt this way since coming back to life.

He watched Di Juetian leisurely kill demonic beasts ahead.

Zhao Wuji grew a little confused.

Was I overthinking it?