The zombie stared at the black token in Ye Wen's hand, as if lost in thought. After a long while, he finally spoke.
"It feels familiar too. I think I used to have one!"
Hearing that, Ye Wen became fairly certain that the zombie might really have once been the City Lord of Demon Suppressing City.
When he said Ye Wen's blood felt familiar, it was probably because of the mutual resonance between their Primordial Chaos Bloodlines.
That familiarity had made him stop, so he hadn't continued attacking Ye Wen. Instead, he had started talking to him.
And although he had forgotten who he was, he still recognized the token and remembered having one like it.
That meant he must once have valued the token more than his own life. Ye Wen cautiously continued.
"Senior, you may be an elder of my clan. Ten thousand years ago, a great calamity befell our people. Countless lives were lost, and our clan was wiped out. There are very few of us left now.
"Do you still remember what happened ten thousand years ago? Do you remember who killed you?"
"Ah! Ah!! Don't ask me that! Ah! My head hurts! I can't remember! I can't remember a thing!"
Ye Wen's questions once again set off the zombie's splitting headache. The zombie went berserk, crashing into trees and snapping them in half. His wails carried far into the distance!
By then, Li Mo and the Black Cat had already run a long way away.
Suddenly, they heard the zombie's agonized howls from the gorge where he had been staying. The two looked at each other, speechless. Ye Wen had made the zombie howl in such agony—just how powerful was he?
"Brother Cat, I think I really ought to stick with him for a while. He's so powerful—a thigh worth hugging."
Li Mo spoke earnestly to the Black Emperor.
"If he really kills or drives away that zombie, you can cultivate with the help of that Spirit Eye. You might have a chance to reach the Seventh Grade Realm. As for me, I plan to go with him to the Dao Sect. He said he was going there."
Black Emperor considered it carefully before answering.
"Then it's settled. We'll wait here and see how things turn out!"
The world was full of strange twists. The two had originally planned to run away as soon as they got out, but after hearing the zombie's howls, they decided to follow Ye Wen.
Meanwhile, Ye Wen was being forced back again and again by the frenzied zombie. A long time passed before the zombie finally began to calm down.
"Don't ask me about things from ten thousand years ago. I can't remember. It's terrifying. Every time I try to think about it, I'm filled with fear and despair. I can't help wanting to run, but there's nowhere in the whole world to escape.
"Despair. Nothing but despair. Just thinking about it is unbearable! Since that's how it is, I'll sever all ties with the past.
"I've sealed away all the memories in my head from ten thousand years ago! Starting today, I am no longer who I was. I am only who I am now! My name is Chen Nan!"
The zombie spoke quickly to Ye Wen.
"I have to go. This place no longer suits me. There's no Death Spirit Qi here for me to absorb.
"Because of your influence today, I awakened my intelligence. Perhaps we really did once belong to the same clan.
"But now I belong to the Death Spirit race. Whatever immense karma there was in the past vanished when I died.
"In this life, I am Chen Nan. I owe you for what you did today. I can help you once in the future, and settle the karma between us."
Ye Wen suddenly felt a little lost. The entire burden of the Hongmeng Human Race rested on his shoulders.
At long last, someone had appeared who had once been a Ninth Rank Peak City Lord. Even if only his corpse remained, at least there was one more person, wasn't there?
But he had chosen to sever their karma. However great it had been, his death in his previous life had settled it completely!
In this life, he didn't even acknowledge his former identity. He only recognized himself as one of the Death Spirit race.
Perhaps the trauma from ten thousand years ago had affected him, filling him with despair. He might even have fallen so deeply into despair that he instinctively believed there was no chance, no hope at all!
He would rather seal away those memories filled with despair and flee from the past completely!
There was no point judging him right or wrong. No one knew who had struck ten thousand years ago. Even in Xingyu's fragmented memories, the Ninth Rank Peak City Lord hadn't been able to withstand a single move from the enemy.
Chen Nan had chosen to forget the past and begin anew. Then let him begin anew!
I carried the hopes of Human Ancestor, Old Uncle Zong, and everyone else. So I had to keep fighting!
Since Chen Nan had made his own decision, Ye Wen wouldn't force him. He simply asked out of curiosity:
"Weren't you going to absorb Life Spiritual Qi? Isn't this place full of it now?"
Chen Nan answered:
"You don't understand. I was born from death. It wasn't Life Spiritual Qi that awakened me, but Death Spirit Qi.
"I need to absorb more Death Spirit Qi and let it build up in my body until it reaches a certain concentration. Then I'll be born from death and transform it into Life Qi. At the extreme of death lies life!"
Ye Wen didn't understand the principle, but he understood what Chen Nan meant: he needed to absorb more Death Spirit Qi. So he suggested that Chen Nan go to Ghost Domain State, where the entire state was filled with Death Spirit Qi!
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