Past Events

Mo Li looked stunned; this was not at all what he had expected.

Liu Erlong took in his reaction, her cold, beautiful face seeming to soften under the glow of the fire as her bright eyes remained fixed on him.

"I have never spoken of the past to anyone, but seeing you like that today, I spent the entire day struggling with whether or not I should tell you."

Liu Erlong looked at Mo Li and offered a helpless smile.

"How could I not know your personality? If I didn't tell you these things, you would certainly find a way to do everything you said earlier today, and that is not what I want."

Mo Li scratched his head, a look of embarrassment crossing his face. He had indeed been furious during the day, and in his heart, he had already marked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as a target for retaliation.

Yet, before taking any action, he wanted to know Liu Erlong's true stance. With his identity as a transmigrator, destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was not difficult; he didn't even need to reach a certain level of strength. As long as he planned carefully, he could achieve his goal without shedding a drop of blood.

But what would happen after that? What would become of Liu Erlong? Her father and her clan would be finished by his own hands, and she might have no kin left in this world. He did not want to see Liu Erlong fall into such a state—that miserable, lonely, and wretched existence.

That was why he had made that agreement with Yu Luomian. Even if it meant using force to suppress them later to accomplish what Sister Erlong wanted, it was still better than wiping out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan entirely.

Seeing that Mo Li did not refute her, Liu Erlong continued, "Aside from my mother and me, I have never told anyone about the past."

"Li'er, are you willing to listen?"

Liu Erlong's eyes were filled with hope. Under that gaze, Mo Li slowly exhaled, then nodded heavily and said, "I am willing."

"Listen to me finish, and if you have any questions, you can ask me afterward."

Liu Erlong's eyes trembled, and she offered a smile, though it looked bitter no matter how one viewed it.

"The man you saw today is my biological father, Yu Luomian. He is a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and holds a high position within the sect today. My mother, however, was originally just a woman of the streets. The union between the two of them sounds incredible, doesn't it?"

Mo Li did not respond, seemingly catching the faint mockery in Liu Erlong's tone, and listened intently.

"Not long after Yu Luomian came of age, he left the family to gain experience. My mother was an orphan, and because she was somewhat beautiful when she grew up, she was sold to a brothel by the people who had taken her in."

"She became a courtesan who sold her talents but not her body," Liu Erlong bit her lower lip, a look of pain flashing across her face. "I think you know what kind of place that is."

Mo Li remained silent. For things that had already happened, saying anything more would only increase Liu Erlong's pain.

Liu Erlong quickly adjusted her emotions and continued, "In a place like that, a courtesan is the lowest and most humble existence. They have to do all the dirty and exhausting work. Because they couldn't bring in much profit for the brothel, they were constantly harassed and pressured to become something else."

"My mother had a bit of beauty, so she couldn't avoid being noticed, but she threatened to kill herself several times to resist the endless harassment. The people in the brothel were shocked by her determination to prove her integrity through death, so they had no choice but to give up."

"After all, if someone died there, it would have a significant impact on their business."

"If she hadn't met Yu Luomian, my mother's life might have continued that way forever."

Liu Erlong lowered her eyes, her lids reddening, and she said softly, "He came to the city where my mother lived. No one knows why he went to such a place, but fortunately, he fell in love with my mother at first sight. After some twists and turns, he was willing to spend a large sum of money to redeem her. My mother didn't want to believe in his character at first, but after spending a long time together, she chose to follow Yu Luomian."

"For a woman in her position, that was perhaps the best choice."

"But regardless, my mother's status was merely that of a woman of the streets. No one cared what she did in that place; they only saw her as low-born. My mother rarely argued with anyone about it."

"At the time, I didn't understand. I angrily asked my mother why she didn't refute those people. My mother told me gently that she had long since looked past the judgment of the world; she only sought to have a clear conscience so that she could live with dignity."

Recalling the most poignant moments, the tears filling Liu Erlong's eyes could no longer be held back, and they slid down her face one by one. Her voice turned hoarse, but she did not stop.

"After my father redeemed her, he settled her in a property in the city. The two of them spent some time together, but later, because of clan affairs, he left behind some money and departed."

"But my mother was already pregnant with me at the time. I don't know how she managed on her own," Liu Erlong continued, sobbing. "After I was born, I had no father, only my mother. It was my mother who raised me. I always believed I had no father."

"There were many nobles living near our house who had been to such places and seen my mother. Whenever they encountered us, they would humiliate us just because I had no father. My mother suffered all the grievances for this. She could endure it, but I could not."

"However, later on, once I had gained some strength, I personally wiped away those hatreds."

Tears streaked Liu Erlong's face, but her words were exceptionally fierce. Mo Li was stunned, only then remembering that the fearsome reputation of the Corner of Slaughter was not earned for nothing.

If someone were to insult Liu Erlong like that, Mo Li could hardly guarantee that he wouldn't act even more ruthlessly than she had.

"Later, when I grew older and could help my mother shoulder some of the pressure, her body had already been completely exhausted from years of overwork. She spent her final years in a sickbed."

"I started going out to gain experience early on, hoping to find rare treasures to restore her health, but I couldn't find any."

"My mother didn't wait for me to return before she..."

Unable to finish her sentence, Liu Erlong was already sobbing uncontrollably.

"I know that my mother's greatest wish in this life was to have a title, to have a place of her own by my father's side. When she was bedridden, she would often look out the window."

"I asked her why she always liked to look out the window. Every time, my mother would turn back with a face full of smiles, hug me, and say that she was waiting for her great hero to return."

"I don't think he is any hero, nor have I ever felt that he protected my mother and me. It was my mother who protected me, and I never felt even a single day of fatherly love from him."

"I didn't understand my mother's words back then, but thinking about it now, my mother never said a bad word about my father until the day she died. She loved him too much, but I cannot. He saved my mother, but in the end, he abandoned her."

"My mother never blamed him, but I hate him to the core. I hate this man who couldn't even fulfill my mother's final wish. It was him who let my mother die with regrets."

Liu Erlong wiped away her tears, a hint of coldness appearing on her face.

"I can't say I hate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan; it's more like I don't care, because they aren't worth my hatred. I only hate myself for not protecting my mother well enough. I only want my mother's final wish to be fulfilled."