Chapter 614: Ch 614 - You’ve already hurt yourself like this...

Pfft!

Yino leaned against the alleyway outside the Immortal Alliance Pavilion. He watched Ruzhi walk away before finally losing his grip on his restraint. Slumping into the corner, he spewed out a massive mouthful of blood.

Back in the double-pupil world, he thought he could shatter Ruzhi’s will with the Charm Flower poison.

He was wrong. Her willpower far exceeded his expectations. She chose to forcefully endure the toxin until her body developed antibodies, all just to clash with him one more time.

Such relentless determination left him out of options.

Left with no other choice, Yino had to fight her for real.

His serious state had always been divided into two tiers.

Unleashing the ancient phoenix bloodline was merely the first tier of his potential.

The second tier involved tearing down his mental barriers entirely. By letting the innate resentment and hostility of the ancient phoenix bloodline consume him, he would enter a berserk state nearly identical to Qi Deviation.

This was a bloodline taboo he had always been unwilling to touch ever since his rebirth.

In the game, the character of Yino was a complete villain.

Brutal by nature and drowning in hostility, he hated the sight of almost everyone. He was a walking antisocial menace without a shred of basic human morality.

Because of this, the original Yino was universally despised in the He mansion, Luo City, and the Wuji Sect. Even his little aunt, who was supposed to be his guardian, showed complete indifference to his death in the game.

The truth was that he was pure scum in the original work.

During his time at the Grand Tutor’s Mansion, he spent his days drinking, gambling, and whoring, committing every imaginable vice while dragging the He mansion’s reputation in Luo City through the mud. When he joined the Wuji Sect, his tyrannical nature earned him nothing but disgust from Yuyan. Later, he provoked Chen Jianxin. When Chen Jianxin publicly executed him with a single sword strike, not a single person cared.

Now, Yino had been reborn.

Perhaps because he inherited the soul from his past life, his disposition was no longer so unhinged. He discovered that the Elders of the Grand Tutor’s Mansion did not universally despise him. He realized his aunt was not heartless. Even the prejudice of the Wuji Sect’s chief swordswoman and Eldest Senior Sister, Yuyan, could be resolved.

Yes, he had been reborn in the truest sense.

He had finally managed to escape his fate as cannon fodder. Because of this, he remained extremely wary of tapping into his ancient bloodline.

He could clearly sense the phoenix divine power of his mother buried deep within this bloodline. Yet, it was heavily tainted by endless resentment and killing intent.

If he allowed this bloodline to run rampant and lose his mind, he would undoubtedly become no different from the original Yino.

It could be said that the original Yino had no self-awareness at all. He was merely a walking corpse driven by innate bloodline hatred, living each day in a muddle.

Because of this, a bloodline Seal was placed on him at birth, reducing him to a cripple unable to cultivate.

From the perspective of the Grand Tutor’s Mansion and Changli, since the child was beyond saving, the most merciful approach was naturally to Seal his bloodline. This way, although he would still struggle to change his brutal nature, he would lose the ability to take revenge on society and slaughter the innocent.

This was his long-standing guess about his original self.

Later, he also encountered and conversed with Changli at the Liuli Sect. He learned of her attitude toward him across different timelines, which naturally further corroborated his long-standing speculations about this body.

If the unborn Yino of this life had not possessed a Spirit consciousness from another world, he never would have broken the original Yino’s nature as a brutal demonic fetus. Without that change, Changli would have never stepped in to save him at the Liuli Sect. To her, the original Yino was just a walking corpse with zero value in living.

However, he was backed into a corner by Ruzhi today.

She refused to admit defeat, and he also had reasons why he could not lose.

With no other choice, he could only tentatively unleash the ancient true phoenix bloodline. He paid the price of his mother’s resentment causing a backlash on his heart, but in return, he gained unprecedented terrifying power to crush Ruzhi.

Fortunately, his current cultivation base was very high. He ultimately managed to suppress the brutality within his heart.

However...

The first demonization still brought about some aftereffects.

"Damn it..."

"It feels like another version of me is living inside my bloodline, constantly whispering like a Demon and demanding that I hate everything in this world."

"But according to those memory fragments I saw in the bloodline, that darkened me is not Yino at all. He doesn’t even exist as a personality. The hateful memories he carries all come from my mother..."

"Who exactly is my mother... And how exactly did the character of the original Yino come to be..."

"Could the original Yino have just been a demonic fetus abandoned by his mother?"

Yino leaned against the corner of the wall, suppressing the demonic backlash alone. His Divine Sense felt terribly suppressed, yet his brain was extremely excited and kept running wild with chaotic thoughts.

"It hurts..."

"Although the evil nature in my bloodline can’t snatch away my consciousness, it keeps whispering in my ear without stopping. It’s so annoying!"

He clutched his head and panted heavily, trying to make the demonic whispers in his mind stop.

At some point, he heard a light and melodious chiming of bells from outside the alley.

Ring~ Ring~ Ring~

The chiming was pleasant to the ear and surprisingly calming. It also felt familiar to him.

His heavy panting gradually calmed down. He finally recalled the source of this chiming in his mind.

"Aunty...?"

Widening his eyes, he woke up as if from a dream and quickly turned his face to look toward the sound.

At the same time, the figure of the Kite girl in a red dress finally appeared at the entrance of the alley.

The girl looked around, seemingly searching for something in a hurry. She then turned her head and locked eyes with Yino, who was staring blankly while leaning alone in the corner.

"Yino! Are you okay?!"

The moment she saw the young man, she rushed over.

The closer she got, the crisper and calming the chiming became to him. It seemed to have some sort of soul-calming effect. When Xinyao crouched down and hugged him, he felt his ears become much clearer. The evil bloodline nature that had been whispering like a demon earlier finally vanished into thin air.

As the evil demons dispersed, a familiar sense of happiness and security naturally replaced them, refilling his heart.

"Yino, I heard her ladyship mention you were in danger of a demonic backlash. I immediately followed the guidance of the token from the National Advisor to find you."

"You idiot. We haven’t seen each other for just a few months. How did you end up hurting yourself like this?"

Xinyao pulled the weakly breathing young man into her embrace. She spoke with heartache, her voice choking up to the point of almost crying.

Lying in the girl’s embrace, his thoughts raced, but his eyes were drawn to a small bell hanging around her neck.

He reached out to touch it, curling his lips into a smile. "Aunty, you really kept the bell tied around your neck all this time..."

"Well, it was given by you, little rascal..."

Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked at the young man in her arms with utmost heartache.

Ever since he learned to ask his aunt for hugs at the age of three, this little guy had grown up under her protection. In all these years, she had never seen his aura as weak as it was today.

She found it hard to imagine. He possessed the powerful ancient true phoenix bloodline of his mother. What kind of formidable enemy could he have possibly encountered at the Immortal Alliance tournament to be drained to such an extent...

On the flip side, it was exactly because of his mother Ilya’s bloodline that if Xinyao had arrived just a little later today, he might have truly been at risk of being demonized by the evil nature of his bloodline!

"Aunty..."

"Can you tell me who my mother really is? And how did I end up born into the He mansion?"

Yino let out a long sigh. Although he managed to suppress his inner brutality due to Xinyao’s arrival, his long-standing curiosity still made him unable to hold back.

She looked at him, seemingly recalling the events of the past. Tears swirled in her pale gold eyes, but she did not dare to speak up due to certain rules.

Pondering for a long time, she finally picked out some memories that she could share.

"Back then, you were just a phoenix egg..."

"I... I saw that the phoenix egg seemed to show signs of hatching, so I carried it back to the Dragon Palace overnight to seek help from Lord Changli... Later, her ladyship placed a seal on you and handed you over to the He mansion to be raised..."

She spoke cautiously, skirting the issue completely instead of directly answering his question.

Knowing that pressing his aunt would yield no results, he smiled with a hint of shame.

He rolled over, burying his face into the Kite girl’s embrace while wrapping his arms around her.

He was no longer the little guy from his childhood. Now that he had grown up, he was much taller than her. As they hugged each other like this, the two of them stood up one after another. In the end, it turned into the petite Spirit Kite girl being tightly held in his arms instead.

"Hugging you just now suddenly made my heart feel much more peaceful and fulfilled..."

"I’m alright now... I won’t suffer a bloodline backlash anymore..."

At some point, he opened his eyes and slightly released the girl in his arms. He lowered his gaze, looking affectionately into her phoenix eyes.

Her pretty face flushed red. Bathed in this inexplicably warm atmosphere, she was unwilling to pull away. Her phoenix eyes gradually blurred as she simply tilted her small face up, quietly savoring every detail of his expression.

He lightly pursed his lips. As he looked at her, he could not help but want to lean forward and gently kiss her.

Her beautiful eyes shifted. She naturally felt the quiet approach to her lips, but being constantly stared at by him made her consciousness hazy and somewhat unable to resist.

As for the matter regarding Ilya, I will explain it to Yino.

Just as their lips were about to meet, a crisp and resonant female voice unexpectedly echoed from the entrance of the alley.

The moment the voice fell, Xinyao jumped in fright, a tremor running through her body.

But this tremor happened to press her lips right against his.

However, she had no time to savor it this time. Feeling extremely terrified in her heart, she did not dare to let her warmth linger on his mouth for too long and immediately shoved away the young man holding her waist.

"Lord... Lord Phoenix Venerable!"

After breaking free from his embrace, the Kite girl reacted quickly. She turned around to see the gorgeous woman standing at the entrance of the alley, instantly feeling even more guilty and afraid.

With a pale face, she hurriedly dropped to one knee and bowed to the gorgeous woman dressed in a phoenix-patterned dress.

Yino froze slightly, reacting half a beat slower, but he also realized the identity of the newcomer. He followed Xinyao’s lead, lowering his head to bow. "Honored Master..."

"Yino, the evil nature in your body has yet to be suppressed. Next, you should follow Xinyao back to the Dragon Palace. I will channel my Qi to help you properly consolidate your mental state so there will be no future troubles"

The gorgeous woman in the phoenix dress spoke calmly, stepping forward.

As her voice fell, she glanced at the Kite girl kneeling beside him in a humble posture with a slightly trembling body, letting out a faint smile.

"Xinyao, over the years, you first raised Yino, and now you have the merit of saving my disciple. I do not wish to ruin the mood with what I saw today, so I can pretend I saw nothing"

"However..."

"Xinyao, you are Ilya’s trusted aide after all. I advise you to watch your words when you are with Yino in the future. Given my rebellious disciple’s disposition, he will have a hard time accepting it once he learns the truth"