Dual Cultivation: I Summon Villainesses of Mythic Era-Chapter 32: Well, well, what must I do to prove that I want to cooperate with you.
"The Executor arrives to restore the balance, which means our end if we remain divided."
BaiShe observed the two women, realizing that the system had linked him to existences sharing his own destiny as a celestial pariah.
His Omega Heart, although incapable of love, recognized the strategic usefulness of this truce.
Long Huang turned her gaze toward BaiShe, a hint of contempt still etched on her black lips.
"I agree for this time, The Sword Demoness," she finally said, her silhouette beginning to dissolve into less aggressive black flames. "But I will not ally with him."
" Wow ... " BaiShe raised his hands while laughing lightly, which contrasted with the oppressive aura of the room. His silver gaze, tinged with that hint of sarcasm that was his own, slid over the provocative curves of Long Huang, highlighted by her black lace robe.
" But what could I have possibly done, to deserve so much hatred. Were you somehow, one of my exes ? " he inquired in a seductive tone, as if discussing the weather.
" You !? " exploded Long Huang, making the surrounding Qi tremble. Her eyes, of an absolute black without any sclera, flared with visceral rage as volutes of smoke escaped from the tips of her hair.
" BaiShe, you should not stoke her anger, " added LingBao in a calm voice, almost devoid of emotion, while remaining perfectly straight Her senses sharpened by the throne of a thousand swords perceived every fluctuation of the chaotic Qi in the room.
The young scholar leaned against the back of his seat that had not been carbonized, crossing one leg over the other.
" Well, I simply want to know what I could have done in the Mythical Era ... " he murmured.
He knew that he was the reincarnation of the Heavenly Demon, that being hated even by the Rakshasas, but his memories of that era were quite blurry.
Long Huang sighed, She passed a hand over one of her horns, her expression softening with a bitter melancholy. " We no longer remember ... Just like you, each of us only has fragments of memories ... "
BaiShe frowned, his fingers absently brushing the edge of his cup of cold tea [16]. His deduction abilities, inherited from the Immortal Sage lineage, were running at full speed
" Our destiny has been manipulated, " he affirmed with certainty.
" Indeed and that is why, I propose that we all fight against the will of the heavens, break the destiny that imprisons us, imprisons mortals ... No longer be slaves and be able to reach true freedom ... But we will never succeed without the Heavenly Demon, " declared LingBao.
Huang abruptly turned away, her black silk robe brushing the carpet, and slowly walked toward the window that overlooked the misty peaks of the Xuan domain. The Qi clouds drifted lazily.
" This world has really changed, " she murmured to herself, observing the gardens where the purity of the Dao seemed to reign supreme, so far from the chaos of her original era.
She turned around. " The Heavenly Demon already failed back then ... What tells me that he will not fail again ? "
LingBao, who had remained silent, took a step forward, " I have analyzed BaiShe for years ... I have trained him ... He is no longer like back then. And besides if he has us as allies ... It will be different " Her voice carried a quiet authority, that of a woman who had reached the summit while being cursed by the Dao.
Long Huang observed LingBao, with a mutual respect born from their common condition of beings rejected by the heavens.
" Well ... Sword Demoness ... Anyway I have no choice, just like those blessed by the Dao have links between them. I am inexorably bound by Karmic links with him. But he will first have to prove that he is truly capable, " she finally conceded
LingBao nodded, before turning her face toward her disciple. " What do you say BaiShe ? We are going to help you thwart the will of heaven and earth and you will help us reach true freedom in return ... "
" And we will avenge ourselves against the Rakshasas, " added Long Huang.
BaiShe remained silent for a few moments, his gaze fixed in the void, or rather toward the new translucent system feature that had just activated in front of his retinas
[Target: LingBao, Sword Demoness
Karmic Link : 35%
Emotion : Resentment]
[ Target: Long Huang, Demonic Dragoness of the black flames
Karmic Link : 70%
Emotion : Hatred]
[ Ding! There is soul resonance between BaiShe and beings also cursed by the Dao.]
[When the Karmic Link reaches 100%, you will be able to copy one of their abilities and they will be totally loyal to you !]
An imperceptible smile stretched the young master’s lips. Long Huang’s hatred was a solid foundation for him, much easier to manipulate than indifference.
’ After all, the feeling closest to love is hatred.’
As for LingBao’s resentment, he had no idea how to handle it since he did not have the context.
In his previous life, the one where he reigned as the Heavenly Demon, he had been terribly alone . Although he had possessed circumstantial allies and thousands of subordinates, no one knew his true identity as the Primordial Devourer. He had had to accomplish everything in the shadows : massacre entire sects, devour the Qi of his enemies to stabilize his power and hunt mythical treasures across the Realms, all without ever being able to lower his guard
Yet, while observing the current scene, he felt a troubling feeling of familiarity... And almost pleasant. If in this new life, he managed to surround himself with loyal allies to build an organization capable of defying the Dao itself, that would not bother him at all.
On the contrary, seeing his two women standing simultaneously in front of him, each exuding a power capable of shaking the foundations of the world, gave him quite a few ideas in mind.
" Obviously I agree~, but how can I be sure that you will not betray me. "
LingBao slowly turned toward her disciple, her hidden expression making her intentions unreadable :
" Disciple, you have never trusted anyone and that is not going to change whether we prove it to you or not... it is mostly you who must prove. "
BaiShe smiled again, in no way destabilized by his master’s coldness. Deep in his sleeve, he always kept a high-level teleportation talisman, ready to be activated at the slightest second if his life was truly in danger. It was this prudence inherited from his centuries of manipulation, that allowed him to remain so calm in front of entities capable of reducing him to ashes.
He had moreover no real aversion toward Long Huang, despite the visceral hatred that the dragoness openly displayed toward him. Thanks to his Primordial Devouring Art, he could perceive the threads of destiny, and he had noticed that his karmic link with Long Huang was much stronger than with LingBao, although the latter was his official master.
That could only mean one thing in the logic of the Dao : they had been extremely close at a distant time, perhaps even during the Era of Origins of which he had no clear memory.
" Well, well what must I do to prove that I want to cooperate with you. "
