Return of the King, Dominating the City-Chapter 1362 - 1347: Hallucination

Song Yun finally understood why the latter part of the piece made him feel such a strong sense of world-weariness and sorrow; it was because this latter part was almost the same as one of the world’s three forbidden pieces, "The Thirteenth Pair of Eyes"!

"The Thirteenth Pair of Eyes"

This is a piece said to be cursed by a demon.

Not long after this piece was composed, it was ordered to be destroyed.

Why?

Because this piece could actually induce suicidal impulses in people.

And it wasn’t just one or two people; it was nearly everyone.

Almost everyone who had heard this song would become extremely world-weary, lose the will to live, and then rush to commit suicide, with a suicide rate exceeding ninety percent!

A piece that could practically be used to kill people was surely unacceptable to the world, so everything about "The Thirteenth Pair of Eyes" was forcibly erased.

However, it’s said that a certain tycoon possesses the world’s only complete original, unaltered score of "The Thirteenth Pair of Eyes" preserved until now.

Of course, these are just legends.

Later, people researched why "The Thirteenth Pair of Eyes" could drown people in inescapable sorrow. It was actually because the piece contained a certain special frequency of sound waves, and this sound wave could manipulate human emotions of sadness, thus dragging one into an endless abyss of sorrow. Under extreme sadness, people might engage in life-ending actions.

Song Yun knew about "The Thirteenth Pair of Eyes," knew its legend, and had even once by coincidence heard a small section of the altered version. At that time, Song Yun was instantly plunged into sadness, but it was an adapted version, with many parts modified, not as overwhelming as the original, so Song Yun just felt a pang of heartache after listening. But now, this music ghost’s piece somewhat resembled the "Thirteenth Pair of Eyes" he had heard before. Why was that?

"Your piece is ’The Thirteenth Pair of Eyes!’"

Song Yun exclaimed.

The music ghost paused for a moment, then frowned and shook his head, saying, "This is my original work!"

"Hahaha!"

Song Yun suddenly burst into laughter, "Your piece is definitely ’The Thirteenth Pair of Eyes,’ plagiarizing is plagiarizing, no one will say anything about it anyway. I hate those who plagiarize others and then insist it’s their own work the most."

"I said I wrote it, then I wrote it!"

The music ghost angrily retorted, "What do you know?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Oh, getting angry out of shame?"

Song Yun’s gaze barely noticeable glanced at the string that his Inner Qi had invisibly brushed over earlier. There, a crack that was less than a millimeter before had now grown to about a millimeter.

Although the crack was tiny, Song Yun felt incredibly excited inside!

Whether or not he could defeat the music ghost depended on this.

"Humph, you’re a dying man, does talking to me about this make any sense?"

The music ghost continued playing while speaking, "When the real piece arrives, without me laying a finger, you will automatically find your way back to God’s side!"

Song Yun was just about to further provoke the music ghost when unexpectedly, the despairing, deathly silent music suddenly bore a faint sense of release as if after all the sadness we’ve been through, we could finally be liberated,

Song Yun’s heart stirred, suddenly realizing that maybe dying now would be the best outcome, so we could be free, no longer having any negative emotions.

Our feelings would be frozen in this moment; if we die now, it would certainly be a death without regrets.

For some reason, Song Yun took out the Seven Killings that he had already hidden away again.

Song Yun found himself wanting to die, wanting to be free, as if once he died, everything would be over, and the so-called Song Kunlun, Zhao Wangquan, Zhou Guang, Li Xu, these enemies, would all be gone too!

Thinking that he would no longer have to worry about these people bothering him anymore, Song Yun’s mood turned completely joyful.

Maybe death really is a kind of release. When you’re dead, everything is over, you no longer have to worry about who will come to kill you, nor about who you will confront next, nor about when they will come knocking on your door.

"Die... die... you’ll be freed when you’re dead!"

A voice echoed incessantly in Song Yun’s mind.

Unknowingly, Song Yun slowly raised the dagger in his hand.

The edge of the Seven Killings was as sharp as ever, under the moonlight faintly emitting an eerie black glow, making anyone who saw it shiver uncontrollably.

Song Yun’s face bore a smile, his whole person seemed to be basked in some kind of light.

"Use its tip to pierce your heart!!"

The same voice appeared in Song Yun’s mind again.

"As long as you pierce it in, your life will become complete, carefree, free of sorrow and joy!"

Song Yun slowly moved the Seven Killings towards his chest.

In no time, the tip of the Seven Killings was poised above Song Yun’s left chest.

"Pierce it in, pierce it in!"

The voice in his mind seemed increasingly impatient.

Just then...

"Daddy..."

A tender child’s voice suddenly emerged in Song Yun’s mind.

Song Yun was utterly stunned.

Immediately, a woman appeared in Song Yun’s mind.

Li Shishi...

The woman carrying his first child.

"Song Yun, this is our son."

Li Shishi held the hand of a child, the child’s appearance unclear to Song Yun, but he could feel a deep connection to the child.

In the image, Li Shishi had become more mature.

Originally just in her twenties, Li Shishi now looked around thirty, a vibrant young woman, but with a deep sadness on her face.

Song Yun was just wondering when suddenly, he heard Li Shishi say, "Baby, this is your daddy..."

"A son!"

Song Yun looked at the child whose face he couldn’t see clearly, exclaiming happily.

"Mom, why is daddy inside?"

The child asked with confusion.

Li Shishi’s face showed a look of desolation, she said, "Your daddy has already left us..."

Then, Li Shishi hugged the little boy and began to sob.

"Shishi, what’s going on?"

Song Yun cried out.

However, Li Shishi appeared unable to hear Song Yun’s voice, instead taking a bouquet from someone who looked like a small minion wearing sunglasses beside her and placing it in front of a plaque.

Song Yun looked at that plaque.

It was actually his own!

What the hell, what’s going on?