Chapter 609: Asura is Gone, Tang San Has Arrived

She abruptly raised her head, almost blurting out, "Big Brother!"

But when she saw the one in front of her, the hope that had suddenly surged up instantly shattered.

He was a tall, broad-shouldered young man with smooth, long, sea-blue hair that shimmered with a faint blue glow under the sunset. He was very handsome, and had a gentle smile on his face. He was holding a broom, and she found his face strangely familiar, though she certainly did not recall ever seeing such a person.

But Mei Gongzi's expression instantly turned cold, and she said indifferently, "There's no need to sweep here."

"Please allow me," said the young man, still smiling gently.

"I said, there's no need!" An uncontrollable surge of killing intent erupted almost instantly.

As the killing intent burst forth, Mei Gongzi suddenly realized that an ordinary worker wouldn't be able to withstand it, and she hurriedly suppressed it.

As she shook her head, reeling at the thought of accidentally hurting someone innocent, she heard that gentle voice say in a completely unaffected tone, "Big Sister Mei, don't you recognize me?"

Hearing the term "Big Sister Mei," Mei Gongzi was stunned for a moment and looked at him again. Her killing intent had already subsided, and he was still smiling as before. The glow of the sunset seemed to outline a golden edge around him.

The young man raised his other hand, and a cup appeared in his palm, which he held out to Mei Gongzi.

Seeing the cup—one of the cups of tea she knew all too well, Mei Gongzi quivered, and she exclaimed in surprise, "It’s you!"

His face was indeed somewhat familiar, but his body could not be any more different. Even his hair color was different.

"Yes! I'm Tang San," he said with a broad smile, revealing his white teeth.

When Mei Gongzi came here to call for Asura, he was at the end of the bloodline merging process. But the communicator was in his storage ring; he knew she was there as soon as she sent him a message, so he sped through his cultivation and rushed over as fast as possible.

𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

With that said, Asura was dead, and the blood oath was gone. Moreover, his appearance, including his hair color, had changed. She probably wouldn't believe it even if he said outright that he was Asura.

Most importantly, the identity of Asura was in the records of the Ancestral Court and would therefore no longer exist.

Asura was gone, and Tang San had returned!

"Tang San? Are you really Tang San?" Mei Gongzi looked at him in surprise, that sense of intimacy gradually returning. And for some reason she herself didn’t understand, when she looked at his long blue hair, the feeling of familiarity seemed to increase even more. For a moment, she felt a mix of emotions and even had an impulse to rush into his arms and cry, to vent her inner sorrow.

"Yes, it's me! Big Sister Mei, I heard you were looking for me. I'm sorry! I was called by the Redemption Academy to go into seclusion for cultivation. As soon as I finished, I came to Kali Academy to wait for you. I’m happy I found you. What's wrong?" Tang San asked with a smile.

Seeing her sad expression, his heart ached as well. However, Asura could not appear now, and explaining that he was Asura was not appropriate either.

The light in Mei Gongzi's eyes dimmed again. "I'm... waiting for a friend here."

"Oh." Tang San didn't ask who it was; of course, he knew the answer all too well.

"Have you been waiting long?"

"Two and a half days. I’ll wait for another half day..." Mei Gongzi said.

"Are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat," Tang San said quickly.

Mei Gongzi looked at the tea cup in his hand and shook her head slightly. "No, thank you. Why has your hair changed color? Did something go wrong with your cultivation?"

"It's a mutation in my bloodline, but I wouldn’t call it 'something gone wrong.' In fact, it’s a good thing!"

Seeing the sunny smile on his face, for some reason, the coldness in Mei Gongzi's heart melted a bit. She nodded at him.

"Then you go ahead,"

"Alright."

With that, he turned and left.

Watching his departing figure, Mei Gongzi felt an inexplicable sensation. For some reason, after seeing him, the sadness in her heart dissipated somewhat, and even the hope that was slowly turning into hatred shifted back into hope.

Just as she felt a bit lost, the person who had walked only a dozen meters away returned.

"Are you alright?" Tang San asked tentatively, looking at Mei Gongzi's somewhat pale face.

Mei Gongzi glanced at him and said, "Not really, no."

Her attitude toward him was clearly cold. He had been missing for such a long time, claiming to be in seclusion, but she had asked Zhang Haoxuan and the man had no news of him. What kind of seclusion was that?

"I'll wait here with you," Tang San said.

Mei Gongzi shook her head at him. "No need, you go do your thing. I'll wait here alone."

Feeling her cold attitude toward him, Tang San couldn't help but feel a bit amused and helpless at the same time. In spite of the calm temperament of a former God King, he actually felt somewhat aggrieved at this moment. Although he knew it was due to his identity issue, he couldn't help but feel this way.

After Mei Gongzi told him to leave, she closed her eyes and stood there quietly, continuing to wait.

Seeing her like this, Tang San felt a pang of heartache and even felt an urge to tell her that he was actually Asura and had always been there.

But if he told the truth, it would be even harder to explain. The hardest thing to explain would be why he, at his obviously young age, could possess such abilities and knowledge as Asura—how he could have all that battle experience, how he knew of the Asura Sword, and then there was the divine technique Mysterious Circles of Heaven.... If he told her that he was actually her husband from a past life, who knew if Mei Gongzi would just beat him up. Her emotions toward him were clearly not fantastic right now.

So, at this moment, Tang San didn't know what to do. In fact, he was even more troubled than while facing the Tenebrous Demon Emperor.

So he could only stand there silently, watching her. As long as he stayed by her side, he felt at ease.

He didn't know how long it had been when Mei Gongzi reopened her eyes, only to find that Tang San was still watching her. When she opened her eyes, he smiled at her.

Mei Gongzi frowned. "Why haven't you left?"

"It's okay, I have nothing special to do today. I'll just stand here with you."

"How haven’t you been fired if you’re so lazy?" she said irritably.

Tang San shrugged. "The campus has already been cleaned. It's fine."

Mei Gongzi gave him a sideways glance but said nothing more. If he wanted to stand there, so be it. Although she verbally urged him to leave, in reality, ever since he arrived, her inner sorrow had slightly lessened, so maybe she

did

in fact wish for his company.

Time passed by the second, and the sky gradually darkened. The three days were almost up.

The expression on Mei Gongzi's face began to change, with visible anxiety she could not hide. Her eyes started to redden.

Tang San had been watching her all along, so he noticed every slight change in her expression. Seeing this scene, his heart ached. He even felt a bit flustered.

What should he do? What exactly should he do? Should he tell her the truth? Could she accept it?

The sky darkened further, leaving only a little time until the end of the three days. Mei Gongzi shivered slightly, and felt that in the night breeze, there was a hint of desolation.

Her delicate face turned even paler, her red lips tightly pressed together as she kept gently tapping the communicator that Asura had left her.

Tears welled up in her eyes, quivering with her long eyelashes as if they were about to fall at any moment.

Tang San took a deep breath.

Screw rational thinking.

He stepped forward and grasped Mei Gongzi's shoulders.

Caught off guard, in immense grief, Mei Gongzi was momentarily stunned. Then her surprise quickly turned to anger. "What are you doing?"

She raised her hand and struck Tang San's chest.

Thud!

Mei Gongzi’s hand landed square, yet to her shock, Tang San remained completely unmoved. Although she hadn't used much force, she was still at the peak of the ninth order, the absolute champion of the Ancestral Court Elite Competition. How was this possible?

"Little Mei, calm down. Listen to me," Tang San said, and Mei Gongzi’s eyes widened. His voice now sounded very different from his usual voice.

It was the voice of Asura.