Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 1261 - The Snake’s Kiss

“Did you know? My original surname was Shangguan…”

Qian Rongzhi dazedly gazed at the rippling moonlight in the lake as if her soul had crossed through time and returned to a very, very distant past, where all that remained now was an empty husk.

Lin Xuan smiled. “Shangguan Rongzhi does seem to sound a little better.”

However, as she slowly told him about the past that she had buried away, Lin Xuan gradually could not smile anymore. He had no idea what to say.

He was a man of two lives, having experienced various dangers. Even slaughter and death no longer meant anything to him, but when the deepest pains of a person, the bone-deep sense of shame that also happened to be unmentionable, was described by the exact person who had suffered it all, even he found it chilling.

He could not help but think about his two lives. Compared to her experiences, it could all be described as smooth sailing. Even his greatest mistake was committed when his memories had not been awakened, during the period when he was called Chu Tian. But even Chu Tian spent most of his life in arrogance, complacency, and heartlessness.

Qian Rongzhi’s voice was strangely calm as if she was describing the experiences of someone else altogether.

Lin Xuan could not help but develop a sense of pity, but he immediately eliminated this thought, recovering the pride of a “celestial”.

There are plenty of pitiful people in the world, but just how many of them become a demoness like her? Since life is so painful, why don’t you just die a little sooner, instead of making problems for others? How dare you get in the way of my mission, such that I still can’t report back to the Dragon province even now. Damn you! Qian Rongzhi, oh Qian Rongzhi, if I don’t lead you around like a dog before torturing you to death, I’ll never be satisfied!

However, an expression of sorrow and pity filled his face. He interrupted her, reluctant to see her continue. “Rongzhi, don’t say anything more.”

Qian Rongzhi’s shoulders shivered, and she looked back slowly. Her face was sorrowful and misera

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