usatvline Chapter 620 The Soul Returns to Its Place
Chapter 620 The Soul Returns to Its Place
"It seems he has regained consciousness." Yi Moxu pushed open the door and stepped inside: "General Gu, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Gu Duo squinted, his gaze lingering on Yi Moxu's face for a long time before turning to Ye Qing'an, who had followed Yi Moxu in.
Upon seeing Ye Qing'an, Gu Duo couldn't help but pause slightly in surprise: "Su Wan?"
Ye Qing'an paused, turned to look at Yi Moxu, and shook her head: "General Gu has mistaken me for someone else. I am not Su Wan, but Su Wan's daughter, Ye Qing'an. My mother passed away nine years ago."
"Could it be that after General Gu's soul returned to its place, he lost his memories of the past ten years?" Ye Qing'an asked Yi Moxu in a very low voice.
"I don't know." Yi Moxu stared at Gu Duo and remained silent for a while. "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be like that."
As soon as Yi Moxu finished speaking, she noticed that Gu Duo seemed to be in a daze for a moment. After a long while, he gave a bitter laugh: "That's right, I forgot. It's been many years..."
"Over the years, I've lived in that dark, secluded room, and I've become completely confused."
Yi Moxu then spoke again: "General Gu, you've remembered everything?"
“You are…” Gu Duo looked at Yi Moxu again: “I don’t know why, although your face looks very unfamiliar, the feeling you give me is inexplicably familiar.”
"I am Yi Moxu."
“Yi Moxu?” Gu Duo’s pupils shrank sharply: “You are Yi Moxu? No, I remember when I saw you before, you were already over ten years old, and your appearance had already fully developed. You didn’t… you didn’t look like this.”
Yi Moxu smiled, not hiding anything: "Six years ago, I accidentally learned a secret of Yi Yunkui, which made him wary. So, he found a pretext to cripple my spiritual power, sever my meridians, and exile me to Qian'an."
"I have strengthened my tendons and bones, practiced the Fire Separation Technique, and changed my appearance, which is why I look like this now."
Gu Duo shook his head, but it still ached terribly, as if countless images were constantly drilling into his brain...
There are images of him being humiliated after being sent back to Wangjing City.
Some were imprisoned by Ye Qinghao in that dark, secret room, where they were tortured day and night by Ye Qinghao using every means to extract information.
And...and in the Monster Forest, those strange and wonderful monsters...
After a long while, Gu Duo finally came to his senses and remained silent for a moment before saying, "Was it you who rescued me from Ye Qinghao's clutches? Was it you who helped me find my missing soul?"
“It’s not just me.” Gu Duo pointed at Ye Qing’an: “It’s her too.”
Gu Duo's gaze swept back and forth between the two of them several times before he asked again, "What do you want from all this trouble to bring my soul back into my body?"
Yi Moxu lowered his eyes and chuckled softly: "Talking to smart people is so effortless."
"I want to know, what exactly happened to General Gu back then?"
“I know that you didn’t actually betray us back then. It was probably… Yi Yun Kui who sent you to feign betrayal and go to Mingyue Kingdom. What did he send you there to do?”
"What happened in the Bright Moon Kingdom? Who stole your soul?"
"Rumors are circulating that you harbor a secret that could plunge the world into chaos. What kind of secret is it? What is it that Ye Qinghao, Yi Yunkui, and many others want from you?"
Gu Duo laughed, his voice slightly hoarse, and the laughter grew louder and louder.
Ye Qing'an frowned. What was he laughing at?
After a while, Gu Duo stopped laughing, licked his lips, turned his head to look at the iron chains binding his hands and feet, and then tugged at the chains without making a sound.
Yi Moxu lowered his eyes and stepped forward, unlocking the iron chain.
He then took two steps back, barely managing to block Ye Qing'an's path.
Gu Duo lowered his head, rubbed his wrist, and then looked up at Yi Moxu: "Tell me first, what is the current situation in the world?"
"Ten years." Gu Duo narrowed his eyes. "I haven't known anything about the world for ten years."
"That's a long story." Yi Moxu pondered for a moment: "The current situation in the world is not much different from ten years ago. There are still five countries on the continent: Siyou, Mingyue, Tianlan, Yinzhou, and Shuyun. It's just that the border disputes between these five countries have been constant over the past ten years, and their territories have undergone some minor changes."
"Of these five countries, the thrones of Tianlan and Yinzhou have changed hands, and Tianlan's strength has declined sharply due to the power struggle within the imperial court."
"In the Bright Moon Kingdom, the power struggles within the court are quite intense. The Emperor of Bright Moon Kingdom is now almost terminally ill, and the Crown Prince is acting as regent. However, spies have reported that the Crown Prince is merely a puppet, and the real power lies with..."
“It’s the Third Princess,” Gu Duo suddenly interjected.
Yi Moxu raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, but nodded and continued, "It's the Third Princess."
"As for Siyou Kingdom... Siyou Kingdom hasn't changed much either. Siyou Kingdom is still under Yi Yun Kui's control. It's just that I spent six years plotting in Qian'an and Wangjing City, and a few months ago, I launched a rebellion."
"Oh?" Gu Duo raised an eyebrow, then suddenly smiled. "I see."
Gu Duo narrowed his eyes, remained silent for a while, and then said, "It's not difficult to get the answers to the questions you want from me, but I have questions and conditions."
"You said."
"You've started a rebellion, but who are you rebelling against, and what are you plotting?"
"The one who rebels is Yi Yunkui, and what he's after is the world."
"Is it the world, or the Siyou Kingdom?"
Yi Moxu scoffed, "If it were just this Siyou Kingdom, I wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to find a way to get General Gu's soul back to its rightful place."
"Alright." Gu Duo clapped his hands and laughed: "Then I want a place next to you. I want to work with you to conquer this world."
Yi Moxu suddenly narrowed his eyes and stared intently at Gu Duo.
"Don't worry, I have no interest in this world, I only want... revenge."
Gu Duo sneered: "I am determined to take Yi Yun Kui's life with my own hands!"
Gu Duo looked down at the ground, lifted his robe, and sat down directly on the ground: "As you guessed, my betrayal of the country and defection to Mingyue Kingdom back then was indeed at the behest of Yi Yun Kui."
"The whole thing started with a secret letter."
Gu Duo's gaze was deep, but the scene from that time resurfaced in his mind.
At that time, Yi Yun Kui summoned him late at night. After he entered the palace, Yi Yun Kui took him to the underground palace and then handed him a secret letter.
"The secret letter said that the founding ancestor of the Siyou Kingdom left behind a sacred relic, but after being passed down through generations, it somehow ended up in the hands of the Mingyue Kingdom..."