Chapter 436: Another 30 Years Pass

“When did you two get together? You’ve been together for a while, haven’t you?”

Jue Gen’s eyes flickered. He quickly put the pieces together. He wasn’t a stupid man, after all, just blinded by love.

His expression turned vicious as he snarled, “You just kept it from me all this time, acting like there was nothing between you two right in front of my face, when you were secretly sleeping together!

“Jin Xin, I can’t believe you’re such a slut. I thought you were some untouchable goddess who didn’t belong to the Mortal World! Turns out you’re just a whore in front of him!”

Xu Lei hadn’t said a word, but Zhao Xin spoke up. “That’s right, so what? Junior Brother Jue Gen, how many times have I told you I don’t like you? How many times have I seriously rejected you, but you just kept pestering me?

“I’m with Junior Brother Liao Chen now, and we both feel the same way about each other. We’ve been together for a while. I’m his woman. What does it matter if I’m a slut or a whore in front of him? I want him to give me his Charitable Giving! So what?

“Are you going to let your love turn to hate now? Can you really blame us for this? Isn’t it because you refused to back off? No matter what we said, you wouldn’t listen. And you’re Senior Brother Yuan Kong’s son, so we had to be cautious.”

As she spoke, Zhao Xin didn’t even let go of Xu Lei. She was still wildly giving him her Charitable Giving in return.

“So, see? This is the kind of whore I am. You don’t have to like me anymore. I’m not the pure, noble goddess you imagined me to be at all.”

Zhao Xin added, “The image you have of me in your head is something you completely made up. I’m not like that at all. The person you like isn’t me, it’s just the version of me that exists in your imagination.”

At that moment, of course, Xu Lei pulled Zhao Xin into his arms.

Stopping her from continuing her wild “Charitable Giving in return,” Xu Lei looked at Jue Gen and spoke, interrupting Zhao Xin before she could provoke him further.

“Senior Brother Jue Gen, now that you’ve found out, there’s no point in hiding it anymore. But I hope you can understand our situation.”

Xu Lei said earnestly, “We never wanted to oppose you, and we never wanted to fool you. Please believe me, I don’t have a single shred of disrespect or ill will towards you in my heart. We were truly forced into this. Since you’ve found out now, I’d like to ask for your blessing. Would that be possible?”

‘After all, if it’s not necessary, I don’t want to make an enemy of Jue Gen,’ Xu Lei thought. ‘I’m not strong enough to stand against Yuan Kong yet.’

‘And in the end, this isn’t some irreconcilable conflict.’

‘The fact that Yuan Kong tried to kill me before was never brought out into the open.’

After hearing what Xu Lei said, Zhao Xin realized she might have been a bit too aggressive. She could have provoked Jue Gen into becoming a true enemy.

So, she followed Xu Lei’s lead and added:

“Junior Brother Jue Gen, I truly didn’t mean to fool you. I’ve always respected you, so please try to understand how difficult this was for us. In this matter… let’s say we handled it poorly and we owe you. We’ll owe you a favor, how about that? We can still be friends after this, can’t we?”

When Jue Gen heard what Xu Lei and Zhao Xin said, the expression on his face gradually calmed.

Then he nodded and said, “I’m sorry, I was too emotional just now. Thinking about it, this whole thing was my own one-sided wish from the very beginning. And it’s understandable that you were wary of my father and didn’t want to oppose me.

“Since you’ve put it that way… forget it. I’ll respect your decision. I didn’t realize I’d become such a problem for you. For that, I apologize.”

He actually apologized very sincerely.

Zhao Xin was stunned, and her opinion of him couldn’t help but change for the better.

Of course, what Zhao Xin didn’t expect was that in the very next moment, Jue Gen would suddenly launch a vicious attack.

He summoned a Magical Artifact that looked like a Lotus Drill, which came screaming and roaring toward Xu Lei and Zhao Xin, aiming to kill them instantly.

After all, Xu Lei and Zhao Xin were naked and tangled under the covers, which was an inconvenient position to be in. Jue Gen thought this was the perfect opportunity to strike and annihilate them.

That’s right. He hadn’t genuinely accepted the outcome at all.

As he attacked, the vicious look returned to his face, even more savage than before.

However, just then, Xu Lei’s black alms bowl appeared, emitting a golden shield of light that enveloped both him and Zhao Xin.

The golden shield, shimmering with Runes, directly blocked Jue Gen’s attack.

But Jue Gen was still quite strong; he actually managed to put a few hairline cracks in the golden shield from Xu Lei’s black alms bowl.

In the end, however, he failed to break through the defense in a single blow.

“Junior Brother Jue Gen, what are you doing?”

Zhao Xin couldn’t help but shout in anger, “You’re so two-faced! Saying you forgive us one moment, then launching a sneak attack the next! You’re despicable!”

A wave of fear washed over Zhao Xin; she hadn’t expected that at all.

If it hadn’t been for Xu Lei, she might have really been hit.

“You want me to forgive you? Impossible.”

But Jue Gen retorted, “If you had told me sooner, I might have been able to forgive you. But you’ve been fooling me for so many years, and now you think you can just brush it all aside with a few simple words? Dream on!”

As he spoke, he once again frantically channeled his power into the Magical Artifact and attacked.

At the same time, a black Magic Staff appeared in his other hand.

This black Magic Staff was also incredibly fierce, conjuring a massive Dharma Shadow that lunged toward them.

By this time, of course, Xu Lei and Zhao Xin were already on their feet.

Xu Lei stood in front.

Zhao Xin had gotten dressed.

Then Zhao Xin summoned her Flying Sword to defend herself and began fighting Jue Gen.