The King of Curses

Chapter 308: New Deal, Returning Sister
Chen Yuan's vision went black, and his body, which had just recovered from its serious injuries, could hardly move. Only his ears were still receiving information from the outside world.

He used all the power of Asura in his body to wake up as soon as possible and talk to his sister, but the latter's speed was also reaching its limit.

The injuries he received this time were too severe, because his opponent was a real evil ghost transformed by a top-grade curse master.

In just a few days, from being beaten up to being able to kill the opponent with his own hands, Chen Yuan's strength growth rate can hardly be described as "rapid progress". It is more like a miracle; however, the price of the miracle is that his potential and vitality have been squeezed out.

"...Your name is Chen Jiu, right? Can you please move aside? I want to treat your brother."

Cen Dongsheng's voice coming from above was very gentle.

"promise me."

The girl's voice seemed relentless.

The man was silent and seemed to nod.

"Well, well, your brother won't die anyway."

He heard someone sit down.

"I understand you want him to leave. But the problem now is that he doesn't want to. I suggested that he stay away from the vortex of events, but he stayed for you... Why, you changed your mind and want to go with him?"

"I can't leave this ship."

"Yeah, I think so. Because you are Meng Huafan's beloved daughter, he won't let you go easily. Your brother knows this, so he wants to make a deal with me, giving me a reason to make a move."

Cen Dongsheng explained.

"As for you, if you cooperate a little, the process will be smoother, but you still can't convince Meng Huafan, right? So..."

"I know. I didn't intend to leave, I just wanted you to take him away. This is a deal. Sir, you made a deal with him once, I hope you can make a deal with me this time."

The rough voice was like a rusty gear that was oiled and began to become smooth. She was slowly regaining the ability to communicate with people.

"After my brother, is it my sister who wants to trade with me again?"

Cen Dongsheng laughed.

"I need your brother to help me get what I want on this ship."

"I can provide information."

"...You? This is really surprising. Did you hear it from Meng Huafan?"

The powers of the Asura realm and the Hungry Ghost realm appeared one after another. He abducted Zheng Yongliang and made some changes to him. It was very likely that he had guessed the matter of the "fragments".

But this happened in the last few days. He was able to find the remaining three fragments in a short period of time... Was he able to do this because he was the owner of this ship?

"Do not."

Chen Jiu denied it.

"Please... don't think of my father and I as the same kind of people."

For the next ten seconds, both of them were silent.

Chen Yuan, lying on the ground, was anxious and wanted to figure out what was going on, but he couldn't see anything.

But he soon understood.

Because the familiar throbbing burst out in the beating heart and gradually flowed through the whole body.

This is……? !

"The fragment of the Heaven's Way is in my body."

Chen Jiu said softly.

"I have been using the connections between the hosts of the fragments to find the whereabouts of the others."

"interesting."

There was surprise and joy in Cen Dongsheng's voice.

"Where did this fragment come from? Can you tell me?"

……

Cen Dongsheng listened carefully to the thin, inconspicuous snail girl in front of him.

Chen Jiu did not hide anything from him; more importantly, from her fluent narration, it can be seen that she had not lost her memory, and she remembered clearly all her experiences since birth.

But her cold and distant attitude towards her brother does not seem fake. It is more like "losing emotions" than "losing memory".

Unlike Chen Yuan, the fragments in Chen Jiu's body have been attached to her since she was born, so she has the ability to avoid disasters and see through her fate.

Chen Yuan once mentioned his sister's childhood. They were born in a small fishing village. After Chen Jiu showed his extraordinary side, the nearby fishermen would come to her to pray for protection before going out to sea. Some even believed that she was the reincarnation of Mazu.

"Is that the power brought by the Heavenly Dao fragment?"

The Asura Path corresponds to the human immortal system that strengthens the body, has super self-healing power, and refines bones into blades; the hungry ghost path is the ghost immortal system that summons and controls hungry ghosts; the human path can manipulate the vortex of emotions to give oneself a variety of fantasy postures; and the heavenly path is the "celestial immortal system" that predicts good and bad luck.

"Mr. Cen, after you heard from him about my abilities, were you surprised by the subsequent developments?"

"…You mean, you shouldn't have been caught?"

"Yes, if someone like you or my father took action, I would certainly not be able to escape. But the ones who came to arrest me were just ordinary members of the Ecstasy Cave. There was no way they could have found me."

The ability granted to her by the fragment of Heaven's Path does not have any limitation such as "not being able to divine for herself".

"——So, the current situation is what I did on purpose."

Chen Jiu said.

"I saw myself where I am today, and I accepted it. I just..."

The little girl's eyebrows twitched slightly, and the corner of her eyes fell on her brother.

"I didn't expect Chen Yuan to be so persistent and chase me all the way to this ship."

Unlike his sister, Chen Yuan does not have any talent. In the beginning, he was really just a weakling struggling at the bottom, until he met "Asura Road".

"The gathering effect of the fragments of the Six Paths of Reincarnation happened to fall on him."

Chen Jiu sighed softly.

"This is beyond my prediction. My power is ineffective against Asura's power, which is also a fragment."

The next words she spoke didn't seem to be addressed to Cen Dongsheng, but more like she was persuading her brother to give up as soon as possible:
"I hope he gets off the ship sooner, not only for the sake of the future I foresee, but also for his own good."

"If this continues, he will be seriously injured countless times. The Ashura Path Fragment is a double-edged sword. Although it can save his life temporarily, it will continue to consume his potential and even his lifespan until it is exhausted and he dies."

"And now I will not leave the ship. This is not because of any threats or orders from anyone. This is my own decision."

……

Cen Dongsheng did not answer. He glanced at the young man lying on the ground.

Chen Yuan still couldn't see his sister, but he could hear their conversation. His body was trembling slightly as he struggled to get up.

"After the matter is completed, I can give you the fragments of the Heavenly Dao. I have already divined the location of the remaining fragments, so you don't have to try your luck everywhere. In short, choosing to trade with me will make your plan go more smoothly."

The snail girl lowered her eyes.

"Brother... Chen Yuan is different from me. He is just an ordinary person who was swept into this. Facing the raging waves on this sea, he can't hold on."

"You're very devoted to your brother."

"…My emotions have become weak due to the transformation. I came to the Mirage knowing this. However, the part that remains in my heart still makes me unwilling to give up the lives of my relatives in the past."

Chen Jiu pressed his chest and looked at him seriously. "It's what drove me to do this."

"I see."

Cen Dongsheng nodded and said:

"I heard that only the host can activate the power of the fragment..."

The first step is to collect all six fragments;

The second step is activation by the host;
The third step is for someone to swallow and control this power.

There will be various variables in the specific implementation process, but according to Wan Dugu, this is the only way for non-hosts to obtain the "Six Paths of Reincarnation".

Whether this is true or false, the final winner must have the conditions of the first two steps in hand.

"I understand. I will stay with you until the end until you have completely mastered the Six Paths of Reincarnation."

Chen Jiu's words and actions were obviously well thought out. The weight of her promise and the bargaining chips in her hand exceeded the man's expectations.

After a brief thought, Cen Dongsheng smiled and extended his hand to the girl.

"It seems I have no reason to refuse. Okay, I agree."

"Thank you for your understanding."

The snail girl stretched out her small, slender hand and shook it with the young man's broad palm.

Chen Yuan at their feet began to tremble. Now, whether he wanted to or not, he could not change anything.

*
The young man stood at the highest point of the flagpole of the luxury cruise ship. The sun was shining brightly above his head, and he quietly looked down at the scenery below.

He sat cross-legged with his palms open.

The human realm, the hungry ghost realm, and the Asura realm, three fragments are floating quietly above his palm; plus the one left on Chen Jiu, a total of four of the six, the final victory seems to be not far away from him.

The snail girl also said that the fragment of the Animal Realm was on the way, and they would be able to see its host tonight or tomorrow night.

With the power of heaven and being one of the hosts, Chen Jiu is undoubtedly the person who can find all the fragments the fastest.

The only thing left that is left is the "Hell".

I didn't expect the progress to be so smooth and to have reached this point in just a few days; the mysteries that had troubled Cen Dongsheng before boarding the ship were gradually solved.

Although he didn't solve it himself, it felt more like the truth just came to him head-on, so he lacked a little sense of accomplishment.

Also, Chen Yuan, like Ma Jing, was being protected by the Chao Working Committee and was being escorted off the ship.

It will be over soon.

…Will it?
Cen Dongsheng stared at the fragments in his hand.
He could feel that these fragments undoubtedly possessed a heavy weight, but he was unable to draw out even a single bit of energy from them.

"It doesn't matter if it's one or three, there's really no reaction at all."

The man sighed, gathered the fragments together, and took them into his body.

The special curse was right in front of him, but he had no sense of it. The key was the difficult-to-change nature of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Considering the people gathered on the ship, he believed that this matter would not end so easily.

For example, Wan Dugu claimed that he had studied the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and made no secret of his intention to compete with Cen Dongsheng.

Now that he has said it, with his ability, he won't be so embarrassed as to not get a single fragment, so why not just let this matter end in a hasty way?

Another example is Meng Huafan.

Chen Jiu said that she and her father were not the same kind of people, and everything she was doing now was for her own purposes, but Cen Dongsheng was skeptical about this.

If it weren't for Jiang Yunmei's magical help, he would never have discovered that there was a close connection between him and the snail girl. Now that he has noticed this, it is difficult to ignore it.

Although Chen Yuan is weak, he is a more controllable trading partner, while Chen Jiu obviously has his own secrets...

"Boom!"

While he was thinking, he suddenly heard a loud noise in his ears and a huge wave burst out from the stern of the ship.

The shocking vibration spread upward from below. Cen Dongsheng stood up from the flagpole. There was a loud noise under his feet and the guests ran out one after another.

After a few minutes, people felt the change coming:

The clouds in the sky no longer flow, like white cotton wool stuck on the blue curtain; there is no longer a refreshing sea breeze to blow away the heat from people's bodies, and the scorching temperature seems to be frozen.

In the distance is the endless sea horizon, vast, majestic and monotonous.

The entire Mirage was anchored motionlessly on the sea.

……

Unlike other confused guests, Cen Dongsheng was able to guess the reason quickly because he had seen the power source of the ship with his own eyes.

"Is there a problem with the Mirage Lord?"

He leaped down from the flagpole, casting his shadow on the deck like a giant bird and gliding over people's heads.

*
Cen Dongsheng was on his way back to his room.

He was considering whether to go back to his sister's room to discuss the next step, or to ask Jiang Yunmei if she had noticed anything unusual just now, when he heard a voice.

"elder brother!"

The girl in her high school uniform stood in the hallway and waved at him.

After studying alone for two days, Yi Qingyan soon felt bored and simply skipped classes to play with Cen Dongsheng.

Cen Dongsheng's emotions were naturally revealed on his face. He smiled and opened his arms to the high school girl.

Yi Qingyan threw herself into his arms and laughed.

This time she was not wearing a dress, but her usual uniform. She rubbed her nose against the man's chest and took deep breaths.
Cen Dongsheng, who had long been accustomed to these intimate gestures, did not care and just looked at his sister's face carefully.

No different from the past.

But somehow, just by looking at her face, he could sense that a stormy change was about to befall the ship.

"You're not going to leave this time?"

"Yes! I want to stay with my brother every day."

His sister held him tightly in her arms, afraid that he would refuse.

"Um……"

Cen Dongsheng touched her hair lovingly.

He had no reason to refuse, he was just thinking about what Yi Qingyan's arrival meant.

My sister must be disgusted by Meng Huafan's style; and if she is disgusted by something from the bottom of her heart, the problem cannot be solved by talking.

So, should I let go and let her do it?

Cen Dongsheng's fingers moved from her hair that was slightly hot from the sun to her soft and smooth cheek. As he stroked her with skill, Yi Qingyan's expression became soft and a purring sound like a kitten came from her throat.

Looking at the well-behaved and lovely girl in his arms, his heart melted.

Forget it, that’s what the King of Equality in his mind should be like, right?

The brother and sister embraced each other warmly in the sunshine, an atmosphere that was totally out of tune with the bloody storm that was about to come...

(End of this chapter)