Chapter 627

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Chapter 627: Unwilling to Be Ordinary

Bai Wei.

Only Dragon.

Bai Wei is Only Dragon.

He is searching for himself.

But why would someone look for themselves?

Because from the beginning, it was a deception.

…

"Oh… it’s been so long, took such a long time, finally…"

Bai Wei walked slowly forward, pulled out the sword from the body, the slender blade bathed in dragon blood. He lightly waved it down, effortlessly cutting open the dragon’s body with the dark energy attached to the blade. The power was real and never so full before.

"No wonder everyone pursues the power of the dragon, after all, this power is so charming." Bai Wei swung the sword again several times, a deep laugh came out, "So powerful, as a mortal like me, I actually have today." He sighed and looked at Longque, "You should be happy for me."

Longque looked at him, feeling more unfamiliar than ever before, "Who are you, who are you really?"

"Me? I am your mentor, I am Bai Wei, I am…" he introduced himself, his eyes deep as a pond, "Unique Dragon."

"You’re not!" Longque gripped the sword and stood up, "Give him back to me!"

Clang! The blade touched, Longque was knocked away. She was too weak at this point, no match for Bai Wei at all. The awakened dragon blood was still corroding herself, after shaking off the aftereffects she couldn’t even hold the sword due to her muscle weakness.

"Don’t be so agitated, I will slowly explain to you." Unique Dragon said calmly, "Although you don’t believe, it is still my duty to tell you everything, because after so many years, you deserve to know the truth. You are the only one who can know the secret."

He held a sword in one hand and started to get lost in memories.

"Where should I begin? From the distant past, or when your family died?"

"Let’s start from when your father passed away…"

"I didn’t just happen to go to that town. I went for revenge, to retaliate against your father."

He smiled at Longque’s blank stare.

"Do you not quite believe it?"

"But I was treated very cruelly back then, deceived, captured, and nearly fed to the dragon."

"I wiped out that whole family later on, but still missed a few… he was one of them."

"Isn’t your father’s death suspicious? That was my doing, I just didn’t expect he would have a daughter."

"When I saw the body, I didn’t pay much attention to it, but this jade pendant revealed your identity, and made me realize that you are the daughter of my enemy."

Longque felt like she had been struck by lightning, these few words almost shattered her spirit.

Over the years, she saw Bai Wei as family and her mentor as her pillar of support.

How could she have guessed that when he adopted her, it wasn’t out of kindness, and she never imagined that they were actually enemies?

If someone else had said it, she would never have believed it, but it had to be him who said it.

In the pouring rain, Longque sat down in the mud, whispering, "But… why didn’t you… kill me?"

The daughter of an enemy should have killed me long ago, or watched me freeze to death on a snowy night.

"Killing you would be so boring, wouldn’t it?"

Bai Wei smiled happily, "Killing you wouldn’t be as fun as deceiving you, using you, and then grooming you."

He smiled with satisfaction, not holding back at all.

"I gave you a life goal, to slay dragons, but it was fake. I can’t understand anything about fate."

"But your talent is indeed high enough, even higher than mine, surpassing me since you were twelve years old."

"You think I’m strong, but in reality I’m weak, just a liar full of lies."

"I am an ordinary person, without talent, without abilities, the only thing I can do is lie."

"So I need a sword, a sharp enough sword, and you are that sword, willingly deceived by me, played around like a puppet!"

The lightning illuminated his face, Bai Wei turned to the side, in the cold rain, he appeared lively and spirited, as if finally tasting the aged fine wine stored for many years.

Longque gazed at him, feeling so unfamiliar.

The master was always reserved and composed in her eyes, not like this frivolous actor.

After being together for over a decade, she saw the most real and bloody truth for the first time.

It was so heavy and painful, almost crushing her spirit, her hands sinking into the mud, fingers curled.

"I need to train you, so I sent you to slay dragons."

"You did well, but perhaps you didn’t realize, many of the dragons you slayed were actually arranged by me."

"I spent a long time traveling to different places, investigating the situations, gathering information, recruiting informants, connecting networks, all of which became my leverage."

"By slaying the dragons, shattering their strongholds, the situation became chaotic, allowing me to secretly manipulate some things, advance some things."

"The more dragons you kill, the more areas under my control."

Bai Wei spoke confidently, "Control doesn’t necessarily mean domination, as I haven’t gained any tangible benefits from it, but there is still significance, that is to collect more dragons."

He gripped the sword, black energy flowing on the blade, "Everything is for the present moment, to break the ‘ordinary’ fate. I actually don’t understand why ordinary can’t be powerful, and why the weak must forever fall into the dust."

"Without talent and power, why should they be oppressed? Why do they have power to do as they please… If even those evil ones can have it, why can’t it be me?"

"If it were me, I would use power in a more suitable way."

"So, in order to obtain power itself, I need to kill more dragons."

He made a simple pause here, and looked at Longque, "Good audience should learn to ask questions. I’ve taught you before, although you’re not very clever, at least you’re not too foolish."

Longque’s voice was hoarse, "I know… it’s the only dragon."

"Correct, it’s the only dragon. Dragons represent power, obtaining it is my only chance to change reality!" Bai Wei said satisfactorily, "It starts out very weak, so I must nurture it, make it strong, make it powerful, and then take it back under my control."

"This is a very complicated and troublesome process, time needed must be calculated in units of ten years, which means I must bear enough risks of losing control."

"Although I have no lineage, no power, no talent, but I have learned to think, and possess a vision and wisdom beyond the times, this is my strength, so I must make the most of it."

Here, he showed just the right amount of regret and contempt, "No matter how much I say, the pitiful natives won’t understand, living in this world can be quite lonely, I am destined not to find anyone like me."

Longque made a dry and hoarse laugh, sounding more like gasps after suffocation than laughter.

Her spirit and energy were taken out of her body, and she felt very cold again, even colder than before.

If her master had died before, she would lose her pillar of support, but now… her pillar of support was being destroyed and crumbling.

"Why?" she asked softly, "Just for power?"

"Just?" Bai Wei raised an eyebrow, then said in a low voice, "Longque, you don’t understand… it’s pitiful to be a weakling, you, born with innate talents, of course you wouldn’t understand. Reality is harsh, it changes not by human will. This world is ruthless, survival is tough, if you want to live a little better, you can only keep getting stronger, and to get stronger, you have to…"

"Devour others?" Longque asked with difficulty, "Like how I devoured a dragon? Do you also want to devour dragons, or the lives of more people, like destroying this city for yourself?"

"Yes, this is the food chain, only by standing at the top can you avoid becoming someone else’s prey." Bai Wei lifted his chin, looking down at his disciple from a high position, "I told you this long ago."

"You can stop, you can tell me, and then stop! We can live like ordinary people, we don’t need to…" Longque asked uncontrollably and angrily, "Why, why are you so greedy! Is the power of dragons so captivating?"

Bai Wei remained calm, his expression gradually turning cold and indifferent. "Why? Because I am not content! I… I refuse to be ordinary!"

He raised his sword towards Longque, "Stand up, Longque! Hold your sword! I am a dragon, and you are a dragon too. Today, only one of us can survive."

"I am your master, but also your enemy. I used you, looked down on you, mocked you, pitied you, and trained you, all for this moment."

"No need for more words, in this battle… life and death are in the hands of fate!"