Venerable Demon King & The Doting Immortal (QT) novel Chapter 53

Chapter 53: How to annoy a god

Xiang Yu continued to step in and out of the door, a mocking smile playing on his lips. "So I can’t go outside?" he asked innocently, knowing full well he was irritating the old man.

"Will you stop doing that?" he said, exasperation clear in his voice. If this idiot didn’t have his son’s divine sense inside of him he would have left him on that forest floor.

Xiang Yu’s smile widened. "Doing what?" he repeated, feigning ignorance. Right on the verge of losing his temper, the old man snapped his fingers, and the door disappeared.

He took a deep breath, trying to maintain his composure. "You are here because I need your help saving Han Xin."

Xiang Yu’s expression turned to that of confusion. "Who? I don’t know anyone surnamed Han."

The old man, "..." Was he doing this on purpose? This little demon was like a toddler persistently pushing his buttons.

The old man stepped closer, his gaze intense. "Han Xin, the immortal you saved. The one whose face you scribbled on?" he said, his voice steady.

Xiang Yu, "???"

His eyes widened in shock. "That ugly bastard?" The man who beat him up to a pulp on their very first meeting, put on that cursed mark inside his body that made his sister come for him in the first place? Not only that but he even had the balls to steal his first kiss. Hell no, he would rather die.

His anger flared, and he immediately turned away, lying back down with his back to the old man. "Nope, can’t help you."

The old man gritted his teeth his frustration evident. He didn’t want to ask him for help either but he had no other choice. Till now, he couldn’t fathom how his stickler of a son who never caused trouble was related to this half-blood demon. Why couldn’t it be anyone else? "I can offer you anything you want." But Xiang Yu remained silent, his refusal clear.

The old man took a deep breath, his tone softening. "What about Lian? I can bring her back to life."

Xiang Yu’s heart clenched at the mention of Lian, but his resolve remained firm. "I would rather die. Death looks way better right now, and Mei will understand." They had had this discussion before. The twins would refuse to listen at first, not wanting to talk about sad things, but in the end, they listened to him. He asked them to live to bury him and visit him every tomb-sweeping day. His plan though had changed. He was dying and Lian was already... Mei would be alone but he was sure she would do what he said.

The old man sighed, his patience wearing thin. "Mei, that little girl? She was so sad that she almost drove a blade into her chest. She wanted to join you. She couldn’t bear the thought of losing the two of you... If I didn’t stop her, she would be dead as well."

Xiang Yu’s body tensed, his mind racing. The thought of Mei in such despair was unbearable. He couldn’t let her suffer because of his stubbornness. Slowly, he turned to face the old man, his eyes filled with a mix of anger and resignation. His jaw tightened, his hatred for Han Xin still burning within him. But for Mei, for Lian, he would do whatever it took. "Fine. I will help you. But just so you know I hate him. I hate him so much that if I could, I would finish him off myself."

’Well, it’s a good thing that you aren’t powerful enough to kill him,’ the old man said to himself. He nodded, a look of relief washing over his face. He knew this incident was all because his son had left his divine sense on this man’s body essentially making him a target. This was why he wasn’t too surprised at his reaction. The young man’s feelings were valid. "Fair enough."