The Demon King is an Idiot [BL]-Chapter 100: His heart is still beating

Hua Tianshu sighed in relief as he pulled his hand away and spoke, "He’s not dead."

"He is," Bai YiJun argued.

"He has a pulse. His heart is still beating."

Bai YiJun nodded his head as he heard this and looked down at his legs as he spoke, "He has a beating heart but no soul. He’s nothing more than a breathing corpse."

Hua Tianshu gulped as he heard this. He had already guessed that Bai Guanyu would be in such a state, but he didn’t reveal this to Bai YiJun.

Bai YiJun was still unaware of how much Hua Tianshu knew and so, he felt a little guilty about it as he revealed, "I might not have been completely honest with you, Brother Hua."

Hua Tianshu wanted to hear what the man had to say so he simply nodded his head as he asked, "Honest about what?"

"About my father’s condition," Bai YiJun rolled his wheelchair and moved closer to Bai Guanyu’s bed as he continued, "He didn’t collapse because of fatigue or an unknown illness. What caused him to collapse like this was the loss of his soul. After my stepmother left, his soul suddenly vanished from his body and he collapsed."

"And why did you try to hide that?" Hua Tianshu raised his eyebrows as he questioned.

"He is the city head," Bai YiJun answered as he looked at his father’s pale face, "If he died, there would be a fight."

"A fight?" Duan Luoyang repeated with a frown.

"A fight for the next city head," Bai YiJun looked down at his legs as he continued, "And I would be killed in that fight."

Hua Tianshu frowned as he heard this and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The city head only has a single direct heir left, that is me. If tomorrow, I were to announce his death, people would turn to me and expect me to take his position, but a cripple madman doesn’t exactly sound like someone worthy of being the next city head. There would naturally be a fight and I would be killed by an ambitious person who wants to covet the next city head’s position. Since I’m the heir, I’m a problem that needs to be removed and I’m afraid that without my father, it’s a bit too easy to get rid of me."

Bai YiJun sighed as he took a pause and pointed out, "I have already lost my ability to walk. I would at least prefer to keep my head intact."

"But right now, aren’t you the city head?"

Bai YiJun shook his head as he corrected, "I’m a stand-in for the city head. Since my father is still alive in the eye of the public, nobody can kill me yet. Only by keeping him alive like this can I stay alive."

"Then you plan to hide this forever?" Hua Tianshu raised his eyebrow as he questioned.

Bai YiJun shook his head, "Not forever. Just until..."

"Until?"

"Until I can bring him back?"

Hua Tianshu’s eyebrows creased together and he couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy as he asked, "Bring who back?"

"Brother Ming."

"..."

"As soon as I bring him back, I’ll reveal my father’s condition to everyone. I’ll give up my position and run away." Bai YiJun quickly spoke, his desperation clear on his face and evident in his voice, "As long as I can bring him back... I’ll be satisfied. After that, I do not care whether I live or not."

For the first time in his life, Hua Tianshu felt a sense of pity for the man.

"Bai YiJun, didn’t you already try to bring him back?" Hua Tianshu sighed as he asked.

"I’ll try again."

Hua Tianshu pursed his lips and shook his head as he heard this.

"Hua Tianshu, I can do it!" Bai YiJun gulped as he desperately shouted, "I can definitely bring him back this time."

If Bai YiJun had begged like this a few months ago, perhaps Hua Tianshu would have been blinded by his words, but now, he could only want to laugh as he heard this.

"Bai YiJun, it’s impossible," Hua Tianshu sighed as he replied.

It really was an impossible dream since the ’Jie Fu Lian’ that he was trying to summon, had already come back, possessing the body of the demon king.

"You should give up," Hua Tianshu added as he patted the man’s shoulder.

Bai YiJun gritted his teeth as he heard this and immediately slapped Hua Tianshu’s hand away, "Do not touch me!"

Hua Tianshu’s eyes widened and he felt a little stunned as he looked at the angry man.

"Hua Tianshu, you really are the worst!" Bai YiJun gritted out as he abruptly slammed his hands on the bed, "You might have given up on him already but I won’t! Brother Ming is the only family that I have left and I’ll do anything to bring him back!"

Hua Tianshu opened his mouth and closed it right after. He found Bai YiJun quite pitiful but he still did not want to reveal Jie Fu Lian’s secret.

"Hua Tianshu, if you don’t want to help me then just get out!" Bai YiJun roared, "I don’t want to see your face ever again!"

Hua Tianshu sighed as he heard this and took a minute to think about something before he slowly nodded his head and turned around to leave, "Alright, I’ll leave."

After just two steps, he stopped but didn’t turn around as he spoke, "And Jie Ming isn’t your family. I think you keep forgetting this but he’s nothing more than a friend to you."

Bai YiJun glared at the back of Hua Tianshu’s head with unhidden hostility as he heard this.

With that said, Hua Tianshu opened the door and left the room with Duan Luoyang quietly following behind him.

Hua Tianshu only came here to confirm Bai Guanyu’s status and now that he had confirmed it, his work here was done.

As they left the city head’s manor, Duan Luoyang quickly looked back as he commented, "Young Master Bai looked quite angry. Shizun, is it really okay to part ways like this?"

"He’s a madman," Hua Tianshu sighed as he replied, "Let him do whatever he wants. It’s not like he can summon Jie Ming just because he desperately tries."

Duan Luoyang pursed his lips as he heard this and felt a sense of pity for Bai YiJun, but at the same time, he couldn’t help but feel a little confused by Hua Tianshu’s reaction.

Normally, Hua Tianshu would also be just as obsessed with summoning Jie Fu Lian back from the dead, but now, he seemed to have suddenly changed his mind.

Duan Luoyang found it hard to believe that his Master had completely given up on Jie Fu Lian, but if that were not the case, then his reaction made no sense.

"Shizun, why did you say that to him?"

"Say what?"

"About Young master Jie Fu Lian," Duan Luoyang gulped as he hesitantly asked, "Why did you tell him it was impossible?"

"Is it not?" Hua Tianshu side-glanced at the man as he questioned, his face barely betraying his real thoughts.

Duan Luoyang opened and closed his mouth like a fish gasping for air. He wanted to say something but at the same time, no words came out of his mouth and he could not give a response to that question.

Hua Tianshu pursed his lips into a thin smile as he spoke, "If he had the ability to summon Jie Ming, he would have already done it. The fact that he still looks so desperate should be a clear answer to whether he can or not."

Duan Luoyang’s eyebrows slightly creased together as he heard this.

"That madman is being led by an obsession," Hua Tianshu added with a sigh, "In order to calm that obsession, he needs to realize it himself that he cannot bring Jie Ming back."

"And... What if he does not realize that?"

Hua Tianshu took a sharp breath in as he replied, "Then he’ll ruin himself trying to do something that cannot be done. The will of heaven is unpredictable. By trying to go against it, you’ll only bring doom to yourself."

Hua Tianshu walked away, the same way he did eight years ago when the Yan Sect chose to bring doom upon itself.

Duan Luoyang didn’t dare say anything more and buried the pity he felt for Bai YiJun deep in his heart. He quietly followed after Hua Tianshu who took out two transportation talismans and immediately burned them.

In an instant, the two were teleported back to the HuiXue sect where the Sect Master had been waiting for them.

"You came back quicker than expected."

Hua Tianshu bowed his head as he politely greeted the man, "Sect Master Quan, unfortunately, It seems that we were right."

Sect Master Quan cleared his throat and flipped his sleeve as he turned around and spoke, "Follow me. Let’s talk somewhere more private."

"Yes, Sect Master Quan."

Hua Tianshu followed after Sect Master Quan and when Duan Luoyang tried to follow him, he stopped the man as he spoke, "Stay guard outside. Don’t let anyone in."

Duan Luoyang felt a little confused as he heard this order. Since they had both gone out to investigate, it was only expected for them to report their findings together.

However, in the end, he couldn’t argue against Hua Tianshu and simply nodded his head as he replied, "Yes, Shizun."