Chapter 46: The Horror of Jealousy

  Kai Huang continued to speak about what happened to Sonno as an older brother after seeing his younger brother get the spiritual stone before him.

  Sonno, who had been harboring jealousy and hatred, had made preparations beforehand for fear that his younger brother would snatch the spiritual stone. Seeing his brother immersed in joy, he slowly approached him as he entered, taking advantage of the opportunity to stab his brother's abdomen with a dagger hidden behind his back. The blow was infused with all the resentment he had accumulated before, causing fatal injuries to Soi.

  But Suoyi was after all Sonuo's younger brother, and at the moment when the dagger pierced Suoyi, Sonuo's emotions quickly shifted to another extreme. As he watched his brother fall into a pool of blood, releasing the Ling stone in his hand to pull out the dagger, Sonuo's heart felt like it was being cut with a knife. In the end, Suoyi still gave up pulling out the dagger, because he knew that if he pulled it out, he might die immediately.

  Suoyi was unwilling to die immediately because he wanted to ask his brother why he suddenly poisoned his own brother, was that piece of Ling stone more important than his own brother?

  Xiao Nu felt ashamed when faced with his younger brother's questioning, but he was not willing to admit his own regret. He argued strongly: "I am the eldest son of my father, and this Ling Stone should have been guarded by me. It was all because you wanted to compete with me that it ended up like this!"

  But Suoyi smiled painfully and told his brother that he only did this to prove himself stronger than his brother, and competing with him to get the spiritual stone was just a matter of winning.

  Sonno was shattered by such reality and shouted loudly: "This is impossible! You're deceiving people! You're deceiving people!"

  But his brother could no longer refute him, Soyi quietly bled to death. The spirit stone was still shining beside Soyi's body, but Sonno had lost all interest in it!

  Luosi heard this and couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in her heart. Although she knew the chances were slim, she still asked Chi Huang with some reluctance, "What about the final outcome? The spiritual stone left by Nüwa should have immense spiritual power, did Suono use it to revive his brother?"

  Chi Huang shook his head and said, "Suono had also thought that the Ling Stone might be able to save his brother's life in his immense regret. However, although the power of the Ling Stone was mysterious and unpredictable, he didn't know how to use it to save people. So his brother never woke up again. He knew it was his own jealousy that led him to kill his own brother for a stone that he no longer valued at all. In the end, filled with regret, he transferred his hatred onto the Ling Stone in his hand, and the stone surprisingly absorbed his hatred and quickly turned black. At the time, he didn't notice anything unusual about the stone and directly smashed it to the ground. The stone was smashed into pieces, but he still wasn't satisfied, so he carefully picked up those pieces and repeatedly smashed them to the ground until they couldn't be broken anymore. Then, taking an ordinary hard stone, he crushed each of the fragments into powder one by one before slowly calming down."

  Luosiqi asked Qi Huang with a mixture of emotions and doubt, "You said that the legend is related to the seven-colored Linglong stone on my wrist, but you also said that Sonuo has already crushed the spirit stone into powder. Then, where did the stone on my wrist come from?"

  Chi Huang sighed and continued: "Because the broken stones were smashed into pieces, it's inevitable that some of them rolled into inconspicuous corners. The orange-colored stone on your hand is what Sonuo left behind that day. After smashing all the visible stones, Sonuo slumped down, regretting destroying all the stones, which was something his father had entrusted him to protect. Now he not only lost his brother but also failed to fulfill his father's dying wish. He hastily searched every nook and cranny in the cave to see if there were any remaining stones, and that's when he found the one on your wrist."

  This time, he didn't smash it again, but buried his brother and took the only remaining piece of stone back home. After returning home, Sonno was depressed for a long time, although he had gained some magical powers because he once held the Ling Stone. Fortunately, he later met his destined woman by chance, who secretly fell in love with him after being rescued by him. With her optimistic attitude, she slowly helped him walk out of the shadow of killing his brother. Later, they became a couple and had children, using their own strength to help many people. Those people worshipped him as a god and wanted to create a statue for him, but he let them create it in this way and told everyone the story of him and his brother, letting everyone know how much disaster jealousy can bring.

  Shi Xiaofu was also deeply moved after hearing Chi Huang's story. Chi Huang said to him, "I told this story to your uncle the first time I met him, and at that time he had not yet seen Ba Tu Shen bring back the black witch grass. He was also as moved as you are now, but unfortunately, after returning, he still harbored resentment because the position of tribe leader was snatched away by your father, which led to his later thoughts and your choice."

  Luosiqi heard Chi Huang say so and asked him what happened to Shi Hong and Shi Xiaofu in the end.

  Chi Huang then called Shixiaofu and said, this time Shixiaofu did not remain silent, Luosiqi listened to him recount what happened afterwards.

  Shi Xiaofu, having felt his uncle's great resentment, knew that he would definitely not escape death and also felt that it was true that his father and the whole clan owed his uncle, so he told Batou Shen that he wanted to choose the third path.

  Shi Hong thought Shi Xiaofu still wanted to live, and couldn't help but coldly tell his nephew not to dream of it. Who would have thought that the third path mentioned by Shi Xiaofu was actually for him to replace Shi Hong and let Ba Tu Shen suck blood? This wasn't much different from the first half of the second path, but what he wanted to strive for was that since someone had already paid the price for the black witchgrass last time, then this time's price should be paid later. In other words, his uncle would pay the price next time when he came to take the black witchgrass again!

  Shi Hong did not expect that his nephew, after learning that he had been deceived by his uncle into a desperate situation, would still think of him. He asked Shi Xiaofu loudly why this was the case and why he didn't hate him!

  "Uncle, this is what Father owes you!"

  It was this sentence that dissolved Shi Hong's twenty-year-old resentment. He was stunned by Shi Xiaofu's words, but after recovering, he resolutely said to Shi Xiaofu: "Forget it, forget it! Whoever owes the debt should pay for it. I took away the black witch grass back then, so I should be the one to pay the price. My resentment is what your father brought upon me, and even if you are his son, you are innocent! You are my nephew after all, and with this sentence, I can die without regret!" After finishing speaking, he told Bodhisattva to give the black witch grass back to Shi Xiaofu and let him take it away.

  Shi Xiaofu said, his eyes dry from crying. He continued: "I cried and begged to stay with my uncle, but I was dragged away by the people sent by Baotou Shen. I asked them to return my uncle, but they ignored me. Half a time later, someone came to tell me that my uncle had been drained of his blood, and asked if I was willing to sign a new contract. If not, I would be sent back. Of course, I didn't want to leave like this, so I followed them to Baotou Shen's place and signed the new contract. At that time, I saw her mouth still had blood on it, thinking of my uncle made me feel especially uncomfortable. But this was what my uncle had brought upon himself, no one else could be blamed. So I put on the black witchgrass they had prepared earlier and left with them." Shi Xiaofu finished speaking and pointed at Chi Huang, who turned his face away, seemingly unable to bear looking at him either.