"Han Ze!"
Shen Qing looked at the person in front of her in surprise. She still remembered the story written in the chant she heard before obtaining the Forget-Me-Not.
Before that little dragon received the inheritance, the human and demon races joined forces to attack the Dragon Abyss. That little dragon watched helplessly as his clansmen died tragically before his eyes.
And that little dragon was Han Ze.
Shen Qing's thoughts suddenly became chaotic. If he was Han Ze, then he was from the dragon race. But how could a dragon be a prophet of the Main Shrine?
So, holding a glimmer of hope, Shen Qing asked, "You said you're Han Ze. Then what's your relationship with the Main Shrine?"
Han Ze turned around and walked deeper into the forbidden area while saying, "I'm Han Ze, and I'm also the master of the Main Shrine."
Shen Qing involuntarily lifted her feet and followed Han Ze deeper into the forbidden area.
"The dragon race was massacred by the joint forces of the demon and human races. You founded the Main Shrine, but you're also colluding with the demon race. Why?!"
Shen Qing's tone was a bit excited. She really couldn't figure out why someone with such an identity would get involved with the demon race.
Han Ze didn't say a word but kept leading Shen Qing deeper. In the depths of the forbidden area, besides broken walls and ruins, there were also some short trees.
After walking for a while, Han Ze brought Shen Qing to a huge altar in the center of the forbidden area. The pillars around the altar had already collapsed, and the runes on the pillars exuded a mysterious and ancient aura.
The cold moonlight shone on the altar. By the moonlight, Shen Qing noticed that a huge totem spread out from the center of the altar to the surroundings. Under the moonlight, the stone altar actually reflected a glistening luster.
Seeing Shen Qing in a daze, Han Ze smiled and said, "You're the first cultivator to set foot here in tens of thousands of years. If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would have been blocked outside by my restriction long ago. Those unlucky ones don't know where they've been taken by the restriction."
The casual tone made Shen Qing feel a bit uncomfortable. With just one light - hearted sentence, Han Ze seemed to regard the lives of several cultivators as nothing.
"Can those cultivators come back?"
Han Ze curled his lips. "I'll do my best."
Shen Qing took a deep breath. Knowing that Han Ze wouldn't change anything because of her words, she changed the topic.
"What kind of stone is this? It seems to reflect light like a spirit stone, but its texture is like that of an ordinary stone."
Han Ze explained, "This is moonstone, which is abundant in the territory of the merman race. The dragon race had a very good relationship with the merman race. So when this place was built, the merman race offered the moonstones."
The merman race...
Shen Qing closed her eyes. Since the destruction of the dragon race, the merman race had gradually been hunted and killed by the human and demon races. There probably weren't any mermen left in the world now...
Bathing in the moonlight, the edges and corners of Han Ze's forehead became more distinct.
"Are you really from the dragon race? The lifespan of the dragon race is so long. I once heard a chant in the Sword Tomb. Is the story in it true?"
Han Ze gave Shen Qing a helpless look and said, "You really have a lot of questions, one after another."
But Shen Qing was full of doubts. She felt that if she didn't ask now, it would be very difficult to ask in the future.
"Because I really don't understand why the dragon race would get involved with the demon race?"
But Han Ze didn't answer Shen Qing's question directly. Instead, he asked her a question.
"What? In your eyes, the demon race is heinous, and noble creatures like the dragon race can't associate with them, right?"
Shen Qing lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying, "In my eyes, all living beings in the world are the same. But the cultivation methods of the demon race are different after all, and their actions are more cruel..."
As she said this, Shen Qing remembered the Illusion Bell and Huan Qianyu.
"But I also want to say that no matter what race, there are good and bad."
This statement was so vague that it made Han Ze can't help but chuckle.
"Back then, the dragon race was brutally massacred because of the greed of the human and demon races. So in my eyes, there's no difference between the human and demon races."
As a human, Shen Qing really had no face to say anything in front of Han Ze. After all, the human race also played a part in the massacre of the dragon race.
"Then what's your purpose?"
Han Ze didn't hide it. He continued, "My clansmen are trapped and suffering in a certain place. I want to rescue them, but I didn't receive the inheritance of the dragon race back then, so I can't save them."
Only then did Shen Qing suddenly realize why the demon race and the Main Shrine were so persistent in obtaining that part of the inheritance of the Nether White Wolf. The Dragon Abyss had been destroyed, and the inheritance of the dragon race was already lost. The only part that could be obtained was this small part.
"If you revealed your identity, the Nether White Wolf would directly give you the inheritance. Why go to so much trouble?"
Han Ze showed a mysterious smile. "How the world treats my dragon race, I'll treat the world in the same way. Moreover, the lifespan of the dragon race is very long. I have a lot of time to slowly achieve my goal."
Shen Qing frowned. "But because of this, you trapped the Nether White Wolf in the Demon Realm for ten thousand years. For the Nether White Wolf..."
"I know it's unfair. So what? There's no absolute fairness in this world."
Han Ze's tone turned cold, and his eyes were full of sarcasm.
"If so, what's your purpose for leading me here?"
Han Ze had gone to so much trouble and set up such a big game. Did he just lead her to the forbidden area to chat?
"You're very special. I know..." Han Ze said as he got closer to Shen Qing. He lowered his head as if to see Shen Qing's expression clearly.
Shen Qing's heart tightened. She wasn't sure if her rebirth had been discovered.
"I don't understand what you're talking about..."
Han Ze straightened up and smiled at Shen Qing. "Don't play dumb. You naturally understand."
"Don't worry. I just wanted to meet you. I have no other intentions."
"You just wanted to meet me. You made Lin Yibai destroy the spiritual spring, made Xian Shiyu bring me to the Beast - Taming Sect, made Elder Yaoyue discover that the medicine of True Man Kunshan had problems, and then through Fei Fei's hand, made Xian Shiyu lead me here!"
Shen Qing suddenly got a bit angry. "You've done so much just to meet me?!?"
"Do you know that the living beings in the Spiritual Spring Secret Realm were brutally killed by Lin Yibai, and True Man Kunshan will also fall because his lifespan is exhausted. Your bad taste has harmed so many people. Don't you... feel guilty?"
"Why should I?"
"In this world, birth, old age, illness, and death, the cycle of life and death never stops. I just accelerated this process."
"Shen Qing, I can tell that you're the same kind of person as me. Under your kind and merciful eyes hides deep hatred. Your hatred is no less than mine."
Shen Qing took a half - step back and subconsciously touched her eyes.
When she was just reborn, when she saw people like Pei Xuanjing, she wished she could kill them all, then grind their bones to ashes and let their souls fall into the Avici Hell forever.
But now, she knew Qing Qing, Xian Shiyu, Hong Chaoyang, and Qi Nian, and Li Xian was also by her side.
The hatred in her heart had gradually faded over time. Now in her heart, only the Great Dao and cultivation were the most important.
How could they be the same?