Chapter 26 Burning Like a Flame
"Your dream was about an old man like this. It must be a nightmare." Yan Lingji, who had been waiting for Yang Chong to return, stretched her neck to look at the old man Li, whose breath was getting weaker and weaker. How could such a person be Yang Chong's dream? It was a bit too ridiculous.

"I was still young at that time." Yang Chong whispered.

"Tell me what you dreamed about when you were a kid." Yan Lingji put one hand on Yang Chong's shoulder and leaned closer with her aqua blue eyes, as if she didn't want to miss even a single detail. However, this kind of behavior of adding generation to the relationship...

"When I was a child, I dreamed of becoming a peerless master," Yang Chong recalled.

Although he had not yet awakened the memories of his past life at that time, some things were not only in his memory, but also engraved in his blood. When he, who was only ten years old, learned that there was martial arts in this world, the desire arose immediately.

At that time, he fantasized about having some kind of adventure, or meeting a master, or a martial arts secret book, and then mastering peerless martial arts and roaming the world without fear.

With that dream in mind, Yang Chong saw Old Man Li. At that time, Old Man Li seemed different to him. The injuries on his body and the words that he occasionally inadvertently revealed were not common to ordinary people. This made him, who was in the middle of his second-year fantasy period, think that he was some kind of peerless master. The cunning Old Man Li was also happy with Yang Chong's misunderstanding. He had been pretending to be important and cheating for food and drink for so many years. Over the years, he had gained a lot of things.

From Yang Chong's narration, Yan Lingji learned the whole story.

"How stupid! You were fooled by such an old man." Yan Lingji glared fiercely at the unconscious old man Li. She did not have the good character of respecting the elderly and loving the young. This was the case with Jiang Nu before and with old man Li now.

"Actually, it's not that I was cheated. I was able to rescue you from there because I got the information from him. He was one of the craftsmen who built the prison back then." Yang Chong explained.

"So, this old guy is my benefactor?" Yan Lingji's eyes flashed with surprise.

"He told me the news to repay me. It was me who rescued you, so I am your only benefactor." Yang Chong reminded.

"Eh?" Yan Lingji looked at Yang Chong suspiciously, then suddenly realized, as if she had seen through everything, and said with a smile: "You are jealous now, he is just a dying old man, a stingy guy."

But Yang Chong was not worried about this at all. He was just worried that Yan Lingji would find out his background and something might happen to their deal.

"But speaking of it, this old man was once your dream, but what about me, your sister?" Yan Lingji was obviously not a person who complained about the environment, and at this moment she even had the mind to tease Yang Chong.

"You are my dream for the future!" Yang Chong said steadily.

"This old man was your dream in the past, and I am your dream in the future?" Yan Lingji was slightly startled, and after thinking for a while, she reacted, raised her eyebrows, and said unkindly: "Okay, I knew you had bad intentions towards me, so this is your intention."

"There's nothing I can do about it. You're so beautiful." Yang Chong acted shy while speaking, as if he wanted to look at Yan Lingji but didn't dare to.

"You have good vision, but do you want your dream to come true?" Yan Lingji's anger had disappeared, replaced by alluring charm. She seemed to be giving Yang Chong a chance.

Unfortunately, Yang Chong knew that Yan Lingji was just fishing. If he really wanted his dream to come true, Yan Lingji would definitely tear his dream apart with a vicious expression. Yan Lingji's temper could be so bad. "That's also a matter of the future." Yang Chong, who knew Yan Lingji's character well, would never be fooled.

"That may not be the case." Seeing that Yang Chong was not fooled, Yan Lingji was not disappointed. After all, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future, so she changed the subject and asked, "You are talking about the dream of the past and the dream of the future, so what is your current dream?"

"The dream now?" Yang Chong was stunned when he heard this, but his eyes subconsciously looked at the dying old man Li.

"Hey, hey, don't say that this old guy is also your dream now, that's too perverted. Okay, sister will give you a chance. Even if you say that sister is your dream now, sister will not be angry. Sister allows you to do shameful things with me in the dream, but it can only be in the dream!" Yan Lingji looked at Yang Chong strangely, with a noble look of sacrificing myself to pull you back to the path of normal people, as if the dazzling fire had become a holy fire.

Yang Chong ignored Yan Lingji's teasing and just looked at Old Man Li. The breath of death was getting stronger and stronger, and death was approaching.
Seeing death, fear arose in Yang Chong's heart. He was afraid of death, but death was inevitable. At this moment, when death was right in front of Yang Chong, he suddenly longed for life more than ever.

If death is the inevitable end of a person, then life is a process. If no one can escape death, then enjoy the process and live it to its fullest. In just a short moment, Yang Chong understood what he wanted.

In this world, who is not a child of destiny? "I have no dreams now, but only one ambition."

"What is your ambition? Tell me about it." Yan Lingji asked curiously.

"Practice the strongest martial arts, defeat the strongest enemy, and possess the most beautiful woman." Yang Chong looked at Yan Lingji and said in a serious voice.

"That can be fatal." Yan Lingji looked at Yang Chong, who was more high-spirited than ever before, and felt an inexplicable throbbing in her heart. At that moment, she saw flames on Yang Chong's body. That flame was not like her flame, which could burn people and destroy enemies, but it was hotter. It was a fire called desire.

"If death is inevitable, then I hope I can burn to death like a flame." Yang Chong said. Although his voice was not loud, it was more firm than ever before.

"If death is inevitable, then we should just burn out like a flame and die?" The mockery on Yan Lingji's face disappeared. She saw a kind of power in Yang Chong, a power that made her feel invincible.

Yan Lingji has had a full understanding of Yang Chong's strength during this period of time. Although she was captured by Yang Chong outside the cage that day, it was only because she had been imprisoned for too long and lost the initiative, so she was captured by Yang Chong. Now that Yan Lingji is in full condition, she is confident that if she fights with Yang Chong again, Yang Chong will never be able to get the upper hand like last time.

But Yang Chong, who was even weaker than Yan Lingji, made Yan Lingji see an invincible power at this moment.

I am also a flame!

If the flame could burn out and die, it would probably be a good destination!
"Heh, greedy man." Yan Lingji sneered to hide the throbbing in her heart.

(End of this chapter)