Before he could finish, Gu Yun raised his hand to give him a slap. Chang Geng instinctively closed his eyes, but he refused to dodge. The palm brought with it a strong surge of wind, but it stopped at his neck before falling on his face.

"Merits or mistakes, there are people in the world to be the judge, for what reason must you cling to me wishing to get scolded?" Gu Yun wanted to soften his tone, who knew that as he spoke of the latter part, he truly did become angry. "Crying, screaming, and hanging yourself, forcing me to accept that you can do whatever you wish to, that everything you do is correct, even if it is any more immoral, I must agree with both hands. Would that please you then? Will you be able to sleep soundly? Your conscience will be at peace?"

His voice seemed to carry with it a blade, each and every sentence stabbing a hole into him, Chang Geng shuddered as if he was in great pain, and he said with a tremble, "What does the world have to do with me? Everyone in the world has forsaken me. I never owed anything to them, I do not care who judges me.

"But living people must have wishes, Zi Xi, for my entire life, these meager wishes of mine that cannot be divided are all placed in you. Now you want to cut them off, it is equal to giving me one path to death, I will go now."

"Oh, why, Your Highness Yan Wang is going to die for me to see?" Gu Yun almost laughed at him from anger, "In this life, I despise being threatened the most!"

Chang Geng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He couldn't restrain himself from trembling. He had not talked to Gu Yun for the entire day, he was extremely anxious and uneasy. Wanting to do the same as when tricking Xu Ling, knowing the proper limit and calculation, coming to explain to him, it was not a difficult deed either.

But thousands of rational thoughts, he knew clearly of them inside, yet he could not do it, could not help it.

Even knowing that the matter of the heart could cloud judgment, resembling a double-edged sword without a handle, hurting oneself and the other with just the slightest bit of movement.

Gu Yun pushed him aside. Chang Geng was shocked, hurriedly stretching out his hand to grab him. "Zi Xi, don't go!"

Gu Yun took his wrist and forced him to open his palm. Not knowing where he had pulled out a piece of something, he lifted his hand and slashed it down onto Chang Geng's palm. With a loud clap, Chang Geng trembled violently. His Highness Yan Wang, who had never even been hit by a teacher before, was shocked and forgot about his struggle for a while.