Chapter 1: The Fallen Prince
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
Prologue:
"Hahahaha... Ruoyin, I was finally able to refine the Channel Opening Solution. I've succeeded..." Inside a messy lab, Mo Wuji started laughing, clutching a porcelain bottle in his hand as if he had gone mad.
"Ding..." A glass cup fell onto the ground, spilling tea everywhere. A beautiful girl in a crimson red cheongsam stood by the doorway, blankly staring at the hysterical Mo Wuji. Only after a good while did she speak in a shivering voice, "Wuji, did you succeed? Did you really succeed?"
Mo Wuji stared at the beautiful girl standing at the entrance. He knew that Xia Ruoyin had come to serve him a cup of tea. This piece of information had shocked Xia Ruoyin greatly; due to her excitement, the cup slipped from her hands and fell to the ground.
"Ruoyin, there is absolutely no error this time around. I just tried half of the bottle, but I could clearly feel as if a fire was burning down my meridians as they are gradually being opened and expanded. At the moment, my meridians are still in the process of opening, but we have succeeded."
Mo Wuji, while holding the porcelain bottle, excitedly walked up to the girl and grabbed her hands. "Ruoyin, it has been hard for you. In all these years, I have been dedicated to researching the Channel Opening Solution and I did not take care of you. Instead, you had to take care of me. Let us marry. Afterward, we will start a company specializing in the production of the Channel Opening Solution. I believe our business will soon be a sensation throughout the world."
The girl finally calmed down, but she still spoke in a shivering voice, "Did you take down the drug formula?"
Mo Wuji nodded his head, "Ruoyin, don't worry. I have all the information on my laptop. Here, take a look..."
After Mo Wuji finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards his laptop.
Suddenly, he felt something cold, followed by an excruciating pain from his back. Upon seeing the tip of a blade emerging from his chest, he realized that someone had stabbed him through his heart from his back.
The pain caused him to feel extremely dizzy and his strength started to fade away. Mo Wuji slowly turned his head around as he unconsciously looked at the hands clasping the blade. It was Xia Ruoyin's. With his eyes wide open, he muttered, "Ruoyin... Why? Why?"
He still could not believe that his lover whom he had loved dearly for many years would stab him.
"I'm sorry, Wuji. I'm sorry..." Xia Ruoyin's hands were trembling as a shudder went through her whole body. She had killed her lover. He was the man who she had loved for over a decade and the one who had showered her with endless affection.
Two teardrops appeared at the corners of Mo Wuji's eyes. He felt his body becoming colder by the second. He gradually lost his consciousness and his eyes began to lose its luster. However, he still did not want to close his eyes. He kept on staring at Xia Ruoyin as he murmured, "If you wanted the formula... you just had to say it and I would have given it to you... why?"
Mo Wuji did not shed his tears because he was dying. For as long as he could remember, he had never cried in his life. However, today, what hurt the most was not the injury on his back, but the pain caused by the betrayal of his lover.
Perhaps even Xia Ruoyin did not know her position in Mo Wuji's heart. If she had asked for it, Mo Wuji would have willingly died for her. However, Xia Ruoyin, the woman who he would have gladly died for, had stabbed him on this fateful day.
