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"It doesn't matter. As long as you are willing to speak, I am willing to listen." Xia Yunyun said very considerately.

Her curiosity towards the Lake of Dreams had always been high, so she was very interested in the story of Old Orc.

"Alright, since you don't mind me being long-winded, then." Old Orc said.

He found a rock and sat on it as if he were about to tell a story, but only he knew that to him, this story was nothing more than a self-inflicted scar.

Xia Yunyun respectfully squatted on the ground, and quietly waited for Old Orc to speak. With a complex expression, he slowly spoke.

"In the past, I was still young and vigorous. I didn't know much about the affairs of the world, and I didn't know any favors. I only knew how to run rampant, and I didn't know how to love a person." The Old Orc seemed to have fallen into some sort of memory, as they spoke on their own.

"So it's like that." Xia Yunyun said in her heart.

She could imagine that it had to do with love, but what did it have to do with the Lake of Dreams?

Xia Yunyun did not speak, and continued to listen to Old Orc as she reminisced about her past. "But, one day, I met a very beautiful, very gentle female, and on that day, because of my arrogance, I started fighting with others, but I was helpless against my own strength. In the end, I was not a match for that person, and my body was covered with wounds."

She was as beautiful as ever, as gentle as water. She smiled at Old Orc as usual, and her smile was so enchanting that no male would be able to control themselves from being attracted to her.

"By that time, even though my injuries had already healed, I still refused to leave by her side. As time passed, my face would become thicker, and gradually, we would adore each other …"

This story was very ordinary and warm to the heart. It was the look of the love that was born in the hearts of most young girls, just like the time between Xia Yunyun and Emperor Azure.

Otherwise, Old Orc would not be so lonely, it would be like not finding a partner to live in seclusion in this desolate mountain forest for the rest of their lives.

Xia Yunyun listened quietly. She knew that the story wasn't over yet, and they definitely weren't that lucky.

As expected, Old Orc continued to speak. "The matter between her and I was spread all over the sky by the Beastmen in her tribe. Originally, I thought we could become partners and live our lives happily, but I didn't expect that …"

The light in Old Orc dimmed. If possible, he didn't wish to think about those suffocating memories.

However, at the same time, he understood in his heart that in this lifetime, what he should face, what he should accept, he could no longer continue to flee.

He had thought that recalling that memory would cause him so much pain that it would be hard to breathe.

Only now did he realize that he was very calm, extremely calm, so calm that even he himself was surprised.

"I didn't expect that her father would know about this. Her father is the chief of that tribe, so he strongly opposed this matter."

After Xia Yunyun heard this, she became even more confused. Weren't the Beast Kingdom not going to interfere with the relationship between their own children?

But what she didn't know was that most orcs were like this. They had freedom of feeling, freedom to form partners, but there were still some that didn't have that kind of freedom.

"Then... You separated just like that? " Xia Yunyun asked carefully, afraid that her words would harm the weak Old Orc before him.

Old Orc stared blankly for a moment. Feeling that she had said something wrong, she immediately lowered her head.

"It's fine... In fact, it is. " Seeing Xia Yunyun like this, she knew that she must be feeling guilty in her heart.

But how could he blame her? This was indeed the truth, there was nothing that could not be said.

When she heard him, she raised her head and looked at him. She knew that Old Orc must be very hard on the heart, but she didn't know how to persuade or comfort him.

"At that time, my strength was too weak, moreover it was a foreign animal, so it's normal for her father to strongly oppose it. It's all my fault, I was still too impulsive at that time." Old Orc said slowly.

"What did you do?" Xia Yunyun asked curiously.

"Me? Because I was too impulsive and too young, I couldn't take this lying down and didn't want to suffer this humiliation, so I ran over to her father, the clan leader of that time, and challenged him to a duel. I said shamelessly that if I lost, I would leave by myself and would never get involved again."

"Then you lost?" Although Xia Yunyun's words were a question, she actually already had the answer in her heart. The Old Mountain Ape definitely did not win, otherwise, it would not have been so lonely today.

"Yeah, I lost. I lost so thoroughly." Old Orc shook her head.

He still remembered that he had lost that time. He lost so miserably that he could not bear to watch directly. In front of the Clan Chief, he did not even have the chance to defend himself. He could only stand there like a live target.

At that time, he was extremely proud and arrogant, so how could he accept this humiliation? Thus, when the clan leader told him to leave by himself so as to not make things awkward, he gritted his teeth.

"I will leave, and I will never come back. I will never see her again." After saying that, he slowly got up. Only then did he realize that he had been noticed by her. Her eyes were brimming with tears, and she was looking at him in disbelief.

"You …" She sobbed silently. She probably didn't expect that she would compromise so quickly.

Old Orc looked at her, not knowing what to say. But that damnable self-respect, forced him to cruelly turn around in the end and slowly walk away.

Although the tears in his eyes started to fall, he couldn't even say a single word to explain himself.

From then on, Old Orc did not know of her condition, nor did she know if she was doing well or if she had already forgotten about him.

Only, after that, as if his Old Orc had suddenly matured, he realized his own arrogance and overestimation of his own abilities.

He began to work hard to increase his strength. In order to strengthen himself in a short period of time, he also wanted to be able to defeat her father and regain her strength.

He looked like he was courting death, finding experts with all kinds of strength to fight. Every time he fought, he would be covered in wounds and dying, but there was no one by his side to worry about or take care of him.

Although this method was extremely extreme, it had to be said that this method was very effective. His strength had indeed soared within a short period of time.

When he thought he had the strength to go up against her father, had the courage to go back to her and apologize.

What made him regret his life was that the female who had taken care of him when he was at his hands, had accompanied him when he was sad, had been kind to him, had given her all her heart and left this world.

When he heard this news, he was so sad that he almost went berserk. He was like a madman, fighting with all kinds of beastmen.

Each time, he would beat the crap out of others until they could no longer stand up. Only then would it be considered done.

So, in that period of time, he was an existence even more terrifying than Fierce Beasts. No one was willing to see him, and everyone avoided him and left.

In the end, he arrived at the forest, and just like that, he lived his life alone. Until now, the beast world probably thought that he was already dead.

After hearing it, Xia Yunyun was sad, but also regretful that there was no conclusion to their love, so he could not help but sigh.

So it turned out that not everyone had the same luck and destiny as she and Yu Cang. This made her cherish this relationship even more.

"Don't be sad, it's been so long. I believe she will forgive you and forgive you." Xia Yunyun didn't know what to say, and could only console him.

Old Orc did not answer her, but instead continued, "Originally, I had thought that this was how I would live my entire life. It was only by chance that I found out that after I left, she did not want to listen to my father's words, so her father wanted to kill me, directly kill me, and even cut off her thoughts. Originally, he had been hiding this from her, but he did not know why, and so she knew that he could not persuade her father, and thus had gone to find the Lake of Dreams to fulfill her wish."

"Did she find it?" "What happened, did Lake of Dreams agree?" Xia Yunyun eagerly wanted to know the answer.

"Found it." Old Orc said.

She knew that the Lake of Dreams definitely existed, but after a moment of pleasant surprise, she was surrounded by a bad premonition.

"She didn't succeed?" Xia Yunyun asked carefully.

But she also felt that something was wrong. If she had succeeded, then they should have been together. But now, it seemed that they had not.

If she failed, the old mountain ape in front of her should not have any chance of surviving. Xia Yunyun felt that her own brain was a bit insufficient.

"No, she succeeded." Old Orc slowly said, "Right now you should be very curious about why she succeeded but we were not together, right?"

No matter what, he felt as if he was transparent in front of the Old Orc, as if his thoughts could not be hidden from the Old Orc.

Xia Yunyun nodded, she still really wanted to know the reason.

"Because she's dead." Hearing Old Orc say this, Xia Yunyun still felt that it was somewhat unexpected, "Because the price that the Lake of Dreams wanted her to pay was her life in exchange for my life."

The Xia Yunyun was shocked. So that was how it was, the Lake of Dreams had never done business with a loss, and that was why they were unwilling to let Xia Yunyun go to the Lake of Dreams.

At this moment, Xia Yunyun finally understood why so many people had seen the Lake of Dreams, yet there was still no news of it.

When she looked at Old Orc, she could also understand how painful it was for Old Orc to know the truth. Unconsciously, when Xia Yunyun looked at Old Orc, there was a tinge of sympathy in her eyes, but she did not know it.