I Have a Sword - Chapter 1312: Brothers

After settling things with the Ancestral Dao, Ye Guan returned to the tiny pagoda and arrived at the Heavenly Tomb Empire.

Tian Xing and Ye Guan sat on the stone steps outside a grand hall.

After a long silence, Ye Guan finally said, "Aunt Qin..."

Tian Xing replied softly, "The day he left, she followed after him."

Ye Guan lowered his head and said nothing.

Looking up at the sky, Tian Xing murmured, "I used to think that if I had met you earlier, I could have formed a strong bond with you, too. Perhaps even a bond as strong as his, but then I realized that when he chose to be your brother, he never considered any personal gains.

"He truly saw you as a brother. In that regard, I can't compare to him at all."

Ye Guan remained silent.

"I'm the emperor of the Heavenly Tomb Empire now, but I don't feel any joy. It took me a long time to understand why. In the end, I realized that, just like Ninth Brother, I was never really interested in being em...