What good mood remained shatters. He's found a bit more of a life here, one that actually did include Xue Yang, but that too was based on a lie? Killing other living people? Had he really committed murder? The mention of A-Qing lends some credibility, and Xingchen can't think of a reason Wuxian would create such a painful lie.

"Into...killing other living people?"

It's news that shattered him once, so deeply that he took his own life. Xingchen still shelters guilt over what happened to Zichen's clan, and he wasn't even directly involved. A wave of hatred washes over him, but it's aimed more at himself than anyone.

"How would he trick me into killing other living people?"