nycdaug Chapter 488 Do you understand?
Chapter 488 Do you understand?
"Senior brother, as you know, I'm a free spirit. Besides loving beauty, I also like to tinker with magic. I never thought I would have a daughter one day."
"I knew perfectly well that she was just a formation created from the entrance to the Outer Realm, and that Master had used the power of the sealing formation to transform her into human form in order to hide her from those with ulterior motives. But that day... you brought her to me. She was so chubby and fair, with soft little hands. She was so incredibly cute that I even forgot to put on my rouge. I adored her for so long and didn't want to let her go..."
Hongyun wiped away her tears again, the scalding tears seeming endless, salty and bitter.
"She's so tiny. If the blanket even slightly touches her skin, she'll burst into tears. She's also a very picky eater. She won't eat this or that. It breaks my heart to see her lose even a little bit of weight."
"I gave her everything I had, never letting her suffer even the slightest bit. She grew up in my arms, into a beautiful young woman... Later, she made her best friend and found someone she liked..."
"She repeatedly told me not to let a word out, because she wanted to give the person she liked a big surprise."
"I received her message, went to Yang Yun's place early in the morning, gathered the Qin family together, and arranged the marriage between the two of them. Now we're just waiting for them to return..."
Hongyun almost burst into tears as she spoke.
"But they can't go back, my Lian'er, my daughter, she died in such pain..."
"Do you understand, senior brother?"
"I have to go, I have to avenge my daughter."
"Junior sister..." Chongdao couldn't bear it, so he placed his hand on her shoulder, wanting to lend her some strength.
The figure, as white as frost and as white as snow, remained silent for a long time before finally turning his head to look at her red eyes.
“Junior sister,” he said softly, lowering his eyes, “go ahead, I won’t stop you.”
Hongyun swallowed all her tears, smoothed her disheveled hair with her delicate hand, bowed deeply to him, and said solemnly: "Hongyun, the peak master of Feixia Peak, will certainly not disgrace the name of Tianqian Sect, and will be determined to find out all the demonic dens hiding in the cultivation world and exterminate them one by one."
"Here I bid farewell to my senior brother, the sect leader."
Hongyun is gone.
Only Qingzhi and Chongdao remained in front of the lonely Feixia Palace.
The two watched Hongyun leave in silence. After a long while, Qingzhi asked again, "Have you made your choice?"
Chongdao froze, his face turning deathly pale.
Qingzhi walked forward, undaunted by wind and rain, and undaunted by the might of Heaven.
"The demon race has reappeared, and calamity is about to strike again. The Outer Realm cannot be lost. You know the gravity of the situation."
"Our disciples will not fear death."
"This is the destiny of the Tianqian Sect."
The rain poured down, obliterating all color.
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[Ding! Master's inner demon backlash value has decreased by 83%, currently at 1%.]
[Ding! Master's inner demon backlash value has increased by 50%, currently at 51%.]
[Ding! Little Master's inner demon backlash value has decreased by 30%, currently at 21%.]
A massive white light engulfed the faintly rotating array on the ground. Within the array, Qingzhi closed his eyes slightly, and with two fingers, he swiftly pointed, locking his gaze on the girl's brow, who was surrounded by demonic energy.
The girl screamed in agony as the thick ice chains tightened around the blood mist in her dantian, crushing it like tendons and bones, slowly squeezing the writhing blood mist into a corner, away from the glowing, circulating nascent soul within her dantian.
Strands of demonic energy were drawn from between her brows and immediately purified by the white light of the array.
Qingzhi stopped when there was no more demonic energy left to be extracted.
[Ding! Master's inner demon backlash value has decreased by 20%, currently at 1%.]
Qingzhi stared intently at the girl in front of him, who was lying on the ground, exhausted from the pain, ignoring the other sounds that shouldn't have been heard.
The girl's lips were pale, her brows were furrowed, and her hands were clenched tightly together. Despite her bright and gentle appearance, her face seemed to carry a faint bitter taste of tea.
The bitterness lingers, penetrating deep into the heart and lungs.
Yet, a faint, clear scent of pine and snow emanated from her.
Pine needles covered in snow, sparkling and spotless.
A bell jingled softly among the loose strands of hair; it was an ordinary, unspirited ornament, not even made of pure gold.
But he could actually feel a faint warmth from the bell.
She clearly possessed a mutated spiritual root as powerful and extraordinary as his, and also had the same, or even stronger, talent as him. She was destined to be a peerless genius, someone whom her predecessors would look up to with awe. Fate had also decreed that she would become his disciple.
However, the consequences of her actions were too heavy.
But right now, she is far too foolish and ignorant.
Foolishness will only cause her to lose more, until finally, through cruel enlightenment.
Qingzhi closed her eyes.
The fragrance of sandalwood wafted through the air as he waved his sleeve and opened the palace door.
"Take her back."
The people outside obeyed and came in to pick up the girl who had fainted on the ground.
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If time could turn back, Jiang Liqian would choose to have never been born into this world.
From being abandoned by her parents to the tragic death of her adoptive mother, and then betrayed by her fellow disciples, she experienced rebirth, only to lose her most important family member again. Her path ahead seemed to be paved with blood, and she kept losing.
Every time she mustered the courage to start again, she was repeatedly plunged into an abyss.
The immortal sect seemed so distant, and so did her simplest wish.
It is best to stay far away from it.
After waking from a deep nightmare, she saw the stone standing guard beside her and asked him only one question.
"You already knew, didn't you?"
Shi Tou remained silent, the bitter medicinal smell spreading from the medicine in his hand.
She turned to look at him, trying to see the deeper meaning in his eyes.
Their eyes, clear and translucent like glass, somehow obscure their true nature.
From their chance encounter at the foot of the mountain during the sect competition, to their journey together with the Heavenly Spirit Society, to Chang Le City's hesitant words, and even Ye Cheng's suggestion and Nan Cheng's loss of composure... only now does she understand who his target was from the very beginning and what his purpose was.
He stopped her from taking Lianlian down the mountain and prevented them from separating because he already knew that Lianlian would die and Beiyao would die.
But why didn't he just tell her directly? Tell her what consequences her arrogance would have, who she would lose, and how she would remain so stubborn?
Cold tears streamed down her face again, soaking the cool, silky pillow.
Shi Tou looked at her, his lips moved, and he spoke in a hoarse voice: "Li Qian, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but that I can't, do you understand?"
The shackles of Heaven's Way are even more severe for the disciples of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion who seek to uncover the secrets of Heaven.
He also wanted to risk his life to tell her about his future, but it was all in vain, except that he himself was wounded.
It is far too difficult to defy the fate ordained by Heaven.
The price to be paid for this is something almost no one is prepared for.