Chapter 124: Li Longling, ups and downs
What’s the meaning of this?
Li Longling couldn’t see Ye Anping’s current expression. She didn’t know whether he was smiling or serious when talking to her, and she couldn’t tell whether his words were true or false.
The girl named Pei, who just spoke said that Wu Yue was a demon cultivator. However, Wu Yue also had a token given by her father. Could he mean her father was behind the demon cultivator’s appearance in Chilong Mansion?
Was her father the spy colluding with the demon cultivator that she had been trying to find these days?
How can it be?!! She didn’t believe it.
Indeed, the person in front of her must be trying to drive a wedge between her and her father!
Right!! That must be the case!!
Li Longling bit her lips tightly and immediately wanted to refute Ye Anping’s words, but she could not think of any evidence to prove her father’s innocence.
If Wu Yue were a demon cultivator, then her father would never be able to get rid of the relationship.
But–
“…”
Li Longling used all her strength to bite her lip, and the hand placed on the grass involuntarily sank into the mud. Ye Anping knew that it was difficult for her to accept this fact. In the game’s plot, she was not told what Li Feng did at the end of the Chilong Mansion incident.
Si Xuanji finally concealed the origin and course of the Chilong Mansion incident. The news that reached the ears of various sects in the Western Region was that “Li Feng fought against five Heavenly Demon Sect cultivators alone, but unfortunately fell into a trap and died.” This was also the “truth” that Li Longling learned in the game.
Si Xuanji’s white lie successfully saved Chilong Mansion and allowed Li Longling to take over the family business left by her father, but at the same time, it also planted a bomb in her heart.
This bomb would detonate a hundred years later when Li Longling married the Nascent Soul, becoming Li Longling’s inner demon calamity and indirectly causing her death under the bombardment of the Nascent Soul calamity. Even before her death, Li Longling still stubbornly believed in this lie.
But that was the game.
There was no doubt that the plot line of this world had been changed once again. Ye Anping didn’t know what the consequences of his actions would be. He just had a vague feeling that telling Li Longling the truth was right. The truth might confuse her briefly, but it was better to be confused now than at a critical moment.
“Sigh–”
Ye Anping sighed softly and decided not to say much more to Li Longling. Turning around, he went to the collapsed pavilion to continue cleaning Wu Yue’s storage bag. After sorting through the contents of Wu Yue’s storage bag, Ye Anping burned everything that needed to be burned. He only kept the spirit stones, some sellable elixirs, and magical instruments. He separated 30,000 spirit stones and threw them beside Feng Yudie.
“Young Master Li, we won’t stay much longer. Just wait for Senior Sister Feng to wake up, and she will take you back to Chilong Mansion.”
“…”
Without any response from Li Longling after a brief wait, Ye Anping didn’t wait any longer. He summoned his flying sword and, together with Pei Lianxue, ascended into the air, heading towards Du Chun City. Once in the air, Pei Lianxue looked back at Li Longling sitting on the ground, leaned next to her “Husband,” and asked in a low voice, “Husband, can’t she see?”
“Huh?” Ye Anping was slightly surprised, as his junior sister rarely asked about others. He replied, “Yes, she has been blind since birth due to the intense, fiery aura around Chilong Mansion.”
“Is there no way to cure it?” She asked.
“Yes, there is, but…” Ye Anping looked back and asked, “Why? Do you want to help her cure it?”
“…She looks quite pitiful.”
“Um…”
Ye Anping thought for a moment, holding his chin. There were likely immortal elixirs that could cure her blindness, but their rarity made them hard to obtain, even for Li Feng. However, he had a ready-made method, like the “eye-moving talisman” he used to monitor Chilong Mansion. If he carved the talisman directly onto Li Longling’s meridians, could she become a living eye-moving talisman? It was worth considering, but there were more pressing matters for now.
After Li Longling returned, Li Feng might be unable to sit still. He might forcibly cooperate with the remaining three demonic cultivators to activate the formation in the next two days.
“Hey, it would be great if Young Master Li could persuade him.”
“Huh? What?”
“It’s nothing. There may be a fierce fight.”
Pei Lianxue nodded half-knowingly, “Oh…”
After Ye Anping and Pei Lianxue left, the forest instantly became quiet. The only sounds were the chirping of cicadas and the rustling of leaves blown by the wind. The smell of vegetation wafted in from the tip of the nose, fresh and pleasant. In this serene environment, Li Longling quickly calmed down. She had been denying what Ye Anping told her, but now she realized it didn’t matter whether his words were true or false.
What she needed to do now was to return to Chilong Mansion, find her father, and clarify the situation face to face, even if it turned out to be true.
Thinking about this, Li Longling hugged her knees tightly. A strange sensation of a sore nose and a breath stuck in her throat overwhelmed her. To vent her frustration, she swung her fist towards the grass beside her, unexpectedly hitting something soft.
“Ah…” Li Longling was startled.
“Vomit–” Feng Yudie, who was punched in the stomach, woke up instantly. Confused, she looked at Li Longling.
Li Longling felt a pang of guilt and explained, “I… I didn’t mean to.”
Feng Yudie rubbed her aching head and looked around. Seeing only Li Longling, she asked, “Junior Sister Li, where are they?”
Li Longling hesitated momentarily and replied, “They left first.”
“Huh? Are they gone?”
Feng Yudie was a bit disappointed. She wanted to catch up with her junior sister Pei, whom she hadn’t seen for a long time. Recalling the recent events, she found a bag of spiritual stones beside her. Opening it, she saw thirty thousand spiritual stones, instantly improving her mood.
Standing up, Feng Yudie patted her skirt and returned the spirit stone bag to her storage bag. She asked, “Junior Sister Li, did my junior brother tell you about Master Li Xian?”
Li Longling quickly confirmed, “He did.”
Feng Yudie inquired, “What are you planning to do?”
Li Longling bit her lip and hesitated, “I’ll go and persuade my father.”
Feng Yudie thought momentarily, nodded, grinned, and patted Li Longling’s shoulder, “Junior sister Li, we will always be on your side.”
“Um…”
