Chapter 144: Brother, cry for me!
The jade charm fell on the palm of her hand, and the coldness on the surface penetrated her senses along the skin. Li Longling’s body froze instantly, and she bit her lips lightly with her white teeth. Since the person in front of her had returned the jade talisman to her hand, it also meant that the restriction imposed by her father had disappeared.
What this meant was self-evident.
The red snow stopped, the demon cultivator died, and she had no one to rely on anymore. She had never seen the light of day since she was born. However, she never felt that this darkness was scary. There would always be a pair of giant hands supporting her behind her back, and there would always be a voice motivating her in her ears.
But now…
The darkness that she should have been accustomed to gradually became unfamiliar. For the first time, she felt the endless darkness in her eyes was terrifying. Li Longling had thought before that after the dust settled, there would be many things waiting for her to do – Chilong Mansion needed someone to take charge of the overall situation, the dead and injured monks needed to be buried, the damaged city needed to be repaired, and the survivors were waiting for her to explain…
But now, she thought that these things didn’t matter.
She didn’t want to do anything now. She just wanted to stay there. Chilong Mansion and the future had nothing to do with her. But just when she was about to choose to give up on herself, a gentle young voice lit up a spark in the endless darkness in her eyes.
“Also, Young Master Li, I want to express my condolences and accept the change.”
“…”
Li Longling slowly raised her head, faced Ye Anping, and couldn’t help but tighten the jade talisman in her hand. This jade talisman was the palace master’s token of Chilong Mansion. Li Feng gave it to her many years ago. At that time, she only thought it was an ordinary identity jade token, but now after hearing the young man’s name in front of her, she realized how heavy this jade talisman really was. It was so heavy that even her hands could not lift it.
On the side, the maid named “Ling’er” also showed disbelief after hearing Ye Anping’s words.
“Senior, you said we are sorry and accept the change… Who expresses our condolences and submits to the change…”
Ye Anping looked at her without explaining and saw Li Longling slowly standing up from the ground.
She put the jade talisman back into her storage bag and asked, “Senior Ye, can you take me there? I want to send my father on his last journey.”
Ye Anping hesitated for a while, feeling Li Longling could not withstand the pressure. It would be better to rest and calm down for a day or two, so he confirmed, “Now?”
“Yeah, please.”
“Huh…” Ye Anping sighed softly, then gently held her right hand, turned to look at Xiao Yunluo, and said, “Senior Sister Xiao, please look after my junior sister and the others. I will accompany Young Master Li out.”
Xiao Yunluo, who was helping Feng Yudie bandage the wound, looked back and saw Li Longling’s frown. She couldn’t help but feel sympathy in her heart.
“Well, be careful. There may be blood spirits lingering outside.”
“Um.”
Watching the two people walking out of the palace with the maid, Xiao Yunluo thought for a while, then simply threw the bandage in Feng Yudie’s hand, stood up, and prepared to follow them secretly.
“Ah?” Feng Yudie looked dumbfounded, “Senior Sister Xiao, I…”
“You can handle it yourself. I have something to do.”
“What’s going on?”
“Don’t worry about it, just take care of Lianxue. You guys should be able to slowly resume activities after taking the high-quality Spirit Gathering Pill and adjusting your breathing.”
After saying that, Xiao Yunluo stood up and followed out. However, when passing by the door, she glanced at Liang Zhu, who was now leaning on the beam. After seeing Liang Zhu’s eyes, she felt an inexplicable familiarity.
“You… Have I seen you somewhere?”
Liang Zhu, who met Xiao Yunluo’s gaze, immediately looked away. He quickly lowered his voice and replied very roughly, “It is truly an honor for me to meet Young Master Xiao. However, I am a casual cultivator and have never been to Xuanxing Sect. How could I have met you?”
“Um…”
Xiao Yunluo nodded hesitantly. She felt that this man looked very similar to the Seven Killing Sect’s cultivator who had snatched her sword in the back mountain of Xuanxing Sect. However, this man was brought by Ye Anping after all, so she gave up on this idea. After thinking, she took a bottle of elixir from the storage bag and sent it over.
“Then you have a good rest and take the elixir yourself. I won’t ask you for money.”
“Thank you, Master Xiao.”
Liang Zhu nodded in agreement and watched Xiao Yunluo run out. Then he picked up the elixir she handed over, opened the bottle with difficulty, and took a look, his eyes widening in an instant.
“Did you give me a bottle of top-grade Spirit Gathering Pills?”
“The price of this bottle could be exchanged for an acre of four-spirit level cave.”
“As expected of the young lady of Xuanxing Sect, she was wealthy.”
He quickly put the cork back on the bottle and put it into a storage bag. He was going to exchange it for spiritual stones later and use them to buy pills for cultivation for Ahting. He also prepared gifts for worshiping the mountain when he went to the Hundred Lotus Sect. That’s it…
In the corridor of the inner palace, the lights were dim, and the people’s voices were silent. Ye Anping supported Li Longling and walked along the corridor toward the garden. After a while, he passed through the half-moon gate at the garden entrance and came under the previous pavilion.
The maid who followed them bit her lips and sobbed when she saw Li Feng sitting on the side of the stone table, playing chess but making no movement.
“Master of the Palace…”
Hearing the sound, Li Longling stopped and interrupted, “Ling’er, please retreat outside the garden first.”
“Miss… But…”
“Back off.”
“…Yes.”
After the maid left, Li Longling also moved her hand from Ye Anping’s arm, followed the breath, walked towards the pavilion, touched the edge of the stone table, and reached out to Li Feng’s already cold hand.
After being silent for a long time, Ye Anping walked up slowly, glanced at the chessboard, and saw several more chess pieces than when they came, so he knew that Si Xuanji had probably already chatted with Li Feng. If white had made another move in this game, he would have won but stopped at the last move. If the chess still needed to be finished, it was a draw.
Ye Anping looked at Li Feng’s hand but saw no sign of the Heaven-Splitting Sword. For a moment, he thought Si Xuanji might have taken it back as a souvenir, but he felt it was unlikely that she would do it. Old lady for this kind of thing. After hesitating for a moment, he picked up a white stone and landed it on the last position on the chessboard.
Clatter–
The child falls, and the aura emerges.
A three-foot-three-inch white spirit sword appeared on the chessboard. Ye Anping reached out to take it, held it in his hands, and looked at it. This sword was a high-quality weapon that Li Feng would drop in the game. It was enough for players to use until the middle stage of Nascent Soul. Now he could take this sword and return it to his junior sister.
But… It’s not like there wasn’t something more suitable for Junior sister.
Ye Anping thought for a while, looked at Li Longling beside him, hesitated momentarily, stepped forward, grabbed her shoulders, turned her to face him, and took her into his arms.
Li Longling was startled, but her stiff body gradually relaxed after feeling the hand caressing the back of her head.
“I’ll lend you my chest. Don’t hold it back. Cry if you want.”
Li Longling grabbed Ye Anping’s lapel with her little hands and bit her lips, “No need to…”
Ye Anping pressed her face on his chest with a little force, frowned, and scolded, “Cry for me!!”
“Suck–”
“Well…” Ye Anping’s frowning eyebrows gradually relaxed, and he gently stroked her back, “Just cry. Being strong is just for others to see. No one will know that you have cried.”
“Woo-wu-wu-wu ah ah ah-“
