EBE Chapter 564 But it just so happens to be his senior sister.
Chapter 564 But it just so happens to be his senior sister.
Jiang Liqian forcefully pulled her hand away from Xu Youan's palm, and without saying a word walked to a quiet corner, sat down cross-legged, closed her eyes and silently recited the Heart-Cleansing Mantra.
Xu Youan could only stand there watching her back, her clothes flowing and her hair swaying, yet she remained out of reach.
In the face of true suffering, all words of comfort seem so pale and powerless.
He wasn't in her nightmares; he didn't even have the right to come to her side.
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Once the situation was temporarily under control, they spoke with Fang Wanning and learned from her what had happened.
It turned out that, by a twist of fate, Fang Wanning, Li Chuanlu, and the disciples of the Sanhua Sect and Chengyang Sect had all chosen this place as the first stop of the competition. Everyone wanted to gain more points, and they had already begun searching for monsters and demons shortly after arriving.
According to Fang Wanning, they had only encountered two low-level demonic beasts since arriving here, which made them less vigilant. However, this morning they saw a sticky black shadow crawling on a bleeding corpse and gnawing on something. They instinctively felt that the shadow's aura was not right and it was not a demonic beast they were familiar with, so they decided to wait and observe it.
"Disciples from the Sanhua Sect and the Chengyang Sect were fighting over a fourth-tier demon beast when they happened to wander into this forest, disturbing the dark figure."
Then came a chaotic battle.
“That thing was really…” Fang Wanning recalled the horrific battle not long ago. Her lips were still pale, devoid of any color, and her pupils were slightly dazed and dilated with fear. “It was so terrifying, so bloody. It would bite any living person it saw, and once it bit, it would keep sucking blood. Its two claws could easily tear a living person in half. With one open mouth, half a body would be swallowed by it… It seemed like it could never get enough to eat. The more blood it got, the more it wanted to suck blood and eat people. The more people it ate, the more brutal it became!”
Fang Wanning and Li Chuanlu couldn't bear to see the disciples of the Sanhua Sect and Chengyang Sect being slaughtered, so they rushed out to fight the dark figure with them, but they still underestimated the enemy.
"Senior Brother Li took the brunt of that shadowy figure's claw attack to save three disciples of the Three Transformations Sect, and almost died on the spot..."
Fang Wanning felt breathless when she thought of that scene; all the blood in her body seemed to freeze!
The only saving grace was that the dark figure was eventually killed, but the price was too cruel; a third of the disciples from the Sanhua Sect and Chengyang Sect who came here perished.
Now that Senior Brother Li is seriously injured, and she herself is also seriously injured, they must give up this competition and take Senior Brother back to the sect to treat his injuries.
Jiang Junze, along with the city's guards, helped to settle the disciples of the two sects in the city's inns. The city lord's mansion was responsible for contacting the relatives of the victimized citizens. As for the disciples of the two sects who unfortunately died, Luo Qing'an found a way to preserve their bodies, with Fu Wennian helping her.
The death toll was so high that the city lord's mansion immediately imposed a news blackout upon learning of the incident. However, the leaked rumors still caused widespread panic in the city, with everyone keeping their doors tightly shut and avoiding going to the outskirts of the city unless absolutely necessary.
Jiang Liqian broke away from the group and left, only to be caught up by Xu Youan. He said nothing, except for one request.
"Senior sister, can I follow you?"
The figure standing tall in the morning light remained silent, gripping only the sword in her hand. After a brief pause, she gradually disappeared into the blinding light.
Xu Youan wanted to follow her.
That's his senior sister.
But it just so happens to be his senior sister.
He could only stay where he was, leaning against the door, watching the sun rise and the moon set, day and night turn, praying again and again for her return.
Just like a long, long time ago.
It was as if he were begging for this opportunity to come again, year after year, so that he could stand there and watch her return in her flowing white dress, riding the wind.
The last rays of dawn disappeared into the sky once more. He didn't know how long he had been waiting there, but he remembered that when the first ray of moonlight shone down, he seemed to see his senior sister's figure in a daze.
He staggered, his long sword icy cold, his clothes stained with blood.
The stars, bathed in darkness, finally saw the light again. He held his breath and rushed out like a bowstring, catching her as she collapsed from exhaustion.
"Senior sister..." His voice was almost choked with emotion.
The person in his arms leaned weakly against his chest, and he could hear the sound of his burning heartbeat.
She smiled, and the spirit sword transformed into light, disappearing into her sword palace: "Ayou, I'll kill them all."
His fingertips trembled violently, and he hugged her tightly.
My heart stopped for a moment as she spoke, and I felt a deathly pain.
She laughed even harder, her eyes crinkling as if she had received the sweetest candy, boasting to her closest confidant: "They hid so well! Several of them were discovered by the city lord's guards first. They even tried to escape, huh... Don't they know who I am? I am, I am a disciple of the Tianqian Sect! The disciple of the First Formation Cultivator, Master Zhongdao! These heretics dare to be so presumptuous in front of me, harming the common people? They're simply asking for trouble..."
“Junior Brother, Ayou,” she suddenly grabbed his collar nervously, looking up at his eyes intently. The smile on her pale face hadn’t faded, but it was tinged with the desolation of autumn. “I’m not useless, am I? I haven’t let down the sect, nor have I let down Master, have I? I’m just too late. I’m a person, I’m just too late…”
"Senior sister!" Xu Youan hugged her tightly with all his might, his heart aching as if he were about to die. He opened his mouth several times, but each time he was speechless and choked up, as if a blade was rolling down his throat.
Finally, he lowered his head, pressed his cheek against the back of her head, and smiled with red eyes, saying, "You're amazing, Senior Sister. You're the most amazing person I've ever met. You avenged them, you rid the people of the city of this scourge. I admire you so much! I want to follow you, no matter how high the mountains or how far the rivers or seas, I'll stick close to you. Senior Sister, please allow me to stay by your side, okay? I'll try my best to learn from you..."
The coldness in her eyes could no longer be contained, and tears streamed down her cheeks. Jiang Liqian buried her head in his chest. At this moment, accompanied by the moonlight and the faint smell of blood in the air, her shattered heart seemed to have finally found a sliver of warm and reassuring power, making her greedy and reckless. She closed her eyes wearily.
In the hazy moonlight where dreams and reality intertwined, she gently hugged his waist and whispered, "Okay."
The forced smile could no longer be maintained, and hot tears rolled down her cheeks. Xu Youan held his senior sister tightly in his arms, his heart feeling empty, as if a huge hole had been torn in it, letting the cold wind howl as the night deepened.
Under the desolate moonlight, only a sorrowful apology remains.
"I'm sorry, senior sister..."
I'm sorry, senior sister.