Two heads wearing ox-head masks lay dead under a sword, without making a sound before death, as if they never expected their senior brother would be so cruel.
Liu Fuqu’s face turned pale, her eyes spreading with moonlight, as if veiled by a layer of mist.
"Ji Changqing! I never thought you would be so brutal as to kill fellow disciples! This is the greatest sin in the sect! How dare you!"
"Oh, an apostate subordinate saintess, lecturing me on sect doctrines? May I ask, what qualifications do you have?"
Ji Changqing pointed his sword at Ren Yuanhao’s throat, his smile becoming even more unrestrained.
"Hey, good junior sister, instead of worrying about those two insignificant pawns, why not worry about this guy. My conditions remain unchanged. If you comply with me, I can let him go. As for you, I can report to the sect that you already have offspring, your family is happy and reunited, and you are no longer qualified to be a saintess. How about it?"
"Shameless!" Liu Fuqu’s internal energy surged, her purple robes billowing, the wind like waves, her bone-shredding saber flashing with emerald light!
"Yes, I am shameless, but only a shameless me can save a traitor like you!"
Ji Changqing pointed his sword at the wound below Ren Yuanhao’s shoulder blade that was bleeding incessantly, and sneered, "Hey, junior sister, look at this guy. My Chun Jun sword pierced through his back, bleeding uncontrollably. I’m afraid with his physique, he can hold on for ten minutes at most. By then, another dog will die. Tsk tsk, how pitiful."
"I told you long ago, release him, and you can take me back, and I won't resist at all!"
"But I don't want to take you back anymore. People change."
Ji Changqing suddenly pointed his long sword at Liu Fuqu, his face contorted like a demon’s: "Junior sister, you entered the sect two years later than me. Back then, you were showered with love by everyone. The Sect Leader, the elders, and the four chief disciples all doted on you. And you, you always maintained an aloof, untainted demeanor, capturing the hearts of so many senior and junior brothers, including, of course, that person, and me."
He paused for a moment, as if lost in painful memories, his face twisted, his voice hoarse, "Not long after you arrived, you, with your subordinate saint status, lorded over everyone. The colder and more aloof you were, the more I wanted to press you beneath me. Just thinking about it felt like an indescribable peak pleasure. And now, this pleasure is laid out before me. How can I resist, what ability do I have to resist!"
Ji Changqing’s mouth stretched to his ears as if torn, the daylight was dim, the clouds dark, an evil wind was fierce. He stepped closer to Liu Fuqu with his sword, and Liu Fuqu did not seem to fear, but due to the wound that couldn't stop bleeding, a hint of fragility was added to her cold and aloof image.
"Junior sister, I will cherish you well!"
Ji Changqing’s sword tip pointed at Liu Fuqu’s brow, its sharpness seeming to have penetrated her skin. He chuckled coldly, his voice like a radio with chaotic waves, trembling and hollow, "Yes, don't move. You can hate me, curse me, even bite me!"
His face slowly flushed, he abruptly retracted the sword tip and jabbed with two fingers straight towards Liu Fuqu’s chest. Liu Fuqu knew he wanted to seal her acupoints, she spun around quickly, exerting force with her toes, and managed to retreat four or five steps.
"Ji Changqing! Don't be so shameless. Since I’ve already agreed to go back with you, if you keep forcing me like this, I’ll have to kill myself with my sword!"
Liu Fuqu had used almost all her strength in this move, and she knew that after this, she wouldn't have enough strength to dodge. The scenery before her blurred as if through a misty glass.
She held the bone-shredding saber across her neck. They say the meaning of life flashes through one's mind just before death.
However, her mind was tranquil, as if she were in a vast azure sea. But she had never seen the sea, only pieced together its image from books.
She walked barefoot on the fine, soft sand, the winding coastline before her. White seagulls perched on the mast of a fishing boat docked nearby. They pecked at their feathers, gazing into the distance. The clear blue sea seemed to blend with the sky, making it impossible to tell if the sky reflected the sea or the sea reflected the sky. Clouds drifted, and the salty sea breeze brushed against the palm trees, swaying with the scent of high summer.
The surging sea water crashed against the white spray, advancing in layers, like white wild horses, sometimes rearing up, sometimes galloping like lightning. The waves rolled and advanced in layers, sounding like waterfalls hitting rocks on a mountain ridge, but with a touch more rhythm.
And such a peaceful scene suddenly shattered with a needle-like prick in her heart!
As her vision blurred, she vaguely felt her body being pressed onto the ground covered with withered branches and fallen leaves by a body that seemed to be burning. She wanted to resist, but her body was completely sealed, soft and powerless, unable to move.
"Junior sister, I have waited for this moment for eight years, a full eight years! For these eight years, whenever I thought of you, my whole body started feeling strange. Books say this is the fire of desire ignited in my heart, and I need to calm my mind and practice Qi. However, no matter what cultivation technique I practiced, it couldn't alleviate it at all. Instead, my longing for you grew day by day. A day without seeing you feels like three autumns. Those pages, windows, mirrors, cold ponds, daylight, twilight clouds, and sunset glow, all carry your shadow!"
Ji Changqing stroked Liu Fuqu’s face, the desire within him seemingly about to burn him to ashes…
And Ren Yuanhao could only watch through his increasingly hazy vision as his celestial sister was pinned down by that beast.
His mind buzzed, and a voice, extremely familiar yet utterly strange, seemed to swirl around his ears.
— Your celestial sister, to save you, spared no effort in consuming her true energy and internal force, using her bamboo flute to dispel the stagnant internal energy within you, and finally took a sword to her shoulder.
— Your celestial sister was willing to give you the antidote, so you could go save your Ye Lan, so you could be reunited, and enjoy the peace and quiet of the future. She stayed behind to deal with that man, knowing he was invincible!
— Your celestial sister, to save you, willingly returned to that lonely and deadly Lin Xian Tower, to become that so-called saintess.
— You see her as cold and aloof, but inside she’s like a proud lion, yet just now, her eyes showed a despair that anyone could see. Even so, she resolutely told you to escape quickly!
— Are you going to lie there like a coward on the cold ground, watching your celestial sister being desecrated by a savage beast?
"I, of course I can’t!"