Ch. 436 - Brother, Sigh...
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A Chinese statesman, strategist, and inventor
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A Chinese statesman, strategist, and inventor
The stars were bright, and the moon shone in the deep night.
Twenty miles away, a raging fire in the desert dyed the sky red as thick smoke rolled up and gathered into black clouds, bringing gusts of breeze and gently blowing the silver hair of a lovely girl staring at the sky on the edge of the cliff.
In the cave below, the flickering lights in several braziers illuminated the space in a dim, yellow light.
Ye Anping was crouching next to a Justice Division disciple who was resting against the wall, bandaging his wounds and transferring his spiritual energy to him.
"It's okay for now. Don't use spiritual energy too much these days. With your cultivation level, you need to rest for a month or two to recover."
The disciple nodded. "Thank you, Senior Ye."
"By the way, can you tell me what happened to you guys at that time?"
"I don't remember clearly, but there was a Nascent Soul demonic cultivator who seemed to want to toy with us and made those Ghost Spirit Sect disciples pounce on us. My brothers and I put up a desperate fight, but then we suddenly heard a fox's cry and fainted. When we woke up, we were already here."
"Mm... Rest well. The demonic cultivators won't come again."
Ye Anping nodded, then stood up and walked out of this separate stone chamber.
What happened on Feng Yu Die's side was a very detailed process because Xiao Tian witnessed the whole thing.
As for the process of the other two immortal ships being destroyed, he asked the fourteen male disciples of the Justice Division about it when he was checking their injuries. At this moment, he roughly pieced together the whole situation in his mind.
The other two immortal ships that ran away were besieged by Fu Yuanhua for a long time before finally meeting Hu Mu who was passing by.
After Hu Mu took care of the hundreds of Core Formation demonic cultivators and Fu Yuanhua, he ignored them and went straight to Feng Yu Die to pick up Xue Tianqiao. But because more than half of the people on the two immortal boats were killed or injured under the siege of the demonic cultivators, they, unfortunately, crashed in the desert about twelve hundred miles away from here.
Other than the five people who followed Feng Yu Die and Yun Jiujiu, there were a total of twenty-two people left. Yun Jiujiu had gone to find them a few days ago on her own.
In other words, from a total of four hundred seventy-eight disciples of the Justice Division on the three immortal ships, only twenty-seven were left. As for the disciples of the Sword Sect who followed Yun Jiujiu, none of them survived.
Because Feng Yu Die encountered Gu Mingxin and Fu Yuanhua, Ye Anping actually expected that there would be certain casualties on their side, but he did not expect that only one in twenty people would survive in the end.
Ye Anping was also reflecting on himself at the moment.
After all, he was the one who made the plan.
What he had never expected was that the immortal boat that Feng Yu Die and Yun Jiujiu were riding on would be destroyed by crashing into the mountain...
His original plan was for Feng Yu Die to use the Holy Emperor Golden Dragon and her Spring Phase energy to protect the three immortal boats, and then Yun Jiujiu would lead the more than four hundred disciples of the Justice Division to deal with Gu Mingxin and Fu Yuanhua together...
But in reality, Feng Yu Die and Yun Jiujiu's flying ship crashed into the mountain, and the disciples of the Justice Division on the remaining two ships were leaderless and in chaos.
If the Demon King hadn't arrived by chance, he might have really seen Xiao Tian flying to him with tears and snot to report the death news...
However, this time, it could be considered as Feng Yu Die gaining experience. He wondered if she had learned anything from this encounter...
"Huh..."
Ye Anping sighed earnestly.
In the game plot, Feng Yu Die has already experienced several life-and-death situations. At first, she had experienced the Dragon House, then the Central Region Imperial Sect, and then the Cold Country in the Northern Region. She and Xiao Yunluo had experienced life-threatening disasters every time, and then they defied the heavens and overcame the trials.
By the time the Eastern Great Wall incident happened, Feng Yu Die had already experienced a lot.
But now, probably because of him, Feng Yu Die skipped all the trials she should have passed through.
Although this saved many people's lives, it also made Feng Yu Die lose the opportunity to grow.
Just like the teachings of the Justice Division of the Eastern Great Wall--- "The living must go on carrying the burden of the dead."
Feng Yu Die in the game was carrying the expectations of so many people.
But now, she was alone, living only for roasted chicken...
That was why, after the flying ship crashed, Feng Yu Die was so overwhelmed...
"Anping, Yu Die was looking forward for you to save her at that time. You didn't see her. She was..."
Xiao Tian's incessant blabbering in Ye Anping's ears made him display a rare twinge of anger, and he glared at her. "She is the destiny of Heavens, the Heavenly Pivot, and you are the spirit of the Heavenly Dao Scroll. If the two of you could sustain yourselves a little, things wouldn't have come to this."
Seeing that Ye Anping seemed to be really angry, Xiao Tian immediately shut her mouth in fear and bit her lips slightly.
Two bean-sized tears squeezed out from the corner of her eyes as Xiao Tian sniffled.
"Anping... You can't blame me and Yu Die for this. At that time... At that time... Wuwu..."
Seeing that Xiao Tian was on the verge of tears, Ye Anping let out a soft sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I didn't say I blame you. I just wanted to say, don't take this luck as a given."
Xiao Tian nodded and said weakly, "Suck... um... I will practice my boxing harder."
?
"Huh?"
"Next time, I'll definitely beat that black bastard to the ground and make her beg for mercy! Humph!"
With that, Ye Anping saw Xiao Tian turn around and fly toward the little wooden stake in the corner of the cave. She landed on the ground and began to wave her hands and legs, performing fancy moves.
"Whoa!! Whoo, punch! ~~~"
Pah-pah-pah-pah...
Ye Anping didn't know what expression to make. He rubbed his forehead and sighed heavily again.
"Sigh..."
Although he didn't know if Xiao Tian's boxing practice was useful, in the game, she was Feng Yu Die's brain. Now she was like a 'Zhuge Liang'* who didn't read military books and practiced on a wooden stake every day in his study...
Working hard? At least it looked like she was working hard, but the direction was wrong...
Ye Anping was going to talk to her later, as he didn't want to ruin Xiao Tian's enthusiasm now. He looked around and, seeing that Feng Yu Die was not in there, he was about to go out to look for her.
However, just at that time, the voices of Yun Jiujiu and Xiao Yunluo came from the stone chamber on the other side of the cave.
"Second Miss Yun, I'm treating your injuries. What are you doing?"
"I said, I'm not hurt! If you have nothing to do, go help those people from the Justice Division, don't bother me!"
"I've already seen the female disciples, all of them! You are the only one left!"
"No! Go away... You're so annoying."
...
Ye Anping was taken aback for a moment. He did not know why Yun Jiujiu was so agitated. After hesitating for a while, he followed the voices and walked over.
After all, there was a difference between men and women, so he used earth magic to open two different chambers in this cave to treat the people separately. He helped bandage and heal the wounds of the male cultivators who survived, while the female cultivators were handed over to Xiao Yunluo.
Just as he reached the stone room Xiao Yunluo was in, Yun Jiujiu lifted the curtain and walked out angrily, almost colliding with him.
Yun Jiujiu stopped in her tracks when she saw Ye Anping. Frowning, she clenched her right fist. "What?!"
Ye Anping sized Yun Jiujiu up and down. With his hand behind his back, he raised his sword finger, and a Demon Binding Rope jumped out of his storage bag and tied Yun Jiujiu into a caterpillar.
?!
"Hey!! What are you doing?!"
"Second Miss Yun, please listen to the doctor."
"Hiss-- I told you I'm not hurt!!"
"..."
Xiao Yunluo also ran out at this moment. When she saw that Ye Anping had trapped Yun Jiujiu, making her look like a worm, she explained, flabbergasted. "Anping, she..."
"Yunluo, did you poke her with a needle? Don't use acupuncture. Don't look at her big mouth, she's actually afraid of needles... In the past, Yun Yiyi poked her so hard that she had to lie in bed for three months..."
Xiao Yunluo was indeed preparing to insert a few needles into Yun Jiujiu's acupoints on the back. She nodded blankly and replied, "Second Miss Yun, you should have told me earlier..."
As she said that, she was ready to take Yun Jiujiu back.
Yun Jiujiu's face turned red, and she looked away as if she was a little embarrassed. She pouted, cursing. "Damn it, Yun Yiyi, why did she tell you all this nonsense?! Hiss--- And you are so insidious, I don't even know what Feng Yu Die likes about you! Tsk..."
"Eh?"
Xiao Yunluo's hand that was about to grab her immediately stopped, and she asked in surprise, "What? Who did you say likes whom?"
"Are you deaf? Feng Yu Die likes him..." Yun Jiujiu pointed at Ye Anping with her chin. Then, she saw Xiao Yunluo's forehead wrapped with a cloth like an ant's butt. She raised an eyebrow. "Speaking of which, I wanted to ask you something. What is that big lump wrapped on your head?"
Xiao Yunluo was stunned for a moment. She felt that this Second Miss was completely unlike Yun Yiyi and was not likable at all. But when she looked at Ye Anping beside her and saw that his expression was very calm, she recovered from her shock and carried Yun Jiujiu back to the stone chamber, preparing to prick her butt with a big needle.
So annoying, this golden-haired, wine-smelling dwarf...
Ye Anping watched the two return to the stone room without saying anything. Then, he calmly exhaled and turned to exit the cave. At the entrance of the cave, he stopped and looked at the sea of fire that engulfed the Justice Division disciples' golden shells in the distance.
And then...
"Hiss--"
He took a deep breath.
The calm face turned a little pale, a little surprised, and then turned awkward.
What did Yun Jiujiu say just now?!
Feng Yu Die fancied him?
?
How was this possible?
Wasn't Feng Yu Die devoted to his sister?
Ye Anping blinked, raised his hand weakly, and wiped his face repeatedly. Then suddenly, he heard a flute sound.
The flute sounded ethereal and pleasant, and the song played was the theme song of the game's main interface he had played before.
He looked over and saw that on a slightly higher cliff, Feng Yu Die was sitting on the edge, holding a green jade flute that was glowing in the dark. Like him, she was facing the sea of fire twenty miles ahead.
Ye Anping was silent for a while. He flew up with a flying spell and landed quietly behind Feng Yu Die. He waited for her to finish playing the last note of the song before speaking. "Sister Feng..."
Feng Yu Die seemed to be so absorbed in playing the flute that she didn't notice him coming. She was so startled by his voice that she almost fell off the cliff.
"Huh?!"
Turning around and seeing that it was Ye Anping, she finally calmed down. She raised her eyebrows and scolded him. "Young Master Ye... you scared me."
"..."
Ye Anping looked at her in silence for a while, then frowned. "I want to marry you."
"..."
Feng Yu Die shrank back and froze.
She looked at the old flute left to her by Master Taixu, one of the few things she had not sold, then narrowed her eyes slightly, pouting. "What's wrong with you? Don't you remember what I said when we were in the Sword Sect?"
"Oh..." Ye Anping suddenly relaxed his frown. "I didn't forget. I thought you did. Yun Jiujiu just said that you have a crush on me."
"..."
When Feng Yu Die heard Ye Anping's words, she suddenly felt depressed for some reason, but she didn't continue on this topic. Instead, she let out a long sigh and pouted, "You were wrong this time!"
"Eh?"
"So many people died... Don't tell me that this is what you planned."
Ye Anping was noncommittal, and he simply sat beside her on the edge of the cliff with one foot on the edge and the other dangling in the air, his hand resting on his knee. "I haven't opened my Third Eye, how can I be right about everything?"
"That's still wrong." Feng Yu Die looked at the sea of fire twenty miles away, and her eyes revealed a slight sadness. "Young Master Ye, those disciples of the Justice Department..."
"Everyone has their own destiny, don't think too much."
"...Where will they go after death?"
"I don't know."
"Will they blame me for not saving them?"
"I don't know."
"Will they rest in peace?"
"I don't know."
Feng Yu Die covered her mouth, chuckling. "Pfft--"
"What are you laughing at?"
"It's something novel to hear you say 'I don't know'." Feng Yu Die hugged her knees as she looked at him sideways and squinted, smiling. "I thought you knew everything."
"I'm not Xiao Tian..."
"Xiao Tian?" Feng Yu Die sighed, supporting her cheeks. "It would be great if she knew everything. She was useful before, but now it's just a chatterbox."
Ye Anping did not respond but sighed faintly.
"Sigh..."
After a while, Feng Yu Die pursed her lips and called out. "Young Master Ye."
"Hmm?"
"I want to eat roasted chicken. Make it for me, hehe--"
"...Hmm."
Ye Anping replied softly. Then, he stood up, took out a flint and a marinated frozen chicken from his storage bag, and set up a bonfire in the open space behind him.
Under the night sky, in this valley where no birds or beasts could be found, a wisp of smoke slowly rose.
A black-haired boy, a bonfire, and a silver-haired girl squatting beside him, staring at the chicken roasting in the fire.
There was also the girl's giggle.
"Hee hee hehehe..."
And the boy's sigh.
"Sigh..."