"Mom...where are you?"
The white fox that had been following behind her couldn't bear it and spoke up, "Hua Liu... she's already..."
"Shut up!!"
Qi Yu suddenly turned around and waved her hand at the white fox. A burst of spiritual energy emerged from her palm, sending the white fox flying.
The attack from the cultivator at the Tribulation Transcending stage nearly killed the white-haired fox.
Qi Yu looked at her hands in confusion, only then realizing that something had changed in her body.
“Mom…” she murmured blankly, as if she didn’t know what had happened.
The white fox struggled and spat out a mouthful of blood, shouting in a fit of rage, "Hua Liu is dead!"
"She gave you all her cultivation and shielded you from the lightning tribulation!"
"She's dead!! You know that perfectly well!!!"
"Dead?" The girl seemed unable to comprehend the meaning of those two words. "Dead?"
After a while, she sat down on the ground and opened the paper.
The handwriting on the paper was messy, and the writer seemed to have difficulty controlling the pen, resulting in somewhat distorted characters.
[Xiaoyu, Greetings. I'm so sorry, by the time you read this letter, I'll probably have already left. I'm sorry for leaving without saying goodbye again, but Mom is still that coward; Mom is afraid of your tears.]
[Mom is actually lucky to have you as her daughter and to have lived so long. It's just that these years have been so long, and Mom is a little tired. So, Xiaoyu, can you forgive Mom and go to sleep first?]
The last word on the paper seemed to be soaked in liquid, spreading out and blurring, making it look like a twisted yet tender "Mom" when viewed with a hazy gaze.
The system, seeing Qi Yu sitting frozen like a statue, couldn't bear it and said, "Host, Hua Liu's soul fragments haven't completely disappeared yet. Try collecting these fragments; perhaps you can save her!"
Qi Yu remained motionless, as if she hadn't heard anything.
As the fluorescent spots gradually faded and became smooth, the system urgently exclaimed: "Host! This is your last chance!!"
【Host!!!】
After a while, the girl finally reacted.
She buried her face in her hands.
A muffled sound came from behind.
"Yes... I didn't notice it at all..."
“Clearly, you wanted to leave back then, but you persevered for so long because of me…”
"Hundreds of years? No, thousands, tens of thousands of years..."
"Just for my sliver of hope..."
"How tired she must be."
The system looked at her in bewilderment, wondering why she remained unmoved.
Qi Yu raised her head, her eyes red-rimmed.
She hated herself for not noticing at all that Hua Liu's calm laughter concealed deep pain and despair.
Does my mother still cherish this world?
How much did she endure and suffer for him?
She dared not think about it.
Qi Yu took a deep breath and solemnly said, "Goodbye, Mom."
May you slumber undisturbed by the world, in eternal peace.
A gentle breeze swept by, ruffling the hair by her cheek.
It was as if someone had gently given her one last hug.
For her understanding, and for her love.
A faint voice drifted on the wind.
"Xiaoyu... thank you..."
Qi Yu finally broke down in tears.
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