The name that reached his ears made his heart suddenly turbulent, and he couldn't control himself and kept seeing the face and figure of a girl.
Su Ling'er, the girl who bore the heaviest pain, the greatest regret, and the most unforgettable remorse in his life. Her eyes were always so melancholy. She always silently cared for him, watched over him, gave to him, and waited for him... But all her efforts, until her death, did not bring him back.
He knew that she carried a blood feud, but he never knew what her past was. She refused to tell him until she died in his arms, and she was unwilling to tell him who had murdered her... because she didn't want him, who had already lost himself in hatred, to add to the hatred. The more important reason was himself... If he could care more about her and insist on wanting to know her past and her enemies, he would have known it a long time ago.
That bamboo forest, that simple little bamboo house, that stream that was always so clear, that girl who stayed there just to wait for him... formed all the memories he had with Su Ling'er. She had given her all for him, without regrets, but he had never done anything for her, not even the simplest promise. When he hugged her for the last time, even though he cried heartbreakingly and banged his head against a rock with regret, he could never get back even the slightest chance to make amends for her.
Whenever the memory of Su Ling'er was brought up, he would feel suffocated by the pain in his heart.
He turned his eyes and looked at the little girl who was lying on the ground and about to fall into the hands of the three men in black.
She was also called Su Ling'er, with the same surname and given name as the Ling'er he had already lost... Yun Che stood up. Facing this little girl with the same name as her, he was destined not to sit idly by, because the name "Su Ling'er" would always touch his most sensitive and fragile nerves. If there was even a slight chance to make amends, he would not hesitate even if he had to risk half his life.
The man in black in the middle grabbed the back of the little girl's shirt and lifted her small body up, grinning and saying, "What a stubborn little girl, she was able to run so far... Hehe, now that his daughter is in our hands, I want to see if that old guy Su Hengshan can still be so stubborn!"
"You...you bad guys! Daddy will come to save me and knock you all down!" The little girl's eyes were full of fear, but she did not cry. She held back her tears and struggled and shouted in the hands of the man in black.
“Hahahaha!” The man in black laughed arrogantly. “That couldn’t be better. I really hope he comes! I want to see Su Hengshan…”
Before the man in black finished speaking, a violent gust of wind suddenly blew from behind him.
The strength of these three black-clothed men was roughly in the middle stage of the Profound Spirit Realm, and they posed no threat to Yun Che at all. However, in order to ensure the safety of the little girl, Yun Che still chose to quietly approach them. When they were close enough, he instantly burst out and pounced on the black-clothed man who was holding Su Ling'er like an eagle suddenly sprinting for prey. He caught the black-clothed man off guard and roughly knocked him away. At the same time, he snatched the little girl from his hands and held her in his arms.
“Ah——” The frightened little girl screamed and subconsciously hugged Yun Che’s arms tightly.
Yun Che quickly steadied himself, turned his back to the three men in black, and gently put the little girl down. Then he smiled and said, “Little sister, don’t be afraid. I’m here to save you. With me here, you will definitely not be captured by these bad guys.”
The little girl was frightened repeatedly and was still a little frightened, but when she saw Yun Che's gentle eyes and the kindest smile, the fear in her heart was like being blown away by the breeze, and it dissipated a lot in an instant, and her eyes became watery. She looked at Yun Che and nodded very hard, her two small hands grasped the corner of Yun Che's clothes tightly, and hid behind him.
"Where did you come from, you wild brat? How dare you meddle in the affairs of our Blackwood Castle? I think you are tired of living!!"
The man in black was initially startled by Yun Che’s silent approach and ambush, thinking that he had encountered a strong enemy. However, after finding out that Yun Che’s profound strength was only at the first level of the Spiritual Profound Realm, he completely relaxed his mind and spoke in a low and sinister voice.
Yun Che grabbed the little girl’s hand and protected her behind his back. He turned his head and sneered, “I don’t want to see blood in front of a child. I’ll give you five seconds… Get out now!!”
Yun Che’s words startled the three men in black. Then, as if they had heard a funny joke, they all burst into laughter, laughing so hard that they fell backwards.
"He told us to get out! He actually told us to get out!? Ahahahahahaha!"
"Wow! This kid is so young, but he's already at the first level of the Profound Spirit Realm. No wonder he's so arrogant..."
"He has good talent, but his brain is even worse than that of a fool. He's about to die, but he actually told us to get out. Hahahaha..."
The three of them laughed wantonly, looking at Yun Che as if he were a pitiful idiot. And Yun Che looked at them with a look full of disdain and pity.
The black-clothed man on the left rubbed his hands, took a step forward, and kicked Yun Che, his eyes full of contempt: “Come! Let grandpa teach you a lesson on how to be a human being!”
Yun Che narrowed his eyes, met the black-clothed man’s kick with his right foot, and punched forward with lightning speed.
BANG!!
The sound of the collision was so loud that it was beyond the expectations of the three men in black. Then, a crisp "crack" sound came, and the man in black stopped laughing. His face was completely distorted, and he flew far away like a torn sack caught in a hurricane, accompanied by a shrill scream that was getting farther and farther away...
Yun Che's arm strength was so abnormal that if he hadn't used more of his strength to push forward because he was concerned about the little girl behind him, the black-clothed man's right leg would have been crushed into powder on the spot.
Watching the scary man in black flying away like a big bird, the little girl opened her mouth into an "0" shape and couldn't help but let out a "Wow" sound.
This head-on collision made the wild laughter of the other two men in black completely stuck in their throats. Their eyes bulged out and their faces turned pale with horror. Even if they were idiots, they should know how terrifying Yun Che's attack just now was. The strength of the young man in front of them was far stronger than they had imagined, and they were not worthy of provoking him at all.
The contempt they showed towards Yun Che turned into fear. They began to retreat at the same time. After seeing that Yun Che had no intention of approaching them, they dared not say a single word and fled for their lives, soon disappearing from Yun Che’s sight.
He had no idea what these people were like, so he naturally had no intention of killing them all. Since they had escaped, Yun Che was too lazy to chase them. He turned around and looked at the little girl with the same name as Su Ling'er, only to find that she was looking up at him with her little face, her watery eyes full of little stars.
Yun Che was about to speak, but when he looked at her little face, the words that were about to come out of his mouth suddenly stopped in his throat, and he froze there...
The little girl looked about ten years old, with a white and delicate face, and a pair of sparkling eyes like stars in the night sky. It was foreseeable that when she grew up, she would be a beauty of disaster level.
What made Yun Che lose his mind was that the facial features of this little girl were full of... the shadow of Su Ling'er!
Her features, eyebrows, nose, lips, chin… all resembled his Su Ling’er very much. Put together, they looked like a smaller and more childish version of Su Ling’er. Only her eyes were obviously different. Because his Su Ling’er’s eyes were always dim, and always revealed a distressing melancholy, while this little girl’s eyes were brighter than gems, more lively than streams, as if they had gathered the purest spiritual energy between heaven and earth.
"Ling...er..."
Su Ling'er's face appeared before his eyes, and slowly overlapped with the little girl's in his blurred vision. He couldn't help but reach out and gently stroke the girl's smooth cheek, his fingers and heart trembling. His action did not cause any resistance from the little girl. She looked at Yun Che, who had a strange expression, blinked her eyes, and said politely: "Big brother, thank you for saving me... Big brother, you are so powerful, you beat the bad guy into the sky in an instant, just like... just like daddy is powerful!"
The little girl’s words woke Yun Che from his daze. He realized his own misconduct and quickly regained his composure, a smile on his face: “You’re welcome. Bad people should be punished… Your name is… Su Ling’er, right?”
"Yeah!" The little girl nodded. She was stronger than Yun Che thought. From her appearance, the fear she had just felt seemed to have completely dissipated, and she didn't need him to comfort her. She tilted her head: "Big brother, why do you know my name?"
“I heard it when they called you. So…how old are you this year, little sister?” Yun Che asked with a smile.
"Ten years old!" The little girl stretched out her hands, spread out her ten fingers, and said with a smile. It seemed that for her, turning ten was a great thing. She asked back, "Big brother, what's your name?"
“Me? My name is Yun Che.” Yun Che answered directly without hiding anything.
“Yun…Che?” The little girl blinked and whispered, “What a strange name… Um… Why do I feel it’s strange…”
After Yun Che called out her name, the little girl suddenly fell into a state of confusion for no apparent reason. She put her finger on her lips and tilted her head to look at Yun Che, as if she was trying hard to recall something.
“What’s wrong? Is my name that weird?” Yun Che asked with a smile.
The little girl blinked her eyes hard again, and then asked with a half-dazed look and seven-part seriousness: "Big brother, have we met before? Why do I suddenly feel like I have seen big brother somewhere...even big brother's name seems a little...familiar."
“Haha!” Yun Che laughed. He couldn’t help but cupped the girl’s face with his hands. “Me too! Xiao Ling’er not only has the same name as someone very important to me, but she also looks alike. This wonderful feeling is called fate. It means that Xiao Ling’er and I are very destined to be together and will become very good friends.”
"Fate?" The little girl chewed on the word very seriously, and then her thin eyebrows smiled into two crescent moons: "Yes! As long as big brother doesn't hate me, I am willing to become a very good friend with big brother!"
[In the original setting, Cangyun Continent and Huanyao Realm both have an independent set of profound strength level divisions, which correspond to Tianxuan Continent in terms of major and minor realms, but the names are different. It was mentioned casually in one place in the previous article... Later, I thought about it and decided to unify them so as not to confuse everyone and myself (the key is myself)!! All of them are: Beginning, Entry, True, Spirit, Earth, Heaven, King, Tyrant, Lord, God, and Saint! ]
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