When people think of "forbidden land", they often think of a dangerous place full of death and darkness. But this reincarnation forbidden land is a beautiful wonderland that even people with a lifespan of tens of thousands of years cannot imagine.
Every plant here has extraordinary vitality and aura. The wood spirit girl sat quietly among the colorful flowers, her beautiful eyes staring into the distance, sitting there for the whole day, sometimes even without a response to Shen Xi's gentle call.
This happened every day during this period.
After hearing the cruel truth from Yun Che that day, her heart and soul seemed to have fallen into a bottomless abyss, unable to escape.
Yun Che walked to the side of the wood spirit girl, but she did not react. The breeze blew from the north, but the surrounding flowers and plants all leaned towards the wood spirit girl, gently soothing her broken heart.
Yun Che sat forward with great effort, almost sitting next to He Ling.
The physical contact finally made He Ling react, and her lifeless eyes turned away subconsciously. Yun Che, however, looked at the distance where she had been staring blankly before, and did not say anything to comfort her. Instead, he suddenly sighed, “This world is indeed very magical. There is actually someone like Senior Shen Xi. Every time I see her, I have an illusory feeling as if I am facing a fairy in the sky.”
Yun Che's arrival and words finally brought He Ling back to her senses. She said softly, "The Master is originally a fairy."
Yun Che glanced at her and found that her eyes were lifeless when she spoke. The beautiful eyes that were like emerald stars when he first saw them had become so dim that it was suffocating in just a few days.
“Senior Shen Xi not only saved my life, but he was also able to see through my worries and take the initiative to help me resolve them…Has Senior Shen Xi always been such a gentle person?” He smiled.
"Yes." He Ling nodded lightly: "My master is not only a fairy, but also the most beautiful, kindest, and gentlest fairy in the world."
“Ah?” Yun Che was surprised: “What did you look like when you saw Senior Shen Xi?”
"Well," He Ling nodded again, her voice still very soft: "But, you can't look at it."
"Eh? Why?"
“Because…” He Ling’s eyes finally had some color… It was a kind of blurred color that was almost intoxicated: “If you see the true face of the master, then this world will no longer have any other colors for you.”
“…” Yun Che was stunned by these words.
"The master has never let men see her true face since many years ago. So, it has been a long time since any man has had the honor of seeing the master's face. Even if you want to see it, the master will not agree. If you are really lucky enough to see it..." Her words and eyes gradually became hazy: "Maybe you won't even be willing to look at me again."
Yun Che smiled and shook his head: “Haha, how is that possible? When He Lin first told me about you, he said that you were the most beautiful sister in the world. I didn’t believe it at that time. Only after I met you did I realize that there are actually such beautiful girls in the world.”
He Ling looked at him and smiled very softly: "The elder sister who sent you here that day was prettier than me."
“Uh, is there?” Yun Che looked innocent.
He Ling turned her eyes to the side and looked into the distance: "I know you want to comfort me. I'm sorry... I made you and the master worry, I will be fine. It's just... just..."
In front of Yun Che, she tried so hard to calm herself down and not let him worry about her. However, before she could finish her words, her body and soul began to tremble violently again, and she couldn't stop no matter what: "I can't understand... what did our Mu Ling clan do wrong... God treats us like this... What did we do wrong..."
She hugged her shoulders with both hands and curled herself up tightly.
"You didn't do anything wrong, never." Yun Che gently consoled them. He knew that his consolation was extremely pale.
She lowered her head to her knees and spoke softly, "My father and mother have always told me since I was little that we wood spirits are a race protected by nature. As long as we treat everything with gentleness, love, and kindness, fate will eventually favor us."
Thinking back to his brief stay in the Wood Spirit Secret Realm, he sighed inwardly and said, "Your Wood Spirit clan is the most beautiful and kindest race I have ever seen. Although you have experienced too much injustice and suffering, in the future... I also firmly believe in what your father and mother said, that fate will definitely favor you and double your compensation in the future."
“Oh…” She shook her head very hard. The light panting sounded like a smile, an extremely sad smile: “Future? Our Mu Ling clan… Where is our future…”
Yun Che suffocated instantly.
"My father and mother who told me these words are dead... They used their lives to protect me... But I failed to protect my people, failed to protect Lin'er..."
"I am the only useless woman left in the Muling royal family... I have completely cut off my family... I have no future... All my relatives, even the important ones... are all dead..."
"In the future... in the future..."
She recited it softly, each word piercing her heart.
Yun Che’s brows furrowed. He suddenly realized that he had completely misjudged He Ling’s condition… It was much worse than he had imagined.
The royal bloodline was cut off, and all her relatives were gone. She was left alone, feeling guilty about He Lin's death and the extinction of her bloodline...
The beliefs that I have always held in my life have brought about the most tragic ending; the hopes that I have always believed in and expected have completely turned into the darkest despair.
Fate is so unfair to the Mu Ling clan.
After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't think of the right words of comfort. He patted He Ling's shoulder and said with a smile: "He Ling, at least, the Mu Ling royal family is not really extinct. You are the last descendant of the Mu Ling royal family. Although you are a woman, your future children will still have the blood of the Mu Ling royal family flowing in their bodies. Therefore, you must live well, live as the last hope of the Mu Ling royal family, and then lead the entire family and wait for the day when fate favors you."
"Fate... favors me..." She said softly, "I... won't believe it anymore..."
Yun Che: “…”
She raised her delicate head from her knees. There was no mist in her eyes, only a gloom that never dissipated. She looked at Yun Che for a long while, and whispered with misty eyes: “Can you... call me sister?”
Yun Che also looked at her steadily, but shook his head: "I am not He Lin, he is dead."
He Ling closed her eyes and said painfully, "You don't even want to give me a little fantasy?"
Yun Che’s eyes were gentle, yet slightly profound: “Perhaps you won’t believe that, once upon a time, I was just like you, and lost everything… including all my hopes. So, I can understand how you feel right now, and I also understand that this kind of illusory sustenance only brings temporary self-comfort, and even more intense pain.”
He Ling looked away and buried her head between her knees again.
Having had similar experiences in the past, Yun Che was indeed very clear about He Ling's current state of mind. However, she was a pure and flawless wood spirit, and still a young girl, so naturally she was not as strong as he was back then.
After a long silence, Yun Che spoke again: “He Ling, although I am not He Lin, from now on, I will be your relative just like He Lin.”
He Ling: “…”
"I don't know what I can do to help you, but at least, I will never hurt you. You can cry as much as you want in front of me. If you have anything to say, you can tell me everything."
He Ling was undoubtedly in the worst state at the moment. He hoped that his words could open her heart and allow her to release everything that was pent up in her heart...even if it was just a little bit.
However, He Ling still did not respond.
Yun Che thought for a long time, and when he was about to say something else, He Ling suddenly spoke softly... She used a very light and calm tone to say four words that Yun Che had never thought of:
"I want revenge."
Yun Che frowned suddenly, with an extremely strong sense of surprise and disbelief in his heart.
It is only natural for a person to have crazy desires for revenge after losing all his relatives and his entire family.
But, she is He Ling... She is a wood spirit! Wood spirits are endowed with pure life force and are extremely close to nature. Their bodies, minds, and souls are all extremely pure. They reject all evil and will never be stained with blood and killing.
They are unwilling to step on or break even the most ordinary flower or plant.
He is the creature in the world who is most unlikely to, or even the one who should least think of the word "revenge"!
At that time, He Lin knelt in front of him and begged him to be his disciple. All he wanted was to "protect the tribe" and "find his sister", and he had no intention of revenge.
However, He Ling clearly said "I want revenge", and she said it so calmly.
Calmness means that this idea did not come suddenly, but had already been planted in the past few days.
While Yun Che was stunned, He Ling slowly raised her head and looked at him. The gray color in her eyes became even more intense. Her beautiful emerald eyes now showed a gray-green color that even Mu Ling had never seen before: “Did Lin’er and the others tell you who was the person who killed my father and mother and forced our entire family into a desperate situation?”
“…” Yun Che shook his head: “I don’t know.”
Yun Che’s momentary hesitation caused He Ling’s eyes to suddenly waver. She immediately reached out and grabbed Yun Che’s arm: “You know right? Tell me… Tell me… who it is!”
Yun Che shook his head again: “I really don’t know, and they have no reason to tell an outsider about this.”
Back then in the Wood Spirit Secret Realm, Qingmu, who had gifted him the Wood Spirit Pearl, told him that it was the Brahma Emperor God Realm that had killed He Lin and He Ling’s parents and forced the entire clan into a truly desperate situation!
A name she could never truly avenge.
He absolutely could not tell this fact to He Ling at this moment, because it was too cruel and would only make her more desperate.
“No, you must know, you must know.” It was unknown whether she was really sure that Yun Che knew, or whether she was just clinging to the only straw: “Tell me, please tell me, please…”
“He Ling!” Yun Che grabbed He Ling’s shoulders and frowned, “Listen to me…”
"Tell her, she has a right to know."
A voice as light as floating clouds suddenly came from behind Yun Che.
Shen Xi stood quietly not far from them. Yun Che did not notice when she arrived. Perhaps, she had heard everything he and He Ling said.
“Master.” He Ling whispered softly. Even though she was in front of Shen Xi, she was still in a daze.
He was extremely resistant in his heart, but Shen Xi’s gentle words carried an irresistible magic. Yun Che took a deep breath and said, “In the place where He Lin and the others were staying, Senior Qingmu told me that the people who were chasing you back then… were from the Brahma Emperor God Realm.”
Shen Xi: “…”
"..." He Ling opened her lips and stood there. No matter how ignorant she was of worldly affairs, she would know what the "Brahma Monarch God Realm" was.
The leader of the four king realms in the Eastern Divine Region, its comprehensive strength is enough to rank among the top three among all the king realms in the entire Divine Realm.
“But other than that, Senior Qingmu didn’t tell anyone from the Brahma Emperor God Realm.” Yun Che sighed, “Although I don’t quite understand why Senior Qingmu would be willing to tell me, an outsider, these things, but… I believe he didn’t lie.”
“Brahma…Emperor…God…Realm…” He Ling muttered softly, closed her eyes, and trembled all over.
With his body almost touching He Ling’s, Yun Che could clearly feel her heart and soul sinking rapidly… sinking into an endless abyss of despair.
“He Ling!” Yun Che’s heart tightened, and he already regretted telling the truth.
“Ling’er,” Shen Xi’s soft voice came over: “If you want revenge, there is someone who can help you… In this world, he is the only one who can help you.”
The dim beautiful eyes suddenly opened, and Yun Che was also stunned, blurting out: "Who?"
In this world, who has the courage and strength to take revenge on the Brahma Emperor God Realm?
Who else would help a wood spirit to seek revenge on an existence like the Brahma Emperor God Realm?
What was even more incomprehensible was: Why would Shen Xi, who was like a banished immortal from the secular world and had never touched the mortal world, say these words to He Ling... It was as if she was clearly encouraging and guiding He Ling to seek revenge?
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