Chapter 379 The Martial World (The End)
"With the death of the Junior Tutor, there is no more Li Xiangyi in the world."
"Who broke my master's sword?!"
The roar startled a flock of birds, and before anyone could react, five figures vanished before their eyes.
"Was that me just now?"
Fang Duobing, who was anxiously searching for Li Lianhua, was shocked when everything came to an end.
"Those were three... sect leaders?"
The former members of Sigumen looked at each other in bewilderment. One moment they were grieving for their sect leader's solitary death, and the next moment their sorrowful, comical expressions froze on their faces.
Should they continue crying, or should they chase after them?
"interesting."
The flute, perched on a rock not far away, seemed to see a glimmer of hope for Li Lianhua's survival and flew after her without hesitation.
The remaining people looked at each other, and after Fang Duobing caught up, everyone else followed.
...
"To depart on a small boat, to spend the rest of one's life on the rivers and seas, is not a bad ending..."
"That was a good fart!"
"Li Lianzi, you are so rude."
"Stop pretending, Li Lianhua, I'm seeing you use your words!"
"Move aside, don't my lotus leaves deserve a little space?"
"It's all because the boat is too small!"
Seeing one, two, and three versions of herself suddenly appear on the small boat, Li Lianhua, in her life-countdown mode, was completely bewildered. Was this how the poison of the Jade Tea took effect when it was about to kill someone? A hallucination appearing silently?
"Master, please don't die!"
"Is Fang often ill?"
Looking at Fang Duobing, whose eyes were clearly "clearer" as he squeezed in again, Li Lianhua was even more confused. Why was Fang Duobing still appearing in his hallucinations? Was he so eager to teach others?
"puff"
Before he could think any further, the poison surged up, and he couldn't help but vomit blood. Fang Duobing immediately cried out, "Master, Second Master, Little Master, stop playing around! Fourth Master is really going to die!"
"..." So he's listed as the senior generation like this?
Still confused, Li Lianhua, whose internal energy was already nearly depleted, was quickly controlled by the three versions of himself in the "illusion." Then, three familiar warm currents flowed into his body, suppressing the poison of the green tea for him.
"So realistic..."
Li Lianhua couldn't help but mutter to herself. Li Lianzi, while channeling her inner energy, complained, "No way, no way, do you think we're all fake? Do you think our brains are failing us as we get older?"
After being looked at with suspicion by Li Lianzi, the full-fledged Li Lianhua immediately retorted, "I have no problem."
Li Lianye retorted, "I have no problem either."
"It's the problem of the poison in the green tea." As a disciple, who could Fang Duobing dare to offend? He could only shift the blame to the poison in the green tea.
The Yangzhou slow tea itself has a suppressive effect on the toxicity of Bi tea. The revised Suzhou fast tea, incorporating elements of time and space, adds a mysterious dimension, not only suppressing the toxicity but also gradually eroding it.
Coupled with the precious life-saving pills that Li Xiangxian had seemingly left behind before his departure, which were actually filled with his reluctance, Li Lianhua quickly and truly felt the return of her vitality.
That's why he realized that it wasn't an illusion, but that three different versions of himself from different periods were really appearing in front of him.
But this reality isn't much better than a hallucination!
"puff"
Li Lianhua coughed up blood again, but last time it was from the poison acting up, this time it was from the toxins being expelled.
So after vomiting blood, his complexion actually improved a lot, and the ashen aura that had brought him close to death dissipated considerably.
Wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, Li Lianhua weakly raised her head: "Perhaps, can someone explain this to me?"
"Lotus against lotus, Li Lianhua, you come here!"
Li Lianzi launched Li Lianhua.
Then the two Li Lianhuas silently looked at each other. Without saying much, in just one glance, the Li Lianhua from the other world knew her unfortunate future—the future of someone who hadn't met Lan Yan and hadn't encountered the spacetime rift. Meanwhile, the Li Lianhua from this world realized that her ten years of perseverance might have had another possibility.
...
Outside the small boat, Lan Yan slowly poled the boat forward with the current.
【Master, Master, your character score in this world isn't high enough!】
Feeling that his role in this world was seriously lacking, Wu Mo glanced at Fei Bai's page and couldn't help but shout it out in Lan Yan's mind. It's hard to say that he didn't want to find his presence in the final chapter.
[It seems like you were slacking off in the second half, Master.]
Since Wu Mo had spoken, Fei Bai "had no choice" not to speak either, after all, he was just that much of a champion of fairness.
“How could that be?” Lan Yan shook his head gently, saying meaningfully, “I just suddenly realized that only Li Xiangyi can save Li Xiangyi. I can be his moon. But only when the sun itself realizes that it should also warm itself will the sun not fall…”
[Master, your excuses for being lazy are getting more and more sophisticated.]
"Perhaps."
Lan Yan curled the corners of his lips, not caring, and simply turned to the cabin and lazily called out, "Perhaps you remember, there's a poor senior brother out there rowing the boat?"
"I'll do it, I'll do it!"
"Give it to Fang Duobing!" *4
Fang Duobing walked out with a smile, not thinking there was anything wrong with it, since he was of a lower generation. But when he heard four identical voices, he suddenly stopped. Was Li Lianhua in this world accepting things a little too quickly?
Or is it just a conditioned reflex to being ordered around? So, is he really at the bottom of the food chain in every world?
Fang Duobing moved closer to Lan Yan, took the bamboo pole from his hand, and rowed hard twice. The small boat sped forward, leaving ripples in its wake.
Midway through, Fang Duobing couldn't help but glance at Lan Yan, hesitant to speak, but his eyes made no attempt to conceal his true feelings.
"Say what you want to say."
Regarding the issue that everyone assumed Lan Yan wasn't blind, but only he belatedly realized it, Fang Duobing even had some doubts. Brother Lan didn't look like someone who would lie.
"Brother Lan, why do you always wear a blindfold?"
Fang Duobing felt a little proud, thinking he had asked the question very tactfully.
"I don't usually tell this reason to just anyone, but I can tell you."
"Really?" Fang Duobing couldn't help but smile. "Master and the others don't know either."
"I don't know, you're the first one."
Fang Duobing was so happy he was practically bubbling with joy. He took a few steps closer, looked at him expectantly, and asked in a low voice, "What's the reason? Brother Lan, don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
Hehe, even Master didn't tell me—
“Because…” After piquing Fang Duobing’s curiosity, Lan Yan slowly said, “I don’t want to open my eyes.”
That's it?
Fang Duobing couldn't help but ask again, but Lan Yan reverted to his nonchalant self, "That's all."
Fang Duobing was speechless, but when he looked at the wonderfully relaxed feeling emanating from Lan Yan, and remembered the tragedy of disturbing his sleep in the past, he suddenly felt that it made perfect sense.
Fang Duobing convinced himself to continue rowing the boat. After a while, he looked at Lan Yan with some embarrassment, his eyes full of sincere affection, "Brother Lan, no matter what, you will always be my brother."
Calling him "Master Uncle" was out of respect, but in his heart, Lan Yan would always be the first reliable friend he met in the martial arts world. His closeness to Lan Yan was never because of Li Xiangyi, but simply because he was Lan Yan.
Fang Xiaobao had a lot on his mind, but even the most enthusiastic person couldn't say too many mushy things.
"I understand," Lan Yan said with a smile, patting his shoulder. "I'm willing to recognize you as my younger brother, but Xiang Yi and the others might not agree. Moving up in seniority is a long and arduous journey, Xiao Bao..."
Fang Duobing wanted to explain that he truly had no such "insubordinate" thoughts. But the moment Li Lianzi suddenly lifted the curtain and peeked out, he felt inexplicably guilty. Did he really harbor such thoughts of becoming a traitor?
"Senior brother!"
Li Lianzi's eyes sparkled. "It seems we can't leave. I sense so many cracks in this world. We still have a lot to do—"
"Yes, we're all destined to be busy."
"Sigh, my world doesn't seem safe either."
After Li Lianzi, the lotus flowers and lotus leaves also peeked out. They looked regretful, but couldn't suppress the smile on their lips.
"Perhaps..." the weak Li Lianhua smiled, "I'll have to trouble you all next."
"Hey, then we'll both be 'flowers' (a slang term for two people with similar names), no way, first come, first served, you should change your name. Anyway, you already wrote 'final words,' so everyone assumes you're dead."
Li Lianzi unleashed her heart-wrenching skill once again.
"..."
"Silence means you agree. Which do you prefer, lotus seedpod or lotus root?"
"Do I really have to choose?"
"Absolutely?"
"But I've been called Lotus for a while now."
"Hmm? But you've disgraced me, Lotus. On behalf of Li Lianhua, I'm stripping you of your right to be called Lotus."
"Lotus Leaf agrees. There's no reason why you shouldn't change yours if I do. Choose."
"Three to one, choose."
"Lotus pods, lotus roots...aren't there any others?"
"Then you can be called Nezha, since he's made from lotus root."
Would Nezha agree to this?
"What kind of question is that? Why don't you contact Nezha?"
...
In the vast world of martial arts, who hasn't wandered? Whether it's Li Xiangyi or Li Lianhua, even with the changing times and identities, their story, like the sun, will forever shine upon all who come after. The martial arts world remains, and their story is yet to be continued.
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It's time for the voting again. In the next volume, I want to write about some different character settings, a world where characters go into trouble under different aliases, and each alias has a different character setting (as a "punishment" for not meeting the standards of the current world's character settings; of course, I'll write it as a punishment, but you can read it as the mischievous spirit of us fun-loving people).
Two Worlds to Choose From (Voting ends at the end of this volume's extra chapter)
1. The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: The纨绔 (playboy) who doesn't want to take the civil service exam isn't a good family head - Wu Yu (I've always had a question about the Grave Robbers' Chronicles: can't we use the characters' real names?)
2. Is the Crown Prince Bao of the Dragon and Phoenix Pigs a pitiful figure in the Qing Dynasty? Yinzhi (who also includes Fusu, Liu Ju, and Li Chengqian) is all caught in one fell swoop ヾ（°°）
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