"Master, I'm sorry, I couldn't find Ling'er's whereabouts. I came here just to find her." Yu Kai looked ashamed.
"Alas!" Li Hualing sighed, "Don't worry, that girl is very smart, she will be fine."
"Master, rest assured. I will definitely bring Ling'er back." Yu Kai continued, "Someone is coming. Master, you and the other brothers, please be patient. I have to go rescue the scientific researchers from Dragon Country first. They may be the main force in the future against the Ancient Immortal Realm."
Although Li Hualing didn't know what the ancient fairyland was, he nodded and told him to be careful.
Yu Kai sensed the surrounding situation and then flew towards the Nantianmen Experimental Base.
Shortly after he left, Ye Xiaoyan arrived, escorted by a group of mecha troops. "Master, I've come to see you! I've got news about that girl Liu Ling!" Her tone was filled with resentment, and she glanced coldly at Li Hualing.
Li Hualing slowly walked to the iron gate, his eyes filled with anxiety and anticipation: "Where is Liu Ling now?"
"Master, what's so good about that girl? You're already in this state, and she can't save you, yet you're still thinking about her!" Ye Xiaoyan's tone was filled with dissatisfaction. "I'm sorry to disappoint you. The Liu Ling you cared about is dead! I went to the underworld and asked them to help investigate, and the results show that she is dead!"
"What? Ling'er is dead?" Li Hualing's voice suddenly rose. He gripped the iron railings tightly with both hands, his eyes filled with panic and disbelief. "How could she die?"
Ye Xiaoyan looked at Li Hualing's reaction and a cruel smile appeared on her face: "What a pity! It's a pity that I can't humiliate you in front of her, nor can I kill her with my own hands!"
"How did she die? Who killed her?" Li Hualing became more and more sad, with a hint of sob in his voice.
Ye Xiaoyan's expression became even more frantic, as if she was enjoying Li Hualing's pain. "This man is very mysterious, even the underworld couldn't find him. But he helped me vent my anger!"
"You don't know yet, she was tortured to death! She was exhausted to death!" Ye Xiaoyan's voice was filled with a hint of crazy pleasure, as if she was telling an extremely interesting story, "Hahahaha! Even God didn't want to keep her!"
"Tortured to death? She has always been kind-hearted, how could she offend anyone? I don't believe it!" Li Hualing tried hard to hold back her tears, her voice trembling slightly.
Ye Xiaoyan, however, seemed to be admiring her own masterpiece, a sinister smile on her face. "The Book of Life and Death records that Liu Ling worked herself to death refining pills for so long! She became someone else's pill slave, refining pills for them day and night, and finally died of exhaustion. Haha! How satisfying!"
Hearing this, Li Hualing couldn't hold back his tears any longer, and they streamed down his cheeks. He closed his eyes, his voice filled with despair: "Xiao Yan, how could you become like this! If you can let go of your hatred and kill my master, then go ahead!"
Ye Xiaoyan seemed to have been touched on a sore spot. Her emotions instantly lost control and she roared loudly: "Put away that disgusting face of yours! It's because of your unfairness and bias that my heart is broken!"
"You're the senior sister, give in to the junior sister and don't fight with her!" Ye Xiaoyan's voice was choked with sobs, as if she had returned to the past. "You're the senior sister, how could you push the junior sister? Apologize to the junior sister quickly and let her play with the toy!"
"Junior sister is still young and naive. As your senior sister, can't you be more patient? Don't be so petty over such a small matter!" Her words were filled with pain and grievance. "Every time you say 'You are your senior sister, give in to your junior sister,' those words are like poisoned silver needles, piercing my heart."
Ye Xiaoyan seemed to be back in that windy and snowy night, standing on the cold jade steps, letting the wind and snow cut her face, and offering the spiritual weapon with both hands. It was as if only by crushing and kneading herself could she get a perfunctory "That's the way it should be" in return.
"I'm beginning to loathe the title 'Senior Sister.' It's no longer a title of respect from my fellow disciples, but instead a heavy shackle." There's a hint of despair in Ye Xiaoyan's voice. "If Junior Sister knocks over my medicine cauldron, I'll smile and say 'No problem.' If Junior Sister seizes my cultivation cave, I'll hand it over. The questions pent up in my throat, the grievances choking my heart, all turn into silent tears in the dead of night, soaking my pillowcase until it's wrinkled and bitter."
"When faced with offense, I either sternly impose my dominance, my words cutting like a knife; or I turn away in silence, letting the rage burn deep within me." There was a hint of resignation in Ye Xiaoyan's voice. "I dare not reveal a single ounce of my true emotions, fearing the word 'unreasonable' will be heard again. But in the dead of night, alone, caressing my weapon, I realize I've lost all sense of who this sharp edge is meant to protect!"
Hearing this, Li Hualing couldn't hold back his tears any longer, and they streamed down his cheeks. He closed his eyes, his voice filled with despair, "Master, it's my fault! Master, it's my fault! I never thought I would hurt you so deeply without realizing it!"
"I won't let you die. I want you to live in guilt for the rest of your life!" Ye Xiaoyan's face was sinister, and there was a hint of ruthlessness in her voice.
"Did you know...that when you were injured and unconscious during that trial, it was Ling'er who risked her life to bring you back. She was the one who begged me to go to Xuanbing Valley to get the Purple Ganoderma Immortal Grass. She even secretly gave me her heart-protecting jade pendant, saying it was for your recovery." Li Hualing paused, a hint of sob in his voice. "She was young and impulsive, but she cared deeply about you, her senior sister."
Li Hualing sobbed softly. “That day when you were punished to stand, she cried all night in my study, saying that I shouldn’t have snatched your spiritual weapon and begged me not to punish you.”
Ye Xiaoyan was stunned for a moment, a flicker of hesitation flashed across her eyes, but she quickly regained her indifference: "Stop lying to me! I won't believe it, and I won't listen!"
After saying this, she turned and walked out of the prison, but after a few steps, she turned back and walked towards the prison where the second senior sister was. She still wanted to confirm it. She had heard about this matter before, but Liu Ling denied it at the time.
…
Elsewhere, Yu Kai had already arrived at the Nantianmen Experimental Base. The night was as dark as ink, and the lights of the experimental base were particularly glaring in the darkness. He carefully avoided the various detection instruments and the densely packed sentries, moving silently through the shadows like a ghost in the night.
Finally, in a dimly lit laboratory, Yu Kai spotted a familiar figure. Academician Fang was hunched over, intently fiddling with his lab equipment. Time had left its mark on him, and his back looked remarkably old.
"Mr. Fang!" Yu Kai's voice was choked with sobs, and his eyes were red.
Academician Fang heard the voice and slowly turned around. When he saw the person in front of him clearly, his body trembled violently, and the experimental equipment in his hands fell to the ground with a clang. He pointed at Yu Kai, his lips trembling slightly, and for a long time he was speechless: "You...you..."
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