Xue Ran sat with Feng Guang in front of Xia Chao's corpse for a long, long time. Her crying at first turned into soft sobs, and finally into a calm, almost eerie calm.
She rested her head on his chest and said in a muffled voice, "Xue Ran, I want them to be laid to rest."
"Okay, I'll take care of it." Xue Ran gently stroked her back. Even though she was no longer crying, he still felt that she was terribly fragile.
He paid people to bury the bodies on the back mountain of Zhejianlou at Fengguang's request. These people who were paid to do the job didn't ask why so many people died. There were countless grudges and blood feuds in the martial arts world. In this martial arts world, the government was practically non-existent.
Feng Guang coldly watched as one corpse after another was placed in coffins and buried in the ground. She asked indifferently, "Xue Ran, tell me honestly, what exactly happened to the poison I was poisoned with?"
Xue Ran paused for a second, and finally said with a sigh, "Your poison was administered by Master Xia. He wrote to me, asking me to protect you for a month. The antidote was just an excuse to prevent you from suspecting anything."
She wasn't surprised by this answer. Before learning about the incident at Zhejianlou, she had always thought that Guan Yueyue's poison had caused the red spots on her face to stay there. Even when Guan Yueyue said during their conversation that her poison would only last for three days, she didn't believe her. She should have felt something was off before entering Guren Valley... She realized something was wrong, but didn't think much of it... In the end, she was just confident that she had control of the plot, so she acted without restraint.
Xue Ran took her hand and said, "I know you're upset, but this has nothing to do with you. The culprit is the Demonic Sect. Don't blame yourself anymore."
"Can you understand... what it feels like when everyone around you is dead, and you're the only one still alive?"
“I understand.” His eyes suddenly darkened, and in the darkness where there was no other color, no one knew how many untold stories were hidden. His slightly cold hand gently stroked her face, and he said in his usual gentle tone, “Even if everyone is gone, I will always be by your side.”
"Xue Ran..." She bumped into his arms, but didn't see his focused gaze that was terrifying.
She's just... too gentle.
The Zhejian Tower was destroyed overnight. She lost her father's glory and was no longer the arrogant and domineering young lady she once was. Dressed in white, she stood in the courtyard, looking at the lifeless Zhejian Tower. The once bustling scene was gone, leaving only her alone, burdened with a sense of guilt.
Because it was a period of mourning, she took off her favorite red dress and put on a plain white dress instead. Her former flamboyance was gone, replaced by a thin and desolate look, as if a gust of wind could blow her over.
Xue Ran disliked her lifeless appearance, so he hugged her from behind and whispered in her ear, "Come back to the Valley of Old Friends with me, okay?"
"Valley of Old Friends..."
“The Valley of Old Friends is a bit quieter than outside, but I will find a way to make you happy. Fengguang, I want to take care of you. Qingyu, he…” His ears burned, “He also needs a master’s wife.”
These were the words she most wanted to hear, but now that she had heard them, she felt no joy. Feng Guang couldn't help but wonder, were the destruction of the Sword Breaking Tower and her father's death merely a means to advance her mission to success?
She remained silent for a long time, which made Xue Ran anxious. "Fengguang...you don't want to?"
“No…” She turned around and smiled at him, “I do.”
The system voice announced: "Strategy successful. Timeline pushed forward eighty years. Host, prepare to leave this world..."
The timeline is accelerated, meaning that in other people's perception, eighty years have slowly passed, but in her eyes, it is only a blink of an eye. So it can be said that in each world, she lives a whole lifetime.
But this time, she said to the system in her mind, "I refuse to detach myself from the world."
Because they were communicating in their minds, Xue Ran couldn't hear their conversation.
"Host, completing this mission will earn you eleven points." The system's voice unexpectedly carried a hint of emotion that it wouldn't normally show.
With the points accumulated in this world, plus her 89 points, she can go home.
Feng Guang said calmly, "I will leave this world, but not now."
How could we... just let the murderer go?
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