For over a hundred years, the master traveled all over the entire Blue Ocean Continent, seeking medical help and medicine, hoping to wake up his second senior brother.
However, the second brother remained asleep in the ice, devoid of any life.
Every year, she would visit her second brother in the ice cave and pray every day, hoping for a miracle so that he could wake up.
So many years have passed, and she has never heard her second senior brother's voice again. The atmosphere on Tianjian Peak has also become much more somber.
The eldest brother, third sister, and fifth brother still affectionately called her "Little Six, Little Six" as before.
Fourth Senior Brother suffered a serious injury and spent three years recuperating before fully recovering. He became much more silent. Every time she saw him playing the zither, she would think of him lying on the ground covered in blood, with all the strings broken.
She would always watch her fourth senior brother silently shedding tears.
"Little Six, don't cry, don't cry, you have to be strong. If you were the one who collapsed today, how sad would my second senior brother and I be?"
"Fourth Senior Brother, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."
Every night when I close my eyes, I dream of my second senior brother, who is like a god, bursting forth with endless sword light, and then falls in front of me, his face cold and lifeless.
"Xiao Liu, you must survive."
No, if she had known it would end like this, she would have preferred to die in the Heavenly Profound Realm.
Her only hope in life was that one day, her second senior brother would come to his senses and smile at her again in the sunlight.
Alcohol gradually became something she couldn't live without. When she was drunk, she could go back to the past. When she was drunk, she didn't have to relive that cruel past. When she was drunk, she could see her second senior brother again.
After her fourth senior brother recovered from his injuries, she stayed by his side. She drank wine in the tree, and her fourth senior brother played the zither under the tree, day after day, year after year.
Fourth Senior Brother's zither music became hollow and sorrowful, echoing throughout Tianjian Peak.
She knew that her fourth senior brother was worried about her and afraid that she would do something foolish. That scene was forever etched in their memories, and could never be forgotten. It would only continue to fester with the passage of time.
She will probably keep waiting until she loses all hope.
"Little Six, Little Six, don't cry." It was the voice of Fourth Senior Brother.
"Senior brother." Sang Yu hugged the zither and cried uncontrollably. Why? Why? It was because she had caused her exceptionally talented and brilliant second senior brother to lie frozen in the ice, his life hanging in the balance.
She has caused my fourth senior brother pain to this day.
"Cry, cry, it'll all be alright once you cry it out." For so many years, the junior sister has carried all of this on her own shoulders.
Actually, it wasn't the junior sister's fault. Protecting her was their responsibility, and that will never change.
Xiao Liu hasn't laughed in ages; he spends his days carrying a wine jar, living a life of debauchery.
Laughter completely vanished from Tianjian Peak, leaving only a terrifying silence.
"Fourth Senior Brother, I'm sorry."
Sang Yu cried her heart out.
"Second Senior Brother, he will definitely come back. Do you want him to see you like this?"
Sang Yu shook her head: "Do you think my second senior brother would still recognize me looking like this?"
Qin Wu shook his head. It seemed that his junior sister had really come to terms with it.
“You have never blamed me, which makes me feel even worse.”
"Everyone wants you to get better; that wasn't your fault."
"How could it not be my fault, senior brother, your hand." The terrible scar from when I was cut by the strings is still there.
“We should feel lucky that we are all still alive. Second Senior Brother will eventually wake up too. If all three of us had died in the Heavenly Profound Realm, how heartbroken Master would have been.”
Master Zhang Hua, dressed in a gray robe, arrived at the mountain peak at some unknown time and witnessed everything that had just happened.
The reason why Tianjian Peak has been silent for so many years is certainly related to its traditions, but isn't it also a way of avoiding the world, healing wounds, and exiling itself?
However, if this continues, the result will be the disappearance of Tianjian Peak.
"Greetings, Master."
Qin Wu and Sang Yu knelt on the ground and respectfully greeted Zhang Hua.
"Have you thought it all through?" Zhang Hua's plain face was expressionless, but the deep sorrow in his eyes made Sang Yu and Qin Wu lower their heads. Their master's hair had turned mostly white.
"Yes, Master. If we can't find a way to save Second Brother in the mortal realm, then I will become an immortal, a god. There will always be a way. I will never stand by and watch Second Brother lie down like this." Sang Yu's expression had become extremely firm. Although she saw the Heavenly Sword in Xiu Qiyu again, she would not place all her hopes for saving Second Brother on Xiu Qiyu.
She would definitely work hard to cultivate, even if it was just for her second senior brother; she couldn't continue like this. She now deeply regretted not realizing this sooner, having wasted thirty years of her life.
"This disciple is ashamed. I will definitely work harder to cultivate and save my second senior brother."
"It's all in the past. Even if you died now, would the second brother come back?"
"This disciple knows his mistake."
"I'm going to the Haoqi Pavilion. You two better watch yourselves."
"Yes, Master."
Half a month later, Xiu Qiyu's injuries gradually recovered, but there was still not a single person in the entire Tianjian Peak.
Xiu Qiyu continued practicing her sword as usual.
Until, a gray figure appeared behind him.
Xiu Qiyu continued practicing her swordplay without stopping until she completed her task for the day.
"Not bad." That was Zhang Huazhen's evaluation.
"Thank you, Master."
Xiu Qiyu sheathed his sword and looked at Master Zhang Hua with neither arrogance nor servility.
The secret of Tianjian Peak may be about to be revealed before my very eyes.
"You are a member of the Ice Spirit Clan." The tone was affirmative.
Xiu Qiyu nodded. If he was rejected by Master Zhang Hua because of his identity, he would have nothing to say.
“Bing Su is also a member of the Ice Spirit Clan. The first time I saw you, it was as if I saw him back then.”
Bing Su is likely the second senior brother who has never appeared in public, and is also the biggest secret of Tianjian Peak.
"What if I say that I am irreconcilably opposed to the Ice Spirit Clan, and a great war will break out sooner or later?" If Bing Su is in league with them, a great war will break out between them sooner or later.
“He was an abandoned child and has no relation to the Ice Spirit Clan. He only awakened his bloodline by chance. Besides, he is lying there now and cannot pose any threat to you.”
"You need my help."
"It's just a possibility; I won't force you."
Thank you, I will consider it.
"You can walk around Tianjian Peak a bit more; they'll be out in a few days."
"Thank you, Master."
With Master Zhang Hua gone, Xiu Qiyu's doubts only deepened. It seemed that the greatest secret of Tianjian Peak was about to be revealed before him, its truth looming yet to be revealed.
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