a slap
After the simulation is completed
Under the gaze of Chen Ziqiu and the elders, Qian Luo turned around and said that her things were left behind. With the simulated memory, she had no problem returning by the original route.
After walking for about half an hour, Qianluo finally felt that the shadowy gaze had disappeared. She finally relaxed, exhaled, and decided to leave the palace and find a secluded corner to practice.
As if she remembered in the simulation, she followed the path outside the palace and found a forest with lush trees and gurgling streams. The terrain was very high, and she could see the palace.
Qian Luo rubbed the silver ring to conceal her breath, sat down cross-legged, and practiced for a day, calming her breath and concentrating her mind, emptying her mind of everything. There were too many things going on right now, so she needed to calm down and practice well, striving to break through to the late stage of foundation building.
A day passed quickly, with day and night alternating.
Qianluo opened her eyes again and checked her storage bag. Only 10 low-grade spirit stones from selling pills were left. The rest were magical instruments and spiritual weapons...
As for the simulation opportunities, there are still 4 chances left. If she breaks through to the late stage of foundation building during this period, 300 points each time, there will be 2 simulation opportunities left.
“It’s not enough…”
The morning spring breeze was very cool, making people shiver. She stood at the entrance of the cave, looking at the district chief's palace. People were coming in and out, back and forth. The guards were not strict, but they definitely could not escape Chen Ziqiu's eyes.
"Spirit Spring Festival, eyes, Sun Rushuang..."
She carefully recalled every detail of the simulation. Why did Sun Rushuang suddenly disappear? Why did Chen Ziqiu's Dan formation occur earlier? Is there a connection between the two?
After much thought, there are only two reasons why Sun Rushuang disappeared: first, Chen Ziqiu took advantage of her. Second, Sun Rushuang took the initiative to stay away from her.
If it was the first one, the person would be with Chen Ziqiu, and she would only need to defeat Chen Ziqiu. However, at the moment, she was not able to defeat a cultivator who had reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment.
If it is the second reason, there are many possibilities. Sun Rushuang may be worried about getting herself into trouble and therefore not showing up. Another possibility is that Sun Rushuang knew about Sun Peilan's situation and was too sad to show up.
Both of these situations are possible, but Qianluo is more worried about the latter because she thinks it is more difficult to deal with.
There are still 4 simulation opportunities left. Should I go find Sun Rushuang and ask her in person, or simulate it?
If Sun Rushuang had not known about Sun Peilan's death until today, then her proactive explanation of the situation now might have caused an argument, or even led to Sun Rushuang seeking death and being unwilling to leave.
For a moment, Qianluo was conflicted.
There are some new sounds in the forest with dense trees and lush grass. It is the sound of spring breeze blowing the leaves and willow branches, rustling. The bright sunshine casts golden shadows through the green leaves, and the reflection of the bridge is reflected on the lake, which is harmonious and natural.
The floating light is golden, and the still shadow is sunk into the wall.
Winter turns to spring, and the four seasons cycle. This is the law of nature, an irrefutable fact.
Maybe she should make it clear to Sun Rushuang that whether she accepts it or not, her goal is to get Sun Rushuang out of District 7. This is Sun Peilan's last wish.
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"Captain, why are you delivering the meal today?" Zhang Su wondered. Didn't Li Yuanyuan and Ye Zi deliver the meal in the past?
Meng Ming carried the meal and said, "You didn't know that you rested yesterday. The day before yesterday, Li Yuanyuan and Ye Zi fell and were both lying in the dormitory to rest!"
"I've been busy with the Spirit Spring Festival recently, and everyone in the palace has gone to help. I have nothing to do, so I'll bring it to her!"
Zhao Zheng took it and rolled his eyes: "I don't know what's the point of sending food every day!"
"Zhao Zheng, don't say that!" Meng Ming's face turned serious. "The district chief told us to take good care of her. At the very least, we can't let her starve to death!"
"I know, Captain! I just think that so much food and spirit stones are wasted every day! What's the point of using them for her cultivation? Her five spirit roots are even worse than ours!"
"Why does she get so many generous resources? We can't even get what we want. I just think it's unfair!"
Zhao Zheng got angry and kicked a stone at his feet, causing it to hit the door frame and making a deliberate noise. "This is really unfair. I don't accept it."
Zhang Su comforted his good brother and gave Meng Ming a look: "Brother, don't think so! You see, she never leaves the house, just like a lady from ancient times. It's quite pitiful. We are guarding here, and Li Yuanyuan and Ye Zi still give her the cold shoulder from time to time."
"Who can stand such sarcasm?"
"Really? Is it that pitiful?" Zhao Zheng tilted his head in confusion. It sounded a bit...
Zhang Su continued, "Don't you know her mother's situation? Think about it, she's living a life of luxury here, while her mother can only live in the mines of District 9, what a miserable life."
He lowered his voice and said, "Maybe he's already dead... I last heard the news three years ago, and I don't know what's happened to him now..."
Zhao Zheng curled his lips: "Indeed, an orphan girl...I don't think I can argue with her."
No matter how favored she is, she is just an orphan at the first level of Qi training. Without the favor of the district chief, she is just a prisoner under surveillance.
Zhang Su patted his shoulder: "Okay, just let it go..."
Meng Ming nodded and knocked on the door to deliver the food: "Miss Rushuang, your lunch."
After a long time, her low and hoarse voice came from inside the door: "Put it at the door."
"yes."
…
With a creak, the door closed, leaving only darkness and two girls confronting each other.
Sun Rushuang looked up, her voice bitter: "Is what they said true?"
Qianluo originally wanted to climb in through the window herself, but unexpectedly she heard the chatter of the guards outside the door. Only then did Sun Rushuang learn about Aunt Peilan's death.
"Tell me! Is it true?"
Sun Rushuang was like an angry little lion, with her fur standing on end and her voice shrill. She ignored the three guards outside the door and kept on scolding loudly!
Qianluo was startled and covered her mouth: "Don't..."
"Ah!" Unexpectedly, Sun Rushuang actually bit her tiger's mouth. Her eyes were fierce and bloodshot, and a hint of blue flashed in her eyeballs. Combined with her pale and thin cheeks, she looked like a beautiful man-eating monster in the mountains.
She held the blindfold tightly in her hand, as if it was her only lifeline.
Blood continued to seep from the tiger's mouth. The bright red blood, stained with a white lie, was swallowed by the monster in front of him, with a fierce look in his eyes.
Sun Rushuang bit with such force that she could actually pierce the skin of a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building. Her sharp teeth were like knives, piercing her skin and her heart at the same time.
A feeling of regret and guilt rose in her heart. She really shouldn't have lied to Sun Rushuang.
Qianluo endured the pain, took out the silent formation from the storage bag, and sighed.
"You lied to me! Why did you lie to me!"
"Why are you hiding the news of my mother's death!"
"Who are you? Why don't you tell me your name? Is this your real face?"
"What else can I have that you can lie to me about? Were you sent by Chen Ziqiu?"
Her accusations were like knives stabbing not into Qianluo's heart, but into her own heart.
Because she had trusted the strange girl in front of her, thinking that she was someone she could rely on and someone who could save her from danger, she didn't expect that the person in front of her actually lied to her!
Hiding her appearance and name, what did she say was true and what was false?
She couldn't tell the difference anymore, and didn't want to tell the difference anymore!
She pinched the eye mask in her hand, rubbing the orchid embroidery, unable to believe her mother's situation. She whispered, "You said, Mom is not dead, right?"
"Mom is not dead! As long as you say my mom is not dead, I will believe you! I will go out with you, I will go to see mom with you... I..."
"Hurry up and tell me! Hurry up and tell me! My mother, Sun Peilan, is not dead! She is alive and well, waiting for me to come home. She is sitting at the door embroidering orchids, waiting for me to come home!"
Sun Rushuang in front of him looked more and more crazy, her spiritual power was unstable, like a baby without a mother, she had lost all control and all sense of security, she didn't know how to walk or talk, and she only wanted to find her mother's warm embrace.
"Sun Rushuang, wake up."
Qian Luo took a deep breath and said, "I can tell you, clearly and distinctly, Aunt Peilan is dead. Your mother, Sun Peilan, is dead."
"No! I don't believe it!" She covered her messy hair and walked barefoot on the floor, with tears in her eyes, her brows furrowed, and the corners of her mouth twitching.
"You've already lied to me once. Will I believe you again? What evidence do you have to prove that my mother is dead? What evidence do you have to prove that what you said is true?"
She paced back and forth like a madman, clutching the orchid eye mask in her hand like a treasure.
"Sun Rushuang!"
"Don't you want evidence? Then I'll give you evidence now!"
Qian Luo waved her hand and took out Sun Peilan's body from the storage bag. The body in the storage bag would not rot. Until now, Sun Peilan's appearance was exactly the same as before her death.
Gentle and quiet, beautiful and charming, as if she were asleep.
This action startled Sun Rushuang, and she stood there in a daze as if struck by lightning, because they hadn't seen each other for many years.
She clearly remembered her mother's face in her mind, but when her mother really appeared in front of her, her mind went blank and she forgot her mother's face.
When she came to her senses, she found that the woman in front of her was her mother, Sun Peilan.
She was barefoot and missed a step because the floor was slippery. She almost crawled to the woman's side, letting the uneven floor rub her knees, arms and palms, which faintly seeped out blood, leaving a trail of bloodstains.
Sun Rushuang tilted her head and looked at Sun Peilan's whole body like an ignorant elf.
Then, he burst out laughing, as if he had finally exposed Qianluo's lies, and said with some pride: "My mother is right in front of me, alive... Look at her skin, it's still elastic, she is a living person!"
“Mom, Mom…”
"Wake up... come and see me..."
"I am Rushuang, I am your daughter..."
But no matter how she called out, the other party would not respond to her. He lay quietly on the ground, like a corpse that could not speak or breathe.
"Don't you realize it yet? She's a corpse."
Qian Luo squatted down, looked at her at eye level, held her cold hand, and touched Sun Peilan's cold palm, cold chest, and cold face.
"Ice-cold, no heartbeat, no breathing."
"You still refuse to face reality and stop deceiving yourself?"
Qianluo's words pierced her heart like a sharp sword, and her broken heart could no longer withstand any knife or sword.
"No... this must be a fake corpse!"
Sun Rushuang found an excuse for herself, her eyes shining as she shook off Qianluo's hand: "This must be fake! Right!"
She looked at the girl with pleading eyes, hoping she would give her a satisfactory answer: "This is fake, right?"
The pretty girl shook her head at her. She was about to argue when she felt a sudden pain on her cheek with a crisp "pop" sound!
She was slapped by the girl in front of her, her face red and swollen. The girl's eyes revealed disappointment and helplessness: "Are you awake?"
"I..." I don't want to wake up.
She spent several years alone, lonely, depressed, empty, confused, furious, numb, crying out, silent...
Nothing could be better than the truth lying in front of her like a cold corpse, silently mocking her.
Sun Rushuang's mind was filled with her mother's gentle face and her intimate and warm words.
How could this happen? How could this happen? She and her mother had been dependent on each other since childhood. How could she die before her? How could she die? How could she bear to leave me here alone?
Living a life worse than death!
In this cage without sunlight, like a lamb to be slaughtered, like a pig in a pen, one never knows when the master will pick up a knife and sharpen it to kill the pigs and sheep.
This place is full of filth and stench. She doesn't want to live here. She lives here because her mother is her only belief, the belief to live! She wants Chen Ziqiu to use her after she is done, and then she can go home and live with her mother and live a simple life.
But... all this was broken!
She's dead! Why did she die?
Why!
Sun Rushuang raised her head, her eyes cold: "How did she die?"
Qianluo's heart shrank, she looked into her eyes and said calmly: "Die for me."
"You?" Sun Rushuang didn't expect this answer and hesitated for a long time. "...did she leave any words?"
"I hope I can rescue you. I hope you are alive and well."
Sun Rushuang fell silent again. It seemed that her mother died to save the girl in front of her, otherwise she would not have left her belongings to her, nor would she have asked her to rescue her daughter.
"What's your name?"
Seeing her calm expression, Qianluo nodded: "I am Qianluo, this is my true appearance."
"If you're willing to be quiet, I'll tell you the story of your mother and me..."
Sun Rushuang lay quietly on Sun Peilan's body, just like when she was at home, very young, and her mother held her in her arms and told her stories.
She lay on her mother's body, listening to the girl's voice, listening to her story, listening to her mother's suffering, her mother's bravery, her mother's determination, her mother's revenge, her mother's tenderness, her mother's death...
The story was neither short nor long, enough to make her shed tears.
She lay on her mother's body in agony, thinking that the story between Qianluo and her mother ended in death, while her story with Qianluo began with rescuing her.
One is death, the other is rebirth.
Her heart ached so much, it hurt like hell.
"Qianluo, Qianluo..."
"Give me a hug..."
"I'm in so much pain..."
Sun Rushuang didn't wait for the girl's answer. She hugged the girl beside her and absorbed her warmth. The tip of her nose was filled with the fragrance of orchids. She looked very similar to her mother, but she was not her mother and was younger than her.
But Qianluo's body was warm, while she and her mother were cold, and she needed the warmth from Qianluo's body.
This makes her feel alive.
Time passed slowly, and the two spiritual jades emitted a green light and fell on the three women. It was bright but not dazzling, like the bright moonlight, light and beautiful.
"Qianluo, my mother asked me to live, but I don't have the motivation to live anymore."
"If she died for you, then I will live for you."
"I'll treat you as my motivation to live, okay?"
Qian Luo listened to the girl's voice and had never thought about it from this perspective. She just felt that Sun Rushuang was too tired and too lonely now, and she needed a reason to keep herself alive.
And her appearance was just the opportunity.
"But I don't want you to live for me." Qianluo held her shoulders and spoke calmly.
“Everyone should live for themselves.”
Sun Rushuang looked at the girl's face, which was serious. Although she was younger than her, she spoke in a mature manner.
Qianluo thought she had figured it out.
However, Sun Rushuang's voice was vague: "Yes... If you die, who should I live for?"
Then dying to save you, just like your mother, is also a good ending.
Sun Rushuang stared into the girl's eyes and held her hands. "I will kill Chen Ziqiu with you. This is also the wish of my mother and me."
"Qianluo, you carry two lives on your shoulders. Don't die easily."
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