Lin Fan had just lain down when Xiao Bai jumped in through the window and landed on his chest. He ignored it and fell fast asleep.
When he woke up, it was dusk again, and Xiaobai was still sleeping.
He gently got up, pushed Xiaobai aside, picked up the letter on the table, and helplessly burned it to ashes.
In the days that followed, he found a place to lie down and do nothing, dabbled in various drugs, kept a close eye on Long Aotian's movements, and waited for the sect competition.
It wasn't that he didn't want to cultivate, but he had to accompany Chu Yunying to practice swordsmanship every night, leaving him exhausted the next day, feeling like his bones were about to fall apart.
As time passed, Su Youxue, Wu Qiankun, and Hua Nongyue successively entered the Golden Core Realm.
The sect disciples all went into seclusion one after another, preparing for the grand competition. Long Aotian also enjoyed a comfortable time during this period, as everyone else was busy cultivating and had no time to mock him.
When he was trying to break through to the Golden Core Realm, he was troubled by his inner demons. He repeatedly saw the image of Lin Fan feeding him excrement with a spoon, which caused him to fail to form his Golden Core several times.
"Lin Fan, I swear I will not rest until I kill you."
"Achoo! Who's talking about me behind my back!" As winter approached and snow fell heavily, Lin Fan looked at the snowflakes and reminisced about his days on Earth.
That must have been the happiest time of his life, carefree and without a care in the world, when he and a few others traveled from the south to the north to see the snow.
At this moment, Chu Yunying came running over. She was wearing a training uniform, which made her look even thinner and her perfect figure was on full display.
"Senior Brother, I found out that Long Aotian went to the Monster Valley. Should we try to assassinate him again?" She tilted her snow-white neck back, her skin appearing somewhat rosy in the cold wind.
Long Aotian wanted to find a breakthrough opportunity, but the soul of the ring had not yet awakened, so he went to the Monster Valley again to seek opportunities.
"This is a great opportunity!"
Lin Fan thought for a moment. With the luck of a chosen one, Heaven would surely bring all sorts of opportunities to him. He couldn't just wait for him to grow up.
Taking the poison given to them by Lu Shuisheng, the two quietly left the Qingxiao Sect.
The Monster Valley is located in the mountain range in the northwest region of Tianchen Continent, stretching for tens of thousands of miles. It is the dividing line between Qingxiao Sect and Baihua Sect, and also a good place to kill and bury corpses.
Disciples from the Qingxiao Sect and the Baihua Sect often go there for training. The valley is teeming with magical beasts, abundant with spiritual herbs, and offers many opportunities for good fortune.
While seeking fortune, danger also arises. Over the years, disciples of both sects have been training in the Monster Valley, where they are often attacked by monsters, resulting in a very high mortality rate.
As the place of destiny for various novel protagonists, the Monster Valley is their first battleground, so it is necessary to stop the host before he obtains the opportunity for destiny.
Of course, Lin Fan didn't think he could easily kill Long Aotian, after all, the protagonist's luck was extremely strong, and escaping death was commonplace for him.
What he wanted to do was to intercept Long Aotian's good fortune before he could obtain it, or to ambush and steal it.
The two arrived at the Monster Valley. The mountains were covered in snow, and snow was falling heavily. There were very few roars of beasts. In the cold winter, many monsters were also asleep.
The magical beasts that awaken at this time are either highly intelligent primates or carnivorous magical beasts, or high-level magical beasts with the strength to change their own nature and alter the natural order.
Looking at the snow-covered mountains, Chu Yunying couldn't help but exclaim with joy. The icy world was so beautiful that she seemed to have lost some of her coldness and gained more of her lively spirit.
No matter how proud, aloof, or indifferent she may be, she is still just an eighteen-year-old girl.
Lin Fan's companionship offered her solace after years of stagnation, and weakened her inner demons, like a blazing sun warming and melting her cold world.
Her master's gentle care and comfort spurred her to live on and grow stronger to seek revenge.
Her senior's gentleness made her feel like she was still a normal girl, no longer alone in a cold and indifferent world.
"Senior brother, do you still remember the scene when we first met?" Chu Yunying suddenly asked.
"I forgot!" Lin Fan said awkwardly.
Many years have passed, and those old stories have been completely forgotten. Moreover, when they first met, they were very young, and their memories were already blurred. What he remembered most were some hatreds from his past life.
"It's alright, senior brother, I still remember."
That year was also a freezing winter month, with a fierce north wind and heavy snow. Her family was wiped out, and it was her master who brought her back. She was only ten years old at the time.
When they first met, the senior brother was sweeping snow with a shovel on Youzhu Peak. When he saw her arrive, he noticed that her face was red and her eyes were red, and he thought she was crying because she was cold.
So he ran over, took off his down jacket, and put it on her. Then he clumsily comforted her.
Actually, she wasn't cold at the time. With her master protecting her, not a trace of cold air could get close to her.
During that time, her senior brother always revolved around her, taking care of her with great care and concern, bringing her some light and warmth during her darkest period.
Later, however, she focused all her attention on cultivation, striving to become stronger and avenge her family.
As their master brought back several junior sisters, the eldest brother began to shift his attention to them, and gradually their relationship became distant.
Her personality became increasingly aloof and proud. In the last few years, the two barely interacted, as if they were strangers from the same school.
Even though so many years have passed and her senior brother has forgotten, she still remembers that senior brother who, despite being cold himself, was willing to give her his coat to keep her warm.
"So we have this kind of past!" Lin Fan said awkwardly, wanting to scratch his toes.
His junior sister was telling him about the past, but he couldn't remember anything. It seemed like there was such a little kid, but then again, his memory was very vague.
Perhaps hatred overshadowed his past memories, causing him to forget the warm times he once had.
Or perhaps the torment he suffered in his past life made him feel that those memories were just an illusion, so he had long since sealed them away in his heart.
"Senior Brother, do you know? It was you who warmed me back then, made me no longer lonely, made me no longer afraid of the dark, and made me feel that I was no longer a cold, vengeful machine." Chu Yunying said with a smile.
She reached out and scooped up a snowflake, her eyes sparkling like autumn water.
Hearing touching words of love, others might be moved, or even become deeply immersed in them.
Lin Fan rolled his eyes. That's a lie. It might fool some innocent young men.
If she didn't have memories of her past life and didn't know about her relationship with Long Aotian, she might have been deceived.
His heart was as hard as iron, unmoved, and he even felt a little like laughing.
Looking at her senior brother's expression, Chu Yunying noticed that the light in his clear eyes had dimmed.
She knew that her words had no effect on her senior brother's heart; it was as if he were listening to a story that had nothing to do with him.
His heart was colder than his own, like a closed door, making it difficult for anyone to enter.
Everyone says she is aloof and unparalleled, pure and detached from worldly desires, and completely indifferent to matters of the heart.
However, her senior brother seemed more like someone isolated from the world. He would practice swordsmanship with her and help her become stronger, but his heart was isolated, and he was unwilling to get close to anyone.
If the two weren't senior and junior brothers, the senior brother probably wouldn't even want to talk to her much.
In particular, several of the junior female students could clearly feel that the more they interacted with their senior brother, the more unfamiliar he became.
Chu Yunying felt a little bitter, but she became even more convinced that many things must have happened after her senior brother was exiled to the forbidden area. The things that her senior brother was unwilling to reveal were the real reason why he became the person he is now.
Some scars don't disappear. Even after ten or a hundred years, they remain and still cause a dull ache.
This is a sentence she uttered after her senior brother remained indifferent to their relationship even after she broke through to the Golden Core Realm.
"Let's find Long Aotian first!" Lin Fan changed the subject, not wanting to get bogged down in this issue.
They were quite familiar with the terrain; the Monster Mountain Range had several safe routes established by the Qingxiao Sect, as well as places of refuge.
Disciples who come to train will enter the Monster Mountain Range via these routes, and their activity area is not far from the refuge location.
Long Aotian's solo arrival provided them with an opportunity. Given his infamous reputation within the sect, even the most shameless person wouldn't travel with fellow disciples.
Both of them were Golden Core Realm experts, capable of flying through the air, thus avoiding leaving footprints on the snow and preventing Long Aotian from noticing their whereabouts.
They searched for places where Long Aotian might appear and finally found his trail in a valley.
That was a valley deep in the Monster Mountain Range, the territory of a fifth-tier magical beast. Lin Fan admired him quite a bit; to dare to venture into the territory of a fifth-tier magical beast while only at the Foundation Establishment stage showed courage and boldness far exceeding that of most geniuses.
The lord of the surrounding area is a fifth-tier magical beast named Silver Horned Lion King. Legend has it that this magical beast is born with a companion spirit treasure.
This magical treasure can be refined into a silver flame. If one can refine the treasure, one will have an extra powerful trump card. In battle, one can launch a surprise attack, and even if the opponent is not killed, he will be seriously injured.
Long Aotian was very bold, setting his sights on the fifth-tier Silver Horned Lion King.
"Senior Brother, what should we do now?" Chu Yunying asked.
Lin Fan used a poison that the Silver Horned Lion King hated to conceal their presence and evade the king's pursuit. They discovered Long Aotian's hiding place, a cave twenty miles away from the Silver Horned Lion King's lair.
"Don't rush. I've poisoned all the spiritual fruits and medicines I've given him nearby. Let's torture him for a while first," Lin Fan said.
They were very close to the Silver Horned Lion King, and he was worried that taking action would attract the Lion King's attention, and then they wouldn't be able to escape either.
It would be better to poison Long Aotian first to torment him. He used to be very close to his junior sister, and he didn't know if he had managed to trick her into giving him the antidote. So he wouldn't use a deadly poison to avoid alerting the enemy.
As for the Silver-Horned Lion King, according to the usual script, someone will come and deal with him.
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