The Young Lady Only Wants to Cultivate Immortality Chapter 86

A’Ling sat bolt upright, covering her forehead. The sudden palpitation made her toes curl, and she gripped the bedsheets fiercely.
Shi Qingqian actually kissed her!
A’Ling, her brow still feeling warm, anxiously looked around. The dim tent was empty. Where was Shi Qingqian?
Wait, the tent!
A’Ling’s wildly beating heart gave a sudden jolt. Her muddled mind finally cleared. It was a dream!
Yes, yes, it was all a dream!
A’Ling covered her increasingly hot cheeks, thinking, it must be a dream, it definitely must be a dream.
Otherwise, how could it be, how could Shi Qingqian…?
Her forehead still burning, A’Ling’s mind felt numb. She started to doubt if it was really a dream.
If it was a dream, why did it feel so real?
So real that her brow still seemed to have the sensation of warm lips brushing against it.
A’Ling threw off the covers, haphazardly dressed, and scrambled out of the tent as if escaping.
It must have been the stuffy tent that made her feel so hot and breathless.
A’Ling covered her flushed cheeks and looked at the cave where they had made their temporary shelter. Seeing the tent beside hers quiet, she tried her best to suppress her rapid breaths.
When her pounding heart finally found a steady rhythm, A’Ling let out a huge sigh of relief. She looked at the tent in the distance, much larger than their three tents. Shi Qingqian had made it on the way back from Zhuoling Mountain.
It was also quiet now. She wondered if the person inside had already fallen asleep.
Thinking that Shi Qingqian might be sleeping soundly while she was too startled to sleep, A’Ling felt like kicking that tent.
She also really wanted to ask if what happened in her dream was real. But A’Ling knew it would be useless. Shi Qingqian hadn’t been reborn; how could she know about the past life?
A’Ling sighed softly, feeling a pang in her heart. Why were there so many things she didn’t know before?
She withdrew her gaze and her eyes swept past Lan Fushang’s tent, reminding her of what she had learned in her dream.
These kinds of [fiends lacking the ‘joy’ spirit] Ghostly Fiends amplified emotions when they possessed someone, but the emotions themselves were real.
So, what she had seen during the day was what Fushang was happy about internally?
Fushang, she… liked Gu Jingyang?
For the first time, A’Ling analyzed something so quickly. Regarding this conclusion, she didn’t know why, but it felt normal, yet she also felt a bit lost, but not very sad.
She even felt a little gleeful that she had figured it out so quickly.
She couldn’t explain why she had such complex emotions now.
Was it because of Gu Jingyang?
She was so good; of course, she was likable. Honestly, if she were Lan Fushang, she would definitely choose Gu Jingyang over herself.
A’Ling’s heart ached slightly. She pursed her lips and forced a smile. Even though there was no one to see her expression now, she still wanted to smile at herself.
She even jokingly told herself that her Dao Companion would have to be someone else. She wondered if there was anyone else suitable like Fushang in Mystic Crane Mountain.
A’Ling sighed faintly, feeling too restless to sleep. She quietly tiptoed outside to get some fresh air.
The valley night was dark and starry, with a silvery light pouring down like mist. A gentle spring breeze blew, carrying a faint, lingering fragrance that was enchanting.
The hazy figure under the moonlight was even more captivating.
“Why isn’t she asleep either?” A’Ling murmured to herself, gazing at the figure, as cold and lonely as the moonlight.
As soon as she spoke, the person under the moonlight seemed to sense her presence. She turned her head and looked at her.
She also seemed surprised, the lines of her profile tensing for a moment.
A’Ling looked at the slender figure sitting on the large, heavy rock. In the moonlight, everything in the world seemed to have fallen silent.
Only her hair fluttered gently in the night breeze.
Strands of it shimmered with light, flickering back and forth.
They seemed to brush against A’Ling’s heart, stirring ripples that sparkled in the moonlight, dazzlingly so.
The moment A’Ling saw the person jump down from the giant rock in the distance, her heart seemed to skip a beat. With a “dong” sound, the approaching figure seemed to be knocking on her heart’s palace.
Each step was like a knock on her heart’s palace.
When the person walked towards her, stepping on the soft moonlight, A’Ling’s heart was also opened with a crack. It was as if the moonlight had seeped in, illuminating it with a faint glow.
In the light, she saw her heart like a fawn that had been asleep for a long time and had now reawakened, leaping wildly.
“What’s wrong?”
Shi Qingqian saw the person in front of her trembling with wide eyes as if she didn’t recognize her. She just stared with wide pupils, speechless, her eyes unblinking. Shi Qingqian’s heart immediately tightened.
She reached out and touched A’Ling’s forehead. A’Ling’s eyes suddenly seemed to absorb the moonlight, becoming even brighter.
When spiritual energy flowed to her forehead, A’Ling finally broke free from the strange sensation and regained her reason.
She had just felt a shock as if the moon were coming towards her.
She must not have slept well and was hallucinating. A’Ling yanked away the slightly cool hand on her forehead. After letting go, she took a few steps back, creating a distance that would require a slight lean to close.
“You, why are you here?” A’Ling’s voice trembled slightly, with an nervousness she herself didn’t notice.
Shi Qingqian slightly lowered her gaze, suspicion flashing in her eyes. “What’s wrong with you?”
She was sure that the person in front of her was acting unusually. Because of what happened during the day, she had some suspicions.
“I, I’m fine. I just came out to, uh, look at the moon.” A’Ling’s eyes flickered, glancing everywhere but daring not to look at Shi Qingqian.
This wasn’t right. Shi Qingqian reached out and directly grabbed A’Ling’s wrist, channeling spiritual energy into her. While probing, she prepared herself to bind A’Ling immediately if she found anything abnormal within her.
However, after Shi Qingqian finished her examination, she found nothing unusual within A’Ling.
Seeing Shi Qingqian’s actions, A’Ling knew she had misunderstood. She also knew she had been acting a bit strangely. So she didn’t say anything. After Shi Qingqian finished her examination, A’Ling finally recovered her slightly rapid breathing.
She pushed away Shi Qingqian’s hand holding her wrist and walked directly to the giant rock next to where Shi Qingqian had just jumped down. With a light leap, she sat on it, just like Shi Qingqian, looking up at the moon in the night sky.
Seeing her like that, Shi Qingqian seemed to confirm that she had indeed come to look at the moon.
But her poorly hidden peripheral vision still betrayed her.
Although she didn’t know why A’Ling wasn’t sleeping at this time to look for her, as long as she knew A’Ling was fine and not possessed, she was relieved.
Shi Qingqian turned and walked back to her original position. She leaped up and sat beside A’Ling. She didn’t look at the moon, only at the profile of the person beside her.
A’Ling’s heart, which had finally calmed down, began to pound erratically again under Shi Qingqian’s intense gaze. Annoyed, she slapped her chest directly.
It was as if doing so would intimidate her heart into stopping and beating slowly.
Shi Qingqian was startled by her action. “What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well?”
A’Ling felt the person beside her leaning closer and quickly reached out to block the approaching head.
She remembered the dream, how it was like this, how the head kept getting closer and closer, and then…
Even though she knew that the current Shi Qingqian wouldn’t be like in the dream, A’Ling still felt a pang of guilt.
She didn’t know why she should feel guilty. Shi Qingqian should be the one feeling guilty.
She actually did that without her consent…
With that thought, A’Ling increased the pressure in her hands. As she pushed Shi Qingqian away, she also landed a punch on her arm.
She thought, let’s call it even like this.
“Don’t come so close.” A’Ling shifted to the side, creating half an arm’s distance between them.
Shi Qingqian raised an eyebrow, looking at the pushed-away hand and the deliberately created distance.
A’Ling’s reaction was normal, but the tone of her voice was really unusual.
If A’Ling had said “get away from me” right now, Shi Qingqian probably wouldn’t have felt anything was wrong.
But now A’Ling said, “Don’t come so close.”
Did this mean it was okay to be close, but not that close?
And what about her tone? Shi Qingqian didn’t know if it was her imagination, but she felt that A’Ling wasn’t that firm, and there might even be room for negotiation.
With a hint of suspicion, Shi Qingqian didn’t move.
As expected, after moving a little, A’Ling no longer asked Shi Qingqian to move further away.
The mountain wind blew gently, blowing away the coldness that seemed to be captured by the moonlight. Her eyes gradually became filled with warmth and brightness. She just looked at A’Ling, a slight smile forming on her lips.
After readjusting her position, A’Ling lowered her head to calm her inner turmoil. When she looked up again, her expression showed no unusual signs.
She knew Shi Qingqian had been watching her. She cleared her throat and turned to look back.
“Thank you. For today’s matter, and for what happened before, thank you.”
Shi Qingqian hadn’t expected A’Ling to be so serious when thanking her, or for thanking her so earnestly for Lan Fushang’s matter today.
She couldn’t say if she was disappointed or felt something else; in any case, she wasn’t very happy.
“No need.” Shi Qingqian’s eyes held a seriousness that surpassed A’Ling’s. “You never need to thank me.”
She didn’t need it.
Everything she did was not for A’Ling to thank her.
Seeing Shi Qingqian’s eyes, which were stubbornly focused on her alone, A’Ling trembled all over. Her heart pounded again, and the sound of the wind seemed to be filled with her heartbeat.
A’Ling abruptly looked up at the sky, flustered. She couldn’t even find the moon. She fumbled with her fingers, and once she finally pointed at the moon, her voice became as unsteady as flickering stars, “The, the moon, the moon is so beautiful today.”
Shi Qingqian raised an eyebrow and followed her finger to look at the sky. She didn’t think the moon looked any different than yesterday.
And now, in her eyes, the moon was blood-red.
“It’s very dangerous.” Shi Qingqian averted her gaze, not wanting to look anymore.
A’Ling raised her eyebrows in confusion. Dangerous? The moon was dangerous?
She thought, what danger could the moon pose? It wouldn’t fall on her.
A’Ling looked at the night sky. Was Shi Qingqian talking about the Qiongdian Peak being dangerous?
Thinking of this, she recalled her lingering questions. In the past, she hadn’t been interested in Shi Qingqian’s affairs and hadn’t bothered to find out.
Now, she suddenly wanted to know very much, especially just now when she had come out of the cave and seen the lonely figure on the moonlit giant rock. For the first time, she realized this person might also be lonely and have many helplessness.
She wasn’t as strong as she appeared. She might also watch the dark blue twilight alone on nights like this, blowing in the night wind.
“Is it Saint Venerable Dao Rong?” A’Ling asked, looking at the moon.
This question was abrupt. Others might not understand what she was asking, but Shi Qingqian and A’Ling had a unique experience, so asking this way would allow the other to understand.
Just like now, Shi Qingqian immediately understood A’Ling’s meaning.
“I don’t know. I can’t go up to the Qiongdian Peak, so I can’t ask him.”
A’Ling’s heart suddenly tightened. She didn’t know if the night could amplify emotions, or if people didn’t want to pretend in the darkness.
She felt that Shi Qingqian’s tone when speaking about this matter was somewhat hurt. She might also care about this matter.
Indeed, who wouldn’t care about their own origins? Regardless of whether it was good or bad, they would at least want to know what their parents were like.
Just like back then, when Jin Siliu said she would take her back to the Huo family to see her biological parents, A’Ling had agreed without hesitation.
She wasn’t abandoning Jin Siliu. She was just curious about what her parents were like.
However, she regretted it later. Curiosity could indeed be a dangerous thing.
Even so, if time could be turned back, and she didn’t have the memories that followed, she would make the same choice no matter how many times she repeated it.
Shi Qingqian was probably the same. She also wanted to know her origins, to know what her mother was like, and to know if what Jin Siliu said was true, if her father really wanted to kill her.
Thinking of the person in the Qiongdian Peak, A’Ling hesitated. “If it really is Saint Venerable Dao Rong, then there must be some misunderstanding. How could someone like that attack a child? And it’s impossible that just because of her demonic identity, he would kill her without distinguishing between good and evil.”
“Could it be that Jin Siliu’s memory is flawed, or that she was confused at the time.”
A’Ling didn’t think Jin Siliu would intentionally deceive Shi Qingqian, but her memory was often muddled, and sometimes she wouldn’t remember what she had done afterward.
Shi Qingqian did not deny A’Ling’s speculation. She took out a sound-recording bead from her Universe pouch and handed it to A’Ling.
A’Ling hesitated to take it. Shi Qingqian leaned closer, reached out, and held the bead together with A’Ling’s hand. A surge of demonic energy seeped from their palms into the sound-recording bead.
In the darkness, a sudden gentle female voice rang out.
“Don’t go to Mystic Crane Mountain. Live well.”
A’Ling looked at the sound-recording bead in her hand in shock. Shi Qingqian had used demonic energy to activate it just now. The secret key was demonic energy.
“This was left for you, left by your mother?” A’Ling asked in confusion.
Shi Qingqian nodded. “Yes.”
“Did she only say this one sentence?” A’Ling was surprised.
A trace of obscurity flickered in Shi Qingqian’s eyes. “Yes.”
A’Ling opened her mouth. From the unstable aura of the gentle female voice just now, she could guess that the situation might have been critical at the time, and she didn’t have time to say more. But this was too brief. At least she should have mentioned who Shi Qingqian’s father was.
No, A’Ling turned to look at Shi Qingqian. “She told you not to go to Mystic Crane Mountain, so why did you go?”
Shi Qingqian pursed her lips. “If it were you, would you go?”
A’Ling let out a soft “ah” and thought seriously before nodding. “Yes.”
She immediately understood Shi Qingqian. If this matter wasn’t cleared up, it would be a thorn in her heart for many years.
A’Ling looked at her with sympathy and then looked up at the high Qiongdian Peak. It was a pity. If she could go up, she would definitely ask clearly for Shi Qingqian.
“It’s okay. We can’t go up, but that person can come down. I know Saint Venerable Dao Rong’s closed-door cultivation will take a hundred years, but almost twenty years have passed. It will only be eighty-something more years at most. We can wait.”
In her previous life, Saint Venerable Dao Rong indeed came out of seclusion when the hundred-year period was up.
Shi Qingqian stared blankly at A’Ling, the words “we” echoing in her ears. A’Ling said “we”?
Seeing Shi Qingqian’s dazed look, A’Ling felt a hint of heartache. After thinking for a moment, A’Ling jumped down from the giant rock, turned, and looked at Shi Qingqian with a smile.
“Go to sleep early. When you open your eyes, another day will have passed. Day by day, year by year, a hundred years is not long for cultivators.”
Seeing that Shi Qingqian didn’t seem to react, A’Ling felt a wave of awkwardness.
She was really not good at comforting people. If she needed to help curse her unreliable parents now, she could curse them for three days and three nights in various ways without repeating herself.
“That’s it. I’m going back. I’m tired.” A’Ling wanted to escape this place that made her feel a bit awkward as quickly as possible.
After walking only a couple of steps, she heard a call from behind. Turning back, she saw Shi Qingqian had also jumped down from the giant rock.
“A’Ling, can you wait for me? If a hundred years isn’t long, can you wait for me?”
Her hand hanging by her side suddenly clenched. The taut back of her hand tingled. A’Ling, who was half-turned, completely stiffened in place after hearing these words.
Looking at Shi Qingqian’s eyes filled with hope, and hearing words that seemed familiar from a dream.
In the dream, Shi Qingqian also said to her, “Wait for me a little longer.”
The dream and reality seemed to overlap again, giving A’Ling a sense of unreality.
She suddenly understood, and yet she also had more confusion.
In the dream, Shi Qingqian meant this. She wanted her to wait, to resolve her doubts or troubles, and then be together.
Be together for what? That’s right, she had said it. She wanted to form a Dao Companion bond with her.
In her past life and this life, Shi Qingqian had these intentions?
A’Ling looked at Shi Qingqian in surprise. So, in her previous life, she already liked her, liked her so much that she wanted to become Dao Companions…
Someone actually liked her for two lifetimes…
Could someone really like her that much?
A’Ling trembled and looked at Shi Qingqian, who looked as anxious as a prisoner awaiting judgment after saying those words.
Looking at her cautious demeanor, A’Ling almost suspected she was someone very important.
With this thought, A’Ling suddenly smiled. Her smile was as brilliant as a Moon Jasmine flower blooming silently in the mountain night.
“I’m not waiting.”
A’Ling’s eyes curved like crescent moons, her words imbued with a brilliance like the bright moonlight. Seeing the person under the moonlight look disappointed and dejected upon hearing her words.
She continued to smile and said, “These hundred years, I’ve decided to focus on cultivation, perhaps I can break through to the Soul Transformation stage. Then I’ll see if there’s anyone suitable to be my Dao Companion, and we can cultivate together.”
Shi Qingqian looked at the person in front of her in shock. The disappointment and dejection on her face seemed to have been blown away by the mountain wind. All that remained was a surprise brighter than the stars tonight.
Looking at the brilliant smiling face, Shi Qingqian slightly tilted her head and let out a soft laugh.
Then she looked up and smiled at A’Ling. “Okay.”
With a rustling sound of leaves, a gentle wind blew past her ears. A’Ling seemed to see golden and silver spell lights bursting out in all directions.
Clusters of brilliant Moon Jasmine flowers also bloomed in her heart, one after another, at this moment.
A’Ling’s breathing was a little chaotic. She had never known that Shi Qingqian would smile like this.
It was more brilliant than a spring day filled with Moon Jasmine flowers.
A’Ling was completely dazzled, and the dazzlement lasted for several months.
After that night, the person who had always been like an iceberg could still maintain some coldness in front of others, but when it was just the two of them, her smile was as if it was free of charge.
And since then, Shi Qingqian’s kindness towards her had become too natural.
A’Ling turned to look at the teacup being handed to her and thought, like right now, she hadn’t asked for water, but as soon as she rested, Shi Qingqian, as if she had eyes behind her back, stopped her repair task and poured a cup of hot tea, which she had prepared at some unknown time, and handed it to her.
At first, Gu Jingyang and Lan Fushang were often surprised. Now, they simply pretended not to see it.
A’Ling took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, handing the cup back to Shi Qingqian. Shi Qingqian smiled faintly at A’Ling and turned to leave.
It was as natural as if they already had such an intimate relationship.
After a few months, after the initial surprise, A’Ling gradually got used to it.
After completing the repair task for the day, A’Ling landed on the ground by sword. Shi Qingqian arrived immediately after. A’Ling was already accustomed to it and closed her eyes preemptively.
The next moment, she was brought back to their temporary cave by Shi Qingqian.
This spatial teleportation technique had been used so casually that it was no longer considered rare.
At least A’Ling felt it was no different from hiring a carriage before.
There was a difference, though. Hiring a carriage before required money, but this person who could arrive without being called didn’t charge.
When Gu Jingyang and Lan Fushang returned by sword, Shi Qingqian had already prepared dinner. The two of them, from being unaccustomed at first, had now completely adapted.
Admittedly, habit truly turned into nature.
After thanking her, the two sat down. The four of them sat together, chatting and laughing about the day’s progress and reminiscing about the past. The fatigue of the day gradually dissipated amidst the laughter and banter.
Days went by, and the simpler, repetitive days passed faster and faster. In the blink of an eye, four years had passed.
Although they spent these four years repairing runes in the array manor every day, the runes had indeed benefited everyone greatly.
Moreover, the spiritual energy in the array manor was abundant. Over these four years, everyone had made significant breakthroughs.
A’Ling and Gu Jingyang successfully broke through from the Nascent Soul stage to the Golden Core Nascent Soul stage. Even Lan Fushang broke through from the Core Formation stage to the Nascent Soul stage.
As for Shi Qingqian, it went without saying. She became the fastest cultivator to break through to the Soul Transformation stage since the founding of Mystic Crane Mountain.
Even the exceptionally talented Saint Venerable Dao Rong had not achieved such a feat at her age.
Elder Qi Yu said that their great progress was due to the techniques carved by Saint Venerable Dao Rong.
The cultivation methods and arrays within these, if they could comprehend more while re-carving them, could lead to even greater advancements.
A’Ling increasingly felt that Saint Venerable Dao Rong was a person who was both powerful and generous.
However, not everyone benefited. Zhao Shan and Xing Yanchu, for example, their cultivation showed no change.
Besides talent issues, Elder Qi Yu attributed it to the state of mind of these two.
Everyone else viewed this mission as a form of cultivation and diligently repaired and re-carved the runes. Only Zhao Shan and Xing Yanchu were more impatient than the other, treating it as a punishment.
Especially Xing Yanchu, he felt that being confined to one place and having to work from dawn until dusk was no different from being in prison.
He even had the idea of leaving as soon as the Crane Gate reopened. This Mystic Crane Mountain was really meaningless.
Home was better, with food, fun, and family.
He even missed his parents and wondered how they were doing.
At this moment, Mr. and Mrs. Xing were also thinking of Xing Yanchu.
Old Master Xing looked worried. “I don’t know how Yan’er is doing at Mystic Crane Mountain. Yesterday I dreamt he was crying for help.”
Madam Xing chanted a Buddhist mantra and said, “That’s Mystic Crane Mountain. It’s safer than being outside. You don’t need to worry too much.”
Old Master Xing nodded. “That’s true. In the past month, over seventy people have died in the town. If this continues, I don’t know if we can hold on until the Crane Gate opens to send for help.”
Upon hearing this, Madam Xing sighed deeply and nervously instructed the gatekeeper to keep a close watch at night.
Even the wealthy households in the east of the city dared not extinguish their lights at night. The entire street was as bright as day. But as soon as night fell, there were no people on the road.
It was completely different from the past, when there were stalls and people bustling about after nightfall.
In the back mountain of Hongjian Academy in the west of the city, Apothecary Yang Xia frowned, speeding up her work as she reconnected the fractured leg bone of the last injured person, which had been bitten off.
She handed the remaining work of applying medicine to the newly hired medicine boys and went alone to the inner room to find the Elder Zeng who had been waiting for a long time.
As soon as Apothecary Yang Xia saw Elder Zeng, she said, “This can’t go on. In the past half month, seven people have been killed by beasts at Hongjian Academy, and countless more have been injured.”
Elder Zeng looked at Apothecary Yang Xia’s tired face and sighed. How could he not know the current situation? “In the past four years, the number of cultivators in the academy has decreased by nearly half.”
He had come to find Apothecary Yang Xia late at night to discuss this matter. He had contacted Gu Jiangxue today and heard about the current situation in the human realm.
“Now, not only in Longyin Town, but also more and more mutated demonic beasts have appeared in the human realm. Some powerful ones, even demon hunters are helpless. Now, the only way is to wait for the Crane Gate to open and seek help from Mystic Crane Mountain.”
Speaking of this, Elder Zeng stated the main purpose of his visit today.
“Absolutely do not use demonic power out of momentary kindness. At this time, when calamities of demons are rampant, even if you are saving people, you must not act rashly.”
“If even a trace of demonic energy leaks out, and others know that you and I are not of the same kind, they will not only not be grateful to you, but will also be suspicious that the current disaster was caused by us.”
“If the origin of this demonic beast mutation cannot be found, it will likely be attributed to demons. If you are discovered to be a demon at this time, they will not consider your past contributions, and will definitely hate you and want to get rid of you.”
He had lived in the human realm for hundreds of years and had long seen through human nature.
Apothecary Yang Xia naturally knew the severity of the situation. If she could help it, she naturally didn’t want to expose her identity. For now, she could only hope to endure until the day the Crane Gate opened.
The outside world was in turmoil and chaos. She wondered how things were within Mystic Crane Mountain.
She wondered if Qingqian and A’Ling were doing well in Mystic Crane Mountain?
The faint sunlight peeked through the clouds. A’Ling stopped her sword in mid-air, squinting to watch the magnificent sunrise in the east.
She felt that the days now were like the clouds in the eastern sky. They were originally plain but had now become much more colorful. Her days were much better than before.
Perhaps they were too good, which was why they passed so quickly. In the blink of an eye, more than four years had passed. To her delight, their repair task was also nearing its end.
Barring any surprises, they would finish it today.
Gu Jingyang looked at A’Ling, who was in a great mood, and she was also very happy. Not only because the mission here was about to be completed, but also because the Crane Gate, which opened once every five years, would open again tomorrow.
She would be able to see her mother and father soon.
On this day, perhaps seeing victory within reach, everyone was full of energy, and no one thought of resting.
As evening approached, no one thought of going back to sleep and coming back the next day. Everyone tacitly did not stop.
Finally, as the moon set and the sun rose again, and a clear, high crane cry echoed throughout Mystic Crane Mountain, A’Ling, as the last person to finish, gathered spiritual energy in her palm and carved the final stroke.
“Finished!”
A’Ling smiled brilliantly and turned to wave at everyone waiting below.
Lan Fushang’s eyes were filled with tears as she waved vigorously at A’Ling, then turned to look at Gu Jingyang, who was equally excited.
“It’s finally done. I’m actually a little reluctant to part.”
Reluctant to part with the days spent together with Gu Jingyang and the others in the array manor.
Gu Jingyang smiled. “We’ll still see each other after we go back, won’t we?”
Lan Fushang nodded vigorously, putting away the slight sadness in her heart, feeling proud and happy that they had completed this tedious and complex task.
Zhao Shan and Xing Yanchu hugged each other and roared, as if releasing their long-suppressed emotions.
“Ahhhhh, it’s finally done! I’m finally getting released from prison!”
“I don’t want to stay in this cursed place for another day!”
Elder Qi Yu looked at the excited crowd, a smile that wasn’t quite a smile curving her lips. It was finally over.
After nearly five years, this day had finally arrived. Elder Qi Yu looked up at the person waving enthusiastically, her gaze fixed on her wrist.
A’Ling waved, so excited she almost wanted to cry.
She smiled and withdrew her spiritual energy, glancing back at the last stroke she had carved.
At that moment, her wrist suddenly felt hot.
A’Ling looked down. The white bone bracelet on her wrist, at some unknown time, had begun to emit faint reddish-brown light.
“Be careful!”
Shi Qingqian, upon A’Ling’s completion of the final stroke, had sent messages to the other two abode masters, Gong Shuangyu and Yun Jingying. Upon knowing that those two locations were also completed, she was about to announce the end of the mission to everyone.
But suddenly she saw the entire wall of runes behind A’Ling light up, one after another.
Like a giant beast, it had opened its eyes.