Ting Nu rescued Linglong, and for a time became a hero that the Shaoyang Sect admired and respected. Who cares if he is a demon, even Chu Lei, the head of the master elders is impressed by him and treats him with courtesy, not to mention those young disciples.
The immortal sect, once sealing and killing demons, today actually humans and demon are happy together, the ancient concept was broken in an instant. They don’t know whether the old ancestor who created the Shaoyang Sect saw this scene, is relieved or heartbroken.
The seven peaks of the Shao Yang Sect each hosted a banquet for Ting Nu, and Téngshé was the type of person who would be happy to have something to eat, so naturally he followed behind, not caring whether they were happy or not. Yu Sifeng knew that Xuanji had reunited with her sister after a long time, and would have a lot of things to say to each other that he might get in the way of, so he went to take care of Liu Yi Huan.
After half a year, Linglong’s soul finally returned to its place, which was a considerable load on her body. When she just woke up, she was full of energy only because the heart and soul stirred, after talking for a while, gradually became tired and fell back to sleep. Xuanji kept sitting beside her for a while. fearing that she would not wake up again. Fortunately, the next afternoon when she finally opened her eyes, the first thing she said was that she was hungry.
Xuanji hurriedly picked up the long-heated millet congee from the table and fed it to her with a spoon, laughing at the same time, “This time it’s my turn to take care of you. You will be the little sister, I will be the big sister.”
Linglong leaned softly on the bed, looking lazy, and gently complained: “I don’t like this …… taste at all. Isn’t there any big fish or meat?”
Xuaji smiled softly and said softly, “Hey, you have slept for almost a year and have not eaten anything. It’s not good for your health to eat big fish and meat all of a sudden. Take your time, you will be able to eat something tasty in a few days.”
Linglong’s two immortal souls and six mortal forms were taken away, the body was equivalent to dying in an instant, only the heart still retains some warmth. Originally, Chu Lei still worried that if she was not fed, she might die of exhaustion. Every day, herbs boiled soup was poured to make her drink, who knows how much she feeds and how much she vomits, the throat was closed, even a drop of water could not enter. Later, He Yang said the soul was taken away from the person and they can not eat, and it would not affect her. Chu Lei and his wife were relieved. Now that she finally woke up, her stomach and intestines are extremely weak, how can she eat big fish and meat?
Xuanji fed most of the bowl of millet porridge, but also again, Linglong shook his head, “I do not want to eat …… Xuanji, where is Little Six? Why didn’t he come to see me?”
The first time she mentioned Zhong Minyan, the bowl in Xuanji’s hand almost fell to the floor. She forced a smile and said, “Oh …… he’s in seclusion! Isn’t he going to participate in the Hairpin Tournament soon? Father asked him to participate, so he has to practice hard.”
“Really?”
“Naturally, it’s true.” Xuanji sat on the edge of the bed, holding her hand and smiling, said, “He heard that you woke up yesterday, and he was clamoring to see you. But father had a temper tantrum, so he held back. That’s why he’s not here yet”
Linglong hung her head and smiled, a layer of red blush on her pale face, pouted, “He …… really! Father is so annoying, I’m not sure what the big deal is.”
Xuanji felt uncomfortable, and couldn’t bear to let her know the truth, so she said softly, “You miss him, right?”
Linglong snorted, “Who misses him!” After a while, she couldn’t help but whisper: “Yes …… a little bit. I thought I would see him when I woke up. I’ve been sleeping for so long, I don’t know what he’s become …… Xuanji, you’re taller than me now.”
Xuanji smiled and patter her hand. This year Linglong’s time stopped, so her body and appearance are still at the age of fifteen, but Xuanji herself has grown a lot taller. She is a sixteen-year-old girl and looks like Linglong’s elder sister.
The two of them whispered a few words, Linglong suddenly smiled and asked: “Girl, to be honest, Sifeng and you …… are not ……”
Xuanji was stunned for a long time before she understood, she shook her head, then nodded, and finally smiled heartily, “Well, we have discussed it and rescued you, and … then we will travel the world and never be separated.” She was going to say that I was going to go to Buzhou Mountain to snatch Zhong Minyan back, but the words came to her mouth and she swallowed them back.
Linglong looked at her enviously and murmured: “You are so generous …… and courageous. If …… if I can …… too”
Xuanji smiled and said, “Is it shameful to like someone? Just say it.”
Linglong blushed for a while before she plucked up the courage to say, “Well, then I want too! The four of us are going to travel the mountains together! I will never be separated from Little Six!”
Xuanji’s heart sank, thinking that if Zhong Minyan could hear these words, he would be laughing from ear to ear and he would be willing to suffer even more.
When Linglong saw her eyes were sour, she wondered, “What’s wrong with you? What’s unhappy? Is that kid Sifeng bullying you? Tell me, I will settle the score with him later!” Although she is weak, but the sister’s fiery attitude is still no less than half.
Xuanji shook her head and hurriedly said, “No … how could he bully me! I …… right, I want to ask you, that day at Gao’s mountain, why you suddenly disappeared? How did Wu Tong catch you again and draw your soul?”
Linglong was dumbfounded, her face suddenly turned white, but then flushed red, stunned for a long time, before saying: “I …… he caught me because of that hairpin tournament! Take revenge on us … I’m not sure what to do, but I’m back now, right?”
Xuanji saw her look strange so she didn’t ask, but could only look at her in silence.
Linglong leaned against the head of the bed, closing her eyes a little tiredly, and those things from the past that she didn’t want to be known flowed past her eyes like running water. Her heart was filled with fear, anger and some indefinable emotions, her heart was pounding and she couldn’t stop.
She suffered a surprise attack at Gao Mountain that day. When she woke up, she was in a dark cave, with no sound and no one around. A small oil lamp on the wall of the cave, firelight gently jumping. She was panicked and scared, subconsciously touched her waist – Duàn Jīn[1] is still there, this discovery let her breathe a sigh of relief.
She was about to get up and run away when a series of metal clanging sounds suddenly tugged at her wrists and ankles, and only then did she realize that her limbs were tethered by thin golden chains, four of which were nailed to the cave wall, long enough for her to walk back and forth in the cave.
She was already an impulsive person, and now, like a captured beast, she was chained to death, so how could she not be angry? She immediately drew out Duàn Jīn and slashed it, the four chains looked thin and light, but no matter how she slashed, stabbed, chopped, smashed, or tugged, she couldn’t break them. Linglong was so anxious that she was sweating all over, so she raised Duàn Jīn, and this time, instead of slashing at the chains, she slashed at her own wrists!
The sound of whistling air suddenly came from the entrance of the cave, loud and clear. It was very loud. Linglong only felt her wrist shake, and couldn’t help but let go of Duàn Jīn. She was so stubborn that she bent over to pick it up and cut it again. The man at the entrance of the cave uttered an “eh” sound, she suddenly blinked, a black shadow flickered to the front, as if to stop her from cutting her wrist.
This is exactly what she wanted to do, twisting Duàn Jīn midway, she ruthlessly cut towards the man’s face. The man knew she would do so, and with a twist of the wrist, Duàn Jīn was grasped in his hand. No matter how she tugged, she could not pull back. The man laughed, raised his hand to her shoulder, suddenly found something wrong and fiercely grabbed her chin, fingers roughly pried open her teeth, but her tongue was still bitten a bit, and there was a mouth full of blood.
“It’s really strong.” He whispered. She closed her eyes tightly and did not look at him, as if she did not hear. But then he ripped open her coat with a loud tear, and Linglong was so scared that she screamed and hugged her body.
“If you want to commit suicide, I’ll let you do it. As long as you are not afraid of being stripped naked and left at the entrance of your Shao Yang Sect, and asking a hundred men to rape the corpse for your father and your lover to see.”
A horrified whisper escaped Linglong’s throat, and she looked up at him with disoriented eyes, obviously stunned by this vicious threat. When the man saw that she had calmed down, he gently smoothed back her torn clothes and whispered, “As long as you behave, I will do nothing.”
He seemed to be shrouded in darkness, most of his face hidden behind a black cloth, revealing only a pair of shining eyes, gaze like a sharp sword. Linglong only felt that this pair of eyes has been vaguely seen in some place, suddenly remembered where, her hands became violent and she tore off that piece of cloth.
“It’s you. …… It’s you!” Her voice was sharp, and she raised her hand to grab his face, wishing to gouge his eyeballs.
The man’s face was cold and gloomy, it was Wu Tong. Linglong screamed and rushed forward to scratch him, but she could not hurt him at all. Her two wrists were grabbed by him and pressed against the cave wall as if they were playing with a child, and she could not move.
“You can either kill me now! Or I’ll cut you into pieces one day as long as I live!” She hissed loudly, her wrists pressed against the cave wall, her fingers twisted, obviously furious to the extreme.
The man looked down at her for a moment, then suddenly let go and touched her cheek quickly, turned around and laughed: “You’ve grown into a beauty. How can I be willing to kill you.”
Linglong flew upwards, still trying to catch him but her legs suddenly went limp and she sat down on her knees. She was so frightened that she could no longer bear the shock, and now she finally felt weak and could no longer exert her strength. Duàn Jīn fell alone at her feet, she grabbed it, hugged it in her arms, and curled up in the corner in a ball.
She didn’t dare to cry, didn’t dare to move, didn’t dare to die. She does not know what else she can do. She only shed tears silently and called out to Zhong Minyan thousands of times in her heart, hoping that the sky would have mercy on her and that he would come down like a god in the next moment to save her.
She doesn’t know how long had passed, but she maintained the same position and felt that her arms and legs were numb and uncomfortable. She was about to change her posture when she heard another noise from the entrance of the cave. The hairs on her body stood up and she only put Duàn Jīn against her face, thinking that if he did anything wrong, she would immediately disfigure herself and bite her tongue, so that his vicious threats would be useless.
The curtain at the entrance of the cave was lifted, and Wu Tong brought in a basin of hot water and several brand new white cotton cloths, without saying a word, put the things on the ground, turned and went out again.
She didn’t know what tricks he had, but she had made up her mind, no matter what he did, she wouldn’t move.
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[1]: 斷金 Duàn Jīn is the name of Linglong’s sword. It means (斷/Duàn) To break/cut off (金/ Jīn ) Gold.
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