Chapter 56
Why?
Looking at those familiar faces, Qingning kept asking why.
Why wouldn’t these people let go of her Eldest Senior Brother?
Why, after so many years, were they still so heartless towards Jiang Chen?
Why was ‘she in the image’ still so ignorant and foolish?!
Regardless, the great battle resumed.
Although Jiang Chen was strong, he was still no match for Lin Feng and the others.
Qingning knew that even if Jiang Chen truly had the strength, he would not want to hurt these Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters before him.
“Pfffgh—”
Jiang Chen was defeated, spitting out a mouthful of blood.Lin Feng was smiling as he watched him fall to the ground in such a sorry state.
Jiang Lianyue and Lin Mubai were also smiling.
They smiled heartily, almost exactly like the smiles they had when Jiang Chen’s cultivation was destroyed and Ma Wu arrived.
Just as Lin Feng was about to deliver the fatal blow.
“Please… spare his life…”
A voice tinged with sobs rang out.
Looking towards the source, Qingning’s beautiful eyes narrowed.
She could never have imagined that the one speaking was herself!
“Qingning Junior Sister, have you forgotten what he did to you? He not only wanted to take advantage of you, but he also deceived you for a whole six years!” Lin Feng said in disbelief.
“I know his crimes are too numerous to be recorded, and I know he doesn’t care about me at all! But I… I once liked him…”
Qingning in the image said with her head bowed down.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.
Lin Feng’s eyes narrowed slightly, a flash of murderous intent passing through them.
Just as he was about to truly become murderous…
“Boom—”
A muffled sound erupted.
The life-bound spirit sword beside Jiang Chen exploded, and the violent spiritual power instantly swept through the surroundings.
By the time everything had quieted down, he had vanished without a trace.
“Since Qingning Junior Sister cannot bear it, let’s spare him this time,” Lin Feng said with a smile.
“Thank you, Senior Brother.”
Qingning in the image took a deep breath and expressed her gratitude, “This is the last time. From now on, he will no longer be my Senior Brother, and I will be completely sever my ties with him.”
“That’s how it should be.”
Soon, Lin Feng and the others left as well.
Only Qingning remained alone in the void, staying in place.
She was bewildered.
She was terrified.
Her heart felt as if it had been hollowed out, and even breathing seemed extremely painful.
Because she had lost Jiang Chen…
Everything had happened too quickly just now. She had no idea where Jiang Chen had gone!
“Eldest Senior Brother, Eldest Senior Brother!”
Qingning kept calling out, but there was no response.
With no other choice, she returned to the edge of the chasm, moving like a zombie.
She believed that Jiang Chen must have escaped to the Upper Domain, so she decided to continue waiting there.
But this wait lasted for more than a decade.
She did not wait for Jiang Chen to appear. Instead, she received news from the Imperial Dynasty that the Jiuyan Sect had won the sect competition and was promoted to an Upper Domain sect.
And at the moment she learned of this news, the scene before her began to spin and distort, showing signs of a sudden change!
Qingning was overjoyed in an instant! She believed that she would be able to see Jiang Chen again!
And indeed, as she had thought, she did indeed see Jiang Chen when the scene returned to normal, but…
He was on the brink of death, with a black blade piercing through his chest, his white clothes soaked with blood!
“No!!” Qingning screamed, rushing over quickly.
She lay on top of Jiang Chen, cursing with the most venomous words at her former master, her former Senior Brothers and Sisters!
She begged for the golden characters to appear again and to take her life as well!
After all, what would have been the point of her life if Jiang Chen was gone?
Was she to continue being trapped in this world for ten thousand years to endure the torment?
“Eldest Senior Brother, please don’t die. Qingning is begging you!”
“Qingning will sing for you, is that okay?”
“From now on, Qingning will listen to you, I’ll learn to grow up, and I won’t cling to you anymore…”
“As long as you don’t die, I’m willing to do anything.”
“Eldest Senior Brother… please…”
Qingning kept pleading.
But no matter how much she begged, how much she screamed, Jiang Chen’s life force continued to rapidly diminish.
A sense of powerlessness struck her again, and as she sat on the ground, she burst into loud sobs.
Although she was already sixteen years old, she cried like a young child…
Qingning remembered that when she first joined the Jiuyan Sect, she would often cry just like she did now.
But this time, that Eldest Senior Brother would no longer rub her head and call her a “crybaby.”
“Spare them…”
Before his death, Jiang Chen clutched at the corner of Lin Feng’s clothes, blood in his mouth, and finally squeezed out these words.
On hearing this, Lin Feng’s pupils shrank.
Seeing Jiang Chen’s breath completely disappear, Qingning’s crying grew louder for a moment.
She did not know what Jiang Chen’s last words meant, but she had no intention of pondering them.
Because her Eldest Senior Brother was no longer there.
She had long stopped caring about other people and other things.
Through her tear-blurred vision, Qingning saw Xiao Hongyi running towards the deceased Jiang Chen, also crying her heart out, full of self-reproach.
Lin Feng forcibly pulled Xiao Hongyi away and then released a pill fire to burn Jiang Chen’s corpse.
After everyone left, Qingning’s crying abruptly stopped.
Then, an extremely familiar object caught her eye.
It was a wooden sword!
A crudely made wooden sword that was gradually disappearing under the fierce flames of the fire!
“Qingning, you’re amazing! I really like this wooden sword. I’d even take it with me to the grave if I died!”
Jiang Chen’s words suddenly surfaced in her mind.
Qingning was struck as if by lightning.
At that moment, she seemed to hear the sound of her own heart breaking.
The fire still burned, but the girl’s eyes were devoid of any sparks.
She stared blankly at the blazing pill fire, where it seemed Jiang Chen’s face was reflected, smiling at her.
The girl crawled towards the flames, her fair right hand reaching into the fierce fire to gently touch Jiang Chen’s smiling face. She smiled too.
Her smile was pale, her eyes lacked luster, and it was tinged with madness.
“Eldest Senior Brother, you broke your promise. There is no grave here…”
Jiang Chen’s departure was like taking Qingning’s soul with him.
Time passed slowly as if a hundred years were but a day.
She always sat at the spot where Jiang Chen had died, hugging her knees and burying her head in them like an ostrich.
During this time, it seemed many people came by and said something. But she heard none of it.
Because the words Jiang Chen had once said kept echoing in her ears, becoming her only pillar of support.
She feared that the moment she moved, Jiang Chen’s voice would disappear.
Thus, even for a hundred years, she did not move an inch.
Suddenly, the scene that had not changed for a hundred years began to shift again one day.
Maintaining the same posture, Qingning seemed to hear Lin Feng’s maniacal laughter, the death cries of Xiao Hongyi, Jiang Lianyue, and herself.
She finally understood. Before his death, Jiang Chen was pleading with Lin Feng to spare them.
Soon, the various noisy sounds gradually ceased, and Qingning felt as if she was floating in the void.
She still made no move, because none of it mattered.
“Are you my Eldest Senior Brother?”
Suddenly, a familiar girl’s voice rang out.
“Indeed, I am your Eldest Senior Brother,” the young Jiang Chen said while patting his chest.
“From now on, you are my Third Junior Sister. If anyone bullies you, just tell me! I’ll beat them up!”
Hearing this, Qingning’s delicate body trembled slightly as she lifted her head that had been bowed for nearly a hundred years.
What came into her view was a young man in white, Jiang Chen, with a smile as bright and pure as ever.
She glanced at the golden characters floating above in the sky.
【Second Life】
Qingning smiled.
She quickly ran towards the young man, Jiang Chen, and said,
“Eldest Senior Brother, Qingning has been waiting for you…”
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