Free Web NovelChapter 231: Chapter 35: Three Good Sisters
But his luck was far better than he expected, though the battle was arduous, and unforeseeable events were unfolding...
He wanted to understand this group of people and how to interact with them; he was already looking forward to it, willing to take responsibility for his own lies.
After waiting painstakingly for nineteen years, they unexpectedly transformed into evil without regret; who could have thought this group of people would be unavoidable and so difficult to deal with?
The reason Lin Haigu and his men smiled was because of his white mist, he’d once told a well-intentioned lie, their goal was to aid those in need without knowing it was Lin Haigu and others waiting before them.
The third question.
It seems he might be able to solve certain mysteries of this world on his own.
...White mist always had a peculiar feeling about this new odd person, Sharp Forest, the original odd person, and this person with ties to them, including Sharp Forest.
He wanted to understand Sharp Forest thoroughly.
But he, his partner of such great strength, had unexpectedly lost an earlobe.
How could he, just an ordinary teenager at first, have experienced something that changed him to this extent today? It appeared that the power of Lin Haigu was no longer in effect under these circumstances.
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Where is that fragment? Was there not a piece that had fallen off Chu Qing’s corpse?
Has the restriction of the area been lifted? Have the pieces of the Doomsday been collected already?... But Chu Qing had already turned evil, involving the food domain and color domain, intending to escape to the food domain.
The first question.
He had already initiated the considerations for the fourth question as he faced these issues. White mist already knew for certain that Chu Qing was in a desperate escape, surely gathered all his people early on.
White mist had a corresponding solution to these unavoidable issues.
He wasn’t in a rush at that moment.
Lin Haigu paused, but just watching the situation unfold, he began questioning the true motives behind these unavoidable circumstances; essentially wondering if Qing Valley had planned this from the start.
They seemed to have set their sights on a much greater target upon arriving here.
It was not just this one simple rescue operation in the past nineteen years since the Linked Armies and Lin Haigu; the battle itself was far from settled.
Even though Lin Haigu had not returned to the Scaled Serpent, the forty-second iron brigade...
Not realizing what a heroic figure White Mist had become in his web of lies, he still didn’t know himself.
White Mist felt an odd sense of destiny upon seeing Lin Haigu as the nine-headed snake; the roaring cheers could awaken a bizarre feeling that surged within. The immense nine-headed snake was driving the forty-second steel cavalry.
For Wu Jiu, the phrase "Sharp Forest, the inspection army" held an even deeper meaning, but he really missed discussing the latest happenings with Liu Mu when he looked down.
He felt that today’s gathering was merely another incident, not just about to say farewell like Wu Jiu, who could not recognize the difference between him and Liu Mu.
All Wu Jiu could do was shake his head.
"You can’t stay like this the whole time, can you?" asked Liu Mu, turning to look at Wu Jiu.
Seeing the end of the battle in sight and knowing that farewells were nearing, he began to think that this person might be a traveler. Liu Mu knew he could not stay too long in this place, and so did he.
Though the battle here was far from over and Shen Shu had not exhausted much of Chu Qing’s strength yet, it was but a momentary hindrance for Chu Qing against the third generation of the inspection army with their superior figures, his power was beyond doubt.
But he was not just a lone figure fighting Chu Qing; Nie Chongshan liked to call others trash, a fact known by Liu Mu, who didn’t always scold overtly, but sometimes did so covertly.
"You will only be summoned as trash," Nie Chongshan scolded under his breath.
He looked at Nie Chongshan, who had started to ponder strange thoughts in his head, ideas that had gradually emerged over time after Chu Qing’s death.
If his own actions had caused the prior summonings and if, as a result, he encountered those two evils, then was Sharp Forest really concerned about a certain event? Why would he happen to return to the same place multiple times after all?
The crowd slowly started to probe into the aftermath of the situation, not letting the deadliest and strongest of the evil aura dissipate.
Although she was originally just a little girl with an electric saw, which was quite unusual. Sometimes she laughed and giggled, and other times, she cursed profusely.
The intricate malice forged outside the bounds of her sentiments hadn’t dissolved the centuries-old grudge held by Purple Orchid, pieces of her heart scattered like fractured ice across the ground.
Zhong Xu had died.
She wanted to seek out the New Moon all the more because of the indescribable pain she had suffered that day, but
she really wanted to return to the high tower to find that silly girl and confess how much she loved her after their desperate search for truth during the time of White Mist’s mention of the missing Orange.
She had thought about him many times, the painting of their meeting,
her teeth clenched in a helpless bite at the sound of Shen Yue’s peculiar laugh, which brought a kind of fear streaming from Li Qu’s eyes.
"Oh, I just might make you forget everything by tomorrow."
Shen Yue sneaked up to Li Qu’s ear and whispered softly. He was like a man teasing a woman, just coming up in front of Li Qu, freewebnøvel.coɱ
"Look, even though you’ve known me for a long time, it seems like you’ve never quite met me. Li Qu, Orange, or maybe there’s still something in me that you’ve missed, or perhaps someone that I was before has crossed your mind, you always need to change, right? It seems like you’ve developed some kind of misunderstanding about me because I look up to you so much."
Speaking mockingly on one side, while walking toward Li Qu on the other, she suddenly turned around.
It seemed to Li Qu as if the whole thing was an incredibly absurd farce, yet she couldn’t help but really laugh.
She wanted to burst into loud laughter, though she was the one currently struggling inside this soap opera of a scene that she appeared to be watching just like an audience.
But frustratingly, Shen Yue, of all people, had to be the one looking at her with eyes that didn’t sting or ache, Li Qu’s eyes filled with tears.
"I don’t believe it, how could you forget us, I haven’t forgotten you, and she is still trying to find a way to remember you, Orange hasn’t forgotten you either!"
"How... how could you forget... how could you... We will never forget each other, no matter the distance. I have to try to dress up the people from the bottom just to see the best in my three friends. Don’t you remember what you used to say? Or have you forgotten?"
Li Qu felt a twinge of pain in her chest. "...I can’t remember."
"Why should you care about me now? I’m just plain me, right? No big deal, I can’t remember any of it. Thanks, but no thanks, you don’t have to think about me that much, my little sister, bye-bye. Even though we’ve known each other for a few years, we just can’t get past being acquaintances. It’s like you and I are very familiar with each other, yet how come you end up crying when you see us together?"
She felt rather amused listening to Li Qu’s words,
seeming completely uninterested in all this domestic drama. She couldn’t even remember wanting to stay here a single moment, she seemed to just drift amidst the various evils of the great hall at this very moment.
Shen Yue took a step but stopped.
"Maybe that way... perhaps by letting you suffer a bit, I should’ve become a little more evil earlier. It’s true, you’ve suffered more because of me than I can tell. I know you are struggling in another place because of me... it was really hard for me at that time, I couldn’t find any way to help you, Orange, are you blaming me?"
Tears filled with emotion welled up as she suddenly remembered some events from the past, Li Qu got anxious.
White Mist frowned, looking earnestly at Shen Yue, but couldn’t find any sign of discrepancy in his attentiveness, which still seemed to be there from before.
Shen Yue didn’t even stop to listen. "I don’t need to hear what you have to say to me, Li Qu, because I know you are."
"...Am I Li Qu? You don’t have anything to say to me?... Little Moonlight."
Her voice trembled slightly, more coldly indifferent than she had anticipated; Li Qu was startled by Moonlight’s unexpected response.
Without any hesitation or uncertainty, Shen Yue made a gesture to Li Qu, turning around and preparing to walk towards White Mist,
"See you later, then~ Since you’ve already seen me, I should go back, if you really think that, maybe it’s true."
"I’ve always been worried about you, even after you left me behind, that there might still be a place in this world where we could meet again... I never even thought about it."
Li Qu was still very touched, although the tone and demeanor of Shen Yue didn’t quite match her enthusiasm,
"You’ve been thinking of me, my dear sister Li Qu."
Shen Yue’s expression changed to a mocking smile, from one that had been just mildly nonchalant, as he finally looked at Li Qu for a prolonged moment.
Li Qu spoke, having changed her own demeanor and altered her former self.
"Yes, I am Li Qu, Little Moonlight."
She was the same as when they had first encountered each other under the bright lights, Little Moonlight still looking as lovely as she did three years ago.
But Li Qu, who kept recalling their past encountrer, didn’t realize that there was another person in this scene...
Shen Yue, gazing toward White Mist with a slightly puzzled expression, seemed to entertain quite a different perception of his own position in time. "Who is she?"
Sharp Forest looked at Lin Haigu with bloodshot eyes, heavy with emotion.
However, she did not ask too many questions, because Wang and Chu Qing needed urgent healing due to their formless and weakened state.
Observing carefully, Yinxue noticed something peculiar about the two young girls with dazzling eyes—they both seemed to be staring into the white fog.
Yinxue hadn’t recognized Lin Haigu in her fallen state as the leader of the evil crew the first time she saw her, a hint of confusion and doubt betrayed in her expression. At that moment, she was busy carrying the four largest jars of soy sauce.
At this time, Yinxue and a young merchant named Xiaoyi also arrived on the scene.
She felt this barrier was somewhat bothersome—she couldn’t get closer due to the barrier, but originally Jiang Yimi wanted to approach Uncle. However, she had to protect the young child, but she felt obstructed by the barrier, and thus remained hesitant, muttering, "Hmm, not good, temporary," under her breath.
Having endured with a temporary gathering beside the white fog, she had not dissolved the layer of resentful energy barrier created by Hongyin, even after the fight had ended.
The white fog could not simply ignore the fifth question.
The fourth question was about Lin Haigu’s motives; it looked like Shen Yueshu’s reaction wasn’t what he expected, and that was the relationship between Li Qu and Shen Yueshu.
Shen Yueshu pointed at the top of Li Qu’s head with the white fog.
"Is it only now that you’ve decided to leave? Naturally, you’ll leave through the door, just like you came in through the door. Isn’t that the case?"
"What should I do, tell me, I need to go back," she pleaded.
Feeling somewhat at a loss, Shen Yueshu replied with uncertainty as a result of Zhong Xu’s untimely death.
His primary concern now was to solve this last question.
The fourth question was about two minor companions of Liu Cheng.
Unknown Museum, the Outer Tower...
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For Shen Yueshu, who had dismissed Zhong Xu earlier as if this place held no interesting flavor, the disappearance of something he once considered a significant burden now left him oddly indifferent. He lived fast, came fast, and was quite unrestrained.
Li Qu, not far away, felt as if she had lost something extremely precious to her and became pensive.
Shen Yueshu didn’t return from stepping into the illusory shadow within the white fog.
"We’ll meet again if fate allows," he said, uttering a strange phrase while looking at the white fog at the time of parting.
The vortex-shaped illusory shadow began to unfold.
Shen Yueshu arrived in front of the white fog, her hands busily pressing on the surface; she appeared to be in a rush, even though she did not say a word, her actions spoke volumes.
Ultimately, the little girl seemed to have thought of something, dispersing the heavy resentful energy, although this was only for a very short moment... The red resentful energy became denser in that instant. But to her, it felt like the fifth question she had inadvertently dismissed, which made her think it was already too late.
"You can’t say that you are more useful to him than I am to him. I am just fine with your beloved brother White. It’s you who is trying to stop me," she accused.
Seemingly uninterested, Shen Yueshu said as she approached the red barrier of resentful energy.
At that moment, her hopes, which she had held on to for three years after much despair, suddenly seemed to crumble, leaving her with a profound sense of anticipation.
Shivering slightly with cold that seemed to emanate from the very core of her being, Li Qu felt a chill like falling into an ice cave.
"Perhaps there will be a chance for you to merge with me into one, which would be quite beautiful if these feelings were from a human. It’s a real shame you are not, if you are indeed human, then your despondency must be profound," he remarked with a certain sense of regret.
Shen Yueshu’s lips curled into a smile once again, as he shook off Li Qu’s hand.
"To be honest, as of three years ago, I barely remember you, and you might have been quite important to me once, but now, to me, you are just a passing incident. As I stand before you now, it makes no difference to me, but still, if you so desire to tell me something, I am willing to listen," he offered.
"In truth, my heart may also be a mess of scrambled thoughts, not much different from the vast crowd out there. The integration of his body with mine would inadvertently absorb a part of his memories and grudges. However, every time I integrate, my strength rises—my split body is complete and independent. The so-called price you mention is inconsequential; any energy cost is insignificant compared to my own, and certainly not more valuable than my own energy," he declared.
As Shen Yueshu talked about some of his experiences, it seemed that Li Qu would not easily let him walk away.
"The memories belonging to Shen Shuyue have already faded away early on; my life’s journey these past three years, with each recollection merging and dissolving, has nothing to do with you. You don’t believe in me, so your significance to me has become needless."
Shen Shuyue frowned at this moment, the disdain and annoyance evident on her brow.
Li Qu couldn’t bear to let go of the former companionship and grasped Shen Shuyue’s hand.
"Little Moonlight, why can you be like this... You don’t believe me?"
Shen Shuyue made a gesture of farewell, her few trembling fingers betraying her emotion.
"I’ve changed, I am another person filled with too many people’s adoration; I will not be able to remember every single one of you, and even Lu Liu has seen Chestnut."
It seemed as if Lin Haigu had become a complete stranger, indifferent and detached.
"It’s not that you’ve become someone unchangeable... it’s because of the future."
"Our paths are just too divergent; there are too many other people causing it. I’m still searching for a means to awaken him; he’s not yet clear-headed. I also really want to see my brother, I can understand your feelings."
At this moment, the woman in front stopped as well, as though Shen Shuyue was unable to forget the image of Li Qu even as she walked towards the depth of the museum.
She chose Shen Shuyue to be her white fog, a cover for herself.
That woman was merely a vessel, incapable of bearing the load. She was the causality behind Shen Shuyue.
There was no causality between Shen Shuyue and the white fog, merely fact.
She was only acting out a scene because she already knew that the most beautiful woman is always the most deceitful—she knew this even before the arrival of the white fog.
Forever in her heart are the two good friends, just like that.
No matter how many times she tries to wash away that searing brand, the countless memories continue to etch themselves in her life, already becoming an integral part. She is Liu Chestnut and Li Qu.
She keeps remembering those two girls every single time... But it’s usually the two girls who cause her every bewilderment in an increasingly intricate maze, yet they save her time after time.
Those two girls were like signposts in the depths of her soul, pointing the way amidst the confusion. No matter how many times she can’t integrate the multitude of memories, no matter how many times she can’t untangle the intricate maze of memories, she never forgot Chestnut and Orange.
She might have deceived Chestnut; there could have been an incident.
An intricate maze formed by countless "Shen Shuyues". The memories of her past in her heart were becoming increasingly scarce.
With every instance, the Shen Shuyue memories, fused countless times over the past three years, were truly diluting, as if to sever her flesh and devour her vile blood, those things had hurt her body.
This action, whether it was what she said or not, didn’t matter to the woman who would come to see it eventually; Shen Shuyue felt something stir within.
She peeked at the reason once more, and it seemed that the woman was displaying an unusual understanding, even as her index finger gradually became translucent, and because of what the woman had just said, her voice fell softly beneath.
Shen Shuyue knew she wasn’t deceiving herself at this moment, but the woman didn’t really answer Shen Shuyue’s question.
"I don’t have much time, Moonlight. You still have many things to do, as my protector, you should go," she said lightly.
Where was there ever any semblance of calm detachment? Shen Shuyue lifted her head.
"Really?"
"The things I have to do are very dangerous. Although they might not be able to find you, my presence here could bring about our ultimate reunion. But there’s no relation between me and that future you, I’m curious if you still have any regrets," she said softly, sighing as if to let the space’s silence listen to the sound of her teary eye drops.
It must be because of some surging emotion inside her that she couldn’t stop, that’s why she was in such a hurry to leave. At this moment, there was already no sign of the venomous Scorpio woman, just Shen Shuyue herself.
It was Shen Shuyue who was in a hurry to leave, the woman serenely exchanging words with a mysterious person.
"How silly they are... I can even overhear some of the things they’re dealing with, although I haven’t seen Orange and only heard it from Chestnut," she muttered.
"Do you still have regrets?"
"I’m back... Hmm."
"You’re back quite quickly."
"Yes, just back," she replied indifferently, hearing the footsteps behind her without turning back, as if half of her face and one of her arms had become ethereal.
She walked as if she was a lost soul. Somehow the methodical footsteps started echoing irregularly, amidst the many oddities arranged along the museum hallways.
