Chapter 123: Their Respective Battles
Nausea, the urge to vomit, and even trembling all over, wanting to collapse to the ground, but in the end, he held it in.
After all, he was not a naive man from this world. Although he had never stained his hands with blood in his previous life, in that information society, had he not eaten pork even if he had never seen a pig run?
He had long been familiar with all sorts of great principles. If you don’t kill others, others will kill you. Mercy to the enemy is cruelty to yourself…
Su Yan recited these in his heart. He was also forced to do this, just to survive better in the cultivation world.
Xiao Wu had been watching the changes in Su Yan’s expression the whole time. She was extremely surprised that he could recover so quickly.
She still remembered that the first time she had seen blood, she had gasped for several breaths and had been listless all day, not recovering for a long time.
After all, taking another person’s life… unless one was a natural-born villain, very few people could remain indifferent. For her junior brother, as a delicate man, this was truly remarkable.
“Don’t make fun of me.”
Su Yan said helplessly.
“I’m not making fun of you. I’m being sincere.”
Xiao Wu explained.
Su Yan didn’t speak. Whether it was sincere or not, he didn’t want this kind of praise!
He wiped the blood from his body and then continued forward.
Along the way, Su Yan experienced many battles. There were losers who were weaker than him, opponents who were evenly matched with him, and enemies who were stronger than him.
From the initial discomfort, to the later numbness, and now to the current calmness, Su Yan felt he had gotten used to it. Fighting seemed to be just that.
Xiao Wu had been paying attention to his expression the whole time. From discomfort to adaptation, from nervousness to calmness, there seemed to be something more in his eyes. It seemed to be a change that occurred after seeing blood. She didn’t know if this change was good or bad, and her brows couldn’t help but furrow slightly.
“I seem to understand Master’s intention. Because I dote on my junior brother too much and can’t bear for him to experience any danger, I’ve limited his growth. Blindly doting is not advisable. One can’t become a true expert by staying at home.”
If it didn’t involve Su Yan, Xiao Wu could easily see the truth. But now that she understood her Master’s intention, she was still a little reluctant.
“Junior Brother doesn’t need strength, nor does he need to become strong. I will always protect him. As long as I’m by his side, it’s enough.”
Compared to the so-called becoming stronger and cultivating a so-called expert’s heart, Xiao Wu preferred a peaceful life for Su Yan, to live a carefree life.
“Isn’t it good to be a house husband?”
Xiao Wu thought to herself.
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On the other side of the battlefield, Ling Ling and Lin Qingyue soon encountered enemies, a threat from the Joyful Union Sect.
The enemy was a Golden Core cultivator. Ling Ling dealt with them with great ease. Lin Qingyue, on the other hand, could not. She struggled in the battle and had several near-death experiences.
“If you can’t do it, you can’t do it! What’s a little girl doing on the battlefield!”
Ling Ling had a disdainful expression on her face, but the occasional glance from the corner of her eye exposed her true thoughts.
Competing with Lin Qingyue for their junior brother was a family matter of their Heavenly Water Peak. At most, it was an emotional entanglement. She just disliked her junior sister a little.
“Although I dislike her, she is, after all, my junior sister. Eldest Senior Sister asked me to take care of her. If something happens, I won’t be able to explain myself to her.”
And it wasn’t just her senior sister. Her little junior brother had also seen her traveling with her. If the four of them were to meet up and only she was there, with her little junior sister nowhere to be seen, what would he think of her?
“I’m not saving you because I have to! Don’t be delusional!”
Ling Ling deflected the Joyful Union Sect disciple’s sword with one strike, kicked her away, and then her figure flashed, appearing in front of Lin Qingyue.
The sword light brushed past her cheek, and she vaguely felt a stinging pain. But Lin Qingyue didn’t mind, her beautiful eyes full of surprise.
She was at odds with her Third Senior Sister. She had thought she would just watch coldly from the side, but she had actually stepped in to help her out of her predicament!
Seeing Lin Qingyue’s surprised expression, Ling Ling snorted coldly and said, “Don’t get the wrong idea. I don’t like you. It’s just that you are, after all, my junior sister. As a senior sister, I have to be magnanimous. I’m not like you!”
Lin Qingyue didn’t speak, her gaze sweeping over her high, prominent chest.
That size is indeed very large. Is that why she can disregard previous grudges? Or is it out of so-called sisterly affection?
Lin Qingyue’s eyes flickered. She had always been alone. Besides Senior Brother Su Yan, this was the first time she had been protected by someone else.
The Joyful Union Sect disciple was very strong. This opponent had put her in danger several times. If it weren’t for her extraordinary combat intuition, she might have been seriously injured and dying long ago, meeting who knows what end.
But even so, she was already at her limit. The gap between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core was simply too large. The only way was to fight with her life on the line.
However, at this moment, her Third Senior Sister descended from the sky with a longsword in hand.
Her white clothes fluttered. With just one sword strike, she had resolved the crisis. A sword mark of more than ten meters was cut into the ground, and the enemy was sent flying by the sword strike, falling and bleeding from the head.
“So weak.”
Ling Ling said with disdain. However, she knew her own business. Both of the Joyful Union Sect members were Golden Core cultivators. The reason she had achieved such a result was because Lin Qingyue had attracted their attention, and she had also launched a sneak attack. Once the two of them joined forces…
What she feared had come true. The Joyful Union Sect disciples looked at each other, abandoned Lin Qingyue, and attacked her together.
Faced with the two’s continuous attacks, Ling Ling was a little flustered for a moment. The two were of the same level as her. She was confident of winning against one, but with two of them together, the outcome was uncertain.
Just as Ling Ling was barely coping, Lin Qingyue joined the battlefield with her sword.
“What are you doing here? Hurry up and leave!”
Seeing this, Ling Ling was horrified.
The gap of a whole realm… she was completely throwing her life away!
“I won’t leave you behind! And don’t underestimate me!”
Lin Qingyue gritted her teeth and said. She would repay those who were good to her tenfold. Although she disliked this senior sister, she couldn’t be ungrateful.
And as she had said, the two of them were, after all, fellow disciples. How could she leave her behind and run away?
“You little…”
Ling Ling was helpless. The gap between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core was huge. To win against a stronger opponent… did she think she could do it?
“How would I know if I don’t try?”
To be honest, Lin Qingyue didn’t know if she could do it either. But if she retreated when she encountered a strong enemy, what was the point of cultivating? She might as well go home and drink milk!
Lin Qingyue wanted to have power, longed to become an existence like her Master, not because she wanted a prominent reputation, nor because she wanted to be respected, but because she wanted to have the power to protect him.
As long as she thought of her Senior Brother, she felt her body had an endless supply of strength!
“Since you’ve said so, that means you’re prepared. Don’t die!”
Ling Ling rarely said a word of concern.
Lin Qingyue nodded, gripped the sword in her hand, and stared at the enemy before her.
