Chapter 112: May Your Wishes Come True, and May You Be Safe Every Year (Special Chapter 1)
“Senior Sister, this is for you!”
In her memory, Jiang Xianyue picked a beautiful flower from the roadside and handed it to Su Lian Yue.
Seeing that Su Lian Yue did not react, Jiang Xianyue became bolder and actually tucked the flower behind her ear.
Su Lian Yue let out a helpless chuckle and just let Jiang Xianyue do as she pleased.
As for why Su Lian Yue and Jiang Xianyue were together, it was because after Su Lian Yue had saved her that day, Jiang Xianyue had realized that she was a peerless expert.
Out of admiration for the strong and gratitude for her saving her life, Jiang Xianyue insisted on training with her.
At first, Su Lian Yue had refused. As the Female Demon Lord of the Demon Realm, it was already a great risk for her to come to the Mortal Realm alone.
If she brought another burden, it would be easy to be exposed.
Besides, she had a mission. She needed a ninth-grade pill to break through her cultivation and step into the divine path.
But she could not resist Jiang Xianyue’s girlish temper. After a long while of soft words and constant pestering, Su Lian Yue finally agreed out of annoyance.
Su Lian Yue now felt that it was a mistake to have saved her. For some reason, she had even made up a fake name and told her.
And so, the two began to travel together.
Su Lian Yue did not like to talk at first, but she could not resist Jiang Xianyue’s curiosity.
They had now entered the land of the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation. Their destination was Tang’an City.
Tang’an City was the imperial capital of the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation and the most prosperous place in the Mortal Realm. It was already night when they arrived.
A full moon hung in the night sky. The dark night should have been silent.
But the Tang’an City at night was another scene of hustle and bustle.
Today seemed to be a festival in Tang’an City. The vermilion eaves were carved with beams and painted rafters, and lanterns of various colors were hung.
From a distance, it was like a fiery red ocean.
Jiang Xianyue had bought a lotus lantern from somewhere and was walking side by side with Su Lian Yue on the bridge.
“Senior Sister, today seems to be the Lantern Festival in Tang’an City. Every household will place a lotus lantern in the water to pray for all things to go as they wish in the coming year.”
Jiang Xianyue explained these customs to Su Lian Yue with great interest, but her mind did not seem to be on them.
“Senior Sister?”
Jiang Xianyue tilted her head and walked in front of Su Lian Yue, her face full of doubt.
Su Lian Yue was still thinking about the pill. She was not paying attention and almost bumped into Jiang Xianyue.
Su Lian Yue said helplessly, “You can either call me senior… or you can call me sister.”
With that, Su Lian Yue regretted it as soon as she said it. She saw Jiang Xianyue call out softly, “Sister Su~”
This call actually made her heart feel a trace of human warmth that should have long since ceased to exist.
Her brow relaxed slightly. She looked at the girl who was only in her twenties and shook her head helplessly.
She had already lived for thousands of years and had come to the Mortal Realm thousands of times. She had also celebrated this so-called Lantern Festival countless times.
But this was the first time she had someone chattering by her side during the Lantern Festival.
“Senior… don’t you like me calling you sister?”
Seeing that Su Lian Yue was expressionless, Jiang Xianyue thought that she was not satisfied with her address.
“No, you can call me whatever you want.”
Su Lian Yue replied coldly and walked past Jiang Xianyue.
“Eh? By the way, after the Lantern Festival, I’ll be twenty-three this year. What about you, sister?”
Seeing that Su Lian Yue had already walked a good distance, Jiang Xianyue also hurriedly chased after her.
Su Lian Yue did not answer this question.
Jiang Xianyue said with a puzzled voice, “Could it be that sister thinks she is old… and is too embarrassed to say?”
Su Lian Yue: “…”
Soon, the two came to a small river in Tang’an City. The water was already filled with large and small glowing lotus flowers. These lotus flowers carried people’s beautiful hopes.
Jiang Xianyue squatted by the river, holding a lotus flower, and wrote her blessings on it.
“Sister, do you want to write one too?”
Su Lian Yue looked at the movements of Jiang Xianyue’s hands and silently replied, “Childish.”
“Aiya, sister, don’t be like that. Everyone has wishes in this world.”
Jiang Xianyue then handed the lotus flower in her hand to Su Lian Yue.
Su Lian Yue took it indifferently. Even in such a lively Lantern Festival, it could not change her state of mind.
But speaking of wishes…
Su Lian Yue herself did not know what her wish was.
She was the Female Demon Lord of the Demon Realm, holding the Netherworld, the Soul Realm, and the Demon Realm.
Her strength had even reached the eighth turn of the peak of the Mahayana realm, only a step away from becoming a god.
Power… status, she had them all.
If she had to say one, it would be to fulfill the last wish of her ancestors and then annex the Mortal Realm.
At this thought, Su Lian Yue herself laughed. Could this be considered a wish?
This was ambition.
A small lotus flower probably could not carry all of this.
“You can think of one for me.” Su Lian Yue thought for a moment and then handed the lotus flower back to Jiang Xianyue.
Jiang Xianyue’s head drooped. “Alright~”
“Then I’ll pray that… sister… will be safe and sound in the future!”
Jiang Xianyue placed the lotus flower in the flowing river. With expectations for a beautiful future, she watched the lotus flower slowly drift away.
“Why… did you make this wish?”
“Aren’t you afraid… that I’m a bad person?” Su Lian Yue said with a faint smile.
Hearing Su Lian Yue’s words, Jiang Xianyue was taken aback.
Then she said firmly, “I’m not afraid.”
“Why?”
“Because… if sister is a bad person… then there are no good people in the world.”
“An interesting answer.”
Su Lian Yue let out a rare chuckle. This smile, under the interweaving of the moonlight and the lantern light, actually made Jiang Xianyue a little dazed. A person as cold and otherworldly as Su Lian Yue was so moving when she smiled.
“Sister… you’re so beautiful when you smile.”
Su Lian Yue did not respond to this and continued to walk forward. “Let’s go. It’s time to find a place to stay.”
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ps: Above the peak of the Mahayana realm are nine turns. Above the nine turns, one can ascend to the Divine Realm.
The Demon Realm is divided into the Netherworld, the Demon Realm, and the Soul Realm. Each realm is equivalent to a country in the Mortal Realm.
