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Her eyes instantly watered, and she gritted her teeth in a deadly effort to keep from bursting into tears.

“Get out.” He turned his head away from her and whispered two words again.

To get out? Zhu Yan trembled, unable to believe her ears, and looked at the other person with reddened eyes, hoping he would cast a glance back at her. However, Shi Ying just faced the stone wall, not even turning his head back, his voice vaguely tinged with annoyance, “Get out!”

She finally fought back the tears, choking down a sob and moved backwards one step at a time.

“Who told you to bring me back from the Yellow Spring Road? Nothing was supposed to be like this…” Shi Ying whispered suddenly, sitting against the stone wall, with suppressed anger and annoyance in his voice, “Everything should have ended in that moment! Right then and there!”

Zhu Yan had already retreated towards the entrance of the cave and was ready to leave, however, the unusual tone in his voice caused her to freeze and subconsciously glance back – in the next instant, she saw Master raise his hand and pound a fierce fist on the stone wall in front of him!

She gasped in disbelief and watched as the stone wall split in pieces in front of her eyes.

“Master… Master!” Zhu Yan was so shocked that she dashed away and rushed forwards.

In her eagerness, she tried to grab his out-of-control fist, forgetting how terribly powerful he was. As soon as she touched his sleeve, a harsh force of resistance struck her forcefully, sending the completely unprepared girl flying backwards! Zhu Yan emitted a cry of shock, and her body got slammed heavily against the stone wall.

In that moment, Shi Ying seemed to freeze as well and jerked to his feet, “Ah-Yan!”

Zhu Yan slowly slid down over the stone wall, struggling to prop herself up with her hands, turning completely ashen. Yet she couldn’t care less about the pain, but just raised her head to look at her Master: she finally understood in that moment the reason why he hadn’t turned around when she was talking to him – his hands were covered in patches of blood, his brow was furrowed, and there were actually vague traces of tears on the side of his cheeks.

The same expression, only witnessed once in the same grotto more than ten years ago!

Shi Ying stood up swiftly, as if he was trying to hold her up, but the moment he made contact with her he instantly released his arms as if he had been struck by lightning and took a step back, frozen in place – in that moment, the two of them were extremely close yet incredibly far away, and even the sound of each other’s breathing was so close to their ears.

Yes, the breathing. The breathing that symbolizes the very presence of life! For a moment, her heart suddenly settled and she stopped thinking about anything else.

Yes! Regardless of anything, the Master has truly come back to life! He was not dead! What would it matter if he scolded and slapped her a few times, when that alone would make her feel that she would never regret losing his life?

She rubbed her buttocks and stood up on her own, muttering, “That one hurt…”

As soon as she spoke, Shi Ying understood that she was not seriously injured and breathed a sigh of relief – yes, he had failed to control himself with that blow just now, if it were an ordinary person, she would have been shattered from the inside out. However, Ah-Yan had been cultivating for many years and was no longer the same defenseless little girl, so how could she be injured by him so easily? Time has passed like a flowing river, everything has changed, and yet he has the feeling that she is still the same child he first met over ten years ago.

He let out a soundless sigh, composed himself, and, the entire range of emotions on his face evaporated.

Zhu Yan originally wanted to take the opportunity to be petulant, but when she noticed the look on her Master’s face just now, she suddenly became incapable of articulating anything – she had been afraid of him since she was a child, but after so many years of experiencing so many things together, there was a subtle change in this fear, as if there was a strange awkwardness between them, and even talking or looking at him more than once would make her feel uncomfortable.

Yet even without looking or talking, at this moment, facing her Master, who had just returned from the Yellow Springs, her mind was filled with echoes of the last words he had spoken to her that day in the Star Ocean Cloud Pavilion, words that echoed like a magic spell.

“I like you very much, Ah-Yan… though you’ve been so afraid of me.”

Just by recalling this sentence, Zhu Yan immediately blushed and shivered slightly, not daring to look at him anymore. Fortunately, Shi Ying did not say anything either, but only took a step back and sat down again, lowering his head to look at his hands, with complicated emotions rushing through his eyes.

“Your hand is bleeding…” she remonstrated in the silence, speaking with arduous urgency.

When Shi Ying lifted his hand to look at it in front of her eyes, he didn’t make a sound, but just turned his wrist – the bleeding wound was healing with a speed visible to the naked eye, recovering instantly. But in her heart, she was still anxious and couldn’t help but say, “You’ve just recovered, so please stop using your spiritual power!”

Shi Ying glanced at her and surprisingly he did halt his hand.

Zhu Yan froze for a moment and couldn’t help but be a little surprised: Master… was actually willing to listen to her? Is it possible that after being reborn once, even his temperament may have changed?

However, looking at his hands covered in blood, she hastily tore off a piece from her lapel and moved over to patch him up.

The atmosphere inside the stone cave became extremely quiet again, even the sound of their breathing was overly clear. Zhu Yan’s heart could not stop pounding and her fingers were trembling as she tried several times to get the ties in place.

She could feel her Master gazing upon her, so she bowed down a little, not daring to raise her head to meet his eyes.

In the silence, his voice could be heard whispering, “Ah-Yan, you have lost a lot of weight.”

Her fingers twitched and she nervously replied, “Well, indeed… I haven’t had the heart to eat properly for a long time…”

Shi Ying remained silent for a moment before suddenly saying, “Then you must go and eat first.”

What? Zhu Yan didn’t expect him to suddenly come up with this sentence, she couldn’t help but be stupefied, and buried inside her all the words she wanted to say: after a cycle of life and death changes, the two of them had finally reunited, she still didn’t have the chance to say a few words to him, and Master… already wanted to kick her out? Why did his temper suddenly become so odd and unpredictable?

However, she dared not to disobey, and stood up stiffly, mustering up the courage to look straight up at him – yet, it was just for a brief moment, but he had already turned around to face the stone wall again. Zhu Yan looked at his back, her lips moving, but in the end, she said nothing and turned to walk out of the stone cave.

Outside, Chongming was guarding the entrance to the cave, and as soon as he saw her come out, he grabbed her by the lapels and dragged her across stiffly, his four eyes cooing at her with eagerness.

“Don’t worry,” she rumbled, “Master, he’s fine now.”

The bird loosened its beak and let out a long, joyful whistle as its wings flapped and swished up into the air, swirling up and down like a white bolt of lightning.

Zhu Yan stared blankly at the delighted divine bird, while being somewhat lost in thoughts.

Yes, Master was revived, but there was something between them that never seemed to be restored – a strange atmosphere that never existed between the two of them, something that had always confused the thoughtless young girl.

Perhaps the reborn man felt equally confused and thus was eager to drive her out?

It was a rainy day and it was cloudy outside without a hint of sunshine.

As Zhu Yan roamed alone through the Valley of the Kings, her heart filled with a sense of desolation and hopelessness that she had never felt before. When she bent down to drink from a nearby creek, she was suddenly startled by her own image – it had only been a month or so, but the person reflected in the water was so pale and thin, like a leaf falling from a dying branch; where was the bright and voluptuous little princess she used to be? No wonder even Master was surprised at the sight of her moments ago.

After all, everything is different when you have died once. Zhu Yan ate hastily as the sky was already darkening. Suddenly the sound of rain started to fall among the grass and trees. She wanted to go back to the stone cave for shelter, but hesitated, feeling vaguely intimidated and hesitant to go there.

“Ah-Yan.” It was then that she heard someone call out for her through the raindrops. She subconsciously turned around and was surprised to see a fluttering white dress swaying under the rocks – Shi Ying has stepped out at some point and looked at her from afar at the entrance of the grotto cave, without showing many emotions on his face, merely saying, “It’s getting dark, why are you still standing in the rain?”

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