Chapter 313 - Conclusion (Part 1)
Qiao Wan had actually imagined what it would be like to recognize her kind-hearted older brother.
She might calmly smear the other person's face first.
What happened to the promised pick-up? Ha, men. Men's words, lying devils.
But she never dreamed that her so-called dear elder brother turned out to be Xie Xingzhi.
That legendary Lone Sword Xie Xingzhi with six romantic encounters.
The development of this situation was so magical that Xiao Boyang, Fang Lingqing, and others were speechless.
Lu Pihan was stunned.
Even the people from the far north, including Ma Huaizhen, were dumbfounded witnessing this scene.
Xie Xingzhi and Qiao Wan are actually siblings?!!
"Oh my god," exclaimed one of the senior disciples, "This is too cool."
This is not a good occasion for a family reunion, and it has been more than ten years since they last saw each other. The so-called sibling affection is not actually very deep.
Xie Xingzhi has been searching tirelessly for decades, presumably for a single obsession in his heart. Moreover, as the younger sister, she smeared his face with blood, almost turning them into enemies.
They are like fire and water, incompatible.
Now, they suddenly discovered that their enemy had become their sibling.
Xie Xingzhi, barely noticeable, froze in place.
The two siblings looked at each other in silence, pausing for a moment.
Qiao Wan opened her mouth, filled with thoughts, but didn't know where to start. In the end, she could only say, with a complicated expression, "Um... touched a snail in the summer and almost drowned?"
"Got spanked by Dad in the winter?"
"The neighbor, Mrs. Wang?"
"The big yellow dog at the village entrance?"
"Taoist Friend Xie?" Qiao Wan asked uncertainly.
One by one, the distant memories were revealed by Qiao Wan, leaving nothing behind, not even a pair of pants. The once blurry memories gradually became clear, and Xie Xingzhi focused his thoughts, saying, "Yes."
"Little Wan?"
Those simple words seemed to overlap with the gentle "Little Wan" from their memories in that instant.
After losing her father and seniors, Qiao Wan's heart felt complicated. She tried to speak, but the words got stuck in her throat. Tears burst out of her eyes, leaving two wet marks on her face.
In the distance, the wave of beasts was getting closer and closer.
This was not a suitable occasion for family reunions; they didn't even have time to catch up.
Qiao Wan hesitated for a moment, mustered up her courage, and walked up to Xie Xingzhi. With a loud "bang," she hugged him tightly, giving him a strong embrace!
The usually cold and aloof young man was a bit flustered. He hesitated, then reached back to embrace her and said, "Little Wan."
He didn't know what to make of the warmth in his arms.
One of their senior brothers threw a jar of wine at them and laughed, saying, "It's worth celebrating when siblings recognize each other!"
"Come, let's drink!"
Someone immediately laughed and cursed, "Damn, you brought alcohol to the battlefield!"
"Can we not bring alcohol? If I hadn't brought it, we might not have had a chance to taste it before we died."
Boom...
Boom...
The seal was lifted, and the smell of alcohol mixed with the hot and dry wind spread across the desert.
Xie Xingzhi took a sip, then passed the wine jug to Qiao Wan .
With a stern expression and a blood-stained robe, he looked like a tall mountain, with a momentary air of majesty in his cold and proud gaze, containing a hint of tenderness as he looked at her.
Under his gaze, Qiao Wan couldn't help but smile.
Perhaps facing death made everything seem less important.
"Big Brother!" She happily exclaimed and reached out her hand.
They shook hands with each other, laughed heartily, and drank the second sip with a tight grip.
Then she passed the wine jug to Lu Pihan next to her.
"Elder Martial Brother!"
Caught up in the atmosphere, Lu Pihan looked at her and couldn't help but smile as well.
His body was weak, avoiding alcohol all year round, so that sip of strong alcohol was too harsh. It made him hunch over, but he proudly wiped the wine stain from his lips and then passed the wine jug to Xiao Boyang .
Little did he expect that one day he would die here... Xiao Boyang looked up at the sky, his expression complicated yet somewhat relieved. He tilted his head back and drank a large gulp of wine, finishing it in one go.
But was it worth it?
Fang Lingqing had always thought so, being a scholar cultivator, he had long prepared himself for a calm and dignified death. The young man, with his neatly groomed eyebrows and eyes, passed the wine jug in his hand to Chu Tongzheng.
Jiaojiao, the young girl, smiled brightly, her smile charming and captivating. "Dying like this can be meaningful, you know."
And so the story goes on.
Life and death are just a blink of an eye, with all beings experiencing suffering. Who can truly live freely all their life? It's better to enjoy the moment and live freely while you can, which can be considered a kind of romance.
Just as the wine jug was almost empty, in that fleeting moment, a few splashes of blood suddenly burst out from the distant waves!
A familiar and resolute sword aura broke through the tide of beasts, like a magnificent river flowing through the desert. Then, a white ribbon suddenly appeared, wrapping around the wine jug and throwing it into the air!
"Meng, elder martial brother?!"
"White, elder martial sister?!"
Someone exclaimed in disbelief, quickly approaching to take a closer look. Who else could the blood-drenched young man and woman be if not Meng Canglang and Bai Shanhu?
"When did they come?" asked someone.
Bai Shanhu calmly took a sip of wine and passed the wine jar to Meng Canglang. Meng Canglang took his sword and calmly said, "We came to assist Chongde Ancient Garden, Bai Shanhu and Meng Canglang."
"Taoist friends, we apologize for our late arrival. Please bring our elder martial sister and second martial brother," they requested.
Fang Lingqing's eyes welled up with tears. "Martial brothers and sisters, why did you come?"
Bai Shanhu gently touched her cousin's head and said, "Fighting on the battlefield is our honor."
All they could do was break free from the tide of monsters and come here. In the distance, the horde of monsters was gathering, unaffected by the deaths of a few demonic beasts.
Bai Shanhu was content to have recognized her older brother, be with friends and family before her death.
The wine jar fell to the ground!
The Wen Si Xing Zhu Sword was unsheathed, and Qiao Wan turned to face the oncoming wave of beasts.
The waves were gradually getting closer.
Qiao Wan calmly drew her sword and said, "Let's do this together, Elder Martial Brother."
Xie Xingzhi replied, "Alright, together."
Today, they were willing to risk it all, to kill as many as they could, at least to break even. To protect the world and its people, they were willing to die without regrets!
What is a youth?
A youth is a three-foot-long sword, a silver saddle on a white horse, with a heart full of determination.
They have boundless courage, loyalty and bravery.
They believe in "making friends through understanding, no need for blood ties."
And so, in the blink of an eye,
Qiao Wan leaped into the air.
With a loud rumble, her heavy sword split the air, and over thirty mighty sword energies were unleashed, cleaving through the beastly tide.
At the same time, Fang Lingqing's agile fingers weaved a net of silk threads, enveloping the approaching wave of beasts in the twilight!
As for Xiao Boyang and Chu Tongzheng, they relied on spiritual attacks.
When an elder martial sister couldn't hold on any longer, Xiao Boyang immediately withdrew to support her.
Meng Canglang, calm and composed, calmly pulled out the big sword from the door panel. The sword had a layer of water flowing on its surface and the water on the blade formed a whirlpool. Bai Shanhu, holding a cloak, created waves like a calm lake. Pei Chunzheng, holding the Snow Fright Sword, moved swiftly and gracefully. With a sweep of his sword, blood splattered like rain. With the help of his talisman and footwork, he changed the balance of yin and yang.
The small team of hundreds of people stood back to back, shoulder to shoulder.
From above, in the tide-like horde of beasts, they managed to create a small open space. The open space was occasionally splattered with blood.
Qiao Wan and Xie Xingzhi fought side by side, their eyes filled with rage.
A beast hoof was about to strike Xie Xingzhi's forehead, but in front of him, a sword light shot up and sliced the hoof in mid-air.
"Watch out, big brother!"
The sword light almost grazed Xie Xingzhi's eyelashes, but he didn't even frown. He swiftly drew another sword light and stabbed the monster behind Qiao Wan to death.
They worked together with such harmony and beauty, like flowing clouds and water.
They killed, killed, killed!
They kept killing until their bodies were exhausted, half kneeling on the ground, with the dust stained red beneath them!
As they fought against this group of hundreds of people, their numbers grew smaller and smaller.
Xiao Boyang and Fang Lingqing had to support each other to avoid falling.
Chu Tongzheng had the lowest level of cultivation, and her fair skin was covered in deep, visible scars. The young girl sighed lightly and said, "I've become ugly." But there was no regret in her eyes.
She could see that she was reaching her limit.
As for Pei Chunzheng, his face was as pale as paper. After Immortal Emperor Shi Yuan returned, his reign as a demonic lord was coming to an end. Surrounded by the surge of beasts, he couldn't even ask for help.
In the dim, blood-colored sunset, countless monsters roared and surged forward, like waves dominating the sky.
Lu Pihan glanced from afar at the approaching group of beasts, his thin hair hanging down on his emaciated cheeks.
In his possession, Qiao Wan had a special item called the Golden Cicada Seal. Each time his cultivation level increased, the attack power would also rise. However, the consequence was that the injuries would later backlash on himself.
If, if he were to fully unleash the power of the Golden Cicada Seal in an instant, maybe he could save everyone.
He closed his shining eyes, as if making a firm decision. Just as he was about to make a move, someone stopped him.
"Elder Martial Brother, please don't." Qiao Wan shook her head.
She forcefully pulled out the Wen Si Xing Zhu Sword, splashing herself with the blood that came with it. Qiao Wan firmly believed that there had to be another way to save everyone, without resorting to self-destruction.
Her family, her friends, Elder Martial Brother, big brother, Xiao Boyang, Little Fang, Chu Tongzheng... Elder Martial Sister Bai, Senior Meng... she didn't want them to die here.
Using her spiritual senses?
She frowned but then gave up on that thought.
No, even if her spiritual senses were strong, they wouldn't be able to withstand such a massive wave of monsters in front of her.
There was still one more method.
There was still one more method...
Thinking this, Qiao Wan suddenly stopped.
"I know." she whispered to herself and slowly raised the Wen Si Xing Zhu Sword in her hand.
There is another way to save everyone.
The girl swayed and suddenly flew like an arrow straight into the tide of monsters!!
With such speed, Xie Xingzhi was momentarily stunned and reached out his hand to catch her: "Qiao Wan?!"
But he was left empty-handed!!
In that fleeting moment, Qiao Wan clenched the sword, smirked, and said softly, "Big brother, goodbye."
Xie Xingzhi's heart tightened in madness, and the small team of slightly over two hundred people immediately fell into chaos, looking in astonishment at the figure rushing towards the tide of monsters "to die".
"Taoist Friend Qiao!"
"Younger martial sister! Come back!!"
Before their eyes, that figure was guided by divine consciousness the whole way and charged into the center of the monster tide, jumped into the shoulder of one of the demons!!
At that moment, Lu Pihan, Pei Chunzheng, and the others suddenly had a strange thought in their minds.
Standing on the shoulder of the magical beast, Qiao Wan gently closed her eyes. The sword in her hand was filled with wild energy, as she activated the Evil Sword Book that she had only used once before, causing her muscles to tear apart and never be used again.
With a loud boom, a towering sword energy soared from her hand, resembling a graceful dragon, reaching the sky.
A sword-shaped manifestation of righteous energy formed in the sky, and with a powerful slash, it split the air. In the blink of an eye, one became two, two became three, and tens of thousands of sword auras rumbled and swept across the ground!
The swords return to their origin!
In an instant, the footsteps of the horde of monsters came to a sudden halt. Starting from Qiao Wan as the epicenter, inch by inch, from the inside out, they burst apart!
The sword energy moved mountains and overturned the sea, sweeping away all the evil around!
Accompanied by the horde of monsters, crushed into pieces by the towering sword energy, Qiao Wan could hear the sound of her muscles tearing apart, "crack, crack."
This time, there was no one left to help her control the surging spiritual energy.
Even if she was luckily saved, she wouldn't survive. Her fragile meridians couldn't endure the repeated strain.
Realizing this clearly, Qiao Wan closed her eyes and once again lifted the Wen Si Xing Zhu Sword. However, this strike was aimed at herself, just like how Li Pan attacked.
This strike severed her own trachea and cut through her neck.
Before choosing to be torn apart by the remaining demons, Qiao Wan chose to end her own life.
From the very beginning, everything she did was to avoid the fate of being torn apart by demons, which would happen if she angered Pei Chunzheng.
Going round and round, she had returned to the starting point.
But this time, she felt content in her heart.
Floating like a dandelion, from Taixu Peak to now, she had experienced much discontent and resentment. But now, her Dao heart was confirmed, and she realized that she was not alone in her path!
Pei Chunzheng stood up slowly, his eyelashes covered in blood, staring blankly at the scene before him.
Xie Xingzhi, Lu Pihan, Xiao Boyang, Chu Tongzheng, Fang Lingqing... everyone present, hundreds of people, were all frozen in shock.
In the vast desert sky, the sunset painted the clouds crimson for miles. The young girl appeared as if riding a majestic whale, breaking free from the vast sea and frolicking between heaven and earth.
This time, Xie Xingzhi could only watch helplessly. The girl he had just recognized opened her thin arms, swayed for a moment, and tragically threw herself into the remaining horde of beasts.
Just at that moment, the heavens split open.
A snow-white dragon, accompanied by five black auras, soared through the sky, its roar echoing throughout the world as it descended from the heavens!
"Qiao Wan!!" Ma Huaizhen shouted angrily with his eyes burning red!
This time, there was no miracle. The white dragon did not catch her.
The remaining horde of beasts was not many.
But she fell too fast, like a shooting star, and in an instant, she was engulfed by the remaining monsters, torn into pieces, and crushed into a pool of flesh.
