??640: Chapter 16 Confession
640: Chapter 16 Confession
Jiang Miaoyin mustered up her courage and finally spoke the words that had weighed on her heart.
She felt a sense of relief.
But the next mont, regret welled up in her Heart Lake.
Words once spoken are like water spilled—irretrievable.
“Hoo…”
Jiang Miaoyin let out a heavy breath, hurriedly picked up her hat and put it on, not wanting the person opposite her to see her expression.
The wind and snow lightly brushed their clothing.
The silence between them resud, but it did not last long.
Xie Xuanyi took down the Lifebound Flying Sword that was hovering above his head, placed it on his knee, and the aura of the Golden Robed Martial Dao Divine Embryo also receded, leaving him completely calm.
He dispelled the Sword Qi and dharma which surrounded him.
Xie Xuanyi now faced the woman before him in his most original form.
“I know.”
Gazing directly into the eyes beneath Jiang Miaoyin’s hat, though obscured by gauze, he knew she was looking right back at him.
Word by word, he said, “Junior Sister likes .
I have always known.”
Xie Xuanyi looked down slowly and continued, “Xuanyi lost his parents at a young age and was left orphaned and alone.
It was due to the great kindness of our Master that I was able to enter Lotus Peak and have the opportunity to cultivate.
In my youth, I often acted rashly, engaged in disputes of pride, but due to the tolerance and patience of the senior brothers and sisters of various peaks, as well as the Elders, I was able to gain so recognition…”
“Master once told
that all the senior brothers on the various peaks liked .”
“…”
Jiang Miaoyin’s body slightly trembled.
She wanted to explain.
But this ti, it was Xie Xuanyi who interrupted her.
“But I knew.
Junior Sister’s ‘like’ was different from theirs.”
Xie Xuanyi sat upright and said slowly, “In those years when I practiced swords all night long at Lotus Peak, the Elders from various peaks would praise my dedication, the senior brother would remind
to take care of my health.”
“It was only Junior Sister who guarded my Dao, watched over
at night, replenished the oil lamps, brewed wine, and stayed awake through the night.”
After a slight pause.
Xie Xuanyi smiled and continued, “During the years vying for the title of Sword Dao Leader, every ti I descended the mountain…
the Elders from various peaks and senior and junior brothers would ask
where I planned to travel, to challenge which Saint Heir.”
“Only you, Junior Sister… asked nothing at all, and just wanted
to bring along the peace charm you personally wove within the Grotto Heaven.”
Such instances were too nurous to count in that first life, a brief recall and they all surged to his mind.
Unspoken and beyond words.
But they were vivid and fresh in mory.
With a gentle expression, Xie Xuanyi said, “People are not made of wood and stone, how could they be unfeeling?
I have always been aware of everything you have done for
all these years, Junior Sister.”
“…”
The woman sitting opposite lightly covered her mouth, but couldn’t control her trembling body.
A clear tear slipped from under the gauze.
Falling into the snow, making a crisp sound.
“I am not blind, nor deaf, I know what people outside have been saying.”
Taking a deep breath, Xie Xuanyi said with self-mockery, “Actually, the reason I did not respond all these years was not because of ‘timidity’, nor ‘fear’, but because there was so reasoning I could not fully understand in my previous life before my death.”
Jiang Miaoyin gazed blankly at the young man before her.
“Of course, I also have feelings for Junior Sister.”
Xie Xuanyi looked at the flying sword on his knee and murmured, “If I had not cared, I wouldn’t have accepted the sword Master gifted back then.”
Chronic illness, an ailnt.
These two swords were a pair.
Back when Xie Xuanyi was cultivating at Lotus Peak, Jiang Miaoyin was the only one who kept him company.
It wasn’t that only Jiang Miaoyin was willing to co…
With his extraordinary talent, rare in a thousand years, countless disciples from various peaks wanted to watch him.
Even aristocrats from outside the Sword Palace ca to pay homage.
But.
Xie Xuanyi turned them all away at the mountain gate.
If he was unwilling to see, who had the right to co?
Later, as Xie Xuanyi beca the most dazzling Sword Dao genius among the younger generation of Da Sui Sword Palace, visitors ca in an endless stream, piling up countless precious treasures in the True Hidden Peak hall, but Xie Xuanyi didn’t look at or take a single item, returning them all.
When he journeyed down the mountain, besides carrying the sword [Chronic Illness], the only item he had with him was the peace charm given to him by Jiang Miaoyin.
With a light chuckle, Xie Xuanyi said, “Everything Junior Sister has done for , I have seen it all.”
“It’s just… in my previous life, I never understood.”
“Whether my feelings for Junior Sister were the sa as Junior Sister’s feelings for .”
For a Sword Cultivator, it was essential to have clarity and lucidity of mind.
In his previous life, Xie Xuanyi was busy with journeying across the Four Realms for sword fights, striving to beco the Sword Dao Leader, and revitalizing the Lotus Peak’s fortune.
In the end, he comprehended the world’s most elusive Destruction Sword Dao.
Yet, he couldn’t comprehend the simplest reasoning that even common folk could grasp.
He couldn’t understand his own heart.
Under the wind and snow, the two faced each other in silence once more.
Jiang Miaoyin wiped her cheeks, laughing hoarsely, “…
Senior Brother, you didn’t have to tell
all of this.”
Just hearing Xie Xuanyi’s response.
She felt content.
This pair of senior and junior had walked through the most innocent and pure years together.
So things don’t need to be said; the answers are already within their hearts.
When she kept watch at the Lotus Dojo and dozed off, she always woke to find a black robe draped over her shoulders.
She kept watch for Xie Xuanyi.
Xie Xuanyi added clothing for her.
“I’m sorry.”
Softly, Xie Xuanyi said, “In my previous life, I owed you a reply, so… even if you didn’t ask this ti, I ca to give it.”
If a person dies once.
Most of the questions haunting their Heart Lake will be resolved.
“…
Senior Brother?”
Jiang Miaoyin’s heart sank with a foreboding feeling.
She silently clenched her sleeves.
Gazing into her eyes, Xie Xuanyi sincerely said, “Master once told , in this life, walk slower, see more scenery… but I didn’t quite understand his words.
If possible, I still wish to walk faster.
I don’t want the tragedy from ten years ago to replay.
I wish for everyone on Lotus Peak to be safe.
Especially you.”
Ten years ago at the North Sea, it wasn’t the end.
He had successfully lived a second life.
Sooner or later, the news of Xie Xuanyi being alive would spread, reaching the Imperial City and the Holy Empress.
This ti, Da Sui Sword Palace would no longer use the “Sealing Mountain” excuse to avoid retribution.
“So… I’m sorry.”
Taking a deep breath, Xie Xuanyi sincerely continued, “Junior Sister, my feelings for you are without romantic affection.”
Jiang Miaoyin let out a forlorn laugh.
The next mont.
The campfire flickered, the Thunder Fire Talisman trembled slightly.
Xie Xuanyi suddenly stood up, the golden divine fetus abruptly erged, wielding the Lifebound Flying Sword of Life and Death Dual Dao Realm, and without warning, slashed towards the snow behind Jiang Miaoyin!
Boom!
The vast Snow Mountain was split open by this sword!
Behind the Snow Mountain, several miles away, a thin figure was almost shattered by the Sword Qi.
The panicked Snow Demon appeared, terrified and hoarsely shouted, “Xie, are you crazy?
What’s wrong with listening for a bit?”
“Didn’t I say…”
Xie Xuanyi looked coldly at the distant, fragnted mountain, “If you bothered
again, I’d destroy your Divine Soul completely?”
The Snow Demon widened its eyes, hastily shouting in anger, “I didn’t hear a word!”
Heaven bear witness—
It just wanted to see what these two were talking about in front of the Sword Stele!
As soon as it got close, it was slashed!
God damn it!
How did this Xie manage to beco even more skilled after falling in realm?!
“Scram!”
Xie Xuanyi said coldly with a flick of his sleeve.
Without another word, the Snow Demon turned and fled, vanishing thousands of miles away, not daring to form a single strand of Divine Thought.
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