Liu Yuxin’s small head rested gently on Liu Ao’s shoulder. Liu Ao watched her tranquil appearance, his heart filled with emotion.
It truly was a change like the seas turning into mulberry fields. In his memory, his sister was still a child holding a small wooden sword, practicing slashes with him. She was also the little girl he had forced to fight ferocious beasts, crying from fear.
When he died, his obsessions were strong: one was his hatred for Wan Lei, and the other was his inability to let go of his sister.
She was so young, only in her teens. What would happen to her after he died? How heartbroken would she be?
Now, he realized that his sister was much stronger than he had imagined.
She had struggled, she had fought, she had cried. She had moments of helplessness and confusion, and moments of despair when she was chased without a path to heaven or earth. But she had endured it all.
Xin’er was strong, Xin’er was amazing.
In comparison, he, who had guarded the gate for over a decade, seemed rather unremarkable.
“Brother, what have you been doing these past ten years? Did you miss Xin’er?”
“Of course, I missed you every day. As for what I was doing, haha, I spent half my time guarding the gate as a sentinel and the other half cultivating.”
Upon hearing this, Liu Yuxin sat up abruptly.
“How can that be? How can the proudest genius of the Liu family do such things? How about this, just as Wan Lei suggested, you come back to the Immortal Realm with me, and I’ll buy you materials to reconstruct your physical body.
Once you become a living person, you can go to Yan Tower Academy to cultivate. Yan Tower Academy is incredibly powerful. The Immortal Venerable, Sword Saint, and Illusion Saint all studied there in the past. I graduated from there too, so it’s the most suitable place for you. I’ll write you a recommendation letter.
Once you become an immortal, you can also come to our Five Elements Palace. Our Five Elements Palace is very powerful. Do you know the Five Elements Palace?”
Liu Ao smiled.
“Forget it, I’m quite content here. I can just watch the gate every day. It’s safe and secure, and no one dares to cause trouble on Ghost Emperor Island.
Your merit points were all earned with your life. Keep them for yourself to exchange for resources. It would be a waste to give them to me.”
“No, when I was young, you gave me all the good things. Now that I have them, what’s the point if I can’t use them for you? The merit points I earned, if I can’t use them for you, then what are they for? When I was little, you always protected me. Now, Xin’er is an immortal and can protect Brother.”
Liu Ao’s eyes welled up with tears of emotion.
“Are you listening? If you don’t listen, I’ll forcibly take you back to the Immortal Realm. You can’t beat me now.”
Liu Yuxin said this with a playful ferocity.
“Alright, alright, I promise. But I need to tell our captain. I need to go through the resignation process. After all, we’ve been brothers for over ten years. It’s not appropriate to leave without a word.”
“Okay, I’ll go with you.”
Liu Yuxin grabbed Liu Ao’s arm and pulled him towards the door.
As they opened the door, they saw Wan Lei and the members of the Thunder Rain team standing outside, all with solemn expressions and troubled faces.
“Yo, finished chatting?”
Wan Lei smiled as he saw Liu Yuxin and Liu Ao emerge.
“Yes.”
Liu Yuxin nodded, then lifted her small head and said proudly,
“Wan Lei, our grievances are settled. I won’t seek revenge on you anymore.”
Wan Lei was amused by her cute demeanor and nodded repeatedly.
“Okay, thank you for your mercy, Senior Liu.”
“Pah.”
Liu Ao walked up to Wan Lei with a serious expression and bowed deeply.
“I, Liu Ao, thank Brother Wan for taking care of Xin’er all these years. Thank you, Brother Wan, for saving my sister and parents. I was ignorant before, and I hope Brother Wan can forgive me.”
“Hey, what are you doing? Get up quickly. You haven’t wronged me. Instead, I’ve wronged Xin’er. Since I killed you back then, I naturally have to bear Xin’er’s hatred towards me. This is karma, and it’s something I deserve. There’s no such thing as kindness or not. We are friends, companions, comrades. These are things I should have done.”
Liu Yuxin pulled Liu Ao and started to leave. Wan Lei asked curiously,
“Where are you going?”
“To help my brother resign.”
“Oh, then hurry back. Just now, the Immortal Venerable told me to bring the team back to the Immortal Realm as soon as possible, and to bring Xi Sha back, saying there’s something important.”
“Alright, that’s perfect. I also need to go back to the Immortal Realm to help my brother reconstruct his physical body.”
With that, Liu Yuxin took Liu Ao and flew away.
Watching their retreating figures, Heavenly Calculator smiled.
“Who would have thought that we would encounter Liu Ao here at Ghost Emperor Hall? I had completely forgotten about this person.”
Heavenly Calculator had participated in the Myriad Prodigies Ranking back then and had seen Liu Ao from afar.
“Fate.”
Wan Lei smiled.
“Why did the Immortal Venerable call us back this time?”
Qi Manyao frowned, looking worried.
“Probably to discuss the Demonic Ring.”
Wan Lei smiled.
Fang Xiaoyu immediately shook her head.
“That shouldn’t be it. If they wanted the Demonic Ring, they could have come over, or you could have gone back alone. Why would they need the entire team to return? I think it’s definitely because the demons are targeting you too fiercely now, and the pressure here is too great. If you continue to stay in the Sea of Suffering battlefield, you’ll eventually be taken advantage of by the demons. This time, they might not let us return to the Sea of Suffering.”
“It can’t be that serious, can it? Are we afraid of those demons?”
Wan Lei frowned, but he also knew that this possibility was very high.
“Forget it, if we have to go back, we’ll go back. At most, we’ll have a good talk with the Immortal Venerable. We’re not afraid. We came to the Sea of Suffering to earn merit points. How can we earn them if we’re not allowed to kill demons?”
“What do you want to earn merit points for?”
Fang Xiaoyu asked calmly.
“Of course, it’s to revive…”
Wan Lei blurted out without thinking, then immediately turned to look at Qi Manyao.
Then his eyes lit up.
“That’s right, we came to earn merit points to revive Man Yaoyao. Now that Man Yaoyao is back, what else is there to earn? Let’s go, let’s go back to the Immortal Realm to cultivate.”
Wan Lei immediately switched to a laid-back mindset.
Fang Xiaoyu looked at him with pity and sighed.
Don’t you know the Immortal Venerable’s ways? How could he possibly give you a peaceful life?
At this moment, Mengmeng skipped out from a side hall. Her eyes lit up when she saw the candied hawthorn Wan Lei was carrying. She immediately ran over, pulled off a skewer, and began to gnaw on it.
“Right, Xi Sha is awake. You can go see her now.”
Upon hearing this, Wan Lei directly shoved the candied hawthorn rack into Mengmeng’s hand and then led everyone into the room.
Mengmeng looked at the large skewer of candied hawthorn in her hand, somewhat stunned. Then she smiled sweetly and took the candied hawthorn to find the Ghost Emperor.
Upon entering the room, they saw Xi Sha sitting half-reclined on the bed, looking at them with a hint of confusion.
“Did Mengmeng save me?”
Xi Sha asked curiously.
Upon hearing this, Fang Xiaoyu immediately became displeased and said directly,
“Wan Lei saved you!”