Chapter 1350 - : Chen Xinyis Endgame (Part 3) (1/2)

Feng Tianlan’s hands shook, reading a letter of such bittersweet love. With a light tap of her feet, her form flickered, disappearing in the direction of the ruins from which she came.

It had only been 35 minutes since she left, and yet, the ruins were covered in a layer of powdery snow. She took in the sight of the ruins and the fireworks blooming in its backdrop whilst clutching Chen Xinyi’s final words in her hand.

“I’m sorry.” Feng Tianlan’s voice trembled as she whispered her apology, the falling snow weighing heavily atop her shoulders. She could say nothing else…

The driving snow did not abate. Instead, it grew in strength, and soon it would become a blizzard. Fireworks continued to bloom in the night sky like the vibrant petals of a flower blossoming and withering away. Amidst the ruins stained in blood and painted in flesh stood the lonely figure of a woman filled with guilt and crushing regret.

Bang!

As the final spark vanished in the cold night air, it left behind a grey fog that stretched beyond the horizon.

Xi Lin arrived a short while after. Seeing Feng Tianlan motionlessly staring at the ruins with blank eyes, her body coated in a thick layer of snow, she could not help but be reminded of a snowman. Xi Lin strode towards her friend and gently patted the snow off of her. “Tianlan.”

Feng Tianlan choked back a sob. “… Sister Lin, I didn’t even have the chance to collect her body or entomb her ashes.”

There was no doubt that the person who had undergone self-combustion the previous night was Chen Xinyi. She used her own body as a catalyst to destroy the Peony Gate Sect – a sect Feng Tianlan had never heard of, but one who had culled her whole family.

A person who undergoes self-combustion has their body reduced into a fine powder before disappearing completely. No flesh or bone is left behind.

“Chen Xinyi wouldn’t have wanted her ashes mixed with these… people.” Xi Lin had yet to recover from her shock upon learning the contents of Chen Xinyi’s letter to Feng Tianlan. Although she could not imagine how much guilt Tianlan was in, she knew she had to do her best to support her. Chen Xinyi was dead – nothing could change that fact. They had to move on.

Feng Tian Lan wanted to say something, but she could not find the words to express herself. It was as if she had lost her voice.