122 The Allure of A Faint Dream 3 (1/2)
”And thus, the two of you are already intertwined in the delicate and omnipotent strings of destiny!”
Tian Mu revealed an apologetic smile towards the silent An Fei as he finished speaking.
The clearly devastated expression on her countenance was perceivable through the veil that aptly concealed her appearance from even his perception, causing a sore twinge of guilt to strike his heart.
Seeing how the girl refused to speak another word even after the full length of a cup of tea's time had passed, the Grand Elder couldn't help but visibly palpitate in panic.
The old man wished to rush over and confirm with his eyes, yet his conscience finally grasped ahold of his mind, keeping him firmly rooted in place.
He… he didn't scare the young lass to death with his words… right?
She… she wouldn't hate Ming Xia for this… would she?
”Little lass… Little lass?” Tian Mu waved his hand before An Fei's dull countenance in worry.
”Are you alright? Can you hear this elderly thing's words?”
The lack of a response thoroughly terrified the elder man, and the Grand Elder couldn't restrain himself from berating his age-old habit of shamelessness.
If the young girl before him received far too much of a shock because of his words, then his plans would have been ruined…
…An Fei had truly and visibly lost consciousness from last statement uttered from the Grand Elder's mouth.
The finishing attack dealt by Tian Mu's shameless habit possessed an overwhelming fatal property, causing the young girl's consciousness to immediately flee into the Sanctum without a single breath of hesitation.
Unfortunately for both the young girl and the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Sanctum seemed to have become enraged by the old fool's brash words.
However, it was not the notion of arranging a marriage, but a different field of interest…
”[Destiny]?”
The young girl's body suddenly jerked, a short burst of soulful bells ringing in the distance as the girl parted her mouth by the slightest amount.
The release of the bells caused an invisible fluctuation to ravage the young girl's immediate surroundings, and the faint intricacies of the atmospheric spiritual qi began to distort under its influence.
”Little lass, did you say something?”
Tian Mu frowned, his eyes gazing towards the young girl with an inquiring expression.
The Grand Elder knit his brows in thought, faintly realizing that a subtle but drastic change had occurred to the atmosphere's boundless spiritual qi.
The spiritual qi seemed exceptionally sluggish and unresponsive, and didn't resonate with the pulse of spiritual essence confined within his Nascent Soul.
Nonetheless, the elderly man didn't get another opportunity to inspect the changes to the atmosphere.
”[You attempt to tie my destiny]?”
Another slew of melodic bells escaped the young girl's mouth, and the world vibrated in an unnatural but beautiful harmony.
The gentle breeze that had playfully cajoled and flirted with the blooming trees, plants, and grasses stilled, nearby life slowing to a tranquil cessation of existence and movement.
The world had inadvertently frozen to a halt by the sounds of the bells, yet Tian Mu was blissfully unaware of such phenomena.
”[You attempt to tie my destiny]?”
”Little lass, are you alright!?”
The Grand Elder panicked as the salvo of melodious bell sounds erupted from the young girl's throat for a second time.
The old man ignored all warnings of his consciousness' screams of terror and absolute fear, placing two fingers against a major vein of the young girl's neck.
The young girl remained standing in position, her appearance no different than the frozen world.
Her mouth moved a third time, yet nothing but frigid air escaped from her body.
”Ah Mu, are you alright?”
A gentle voice broke past Tian Mu's concentration, a heavy hammer slamming against the delicate intricacies of his mind without mercy.
Trapped in a dazed state of mind, the Grand Elder's fingers slipped from the young girl's neck to return and hang listlessly at his side.
He had completely forgotten that in the bare minimum time that he had managed to read the young girl's pulse, he had obtained absolutely nothing.
The veins remained cold and unmoving, the blood frozen within the vessels as the suffused vitality ground to a halt.
Nor was he cognizant of the fact that grass underneath his sandaled feet no longer swayed against his skin, brushing his legs in the constantly affectionate caress he had received from the world.
The Grand Elder similarly froze in place as the young girl had, his eyes opened wide in disbelief and astonishment.
That voice… he knew far too well.
”Ah Mu?”
That voice… he had never obtained the opportunity to receive and nuzzle his ear against for hundreds of years.
”Ah Mu!”
That voice… he had not heard in hundreds of years, but that single call was sufficient to trigger the deepest sentiments within his shameless heart, causing a torrential flood of emotions to wrack his soul and body.
”Ah Mu! Are you alright!?”
”Yes! Yes, I am alright!”
Tian Mu snapped into action as if doused in boiling oil, his movements no longer restrained by the mysterious phenomena.