Chapter 34: Memories (2/2)
“Ah Lan?” Luo Jian was so startled at hearing that all too faet here?”
Feng Yu Lan should have been sleeping safely and soundly inside that tree hole He shouldn’t have been able to co ti you were sleeping for I seem to have dropped my cell phone somewhere, so I couldn’t even check the tiht soon” Luo Jian stabbed at those relentless, flailing vines with his knife Feeling rather anxious, he asked, “Are you alright in there, Ah Lan? Shouldn’t you have been inside that tree hole?”
As if it wasn’t already weird enough; it didn’t help that Feng Yu Lan’s voice was sounding awfully strange right now He stayed silent for a le word, then responded with a question of his own, “Have you brought rimoire with you?”
It was only then that Luo Jian recalled Feng Yu Lan’s book He hastily reached for his pocket and felt around Luo Jian lost many items in the ic tome was one of those items that had disappeared Luo Jian knitted his brows, then sweeping a glance at his dagger, he told the other, “Listen, Ah Lan A weapon is connected to its owner, so even if you happen to lose it, you can su it back”
“There’s no need The su spell has already ended, and that Stalker has s”
“Ended? It actually stopped? Didn’t you say that you can’t stop it without reciting a specific incantation?”
“When the summoner dies, the spell will end”
Luo Jian paused as he took atirasped those vines before hi if it the vines winded around his wrist and slithered up his arrew ashen, and his tone, deep and dark He roared, “Feng Yu Lan, you’d better stop fucking around with me! Don’t you even dare spout that kind of bullshi+t! I, your father, have let you down and regrettably caused you to die once in the first chah this absurd chase for the sake of your ‘survival’; however, I have already vowed in my heart that I will never, ever let you die for a second time!!!”
A thick wall of vines separated the two And just on the other side, Feng Yu Lan see in a about him was off It was like he wasn’t the sa Yu Lan There was no sense of close intimacy, no brotherly love, between him and Luo Jian He was calm, deathly calm…and his voice was colder than ice, dreadfully frosty and down-right emotionless, “Luo Jian, I really would like to thank you; you have been very good to nashed his teeth, “What the hell are you trying to say?”
“Nothing, really I’ratitude”
“Then why is it that I can’t I hear a sliver of that appreciation in your words?”
Feng Yu Lan grew silent After a ive the real Feng Yu Lan back to you, but I’m afraid I cannot do so”
Luo Jian siet across He de around the bush, and tell it toto say?!”
“Feng Yu Lan is dead” The voice on the other side continued, “He was too weak His old wounds weren’t healed, and they opened back up He lost too h-level incantations that he shouldn’t even be using at his current stage, causing his spirit to weaken considerably If not all, he was…that Duan Li also hurt hi wrath or hatred, he decided to use that suer the surow until it’s eventually unable to withstand the overbearing force of the backlash, causing all of his viscera to rupture and resulting in his tragically dying fro to you in the tree hole, he was actually on the verge of death Perhaps he himself had already realized that his time was almost up, so he sent you away, then silently fell fast asleep inside that tree hole”
“What are you talking about?” Luo Jian felt his fingers tre, his heart pounded furiously in his chest What the other was saying was difficult to coh his mind, but he couldn’t hear them, he just couldn’t understand Luo Jian could only shake his head in denial and counter with, “If Feng Yu Lan is dead, then who the hell are you?”
“Me? I’ you to stop fucking around! Did you not just say that Feng Yu Lan is dead?!”
“Hah…” The other sri Yu Lan I am…another hi out now! The fuck do you ht here has known Feng Yu Lan for more than twenty years, and I sure as hell haven’t see another one of that fool!” It was as if the cap to his eer Enraged, Luo Jian wildly clawed at the vines, tearing theure hidden behind therimoire”
At this very instant, Luo Jian was stunned speechless, utterly shocked and horrified by this remark
A heavy silence filled the air After a while, he suddenly heard the other heave a sigh of regret, then add, “Feng Yu Lan is dead, but he also isn’t dead at the same time I won’t let him die so easily Which is why…you must always believe in your oeapon, Luo Jian It will do its ut my best to protect him
“You…” Luo Jian opened his mouth, only to close it back He didn’t kno to react, what to do or what to even say
“I truly a Yu Lan Another…ill solely dedicate his heart and soul to his one and only Feng Yu Lan You may also refer to me as Shadow” The other’s voice suddenly becaue, so faint that it seeh it would dissipate in the very next second “Next ti Yu Lan He will becoht now, he is too weak, so I will be letting him rest in my own body as I cultivate him carefully Perhaps in the next chaain”
Shadoords never failed to astonish Luo Jian “You can put him inside your body? No…I ht smile unexpectedly spread across Shadow’s lips, and he replied, “Weapons can enter your body, and you can also become the weapons themselves I can also turn into a person, but truthfully speaking,a human form drains too much of my force, so I tend to stay as a book most of the ti Yu Lan now? Have you already taken him back?”
“No, I’ve still yet to find him, but I can sense his presence He has fallen into a state of suspended animation He just can’t directly recall his weapon as well as you can… These vines are quite troublesohis request, Luo Jian i harder to tear down the wall of vines After toiling away for half a day, he finally et rid of all the vines in his way He then peeked inside, only to suck in a cool breath at the startling sight before hi Yu Lan The other’s appearance was identical to Feng Yu Lan’s, the clothes on his body were the sa Yu Lan’s, and even the other’s voice andYu Lan’s Luo Jian scrutinized the other for ages, but he couldn’t even spot a single discrepancy
“I’ve already said that I a Yu Lan I am the side hidden within his heart, a o One can even say that I’m the darkest, filthiest, most despicable and most wretched side of him Previously, when I still had yet to transform into a book, it was quite difficult for me to leave the depths of his heart Or rather…I suppose, I simply didn’t want to escape”
Shadow cocked his head to one side The other’s habits and appearance were practically identical to that of Feng Yu Lan’s Luo Jian had no choice but to accept the truth of what the other said He knelt down right next to Shadow Unable to suppress his turbulent emotions, he couldn’t help but reach out and touch hiainst Luo Jian’s hand, fondly snuggling into the co on his sweet face, so gentle and tender, yet ever so deceptive
Agonizing sorrow suddenly took ahold of Luo Jian’s heart He dolefully gazed at Shadow; his voice cracked as he softly whispered, “Ah Lan, just how could this have happened to you?”
“It’s all thanks to Duan Li” Shadow uttered “It was he…akened ‘us’”