1314 Half a Forbidden Mage (2/2)

Yan Shi and Jiang Feng were truly mother and daughter. They were both willing to sacrifice everything for their beliefs!

”I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...” Yan Shi was laying on some soft leaves. Her eyes were staring at the Moon Moth Phoenix as she kept repeating the same words.

The Moon Moth Phoenix suddenly turned into light dots and vanished before the group. A tiny glowing moth beat its wings and landed on Yan Shi's shoulder.

Yan Shi had reached her limit. She was reliving her past. She had gone from an intern whose legs were trembling when she faced a demon creature to a leader of the magic community. She had earned the respect of people with her legendary achievements, yet she had deemed herself a failure for the last thirty years of her life!

She had failed as a mother. She was unable to protect her daughter Jiang Feng when she was suffering. She was a heartless Totem Guardian. She had abandoned her beliefs and tried to kill the Totem Beast she was supposed to be protecting. Everyone had high hopes that she would become a Forbidden Mage. She also thought becoming a Forbidden Mage was her life goal, but she realized all that would be left of her on the day she became a Forbidden Mage would be an empty shell, as she had let everyone who was close to her down. What was the point of becoming a Forbidden Mage?

Compared to Jiang Feng, who gave her all to protect Chen Yi; to her daughter who was willing to live a lonely life in the North Burning Valley just to keep her promise; to the Moon Moth Phoenix who was willing to believe her and walk into her trap; to the little Moon Moth Phoenix who was still willing to stand on her shoulder even after she had betrayed her, she was absolutely nothing and insignificant. She could not even keep the promise that she had given to Xiao Dongxia...

Yan Shi kept murmuring to herself. She kept repeating the painful words in deep remorse.

Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan looked at the old woman. They were shocked to learn that she was a half-Forbidden Mage, but they were more touched by the remorse she was showing.

Yan Shi stretched her hands out, as if she could no longer see. She happened to catch Mo Fan's hand.

Mo Fan thought Yan Shi was looking for Chen Yi. He was helping her to reach Chen Yi's hand, but Yan Shi grabbed his hand tightly instead.

”Don't...don't let the people close to you down, don't let the people close to you...”

Mo Fan thought Yan Shi would keep repeating the same words, but the temperature of her body dropped before she could repeat it a second time!

The little moth that the Moon Moth Phoenix had turned into was now wrapped inside a white cocoon. She had reached the end of her current cycle, together with Yan Shi's death...

Yu Shishi nervously held the moth in her hands. The Moon Moth Phoenix was incredibly weak, no different than an ordinary blue moth. Its glow slowly moved toward Yu Shishi and disappeared into her body, as if it had established a special connection with her.

”You are the next Totem Guardian of the Moon Moth Phoenix,” Lingling told the helpless Yu Shishi.

”Will she remember everything that happened?” Yu Shishi asked.

Yu Shishi could sense that the Moon Moth Phoenix was constantly in pain. She was trying to escape from reality by falling into a deep slumber.

”Perhaps not. She has reached the end of her current life cycle, together with the old woman,” Lingling said.

”Mm, I'll take good care of her,” Yu Shishi nodded.

Yu Shishi had not known the Moon Moth Phoenix had such a past. She was extremely moved when she realized that the Moon Moth Phoenix was willing to save her and grant her a new life, even after she was brutally betrayed by the humans.

Were the Totem Beasts really just some dangerous existence that would turn into man-eating devils, as some people had claimed?