Chapter 439 - Who Listens to Broken Strings (2/2)
Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, and said, “If she has fully understood the fourth volume of mind cultivation method, you will never be her opponents. This time in the Wuyue Mountain Wind and Cloud Meeting, she will definitely be there. If you found her by then do not fight her, just send me a message.”
“Yes, Empress!”
Huangfu Xin’er nodded, turned and walked towards the direction of the Heartless Temple. Under the night, a woman in a red dress drifted away, and her back view looked a little lonely.
After she had gone far, the two female disciples were relieved, and one frowned, and whispered, “The Empress is too anxious to succeed, and she has started to practice the fifth step of mind cultivation method before she gets the fourth step of it. I’m afraid she will if…”
“Shh…” The other one immediately made a shush gesture and shook her head.
In the early morning of the next day, Huangfu Xin’er still came to treat Xiao Chen in the most stupid way. By the third day, Xiao Chen’s complexion was then barely better, and the wrinkles on his eyes were gone, but these days, the look on Huangfu Xin’er was getting worse.
At the end of the day, Xiao Chen finally moved. Huangfu Xin’er immediately supported him, but Xiao Chen still could not open his eyes, as if he was trapped in a nightmare and was in a state of confusion. In his current state of mind, he somewhat saw Li Muxue’s destiny turned by Red Sleeve and disappeared into the smoke…
“No… Muxue…” Xiao Chen moved his lips and frowned, but his eyes still could not open. He could not see the person who was helping him at this moment, and his consciousness was still not clear.
It was just two words that were being spoken out lightly, but when Huangfu Xin’er heard them, she felt as though her heart was cut with a sharp blade, her hands shook slightly, and two red radiances flashed in her eyes. The look in her eyes was seemingly colder.
There was a sudden pain in her heart, and suddenly she spat out a mouthful of blood. She blackout, her hands immediately lost their strength, and she fainted by the bedside. Xiao Chen lost her support and fell back. Together, they passed out.
In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Chen finally woke up and smelled a faint fragrance. He opened his eyes but did not know where he was. He moved his arm and felt something soft, he turned his head and saw a woman in red lying beside him. He immediately recognized that it was Huangfu Xin’er at a glance.
“Xin’er!”
Xiao Chen was startled and immediately lifted Huangfu Xin’er. He saw that her mouth was stained with blood and her face was pale and ugly, and he was even more startled. Then he condensed a True Energy in his palm and passed it through her shoulder.
Huangfu Xin’er groaned and woke up. The moment she opened her eyes, she pushed Xiao Chen away. Then with a wave of sleeve, she was already at the door. Xiao Chen rubbed his chest and whispered, “Xin’er, you…”
Huangfu Xin’er gave him a grievous look, and then her eyes were colder, and she said coldly, “One life for one life, we are cleared now. Please leave if you are fine.” Then she moved and went towards the end of the bamboo forest.
Xiao Chen froze for a while, and then murmured, “Now… you don’t even want to give me another look?” Then he gave out a long sigh. He looked at the table in the room and saw a small bowl on the table that was filled half with lotus seeds soup that was already cold.
“Koo-chee! Koo-chee, Koo-chee!”
The Koo-chee beast ran in suddenly, Xiao Chen smiled lightly, and naturally could guess what had happened. He asked, “Brother Koo-chee, how many days have I slept?”
Koo-chee beast blinked, stretched out its front furry paws, and opened it up, indicating five days. Xiao Chen leapt lightly and got out of the bed. He was exhausted that day from rushing the journey, so he had heatstroke and fainted. Now he felt refreshed and as if his skill had recovered a bit.
Then he went outside and saw that bamboos were planted nearby, the breeze was blowing, the bamboo leaves fell into the pond, and the scenery was quite quiet. Then he strolled around at random and left in the afternoon to reach a flowering forest near valley entrance where he could hear the sound of zither coming from the bamboo forest in the distance.
Xiao Chen walked over and saw that it was Huangfu Xin’er who playing the zither, but the Jade Zither was not the one he had gifted her. Huangfu Xin’er stopped playing and said coldly, “Why haven’t you left?”
“I… I came to say goodbye to you; how have you been?”
Huangfu Xin’er said nothing and continued to play the zither, neither did she look up at him. Xiao Chen smiled to himself forcefully, and said, “So… I’m leaving now. Farewell, Huangfu… Empress Huangfu.”
When the words “Empress Huangfu” were spoken, his heart suddenly burst into a violent pain, like a heavily pierced heart by millions of arrows. To cover up the pain, he immediately hurried out of the valley. The zither sound of Huangfu Xin’er stopped, but her face remained blank. Then she started to play the zither again.
However, the sound of the zither was getting faster, and her hands were moving faster and faster, and more and more forceful. The wind rose suddenly, howling and screaming, and the sound of bamboo leaves rattling was heard. The leaves fell off and flew everywhere. In the end, “Zing, zing, zing” was heard, and the sound of the zither finally stopped, and its seven strings were broken, as well.
The wind had also dispersed.