76 A Dream of a Hero, a Lifetime of a Woman! (1/2)
Yun Yang heaved a long sigh.
”Ji Ling is heading seven-hundred and fifty thousand miles away to find her brother…” Yun Yang closed his eyes in agony.
How was she going to find him?
…
Supreme Earth had asked the heavily injured brothers to write their wills after a particular battle some years ago.
”The pitcher will at last break by the well, generals risk perishing at the frontline. If we’re all not here anymore one day, we have to make arrangements for after our deaths. This is one of those arrangements. Next, it’s best if the cultivation method of Nine Supremes doesn’t lose its legacy when we aren’t here anymore.”
”If there were to be an accident one day, our brothers who are still here can read the wills and help others fulfill their last wishes.”
Everyone had quietly accepted the decision at that time.
They then began their own preparation, passing the first stage of their mysterious cultivation method to the next brother upon returning. Such was the order – Earth, Gold, Wood, Water, Flame, Thunder, Blood, Wind, Cloud.
After they did it, all of them had complained of their heavy hearts, laden with too much sadness that the effort stopped then and there; all of them had then gone out to relax and empty their mind.
He remembered it was then that Supreme Blood had pulled him along saying, ”Ol’ninth, come with me. Big brother is taking you along to have some fun.”
Yun Yang reminisced, a faint smile hanging on his face. It was only after some time that he lowered his head to continue reading the content of Supreme Wind’s will.
”I’ll just speak about what I can’t let go of but I don’t think I’ll need the help from all of you.”
Supreme Wind’s tone was light and playful, obviously not regarding this with brevity when he was writing it. Yun Yang, however, grew sadder as he continued reading.
”… I have a young sister, she’s my only family. My sister’s name is Ji Lingxi. It’s a nice name, right? Let me warn you bunch of scoundrels, none of you can hit on her!”
”Both of us are orphans but we were found in a small village inthe Empire of Yutang. Should we be considered as Yutang’s people? I consider myself as a citizen of Yutang’s citizen anyway. My parents passed away when I was eight, my younger sister and I were adopted by Ji Family. The head of the family had no descendants at that time, so we were taken in as their children. Ten years later, the head of the family got his own son… my status became rather awkward. My sister is a girl after all but from then on, I was the eldest young master. You guys understand this right?”
I do, I understand! Eighth brother, you speak light-heartedly but I understand the sadness in your heart.
”I don’t care about being head of the family or being the eldest young master but my existence would undoubtedly be a prick in my family, so I the only thing I could do was to run away.”
”Who would have known that once I got out, I would be lured here by our eldest. Let’s not talk about unhappy things. If I really died, brothers, help me take care of two people.”
”The first one is my younger sister, Ji Lingxi. Lingxi is my baby, I’ll never not be worried about her. If something happens to me, you must take care of my sister for me. You must not tell my sister I’m dead, you must not let my sister cry and be sad, you must not let my sister end up with someone dodgy, you must not let my sister bear a grudge! You must not let my sister be unhappy. If you can’t fulfill any of these, you might as well wish you were dead!”
It was a whole string of ‘must nots’.
The image of an elder brother who doted on his younger sister was glaring.
It was as if Yun Yang could see Supreme Wind in front of him, looking at him unhappily wearing a frown.
”Sorry, eighth brother, I…” Yun Yang sighed deeply. ”… I think I’ve made our younger sister… unhappy for far too many times.”
”My sister is the first one, my treasured baby. Anything good must be given to her first, she must be protected and cared for lovingly. My sister likes to scrunch her nose when she’s angry; whoever lets my sister scrunch up her nose, I’ll climb out from the coffin and beat him to death!”
”The second one is my fiancé. Didn’t expect that, did you? Actually, it was a marriage arranged before the others were here. I was still young then but I really liked her when I was growing up. Her name’s Yue Rulan, isn’t that nice? This is also the woman I liked the most and felt the most sorry for other than my sister…”
”She likes me too. I initially thought that I would marry her as long as I’m alive. When our business as the Nine Supremes comes to an end, I’ll invite all of you to my wedding. Hopefully there won’t be a chance to ask your help to take care of her.”
”Because of my family, I’ve distanced myself from her for quite some time. Do you think I’m really unlike a man? I’ve figured it out now. I want to marry her!”
”Of course, if I really died, go tell her that my heart has changed. I’ve married some other woman and am living in seclusion. No explanations are needed. But you must keep an eye out for her. She’s very sensitive; I’m afraid that she takes things too hard… Watch her for at least a year, this girl is stubborn and a bit difficult. I think I won’t die anyway. How could one of the Nine Supremes die? I think I won’t be needing help from all of you.”
Yue Rulan.
Yun Yang’s expression froze in shock again.
He recalled the girl in white who had accompanied Ji Ling when they met that morning as Ji Ling was going out of the city. She had even helped both of them exchange gifts. There was a sense of grief veiling her expression.
Her entire being had looked depressed, as if being weighed down by matters of the heart.
Ji Ling had called her ‘Sister Lan’!
She was going to find Ji Ling’s brother with her. Could she be Yue Rulan then?
Yun Yang felt his heart squeeze in pain.
Eighth brother, I’m sorry. I’ve met these two people, but I could do nothing...
…
”… Other than this, when I don’t have mission, my other identity is…” Although Supreme Wind did not care much for the will, he had still listed his biggest secret on it.
These alternative identities were for when the Nine Supremes were lifted off of their duties and needed to relax themselves. This identity would be the other identity that only they knew themselves.
Yun Yang chuckled bitterly and could not help but roll his eyes. The last time his other identity had conflicted with someone outside and was almost put in disadvantage, it was actually with this eighth brother…