After Forcibly Taking Senior Sister - Chapter 1

Ji Linglu had imagined the scene of her own death countless times.

Her reputation in the cultivation world was not good. She was not accepted by the righteous path. Everyone said she had committed every evil imaginable, defied human morality, was disloyal and unrighteous, and had nearly even been struck from the rolls of her sect. Though she had not fallen so low as to be treated the same as evil cultivators and foreign races, she was still reviled by all. Who knew when some righteous person who could not stand the sight of her would leap out and shout for her death in the name of enforcing justice on Heaven’s behalf?

Ji Linglu never argued that everything she had done had precedents set by others that could justify her, nor did she question why, when others could do the same things, it became such a crime once it was her turn.

How Yunzhong Jun conducted herself had never required explanation to unrelated people.

As for those noisy people, they could survive beneath her sword first before saying anything else.

She was only thinking that if she died, she absolutely had to drag her Qingqing along to die for love with her, so they could become a pair of inseparable, doomed lovebirds.

Only then would she be willing to die.

How could a husband and wife bird be allowed to fly apart? She and Senior Sister had to remain loving and without doubt forever. In life, they would be birds flying wing to wing; in death, they would become intertwined branches.

Best of all, she wanted to die together with Yun Ningqing in a way that shook the heavens and earth, a death so grand and world-shattering that everyone would know of it. It would become the most indelible stroke in the history of Yunyin Continent. The four directions and eight regions would firmly place the names Ji Linglu and Yun Ningqing together, and for countless ages afterward, whenever Yun Ningqing was mentioned, the three words Ji Linglu would have to be brought along as well. Just like the sky to flying birds, the sea to swimming fish, Senior Sister to Junior Sister—they had to remain tightly entangled forever.

But when that day truly came, she looked everywhere and could not find even a trace of Yun Ningqing.

Ji Linglu’s red robes snapped fiercely in the wind. Her body was drenched in blood, a mangled mess of flesh and gore. Her injuries were so severe that even mere external wounds could not heal immediately. The crowd pursuing and surrounding her seemed to sense her weakness as well, and for a time, their attacks grew even fiercer.

She no longer had the time, nor the interest, to distinguish who exactly was among those trying to kill her. She was even less interested in listening to their accusations and judgments against her. When someone wished to condemn you, they would never lack excuses. It was nothing more than a few ridiculous jokes that only sounded absurd to her ears.

Since she was so steeped in unforgivable sin, why waste so many words? Killing her quickly and ending this sooner was the proper thing to do.

Perhaps it was because if they did not nail her to the pillar of shame, these people would find no peace in their hearts.

After all, even the demoness Shi Yiwu, whom everyone had once clamored to kill, could now appear openly and honorably among the righteous ranks besieging her. What else could possibly be impossible?

In the end, it was only because she had blocked these people’s path and reached a point where she had to die.

Ji Linglu had always been too lazy to know the names of the souls who died beneath her sword, and she never wasted words on the dead. But this time was different. The one about to die was her. In the course of battle, it was inevitable that she remembered a few of the people on the other side who had pursued her so relentlessly.

The Ning family head, the Palace Master of Xuanbing Palace, Yan Jingyu, the daughter of the Lord of Fuyao City, the disciple of some itinerant powerhouse who had risen to fame in recent years…

What an impressive formation.

These people all seemed to revolve around one person, and even the demoness Shi Yiwu leaned against that woman’s shoulder as if relying on her.

It seemed both the righteous and demonic paths had made an exceptionally firm decision to turn this place into her burial ground.

Ji Linglu narrowed her phoenix eyes, trying to see that person’s face clearly. She wanted to kill her first in the battle to come.

—She absolutely could not let that person hurt Senior Sister!

She no longer had the strength to think about the real reason these people wanted to get rid of her so badly. She only wanted to kill the chief culprit as soon as possible. She absolutely could not allow them to disturb her Qingqing.

Suddenly.

The woman surrounded like the moon by stars spoke in a gentle voice. Her tone was not intense or indignant, yet Ji Linglu’s expression immediately changed.

“Yunzhong Jun, have you never wondered who it is that wants you dead?”

“The news that you secretly entered the Yunzhong Secret Realm was hidden even from heavenly secrets. How could we have known? Have you never suspected who leaked the news to us that you would leave the Yunzhong Secret Realm today?”

“That person did not appear here. Was it because she could not bear it, or because she is celebrating finally being rid of a stain as great as the heavens?”

Ji Linglu said nothing. She stood with her sword in hand, her gaze savage, her entire body filled with a killing aura.

That woman was not afraid. Instead, she spoke with some satisfaction. “Even your Senior Sister wants you dead!”

Ji Linglu’s vision swam, and she could not help vomiting a mouthful of blood.

In a daze, she thought, Who is Yunzhong Jun? She was not. She was Yun Ningqing’s Junior Sister, Ji Linglu!

These fools did not even know who she was, yet they deluded themselves into thinking they could sow discord between her and Senior Sister. Yun Ningqing clearly loved Ji Linglu most.

Senior Sister loved Junior Sister. Fairy Ningqing loved Yunzhong Jun. That was the eternal, unchanging truth of the cultivation world.

Someone else began making noise, saying that the Yunzhong Secret Realm had always been her private territory and that she did not allow anyone to touch it. Aside from Ji Linglu, the only person who knew of that place was Yun Ningqing.

So what if Ji Linglu was full of caution? Every time she went to the Yunzhong Secret Realm, she never forgot to conceal the heavenly secrets. Other people could not use secret arts to spy on her secrets, but even with a hundred precautions, there would inevitably be one oversight.

And that oversight had come from the most impossible person.

Yunzhong Jun. The Yunzhong Secret Realm.

Ever since the Yunzhong Secret Realm first appeared in the world, it had been firmly bound to Ji Linglu.

To Ji Linglu, the Yunzhong Secret Realm and Yun Ningqing were the same. They were both her reverse scales. Whoever touched them would die. But how could the Yunzhong Secret Realm possibly be as important as Yun Ningqing? Every time she went to the Yunzhong Secret Realm to strengthen herself, it was only to protect Yun Ningqing, to keep her Senior Sister from being bullied and pushed along by others in the cultivation world.

Because Ji Linglu had always exterminated her enemies completely and could not learn that whole “you’re good, I’m good, everyone’s good” manner of doing things, her relationships in the cultivation world were not good at all. Countless people wanted to flay her skin, eat her flesh, and hated her to the point of wishing her dead. That was why every time Ji Linglu entered or left the Yunzhong Secret Realm, she would disguise herself thoroughly. And she truly had only ever told Yun Ningqing about it…

If she could not even give her most intimate Senior Sister her complete trust, then Ji Linglu would be utterly and completely alone.

Even an evil person had a softest place deep in their heart that outsiders could never know.

So she did not believe this person’s nonsense!

If Yun Ningqing wanted to kill Ji Linglu, how easy a thing would that be? Why would she need to go to such great lengths?

As long as Yun Ningqing opened her mouth, even if it was her own life, Ji Linglu would take it for her.

How could these people possibly understand the affection between her and Senior Sister?

Absurd!

Ji Linglu abruptly snapped back to herself. She raised her brows and smiled. The single red cinnabar mark between her brows made her appear even more bewitching and uncanny, like a third eye on her forehead was openly shedding tears of blood. Her radiance was cold and dazzling, impossible to look at directly. “What Yun Ningqing does is a private matter between me and her. What does it have to do with any of you? If you want to fight, then fight!”

That was her Senior Sister. No outsider was qualified to judge her!

She had already cast life and death aside. How could she believe an enemy’s heart-killing words?

What kind of person Yun Ningqing was, it was not an outsider’s place to tell her.

She and Yun Ningqing had accompanied one another through more than two hundred years of days and nights. Long ago, they had carved everything about each other into their own bones and blood. She only believed in the Yun Ningqing she saw with her own eyes.

“Stubborn beyond saving!”

Ji Linglu could not help laughing. In the next instant, she erupted into motion, killing several people in succession under the horrified gazes of those around her. Unfortunately, she still could not kill that woman who would not stop chattering. The defenses around her were too airtight.

Sword light grazed Yan Jingyu’s neck. If she had not dodged in time, she would probably be dead or gravely injured by now. She could no longer maintain the calm, unhurried bearing of a senior expert and finally realized that the infamous Yunzhong Jun was not Ning Xinglan, who would laugh and joke with her. Once Yunzhong Jun’s sword moved, it would inevitably harvest a life.

“Use your full strength to execute this wretch! Do not underestimate her!”

That woman was no match for Ji Linglu, even when Ji Linglu was gravely injured. After Yan Jingyu and the others sent her beyond the innermost three layers of the combat circle, she leisurely watched Ji Linglu’s trapped-beast struggle, trying to distract her with words.

“Yunzhong Jun, Fairy Ningqing is pure as jade and steadfast as pine, flawless as white jade. Even though she has a Junior Sister like you dragging down her reputation, the cultivators of the four directions and eight regions still respect and admire her. I imagine Fairy Ningqing must have treated you with extreme gentleness and kindness as well. Even under circumstances like these, she still refuses to sever ties with you completely. This shows the affection she has for you.”

“But even now, Yunzhong Jun, you are still set on dragging Fairy Ningqing down with you. You refuse to leave the Fairy with a clean and respectable reputation and would rather force her into a position of cruelty and injustice. Is this what Yunzhong Jun wants?!”

As soon as the words fell, killing intent appeared.

In the instant Ji Linglu fell into a daze, sword light stabbed straight toward her from behind at an angle.

She wanted to dodge, but her broken, ruined body could no longer keep up with her mind.

The sword pierced through her heart.

Under everyone’s wary gazes, she lowered her head and could see the tip of the sword that had run her through. After a moment of distraction, she suddenly laughed.

Ji Linglu knelt half on the ground, barely supporting her swaying body with her sword. Bloody streaks flowed from both her eyes as she murmured to herself, “Senior Sister’s kindness to me is as heavy as a mountain…”

Someone denied her words. “So you repaid kindness with enmity!”

“No…”

She had not!

So much hatred, so much hatred, so much hatred.
So much love, so much love, so much love.
Senior Sister, Senior Sister, Senior Sister.
Qingqing, Qingqing, Qingqing, Qingqing.
Yun Ningqing! Yun Ningqing! Yun Ningqing!

Although Ji Linglu looked as though she was at her last breath, when it came to the final step, no one dared approach her. Because everyone feared that the violent-tempered Yunzhong Jun would self-destruct, dragging her enemies down with her even in death.

All of a sudden, Ji Linglu stared blankly in a certain direction. She saw her Senior Sister. Just like throughout the past two hundred years, no matter what happened, Senior Sister would always walk toward her without hesitation, hug her, straighten her clothes, and call her Lulu…

That was right. Senior Sister always softened toward her.

Senior Sister, will you die for love with me?

You know, when Lulu was little, she never dared to sleep alone. Only when Senior Sister coaxed her could she settle down.

If we die together, Lulu won’t be afraid on the road to the Yellow Springs.

A beam of heavenly light crashed down. At the same time, something seemed to fall with it.

Engulfed by the light, Ji Linglu let go of the object clenched tightly in her hand—the Heart-Twinning Bell hanging from her sword.

This object came as a pair. Ji Linglu and Yun Ningqing had each infused a wisp of their soul into it. The Heart-Twinning Bell Ji Linglu held contained Yun Ningqing’s soul, while the bell Yun Ningqing held carried Ji Linglu’s soul.

When the bell rang, the soul would be extinguished.

Its meaning was to be forever joined in heart, to live and die together.

Ji Linglu had obtained this object precisely on Yun Ningqing’s hundredth birthday. At the time, she no longer concealed her feelings for Yun Ningqing in the slightest. The elders of the previous generation in their sect had all tried to dissuade her, saying that her Senior Sister already carried too many responsibilities she should not have had to carry, and that in a hundred years, she had never lived a single happy day. They told Ji Linglu not to bind both their lives together as well. But she paid no attention to any of it and used the excuse of celebrating Yun Ningqing’s birthday to give her the Heart-Twinning Bell.

That day, the breeze had been gentle and the weather bright. Ji Linglu had said, word by word, that if Senior Sister ever fell in love with someone else one day, she would kill Senior Sister and then kill herself.

Ji Linglu carefully recalled Yun Ningqing’s expression at the time. Her always gentle face had been stunned for a long while, her gaze falling softly on Ji Linglu’s face, as if looking at a foolish child who would not turn back until she crashed into the southern wall. After confirming her unwavering resolve and discovering that she could not be persuaded, Yun Ningqing had softly answered, “All right.”

Yun Ningqing was always too good to Ji Linglu, too indulgent.

Then this time, would Yun Ningqing still be good to Ji Linglu?

Senior Sister, Senior Sister.

Just think of it as me breaking my promise.

She would not allow anyone to hurt her Qingqing, including herself.

Ji Linglu exhausted the last thread of her strength and forcefully tore open the boundary wall between heaven and earth, banishing the Heart-Twinning Bell in her hand into the void beyond.

This object no longer belonged to her, and it absolutely could not fall into anyone else’s hands!

These people were thinking too much. She would only share a grave with Senior Sister after death. Why would she care about anyone else? How could she possibly self-destruct and bring along enemies she found disgusting even to glance at?

Ji Linglu collapsed to the ground. Her phoenix eyes were half-closed yet not fully shut, gazing distantly in Yun Ningqing’s direction. Her face showed an extremely pitiful expression, like every time Senior Sister discovered she had done something wrong.

Yun Ningqing, Senior Sister, Qingqing, you must remember her forever. You must love her forever.

Even if it was hatred, the person you hated most could only be her. Otherwise, even in death, she would not be able to close her eyes. Even if she turned into a vengeful ghost, she would cling tightly to Yun Ningqing!

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Ji Linglu raised her eyes in confusion. Someone threw herself toward her, shielding her from the blazing heavenly light.

Had Senior Sister come to take her home?