Evil Master and Disciple

Chapter 1529 I Want to Stay and Help Yulong

At dusk, Fairy Yuying left the bamboo house. She did not fly back to Xingluo Peak directly, but instead headed towards the bamboo forest to the north.

She knew that Senior Sister Yu Mian should still be at the grave of Ye Fuyou in the bamboo forest at this moment.

Sure enough, it wasn't long before she saw Fairy Yu Mian standing in front of the blank stele. Almost four hours had passed since she came out in the morning, and Fairy Yu Mian had been staying there the whole time.

Fairy Yuying walked to Yumian's side.

Seeing that Fairy Yu Mian's expression was calm and neither sad nor happy, Fairy Yu Ying was a little worried and asked, "Senior Sister, are you alright?"

She didn't know exactly what Fairy Yu Mian and Du Linglong had talked about in the bamboo building last night.

However, Fairy Linglong said that she and Fairy Yumian had both let go of the past.

Can I really let go?

Fairy Yuying had considerable doubts.

If love, hate, grudges, and entanglements could be easily let go, there wouldn't be so many heartbreaking stories or so much suffering in the world.

Anyone can say they've let go.

The key is whether you can truly let go in your heart.

Fairy Yu Mian said softly, "Yu Ying, I'm fine, you don't need to worry. My matter with Linglong is resolved, but have yours with her been resolved?"

Seeing that Senior Sister Yu Mian was not acting strangely, Fairy Yu Ying felt a little relieved.

She shook her head gently, a bitter smile on her face, and said, "Alas, it is a bitter smile to say that, for the past two hundred years, the nightmares and obsessions in my heart did not come from my own heart, but from a broken black stone."

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Upon hearing this, Fairy Yu Mian's calm face revealed a hint of doubt.

Upon seeing this, Fairy Yuying briefly recounted to Senior Sister Yumian the part of her conversation with Fairy Linglong inside the bamboo building.

After listening, Fairy Yu Mian's eyes flickered slightly. Looking at the expression of relief mixed with bitterness on Yu Ying's face, she swallowed slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she did not speak.

“Senior sister, if I hadn’t been greedy back then and hadn’t snatched Linglong’s Immortal-Slaying Blade and Nine Profound Demon Crystal from Yulong, I wouldn’t have been living in nightmares day and night for the past two hundred years. I even developed inner demons because of it, which caused my cultivation to stagnate for a long time. Perhaps this is retribution.”

Fairy Yu Mian said, "Everything is preordained. Now that the matter has been resolved, let's be more open-minded. Don't let the previous obsessions become new ones."

Fairy Yuying nodded and said, "No, I feel much lighter now. The gloom that has troubled my heart for so many years has now vanished. I will no longer live in the nightmare of the past. I want to start a new life. Senior sister, you should also let go of the past. At our age, what is there to be upset about?"

Seeing the faint smile on Yu Ying's face, Yu Mian knew that Yu Ying's knot in her heart had truly been untied.

She was genuinely happy for her old best friend.

Yu Mian said, "Yes, I was too naive and foolish when I was young. I won't be like that now. I want to be myself again and find the branches and tendrils I lost over the years."

After saying that, Yu Mian looked at Yu Ying and asked, "Yu Ying, how long has it been since you came down the mountain?"

Fairy Yuying thought for a moment and said, "It has been exactly sixty years. The last time I went down the mountain was sixty years ago during the Lingshan Grand Competition."

"Sixty years? I haven't been down the mountain for two hundred and sixty years. Interested in coming down for a walk together?"

Fairy Yuying was slightly taken aback, seemingly not expecting that Senior Sister Yumian would actually go down the mountain for a stroll.

In fact, most of the victors in the struggle for the throne back then had already let go of their grudges with those in Ye Fuyou's camp. Many of those who had supported Ye Fuyou were reinstated by Master Yunyi, and many of them entered the Elder Council as stewards and elders.

Even though the last internal strife within the Yunhai Sect was so big, it was almost entirely caused by people who supported Ye Fuyou back then. The elders of Ye Fuyou's former faction who did not participate in the internal strife were not implicated.

But things are often strange like that.

Perhaps it's because of resentment; even if the victors are willing to let go of past grievances, many losers still find it difficult to let go.

For example, Yulin and Yumian are the most prominent examples.

Although Master Yunyi did send shadows to monitor them, he never interfered with their freedom.

However, over the years, Yulin and Yumian have hardly ever left the floating mountain where they live, let alone gone down the mountain to train.

For more than two hundred years, Yu Ying, Yun Yu and others have privately advised Yu Mian to go down the mountain for a stroll when she has time, and that there is no need to confine herself to Lotus Peak.

But Yu Mian never left Yunhai Sect.

Now that Senior Sister Yu Mian said she wanted to go down the mountain for a stroll, Yu Ying was overjoyed.

Senior Sister Yu Mian was able to take this step not only by stepping out of the cage of Lotus Peak, but also by stepping out of the cage in her heart.

If it were in the past, Fairy Yuying would definitely have readily agreed.

But at this moment she hesitated.

It's not that I don't want to accompany Senior Sister Yu Mian down the mountain for a walk, but that she can't leave right now.

Fairy Yuying hesitated, which was immediately noticed by Fairy Yumian.

Fairy Yu Mian said, "If it's inconvenient, then forget it. I'll go down the mountain alone and take a look."

Yu Ying smiled wryly, "Senior sister, you misunderstood. I'm very happy for you that you're willing to leave Tianyun Mountain and go out to relax. It's just that I... I can't leave Xingluo Peak. Not now, and not for a long time to come."

"What, are you in seclusion trying to break through to the Void Transformation Realm?"

Yu Ying said, "No, I want to help Yu Long at Xingluo Peak."

"Help Yulong?"

Fairy Yu Mian looked puzzled.

"To be precise, it's helping that brat Ye Feng."

The Jade Fairy was incredibly clever; she instantly understood, her lips twitched slightly, and her eyes flickered uncertainly.

"The struggle for the throne..."

The Jade Fairy uttered those two words coldly.

Fairy Yuying didn't speak, but simply sighed softly, which was taken as tacit agreement.

Fairy Yu Mian stared intently at Fairy Yu Ying and said, "Why would Sixth Brother push his eldest disciple out to compete with Dugu Changkong and Fu Jinghong for that chair? He's not that kind of person, nor does he have that ambition."

Fairy Yuying smiled bitterly, "Senior sister, you and I have both experienced the struggle for the throne back then. You should understand that many things are not within our control. Yulong and Yefeng did not want to fight for that chair, but someone was pushing them to fight for it."

Once you get involved in this kind of thing, there's no stopping, no turning back. The fate of the losers... well, Yu Long had no choice. To create a way out for his apprentice and daughter, he could only do his best to help Ye Feng fight for that chair.

(Happy New Year to all my godfathers! I'm heading back today for the Ningluo Expressway battle, so this is only one chapter today. I'm updating this before getting on the expressway. I might have to take a day off tomorrow, February 16th. Once again, I wish all my godfathers a Happy New Year, good health to your families, and great fortune in the new year!)