Chapter 76: Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Roses

Violet Lightning guarded Xu Lingqing for a full two hours.

Even though the house was piled high with its favorite dog food, it hadn’t taken a single bite.

In its heart, Xu Lingqing was its master, the person it needed to follow and protect for its entire life.

Xu Lingqing slowly woke up. The grief in her heart gradually transformed into strength, a strength to make herself stronger.

Her cold, jade-like hand gently stroked Violet Lightning’s forehead, a faint smile appearing on her face.

“Violet Lightning, I should go find him, right?”

Violet Lightning, not understanding the situation, nodded its head. As long as Xu Lingqing thought it was right, it would agree.

“Mm! Master, I will support you!”

As soon as its voice fell, Xu Lingqing was stunned to see that the flower petal that had disappeared from the Eternal Love pendant had returned.

However, it wasn’t that single petal that returned, but seeds of roses.

She stared in astonishment, holding the seeds in her palm, as if she could feel his warmth.

“Senior, this is a signal you left for me, isn’t it?”

The corners of Xu Lingqing’s mouth curled up slightly, and a heartfelt, happy smile bloomed on her face.

Carefully holding the seeds, she went outside, found an empty plot of land, tilled the soil, and buried a seed in the earth.

One, two, three…

With every seed Xu Lingqing planted, a happy smile couldn’t help but appear on her lips.

After planting a full nine hundred and ninety-nine rose seeds, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and laughed in gratification.

“I am willing to plant nine hundred and ninety-nine roses for you…”

“When the day comes that the seeds take root, sprout, and blossom, I will personally pick nine hundred and ninety-nine roses to give to you, in exchange for that stable happiness…”

Xu Lingqing murmured, her mind already fantasizing about a forest of blooming roses and countless flowers.

She held Chen Anping’s hand, he wrapped his arm around her waist, and the two embraced tightly.

He lowered his head, she squinted her eyes, he kissed her lips with his heart, and she savored the moment of bliss.

She was his wife, he was her husband…

A smile like the blossoming of spring flowers appeared on Xu Lingqing’s face. That smile, along with a bead of sweat, dripped into a bucket of water.

The sweat transformed into the three thousand waters of longing. Of the three thousand waters, she took only half a ladle, and watered the rose seeds.

Drip, drip, drip…

The seeds, influenced by Xu Lingqing, broke out of their shells.

…

Green Luan Sect Forbidden Land.

Hui Liyi was intimidated by Xu Bijie’s voice, her eyes revealing an unconcealable look of terror.

It wasn’t that she was afraid of Xu Bijie, but that she was afraid of the wicked deeds she had done in the past.

The pressure that woman put on her was simply too great.

Suddenly, Hui Ziying whipped her head around, her eyes immediately becoming incomparably fierce as she shouted in a booming voice.

“Sect Master, that woman has already fallen. You don’t need to be afraid of her!”

Hui Ziying released the oceanic aura from her body onto Hui Liyi’s face. The warmth of the ocean’s power dispelled that trace of coldness.

A flash of green luan divine light shot from between Hui Liyi’s brows, completely dispelling that dazed, illusory image.

“Xu Bijie, stop playing tricks on me. Hurry up and hand over the heavenly opportunity!”

As soon as she spoke, Hui Liyi’s toes tapped the air and she flew to the center of the pit. Her protective gear immediately shattered, and a bone-piercing pain surged into her heart, running through her meridians.

An endless coldness roamed within her body. Hui Liyi endured the intense pain and squeezed out a few words from her mouth.

“Xu Bijie, you’re looking for death!”

Xu Bijie’s cold and beautiful face showed no fear, one hand still pressed against the stone stele.

“Do you dare to kill me?”

“You…”

“I, Xu Bijie, am not a person who goes back on her word. I will not break a promise I have made!”

Hui Liyi urged, “Then quickly take out the heavenly opportunity for me!”

Pfft…

Xu Bijie cut her finger and dripped a drop of essence blood onto the stone stele.

The essence blood merged, and the stone stele burst forth with a dazzling divine light. Lines of golden talisman characters appeared.

The light, revealing the divine light of heavenly opportunity, gushed out, instantly illuminating this forbidden land of the Green Luan Sect and shooting straight into the clouds.

Swish, swish, swish…

Hui Liyi closed her eyes in enjoyment, wantonly absorbing the heavenly opportunity and immortal energy emanating from the stone stele.

Unconsciously, the two thousand spiritual rhymes on her body began to flow in unison, going from dormant to ignited.

Rumble…

The heavenly punishment for prying into the great dao of heaven and earth was about to descend upon the sky of the Green Luan Sect. The oppressive feeling of wanting to break through the shackles sought to crush the heavenly opportunity on the stone stele.

Countless white and purple heavenly bolts of lightning, emitting an aura of annihilation, came crashing down towards Hui Liyi.

“Hui Liyi, I hope you keep your promise!”

Xu Bijie left behind these words and quickly retreated from the area of the heavenly punishment.

…

Within Qing’an Academy.

After planting a large patch of rose seeds.

Xu Lingqing found Gong Yue and asked him to guide her in the art of flying.

Once upon a time, someone had also taught her to fly, but Lingqing was too clumsy and didn’t learn.

Watching Xu Lingqing’s wobbly movements in mid-air, he didn’t laugh at her, but instead patiently taught her bit by bit.

“Senior… Lingqing must learn to fly.”

Xu Lingqing firmed her will. The violet-gold wings on her back suddenly spread open, a pair of small violet-gold wings flapping up and down.

Gong Yue instructed, “To fly, the first step is to have no distracting thoughts. Be as still as water, as level as a pine, as calm as a stone, as steady as a sparrow!”

“Concentrate all the willpower in your heart on your feet and wings. Relax your body and imagine yourself soaring in the sky like a bird.”

Xu Lingqing closed her eyes, gradually relaxing her delicate body. Her feet slowly left the ground.

But just as she flew a few meters into the sky, familiar images flashed through her mind, and she fell.

“Dean Xu, please concentrate. Don’t let your mind wander to other things!”

Xu Lingqing instantly emptied all the images from her mind.

Once, twice, every time Xu Lingqing failed, she fell from mid-air to the ground, splashing mud all over her body.

Despite countless failures, after every failure, she would resiliently climb up from the ground and try to fly into the sky again.

It was just that in her heart, it wasn’t that she wanted to fly, but that she wanted to find that person she longed for.

It was unknown how much time had passed. Xu Lingqing’s body was already covered in cuts and bruises.

Violet Lightning couldn’t bear it and said with concern, “Master, why don’t you rest for a while…”

“No! I will rest after I’ve learned!”

After a long time, Xu Lingqing finally learned to fly.

She flew in the sky, her head held high towards the heavens, loudly questioning the world.

“Senior, Lingqing can fly now. Can I fly up to the sky to find you?”

She flew higher and higher, higher and higher, determined to fly to the ten-thousand-meter-high sky and break through the limits of this world.

However, as the distance grew higher, an unparalleled pressure came from the air, making it difficult for Xu Lingqing to breathe.

Violet Lightning’s fur stood on end, swaying with the wind. Its small eyes squinted into a ball, unable to open at all.

“Master, it’s too high, too high!”

Not good!

At this moment, Xu Lingqing’s body began to fall uncontrollably and rapidly from the sky.

[End of Chapter]