Chapter 439: I’ll Hate You for the Rest of My Life!

For the Death Warriors of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect’s Saint and Saintess…

No matter what their Master’s orders were, they would obey them unconditionally.

Since Su Ying wanted her Death Warriors to assassinate Lin Xun…

Then, these Death Warriors would follow Su Ying’s orders without question.

Even if Su Ying ordered them to assassinate the current Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, they wouldn’t hesitate for a second!

Late that night, while Lin Xun was still practicing his spear on the mountain peak, he suddenly sensed several waves of killing intent!

In the next instant, from the shadows, one person in the Immortal Realm along with five in the Jade Purity Realm lunged toward Lin Xun.

In the courtyard of Saintess Peak, Su Ying, who hadn’t slept late into the night, sat on a chair waiting for the Death Warriors to return and report.

But she waited and waited, and waited some more.

Su Ying simply didn’t receive word from her Death Warriors!

“Could it be that all my Death Warriors have already…”

Suddenly, Su Ying had a bold conjecture, feeling that her Death Warriors might have been completely wiped out.

However, the young girl quickly dismissed this thought.

A total wipeout should be impossible!

According to what she knew before, Lin Xun was only in the Jade Purity Realm.

And she had sent one Immortal Realm and five Jade Purity Realms to carry out the assassination; this was already the strongest force among her Death Warriors. How could they possibly fail to defeat Lin Xun?

“Could it be that…”

The girl suddenly stood up from her chair, wondering if it was possible that Lin Xun had been saved by Master.

Thinking of this possibility, the girl paced back and forth in the room, the more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

The battle should have ended long ago, yet the Death Warriors she sent out hadn’t returned to report.

Then the only possibility was that Lin Xun was saved by Master.

If that were really the case, what should she do?

No!

She didn’t need to worry!

According to the rules of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, the Saint and Saintess were originally allowed to use any means necessary to eliminate each other.

She hadn’t broken the rules; she was just acting according to them.

Taking a deep breath, the not-yet-ten-year-old Su Ying calmed herself down once more.

But just as Su Ying sat down, the sound of knocking came from outside the door.

“Who is it!”

The girl shouted alertly.

“Junior Sister, it’s me.”

Without any disguise, Lin Xun’s voice drifted in.

Hearing Lin Xun’s voice, Su Ying bit her thin lips tightly.

No matter what she had conjectured before, and no matter what happened in the process…

Su Ying knew that her plan had failed, because Lin Xun was still alive!

Su Ying didn’t know if Master was outside, nor did she know if Lin Xun would directly kill her.

But! Su Ying knew that no matter what, she had nowhere left to run and could only face it.

“Phew—”

Exhaling deeply, the girl’s chest rose and fell slightly.

Su Ying walked forward and opened the door.

Sure enough, Lin Xun was already standing outside.

When she saw Lin Xun, Su Ying’s pupils constricted slightly!

At this moment, Lin Xun was covered in blood, and his clothes were tattered beyond recognition.

Scars appeared one after another on his small body; it was clear at a glance that he had experienced a life-and-death struggle!

And on his shoulders, he was carrying a total of six people.

These six people were naturally all the Death Warriors Su Ying had sent to assassinate Lin Xun.

Lin Xun threw these six people onto the ground, his eyes appearing clean and pure in the dark night:

“These are your Death Warriors, right?”

“Yes!”

By now, hiding it was of no use, so Su Ying straightened her back and stood before Lin Xun.

“I sent these Death Warriors to kill you! Do with me as you please!”

After the girl under ten finished speaking, she stood tall.

An evening breeze brushed by, gently blowing her hemline, the small dress clinging to her frail body.

Lin Xun just looked at her and didn’t say much.

Everything on the summit of Saintess Peak was quiet, to a somewhat frightening degree.

“None of them are dead.”

After a long while, the not-yet-twelve-year-old Lin Xun spoke slowly.

“Eh?” Su Ying’s eyes blinked gently, as if she thought she had misheard.

“I said none of them are dead.”

Lin Xun repeated himself, then said no more, simply turning around to leave.

Watching Lin Xun disappear into the night, Su Ying didn’t know what had happened.

He didn’t kill me?

Why didn’t he kill me?

He should have killed me.

The next day, it was as if this matter had never happened, as if it had vanished into that dark night.

However, Lin Xun did not continue practicing his spear the next day.

Su Ying guessed it was because of Lin Xun’s injuries.

Su Ying didn’t know if Master was aware of the assassination that took place that night.

Master might not know, or he might know.

But Master hadn’t come to find her either.

Su Ying still couldn’t figure it out.

She couldn’t understand why he hadn’t killed her that night.

Not long after, Daoist Ming Lu went out.

Actually, it made no difference whether Daoist Ming Lu went out or not.

Because Daoist Ming Lu basically adopted a hands-off approach with these two disciples.

And on the very day Daoist Ming Lu left the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, Lin Xun reappeared on the summit of Holy Son Peak to practice his spear.

“Could it be that Lin Xun was afraid Master would see his injuries, so he purposefully chose not to go out and only came out once Master left?”

Looking at the bandages on his body, Su Ying pursed her red lips tightly.

On the fifth day, Su Ying finally couldn’t take it anymore and ran to Lin Xun’s Holy Son Peak:

“Why?!”

Su Ying stood behind Lin Xun, her small fists clenched tightly at the sides of her dress.

“Why do you act like nothing happened?

Why didn’t you kill me?

Why didn’t you tell Master!”

Lin Xun stopped practicing his spear and turned around, only to see the teary-eyed girl:

“You did nothing wrong.”

“…”

Hearing Lin Xun’s words, Su Ying froze in place, the mountain wind lifting the girl’s cherry-pink hair.

“What are you saying?”

“I said you did nothing wrong,” Lin Xun repeated.

“I tried to kill you! Why is that not wrong? Are you a fool?”

Instead, it was Lin Xun who tilted his head, looking at Su Ying with some confusion:

“The relationship between the Saints and Saintesses of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect has always been tense.

According to the rules of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, you are allowed to try and kill me.

Therefore, you did nothing wrong.”

“So what… then why didn’t you kill me! Even though we’re from the same sect, we’re naturally incompatible!”

The girl’s voice grew louder, even becoming somewhat hysterical.

“Do you think I can’t kill you?

Do you look down on me?

Do you think that in the competition for the position of Sect Master years from now, you’ll definitely win against me?

Say something…”

Tears wetted the Little Girl’s eyes, and she just stood there, crying sadly, the sound of her sobbing echoing on Holy Son Peak for a long time.

Lin Xun walked forward, wanting to hand the girl a handkerchief.

But only then did he realize that he never used handkerchiefs.

Thus, Lin Xun cut off a piece of his sleeve and handed it to Su Ying.

However, the girl slapped it away with one hand.

The ‘handkerchief’ fluttered in the air, caught by a gentle breeze, and finally fell to the ground.

Lin Xun withdrew his hand, looking at the girl who wouldn’t stop crying, and spoke slowly:

“You want to kill me and see me as an enemy; there’s actually nothing wrong with that.

Because this place, the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, isn’t very good.

There aren’t likely to be true friends here; it’s mostly about interests.

So, it’s fine for you to be like this; at least don’t trust others easily.

And in the end, it’s written in the rules that we eventually need to kill each other.

You’re worried you’ll die, so you want to kill me first; that’s also not a problem.

To you, I am an enemy.

So you can kill me.”

“Then what about me to you? Am I not an enemy?”

Messily wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, the red-eyed girl looked straight at Lin Xun: “Then what am I to you? Am I not also an enemy?”

Lin Xun shook his head: “To me, you have always been my Junior Sister.”

“…” Not expecting such an answer, the girl stared blankly at Lin Xun.

Lin Xun continued: “The old man brought you back, so you are my Junior Sister and I am your Senior Brother; therefore, I will protect you. I said it on your first day at the Ten Thousand Demon Sect: Junior Sister, there’s no need for you to act. Whatever you want or want to say, just tell me directly.”

“Then I want the position of Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect!” the girl shouted.

Lin Xun nodded: “Okay, I’ll give it to you.”

“Stop being so hypocritical! If you give me the position of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, do you intend to swear loyalty to me with your Divine Soul, or do you want to cripple your cultivation and leave the Ten Thousand Demon Sect? Or do you want to die?”

Lin Xun shook his head: “I won’t choose any of those.”

“Then how will you—”

“Why do I have to choose?”

Lin Xun looked at Su Ying in confusion.

“Because…”

“Because every generation of Saint and Saintess of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect has done so, we must do the same?”

Lin Xun interrupted Su Ying.

Su Ying didn’t know how to respond.

“Rules are rules, but rules are set by people. In this Cultivation World, whoever is stronger can set the rules.

Junior Sister, you can’t kill me.

Unless it’s the old man or some Ascension Realm Cultivator personally taking action, it’s very hard to kill me now.

And in another year, I think no one will be able to kill me.

If Junior Sister wants the position of Sect Master, then I will give it to her; I’m not interested in that position.

Conversely, if Junior Sister doesn’t want to be the Sect Master, and the old man insists on kicking that troublesome position to me, I won’t do anything to you either.

Because I feel that by then, I’ll have the strength to change many rules—those rules I don’t like.

Actually, I don’t even have to wait until then; in another year, my strength should be about enough.

Emmm.

Just about that.

Oh, right.

In a while, I’ll be going out for experience. I’m still a bit worried about you being alone in the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, but I’ll clear the way for you once before I go.”

After finishing his piece, Lin Xun had nothing more to say and turned back to continue practicing his spear.

Looking at the supreme Spear Intent surrounding Lin Xun, Su Ying’s eyes wavered.

For some reason, looking at his back, Su Ying had a feeling.

She would never be able to surpass him in her entire life.

But she seemed to be able to trust him forever.

No! Mother said it! Men! They are the least trustworthy things!

“Lin Xun!”

Suddenly, the girl squeezed her eyes shut and shouted Lin Xun’s name.

“Hmm?”

Lin Xun turned around.

“Lin Xun! I hate you!”

The Little Girl shouted!

“I hate you, I hate you! I’ll hate you for the rest of my life!”

“Okay.”

Lin Xun nodded, not minding, and turned back to continue his spear practice.

The Little Girl was so angry she picked up a stone and threw it at Lin Xun, but seemingly due to a lack of strength, it only landed by his feet.

In the following days, Su Ying didn’t try to kill Lin Xun again, but focused on her cultivation instead.

If she had to give a reason, it was that she felt she had failed even with that last attempt, and as Lin Xun grew stronger, how could she possibly succeed?

Su Ying felt that she absolutely didn’t trust him.

It was just that whatever he wanted to do, so be it; she couldn’t compete with him anyway.

Su Ying didn’t want to look for Lin Xun, but that didn’t mean Lin Xun wouldn’t look for her.

As Su Ying’s Senior Brother, and because the Technique Su Ying practiced was extremely special, Lin Xun would visit her every three days to check her mental state and cultivation progress.

This was highly necessary.

At first, when Lin Xun went to check on her, Su Ying would simply stay behind closed doors, saying she wouldn’t do it even if she died.

Lin Xun had no choice.

He couldn’t just break into a girl’s bedroom.

So Lin Xun would just wait outside the courtyard.

Finally, on the second morning, just as the eleven-year-old Lin Xun was sitting cross-legged on a rock outside the courtyard dozing, he felt something kicking him.

Opening his eyes, he saw Su Ying with her head lowered, hands behind her back, using her little feet to keep kicking his thigh as she muttered:

“I’ll give you half a stick of incense’s time! It’s not that I’ve accepted it, but I’m also afraid something will go wrong with me! Only half a stick of incense’s time!”

“One minute is enough,” Lin Xun stood up, “I mean, about a dozen breaths will do.”

Lin Xun reached out and gently placed his hand on the girl’s head.

Feeling Lin Xun’s palm, the girl’s cheeks flushed slightly.

She was nine, he was eleven.

But the girl felt his palm was much larger than hers.

“Alright, you’re fine. These Medicinal Pills will be good for your cultivation.”

After fifteen breaths, Lin Xun withdrew his hand, left a Storage Pouch, and turned to leave.

“Hey! Are you just leaving like that?”

Seeing Lin Xun leave without a word, Su Ying stomped her feet in anger.

“Does Junior Sister have anything else?” Lin Xun asked doubtfully.

“Nothing! Just go! You’re an eyesore!”

Su Ying went back to her room in a huff and slammed the door shut.

Lin Xun didn’t understand why, but it didn’t matter.

After that, Lin Xun would come every few days to check Su Ying’s mental state.

The girl went from resisting at first to being indifferent later on.

And when he found Su Ying’s cultivation had gone astray, Lin Xun would explain it to her.

At first, Su Ying didn’t want to change or listen to him.

But as long as Su Ying didn’t change, Lin Xun wouldn’t leave, and the girl had no choice but to do as he said.

Under Lin Xun’s guidance, Su Ying progressed rapidly.

Just like that, half a year later, Lin Xun came to the girl’s courtyard again.

“Didn’t you just check my cultivation yesterday?”

Su Ying stood before Lin Xun unhappily.

“I’m not here to check your cultivation today; I came to tell you that I’m leaving the Ten Thousand Demon Sect tomorrow.”