Chapter 440: No Matter How Long

“You’re leaving the Ten Thousand Demon Sect?”

Looking at Lin Xun, Su Ying’s eyes blinked gently.

The young girl’s hands had unconsciously gripped the hem of her clothes.

“Yeah.”

Lin Xun nodded.

“Didn’t I tell you before? I’m going out for a while.”

“Going out for what?” Su Ying opened the door fully and stood before Lin Xun.

“To gain experience.”

Lin Xun didn’t hide anything; he felt no need to.

“Cultivating here in the Ten Thousand Demon Sect doesn’t have much meaning for me anymore. I want to leave and see other Sects.”

“Then… then when will you be back?” The Little Girl bit her lip.

“I’m not sure,” Lin Xun thought. “Maybe a month, two months, or even half a year.”

The Little Girl’s voice rose slightly:

“But you’re not even twelve. Those old monsters outside are hundreds or thousands of years old. How could you possibly contend with them?”

Lin Xun shook his head: “I’m going to spar with them, not compete in schemes. There’s nothing I can’t handle.”

“No, no!” Su Ying shook her head. “You can’t go! If you die, I… I won’t be able to defeat you, and…”

Su Ying’s eyes darted.

“And if you die, if Master returns—”

“That’s right, if Master returns, how would I tell Master?”

Lin Xun said, confused: “There’s nothing to say. Dead is dead.”

“I have some doubts in my cultivation and need to experience the line between life and death.”

“When you sent those Death Warriors to assassinate me last time, I learned a lot. I think it’s quite effective.”

“Besides, I’ve already left a suicide note. You can just show it to Master when the time comes.”

“By the way, the note is on the table in my room.”

“Suicide note…”

Su Ying’s face turned pale instantly.

“Lin Xun! You can’t go!”

“Why?” Lin Xun didn’t understand why she was reacting so strongly.

“There is no why! You just can’t go! If you want to experience life and death, I’ll send the Death Warriors to assassinate you again.”

“It’s useless. Those Death Warriors of yours can’t threaten me anymore.”

“I don’t care, you’re not allowed to go!”

The Little Girl spoke unreasonably, her clear voice echoing through the mountains.

However, the next day, Lin Xun still left the Ten Thousand Demon Sect.

But before leaving, after leaving Su Ying’s courtyard, Lin Xun taught the Various Halls and Peaks of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect a lesson once more.

Lin Xun often used to reprimand the Various Halls and Peaks.

This specific lesson before leaving was to tell them to behave while he was gone and not cause trouble for Su Ying.

And not to have any strange ideas.

He would still be coming back.

On the day Lin Xun left, Su Ying watched from afar.

Until Lin Xun’s back turned into a small black dot and then disappeared completely.

Only then did Su Ying slowly look away.

“Bastard! I told you not to go and you still went! You might as well just die out there!”

The Little Girl muttered as she turned to return to her Saintess Peak.

But every day after that, the first thing Su Ying did upon waking was to go to the spot where Lin Xun left and look into the distance.

Days passed, but Su Ying never saw him return.

She even began to suspect if Lin Xun had truly died outside.

Soon, under the presiding of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect Elders, the Ten Thousand Demon Sect was to hold a trial!

This trial was for all Disciples, and even Su Ying had to participate.

However, in this trial, some people had ulterior motives.

They wanted to replace the Saintess!

The positions of Saint and Saintess of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect were simply too tempting.

Not to mention anything else.

Just the fact that they could command a unit of top-tier Death Warriors capable of destroying a first-rate Sect.

That alone was enough for people to take risks.

For this trial, Su Ying couldn’t take all the Death Warriors in.

Otherwise, if Her Highness the Saintess participated in a trial with Immortal Realm Death Warriors, it would be terrible for her prestige!

Su Ying knew she would be in danger, but this was her time to establish authority.

So, at most, Su Ying only brought one Yupu Realm Death Warrior as a gesture.

Su Ying believed the Ten Thousand Demon Sect wouldn’t dare to do much to her.

But Su Ying was wrong.

Having only been at the Ten Thousand Demon Sect for half a year and being under ten years old, Su Ying didn’t understand the bottom line of some of the Sect’s halls and peaks!

For some halls and peaks, since the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect was away and Lin Xun had been gone for so long with his fate unknown…

In that case, they would just let Su Ying die quietly in the Secret Realm.

Once the body and evidence were destroyed, what could the Sect Master say?

Geniuses weren’t that easy to find.

In the end, the Sect Master would still have to choose a Saintess from the Ten Thousand Demon Sect.

Although the final Saintess might not be from their peak or hall.

But regardless, there was at least a chance, right?

Thus, those with ill intentions in the Ten Thousand Demon Sect colluded with several other Demon Sects during the trial.

These Demon Sects sent several Yupu Realm Elders into the Trial Grounds to assassinate the Saintess of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect.

Once successful, these peaks and halls would naturally give the other party many benefits.

At this time, Su Ying only had one Yupu Realm Protector Death Warrior by her side.

On the second day of the trial, those Cultivators made their move.

The Yupu Realm Death Warrior fled with Su Ying continuously.

Finally, on the third day, the Yupu Realm Death Warrior was heavily injured and unable to fight, and Su Ying was surrounded by enemies!

At this moment, Su Ying realized the truth of what Lin Xun had said to her.

Yes.

She was too naive.

In the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, there were very, very few people who could be trusted.

Or rather, was there really anyone in the Ten Thousand Demon Sect who could be trusted?

Half a year ago, she didn’t trust Lin Xun and tried to assassinate him, yet Lin Xun didn’t kill her.

And now, she actually chose to believe these people wouldn’t have the guts to take her life…

Comparing the two, the girl felt that everything she had done was utterly laughable!

The Cultivators surrounding Su Ying said nothing.

They had only one goal: to end this Little Girl’s life!

Just as they swarmed forward to wipe out the Little Girl and her Death Warrior, the Secret Realm suddenly shook violently.

Everyone in the Secret Realm looked up.

A hole appeared in the sky of the Secret Realm.

Looking closely, it seemed as if a spear tip had pierced through the sky of the Secret Realm.

Then the hole grew larger until it was torn open.

A figure fell from the sky and stood before Su Ying.

That youthful figure slowly straightened up.

He was clearly only twelve years old, his height only reaching an adult’s chest.

But in front of everyone, this man was like a giant!

“You… you…”

Under the other’s Spiritual Pressure, cold sweat broke out on the backs of these Yupu Realm assassins.

An intense sense of fear drove them to flee.

But their legs trembled, and they couldn’t take a single step.

The Yupu Realm Elders from other Demon Sects vaguely guessed who this man was.

He was Lin Xun?

The rumored unprecedented Genius of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect?

Many Demon Sects had laughed off the rumors of the Demon Son Lin Xun, because they didn’t believe them.

Which Demon Sect didn’t claim their future successor was a peerless Genius?

But how many were actually the real deal?

But now…

They felt they had no choice but to believe!

To believe that the Demon Son Lin Xun of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, at only eleven years old, had truly reached the Yupu Realm.

So what about now?

Demon Son Lin Xun had only been away for two months!

Only two months!

But the man before them was definitely not just in the Yupu Realm!

Had this Lin Xun already become powerful to this extent?

Two months ago, what was his Realm?

Early Stage Yupu Realm?

Middle Stage?

What about now?

Had he reached the Immortal Realm?

An Immortal Realm at less than twelve years old.

Was he even human?

No!

Even for a monster, it shouldn’t be this terrifying!

“I told you, during the time I’m away, you’d better not cause trouble and behave yourselves.”

The youth looked up and stared indifferently at the Cultivators before him.

“But why didn’t you listen? Why?”

The youth’s killing intent made the entire Secret Realm tremble.

“Wait, you’re not from the Ten Thousand Demon Sect.”

“From the outside?”

“Then name the Sects behind you and the halls and peaks of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect you colluded with.”

“If you do, I’ll give you a quick death.”

Lin Xun looked at them indifferently.

In his eyes, it was as if they were already dead.

No.

They were already dead.

Finally, under Lin Xun’s Spiritual Pressure, that unprecedented fear made them reveal the Sects behind them and the colluding halls and peaks.

Lin Xun fulfilled his promise and gave them a quick end!

Crimson blood stained the hem of Lin Xun’s clothes.

This was the first time Su Ying had seen such a terrifying side of Lin Xun.

Su Ying never thought Lin Xun could be so terrifying.

Because in front of Su Ying, Lin Xun was always quiet, even somewhat refined.

But this terror made the girl feel incredibly safe, without a hint of fear.

“Are you okay?”

Lin Xun turned around and looked at Su Ying.

“I-I’m fine… none of your business.”

Su Ying kept her head down, tears wetting her eyes.

She hadn’t cried once during the days of being hunted.

Even just moments ago, she had been incredibly strong.

But in front of Lin Xun, for some reason, her nose began to sting.

“You are my Junior Sister,” Lin Xun said slowly.

“So if I wasn’t your Junior Sister, you wouldn’t care about me?” Su Ying raised her head and questioned him angrily.

“Most likely,” Lin Xun spoke the honest truth.

“You!”

Su Ying’s chest heaved slightly in anger, but her hands, which were tightly clutching Lin Xun’s hem, never let go.

Over the next two days after returning to the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, Lin Xun completely purged the upper echelons of those halls and peaks.

Those two days were a true bloodbath.

And the Demon Sects involved in the matter were all wiped out within half a month.

Throughout the entire process, Su Ying stood by Lin Xun’s side.

The heavy smell of blood made Su Ying vomit again and again.

“I told you, you wouldn’t get used to it. You shouldn’t have come here.”

Looking at Su Ying, who was tightly clutching his sleeve, Lin Xun shook his head helplessly.

“No! I want to get used to it!” Su Ying straightened up and gritted her teeth, looking at everything before her.

Lin Xun shook his head: “It’s best if you don’t. Cultivators think they can control the lives and deaths of others, but Karma is intertwined. One day, I might be killed by someone else as well.”

Su Ying wiped the corner of her mouth, her eyes gradually becoming determined: “Then I will kill him!”

“…” Looking at the face of the Little Girl who was two years younger than him, Lin Xun was speechless for a moment.

And after this incident, Lin Xun found that his Junior Sister had changed, though he couldn’t quite say how.

It was as if his Junior Sister had suddenly grown up.

Whether it was her methods of handling matters or her schemes for manipulating people’s hearts, his Junior Sister utilized them to the fullest.

Combined with her cultivation of the Heaven Gazing Technique, Lin Xun felt that no one could escape the web his Junior Sister wove!

And then…

It seemed his Junior Sister visited his peak more and more often.

Even when Lin Xun refused, Su Ying still came to Lin Xun’s courtyard every day to clean.

Later, without him noticing, by the time Lin Xun realized it, his daily life was completely controlled by his Junior Sister.

Even in the end, Lin Xun found that he ate every single meal with his Junior Sister.

And every day, Lin Xun’s bed would be made by Su Ying.

In the winter, when Lin Xun crawled into bed, it was not only extremely warm but also filled with a faint, delicate fragrance.

Lin Xun didn’t want to admit it.

But he found that whether it was his laundry, the potted plants in his room, or even his shoes…

Around him, traces of his Junior Sister seemed to be everywhere.

Lin Xun wanted to refuse.

But seeing his Junior Sister’s happy smile, he didn’t know how to.

It seemed his Junior Sister smiled much more than before.

“Do you need your Death Warriors? If not, leave them to me. I’ll take care of them for you.”

One day, Su Ying said this to Lin Xun.

Lin Xun didn’t need Death Warriors in the first place, and leaving them to her would protect her, so he naturally agreed.

After Lin Xun reorganized the Ten Thousand Demon Sect and Su Ying had firmly established herself, Lin Xun would often go out to gain experience.

And every time, Su Ying would wait for Lin Xun to return.

No matter how long, no matter how long…

On the bed, Lin Xun slowly opened his eyes. By now, the effects of the medicine and the Magic Formation had disappeared.

Beside Lin Xun lay his fully grown, twenty-four-year-old Junior Sister.

At this moment, Su Ying was leaning on Lin Xun’s shoulder, deep in sleep.

Looking at his Junior Sister, Lin Xun couldn’t help but sigh, unsure of what to say for a moment.

But one thing Lin Xun was extremely certain of.

Between him and Xiao Ying…

From now on, they would never be just Senior Brother and Junior Sister anymore.