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The rumored path to graduate school was supposed to be quite peaceful, wasn't it? Why was it that just as I began my training, someone came to disturb me?
Li Xiaonan cautiously peeked through the gaps in the bushes and could vaguely see a man and a woman tugging at each other.
Should I intervene or not? After all, my connection with Qin Yu was merely superficial, and besides, this was their private matter. I had no right to interfere.
I should focus on how to return to the Starry Illusion Continent instead.
In a different time and space, Celestial Mist floated ethereally as Yuan Xian'er chased after a small creekside.
Lu Nishang sat curled up with her knees hugged tightly to her chest by the creekside, her shoulders trembling slightly. She bit her lip hard, trying desperately not to cry out loud.
Yuan Xian'er looked at her back, her heart aching. She crouched down and said, "Lu Nishang, don't be sad. You know Sister Mo Yu's blunt words weren't meant to hurt you."
Lu Nishang shook her head and replied, "Sister Mo Yu is right. All of this happened because of me. If I hadn't been selfish and wanted to keep Brother Xiaonan all to myself, you wouldn't have separated from him right after ascending to the Immortal Realm."
Yuan Xian'er was taken aback and exclaimed, "What are you saying?"
"It's all because of me. You all went missing because of me. Sister Yanrong died because of me. If... if everything had gone smoothly, you would all be dead by now."
Lu Nishang suddenly stood up, her face twisted in an expression that was hard to tell whether it was a smile or a cry. She stepped back towards the creekside, shouting in agitation.
"Lu Nishang, what are you talking about? I can't understand a single word!"
"I deceived Brother Xiaonan. It was me who wanted you all dead. It was I who took Sister Yanrong away from him. I deserve to die." As her words fell, she stepped into the stream and suddenly fell backward.
"Lu Ni Chang!" Yuan Xian'er swung her arms, and a white silk flew out from her sleeves, tightly wrapping around her waist and pulling her into an embrace.
"What are you doing? In the realm of immortals, Weak Water has accidentally trapped your cultivation. Are you trying to die? If you still hope for Xiao Nan to return, you must keep your life. If you have any grievances, wait until you meet Xiao Nan again to explain. Let him judge right from wrong."
Yuan Xian'er frowned slightly as she directly bound Lu Nishang and returned to the cave.
Yun Xinghe rubbed his throbbing temples and said, "Everyone is here now. Next, I will send you to the time and space where Xiao Nan is. Your task is to find him and give him this ring. Crush this Jade Talisman, and I will bring you all back."
As he spoke, he handed Li Xiaonan's ring to Ling Kui.
"Thank you, big brother," Ling Kui nodded, glancing at Lu Nishang beside her. She saw that Lu Nishang's eyes were red and swollen, her gaze vacant as if lost in thought.
Ling Kui clenched her fist secretly, thinking: Xiao Nan, please let us find you soon. If you don't come back, these girls' hearts will scatter.
Only you can keep us tightly connected.
Yun Xinghe took a deep breath, his brow furrowed. "Time is eternal, space is infinite. Go to where you need to go."
He raised both hands, and dazzling white light fell on the six pieces of jewelry, finally reflecting onto the ring in Ling Kui's palm.
A burst of intense white light enveloped the women, and when the radiance faded, only Yun Xinghe remained in the cave.
"Poof."
Red droplets fell onto the ground covered in white frost.
Yun Xinghe wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, forcing a bitter smile. He staggered backward and collapsed onto a chunk of ice.
He chuckled bitterly to himself, "It seems I won't be able to take revenge. Brother Xiao Nan, there's only so much I can do for you. At least you can still find happiness, while I... heh... even if I get my revenge, there will be no happiness left for me."
He wiped away the tears at the corners of his eyes and leaned against the cold rock wall.
Yun Xinghe had missed the first opportunity to return to Earth and had exhausted all his Celestial Energy.
Immortals are not invincible, nor are they eternal.
In the end, immortals cannot escape their humanity, and Yun Xinghe's time was drawing near.
"Xiao Nan, hurry back. Brother only has ten years left; I can only be your brother for ten more years..." Yun Xinghe slowly closed his eyes, not understanding why he had given so much to Li Xiaonan.
Perhaps what he truly wanted was never revenge but simply liberation.
The love and hatred from his past on Earth were burdens he could never let go of; perhaps true death was the only release.
Suddenly, Yun Xinghe recalled the last moment before being crushed by the wheels. He looked at the expressions of the couple—it wasn't a grimace of rage but rather a bittersweet smile.
He shook his head and quietly awaited the moment when the Jade Talisman would be crushed.
Earth, China, 2013.
Li Xiaonan leaned against a tree behind him, closing his eyes and trying hard to recall what Ling Kui looked like, but all that remained was a blurry outline.
He gently touched the wet mark on his cheek; the noisy cries for help in his ears inexplicably made him furious.
Li Xiaonan suddenly jumped out of the bushes and shouted, "Damn it! Get out of here! If you want to be intimate, go somewhere else!"
"Li... save me, save me!" Qin Yu cried out pitifully, the first two buttons of her shirt already torn off.
Li Xiaonan tightened his right fist and coldly glared at Fang Jun.
Fang Jun was taken aback but quickly sneered, "It's you again. Do you still expect a hero to save you? You're not even worth a bear's attention. Just give up, I doubt this kid has the guts to touch me. After all, I'm the principal's son. What's wrong with following me? Besides, we've known each other for three years."
"Let go of me!"
Fang Jun ignored Qin Yu's resistance.
Li Xiaonan shot him a cold glance, thinking to himself: So he's the principal's son. This really is the path to guaranteed success.
The principal's son, born with a silver spoon, yet he doesn't cherish it at all—what a waste of such good resources.
Li Xiaonan said nothing and took a few steps back to feint.
Although he lacked True Essence Power, he still remembered the steps of Swift Steps.
Fang Jun felt a flash before Li Xiaonan vanished from his sight.
By the time he came to his senses, he felt a sharp pain in his nose as Li Xiaonan landed a solid punch on him.
Fang Jun winced in pain and instinctively released Qin Yu. He covered his nose with one hand and touched it; thankfully, it wasn't bleeding.
He seethed, "You little brat! How dare you sneak attack me? I've trained in Taekwondo! If I don't leave you battered today, I won't be named Fang!"
Li Xiaonan scoffed, "If I were your father, I wouldn't want a son like you either."
Even without True Essence Power at that moment, Li Xiaonan was absolutely confident that he wouldn't be taken down by this guy who stood at one meter eighty, thanks to the techniques from Martial Soul Technique and his decent physique.
The height difference was a hard obstacle. If this guy weren't so tall, that punch just now would have definitely drawn blood.
Li Xiaonan felt a bit frustrated as Fang Jun had already adjusted his stance and launched a horizontal kick towards him.
"Ah, be careful!" Qin Yu exclaimed, her fingers tightly interlocked in anxiety.
Li Xiaonan furrowed his brow, squatted down to evade Fang Jun's attack, and simultaneously grabbed his ankle, pulling it forcefully backward.
He tilted his body slightly, aiming his left fingertips at Fang Jun's ribs. After landing that hit, he curled his fingers into a fist and struck Fang Jun three more times.
Fang Jun frowned slightly, surprised that this unassuming kid actually had some skills.
Twisting his ankle, he stepped down hard and stomped on Li Xiaonan's wrist before executing a spinning kick that landed squarely on Li Xiaonan's chest.
Li Xiaonan staggered back three steps, brushing off the shoe print on his chest.
Unexpectedly, this guy had some skills too; it seemed he would have to get serious now.
Taking a deep breath, he activated Swift Steps and swiftly circled behind Fang Jun, aiming a strike at the lower third of his spine.
If he had True Essence Power within him at that moment, Fang Jun would have already been dead.
Fang Jun felt a sharp pain in his back and instinctively kicked backward.
However, Li Xiaonan had already moved in front of Fang Jun and unleashed the Red Silk Hand with both hands.
Fang Jun suddenly felt as if Li Xiaonan was violently dismantling a Stump with Wing Chun, and that Stump was none other than himself.
Li Xiaonan delivered the final blow to Fang Jun's abdomen and said leisurely, "That's it; I'm done."
Fang Jun suddenly fell to the ground, feeling utterly drained despite Li Xiaonan's every strike not being particularly painful. He could only watch helplessly as Li Xiaonan pulled Qin Yu along the path.
Qin Yu stared blankly at the boy in front of him, who was nearly his height.
He shouldn't be a man.
The weather in September was not as crisp and refreshing as the legends suggested; instead, it was still somewhat hot.
Li Xiaonan's movements had already soaked his clothes, which clung tightly to his slender body.
"Alright, this should be safe now. Teacher Qin, you should head back to the dorm early. Don't go that way again," he said.
"Thank you," Qin Yu replied, bowing slightly. The pink fabric of his clothes instantly dazzled Li Xiaonan's eyes.
He muttered to himself: "What shouldn't be seen must not be seen."
Without Ling Kui, and definitely without Baby Da, it wasn't good-looking at all—nothing at all.
Yet the people around them cast greedy and infatuated glances at Qin Yu.
"Ahem," he cleared his throat and took off his sweat-soaked shirt. "Um, Teacher Qin, you should cover up for a bit. I... I'll be leaving now."
The bare-skinned Li Xiaonan jogged away, leaving behind a frail silhouette for Qin Yu.
Qin Yu looked at the shirt in his hands, faintly catching a whiff of sweat. He frowned slightly, still processing why Li Xiaonan had given him his dirty clothes. Suddenly realizing what he was holding, he couldn't help but shout and quickly covered his chest with the shirt, not caring about its dirtiness as he sprinted back to the teacher's dormitory.
"Damn it! How do you lose your own clothes while looking for something? And wow, you even have abs! That's amazing! From now on, if a girl asks for directions, no need for paper and pen; just let her use your stomach!"
As soon as Li Xiaonan entered the room, he was met with Zhang Pinghai's teasing, while the other two roommates and his girlfriend were enjoying themselves.
He chuckled lightly and headed toward the bathroom, saying, "I worked up a sweat; I’ll take a quick shower."
"Hey, washing with cold water in this weather will make you catch a cold. Let's go to the bathhouse together," one of them replied.
Although each dormitory room at S University had its own washroom equipped with a shower, it only provided cold water.
Li Xiaonan shrugged it off, saying, "It's fine; I've been taking cold showers since I was a kid."
He grabbed a clean set of clothes and stepped into the washroom, turning on the faucet and letting the icy water cascade over him.
Even though he had just had an exhilarating fight, he still felt empty and frustrated inside.
He couldn't recall what Ling Kui looked like, but Li Yanrong's charming smile gradually surfaced in his mind.
That morning, Li Xiaonan had eaten breakfast like any other college student before heading to class.
The teacher hadn't arrived yet, and the lecture hall was somewhat noisy.
"Wow, look at that guy; he's so handsome!"
"Yeah, he's even more handsome than a celebrity!"
Li Xiaonan frowned slightly and thought to himself: Where are all these handsome guys?
Yet his gaze involuntarily drifted toward the two girls behind him.
His pupils suddenly constricted in shock as he exclaimed, "Li Xiaonan!"
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