As Feng Lingshuang clicked “Yes” as if possessed, a blue panel suddenly popped up in front of her.
[Ding! Binding successful! Welcome to the “Beloved Heart Voice Listening System” (Beginner). Host: Feng Lingshuang.]
[Ding! System friendly reminder: If the Host reveals the existence of the System to ordinary people who do not possess a system, the System will directly obliterate the Host.]
This sudden anomaly made Feng Lingshuang’s heart leap in terror.
Her pupils constricted sharply!
‘What is this?! An illusion? A Heart Demon? Or…’
She subconsciously looked around.
The stone pavilion remained the same, the lamps flickered dimly, and Lu Li sat opposite her, focused on treating her ankle.
His expression was calm and natural, as if he couldn’t see this strange panel at all.
He hadn’t noticed a single thing out of the ordinary.
‘Ah? Only I can see it?’
Immense suspicion surged through her mind like a tide.
‘Change Fate? Save Beloved? Rewrite Tragedy?’
These words were like heavy hammers, striking the most fragile and longing parts of her soul.
Her heart, which had just settled down, was once again stirred into a tempestuous wave.
‘Beloved…’
Feng Lingshuang was completely stunned.
She had no idea what was going on.
Where did this mysteriously appearing “System” come from?
Why did it choose her?
And what could it bring her?
The massive influx of information left her mind in a state of chaos.
She subconsciously looked up again at Lu Li, who was right in front of her.
He still had his brow slightly furrowed, focused on controlling his spirit energy, seemingly oblivious to her internal storm and the phenomenon before her eyes.
‘He… really can’t see it? What on earth is this?’
Just as her mind was in disarray, she saw Lu Li’s lips move slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, no sound came out.
However, almost at the same time, a clear “voice” rang out abruptly in her mind.
It was identical to Lu Li’s gentle voice from before, yet it possessed the distinct quality of an internal monologue.
It was eerily disconnected from the sight of Lu Li, who had not opened his mouth!
‘This Fellow Daoist Jian Mingzi is a top disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect. With his broad knowledge, he should be very familiar with the matters of the Heavenly Sword Sect, right?’
Feng Lingshuang’s eyes widened instantly!
Her face beneath the veiled hat was filled with disbelief!
‘Who… Who is speaking? Is it Immortal Lu?’
Feng Lingshuang looked around in terror, but besides her and Lu Li, there was no one else inside or outside the stone pavilion!
And Lu Li…
An absurd thought that made her heart throb wildly struck her like lightning breaking through dark clouds, instantly illuminating her confused thoughts —
‘Could it be… that this is Immortal Lu’s “Heart Voice”? His true thoughts?!’
She fixed her gaze intensely on Lu Li’s face.
Her breathing suddenly became extremely rapid, and her chest heaved violently as if trying to break free from the constraints of her Daoist robe.
She saw Lu Li’s brow furrow imperceptibly, seemingly puzzled by her sudden physical tension, but he still didn’t ask anything.
Then, that “Heart Voice” belonging solely to Lu Li echoed clearly in her mind again, carrying obvious hesitation and weighing of options.
‘Fellow Daoist Jian Mingzi, as a cultivator of the Heavenly Sword Sect, you should have heard news regarding Feng Lingshuang, right?’
When the three words “Feng Lingshuang” exploded in her mind like a clap of thunder, her entire body was struck as if by lightning, and she trembled violently!
She almost jumped straight off the stone bench!
‘Is it too abrupt to just ask about my big disciple from my former life? After all, I just met this Fellow Daoist Jian Mingzi today… Besides, what reason should I use to ask? Say she is the disciple I took in my former life? I’d probably be treated like a lunatic…’
‘But… if I don’t ask, I really can’t feel at ease. That girl Feng Lingshuang has such a stubborn personality, and her Sword Dao talent is so high. At the Heavenly Sword Sect… she should be doing quite well, right? Sect Leader Xiao should teach her properly and won’t let her walk down the path of…’
‘Sigh, forget it. Better to have one less matter than one more. Everything in the former life is like passing smoke. Since we won’t meet again in this life, why add more attachments? I… won’t ask.’
Each of Lu Li’s heart voices was like the sharpest engraving tool, stroke by stroke, clearly carving away all the mist and pretense!
‘He knows Feng Lingshuang!’
‘He knows her Sword Dao talent is high!’
‘He knows her stubborn nature!’
‘He even knows… the former life! He knows about the former life!’
All the clues, all the details, all the worry and attachment… everything clicked together perfectly!
It matched the blurred but warm silhouette in her dreams; it matched all her perceptions and feelings toward “Master” deep within her heart!
It wasn’t a coincidence!
It absolutely wasn’t a coincidence!
A massive, indescribable surge of wild joy and bitterness, like a flood breaking through a dam, instantly crushed all of Feng Lingshuang’s psychological defenses.
Tears could no longer be suppressed; they rolled down from her eyes like pearls with a broken string, quickly soaking the white veil covering her face and leaving deep wet marks on the fabric.
She finally found him!
Across the cycle of life and death, across dreams and reality, she finally…
Her Master… was right before her!
He was so real, half-kneeling in front of her, using his gentle spirit energy to treat her injured ankle.
Yet, she could only listen greedily to his internal concerns for “Feng Lingshuang” through this thin veil and the damn lie of the “deceased brother” she had constructed herself.
She couldn’t reveal herself; she couldn’t throw herself into his arms and tell him about the longing and grievances of two lives.
“Ma — “
A syllable almost burst through her throat, but she swallowed it back down, turning it into a suppressed sob heavy with nasal congestion.
This faint sob finally caught Lu Li’s attention.
He looked up, startled to find that this “Jian Mingzi,” who had always behaved with cold self-restraint, was now trembling slightly.
From beneath the veiled hat came the sound of stifled weeping.
“Fellow Daoist? You… what’s wrong?”
Lu Li was a bit flustered.
Thinking his spirit energy manipulation had hurt her, he hurried to slow his movements, his tone filled with concern.
“Was my technique too heavy and agitated your injury?”
‘Or… did she think of her deceased brother? Sigh, I really am… I shouldn’t have brought up that topic.’
Hearing his heart voice filled with apology and worry, Feng Lingshuang’s heart felt as if it were being squeezed tightly by an invisible hand.
It was sour and painful, yet it carried an indescribable warmth.
She shook her head vigorously.
Through the white veil blurred by tears, she “looked” deeply at the Master right in front of her.
She used every ounce of strength she had to keep her voice from collapsing.
“No… it’s not…”
Her voice was choked with a violent tremble.
“It’s… sand…”
Such a clumsy excuse was pale and weak against the surging emotional impact of this moment.
Lu Li looked at her twitching shoulders and heard the nasal tone clearly caused by crying.
Though he was still confused, he felt a sense of helpless sympathy.
He simply assumed she was moved by the scene and had remembered her lost relative, unable to restrain her grief.
‘It seems this fellow daoist’s feelings for her brother are much deeper than I imagined… She is a person of true sentiment.’
He stopped asking and simply continued to circulate his spirit energy even more softly and warmly, like a silent comfort flowing through her sprained ankle.
It was as if he wanted to use this to soothe her obvious sorrow.
As for Feng Lingshuang, she was immersed in the massive shock of recovery and the extreme pain of being unable to acknowledge him.
She let her tears flow freely in the quiet stone pavilion, listening to the familiar, caring thoughts in her ear.
It was as if she wanted to use her tears to fill all the time they had missed across two lifetimes.
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