Sese turned her head and looked at Kong Shishuang beside her.
The always - hot - tempered Kong Shishuang was biting her lips tightly with her white teeth at the moment. Her delicate hands were gripping the withered grass in the grassland firmly.
Maybe the withered grass was too sharp, or perhaps Kong Shishuang's hands were still too tender, having never endured much hardship. Anyway, at this moment, Kong Shishuang's hands were covered in blood, which was flowing down the grass to its roots.
There were tears glistening in Kong Shishuang's eyes.
Wasn't Sese the same?
No matter how much they deceived themselves, after hearing that, they more or less understood what was going on.
Kong Shishuang suddenly stood up, grabbed the sword beside her, and was about to go down and fight those laughing men to the death. Fortunately, Sese grabbed her in time and then placed her on Xiaoli's back. Seeing this, Xiaoli immediately carried the two girls and galloped madly towards the other side.
They didn't know how long they had run. When Xiaoli stopped, the tears of the two girls on its back could no longer be held back.
Xiaoli was intelligent. It knew that the place they should go was the Second Peak.
So now, they were standing on the cliff of the Second Peak.
Kong Shishuang's body was trembling constantly, and the tears in her eyes were flowing continuously.
But despite this, she didn't make a sound.
The blood on her hands had already congealed.
"Sese, what we heard just now was false, right?"
"Miss Kong, I also hope so."
But both of them knew in their hearts that it couldn't be false. Those people had no reason to play a trick on them.
"What they were talking about couldn't be Zhao Shuning. That trouble - maker Zhao Shuning was going to be infamous for thousands of years. How could she be so easily killed by these people? She was just a child, a five - year - old child."
They all forgot that Zhao Shuning was just a child.
When Zhao Shuning was in front of them, she always appeared calm. They always placed the highest expectations on her, but they didn't remember that Zhao Shuning was just a child. No matter how gifted she was, she was still just a five - year - old child. Her strength might not be able to withstand a group attack.
"How could it be? How could this happen?"
Muttering to herself, Kong Shishuang slowly knelt down.
"It's all my fault. It's all my fault. I offended Li Can. I had a feud with Li Can. Zhao Shuning offended Li Can to help me."
"Miss Kong..."
"It's all my fault. I threw tantrums like a spoilt young lady. I was arrogant and reckless. Why, even though I'm so old, I can only rely on my brother for everything? When I wanted to rely on myself, I ended up hurting the people around me like this?"
Kong Shishuang was in great pain. Zhao Shuning meant much more to her than just a friend.
"Miss Kong, our Leader Ning is kind - hearted. Even if someone else was in life - threatening danger, she would step forward."
Kong Shishuang shook her head, crying so hard that she could hardly catch her breath.
"It's different. It's different. I'm not worth Zhao Shuning doing this for me."
Alas - Sese let out a long sigh.
Actually, how could she not be sad about this?
Leader Ning had the greatest influence on her. Without Leader Ning, she might still be a timid girl.
She understood Kong Shishuang's feelings at this moment. She also knew that if Leader Ning had really died, Kong Shishuang would be the most guilty and painful one. In the past few months, they had all witnessed Kong Shishuang's changes.
She no longer threw tantrums or acted like a spoilt young lady. When something happened, she always followed instructions.
Kong Shishuang was also afraid when facing spirit beasts, but she would no longer shrink back like before.
Every time Zhao Shuning praised Kong Shishuang, there would always be two shallow dimples on her face. She was extremely cute.
Kong Shishuang was only thirteen years old. How could she have experienced so much separation and death? Because of her status, all the students in the Misty Tower respected her. She had her first friend and her first confidant, but before long, this friend had been killed by others.
"Miss Kong, being sad now won't help. Instead, we should take this time to see if there are any clues about the Leader. Maybe, maybe the new student those people were talking about wasn't the Leader."
Such self - deceiving words actually came from the rational Sese. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, it was good.
Kong Shishuang wiped away her tears, stood up firmly, and walked slowly to the edge of the cliff with Sese. She took out the night pearl from her bosom, held it above her head, and looked down at the cliff.
This night pearl was a gift from Zhao Shuning.
"Nothing. There's nothing there."
"Miss Kong, look at this vine?"
"There are scratches and scraps on it. Is it? It's the fabric from Zhao Shuning's clothes. This, this technique, it's Zhang Tianyuan's Azure Light Sword."
Zhao Shuning, it's over -
The two girls looked down anxiously, but all they could see was the dark and shiny Undercurrent River.
Every wave of the Undercurrent River seemed to be able to swallow up everything that fell into it.
At this moment, Kong Shishuang burst into tears.
Sese couldn't hold back either and sobbed quietly.
Heaven, how unfair you are! The Leader was such a good girl. What did she do wrong to deserve such a result?
"I'm going to reach the Fifth Peak!"
Kong Shishuang stood up. Her eyes were terribly swollen and red. Beside her stood the grief - stricken spirit beast Xiaoli. When she said this, the determination in her eyes made Sese feel that Kong Shishuang seemed to have become a different person at this moment.
"Miss Kong -"
"Sese, I need your help."
"I'll help you."
Although Sese didn't know what Kong Shishuang was going to do, she felt that she could trust Kong Shishuang.
"I'm going to kill Zhang Tianyuan."
The words "kill Zhang Tianyuan" actually came out of Kong Shishuang's mouth.
When she said this, even Sese couldn't help but tremble.
"Miss Kong, you?"
"I'm not afraid of him, Miss Sese. I know you don't want to bring trouble to your family. Don't worry. You just need to assist me. I'll take care of the rest."
Zhang Tianyuan, in the past, I was timid, but I won't let you bully me like this. Zhao Shuning was my true friend in my heart. You killed her so cruelly. You didn't even spare a five - year - old child. She was so brave in the face of you shameless people for my sake.
From now on, I'll take on this responsibility.
I'm going to seek justice for the dead Zhao Shuning.