"Let's go." Zhao Shuning said to Hundun behind her.
Hundun glanced at the land behind. This Nether Valley was no longer a paradise for their Beast Realm.
Zhao Shuning picked up the fallen long nails beside her and put them into her Qiankun Bag.
"Hundun, if you get a new master in the future, don't miss me."
"Master, what are you talking about?"
"Nothing. Let's go."
Zhao Shuning led Hundun back to the place where she had been before. After putting on her clothes, she led Hundun towards the city of Loulan.
"Saintess, it was that woman who let the divine beast go." A voice suddenly came from the opposite direction.
Zhao Shuning looked in the direction of the voice.
Beside that man stood a woman. Behind the woman stood hundreds of townspeople. The woman had beautiful eyes with a cinnabar mark between her eyebrows.
Even though they were a hundred meters apart, when their gazes met, they couldn't help but be stunned. Among them, the Saintess's reaction was particularly intense.
Just from the figure in that instant, she was sure that the person was her elder sister. Her elder sister's eyes were the most special in the world. Once you saw them, you would never forget.
"Saintess, she—"
"Step back!" The woman stretched out her hand with a stern tone. Hearing this, the man didn't dare to say more and immediately stepped back behind her.
Zhao Shuning just stared at Luo Qiu like this.
It had been more than three years, almost four years. They hadn't seen each other for four years. Now seeing each other again...
Luo Qiu felt that this was like a dream.
She liked her elder sister, not in a family - like way. Luo Qiu's love for Zhao Shuning was full of possessiveness. She knew what this kind of feeling was.
Luo Qiu walked towards Zhao Shuning step by step. There were thorns under her feet, but her eyes were fixed on Zhao Shuning from beginning to end.
The two women. Zhao Shuning had a black cloth covering the lower half of her face, while Luo Qiu was veiled in black. But they could still recognize each other.
Luo Qiu stopped when she was ten meters away from Zhao Shuning. She asked softly, "Elder sister, is that you?"
Zhao Shuning looked at Luo Qiu veiled in black. In a way, they were becoming more and more alike. The only difference was that Zhao Shuning liked red veils, while Luo Qiu was fond of black ones.
Zhao Shuning took out the Demon - Slaying Nails from her Qiankun Bag and threw them in front of Luo Qiu without saying a word. She needed an explanation from Luo Qiu.
Speaking of Zhao Shuning's feelings for Luo Qiu, at first, she approached her with admiration. Later, seeing that she was so kind that she was always bullied, she changed identities with her to punish the bad guys. Then, they rested and recuperated in the Bamboo Courtyard, and she taught Luo Qiu to cultivate her spiritual power.
Zhao Shuning had been extremely kind to Luo Qiu. She really regarded Luo Qiu as her younger sister from the bottom of her heart.
"Elder sister—"
"Xiao Qiu, they did all this without your order, right?"
Zhao Shuning stared at Luo Qiu and asked word by word. Her gaze never left Luo Qiu for a moment.
Luo Qiu's expression froze and then was filled with disappointment. She said blankly, "Elder sister, we haven't seen each other for many years, and you haven't contacted me. When we meet, do you have to question me with these Demon - Slaying Nails?"
"The Demon - Slaying Nails, once they touch the body of a monster, will drill into its body through the gaps, making the monster suffer unbearably. Xiao Qiu, I can ignore others, but for you, I don't want you to become like that."
"Elder sister—"
"I just want to know if this was your idea."
Luo Qiu bit her lip. Her cherry - red lips were almost bleeding.
"Yes." The person asking her was her elder sister. Facing her, she could never tell a lie.
Disappointment appeared on Zhao Shuning's face.
How could this happen? Luo Qiu should be a respected god by everyone. She was a hero in everyone's mind. She should never do such a thing.
"Do you know that if they had met a fierce beast other than Hundun today, what would have happened to these Loulan subjects? Where is Moyan? Did he also agree with you to do this?"
Luo Qiu nodded.
"Lord Moyan did this for me."
Zhao Shuning laughed.
When they parted at the dock, had Luo Qiu not taken to heart what she had said?
"Elder sister, I've followed every word you said, but—"
"But you still couldn't resist the temptation of the monster pills. Those pills can help you quickly improve your spiritual power, and you were really helpless, right? Is this what you want to tell me?"
Luo Qiu fell silent.
Yes. Everything her elder sister said was right. But what she had done was just because she wanted to protect her in the future. If she cultivated at a slow pace, unlike her elder sister, she didn't have such a heaven - defying cultivation ability. She would have to spend hundreds of years to catch up with her elder sister and stand side by side with her. Luo Qiu couldn't wait.
"After all, it was my mistake."
"Elder sister—"
Zhao Shuning said, "Xiao Qiu, you are kind - hearted by nature. You shouldn't, you shouldn't have become like this."
"Elder sister, you dislike me now, right?"
Her elder sister hated alchemists who hunted monsters for no reason, and what she had been doing in these years was related to hunting monsters.
"How dare I."
Zhao Shuning took a step back. She continued, "You are the Saintess of Loulan, the hero Luo Qiu for generations. Now, if I'm not wrong, you've been promoted to the seventh rank. At such a speed, even the Imperial Teacher Yan Ruyu would be amazed. Your future achievements are far beyond what I can compare with."
Luo Qiu's heart was cut like a knife.
Every word of Zhao Shuning was like a sharp knife, cutting deeply into her heart.
She could bear the sarcasm of everyone, not care about the looks from everyone, and not care about what others said about her.
All she wanted to do from beginning to end was to catch up with her elder sister, surpass her, and then protect her in her arms for a lifetime.
She just wanted to become stronger. Where was she wrong?
"Elder sister, I was wrong—"
"If you really knew you were wrong, you wouldn't have this expression now. You only admit your mistake because I'm angry. Xiao Qiu, everyone has a heart of flesh. If you were really the former Luo Qiu, you wouldn't have done these things."
Luo Qiu was on the verge of collapse.
Hearing this, the people behind her wanted to step forward.
In Loulan, the Saintess's order was everything. Even the leader of Loulan, Moyan, had to bow to the Saintess. Who was that woman to be so rude to the Saintess?
"Stop! All of you step back!" Luo Qiu roared.
The crowd stopped in their tracks.
She said again, "Elder sister, the world has been unfair to me first. How can you expect me to be kind to the world?"
"If there really is a divine will, then it should open its eyes and take a good look at what it has done to me?"
"Elder sister, what mistake did I make at the beginning?"