This kind of silence was the same as when they parted on Peng Lai. 100 years had passed in the blink of an eye, but this scene was still the same.
Wang Lin's silence was because he didn't know what to say. Whether it was about forgetting each other or the bracelet Li Qianmei gave him, both made Wang Lin speechless.
That bracelet saved Wang Lin's life in the Seven-Colored Realm. He wanted to repay this kindness, but this kind of repayment didn't contain any feelings.
His heart was already dead, and the only thing it contained was Li Muwan … Unless the heavens and earth were destroyed, unless he died, perhaps he would choose a different path.
However, right now he couldn't do it.
Or it could be said that Li Qianmei hadn't truly entered his heart. Toward Li Qianmei, Wang Lin only admired her as a fellow cultivator. However, the appearance of the bracelet and the twist of fate made this admiration a bit complicated.
In fact, Wang Lin felt that Li Qianmei's excellence shouldn't have blossomed for him. They only met because of those three questions. Aside from that, they were completely pale.
The two of them didn't have the years of life in the Sea of Devils, the hundreds of years of waiting in the Cloud Sky Sect, the shock of a beautiful woman turning into bones in the valley, or the 2,000 years of cultivation Wang Lin accompanied by the zither music.
There was also no messenger of the heavens coming. Wang Lin let out a painful roar that shook the heavens and earth.
"Even if the heavens want you to die, I'll take you back!!!" This was a promise, a promise Wang Lin made to a woman in his life.
That was why Wang Lin remained silent when facing Li Qianmei.
Wang Lin's feelings toward Li Qianmei were very complicated … Li Qianmei bit her lower lip and softly said, "Can you sit with me for a bit …" She sat on the grass in the courtyard. The moonlight fell on her, making her look very beautiful.
Wang Lin silently pondered as he sat down next to Li Qianmei. He looked at the bright starlight in the dark sky and the charming moonlight. He could still smell the fragrance from Li Qianmei's body, and his entire body seemed to relax.
"How have you been these 100 years …" Li Qianmei lowered her head and her jade-like hand twirled around a blade of grass, causing it to wrap around her finger.
Wang Lin softly said, "It's been good."
"Did you see that painting?" Li Qianmei smiled and looked up at Wang Lin. Her calm expression contained a sense of beauty.
Wang Lin's gaze fell on Li Qianmei's face. He withdrew his gaze for a moment and didn't speak.
Li Qianmei stared at Wang Lin and softly said, "Thank you for your treasure. It accompanied me through 100 years of loneliness in the battlefield …"
Wang Lin opened his mouth to say something, but in the end, he didn't say anything.
"I'll be leaving in a few days …" Li Qianmei was still looking at Wang Lin. Her eyes seemed to be trembling, but her gaze was firm. She kept looking at Wang Lin. However, her fingers that were wrapped around the grass seemed to be entangled even more. No matter what, she was not willing to break free from the grass.
After a moment of silence, Wang Lin slowly said, "I'll … see you off."
A smile appeared on Li Qianmei's face. She blinked her eyes and chuckled, "I thought you were mute."
Wang Lin smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Last time, you said you would see me off, but if I hadn't gone back to find you, you wouldn't have." Li Qianmei's eyes trembled even more violently, but she still looked at Wang Lin.
Wang Lin avoided Li Qianmei's gaze and looked ahead. He softly said, "This time, I'll see you off."
Li Qianmei had a bitter expression as she looked at Wang Lin beside her. There was a sense of distance in her heart. He was very close to her, but also very far. It was as if there was no power in this world that could bring him closer.
It was like a fish in the water and a bird in the sky. The fish looked at the bird, and the tears it shed fell into the water. The bird couldn't see it … because what separated them was the sky and earth, the water that couldn't be broken.
By chance, the bird landed by the river and saw the fish in the water. Perhaps it paused for a moment, but in the end, it spread its wings and flew far away. The only thing left behind was the wind brought about by its wings. It blew the water surface and created circles of bitter ripples. The ripples moved the bodies of the fish and the bird that were watching the bird from the bottom of the water.
"This time, after I leave, it will be a long time before I can return … Perhaps, I will never return …" Li Qianmei's soft voice entered Wang Lin's ears, causing Wang Lin to become even more silent.
"I'm an orphan. Master picked me up and raised me. Going to the battlefield at the Demon Sect is my fate … If one day, I never return … I hope you will remember …" Li Qianmei's fingers that were wrapped around the grass trembled and tightened.
She didn't tell Wang Lin that his figure had become clearer in her heart over the past 100 years. She also didn't tell Wang Lin that she had risked serious injuries to retrieve the golden immortal brush after losing it.
She also didn't tell Wang Lin how much pressure she had to bear to come to the Everlasting Sect!
Her weak body wouldn't be able to withstand this pressure.
Only the dead could leave the battlefield at the Demon Sect … And she, under the pressure of the Heaven Breaking Sect, the Demon Sect, and under the pressure of 100 years of killing, chose to leave. All of this was to see this person who was very, very far away from her … She also didn't tell Wang Lin that because she left, there were different voices in the Heaven Breaking Sect. There were even words of dissatisfaction towards her. Even the Demon Sect criticized her because she left … She also didn't tell Wang Lin that she would miss the chance to enter the Demon Sect and be acknowledged by the Demon Sect.
If she didn't say all of this, Wang Lin wouldn't know … "When I was young, I discovered that I was different from others. My hair was blue, and no one else in the Cloud Sea had blue hair … I still remember when I was young, my playmates all laughed at me …" Li Qianmei softly said. Her eyes were filled with bitterness and reminiscence.
"I cultivated very hard, and Master refined many pills for me. With the help of these pills, I reached my current cultivation level … My cultivation level was given to me by Master and the Heaven Breaking Sect … That's why I have to go to the battlefield. This is my fate."
Li Qianmei didn't loosen her grip on the grass. Instead, a crisp sound rang out as she plucked the grass out, causing it to remain wrapped around her hand.
She stood up and combed her blue hair. She looked at Wang Lin and softly said, "If one day I'm no longer here, will you remember that there was a woman called Li Qianmei who quickly passed by …"
Hearing this, Wang Lin felt a stab of pain in his heart. His face was slightly pale as he looked at Li Qianmei. After a long time, he gently nodded.
"I will …"
Li Qianmei revealed a smile, but there was a hint of sadness in that smile. She looked at Wang Lin as if she wanted to completely imprint him in her memory, or perhaps … completely forget him … There was a kind of distance in this world that existed the same as leaving behind and forgetting. They were both immeasurable and far away.
It was like the fish at the bottom of the water. The moment the bird left, it struggled to jump out of the water. It didn't want to look at the bird through the water, but in the end, it only took one look before it returned to the bottom of the water and fell back down … Wang Lin looked at Li Qianmei, and the bitterness in his heart became even stronger … Vaguely, the scene of him opening the Heaven Defying Bead and stepping inside appeared in his mind. It was as if he saw scenes from his previous life. In the final scene, he saw himself becoming a bird flying in the sky.
Vaguely, he seemed to see that the bird had once been in the air above a river. It had been attracted by a fish that shone brilliantly in the sunlight. It had landed by the river and taken a closer look at the fish … At that moment, the fish had also looked at it from the bottom of the river.
Under the moonlight, Li Qianmei's sigh was like a gentle wind that filled the quiet courtyard. Her figure gradually disappeared into the distance.
"Thank you …" Wang Lin softly said as he looked at Li Qianmei's back under the moonlight.
"Why are you thanking me?" Li Qianmei's body stopped and she turned her head to look at Wang Lin. Her expression was still calm.
Wang Lin was silent for a moment. He flipped his right hand and a bracelet appeared in his hand.
"It saved my life once …" Ye Zichen sighed.
The moment she saw the bracelet, the calmness that Li Qianmei had concealed on her face collapsed. She stared at the bracelet in a daze, and a smile gradually appeared on her face. This smile became wider and wider, causing her to become shockingly beautiful at this moment.
Li Qianmei blinked and softly said, "I remember … I threw it away …"
"I picked it up by accident …" Wang Lin's expression was a bit strange. Even if he were to say it himself, he wouldn't believe it.
"Oh, so you picked it up by accident." There was a smile in Li Qianmei's eyes as she nodded.
"I'll return it to you."
Wang Lin knew that Li Qianmei had misunderstood. However, this misunderstanding was very difficult to explain. Wang Lin stood up and was about to return the bracelet to Li Qianmei.
The smile in Li Qianmei's eyes deepened. She pursed her lips and carefully looked at Wang Lin for a moment, then turned to leave. "You picked it up. If you return it to me, I'll still throw it away."
"Remember that you promised me that you would send me away this time."
Li Qianmei's voice was soft as her body gradually disappeared into the moonlight. She returned to the courtyard, to her room.
Holding the bracelet, Wang Lin let out a sigh. After a long time, he put it away and looked outside the courtyard.
There was another woman standing there. This woman was extremely beautiful, and she was also looking at Wang Lin with a complicated expression. Under the moonlight, this bleakness turned into loneliness as she silently looked at Wang Lin.
This gaze made him feel like he had returned to Suzaku, back to the Heng Yue Sect. The woman with the natural water spirit root, Liu Mei, was standing in the Heng Yue Sect and looking at the young Wang Lin for the first time.
This chapter was very tiring to write. It looked like Er Gen really didn't know how to write about this. After reading it, he would give her a monthly ticket to encourage her. Tomorrow, there was still Mu Bingmei … What a headache.