Farewell Is Not Necessarily Sad

"Heartless jerk, philandering playboy, scoundrel, ugly beast, big bad wolf, wife-abandoning scumbag, irresponsible bastard..."

In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, a woman in a pink dress stood upon a flying sword, muttering and cursing incessantly.

"That hateful guy, how dare he bully me."

"He bullied me in my past life, and he's still bullying me in this one.

"Doesn't that mean my reincarnation was for nothing?!"

As she cursed, Lin Qingxue suddenly startled.

She abruptly stopped in mid-air, patted her cheeks with both hands, and murmured softly, "Lin Qingxue, what on earth are you thinking? Have you forgotten what you came to the Magical Beast Mountain Range for?"

"You are here to prevent the sect's annihilation!"

"That guy is the culprit who will kill the eldest senior brother and cause the destruction of the Qingxuan Sect in the future!"

"How can you, just because he treats you well..."

"When I get back, I'll have Grandpa teach him a good lesson..."

As she spoke, her voice grew softer and softer. Her mind suddenly recalled the bits and pieces of this recent period: Ye Shu's determination and perseverance during his crazy cultivation, his courage and ruthlessness when facing Feng Mengli, his patience and gentleness when teaching the Little Beast, and his openness and free-spiritedness when he finally let her leave...

And... that sentence—

"You are my coordinate system in this world."

Most importantly, when facing Feng Mengli, those three incredibly similar questions.

He was just a fool who knew nothing.

Yet he had to inexplicably endure her killing intent.

It seemed like she... was being far too unreasonable.

But the future of the sect... the scenes of her fellow disciples being killed by the demonic path, the tragedy of the sect's annihilation...

"Forget it, forget it!"

Lin Qingxue shook her head vigorously, steered her flying sword again, and muttered, "I'll just let Grandpa capture him, and then... hmm... tie him to my side to be a tea-serving boy. I'll keep an eye on him personally!"

"Hmph, hmph!"

Coming up with this seemingly perfect plan, Lin Qingxue couldn't help but hum proudly.

"With someone as smart as me watching him, could he possibly pull any tricks? Not only will it prevent future tragedies, but I can also get revenge on him for bullying me."

"Who told him to break my sword?"

The more Lin Qingxue thought about it, the more reasonable and correct it felt!

She made up her mind to do exactly this when she returned. She would have her grandfather make a move, tie Ye Shu by her side, and keep him under strict surveillance so he couldn't go out and harm other girls... uh, no, so he couldn't go out and commit evil deeds again!

As for the Male Mandarin Duck Sword...

Only when it's repaired will he be allowed to go out and get some fresh air!

Thinking like this, Lin Qingxue's mood improved significantly.

"Let's see what this big bastard left for me." She lowered her head, picked up the storage ring in her hand, and examined it closely. Suddenly, she noticed something shining in the sunlight inside the ring's band.

She looked closer and discovered that tucked inside the ring band was a round bead, its light flowing and shimmering.

The knowledgeable and experienced Lin Qingxue recognized it immediately.

This was a Shadow Recording Bead.

"Could it be that the guy had something he was too embarrassed to say to my face, so he secretly recorded it and hid it in the ring?"

Lin Qingxue's heartbeat inexplicably accelerated.

In the picture books she had read, this kind of situation was usually... a confession!

With an excited heart and trembling hands.

Blushing, Lin Qingxue activated the Shadow Recording Stone.

With a flash of light, a scene suddenly appeared in mid-air: a cute and pretty young girl in a pink dress was standing on a flying sword over a stream, while a naked teenage boy was in the river below.

The boy looked up and asked calmly, "I am bathing here, and you attacked me without a word. Isn't that a bit too overbearing?"

"May I ask your name, miss."

"Lin Qingxue."

"Have I ever offended you, miss?"

"No."

"Have I ever met you, miss?"

"No."

"Have I committed any evil deeds in the past that disgusted you so much you had to hunt me down here?"

"No."

"Alright."

"Since I have never met you, nor have I committed any evil deeds, why did you attack me for no reason?"

"I, Lin Qingxue, need no reason to kill."

"Just die!"

Lin Qingxue stared blankly at this scene, her eyes flashing with disbelief. Wasn't this the scene of their first encounter? He actually recorded it with a Shadow Recording Stone?

After the visual ended, there was an audio recording.

"Miss Lin, if I find out that you are causing trouble for me because of what happened in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, do not blame me for making this footage public."

"After all..."

Ye Shu's voice carried a faint trace of teasing.

"Miss Lin wouldn't want her unreasonable image to be known to the world, right?"

Crack... crackle...

The Shadow Recording Stone creaked as Lin Qingxue squeezed it. Her face went from initial expectation to shock, and finally, upon hearing Ye Shu's smile, her entire face flushed the color of pig liver.

This... this hateful guy!!!

They had already parted ways, yet he was still bullying her!!!

Now, the plan she had just thought of was completely ruined. There would be no tea-serving boy, and no Male Mandarin Duck Sword.

"Fortunately, there's still this."

Lin Qingxue tried hard to calm herself down and looked at the storage ring in her hand. "Regardless, these are the belongings of a Soul Formation cultivator. That guy isn't too stingy."

However, when she probed her divine sense into the storage ring.

A line of large, scarlet words instantly appeared before Lin Qingxue's eyes, lingering there—

You have been targeted by the Yunxiao Sect!!!

If you don't want to bring disaster to your family, come and accept your death voluntarily!

"This... this is..." Lin Qingxue stared blankly at the scarlet words before her eyes. How could she not understand? This was a special tracking method of the Yunxiao Sect.

That bastard Ye Shu didn't refuse to take it himself.

It was because he didn't dare to take it.

Realizing this, Lin Qingxue was overcome with furious anxiety, so angry she practically choked. Facing the setting sun, she roared in exasperation:

"Damn you, Ye Shu!!!!"

"I hate you to death!!!!!"

In the dense forest, Ye Shu smiled faintly, toying with the only remaining Shadow Recording Stone in his hand, and leisurely returned to the cave.

The cave was empty of any beasts.

Obviously, the Lion King had gone out to hunt.

"Here, eat a Smart Pill."

Returning to the cave, after his routine teaching of the Little Beast, Ye Shu took out a pitch-black pill from his clothes, its medicinal fragrance filling the air. This was something he refined in his spare time. He claimed it was effective for awakening the intelligence of demonic beasts, but in reality, it was just an ordinary health supplement. However, seeing that the Little Beast was fine after eating it, the Lion King let him be.

Gulp!

After the Little Beast happily swallowed the pill, it suddenly felt a wave of drowsiness and fell dizzily into Ye Shu's arms.

"Chirp, chirp...?"

It cried out groggily, but unable to resist the sleepiness, it fell into a deep slumber. However, its small paws tightly gripped the corner of Ye Shu's clothes, refusing to let go.

A lone moon hung high in the sky, casting sparse and lonely shadows.

Ye Shu sat cross-legged in front of the cave, allowing the silvery moonlight to wash over his entire body. His left hand stroked the furry head of the Little Beast, while his right hand guided its paw to trace idle patterns on the ground.

He did not stop until the roar of a beast echoed from afar.

"Aren't you going to say goodbye?"

"If I say goodbye, I won't be able to bring myself to leave."