Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 644 The Collapsing Su Han Yan [2nd update]

Chapter 644: 644 The Collapsing Su Han Yan [2nd update]

"..."

With these words spoken, it was as if Heaven and Earth fell into silence.

Su Han Yan almost doubted her ears.

Palace Master?

It’s no longer the era of the grand and bustling Jianghu, where would a Palace Master come from now?

She no longer cared to know what secrets Ye Wanlan might have, because the dead cannot do anything!

"Hmph, nonsensical chatter." Su Han Yan sneered, "Such madness, take it down and tell it to the Dead Souls!"

Before she finished speaking, she had already moved.

"Swoosh—"

The wind moved with her, swift and urgent.

However, Su Han Yan heard a more fierce gust, someone moved simultaneously with her!

Yet Ye Wanlan stood calmly in place, with arms crossed, watching her leisurely.

Then... who could it be?

Su Han Yan’s heart grew wary, but before she could think further, she saw that person.

The woman wore plain white clothes, under the moonless night sky, she still seemed to be coated in a faint silver glow of moonlight, beautiful like not of this world.

However, Su Han Yan’s pupils contracted sharply, almost entirely shrinking out of sight, showing her intense fear at the moment.

This face, even after three hundred years, she would never forget.

Each time she awoke from a dream in the middle of the night, it was because she saw this face.

Shui, Yun, Qing!

At this moment, Su Han Yan was torn apart in her soul.

She lost all control over her body, "Plop," she fell from the sky, landing heavily on the ground.

Seeing this, Ye Wanlan raised her eyebrow: "I take back my earlier words, after three hundred years, you’ve not improved, but regressed."

Shui Yunqing fell to the ground as well, at this moment, her visage was fully exposed to Su Han Yan’s sight.

"No... impossible!" Su Han Yan was nearly driven mad, clutching her head in despair, "How are you still alive? Then what counts, what counts of all my years of effort!"

Shui Yunqing said nothing but approached Su Han Yan, then waved her hand.

With a light clink, a Golden Needle fell to the ground out of thin air.

"Poof—!"

Su Han Yan suddenly spit out a mouthful of fresh blood, her breath weakened instantly.

This Golden Needle was one of the thirty-six lodged in her bones!

At that time, she exerted great effort to finally complete it, yet Shui Yunqing, with a mere casual wave, removed the needle.

The physical pain was far less than the spiritual trembling and countless doubts in Su Han Yan’s heart.

How could Shui Yunqing still be alive?!

If Shui Yunqing was alive, why didn’t she come out when Su Han Yan founded the Su Family to stop her?

Su Han Yan’s mind was in turmoil.

"Clink, clink!"

Shui Yunqing, still expressionless, continued extracting the Gold and Silver Needles from her body.

The intense pain finally pulled Su Han Yan back from confusion, she couldn’t move at the moment, only stare at Shui Yunqing.

Suddenly, she realized the most crucial issue!

"Hahaha, Gu People! You actually turned yourself into Gu People!" Su Han Yan laughed, tears streaming with her laughter, "You’re no longer human, Shui Yunqing!"

Three hundred years after, old acquaintances meet again, she became not a living being, while another aged beyond recognition.

Shui Yunqing turned herself into Gu People, though doing so retained all her strength and could continue to grow, it would cost her all humanity and memory.

Su Han Yan had considered this method, but doing so, she couldn’t continue her plans, in the end, only making a wedding dress for others.

"Palace Master, you’re indeed rare in the world for your selfless love, actually... actually, doing so much for Shenzhou." Su Han Yan kept laughing, "But what did you gain?"

Shui Yunqing remained silent, mechanically extracting needles.

She, as Gu People, did not recognize Su Han Yan, drawn by instinct to remove the hundred and eight Gold and Silver Needles binding longevity against Heaven, violating Taiyi Palace’s rules.

"Palace Master, I’m envious of you." Blood streamed down Su Han Yan’s mouth as she spoke fragmented words, "If back then, I had worked a bit harder, Master surely wouldn’t have chosen you."

She too was a disciple of the Old Man of Medicine Valley, even admitted earlier than Shui Yunqing.

In the beginning, clearly Shui Yunqing was inferior to her, yet in the end, Shui Yunqing became the next Palace Master, while she was defeated by Ye Xintang, relegated to second.

She couldn’t resign!

Invisible in Taiyi Palace for more than twenty years, she finally rose to the top with Shui Yunqing and Ye Xintang gone.

Even at the cost of spirit’s dissolution, forcefully extending life for three hundred years, planning until now, she saw her imminent success yet ended fruitless!

How could the always proud Su Han Yan accept this?

"Unfortunately... you’re Gu People now..." Su Han Yan suddenly laughed again, "What have you gained by living this way now? You’re a monster! This time, ultimately I win!"

She founded the Su Family, her name would be revered by Su Family generation after generation.

One day, the name Shui Yunqing would be erased from history, Taiyi Palace gone, only Su Family surviving.

She won!

The expression on Shui Yunqing remained unchanged, for as Gu People, she indeed couldn’t speak human language, driven by remnants of instinct.

Seeing this, Su Han Yan laughed more madly: "Shui Yunqing, you’ve met your day, understanding nothing, lacking love and hate. Do you think those you saved would be grateful? They wouldn’t, only think you foolish!"

"Zing!"

Another Silver Needle was drawn from Su Han Yan, scattered more than thirty needles on the ground.

And each needle drawn dissipated a bit more of her remaining vitality, the pain intensified.

The last time hurting so severely was when Su Han Yan implanted these hundred and eight Gold and Silver Needles.

Blood flowed faster from her mouth, yet she had breath.

Just as the hundred and eight Gold and Silver Needles secured longevity and held life, as long as one needle remained, she would not die.

Su Han Yan knew, whether three hundred years ago or now, she wasn’t a match for Shui Yunqing.

Even with Shui Yunqing becoming Gu People, while she clung to life, allowing Shui Yunqing to extract needles, watching each draw out from the bone.

Did she really win?

Su Han Yan’s face showed confusion.

"Win?" Ye Wanlan slowly crouched down, looking at Su Han Yan crawling on the ground from above, "Winning means gaining something or achieving victory. Which are you?"

Su Han Yan’s laughter abruptly stopped, she gazed at Ye Wanlan with doubt.

"Regrettably, you have never won." Ye Wanlan said calmly, "You were always a loser. Rest assured, after your death, Xueqing will not allow the Su Family to continue revering you."

This statement completely unraveled Su Han Yan’s frazzled nerves, she shouted madly in pain, intensely sharp.

"Ah——!!!" Tears of blood ran down her eyes, staring at Ye Wanlan, spitting blood, "Tell me, who are you! Who, are, you?"

A name surfaced in her mind.

But that’s impossible!

Princess Yongning died long ago, three hundred years later, only a skeleton remains.

Perhaps if she tried harder, she might catch up to Shui Yunqing, but Princess Yongning was a mountain, forever insurmountable.

Ye Wanlan remained calm, smiled, articulating, "It seems you’ve guessed something, come, say it, let me hear, are you calling out my name."