Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 772 Long Ballad Sweeps Across Eight Wastelands! [2nd Update]

Chapter 772: 772 Long Ballad Sweeps Across Eight Wastelands! [2nd Update]

The woman was dressed in a moon-white long gown, her long black hair was pinned up high by a jade hairpin, revealing her fair neck.

Her features were not exceptionally striking, yet they exuded a tranquil and calm beauty, possessing a reassuring strength.

Golden, white, and green lights surrounded her, as though an immortal descended to the mortal realm, resplendent and inviolable.

These lights then gently fell onto Ye Wanlan, and miraculously, wherever the three-colored light touched, her wounds were healing quickly.

"Cough cough cough..." Ye Wanlan began to cough violently, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Although she was injured, she felt a joy she hadn’t experienced in a long time.

Indeed, as she had predicted, the gathering of the three zithers was required to bring Lin Fanyin back.

Ye Wanlan recalled what Yue Zheng had said about the "price."

So, just who paid what to allow the return of the dragon and phoenix among men from three hundred years ago to Shenzhou once more?

But now that they’ve returned, why is it in a state of neither human nor ghost?

"Sect Leader..." Lin Baiwei was stunned, she stared blankly at the blue-dressed woman floating mid-air, almost unable to believe her eyes, "Sect Leader, is it you?"

In the Heavenly Sound Sect, above her, aside from Lin Fanyin the Sect Leader, there were also six senior sisters.

This ranking was not based on seniority, but on cultivation.

The First Senior Sister Lin Wanci had to step down to the second seat because she failed to compete for the position of Sect Leader against Lin Fanyin.

In terms of relationships, Lin Baiwei was part of Lin Fanyin’s faction, and their bond was extremely good.

For Lin Fanyin, Lin Baiwei had repeatedly clashed with Lin Wanci.

But three hundred years ago, in the Battle of Fengyuan, she witnessed Lin Wanci sacrificing herself to cover Lin Fanyin’s retreat, drawing the Sword in the Zither, holding off the enemy with her body, and dying from a thousand arrows piercing her heart.

Lin Fanyin naturally couldn’t leave, and in the end, the Seven-stringed Zither broke, its sound was like weeping.

The remaining five senior sisters let her lead the survivors to hide and wait for the battle to end, to rebuild their home.

This battle left everyone in the Heavenly Sound Sect dead, except her.

She indeed survived and established the Lin Family.

But after the Battle of Ten Thousand Armies ended, she was tormented by unease day and night.

As a survivor of the great war, Lin Baiwei had long been left with significant trauma, she was no longer a normal person.

Every Jianghu friend she could name was dead, not a single one remained.

Faced with that terrifying enemy, Shenzhou simply wasn’t a match.

Lin Baiwei feared her death would mean if the enemy returned, Shenzhou would be completely destroyed.

She couldn’t die, so she searched through all secret techniques and finally found a way to live longer—

Continuously seizing the bodies of her own bloodline descendants, provided these descendants had an exceptionally good constitution.

But the price of doing this was immense; her soul was completely imprisoned, and the bodies she possessed could not live past thirty years.

In three hundred years, several talents of the Lin Family fell.

But Lin Baiwei didn’t care, she continuously accumulated her power over the long years, training Hidden Guards.

The aim was that one day, she could unite Yunjing to jointly resist the enemy.

This plan should have been executed forty years ago, but she failed to possess Lin Weilan.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

This generation’s Lin Shiyuan had even greater talent, helping her break through the bottleneck that had been stagnant for years.

"Sect Leader?" Lin Baiwei called out again, "No... the Sect Leader died before my eyes, you’re not her, Ye Wanlan, how dare you pretend to be the Sect Leader before me?!"

Ye Wanlan calmly looked at her: "Whether it’s true or not, you already know in your heart."

At this moment, the woman slowly opened her eyes, landing on the ground and meeting Lin Baiwei’s gaze.

With just one glance, Lin Baiwei already confirmed that the woman in front of her was indeed Lin Fanyin.

It’s just that Lin Fanyin’s condition...

"This subordinate Baiwei, pays respect to the Sect Leader!" Lin Baiwei knelt on one knee, her voice trembling, "Sect Leader, look, I didn’t disappoint you and the senior sisters, the Lin Family’s current strength is at the top of the Five Great Families, no... soon there won’t be any Five Great Families."

"Baiwei." Lin Fanyin seemed to sigh, "Though I have not appeared, my consciousness has already awakened in the Sun and Moon Ruyi Zither, and I know all your actions."

She knew Lin Baiwei killed many Lin Family members who voiced opposition with ruthless means to make the Lin Family a place where only one voice mattered.

She also knew Lin Baiwei mobilized all Hidden Guards to surround the other Four Great Families.

Lin Baiwei’s body trembled: "Sect Leader?"

"Stop, Baiwei." Lin Fanyin slowly leaned forward, wanting to touch Lin Baiwei’s head but was unable to, "Slaughter is to treat the enemy, not your own, if wrong, it must be corrected, don’t keep making mistakes."

"I did nothing wrong!" Lin Baiwei shouted, "I merged the Five Great Families as one, how am I wrong? Sect Leader, did you not see, without me, it’s impossible to unite the Five Great Families! If they are not united, how can we resist the enemy again?"

"Baiwei." Lin Fanyin’s expression slightly moved, softly calling her name, "Your goal is right, but your path is wrong."

Lin Baiwei looked at her in confusion: "My path?"

Her body began to shake violently, her nails had already dug into her palm, drawing blood.

"Heavenly Sound Sect is about protection." Lin Fanyin said slowly, "Baiwei, have you completely forgotten what these two words mean?"

The Heavenly Sound Sect initially was only a music workshop, sheltering homeless women.

Later, the ancestor created the Heavenly Music Method, giving these women the ability to protect themselves and even fight.

But the ancestor had ancestral teachings, for the Musician of Heavenly Sound—

In prosperous times, play the zither and make music; in chaotic times, draw the sword and kill the enemy.

They were the last line of defense in Fengyuan City.

"No, Sect Leader, I was not wrong!" Lin Baiwei gritted her teeth, "Even if you have returned today, I must prove that I was not wrong!"

She was not doing it just for the Lin Family, but for Shenzhou, and for the entire world.

In this process, no matter how many people died by her hands, what wrong could she have done?

These people all deserved to die!

Lin Baiwei’s eyes glowed with an unnatural crimson, and black aura rose from her body.

A certain power was eroding her body, causing her aura to surge.

Lin Fanyin’s expression changed drastically: "Baiwei, stop quickly, guard your spirit, you’ve been possessed by the demon!"

However, Lin Baiwei, exposed for her actions and with Ye Wanlan bringing out the two great zithers plus Lin Fanyin’s appearance, suffered a massive blow to her spirit and could not stabilize it.

"Sect Leader..." Lin Baiwei looked at her with a dead, empty gaze, her voice was very faint, "At this point, I am far beyond the point of no return."

"Baiwei!" Lin Fanyin exclaimed, seeing the black-red patterns crawling over Lin Baiwei’s body.

"Sect Leader, you know so little, I kept looking for Lin Family talents, I fooled so many, I lived for over three hundred years and finally reached this point." Lin Baiwei’s eyes had turned completely black, her voice rising sharply, "I am not wrong! I do not admit!"

She was not wrong, she was right!

Anyone in her way, even Lin Fanyin, had to die!

Oh no...

Lin Fanyin’s pupils contracted violently.

This level of demonic possession, only the former Martial Arts Alliance Hierarch Gui Qing had it in the past.

And even then, the Six Great Sects joined forces and couldn’t successfully kill him.

If Lin Baiwei fully succumbed to the demon, then...

"Fanyin, don’t worry." A voice sounded in her ear, "You once told me, being anxious is useless."

Hearing this, Lin Fanyin turned her head sharply, looking suspiciously at Ye Wanlan, "You, you are..."

This sentence... She’s said this to many, but mostly to Xie Linyuan.

"Fanyin, assist me." Ye Wanlan did not explain further, but sat cross-legged, "I need the power of the three zithers."

Both hands rested on the Withered Wood Dragon Chant Zither and Primordial Lost Sound Zither.

The melodious zither sound flowed, the space vibrated.

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

Heavenly Music Method Eighth Level—

Long Song Sweeps Across, Eight, Desolations!