Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 773 If life were only as it was at first sight [Update 1]

Chapter 773: 773 If life were only as it was at first sight [Update 1]

The Musician of Heavenly Sound, with the strings of the five tones, even ghosts and gods are astonished!

This move, "Eternal Song Sweeps Over the Eight Desolations," combines attack and healing into one skill.

Three hundred years ago, the first senior sister of the Heavenly Sound Sect, Lin Wanci, along with two other senior sisters, executed this move together, allowing their own side to recover quickly while inflicting great damage on the enemy.

And now, Ye Wanlan, harnessing the power just returned from Lin Fanyin, alone commands three zithers, recreating the group attack skill "Eternal Song Sweeps Over the Eight Desolations"!

Lin Baiwei suddenly looked up, her face also covered with black markings.

But at this moment, her pupils shone surprisingly bright, as if she had seen a rare treasure.

The wind swept the clouds, thunder rumbled past the ears.

Sound waves formed into sharp blades that rose from the ground, converging into a massive tornado.

Lin Baiwei slowly stood up, unexpectedly walking toward the center of the powerful force.

"Swoosh—Boom!"

Lin Baiwei’s body was struck, she looked up to the sky and spit out a mouthful of blood: "Pfft—"

"Baiwei!" Lin Fanyin cried out, "Get out of the way!"

But Lin Baiwei did not dodge, instead standing still, letting the sound waves pierce through her body.

In just a moment, her body was drenched in blood.

Given Lin Baiwei’s power, having gone into a devilish frenzy would exponentially increase it, no less than the former Martial Arts Alliance Hierarch Gui Qing.

Moreover, she was already well-versed in the Heavenly Music Method, so how could she possibly not withstand the move "Eternal Song Sweeps Over the Eight Desolations"?

She gave up resisting, choosing to let the zither sound suppress the demonic nature she couldn’t even control herself.

"What a move ’Eternal Song Sweeps Over the Eight Desolations,’ what a Heavenly Music Method of the Eighth Layer." Bathed in a white light, Lin Baiwei laughed, like a madwoman, "Good, it’s so... wonderful!"

"Bang!"

The last sound wave entered her body, she spat out another mouthful of blood, her body collapsing uncontrollably.

But as she was about to fall to the ground, she managed to support herself with her limbs.

"Baiwei!" Lin Fanyin rushed forward, angrily shouting, "Why didn’t you dodge? Why?!"

Lin Baiwei knew she had done wrong.

She knew that doing wrong would incur punishment.

Yet...

"He Xi, known as the ’Wisdom Angel,’ instructed me to find Princess Yongning and hand her over to them." Lin Baiwei propped her hands on the ground, her body trembling uncontrollably, "The Heaven-reaching Tower confirmed the news that Princess Yongning was still alive. I asked He Xi how she confirmed it, and she said the Sky Tower Master saw the wound left by the Shadow Trailing Sword, hence judged that Princess Yongning must still be around."

Ye Wanlan’s expression subtly changed.

In that lifetime of Princess Yongning, she rarely used the Shadow Trailing Sword. The wounds it left were indeed quite unique, seen by few.

Thus, could it be that the Sky Tower Master is indeed her "old acquaintance"?

Lin Fanyin obviously thought of this too, and her gaze grew solemn.

"He Xi said, only by killing Princess Yongning could I possibly achieve my grand ambition." Lin Baiwei struggled to lift her head, laughing bitterly, "Sect Leader, did you know, I agreed to her, I agreed to her!"

From the moment she decided to agree with He Xi to take down Princess Yongning, she knew she could only continue down this path.

Lin Fanyin took a deep breath, "Baiwei, you—"

"Sect Leader!" Lin Baiwei suddenly screamed, "You know perfectly well that if I hadn’t been defeated today, I wouldn’t have given up! I would even kill you! There is no Lin Baiwei, I am Lin Shiyuan!"

Deep inside, she still didn’t want the name Lin Baiwei to be tainted.

After all... it was a name given to her by Lin Fanyin, she wanted it to always remain on the righteous side.

Ye Wanlan looked at her, "Yes, no Lin Baiwei, only Lin Shiyuan."

"Ye Wanlan, I am no match for you." Lin Baiwei began to laugh again, "I admit defeat, but I..."

The aura around her began to weaken, previous black markings fading away, her skin becoming smooth again.

Lin Baiwei looked at her own hands, muttering, "But I’m not wrong! I still don’t admit it! I just lost, just lost..."

Her meridians ruptured, her dantian destroyed.

This was more unbearable for her than death.

Yet, at the moment her cultivation was about to disperse, Lin Baiwei suddenly gripped Ye Wanlan’s hand.

In an instant, Ye Wanlan felt an extremely pure power flow into her, untainted by any demonic nature, it was the protective power of Extreme Yin belonging to the Musician of Heavenly Sound.

In the final moment of life, Lin Baiwei ultimately adhered to the word "protection."

"Consider it as my return to you..." Lin Baiwei whispered, "Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Now, how could she not recognize who Ye Wanlan truly was?

The eighth layer of the Heavenly Music Method, besides the top combat power of the Heavenly Sound Sect, was only known by Princess Yongning and the Master of the Highest Heaven Tower.

Only Princess Yongning would render her powerless to control.

And only Princess Yongning could achieve what she could not.

Ye Wanlan gently clasped her hand, saying slowly, "This path, I will guard."

These seven words caused Lin Baiwei to relax a little more.

She turned her head away, flicked away Ye Wanlan’s hand.

"Sect Leader..." Lin Baiwei’s voice faltered, "I, I want to hear you... play the song you played when I first entered the sect."

Lin Fanyin fell silent.

She didn’t even know what state she was in now, unable to touch the zither, let alone play.

Ye Wanlan asked, "What song?"

Lin Fanyin was momentarily stunned, then whispered, "Like a Dream."

"It’s Like a Dream." Lin Baiwei began to cough, more blood flowing out, but her brows and eyes curved, "Senior Sister still... still remembers."

This was how she addressed Lin Fanyin when Lin Fanyin hadn’t yet become the Sect Leader.

Back then, Lin Wanci and Lin Fanyin were also at odds, but it was all childhood rivalry.

"Like a Dream." Ye Wanlan nodded, lowered her head, her fingers touched the zither strings once more, and began to play.

There were no sound wave attacks, no air currents surging.

Just a simple zither melody, melodious and lingering.

Hearing this familiar tune, Lin Baiwei seemed to return to a time long, long ago—

At that time, she was only five, brought to the Heavenly Sound Sect with other displaced girls.

"Once you join the Heavenly Sound Sect, you are my junior sister. From now on, you will be called Baiwei, bearing the sect leader’s surname Lin."

"Senior Sister, will I become someone as powerful as you?"

"You will, if you can cultivate the Heavenly Music Method to the Ninth Layer, you will be a rare master in the world."

"Then I must reach that stage, so that I can protect Senior Sister well."

"Good, Senior Sister will be waiting for you."

...

"It would be so great..." Lin Baiwei smiled, tears slipping from the corners of her eyes, "If it could always be as good as at the very beginning."

With the last word, she breathed her last, her voice falling into silence.