Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 793 It was you [1 more update]

Chapter 793: 793 It was you [1 more update]

When he was the Master of Highest Heaven Tower, his feelings toward Princess Yongning were quite complex.

He admired Princess Yongning, but he also harbored a great deal of caution toward her.

Being a person of the Martial World, it meant that he and people of the Imperial Court could never share common interests.

The Jianghu and the temple, most of the time, are in opposition.

Though occasionally there is cooperation, it is always temporary.

Therefore, he didn’t deliberately seek to meet Princess Yongning, and Princess Yongning would not personally go to the Highest Heaven Tower to see her.

At that time, even among the common folk, there was much speculation, and they placed bets on when Jianghu’s No.1 and the master of the East Palace would meet.

Yan Tingfeng knew that their meeting was inevitable, only waiting for Princess Yongning to inherit the throne. Their interactions would not be few in the future.

But he never expected that this day would never come.

Princess Yongning died in the year she turned seventeen.

That year, the whole world was draped in white mourning attire, countless people traveled thousands of miles to mourn.

So it became Yan Tingfeng’s eternal regret.

Not being able to see Princess Yongning perhaps had already become his obsession.

He had also imagined, if they really could have joined forces, whether it would be like the verse left by later generations—

Separated, Jianghu and the temple are each kings; united, Shenzhou is unbeaten, unparalleled in the world.

But three hundred years ago, they never united, and Shenzhou was defeated.

For many years, Yan Tingfeng, in his midnight dreams, saw mountains filled with corpses and the shattered Shenzhou Land Continent.

Before meeting Ye Wanlan, he never slept peacefully, and he didn’t even dare to close his eyes.

Because as soon as he closed his eyes, there were countless bloody lives.

He couldn’t protect them, he was ashamed of his title as the Supreme Martial Arts Master.

Three hundred years later, he established the 723 Bureau, the Extreme Path Organization, simply to make up for his past regrets.

Now, this last regret finally disappeared at the moment he realized Ye Wanlan was Xiang Lan.

Under the manipulation of fate, they were able to meet, get to know each other, and stay together.

Even if it was only a year or two, it was still of utmost treasure to him.

All the strength in Yan Tingfeng’s body seemed to have been removed, his eyes closed, and he heavily fell down.

Yet he still held that piece of paper, his fingers not loosening a bit.

"Tower Master!!!"

This frightened Rong Qi and the Supreme Elder of the Rong Family terribly.

When both of them were at a loss, suddenly, with a "swoosh", a figure flashed by, and Shui Yunqing gracefully stepped forward.

She took out Gold and Silver Needles, her technique was swift, quickly piercing them into Yan Tingfeng’s acupoints, sealing his lost essence and blood.

Seeing a few traces of blood color return to Yan Tingfeng’s pale face, Rong Qi and the Supreme Elder of the Rong Family finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After extracting the last Golden Needle from Yan Tingfeng’s body, even the now Gu Person Shui Yunqing had exhausted all her strength.

"Supreme Elder, is Tower Master’s body..." Rong Qi was silent for a long while before asking softly, "Is it not going to hold out for long?"

"Alas!" The Supreme Elder of the Rong Family sighed heavily, "Three hundred years have passed, although the fact that the Tower Master survived back then was partly due to the ancestors’ efforts, the real thing that has kept him going until now... is the blood feud from that time!"

It was the six great sects that perished;

It was the Four Directions Nobility who died for their country;

It was the millions of bones of Shenzhou, with grievances that have nowhere to rest.

Lin Baiwei, as the sole survivor who witnessed it all back then, had her mind twisted and became obsessed, ruthlessly killing countless people, all to unite the Five Great Families.

And what about Yan Tingfeng?

The greater the power, the heavier the burden on his shoulders.

The invasion of the Ning Dynasty was not Shenzhou’s fault, nor was it the fault of the Master of Highest Heaven Tower, but ever since he awoke, he has lived in self-blame.

Rong Qi pursed his lips: "If... if the Tower Master goes to Jiuyou, it might be a kind of relief for him. These years, he has suffered too much."

The Supreme Elder of the Rong Family looked sorrowful, without saying a word.

What do those eight words ultimately represent?

No matter how many doubts they have, they can only wait silently for Yan Tingfeng to wake up to find answers.

**

In the boundless darkness, not knowing how much time passed, Yan Tingfeng only felt numerous chaotic sounds by his ears.

Very familiar sounds and tones, but he couldn’t hear them clearly.

"I said this lad can’t make it, didn’t I? Ah Lan said he recently came out of closed training, but how long can he last outside? He directly vomited blood and fainted, no good, no good, he’s certainly not Ah Lan’s ideal man."

"But he’s very good-looking, I have never considered anyone more beautiful than myself, but he makes me feel inferior."

"You’re too much, Yan Shunhua, you’re such a shallow, vulgar person who only looks at appearances!"

"If this face wasn’t mine, King Qin probably wouldn’t even let me in the door."

Hua Yingyue was furious, stepping forward and grabbing Yan Shunhua’s collar: "You surnamed Yan, don’t think that because you finally ran to the Eastern Wilderness to find me, I’ll go easy on you."

Yan Shunhua blinked thoughtfully, his smile blooming like a flower: "I can also have the surname Hua."

Hua Yingyue was shocked at his shamelessness: "You—!"

"Little Shunhua, Little Yingyue, stop your bickering." Xiang Mingyu spoke with some headache, "Ah Lan has gone to Atlantis, and who knows when she will return? If this lad can’t hold on until Ah Lan returns, it would be bad."

"Little Junior Sister left many medicines before leaving, and besides, I don’t think he will just stay in Yunjing." Xie Linyuan shrugged, "When he wakes up, he will definitely go look for Ah Lan."

Lin Fanyin felt a bit of compassion: "Saintess, is there really no way to cure him?"

Yue Zheng gently shook her head.

Several minutes passed, and Yan Tingfeng finally opened his eyes.

He slowly raised his head, only to find there was just one person beside him.

Then, the many voices he heard, could they be calls from Hell?

He lowered his head, looking at his own palm.

"This lad has awakened." Xie Linyuan raised an eyebrow, "Although I also think he is somewhat weak, he genuinely cares for Ah Lan. I think, and I wonder, what your opinions would be?"

"This palace..." Xiang Mingyu hesitated for a moment, "This palace doesn’t know how to decide, why not wait for Little He to come back and ask his opinion."

This sentence successfully silenced everyone.

"..."

Even Lin Fanyin’s expression slightly stiffened.

Because who could imagine how He Jia would decide if he knew about this matter.

Yue Zheng smiled slightly.

Maybe because seeing each other again after three hundred years, the Five Great Families had returned to normalcy, they were more relaxed.

"You’re awake." Yue Zheng glanced at him lightly, "The Life-Devouring Gu within you has become quite active again. You have less than three months left, but in any case, take the medicine first, it was left by Ah Lan."

Upon hearing these words, Yan Tingfeng did not get angry.

His beautiful phoenix eyes shone brilliantly, and a few mysterious smiles appeared on his lips: "So it was you, Saintess."