Chapter 44 Senior Sister
Tips before watching: If there is backstabbing, it is completely normal; the time is confusing, please don’t think too much about it, it’s Aha’s fault.
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At the end of the blinding white light, the outline of a human figure seemed to appear.
"I..."
An Ming clearly heard a strange voice, as if in this boring world woven of endless white, an invisible hand was reaching out to him.
The next moment, an intense white light engulfed my entire field of vision, and the dizziness that I was almost used to arrived as expected.
The strong vibration in his ears almost shattered An Ming's eardrums, and the smell of gunpowder filled his nose.
[When you were one year old, you were born in the incubator of the evacuation fleet. The old woman watched the new life through the transparent glass cabin, her temples covered with white hair]
You heard nothing, only numb silence filled the cabin. People with numb faces huddled in the corner, trembling all over, with the same fear in their eyes.
"The Xianzhou Alliance assures all refugees that it will properly connect the injured and provide them with shelter and food."
"The aftermath of the star core disaster is expected to spread within 7 system hours. Please evacuate as soon as possible and go to the alliance for shelter."
The broadcast within the ship kept repeating the same content.
The woman took out a torn photo from her inner pocket. Everyone in the family photo was smiling, except for the baby in the couple's arms, who was crying loudly.
"Tomorrow...will live."
The old woman can’t hide the sadness in her eyes, but she still looks at you with warm eyes.
The ship slowly starts moving with violent vibrations, heading towards an unknown world, just like your future.
[Two years old. As victims of the star core disaster, you and the old woman were transported to the Yuque Immortal Boat by the fleet. The temporary residence lacked the original warmth after all.]
You always cry loudly and want to seek your parents' hug, but people will grow up one day, and even children know now that no matter how much you cry, your parents will never come back.
The old woman always amuses you with a rattle tied with two red strings.
"Tomorrow, when you find someone worth spending your life with, give this red string..."
"Give it to her."
You stretched out your hand to touch the rattle, but it was always a little short of the mark and ultimately you failed to touch it.
The old woman smiled kindly and put the rattle in your arms, just like she did for her daughter before.
[When you were three years old, the old woman made a small sword for you out of peach wood. You wielded the wooden sword in the yard with your favorite rattle on your waist.]
One day, the old woman found a fortune teller to tell fortunes for you, but the fortune teller was sweating profusely and couldn't come to a conclusion for a long time.
The young fortune teller suffered the first failure in his fortune-telling career. Your hexagram is covered by fog. I am afraid that you can only get a glimpse of it through the formation.
[At the age of four, you were full of curiosity about this world. When you saw fortune tellers passing by, you would always wave and say hello. This was the most common scene in the Yuque Immortal Boat. Most of the stargazer families in the alliance were located here.]
That day, as you followed the old woman and strolled around the market with a string of candied haws in your hand, a man in a Taoist robe stood beside her and stared at you with a smile on his face.
You blinked your eyes, silently put the candied haws back behind your back, and bared your teeth at the man viciously.
“All that is gained from [Light from the Ten Directions Reflecting the Dharma Realm] will be verified,” the man squatted in front of you, and after he opened his squinting eyes, a sharp light flashed out.
"What's your name, little guy?"
"An Ming..." You think the man doesn't look like a bad person. After hesitating for a moment, you take out the candied haws from behind. "Didn't your grandma teach you not to eat other people's food when you are outside?"
The man seemed to have not expected such an answer. For a moment, the smile on his face became even wider, and his left hand hidden behind his back slightly closed the magic fan.
"My name is Jingtian, and I'm a fairly reliable fortune teller. Are you interested in learning divination from me?"
"My father told me that a man should be like Yunqi, fighting in battle!"
You drew the peach wood sword from your waist, looking majestic like a general, "The fairy boat soars, and the cloud riders always win!"
Jingtian was stunned for a few seconds, then his eyes turned gentle. He reached out and rubbed your head vigorously, "Are you interested in being my disciple?"
"no!"
"Dad said that fortune tellers are all women!"
“There are candied haws every day.”
"Master! Accept my disciple's greetings!"
You turned around and knelt, your knees were so smooth that it seemed like there was no friction at all. For a moment Jingtian didn’t know whether he had made the wrong choice.
He laughed and shook the magic fan in his hand slightly, "From now on, you will be my second disciple."
"second?"
"You have a senior sister."
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"Jingtian."
"Why didn't you take action?"
In the tea room, Jingtian raised his teacup calmly and said, "There is no reason."
The man reached out and grasped the green long sword standing beside him. "A few days ago, you personally told me about the future revealed by the Ten Directions Light Reflecting the Dharma Realm."
"Do you also want to question the future presented by the Dharma Realm?"
"Yaoguang."
Jingtian placed the magic fan on the table, with many thoughts flashing through his eyes, "That child told me that the fairy boat is flying, and the cloud riders are always victorious."
"......" Yao Guang was silent for a long time, and finally loosened his hand on the knife handle and held the teacup instead, "How long can you continue to be a fortune teller?"
"Who knows?"
Jingtian still smiled, the sun was warm outside the window, "So, I found an apprentice for you."
"You don't expect me, a fortune teller, to teach that kid how to use a sword, do you?"
"I knew it..."
Yao Guang did not refuse, "You know my vision."
Jingtian recalled the peach wood sword, and the hexagram that had not been solved at that time seemed to have an answer now.
"It is night, and it is also dawn."
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This year was the time when An Ming was closest to death.
In the end, Jingtian did not kill you, but accepted you as his disciple.
[At the age of five, you became Jingtian's disciple, but you rarely saw Jingtian himself. Instead, you were hung up with a knife and beaten every day by an unknown man with short red hair. Although you cried and screamed every day, you still persisted day after day.]
"call..."
Beads of sweat dripped from the corners of his forehead. An Ming took a deep breath and tried to grasp the wooden sword again, but his trembling hands made it difficult to hold the hilt.
The man under the tree held a knife in his left hand and a military book in his right hand. He sat on the lawn without even looking at An Ming.
"That's all for today," Yao Guang closed the military book with one hand, looked towards the direction of the courtyard gate as if he had sensed something, and simply raised the long sword, which swept across with a gust of sharp wind.
For a whole year, An Ming couldn't even move Yao Guang's butt an inch. There seemed to be no end to this power.
Yaoguang left silently as usual, and Anming was finally able to lie down under the peach tree and rest.
There are complex shadows of light under the tree, and the bright spots of light shine on my body, making me feel warm.
A pleasant but not greasy fragrance enters my nose. It doesn't smell like peach blossoms, but it is more elegant than peach blossoms.
"Have you seen Taibu?"
A strange voice came from above, concealing complex emotions in its coldness.
The glassy pink eyes were as clear as crystal. A pink-haired girl appeared beside the tree at some point, and her swaying skirt was more gorgeous than peach blossoms.