Volume 3, Chapter 185 – Is This Love?

“Zhizhi!”

Chi Xiyan had taken in everything that just happened. Her heart was full of shock.

Everyone had thought Yu Lizhi would inevitably die.

No one could have anticipated such a scene.

The black-haired girl extended her hand before her, staring blankly at the trace of crimson staining her palm.

The girl’s complexion gradually became deathly pale.

“Mother…”

Her hands were trembling, her voice filled with grief.

“Mother, wake up…”

At this moment, Ye Xiaoqing, the instigator of all this, still wore a trace of shock on her face.

She had never imagined that what should have been an absolute killing strike would be dodged by an ordinary person.

And in such a manner!

An old woman with half a foot already in the coffin had, at that critical moment, actually had the strength to use her body to shove her daughter aside.

Such an action was astonishing.

And the result of doing so was that the woman had taken that killing strike for the girl.

Near decapitation. She was beyond saving.

But this wasn’t the result Ye Xiaoqing wanted.

She wanted that young girl’s life, not that old woman’s.

Thinking of this, cold light flowed again in Ye Xiaoqing’s hand as she prepared to strike at the girl once more.

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Just as Ye Xiaoqing prepared to strike, she suddenly sensed a dangerous aura.

A talisman flickering with mysterious light flew before her.

This was a Sixth Realm talisman!

Ye Xiaoqing’s expression changed slightly.

This was a talisman thrown by that wealthy young lady Chi Xiyan!

A Sixth Realm talisman was already enough to threaten Ye Xiaoqing.

“Being rich is so unfair!”

Ye Xiaoqing cursed loudly as her form retreated.

Boom!

The talisman erupted, summoning blue-green lightning. Countless arcs of electricity danced across the field.

To avoid the lightning, Ye Xiaoqing’s form retreated repeatedly.

And with this delay, Chi Xiyan, who had been behind Ye Xiaoqing, had already caught up with her sword.

Ye Xiaoqing hastily engaged in combat.

Sword cultivators were extremely skilled in offensive techniques to begin with. As the protagonist’s specialty, cross-realm combat was commonplace. Although Chi Xiyan’s own cultivation was only Fourth Realm, after being enhanced by pills, she could already unleash Fifth Realm level combat power.

Ye Xiaoqing was an assassin. She was better at assassination and infiltration. In a frontal confrontation with Chi Xiyan, she couldn’t deal with her.

And with this delay, Lin Xiu had already arrived with his spear.

Unlike Chi Xiyan, who used pills to enhance her cultivation, the martial artist Lin Xiu was a genuine peak Fifth Realm.

As his long spear danced, a bloodthirsty aura surged forth.

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Ye Xiaoqing immediately felt the pressure increase greatly. She sensed a strong sense of crisis from Lin Xiu.

Ye Xiaoqing could be certain that this Fifth Realm martial artist was definitely a ruthless character who had returned from slaughter on the battlefield.

More people were rushing over from not far away.

Ye Xiaoqing knew that if she continued like this, she would truly be caught here.

When accepting this mission, Ye Xiaoqing could never have imagined that this seemingly simple mission would have so many twists and turns.

“Tch…”

Ye Xiaoqing clicked her tongue in displeasure. She raised her hand and threw several streaks of cold light, forcing Lin Xiu and Chi Xiyan’s offensive to pause.

Then, taking advantage of this opportunity, Ye Xiaoqing transformed entirely into a black shadow and fled into the distance.

“Stop her! She’s escaping!” Chi Xiyan called out loudly. She raised her sword to chase.

However, Ye Xiaoqing was too fast. Her cultivation originally surpassed both Chi Xiyan and Lin Xiu. If she wanted to flee, neither Lin Xiu nor Chi Xiyan could easily catch her.

“Young Lady, don’t pursue a desperate enemy,” Lin Xiu said, putting away his long spear and advising Chi Xiyan. “That assassin’s target is Miss Yu. Be careful, she’s trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain.”

Hearing this, Chi Xiyan stopped her pursuit. She stared at where the assassin had left, her face full of gloom.

After a moment, she withdrew her gaze.

Chi Xiyan saw Yu Lizhi sitting on the ground, still holding in her arms the woman who had completely lost all signs of life.

This pitiful girl was crying softly and soundlessly.

Chi Xiyan’s eyes lowered slightly. She walked over. “Zhizhi… are you alright?”

The black-haired girl held the corpse. After hearing Chi Xiyan’s voice, she stiffly raised her head.

“Sister Chi…”

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Having lost a close relative, the girl’s eyes were completely red. Tears flowed uncontrollably, soaking the front of her clothing.

She looked at Chi Xiyan, sobbing as she asked in a murmur, “Sister Chi… why did it turn out like this?”

“My mother, she was just holding my hand… saying she wanted me to give her a granddaughter… and now, she’s become like this…”

“Can you tell me… why did it turn out like this?”

Chi Xiyan fell silent. She didn’t know what words to say to comfort this girl.

What she hated most was the incompetent crying of those weak women.

But now, Chi Xiyan no longer had such thoughts.

In her mind, she was still replaying the scene from earlier.

A mother, to save her own daughter, had recklessly used herself to block a fatal strike for her daughter.

An old woman, terminally ill and without cultivation, at the critical moment when her daughter faced a desperate situation, had actually been able to burst forth with such power.

Chi Xiyan couldn’t understand this behavior.

“Is this the selfless love parents have for their children?” Chi Xiyan murmured to herself.

From childhood, Chi Xiyan had been taught to measure everything in terms of gains and losses of interest.

To exchange one’s own life for another person’s survival was an incredibly foolish approach.

In fact, as a merchant, Chi Xiyan had witnessed far too many of the ugliest aspects of human nature.

For some interests, spouses turning against each other, brothers engaging in internecine conflict—these things had played out before her eyes too many times.

People living in this world should pursue their own interests. Nothing was more important than oneself.

From childhood, she had been instilled with such beliefs.

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It was precisely because of this that she felt shocked by that woman’s act of risking death to save her daughter.

Chi Xiyan had no parents. She was born into the Chi family. As a wealthy young lady, she had fine clothes and delicacies but had never experienced parental love, nor did she know what it looked like.

Chi Jingwen was Chi Xiyan’s adoptive father. Would he go to this extent for Chi Xiyan?

Qin Qingfen was Chi Xiyan’s aunt. If Chi Xiyan also encountered similar danger, would she sacrifice everything to save Chi Xiyan?

The answer was no.

Chi Xiyan didn’t even need much thought to arrive at this answer.

Whether Chi Jingwen or Qin Qingfen, neither were Chi Xiyan’s parents.

Chi Xiyan had no parents.

“If my parents were still living… would they also go to this extent for me?” Chi Xiyan murmured to herself.

For this question, she couldn’t arrive at an answer.

Chi Xiyan looked at Yu Lizhi sitting on the ground, holding the corpse and crying silently. In her heart, a trace of envy unexpectedly flickered.

She was actually envying Yu Lizhi.

Envying the relationship between Yu Lizhi and her mother.

At this moment, Chi Xiyan also really wanted someone who could love her selflessly, someone who would recklessly offer everything for her.

“Heh…”

“To think I would have such thoughts. How childish and laughable…” Chi Xiyan mocked herself, casting aside that trace of emotion from her heart.

Love? She didn’t need such a thing.