Chapter 61- History?

Chapter 61

         Li yu'er's eyes flickered open in panic. She abruptly stood up, making Long feng and Lord Yi Ming to rise too.

"Where am I!" Li yu'er asked. Her cold eyes looked around, and seeing Long feng, she calmed down slightly. Her gaze paused on Lord Yi Ming.

"Who are you?" She asked.

"Miss Li, this is my master, Lord Yi Ming. He helped us to suppress the demon." Long feng said.

Li yu'er's hands touched her face and she frowned.

"My face..." She said.

Long feng knew that she was referring to her veil. He scratched his head awkwardly.

"Yan Jian and I were in a hurry, so we kind of forgot the veil back at the pavilion" he said.

Li yu'er didn't seem to bother about the veil. She tried to recall what had happened before she fell unconscious. She had just left her seclusion and left her pavilion, even speaking to Yan Jian. Suddenly, she felt the demon within her dantian spur into a fit of violent movement. Curious, she retreated to her seclusion room and tried to suppress the demon, only to be met with brute resistance. Her battle with the demon lasted for hours and ended in her defeat. She fell unconscious out of fatigue.

Her mind took in all that happened in an instant.

"Thank you for your help, Lord Yi Ming" she clasped her fist at Lord Yi Ming, although her voice and expression were cold to the extreme.

Lord Yi Ming laughed.

"You are quite an interesting person." He muttered. "So, young lady, how did that demon get into your dantian? Were you born with it?" He asked.

Li yu'er's expression changed slightly.

"I wasn't born with it." Was her cold reply.

"But you do know that considering the way your life source is being absorbed, you don't have more than two years to live?" Lord Yi Ming asked again.

Li yu'er remained silent.

"Miss Li, there is a way to remove the demon from you!" Long feng spoke.

He told Li yu'er of a that he had discussed with Lord Yi Ming. Listening to him, Li yu'er's eyes turned colder.

"I am grateful for your help, but I am alright. I will be going!" Her cold voice cut Long feng short. She took large strides towards the palace door to leave.

Long feng unhesitatingly ran after her and stood before the palace door.

"Miss Li, you are not alright. Lord Yi Ming would help you. We can help you." He said.

Li yu'er frowned, squinting her eyes.

"Move out of the way!" She spoke, her voice lacked any emotion.

"Miss Li, you want to speak. Why be so hard on yourself?" Long feng asked.

Then something surprising happened. Li yu'er unhesitatingly smashed her small fist at Long feng.

"Move aside!"

Long feng thrust his palm, deflecting her fist, but he was almost flinged out of the palace from the force. He clearly didn't stand much chance against Li yu'er.

He thought she would attack him again, but she didn't. She stood rooted to the floor, an expression of slight fear on her face.

"I...I didn't mean to do that!" she said in a meek voice.

Long feng was surprised by the sudden change in behavior. Her cold expression was nowhere to be seen. A clear tear flowed out of her eyes.

"You forced me!" She spoke again.

Long feng noticed that she wasn't cold. She was frightened! Her cold attitude was a way to conceal her fright!

Even Lord Yi Ming was taken aback by this discovery. What was she terrified of?

Long feng walked up to her.

"It's okay miss Li. We can help you. Tell Lord Yi Ming how the demon got into your dantian." He urged.

More tears flowed out of her eyes as she fell to her knees.

"Limitless blood assassin." She began. Lord Yi Ming frowned. He knew that name.

Li yu'er spoke about her experiences as if speaking would grant her great relief, and it did. She told them how her entire clan was exterminated by one person, the limitless blood assassin and her vow to hunt him down.

       When she finished narrating everything, she felt a sudden calm descending over her disturbed heart. She had finally spoken to someone. She felt peaceful and happy even. Was this what they called inner peace? The tears kept flowing out of her eyes in rivulets.

Long feng and Lord Yi Ming were both silent. They were shaken by Li yu'er's narration, yet, none of them knew how to console her. She was frightened by the limitless blood assassin.

Long feng knelt beside her and sighed.

"I'm sorry for asking. I understand how you feel" he spoke gently, not sure if he really understood.

"You don't! You don't understand how it feels!" Li yu'er returned.

Not knowing what to do, Long feng remained silent. Li yu'er slowly leaned her head on his chest. They remained in that position silently for almost thirty minutes!

Lord Yi Ming also waited patiently by the side.

Li yu'er soon pulled herself together. She walked out of the palace without a word and waited outside. Before leaving, she casted Long feng weird glance. After she went out, Long feng sighed.

"Well, what can you say now? There is still nothing between you two?" Lord Yi Ming asked with a grin.

Long feng couldn't help but chuckle at Lord Yi Ming's tone.

"I guess all I can do for you is to seal away the demon for a couple of weeks." Lord Yi Ming added.

Long feng nodded as he walked out of the palace. Li yu'er was seated on the floor staring at nothing. The place was calm and silent as a gentle breeze blew across them making their robes flutter.

Long feng sat a small distance from Li yu'er, following her line of sight.

"You know miss Li, when I was within the long clan, everyone called me trash. I got so used to being called trash that it became my nickname. I even began to believe them. I began to doubt if I was even born to cultivate. On many occasions, I wanted to end it all, end all the humiliations, but I didn't. Now, the entire star Mountain City amounts to nothing before me." Long feng spoke after a long suffocating silence. "What I am trying to say is, your clan was exterminated, you have a life threatening demon within your dantian, you can't live for more than two years and your blood enemy, the person who caused all this is a spirit level cultivator, but so what? All that matters is that you are still alive. It doesn't matter whether you live to see tomorrow. What matters is what you did in the present. You can overcome all of these threats no matter how mighty they seem. You should have faith in yourself and your abilities. Nothing is impossible." He added.

Li yu'er looked at him, her dark blue eyes sparkling and looked away again..