Living up to you Chapter 42 part 2

Chapter 42 part 2

A while ago, the devil king suddenly no longer hung around the mortal realm and returned to the devil realm. If Ling Xi was still at his side, she would certainly not be able to bear the devil aura of the devil realm. Also, it was said that Ling Xi once called high-tiered deity Donghua “big brother” at the Four Immortals’ Association.

She didn’t know what had happened at Cangjia and she also didn’t know why Ling Xi became such a form and appeared into the demon realm. Between thoughts, she suddenly thought about Qing Kui.

He liked Ling Xi so much. Does he know that Ling Xi had become like neither a human nor a ghost and that she even dared to kill her, the demon king? If a misfortune had befallen Cangjia Mountain, was he also in danger? Is he still fine now?

“Qing Kui…Ling Xi, can you let me see Qing Kui once more?” Qing Feng’s phoenix eyes full of vigor was now pained and bewildered. Her voice was low like a mosquito’s, “Ling Xi, let me see him for the last time…I will…give you the internal core then…”

Jing Yan never answered. Her face remained unmoved and the power of the spell didn’t reduce. She stared coldly at Qing Feng.

Seeing that the internal core that was surrounded by purple light was about to come out of Qing Feng’s mouth, Jing Yan’s hand suddenly ached. The spell loosened and the internal core slipped down again. Glancing at the people who came, she pulled the man in purple who was holding Qing Feng and took two steps back.

Ordinary demons had been isolated on the outside by the barrier. The ones who broke in was Qing Kui and Qing Lian. And, what hit Qing Lian’s wrist just now was Qing Lian’s Xinyin hairpin.

Xinyin hairpin had already flown back to Qing Lian’s hair by herself. Qing Lian and Qing Kui looked surprised at Qing Feng who was powerless on the ground. They swept alertly over the man and woman.

“This humble one is Qin Ling and that is my little sister Jing Yan.” The man in purple generously reported his name and then pointed at the woman next to him. He looked smilingly with a deep meaning at Qing Kui and Qing Lian.

Qing Kui and Qing Lian didn’t conceal the enmity on their faces. While holding their swords vigilantly in front of them, they looked carefully at Qing Feng’s injury.

The moment Qing Feng saw Qing Kui, she shed tears.

“Senior, senior brother Qing Kui…” Qing Feng hasn’t recovered yet. Her voice was still weak. She cried, “I never thought…that you will actually appear here.”

“We came to save you.” Qing Kui frowned, turned his head and looked at Qing Lian.

Qing Feng’s tears were like a pearl necklace that had been broken and she fell in Qing Kui’s arms. Qing Kui’s body stiffened, but he didn’t have the heart to push her away.

“Senior brother Qing Kui, I thought that you all will never recognize me as your little junior sister again…” There was still green demon blood on the corners of Qing Feng’s mouth. Tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes. “Can…can you please hug me once more?”

Although, she was now in his arms, Qing Kui only stiffly supported her with his upper body. Seeing Qing Feng’s face covered with tears and she looked so weak, Qing Kui couldn’t bear to refuse, so, he gathered her arms around her.

Qing Feng cried even more fiercely, “Senior brother Qing Kui, do you know that I waited, waited six hundred years for this moment?”

Six hundred years ago, it was he who found her in a mass grave. He said that a little girl shouldn’t cry and one was bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster.

Six hundred years ago, he brought her to Cangjia Mountain and called her little junior sister every day. When he saw her cry, he would coax her into laughing. Seeing that she didn’t know the spells, he would patiently teach her.

Six hundred years ago, it was he who teased her that if she didn’t hurry up and cultivate an immortal body, she would become an old maid and wouldn’t be beautiful anymore. So, she practiced day and night assiduously and finally kept her eighteen-year-old appearance.

Three hundred years ago, after being together all the time, unconsciously, she became fondly attached to him, fell in love with him and became obsessed with him.

She thought that he treated her differently after all.

However, she had to admit, he also treated the other disciples as well. When he got a good jar of wine, he could neglect her presence. She looked forward to seeing the glister in his eyes of a man looking at the person he loves, but she had never succeeded in seeing it.

When she was still a human, her mother told her that man like the beauty of a woman the best.

She believed it.

She looked in the mirror countless of times to find the various shortcomings on her face.

She thought that if she had the most outstanding face in this world, the eyes he looked at her with would be different.

So, she couldn’t help but fall into temptation and started to steal beauty skins. After she devoured the skin, her skin was soft like butter and her facial features were more refined.

Unexpectedly, she was exposed…

“Senior brother Qing Kui…” Qing Feng’s face was tear-stained like a peach blossom in the rain. “Last time, I wanted to lie in your arms like this. Like this…even if I die, I don’t have any regrets.”

She didn’t wish for much. She only wanted to be like ordinary lovers, hug him and lie in his arms. Even if it was only once, it was enough.

However, even when she died under his sword, he only grabbed her hand in terror and said, “I’m sorry, little junior sister. You shouldn’t have fallen in the devilish ways.”

The her of that time no longer had the strength to lean in his arms and had no strength to ask him to hold her. So, she was unreconciled and was unable to peacefully let go of this lifetime and enter the circle of reincarnation. He said that she shouldn’t have fallen into the devilish ways. So, she entered the demonic ways.

One day, her wait would be worthwhile when he comes to see her and feel the warmth in his arms that she had hoped for, for a few hundred years.

See, just like now. She managed to wait for it.

The corners of Qing Feng’s lips raised slightly. She laughed. A gentle and satisfied laughter.

“Qing Feng, what are you doing?” Qing Kui saw that Qing Feng’s internal core gradually moved up from her abdomen. He quickly gave her some immortal energy.

That internal core still moved up and came out from her mouth. It floated in the air and emitted a faint purple light.

“Senior brother Qing Kui, I know that I had done many wrong things these past few years.”

Qing Feng’s face was pale like paper and she sweated. “I’ve killed so many women…Look, I don’t know how many bones of women are inside this cave of mine.”

Qing Kui closed his eyes. He didn’t want to look at this cave that belonged to the demon king and he also didn’t want to look at Qing Feng’s gradually paling face.

“I should’ve died a long time ago…” Qing Feng exhaled lightly. “I did so many things, just to let you give me one more glance and wished to lie in your arms like this one day…”

Tears fell from Qing Feng’s eyes again. They were like clean luster of gems. She grabbed Qing Kui’s arms and asked with a choked voice, “Senior brother Qing Kui, have, have you…ever liked me even, even if…if it was a tiny little bit? No, no, it’s not like. It’s love…have you…ever loved me, even if it was…a tiny little bit?”

Qing Feng’s body already became lighter. She looked eagerly and expectantly at Qing Kui.

Qing Kui’s fingertips were cold. His hands were trembling slightly. He couldn’t utter a word and he didn’t dare to look Qing Feng in the eyes.

She closed her eyes in understanding. Her tears had wetted her clothes. “Ling…Ling Xi?”

Qing Kui’s body shook once slightly and his eyes turned red.

“Ling Xi?”

• She asked 灵夕呢? that in Chinese has both the meanings: what about Ling Xi and where is Ling Xi. I couldn’t find a way in English to translate it with both meanings, so, I opted for Ling Xi?.

Whether Qing Feng wanted to ask where Ling Xi was or whether Qing Kui had ever loved Ling Xi was unknown. To Qing Kui, his understanding was the former. So, after some silence, he said, “She…is no longer in the world of the livings.”

This was the first time Qing Kui faced Ling Xi’s death.

Before, he didn’t believe it. The whole Cangjia was alive. How could she have died?

But, he went to search in the devil realm, in the netherworld, the sky and the earth, he couldn’t find any trace of Ling Xi.

He saw with his own eyes how her soul was driven out of her body and became fragments. He was unable to protect her corpse and let her be taken away by someone else. He even lost the silver mirror that contained the fragments of her soul.

Ling Xi was no longer in the world of the livings.

Qing Kui’s eyes was muddled as if his soul had been absorbed in an instant.

Qing Feng slowly opened her eyes and looked in the direction of Jing Yan. Her face turned red because of the sudden rapid breathing and she said intermittently, “Senior, senior brother Qing Kui…she…she is…”

She used all her energy and wanted to raise her arm to point at Jing Yan, but when she saw the tears in Qing Kui’s eyes, her eyes also teared up for no apparent reason.

How much she wished that those tears were for her.

Before she finished speaking, Jing Yan who had been standing quietly at a side suddenly flipped her body over and quickly took Qing Feng’s internal core into her palm.

Qing Lian was distracted by Qing Feng. Her (QL) eyes were still red. Before she could react, Jing Yan had already disappeared without a trace with the internal core. The man who said that he was called Qin Ling moved even faster. She didn’t even see him leave.

Qing Feng’s eyes were still on Qing Kui’s face. Her arms dropped suddenly and her body turned into a white fox.

The barrier on the outside disappeared. A large number of demons instantly surrounded the cave that not one drop could trickle through and howled in pain.

The sky of the demon realm was starless and moonless this night. Two figures suddenly appeared in the dark sky. The woman smiled lovable, “It’s still big brother invisible spell that is powerful.”

“Teach you next time.”

“Keep your word!”

“Why don’t you want to admit that you are Ling Xi?”

“Didn’t big brother say that my name is Jing Yan?”

“Then, where are we going next?”

“Mm…that little king of hell in the netherworld is so troublesome. Let’s go to the immortal realm first!”

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