Updated: 2014-02-21
“Linglong—” The awakened Longxue cried out in grief and rushed towards Linglong, who was on the verge of disappearing. Linglong was embraced by Longxue, and though she was too weak to move, she finally saw her sister, whom she had missed for a thousand years, again. A joyful smile graced her serene face, but her eyes also revealed profound sorrow! After all, her sister, like her, had been dead for a thousand years!
“Linglong! It’s my fault, older sister! It took me so long to come see you, making you suffer for so many years!!” Longxue sobbed, but as a soul body, she couldn’t shed a single tear to express the pain in her heart, which made Linglong feel a pang of distress!
Linglong laboriously raised her hand, trying to caress Longxue’s face. Longxue, seeing that she couldn’t touch her own face, tenderly grasped Linglong’s hand and pressed it to her cheek! Feeling her sister’s face, Linglong’s face once again showed a captivating smile. She softly said, “I don’t blame you, older sister! I never blamed you! Silly sister! If you had just left me and walked away back then, married an ordinary person, and lived a simple, peaceful life, how wonderful that would have been! Do you know? Seeing you return, though I’m very happy, I’m also in pain! I’m in pain!” Linglong cried. She didn’t want her sister to die for her, but her sister had already died for her a thousand years ago!
“Don’t be sad! Don’t be sad!” Longxue desperately comforted Linglong, “For you, whatever I give up doesn’t matter!”
“It’s too late to say anything now!” Linglong’s emotions calmed slightly, her sorrowful expression softened, revealing a poignant, beautiful smile. “Thankfully, before I disappear, I can still see you, older sister! There’s nothing left to regret!”
“Don’t talk about disappearing! I won’t let you disappear!” Longxue cried out somewhat hysterically. Her hysteria, in Linglong’s eyes, was endless tenderness, her sister’s warm and loving care! It made her linger, made her reluctant to part! Suddenly, Linglong’s expression changed, and she used all her strength to shout, “No, older sister!” But it was too late. Longxue plunged the Soul Longsword through both Linglong and her own body. Instantly, Longxue’s body rapidly faded, while, conversely, Linglong’s body slowly solidified.
“Older sister, why go through all this trouble? You’ve consumed your own soul power to save me; all your cultivation will be for naught!” Linglong said, looking at Longxue with a pained expression, but saw Longxue’s calm face, with a gentle smile. For a moment, Linglong was speechless!
“As long as I can save you, what does it matter if my cultivation is gone? On the contrary, without you, what use would I have for all this cultivation?” Longxue gently caressed Linglong, then helped her up, tidied her appearance, and at the same time said, “If cultivation is gone, we can slowly cultivate it back. I found a very good host. Following her, we can definitely cultivate it back! Come with me to serve her!”
“I want to bring my younger sister to always serve by your side, is that alright, Youxi?” Longxue asked, pulling Linglong to Youxi’s front.
With a soft “Shh-la!” Youxi slowly turned to the next page of the book in her hand, looked up at the hopeful Longxue and Linglong for a moment, then lowered her head again to continue reading her book, only softly uttering two words, “You may!”
“That’s great!” Longxue and Linglong joyfully clasped each other’s hands, then walked behind Youxi, one on each side, gently embracing Youxi, murmuring, “Forever! Serving by your side!” As their murmurs faded, the two instantly transformed into countless specks of light, attaching themselves to the backs of Youxi’s hands, forming two beautiful patterns: a sword and a shield.
“You have assisted in completing the Epic quest ‘Millennium’s Affection’, achieving a perfect completion rating for the quest, earning a reward of Level +1, and receiving a Perfect Gift Pack!”
“What? This quest was Epic? And it just ended like that?!” Yang Qi, having watched the family drama, looked at Youxi in shock. Youxi lifted her head and replied, “It’s over!”
“No follow-up?” Yang Qi gestured with her hands, “An Epic quest! Just one segment? And it’s over?”
“That’s it! It’s over!” Youxi confirmed to Yang Qi again!
“Alright then!” Yang Qi deflated. “I’ll tentatively believe that this convoluted ending is the conclusion of an Epic quest. So, Youxi, an Epic quest! What’s the reward?”
“This!” Youxi extended her hand, and everyone’s gaze immediately fell upon it! The reward for an Epic quest, could it be some kind of divine artifact? Everyone looked on with anticipation, perhaps they would see the most awesome type of equipment! But everyone quickly froze, because besides Youxi’s delicate and charming little hand, they didn’t see any equipment!
Lin Zheng quickly reacted, asking with some surprise, “The reward you’re talking about, it’s not just Longxue and her sister, is it?!”
“Mhm!” Youxi nodded gently. Everyone was instantly dumbfounded. Of all things to reward, it rewarded two “people”!? What kind of reward was this? And for an Epic quest?
“Are those two… very powerful?” Lin Zheng asked.
“I don’t know!” Youxi’s answer left everyone speechless again. Two people whose abilities were unknown, this was the reward for an Epic quest? It felt like they’d been scammed! Oh well, scammed is scammed! Actually, their killing of Lu Feng was also quite a scam; Lu Feng, with his attributes reduced by 50%, was quite a rip-off as an Epic quest’s final boss. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that the quest’s reward became so strange!
No longer dwelling on the final quest reward, everyone happily took out their gift packs, eager to see what good things might be inside!
Perfect Gift Pack: 100% chance to receive equipment of Dark Gold grade or higher suitable for your level, with a small chance to receive a rare skill book.
Good stuff! At least one Dark Gold grade item! Xiao Meng was so happy she immediately wanted to open the pack, but Lin Zheng quickly stopped her, saying, “Wait until you’ve completed your second class advancement to open the pack. Opening it now wouldn’t be worth it!”
“Then should I also wait until my second class advancement to open mine?” Lan Xiran asked, holding her gift pack. Lin Zheng looked at Lan Xiran, who had rapidly risen to level 31, and nodded with a smile, “It’s better to open it after your second class advancement. Actually, if you’re not lacking equipment, it’s even more cost-effective to open it after your third class advancement! Oh, by the way, I have a set of equipment here that’s just right for you. You can use it!” With that, Lin Zheng traded the Ice Ape set to Lan Xiran. This set of equipment was still quite powerful at the moment!
“Thank you, big brother!” Lan Xiran happily accepted the equipment and immediately equipped it. Dressed in the blue Ice Ape set, the Xiao Jiahuo looked much more spirited, only his weapon was still lacking! If there wasn’t a suitable weapon, Lin Zheng would have given him the shattered moon he had!