The Spirit World

Chapter 522: Reversing the Future Begins

"Shh." Chang Yufeng put his hand on his mouth, signaling Lin'er not to speak. He needed to listen, so he needed Lin'er to stop talking.

Lin'er wanted to say something but hesitated, and finally obediently kept silent.

The air wave rolled over, and although Chang Yufeng was still protecting Lin'er, Lin'er stood behind him hesitantly, looking at his back, with an indescribable strange feeling.

"Captain Kraft...who else?" Chang Yufeng muttered to himself. Lin'er's view was blocked by the shade of the trees. Instead, only Chang Yufeng could see Kraft standing in front of the orange female body in tattered clothes. They seemed to have ended the fierce battle.

Lin'er looked at the branches and twigs. The dense long branches and bushes were intertwined, completely blocking her view.

She stood on tiptoe, but even with the tip of her boots she couldn't see what Chang Yufeng could see.

[In order to let Lin'er see as well, Chang Yufeng squatted down gently and gently pushed aside the bushes. Lin'er looked at Chang Yufeng and nodded happily.

He could feel a very warm feeling from Chang Yufeng. His meticulous care seemed so ordinary and natural in his world.

She could also clearly see the two people standing there casually. The dark green military uniform made the man look even tougher, while the orange female figure was also quite charming.

“They were talking.”

Chang Yufeng stared at Kraft.

Lin'er watched the green branches bend and the tiny insects in the bushes climb onto her dress. She watched them slowly crawl to the edge of her purple skirt. The legs of the insects left green blood marks on the dress, like gushing waves. They climbed slowly and disappeared slowly, like smoke that never passed by.

[“Yeah. They seem to know each other.” Lin’er answered Chang Yufeng. Chang Yufeng crouched with his shoulders almost parallel to hers. His posture should be very uncomfortable, but for someone who has been trained, it should not be a problem.]

"Being the left protector of the Shadow Hunters is considered promising. I don't care whether you have the idea of ​​returning to the right path or not, but you still have to be careful when you walk on the right path in the future. Skarner and I are very worried about you."

In the distance, Kraft pushed down the brim of his hat and touched his chin. His clean chin was free of stubble, but his head was covered with white hair like a hedgehog.

"I'm actually more concerned about whether Pylos is worried about me. Ah, I haven't seen him for a long time. I don't know how he is doing." Orange Blade touched her face. There was no trace of sadness on her radiant face, but she did say this with a sad face. She seemed to have thought of something and looked at Kraft with some excitement: "Is Pylos still in Rastar? Has he found Valantor's treasure?"

"It seems not. Pylos is fine, but I'm quite confused. Doesn't the Left Protector know about this? The [Celestial Master] of the Shadow Hunter is said to know everything. Didn't she tell you?"

"This is a private matter. Why are you telling me, Captain? Your way of thinking is a little strange. Tianzun never cares about private matters, just like now." Orange Blade sat down on the clean ground, she crossed her legs, and slowly rose into the air. She was ready to leave and put her hands on her knees.

"We as masters have failed to bring you back to the right path." Kraft returned to the previous topic. He was a little emotional because he didn't know when he would see the Orange Blade again. He sighed and said, "I guess only Pylos can persuade you."

"What is the right path... It's nothing but a joke for one's own selfish interests. Aren't people in this world pretending to be ignorant when they know the truth? Right, Captain?" Orange Blade looked at Kraft. The higher she went, the faster the elemental orange bird lifted her up: "Justice or something, it would be great if it was just as simple as killing someone."

"I'm sorry." Kraft lowered his head and couldn't see his face clearly.

"Why apologize, Captain?" Orange Blade was stunned for a second, tilted his head to look at Kraft, looking confused and like a young girl.

"There are always people guarding true justice and peace, right?" Kraft looked up at the Orange Blade that had risen into the sky, and the Orange Blade was amused by him.

"I have seen people who killed others for a grain of gold sand, and that person had never done anything bad before. If you are talking about protecting justice or peace for such people, then, good luck to you, Captain."

The Orange Blade snapped its fingers, and the elemental orange bird appeared immediately: "Give my regards to Pylos and Skarner. I will go and marry Pylos. Tell him to wait for me!"

Kraft laughed easily. He no longer looked worried, but laughed happily: "Then I guess he will have to hide underground for the rest of his life."

“Hahahahaha! Then I’ll go underground and look for him for the rest of my life!” Orange Blade raised her arm and stood up. She waved: “See you next time, Master.”

"See you next time."

Whoops!

The elemental orange bird carried the already standing Orange Blade away quickly.

Even so, the barrier she set up still did not disappear, and the huge orange barrier [Dark Edge Prison] remained motionless.

The brown unicorn wandered around the circle's border but couldn't find a way out, so it had to go back and look for Kraft.

[“Shadow Hunter? They know each other…Brother Yufeng.”

Lin'er looked at Chang Yufeng who was in deep thought. Chang Yufeng let go of the bushes and touched his chin. His long black hair was blown by the breeze and entangled in the bushes.

"Well, it might be a master and disciple, one is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the other is a shadow hunter. There is also the left protector." Chang Yufeng lowered his head thoughtfully, looking at the insects falling from the bushes under his feet. He moved his feet to let the insects go away.

"The Shadow Hunters are a terrifying organization with three extremely powerful guardians. But from their conversation, Kraft and the left guardian know each other and they are master and apprentice. I can't keep up with it." Chang Yufeng said with a teasing smile: "This is really weird."】

"Lin'er, what's wrong with you?" Chang Yufeng looked at Lin'er who was a little depressed. She said nothing when she could only see branches and leaves. Only then did Chang Yufeng realize Lin'er's predicament.

"I'm sorry, Lin'er!" Chang Yufeng half squatted down and said loudly. He put his hand on Lin'er's shoulder. Only then did he realize his rude behavior.

He looked at Lin'er with his eyes, and the sincerity in his eyes seemed to have a little more, so it was better than nothing.

"It's okay, Brother Yufeng." Lin'er looked at the insect blood that had been wiped off the skirt. The green blood was so thick that it was washed away by the clean water that slowly seeped out of the dress.

"I'm sorry." Chang Yufeng kept apologizing in a low voice: "I was too impatient. I should have taken better care of you. I'm really sorry. I was too self-righteous. I..."

"It's okay, Brother Yufeng. I understand how you feel." Lin'er smiled, as if the sun was shining on her body, making her whole body golden.

"If it were me, I would definitely forget that there was a child like this around me. If you were alone, you probably wouldn't care about me so much."

"I'm sorry." Chang Yufeng closed his eyes and stopped talking, like a child who had admitted his mistake.

But even with this, his apology still didn't seem deep enough, even though he said it.

Because he was always thinking about Elaine, who was similar to her. He thought about everything he had just heard, and he wondered if he could save Elaine.

They didn't say another word until the giant orange bird left.

What on earth is wrong with me...

Chang Yufeng looked at his hands. He almost didn't dare to look directly into Lin'er's eyes, because for him, Lin'er should and must be important enough in his world.

Instead of being ignored by himself just now. He lowered his head sadly, or perhaps he lowered his head anxiously.

If the Ministry of Internal Affairs is colluding with the Shadow Hunters, then no matter how powerful he is, he will not be able to rescue Elaine.

He has become a useless person who can do nothing.

Do not!
He looked at himself in horror.

No matter what, Lin'er should and must be important in her own world! Even more important than life!

But, is that true?

If the world does not revolve around me, then why must Lin'er be bound to me?
This feeling of self-conceit made him feel ashamed and extremely angry.

"Brother Yufeng, you put too much pressure on yourself." Lin'er said softly: "I can feel that your mind is so confused now. You don't know whether you should save Yilian, right?"

"I……"

"I was thinking that what you said was too big. For you, this unique self and all the drastic changes are too heavy." Lin'er shook her head: "You should have a good rest, Brother Yufeng."

"I……"

is it?

Chang Yufeng did not have a splitting headache, nor did he experience any strange changes, nor did he suffer from any mental disorder.

He was awake, perfectly normal, perfectly clear-headed.

But he couldn't answer the question.

He was indeed exhausted from rescuing Elaine.

No, he was indeed sad, thinking about rescuing Elaine from countless enemies.

Elaine may be suffering, Elaine may be at the mercy of others, Elaine may not be able to have a future of her own.

You are suffering, you are at the mercy of others, and you are walking into a future set for you by others.

Chang Yufeng is suffering, Chang Yufeng is being manipulated by others, Chang Yufeng has no chance of getting a future of his own!

He has no destiny.

"Brother Yufeng, this world is very wonderful." Lin'er touched his face. He looked haggard and dazed, as if he was still apologizing. He looked at Lin'er sadly.

Lin'er told the story slowly and leisurely, like a silent lamb that burst out with a sweet voice.

"The more you want to do something, the further you are from that thing. The more you want to be yourself, the more likely you are to not be yourself. What kind of person do you imagine yourself to be? Do you really know? I think Brother Yufeng is not very clear either. He even anxiously thinks he knows, because the more he can't do it, or the more he tries to do it, the more he finds that he is not capable of it. The feeling of collapse caused by the difficulty of doing something is fatal."

Lin'er breathed a sigh of relief.

She paused.

Looking at Chang Yufeng who had calmed down.

"You must be suffering, too. In this oppressive environment, with sudden changes happening time and time again, even if you tell yourself that you can bear it, the pain and helplessness that penetrates deep into your bones, along with the despair, often comes with a reason to deceive yourself."

"The person you are going to save is not Elaine, but yourself. Of course I agree with what you said. I have also thought about how I should face my illness and how I should face myself when I am tortured by illness."

"When I see those healthy people with smiling faces, I wonder if it is because of the pain that I can't smile..."

"Is it because I can't be, or don't want to be, this sickly me that I feel broken, or even desperate, and can never smile?"

"No, I have also seen people smiling in their hospital beds. Their illnesses were even more terrible than the torture I suffered."

"It's not that they don't cry, but they don't have any choice. They just accept it calmly."

"Life is life in a simple sense, and death is death in a simple sense. There is no afterlife, no past life. One day of life is one day, and one day of not living is not living. There is no reason for this in itself."

“People understand life and death only because they can think. It is meaningless to try to explore the meaning of life and death.”

“People never live for someone, nor for themselves. It’s just that their desires tell them that they need to say this, or even do this, so that their lives will have meaning.”

"Not really. No matter what they do, it doesn't really mean much. The word 'meaning' itself is given by people. We just need to redefine its meaning to give it more meanings, or even the opposite meaning. So what's the point?"

"So, for us, or this matter itself, is to find something that we think is meaningful. And then do it without hesitation. Because if you exist for one day, you exist for one day, and if you don't exist for one day, you don't exist for one day. Everything that is placed on words is a kind of nothingness, and the meaning of it can be changed by the living people."

“So, don’t worry about what you should live for, and don’t worry about what kind of person you should be. The moment you exist, the character you show represents what kind of person you are, and it will not change or even be ridiculed because of your words.”

"You are you, but you can never be you. Accept yourself. Good points, bad points, and live with it. No matter where it is."

Lin'er was silent again.

Chang Yufeng listened, closed his eyes, and held his forehead. He could smell the fragrance emanating from Lin'er.

He could also sense that Lin'er was so thorough in understanding life and death.

"Let it go, yourself. Let it go, Elaine."

Lin'er looked at the carriage that could be seen through the branches.

The man in the tattered military uniform tore the barrier apart with his steel blade. He jumped onto the carriage, which flew away like the wind.

"You should take a good rest for a while, Brother Yufeng."

"I will. Lynn."

(End of this chapter)