Martial Arts Secret Realm: Only I Can Know the Plot?

"Does it really matter whether someone is good or bad?"

He stood up, walked to the pond, and stood side by side with Ding Dian.

"The important thing is that those who deserved retribution received it, and those who deserved happiness found it."

He looked at his reflection in the water.

"Brother Ding, when do you plan to take Miss Ling away?"

Ding Dian remained silent for a while.

"tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Sun Fan was somewhat surprised. "So soon?"

"She can't stay in Jingzhou anymore," Ding Dian said. "Her father's shadow looms everywhere here. She wants to move to another place and start over."

"Where to?"

"The South," Ding Dian said, "we'll find a quiet town, buy a small yard, plant flowers, and raise fish. She likes flowers, so I'll fill her yard with them."

Sun Fan nodded.

"What about Di Yun?"

Ding Dian glanced at him: "You plan to leave him here?"

"No," Sun Fan shook his head, "I plan to take him with me."

"Where are you taking him?"

"Go where you're supposed to go," Sun Fan said. "There's still a lot to do here. Although some members of the Blood Blade Sect were injured, the Blood Blade Patriarch is still alive. The four great families of Jiangnan are still here. Those who are meant to come will all be here."

He turned around and looked at Ding Dian.

"Brother Ding, you've avenged yourself, and Miss Ling's knot in her heart has been untied. But some people's grudges remain unresolved."

Ding Dian remained silent for a while.

"You mean Di Yun?"

Sun Fan nodded.

"He was framed by Wan Gui, betrayed by Qi Changfa, and imprisoned for half a year. He did nothing wrong, yet he lost everything. His senior sister married his enemy, his master abandoned him, and he didn't even have a home."

"He's just like me," Ding Dian said.

"No," Sun Fan shook his head, "He's worse off than you. At least you have Miss Ling, he has nothing."

Ding Dian fell silent.

"What do you want me to do?" he asked.

"You don't need to do anything," Sun Fan said. "Take Miss Ling away and live a good life. I'll handle Di Yun's matter."

Ding Dian stared at him for a long time.

"Sun Fan, what exactly are you after?"

Sun Fan did not answer immediately.

He looked at the fish in the water and remained silent for a while.

"Brother Ding, have you ever heard this saying?"

"What did you say?"

With great power comes great responsibility.

Ding Dian paused for a moment, then smiled.

"Who said that?"

"A person wearing a red and blue bodysuit." Sun Fan laughed as well.

Perhaps, he just wanted to soothe the lingering resentment in his heart.

Good people shouldn't end up like that.

Ding Dian didn't understand, but he didn't ask any further questions.

He patted Sun Fan on the shoulder.

"Take care of yourself."

"The same to you."

Early the next morning, Ding Dian left Jingzhou with Ling Shuanghua.

Sun Fan escorted them to the city gate.

Ling Shuanghua sat in the carriage without lifting the curtain.

But Sun Fan noticed that a corner of the carriage curtain was slightly lifted, revealing a pair of red and swollen eyes.

Those eyes glanced at him, then looked away.

"Shuangmei asked me to thank you." Ding Dian, mounted on his horse, looked down at Sun Fan. "She said she owes you in this life, and will repay you in the next."

Sun Fan shook his head: "No need to repay it. Letting her live a good life is the best way to repay her."

Ding Dian nodded and turned his horse around.

"I'm gone."

"Brother Ding," Sun Fan called out to him.

Ding Dian turned around.

Sun Fan took a small cloth bag out of his pocket and threw it over.

Ding Dian caught it, opened it, and saw that it was a stack of silver notes.

"This is--"

"It's from the Shen family," Sun Fan said. "You'll need money for everything when you're out and about with Miss Ling. Don't refuse; it's not for you, it's for Miss Ling."

Ding Dian stared at the silver note in his hand and remained silent for a long time.

"Thanks," he said, his voice a little hoarse.

Then he rode away without looking back.

The carriage rumbled and chugged as it gradually disappeared at the end of the official road.

Sun Fan stood at the city gate, watching the carriage grow smaller and smaller until it became a black dot and disappeared into the horizon.

"Squad leader," Dong Dahai said, walking up from behind, "we should go back."

Sun Fan nodded and turned to walk into the city.

He had considered asking Ding Dian to stay.

He believed that as long as he asked, Ding Dian would definitely stay and help him.

Help him deal with the four major families, and help him fight against the Blood Blade Ancestor.

But in the end, he didn't say anything.

Be a good person and see it through to the end.

These two unfortunate people deserve some peace and quiet.

Now that he has obtained the Divine Illumination Scripture, his strength has greatly increased.

We already have the resources to fight the ferocious tiger, so there's no need to drag Ding Dian into it.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.

"The sea."

"Um?"

"Do you think Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua will have a good future?"

Dong Dahai thought for a moment and said, "Probably. They're both good people, and good people should be rewarded."

Sun Fan smiled.

"That's good."

He strode forward and never looked back.

The matter in Jingzhou has been settled.

Ling Tuisi was taken to Dali Temple.

This time, no one will save him, and perhaps some people don't want him to speak.

Who knows?

When he was escorted out of the yamen, the street was once again crowded with people.

This time, no one threw away rotten vegetable leaves.

No one spat.

No one cursed the "corrupt official".

Everyone just watched him silently, their eyes filled with disgust, relief, and a complex mix of emotions.

Ling Tuisi walked step by step through the main streets of Jingzhou City with his head down.

When he reached the city gate, he suddenly stopped, looked up, and glanced at the city wall.

There was nothing on the city wall.

But Ling Tuisi knew that a potted plant had once been placed there.

A potted plant that his daughter waters every day.

He looked at it for a while, then lowered his head and continued walking forward.

He walked out of the city gates, out of Jingzhou, out of everything he once possessed.

He never came back.

Just as Ling Tuisi was about to die, everyone heard the notification sound from the secret realm.

Sun Fan gained Ding Dian's approval and became the leader of the third-party force.

Prior to this, they had already joined this third-party force when he first gained Ding Dian's approval.

"The sea," he suddenly said.

Dong Dahai responded.

"When you were collecting information on secret realms, did you see any records about 'third-party forces'? Not this secret realm, but any secret realm."

Dong Dahai thought for a moment and shook his head: "No. Someone on the forum mentioned a similar concept, saying that there might be forces in some secret realms that do not belong to any known faction, but no one has ever actually encountered them."

"No one has ever asked?" Sun Fan pressed.

"At least I haven't seen it," Dong Dahai said. "However—"

"But what?"

Dong Dahai hesitated for a moment before speaking: "However, there's one post that left a deep impression on me. The poster was a veteran player who specialized in researching dungeon storylines. He once said something like, 'In some dungeons, the greatest treasure isn't martial arts skills or elixirs, but an identity.'"

"When people pressed him for an explanation, he didn't offer any further clarification. Later, the post was deleted, and the poster's account was also deleted."

Sun Fan stopped in his tracks.

The courtyard fell silent again.