These fairies want me to deal with them every day.

"Who?"

"Wei Tu".

Jiang Ying finished speaking without any expression, and the other party seemed to fall silent.

The sound of rain seemed even more resolute, and at times an invisible wind even blew, accompanied by the howling of ice and snow.

It seemed as if all the severe weather had gathered together, and was sweeping over this girl in a devastating attack.

Jiang Ying didn't like this feeling, but she had no choice but to keep going in the darkness. She could still persevere, so there was no reason for her to stop.

At this moment, strange muttering sounds rang out in the darkness, unlike the previous mysterious sounds that were made by his own voice.

"Why keep moving forward when you don't have such a firm goal?"

Seemingly bored walking in the dark, Jiang Ying calmly answered the other person.

"Because I want to be with him."

"How can love last until death? What will you do when he stops loving you?"

Jiang Ying frowned and stopped in her tracks.

However, it did not collapse instantly as the other party had hoped.

Instead, they asked the other person a question in return.

Why does it have to be his love for me?

"Tsk... That's strange. Does loving someone mean you don't need them to love you back? Then what do you want?"

"I only know that I like him and love him, that's enough. It's not because he loves me that I love him."

Jiang Ying continued walking.

And her journey became increasingly smooth; neither the wind and rain nor the ice and snow seemed to be able to hinder her steps.

The encounter with the other party in the darkness became increasingly strange.

"How strange... There are actually women like this in the world... Why do they love him so much, to the point that they don't care whether he loves them back or not?"

Jiang Ying shook her head and saw the lightning and thunder on the horizon. The lightning seemed very close to her, as if it could strike her if it was slightly off-center.

"There's no reason why... it should be like this."

"How can it be like this! When the clouds are heavy, it should rain; when the sun shines, the grass should grow and the birds should sing; when it's the dead of winter, it should snow. That's how it should be. But where in this world is there love that doesn't consider the process or the outcome? It's simply absurd!"

The stubborn girl walked into the lightning.

She could clearly see streaks of lightning striking around her, even at her feet, but none of this deterred the girl from taking a step back.

She walked past calmly, and then spoke calmly.

"Who wrote these rules? I've never heard of them."

The other party seemed a little angry.

"This is the truth of this world!"

"Then my love for him is also a truth."

"You're just making excuses."

"If I'm willing, what's the point of making excuses... Besides, he happens to love me too."

The voice laughed, seemingly disdainful and contemptuous.

"I've seen countless so-called lovers abandon each other when disaster strikes. I've seen treacherous people sacrifice even their wives for profit. I've seen so-called eternal love turn into nothing more than a permanent separation, never to meet again. This world can't do without anything, except for love, which is dispensable. Even if you spend your whole life with him, can you love him forever? And vice versa. Such things only create shackles, becoming fetters on the path of spiritual cultivation!"

"That's not how it is."

Jiang Ying calmly retorted.

That's it!

The other party seemed even angrier.

"That's not how it is... I should stay with him. He may not need my company, but I have to be there for him."

Why is it necessary?

"Butterflies will flutter around flowers... and stars will accompany the moon."

"Star?"

The other person muttered something.

"Ah... I see."

They seemed to understand something, but it was all incoherent.

But Jiang Ying abruptly stopped at that moment.

As she spoke, the last remaining shackles in her heart seemed to shatter into pieces; it wasn't just an abstract feeling, because she actually heard the voice.

Ding ding dong dong—

The fragments bounced and tumbled on the ground.

It looked as if a glass vessel had been shattered.

It looked as if silver beads had fallen all over the ground.

Ding ding dong dong—

The sound grew louder and more intense, right beside the girl, seemingly filling all the darkness and drowning out all other sounds.

The sound of rain.

The sound of the wind.

The roaring sounds of ice and snow all disappeared.

Only the tinkling, crisp sounds, like musical notes, surrounded me.

The sounds grew more agitated and louder, but it seemed that Jiang Ying was still enduring it all.

Until they collided with each other, colliding noisily, the entire dark space seemed to begin to vibrate, filled with an unsettling atmosphere.

Jiang Ying could only watch helplessly as they gradually rose into the air during the collision.

Take off.

It kept taking off.

"..."

When everything quieted down.

Jiang Ying looked up and saw a sky full of stars overhead.

The Milky Way, like colorful pebbles scattered on the bottom of a stream, hangs in the sky, surrounded by countless stars that twinkle slightly, like lively eyes.

A light began to shine in the girl's eyes as she looked up at the twinkling stars above, until the radiance enveloped everything before her.

She nodded.

The starlight dimmed as Jiang Ying broke through to the Dragon Slayer Realm.

All the darkness was swept away with a single wave of his hand.

She finally opened her eyes, and the darkness in the cave seemed to vanish at any moment.

The moment she opened her eyes, the surrounding steam dissipated, as if scattering a faint glow... yet it also resembled the starlight that lingered in the night.

Jiang Ying looked at everything before her until it all vanished before slowly standing up.

"A breakthrough has been achieved..."

It seems like a trivial matter, but for many people, reaching the Dragon Slayer Realm at such a young age is an extraordinary achievement.

But for this young girl, there seemed to be very little joy as she stood up.

The fading fluorescence around her body gradually disappeared, then slowly merged into her body.

The cave was plunged back into complete darkness.

She should have left, without any regrets.

She slowly rose to her feet, her aura becoming even more ethereal, which perfectly complemented her original expression.

When she opened the door of the cave, she saw the light appear outside.

It wasn't darkness, but sunshine. The wind blowing on her face felt a little cold, but it didn't matter. Compared to her current eagerness to go home, nothing else mattered.

She just wanted to get back to Xiaoyuan Peak as soon as possible, that peaceful and quiet little place that didn't need many people.

Then there she met her master who had trained her for so long, and the boy who had been with her the longest...

But she had only just taken a step.

It ended abruptly.

The girl stared blankly ahead, the smiling boy seemingly more dazzling than the sun, appearing before her without any warning.

"Congratulations on your completion of seclusion, Senior Sister."

He said with a smile.

Jiang Ying stopped, seemingly unsure of what to do, and could only stand there staring blankly at the boy.

Until the boy opened his arms.

"It's been so long, aren't you going to give me a hug?"

So the girl, like a fluttering butterfly, ran lightly and then opened her arms and hugged the boy in front of her tightly.

In fact, Wei Tu took the initiative to pull her into his arms.

Wei Tu held the girl tightly in his arms, reluctant to put her down, and kept holding her in his arms.

He took a deep breath, as if using all his strength to smell the fragrance of the girl's hair.

His voice was deep and captivating.

"Senior sister... They all say we've only been apart for a few days, but it feels like years have passed."

Jiang Ying didn't know what to reply. She just stammered, "I also feel like it's been a long time..."