Chapter 8: Aim for the heaven [2]
Xia Yun is nickname that they gave to her. Her name xià yǔ with stroke 下雨 was given by Luo zheng with the meaning ‘to rain’ just because it was draught that year and after she was born, the rain started falling heavily. In fact, her past live name was given because of the same situation but was given by her grandfather. While Yang Fei Ya called her with xiá yún with the meaning of Leisure Cloud and stroke 暇 for xiá and 云for yún.
Han Xia Yu looked into her eyes and smiled.
That smile appears to be painful in the eyes of onlookers. Yang Fei Ya doesn’t know how to console her best friend about the matter of her sister death. After all, the girl was looking forward to play and give many things to the younger one as soon as she got out of the academy.
Although that sister was not from the same mother, anyone could see that Han Xia Yu obviously loved Luo Qing Qing a lot from how she always mentioned proudly about her sister to other people and always sent any new fun items using her Earth Eagle to home for that sister. Not once she missed doing this habit.
Yet, when she returned, she was met with the girl’s death. How devastating would that be?
Instead of consoling Han Xia Yu, Yang Fei Ya herself couldn’t keep her composure from crying. Qin Yan Jin sighed and gave his handkerchief to the girl in white dress.
“Thank you… pfftttt–”Yang Fei Ya doesn’t hesitate to blow her nose into the handkerchief at all. Qin Yan Jin smiled helplessly before he turned to stare into Han Xia Yu’s eyes.
It was filled with void, dark pair of black eyes as if sucking people into it. If one doesn’t look closely, they won’t notice the loneliness in her eyes.
Han Xia Yu lowered her eyes before she said in mild tone.
“My sister is… still alive.”
Yang Fei Ya quickly turned her head upward and evidently was shocked.
“What?” She asked.
“Luo Qing Qing is alive.” Han Xia Yu repeated.
Qin Yan Jin thought that the girl refused to see into the reality and consoled her.
“Yes, she will always be alive. As long as we remember her, she won’t disappear into the air.” He said with a bitter smile.
Han Xia Yu shook her head as she saw that he doesn’t get what she mean.
“No, that’s not it. Just now, the person in the coffin was not my sister but the maid that poisoned her. The real person is lively and kicking right now in my Thousand Herb Manor.” She smiled.
Yang Fei Ya pouted with no intention of believing her.
“If that so, then why are you depressed right now?”
Han Xia Yu doesn’t answer but only smile bitterly. Her eyes looked the other way while her hands trembling.
She answered a beat later as she choked on her voice.
“Because my sister really died. Luo Qing Qing was replaced by someone else soul but that person also has the same name as her.
My real sister, told me that she is also unfortunate therefore wished that I take care of her and the girl is not related to Luo Qing Qing’s death therefore I will not indiscriminately blame on her or neglect her.” Tears streaked down to her cheeks and down to her chin without stopping.
It fell to her lap and she continued, “However… it doesn’t change the fact that my sister died! My Qing Qing died because of me!”
Yang Fei Ya doesn’t understand the whole story but she rushed forward to hug Han Xia Yu. Right now, nothing is important except for warmth to console the girl. She only understood that the one living right now is not the real sister she has loved but another soul that has similar name and also has unfortunate life.
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“There, there… Let it all out.” Yang Fei Ya consoled as she patted the latter’s head.
“She died because I leave her alone. I’m the one at fault; I’m the one that should have died.” She cried out loud.
Suddenly, Han Xia Yu pushed the girl away and stared at her with huge pair of black eyes.
“She died but I believe in reincarnation for the one that has no innate talent. I will find her, Fei Ya. If the reincarnation needed thousand years, I will become an immortal. If she is hard to find, I will be a celestial and that time, no one can hide from me!”
Both Yang Fei Ya and Qin Yan Jin were shocked. More than anyone else, they knew that the only reason Han Xia Yu worked hard was for the sake of leaving the academy fast and to be able to protect the younger sister. However, most of the time, it was them that forced her to study and took mission because she wanted to live leisurely and take her time in cultivation while saying nonsense thing like her sister will be the genius among genius that even the heaven has to bow its head down from shame.
If not because of them knowing her real talent and forcing her to cultivate, she won’t be a mid stage Earthly Martial Emperor but at most Peak stage Earthly Martial General.
Now, she told them that she wanted to be immortal, celestial even just to find her deceased sister. They couldn’t help but blinking their eyes few times with their mouth slightly opened.
“Are you serious?” Qin Yan Jin asked.
Han Xia Yu nodded lightly but her eyes showed determination.
In the lower realm, the only people who able to successfully enter the Middle realm were Tu Ba Zhou the Liang Kingdom’s crowned prince seventy years ago, Lu Li the principal’s first main disciple twenty years ago and Rong Xu Ye the Rong Clan’s eldest young master ten years ago. Five more people were unidentified while more than twenty people got kicked out of the Middle Realm Gate Trials.
Out of ten thousand people that has entered Peak Earthly Martial Saint, less than ten were successful. Those are the geniuses of Xi Continents but many died and only round thirty people survived from being kicked out of the Gate of Trials.
No one knew the reason but it is obvious that entering Middle Realm doesn’t necessarily a good thing.
“Entering the Gate of Trials is not something that we can enter just because we are Earthly Martial Saint, Xia Yun. Life or death was determined there.” Qin Yan Jin couldn’t help but reminding her.
“If I’m destined to die, no matter what way of dying, I will still die on that day. If I’m not destined to die then I won’t die.” She believed this strongly because she believed that she is not destined to die. If she is destined to die, the day she entered this body, she would have die.
Her soul is strong, her fate is strong, her luck is strong.
Other dies but she didn’t. Even if she died, she accepted it readily because she believes in reincarnation.
Yang Fei Ya knows that even though the girl is leisure at most time, she is stubborn in some peculiar thing. She only smiled and nodded. “Alright, I will go with you.”
“Fei Ya!” Qin Yan Jin turned to look at her.
“If we leave her alone in the middle realm, who knows what she will do. It’s better for me to follow her so that she won’t forget what she wants.” Yang Fei Ya smiled.
“…” Qin Yan Jin hesitated at first but he sighed afterward and said, “Anywhere Fei Ya wants to be, I will also be there. This way, I could protect both of you.”
Han Xia Yu smiled and mirth showed in her eyes. Both of her friends, she knew that they won’t leave her alone.
“I’ll be in your care then.” She held Yang Fei Ya’s hand and suddenly reminded of something. She let go of the hand and laughed as she crossed her arms, “Oh, I mean us because my sister and my servants will also follow along.”
“WHAT?!” The two shouted in outraged manner.
She makes it as if it was a simple matter about entering the middle realm like going to a vacation. Although she has seen it before, Pan Liu her maid cultivation speed also fast but not as fast as her master yet even the maid already entered Early stage Earthly Martial King when they were still at the academy. However, that was not good enough to enter the middle realm.
With that speed, it might take them twenty more years for everyone in the group to enter Peak stage Earthly Martial Saint.
Han Xia Yu knows what they are thinking about and told them about proudly. “It’s alright, Luo Qing Qing is a genius among genius. Something like entering Peak stage Martial Saint is just a small matter to her.”
The corner of Qin Yan Jin’s mouth twitched as he held back the urge to hit the girl on her head by gripping his fist in his sleeves.
“You won’t believe me now but wait until next year, I’m confident that both of you will wants to be my little sister’s disciple instead of staying in the academy.” Han Xia Yu smirked.
“You do remember that next month we need to go back to the academy right?” Yang Fei Ya reminded her.
“I got permission from Yao shifu to stay in my house for a year because I’m emotionally ill by my sister’s sudden death. So, I won’t return to the academy until next year and I planned to let Qing Qing joined us next year too.”
Yao shifu is the principal of the academy and her teacher. That old man is more like her grandfather than a teacher.
She sighed softly as she was reminded of him.
“Is that so? That’s good idea.” The lady in white smiled and nodded.
After having a good chit-chat, they realized that the sky is already dark. The two friends bid her goodbye and told her that they planned to go to the back of Wu Lin Dark Forest. She told them that she wanted to spend some time with her sister so she won’t join them. They were okay with that and decided to go there with only two of them. She also has no intention of showing anyone Luo Qing Qing yet therefore, they could only wait.