Chapter 117: Chapter 117: Farewell…(2)

“You…”

“Oh… calling you junior brother would be rude now , wouldn’t it? After all, your strength is simply better than mine. Hmm…. how about just Brother Li ?”

Li Feng stared at the owner of that calm , gentle yet steady voice.

“Bai Qianlong?” he murmured , looking at the handsome and tall figure.

’Bai Qianlong’ who seemed to notice Li Feng’s confusion, simply smiled and nodded.

“Yes, Brother Li. I’m glad someone as amazing as you still remembers my name.”

Li Feng snapped out of his daze and chuckled lightly when he heard this.

He also realized that this was probably the real Bai Qianlong…or at least his true soul.

“Well , you’re the first person to ever beat me up like a dog … so it’s hard to forget that.”

Bai Qianlong laughed softly when he heard that.

“Haha, is that so ? Then I’m honored to be your first for that ,” he said with a teasing smile.

Li Feng couldn’t help but feel strange seeing this easygoing Bai Qianlong.

Just moments ago, he had been a cold killing machine, and Li Feng had already tasted firsthand how heavy his attacks could be.

Now, he looked nothing like the berserk monster from earlier.

Sensing Li Feng’s thoughts , Bai Qianlong gave a wry smile and cupped his hands politely.

” And I want to take this chance to apologize to you too, Brother Li….for causing so much trouble even though I’m already a dead man.”

Li Feng shook his head, “Don’t mind it. I know you were just under Mo Shuyan’s control.”

“No… Brother Li, I must sincerely apologize. Otherwise, even if I reincarnate, my heart won’t be at ease…”

Bai Qianlong suddenly dropped to one knee , bowing even lower until his head hit the ground as bitterness and regret filled his voice.

“…If only I hadn’t let my guard down. I could’ve killed Mo Shuyan and prevented all of this slaughter. Not just mortals… but so many righteous disciples also lost their lives…by my hand.”

He lifted his face slightly, his closed eyes directed toward Li Feng.

“…That’s why I’m sincerely grateful to you , Brother Li… for ending me.”

The small resentment lingering in Li Feng’s heart quietly melted away as he looked at this proud, powerful figure kneeling and begging for forgiveness.

He knew a genius pride was something that didn’t bend easily.

Some would even rather die than admit a mistake.

So faced with such sincerity , Li Feng rubbed his forehead and let out a long sigh.

“Honestly…” Li Feng said, his voice softening , “you were already dead by the time I got involved. It would be petty of me to keep blaming the dead.”

Bai Qianlong shook his head firmly.

“No. You have every right to blame me. Responsibility doesn’t vanish just because fate pushed me astray. A sword is still a sword, even if someone else swings it.”

“…That’s such a… righteous answer,” Li Feng muttered.

Then silence descended between them.

It wasn’t awkward.

As both men simply drifted into their own thoughts.

Then, suddenly, a familiar childish voice rang out:

“Big brother Immortal !”

Li Feng who heard this , turned to look behind Bai Qianlong and saw Little Ming cheerfully running toward him, with his sister Little Mei following closely behind.

“…”

Instead of happiness, …. he felt somewhat conflicted , as if he had failed these kids who admired him.

Seeing Li Feng silent , Little Ming seemed to understand his thoughts.

Pat.

Little Ming lightly patted Li Feng on the thigh and said cheerfully,

“Oh, come on ~ Big Brother Immortal, don’t be like that. We don’t blame you or anything… it’s simply our fate, that’s all. We mortals can’t say much if fate decides it.”

Little Ming’s words seemed to be filled with wisdom , as if the countless loops of his death had made him more mature.

Little Mei’s timid voice followed.

“T-That’s right… and we’re really grateful that Big Brother Immortal arrived… so we don’t blame you.”

Li Feng who heard this, tried to hold back his emotions and replied softly,

“…I see. I should have come earlier…”

“Haha, don’t worry, Big Brother Immortal! You actually arrived at a great time. Otherwise, Whitesilk City might have suffered a similar fate to us. Which is why your presence is truly a blessing…we don’t want others to experience the same thing.”

Little Ming continued encouraging Li Feng , while Little Mei keep nodding hard to agree with her brother’s words.

Li Feng sighed again and smiled slightly.

’What am I doing…? I even need a kid to sweet-talk me.’

He smacked his face lightly with both hands as if to wake himself up.

They then had a short chat , talking about trivial things like Li Feng’s secret dream of having a hundred wives and thousands of concubines and his daily life.

Little Ming’s laughter can be heard, while Little Mei’s face turned red as if she finally realized something.

Even Bai Qianlong who still kneeling nearby interjected from time to time, making the atmosphere less gloomy.

Li Feng learned from Little Ming that Bai Qianlong was truly filled with regret , as he had kept trying to escape Mo Shuyan’s control all this time and even going as far as burning his own soul in their place whenever Mo Shuyan wanted to burn someone’s soul.

Of course, when Mo Shuyan noticed, he locked Bai Qianlong’s soul up but no matter how painful it was , Bai Qianlong always crawled back out and continued to sacrifice himself.

After their chat,

Just as the guilt on Li Feng’s heart finally began to lift , Little Ming and Little Mei’s figures started to glow as their bodies slowly turned into flickering light.

Little Ming didn’t seem surprised as he showed his translucent hand to Li Feng.

“It seems this is it for us, Big Brother Immortal. Unlike an immortal, our mortal souls are pretty weak so we can’t stay too long.”

He smiled as if it were just a casual matter and lifted his fading hand up.

Little Mei also smiled softly at Li Feng as her body gradually disappeared.

Seeing this, Li Feng rubbed his eyes and said, with his voice trembling slightly,

“…Go. I hope in your next life , you two have a much better life than this one.”

Little Ming , seeing Li Feng like this , simply laughed , then took his sister’s hand and ran happily into the distance.

Once they reached a certain distance , both siblings looked back at Li Feng one last time and waved their hands.

Li Feng also raised one hand and smiled as he waved back.

“See you later , Big Brother Immortal! I hope you can achieve your dream!”

“Goodbye…Please don’t forget to take care of your body… ”

With that final words, both siblings burst into fragments of light and disappeared.

“…”

Li Feng slowly put his hand down as he stared in their direction and fell silent.

“It seem those two kids truly admire you , Brother Li.”

Bai Qianlong’s soft voice could be heard from the side.

Li Feng just nodded , then he heard Bai Qianlong continue.

“Oh? It seem they also arrived.”

“…?”

Li Feng tilted his head when he heard this and looked at Bai Qianlong, who was currently turning to look behind him.

He followed his gaze and saw… a crowd of people.

There seemed to be all kinds of people mixed in there, as he saw both mortals and cultivators with sect uniforms heading toward his direction.

Bai Qianlong noticed the confused look on Li Feng and smiled,

“It seem everyone want to thank their savior one last time.”

Soon, the first one to pass him was the familiar old man— the village chief.

“Great Immortal… thank you.”

He didn’t say much more and just bowed lightly, then continued walking forward into the distance until his body turned translucent and soon burst into fragments of light.

“…” Li Feng just remained silent at this sight.

Then a valiant man in a sect uniform also passed by him and thanked him with a bright smile and lightly patted Li Feng’s shoulder.

After that, a graceful female cultivator with sharp eyes bowed with both hands without saying anything and continued walking forward.

Soon both of them also burst into fragments of light.

Li Feng watched this in a daze as more and more people continued to walk past him.

Some old.

Some young.

All kinds of different people continued walking past him as they showed their gratitude.

After the last person, who seemed to be a young mother carrying a small baby in her hands—walked past, both mother and child also burst into fragments of light.

With that, a beautiful scene unfolded as the light fragments filled the entire area like a field of morning dawn.

“…”

Li Feng looked at the beautiful scene in front of him as his eyes reflected each of the lights that slowly dissipated.

Then he heard Bai Qianlong softly murmur beside him.

” They actually insist on seeing you one last time before entering the circle of reincarnation… truly a stubborn bunch. ”

Li Feng just remained silent and didn’t take his eyes off the field of light.

Only after the last floating light disappeared did Li Feng open his mouth.

“…Say, why do you always close your eye?”

He turned toward Bai Qianlong and asked softly.

Hearing this, Bai Qianlong paused a bit and smiled.

“Oh, this? It isn’t anything special…”

Then he slowly opened his eyes and revealed… a pair of white pupils.

“I am actually blind since birth…”

“…I see.” Li Feng replied in a daze as he saw those white pupils.

Just then Bai Qianlong’s body slowly began to crack as fragments of light floated out of his body.

“You…”

“It seem my time has also come…” Bai Qianlong didn’t seem to mind his body slowly disappearing.

Instead, he turned toward Li Feng.

“Brother Li, during our fight, I have noticed that you seem quite lacking in battle experience… so I have a proposal…”

Li Feng who heard this and nodded his head for him to continue, as indeed his battle experience was quite lacking since he only relied on pure strength and instinct to fight.

Bai Qianlong continued,

“I can give you my more than 30 years of battle experience… if you agree to help with a small request of mine.”

Li Feng thought for a moment and replied,

“If it is within my power.”

“It is nothing too much… If you happen to visit my sect in the future…”

Suddenly, Bai Qianlong’s lower body had burst into light, but he still continued.

“…please help tell my sister that her foolish brother is sorry…and he won’t be able to help with her sparring anymore…”

Hearing this simple request, Li Feng didn’t refuse and nodded.

“I will help you with that…”

Bai Qianlong, who heard this, smiled brightly as if he no longer had any regrets and close his eye.

“I see… I’m glad…”

With that last word and a peaceful smile, Bai Qianlong’s upper body also burst into fragments of light.

….And so, another genius have fallen on the path of chasing the Dao.

Among those lights, a small one flew into Li Feng’s body.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations host! For obtaining 38 years of battle experience from ’The Four-Arm Vajra, Bai Qianlong’!]

Li Feng after hearing the notification , didn’t feel as happy as he imagine.

He continued standing in the vast land of whiteness that was no longer lively.

And looking around at the empty surroundings…

For some reason, he couldn’t help but feel a bit… lonely.

Li Feng continued staring up at the sky for a while and soon murmured,

“…How long are you going to keep me waiting? ”

At his words , a light began to take form before him.

When the glow faded , a figure made entirely of light appeared.

“…Hello.”

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