Broken Bonds

66

Chapter 66

A brown figure swiftly passed and a black figure chased after it. After entering the dense forest, the man in black raised his hand and he shouted something. The man in brown groaned and fell to the ground. The man behind him pushed up and reached out to click his position, but when he saw the man on the ground flipped his hand, the white light struck him.

The man in black reacted quickly, turned his head to avoid him, and shouted angrily, “Ling Qing!” 

The man in brown gritted his teeth and flipped his palm. The man in black’s face was as cold as an iceberg all year round, finally showing a trace of irritation, and he raised his palm to fight back. The two fought dozens of moves in the dark forest.

The two were similar in appearance and age, but their skills were a little bit different. The man in black was better, and Ling Qing had been hit in the ankle by him just now. It was inconvenient to move, and the man in brown had no advantage in action and was finally subdued by the man in black.

“You are so courageous, are you going to betray the Lord!?” The man in black asked bitterly.

“No!” Ling Qing yelled, “I am not going to betray the Lord!” 

“Then what do you intend to abscond from the Tianmen? No one can leave the Tianmen unless the Sect Master agrees to remove* the name from the roster, otherwise, you will die trying. We have to follow him to the end. Besides, we are the Lord’s private guards and we swear in front of the Lord!”

*remove is not the same as deleted. Removing is leaving for a while and then come back. Deleting is no longer a part of Tianmen.

Ling Qing trembled and said, “Brother, have you forgotten? I swear by the ancestors of the Ling family that I will never betray the Lord in this life!”

Ling Zhu’s anger was flat, “Then why did you leave without permission from the Sect Master?”

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“Do you know what you are doing? Do you know who he is to the Sect Master? You…” Ling Zhu couldn’t continue.

“I know.” Ling Qing replied and raised his head, “But he left and he is not with the Sect Master anymore. His whereabouts are currently unknown, so I’m going to find him. Brother, you let me go. I’ll go find him…”

A crisp slap hit Ling Qing’s cheek. Ling Zhu trembled with anger, “You still don’t know how to repent!”

Ling Qing clutched his cheek and did not dare to speak. 

“Do you think that if he leaves the Sect Master, you have a chance? You think that the Sect Master let him go, but you care about him? Not to mention the huge crowd, where do you go to find him, so what if you find him? Do you think he will like you?”

Ling Qing lowered his head and after a while said softly, “He won’t like me, I know. In that person’s eyes, in his heart, there is only the Sect Master.”

“Then why do you want to do this?”

Ling Qing looked at his brother and said in a blank but confused manner, “I don’t know… I just know that I want to find him, I want to be by his side, even if he doesn’t. I… Even if I just serve him as a servant, it doesn’t matter… Anyway, I don’t want to leave him alone… Brother, do you think I owed him in my previous life?” 

Ling Zhu looked at him like this for a while, speechless.

The two were silent for a long while, and there was only wind in the silent forest, the sound of moving leaves, and the noise of animals at night.

“Big Brother?” Ling Qing called out tentatively.

“… Let’s go.” Ling Zhu sighed and undo the acupuncture points. 

Ling Qing stood up and hesitated, “Big brother, I’m leaving, how will you tell the Sect Master?”

“Don’t worry about it. Our Ling family has been the shadow of Beitang Wang for generations. If you are missing, there are others here.”

“…Big brother, I—I’m sorry to you! I’m also sorry to the Sect Master! I…”

“Stop talking! If you don’t leave, I will change my mind!” 

Ling Qing was startled, “Then I’m leaving.”

Ling Zhu watched his figure disappear quickly into the jungle. After everything was calm, he turned around and suddenly knelt in the deep forest, “This subordinate greets the Sect Master.”

A white figure jumped out, landing like a ghost, “Get up. You did a good job. Keep in touch with him regularly. ”

“Yes.” Ling Zhu had already returned to his expressionless face, but at this time, he couldn’t help but feel a little moved. 

“Sect Master, Ling Qing, he is only obsessed with General Yan for a while. After some time, he will wake up—”

Beitang Ao smiled and interrupted him, “You don’t have to speak for him, I won’t care.”

It was his obsession that must be sincere to find and protect that person—although that person may not need protection from others.

“Perhaps, it would be better for him not to wake up…” Beitang Ao raised his head. After passing through the layers of trees, he saw a few shining stars that twinkled. Yan Feili was like one of these stars, who had silently guarded him for so many years, and I hope that there was such a person beside him that he can protect him loyally forever. 

Many things will start to be busy. Feili, I have to put you aside temporarily. But I will send someone to accompany you before I find you…