Chapter 1672: 19: Honest Confessions (Large - Incomplete, Early Draft)
Chapter 1672: Chapter 19: Honest Confessions (Large Chapter Incomplete, Early Draft)
“She is your junior sister.”
This wasn’t said by Gu Yeqi.
Inside the Pure Dao Forging Platform, it was originally a realm of utter purity, where the colorless Taisu Essence Slaughter flowed like liquid crystals, twisting and turning, sometimes becoming mist, and other times crystallizing in mid-air.
But with Gu Yeqi’s arrival, the colorless Taisu began to transform, turning into a verdant and semi-transparent gold. The pure life force combined with a near-solar intensity, making all things flourish. The Taisu Essence Slaughter was becoming a ’wood’ that could both be ignited and continue to grow.
Yet now, another sensation emerged.
A wisp of Sword Intent emanated from Gu Yeqi, deep, calm, with a hint of faint coldness. A dense white appeared, but unlike the pure white of the Pure Dao Forging Platform, this white had a tinge of a near-blue resembling rainwater and mysterious ice. The azure color reflected within the white, creating countless ripples.
Another girl’s silhouette gathered from the ripples, white hair and robes, with a trace of blood red at the edges of her clothes and eyes.
She looked at Gu Yeqi, who had pursed his lips, with a shallow, slightly ’as expected’ expression, then turned towards An Jing, in the direction of the massive Platinum Armor, her eyes shifted slightly: “You haven’t recovered your memories, I am Bai Qinghan, your…”
“She is also your junior sister.”
Another voice spoke, and this time, not only Yu Feng, who had quietly retreated and was about to leave the Pure Dao Forging Platform, but even An Jing raised an eyebrow and looked towards the back of the white-haired girl.
There, a deep green coalesced into Xuan, with complex ring-like patterns forming countless interlocking gears of intricate Daoist Patterns. They were precise, rotating, like the truth of the world itself, seemingly a flower, yet also a tidal wave, inking color in the sea, spreading and retracting, blooming and wilting, repeating cycle after cycle.
Another girl walked out from this pattern phenomenon, with black hair and a green robe, Mysterious Pupil Golden Eye. She laughed heartily, exceptionally cheerful: “But I’m different, I’m You Ruhui, your…”
“You’re just a female passerby!”
This time, Gu Yeqi and Bai Qinghan spoke in unison, especially Gu Yeqi, who irritatedly raised a hand pointing at the two: “You two, really, one using communication to entrust Sword Intent is fine… Qinghan! How did you end up letting someone entrust you with a Divine Sense?”
“I happened to visit Lady You’s Cave Heaven earlier.”
Bai Qinghan also furrowed her brows, quite displeased, looking at You Ruhui: “No one expected Eldest Senior’s awakening this time, how did you suddenly leave a Divine Sense for me? Could it be, you anticipated this all along?”
“Don’t put it like that,” You Ruhui retorted, “I only ever leave a Divine Sense quietly when you say ’this might have something to do with An Jing’s awakening,’ ready to lend a helping hand, it was just luck this time.”
She added with some pride: “But I generally have good luck!”
“Alright.”
An Jing surveyed the surroundings, his heart thoughtful, he raised a hand, stopping the three of them who seemed to want to say more, gesturing: “Enough, I understand now.”
He wasn’t a fool, his emotional intelligence very much present, the sequence of girls descending, or should I say ladies, had relations with him that were more than just deep, they were utterly inseparable: “Without a doubt, you are all my acquaintances, friends, even family… all people I can entrust everything to.”
“I also know you want to have a close relationship with me, I can even guess that we most likely haven’t confirmed our relationship yet.”
Saying this made things clear, Yu Feng at the distant exit wasted no time opening the Pure Dao Forging Platform’s exit, then intentionally slammed the door shut—after he left, a more pure atmosphere began brewing in the forging platform.
An Jing completely ignored this tinge of grievance, a kind of vibe silently asking ’So, you really understand everything?’ He turned to the slightly confused Gu Yeqi, speaking warmly: “To be honest, the first moment I saw you, I felt like I was seeing a younger sister.”
𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
“Is that so?”
He reached out, tousling her hair, but this time, the girl didn’t let go, rather firmly gripping the Finger Blade of the Platinum Armor against her cheek, sniffing earnestly: “You truly have no relevant memories? Eldest Senior, do you genuinely only see me as a sister?”
“Perhaps something more.” An Jing met Gu Yeqi’s eyes, admitting, “I can’t claim complete amnesia, at least that vague feeling persists… To put it simply, I’m not made of stone. If you are this close to me, and I haven’t rejected you, it means I don’t wish to refuse—and if it’s me, even I don’t wish to refuse, then it can only be that it’s not the right time.”
Having died once, more pure, An Jing hid none of his thoughts: “I can sense in your heart, there lurks confusion and fear… You’ve been so scared, barely making it through a long journey, but now, you’ve completely matured.”
“You are no longer afraid, even facing the unknown and uncertainty with calm, you no longer worry about your life being disrupted, you have many things you don’t wish to lose, but you won’t be conservative for what you possess.”
“Ye Qi, you…”
Gazing at the girl before him with tears brimming, he murmured: “You’ve grown up.”
With that, An Jing turned to the others: “You all…”
“Unlike Ye Qi, I’m not so easily satisfied. In fact, even if you don’t agree, Eldest Senior, I’m the one pursuing you, let alone you not refusing, your refusal is futile.” Bai Qinghan crossed her arms over her chest, her long hair slightly swaying, she gently tilted her lips, then calmly spoke: “Don’t say we’ve grown up too, over a hundred years have passed, if we still can’t even roughly track your footsteps, then we might as well not live.”