Martial Arts Escort System: I Got A Maxed Level Divine Technique From The Beginning - Chapter 689: 297 Dongxin Iron Order_2
Chapter 689: Chapter 297 Dongxin Iron Order_2
As his words fell, he did not say more and was about to leave the Gu Tower when he heard the loud clamor of gongs.
In a moment’s time, the once-quiet Wusheng Hall seemed to have awoken anew.
People rushed out from their rooms, voices loudly demanding answers.
From their high vantage point atop the Gu Tower, Su Mo and Wan Yilan simultaneously looked towards the direction from which the sounds of gongs were coming.
Su Mo’s eyebrows slightly furrowed, and he asked Wan Yilan:
“Miss Wan, what place is that?”
“…”
Wan Yilan could not help but look at Su Mo with a shocked expression.
Considering both our personal bonds and our mutual vendettas, how could you possibly ask such a question?
Yet after hesitating for a moment, she still provided an answer:
“Fourth Hall.”
“…Fourth Hall, Wu Yong.”
A thought struck Su Mo, and he immediately said with a fist salute: “Miss Wan, I offer you one last parting word; even if Wan Cangxin truly died by my hand, the real person who killed him was never me…”
After he finished speaking, his gaze swept seemingly unintentionally over a dark corner, and in the next moment, his figure had vanished from atop the Gu Tower.
Wan Yilan watched him leave with wide eyes, her facial expression gradually becoming rigid.
After a long while, she collapsed to the ground as if all her strength had abandoned her.
Throughout her life, she had always followed the rules.
She had never overstepped the bounds before, but tonight’s words and actions were outrageously reckless.
Moreover, she had already resigned herself to death.
However, she had not expected such an outcome.
Su Mo’s words still echoed in her ears.
But the more she thought about them, the more they made her feel a pain that was too great to bear.
“I really thought… I truly thought that by leaving you, by not being at your side…
“If I could just let go of this obsession, suppress my thoughts of you, you might have lived…
“But why, why did you still go?
“He was right. It wasn’t him who truly killed you…
“It was this Jianghu, it was the Night Lord, it was Wusheng Hall!
“Yet, how am I supposed to avenge this deep hatred and huge grievance!?”
She muttered to herself, crying incessantly.
Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a dagger lying on the ground and subconsciously picked it up in her hand:
“Cangxin… Cangxin…
“I’m truly useless, even with the desire to avenge you, I lack the strength.
“Now, with vengeance hopeless, let me follow you in death.
“These past few days, I’ve always felt like you were by my side.
“Could it be… could it be that your spirit lingers near, also waiting, waiting for me to be reunited with you?
“If that’s the case, then wait for me on the Naihe Bridge for a moment…”
Her speech came to this point as she turned the dagger around, its tip pointing towards her chest.
There was not a hint of fear of death on her face, only the calmness of someone about to find relief.
She took a deep breath, ready to plunge the dagger.
But just at this moment, a gust of wind arrived in the blink of an eye.
A ‘ding’ sound was heard!
Something flying through the air knocked the dagger out of her hand.
The dagger fell to the ground, spinning continuously.
A hint of resentment flickered in Wan Yilan’s eyes:
“You all… what else do you want…”
Her words trailed off as she suddenly stared blankly at the ground.
There lay a delicate token quietly on the ground, with two characters face up: ‘Eternal Union’.
“…An ‘Eternal Union Heart’ iron medal, how could it be an ‘Eternal Union Heart’ iron medal?”
At this instant, Wan Yilan’s face showed a look of utter disbelief; she reached out shakily, picking the token up in her palm.
She wanted to turn it over to see the back.
However, she stopped several times, unable to muster the courage.
The Eternal Union Heart iron medal…
Every year, near Wusheng Hall’s great city, a temple fair is held.
Back then, she was still Wusheng Hall’s carefree little princess, her heart just beginning to experience love, filled with thoughts of him.
Learning of the temple fair, she insisted on dragging him to enjoy the bustling scene.
But he was of a lowly status, and the fair was crowded and chaotic – how could he afford any improper behavior?
He was cautious and prudent all the way, which was quite boring.
And when she saw those selling ‘Eternal Union Heart’ iron medals, she pulled him to buy one.
Yet he consistently refused.
She truly got very angry because of this.
The temple fair visit began with excitement but ended in disappointment.
Unexpectedly, the next day, he secretly found her and handed her a token.
The token was a pair; one had ‘Eternal’ and the other ‘Union’ engraved on them.
On their backs, it was blank, meant for the purchaser to carve their own names.
After receiving this Dongxin Order, she didn’t want to let him off easily, but that accumulated anger from a whole night mysteriously dissipated all at once.
The two of them secretly engraved their names on it.
They exchanged them with each other.
‘Eternal Union’, silently promising a lifetime.
Wan Yilan took a deep breath, flipping the Iron Token, gradually moving her hand away.
On the back of the Iron Token, there were two characters crookedly etched onto it.
It was… Yilan.
“Ha…
“Ha…”
Wan Yilan uttered sounds without any particular meaning, more tears that she could not suppress spilled out like a broken string of pearls.
She held onto the token in her palm as if she were clutching a regained treasure.
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something.
In haste, she wiped away her tears and concealed the Iron Token up her sleeve.
