Chapter 23
Do not think you can act spoiled, feeling the warmth of an embrace as the lecherous might ponder.
Especially after fatigue like a ritual offered, swift steps still managed to remain orderly, producing movement without taking too long to align with the demands of reason.
Based on the voicing of spoken words, unveiling a veil that sought to be arranged, in an instant casting away the dark curtain so it would not close, once more resonating the gloom of dominance far within the span of normality.
Immediately he rose, deciding never again to laze around, swiftly following through amidst the impatience that Sister Ling Xu continued to weave.
He thought there was no way to predict it, no way to assume accuracy would take place, forcing rationality precisely in treating order.
Ensuring now that fortune must be responded to, not allowed to flee wherever the steps were signaled, validating himself as nothing else but imprinted, making gentleness in demeanor a leap, not lacking in appreciation though despised steps would eventually rebound the momentum thereafter.
Even if nothing was achieved in the ritual that must be fulfilled, it would be best to occupy the purity of the One Star that belonged to Ling Xu.
And since the contract period indeed had to be completed, the bright blueness as a gentle blanket tried to be ignored, unwilling to focus on the surrounding air while contemptible conduct proposed the first strike.
Basing the origin of a sword slash in a half-cross shape, placed painfully at the right angle against the chest was already enough, a declaration of hypocrisy impossible to forgive just like that, letting suspects pass by while the snare of torment awaited.
Naturally, it was denied within the depths of Ling Xu, who felt astonished.
Grounded in the unexpectedness of such behavior, the retreat of the body was constantly recorded, validating a loss of control realized not upon intentional pillars, proposing bodily movement to continue intertwined until a tiny snap defined chaotic composition.
No matter how far or what distance was proposed, it routinely intersected from the opposite direction at least to carve, sketching crude images unpleasant to be underlined once again.
A collision eventually occurred, witnessing the harsh blow to Ling Xu's back, striking suddenly against a sharp fragment that faced directly toward the oncoming force.
Still impaled, her flexibility was imprisoned without equal exchange and then she screamed, expressing more of her resentment toward the vile Huan Zheng rather than prioritizing her body's well-being.
"What? Do you think that the so-called Enlightened Wretch is so worthy, emphasizing literally appropriate even if only fulfilling a tiny grant? Don't dream, forever the Despised One shall be trampled, always demeaned without the certainty of honor and respect as long awaited."
'My purpose here is finished, only to gather a little more momentum before returning to the Dwelling.
'Without being asked, the slaughter of the entire human dwelling lies fully within both palms.'
"Guhaaaak."
Recalling that efficiency had already been recorded, precisely checking the will to move released as Ling Xu's fall was enforced, he named the primary component and then connected it, quickly commanding the entirety of vitality, all at once obeying the silent stillness as he sat cross-legged to initiate the valve of his arms.
He continued to hold it in front of his chest without intent to cancel, the perfection of the ritual process being the bridge, a cause unto itself for Huan Zheng's awareness to contemplate, beginning the Cycle of Capturing intended to reach, as best as possible revealing the "bright treatise" as destined.
Like it or not, he had to hurry, ensuring absorption capacity and energy support, tending to empty soundness of mind long before the final signal was struck.
Rather than lamenting the fortune missed just like that, the naive Ling Xu imprisoned among sharp stone snares had to reflect, able to utilize beyond normal criteria for herself and for the happiness of realms yet to come.
Witnessing the dart of trickery not to be wasted aligned with gained fortune approaching, beneath her awareness appreciation struck with surprise, granting a slight pause as the brilliant rotation influenced her head strongly.
It truly could not be avoided, intersecting with Ling Xu's persistence just newly fallen, while the rising and falling of the body was proposed as the present agenda.
Apart from the gleam of sharpness cast aside, no longer embedding except the sticky slime that clung, an oath that the informant might betray thus stained, actually shattering everything without a single piece left whole.
Indeed, it was a fatal mistake to trust humankind.
No matter how little or great, the burning felt enough, an ability to scorch entirely only to abandon the Lofty World uninhabited.
And do not think the collapse of mere trust painstakingly rebuilt was but one, a shred of pain to be accepted by the tenderness of the shallowest heart.
Clearly fierce wrath continued to blaze, more and more inflamed with criteria impossible to extinguish.
Even though prolonged in its onslaught, the dimming around a manual snap was no hindrance, the wholeness of blocking around the ear to capture, faint but surely signaling orderly woven words released.
Thus tightly clenching, Sister Ling Xu displayed again and again her fierce wrath in response, truly intuiting the disgusting words still echoing in both her ears.
Without having to be spoken aloud, Ling Xu's awareness understood completely, interpreting shallow innocence as a path, a painful reason for momentum to be strung.
Unwilling to wield sharp thrusts, once believed words released then ended, totality cast toward natural sharpness before being laid upon the ground.
Unwillingness to anticipate was the trigger, was such cruelty of conduct truly necessary among fellow cultivators?
Still clinging close, her left palm's fingers pressing against her forehead, forceful stabilization repeatedly erupted, basing scorched absence of air into criteria, an appropriateness for the vile behavior delivered.
Unbearable already, perhaps devouring, pressing all taboos of destiny that for so long had surfaced.
Beside the word "dizzy" gradually slowing, though not significantly yet still showing signs of recovery, dim signals that Ling Xu was afflicted by prolonged pain were not given prime appreciation, but rather a priority to always care for herself was imprinted, basing realization that healing was but a bridge when great storms struck, wholly shifting focus directly toward humanity across.
Just as signaling bright blueness upon rightful destiny, excess sensations of it were actualized in reality, not merely impossibility caught when normality of retinas was recorded, dazzling brightness as a pillar of impossibility initiated.
It was no wonder perfect blindness struck, perceiving the impossibility of snapshots caught by natural bodily organs.
Do not go so far as to desire literal sight, even a tiny cycle's closure was heavily inscribed, nothing more than identifying hardship.
Though not yet certain if a close gaze was truly imprinted, the sting of arising air was the sign, sharp signals of Sister Ling Xu's body collapse being a bridge, a bridge toward brilliant form as long as brilliant ticks were occupied.
Disregarding vile methods, ancient ways directed only to torment strangers, brilliant verification could indeed be inscribed, underlining percentages gained that must be adorned with joy.
Not just into one external vessel, merging the two essentials into a solid unity most concrete, describing Huan Zheng's unwillingness of Human Star to refuse when the 49 shatters of Supreme Star endured strong turmoil.
It was little known how long, and Ling Xu's consciousness was not required to count, slow cycle of scattering was also recorded, gradually weakening the bright rays that just recently blinded, over time intersecting literal dimness until the normal scenario was restored to its place.
Gradually descending again to experience drastic decline, undeniably the bright blue began to be replaced, leaving behind a woman in tattered garments validated half-asleep while order in posture of sitting cross-legged was positioned steadfast upon a man.
To be continued…