Xing Tie: After the simulation, they all wanted to lock me up in a dark room.

Jingliu was stunned for a moment upon hearing Chen Yue's words.

"Junior brother, I'm sure I can beat you!"

Jingliu drew her sword at this moment. Although her swordsmanship was taught by Chen Yue, the two had never truly fought. Jingliu felt that the gap between her and Chen Yue was not that big.

Seeing Jingliu like this, Chen Yue also took out a sword. The two stared at each other, and the temperature in the air suddenly dropped.

"Then let's settle things with swords, just like before..."

After a long while, as if by unspoken agreement, the two suddenly sprang into action, the sound of clashing swords ringing out, their sword energies colliding and shattering.

If a careful observer looks closely, they will notice that the two use swords in exactly the same way and with the same moves. Whether it's parrying the other's sword or anything else, it's all the same.

Soon, the sounds emitted by their swords began to differ. Jingliu's sword seemed to be constantly questioning Chen Yue about why she kept avoiding him, while Chen Yue's sword responded only with increasingly fierce attacks.

Seeing that she was gradually being suppressed, Jingliu became anxious and used 36 flying swords to attack Chen Yue, using the move that Chen Yue had once taught her, intending to end it in one move.

"Shoute Wanchuan!"

Jing Liu leaped high into the air, spun around once, and unleashed a series of crescent-shaped sword energies made of ice towards Chen Yue.

Jingliu thought Chen Yue would avoid him.

However, Chen Yue neither dodged nor flinched. Instead, she picked up her sword, and a barrage of swords surrounded her, far exceeding the number of swords in the Mirror Stream.

"go!"

The flying sword summoned by Chen Yue directly shattered Jing Liu's sword energy.

Seeing this, Jingliu couldn't believe her eyes. How could this be? When she sparred with her junior brother last year, he had only dodged her attack.

Chen Yue stood atop a sword, surrounded by dozens of flying swords, looking down at Jing Liu. The dozens of flying swords resembled stars in the sky.

"Let this moonlight... illuminate all rivers and streams!"

Looking at the dense sword energy in the sky, Jing Liu realized the gap between himself and his junior brother.

Just as the sword energy fell, Jingliu closed his eyes, having completely given up struggling.

With a "bang," the sound of someone being flicked on the head rang out.

Jing Liu was knocked back by Chen Yue and fell to the ground.

"General."

"Junior sister, you lost." Chen Yue's voice rang out, then she turned around, preparing to leave.

Jing Liu grabbed Chen Yue's hand directly, "Junior Brother, why... why have you been avoiding me? What is it?!"

Jing Liu couldn't understand why his junior brother was avoiding him.

Chen Yue tried to pull Jing Liu's hand away, but Jing Liu refused.

"Junior sister, let go. It's better for both of us."

"No!" Jing Liu gripped Chen Yue's hand tightly. "I just want to know why!?"

"Junior sister, Master once told you that I am a short-lived race and you are a long-lived race. Don't you understand?"

Upon hearing Chen Yue's words, Jing Liu suddenly recalled what her master had once told her. At that time, she only heard that her master forbade her to be with her junior brother, and she immediately flew into a rage, without paying attention to what was said later about short-lived species.

"You can live for a thousand years, but I can only live for a hundred." Chen Yue's tone was heavy. "We will never have a good ending. While there is still a chance, let go, Jing Liu. I only have a hundred years. In your long life, I am just a fleeting passerby."

Their lifespans are unequal; if they continue their entanglement, it will ultimately harm Jingliu.

Chen Yue couldn't bear to use his hundred-year life to imprison Jing Liu's long years.

"I don't want to!" Jing Liu stood directly in front of Chen Yue. "I will not give up on my junior brother. If you really care so much about lifespan, I will find a way to achieve immortality for you, twenty or thirty years, even if it takes my entire life!"

"And that promise to defeat you, I will keep it too, Junior Brother. Please don't leave me, wait for me, okay?"

[After hearing Jingliu's words, you finally agreed. You felt that making her give up completely might be a solution.]

At twenty-six, Jingliu embarked on a journey to find immortality, unconcerned even if it meant committing the ten heinous crimes; all she wanted was for you to live. Upon learning this, Bai Heng often flew his star raft with Jingliu, and the two, for the first time ever, reached an agreement.

At twenty-seven, Jingliu returned and challenged you to another sword duel, ultimately suffering a crushing defeat.

At twenty-eight, Jingliu continues his relentless search for immortality, and challenges you to a sword duel.

At twenty-nine years old, Jingliu did not return that year.

At thirty, Jingliu still hadn't returned.

At thirty-one, Bai Heng returned with Jing Liu, both of them bearing injuries. Upon questioning them, it was discovered that they had been searching for the base of the Abundant Lands, attempting to find a way to achieve immortality within its embrace, but unfortunately, they had failed.

At the age of thirty-two, while fighting against the bountiful monsters, you took the opportunity to infiltrate their headquarters to avenge Jingliu and Baiheng while they were being driven back. Just as you were about to make your move, you heard about a bountiful envoy named Shuhu who would be born in the near future.

After learning this news, you found the guy who injured Jing Liu and Bai Heng, chopped him into pieces, and then returned directly to Luofu to inform the current Luofu General, Teng Xiao.

Between the ages of thirty-three and forty, Jingliu continued his search for a way to achieve immortality, but immortality is no simple matter, and Jingliu returned empty-handed as always.

In that year, you and Tengxiao planned to ambush and kill the Abundance Envoy, Shuhu, but you failed, only managing to cut off his flesh and blood. Instead, Shuhu drained your blood, causing your lifespan to plummet.

Between the ages of forty and fifty, for ten years, Jing Liu hadn't returned. Chen Yue felt her physical strength declining, she tire easily, her once black eyebrows turned white, and her bright eyes began to become cloudy; her appearance was no longer what it used to be. She dreamt of Jing Liu every night. She wanted Jing Liu to let her go, but in the end, it was she who couldn't let go.

[And in that same year, Bai Heng finally returned with Jing Liu. Her face was expressionless. Upon her return, she continued to challenge you. But when she saw your current appearance, she nearly collapsed to the ground.]

"Junior Brother..."

"I am old and frail, but my junior sister is still as charming as ever!" Chen Yue looked at Jing Liu, who was still the same as before, while he was no longer the boy he once was.

[You discover that Mirror Style's swordsmanship has improved significantly compared to ten years ago, while your body is no longer at its peak; your reflexes and strength have declined sharply. In the end, you narrowly defeat Mirror Style.]

Chen Yue knelt on the ground, panting heavily.

"Junior sister's swordsmanship has improved a lot in the past ten years! I was almost no match for you."

Jingliu hurriedly went over to support Chen Yue. Her hand touched Chen Yue's hair, which had been smooth and white, but now it had lost its former luster and smoothness, and was only rough and had an endless death aura.

Chen Yue looked like a withering tree.

What happened? I've only been gone for ten years, and my junior brother has already turned out like this.

Chen Yue stood up, and something that looked like a lock fell down. It was the love lock that Jing Liu had given her.

At this moment, many parts of the love lock show signs of rust.

Chen Yue raised her slightly withered hand and picked up the love lock. "I'm sorry, junior sister, I still couldn't keep the love lock you gave me safe."