After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Chapter 465 The Warning from Heaven

"An'an, can you take me somewhere else?"

"Are you going to beat someone up again?"

"The residence of Xuan Ling, the young master of the Xuan family and my fellow disciple."

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Xuan Ling had imagined many times what it would be like to meet her senior sister again. Perhaps it would be as harmonious and warm as in her previous life, or perhaps it would be filled with deep-seated hatred.

He groggily awoke from his deep coma just as the sun was at its highest point.

The sky outside the window was bright, and countless bright rays of light pierced through the window, intertwining with a person and momentarily blurring that person's features.

He stared intently for a long time before he could discern who was sitting beside his bed amidst the faint scent of pine and snow.

"Senior Sister..." he called out softly, his voice hoarse from his injuries.

The girl, leaning against the bedpost, did not look down at him; a dagger was drawn and sheathed in her hand.

The only sound echoing in the room was the quiet "sizzle" of a blade scraping against cold gold.

A sound.

Twice.

Third tone.

Xuan Ling listened calmly, lying upright on the bed, looking up at the auspicious flower clusters embroidered with ice silk on the top of the bed curtains, with the person who hadn't appeared in his dreams for a very long time beside him.

Her breath, her heartbeat, the rustling and folding of her dress... all were clearly enveloped in the bright sunlight, like a deity that would never fall.

Cold and resolute, yet forever seated atop the altar.

After a long, long time, the sound of the sword being drawn stopped.

The dagger was held firmly in Jiang Liqian's hand, completely intact, with no blade visible.

"Xuan Ling, I won't kill you."

It seems like the final judgment of the gods upon the ants.

There was no joy, no sense of surviving a disaster.

Xuan Ling slowly lowered his eyes, concealing all the turbulent emotions, joys and sorrows in them.

Actually, he hoped she was there to kill him.

He knew that his senior sister would no longer love him.

From the moment he made his choice, he stood on the opposite side of his senior sister. He hurt her, pressured her, and watched her writhe in agony until her final, desperate cries and heart-wrenching grief…

She should hate him.

She must hate him.

All that's left between him and her is this unbearable thing.

"Senior Sister, grudges shouldn't be settled like this..."

Jiang Liqian finally turned to look at him.

Countless complex emotions flashed across her eyes, finally settling into a sarcastic smile.

"For you, being unable to distinguish right from wrong and repaying kindness with enmity is the right thing to do, right?"

Xuan Ling looked at her, not feeling ashamed at all, and nodded with a smile, saying, "Yes, that's exactly what I think."

Jiang Liqian slapped him without any mercy.

The crisp sound of the clapping left a bright red five-finger mark on Xuan Ling's face.

Jiang Liqian didn't hold back, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

For a moment, he even felt a ringing in his ears.

But he chuckled softly.

"Senior Sister, you should have hit me sooner..."

Back in her past life, back when he hurt her, back when she brought him to the Tianqian Sect, she should have beaten him severely.

It shattered all his delusions and resentment.

Now, it's too late, far too late.

Everything is irreversible.

Jiang Liqian turned pale with anger upon hearing his words.

She's such a failure; all the people she painstakingly taught are shameless scum!

Thinking about the purpose of her visit, she took a deep breath and told herself to calm down.

"Don't provoke me again, or I might just kill you right now," she warned coldly.

Xuan Ling remained noncommittal.

"Why is Senior Sister waiting here for me to wake up?"

"I have two questions for you." Jiang Liqian didn't intend to beat around the bush.

If he refuses to tell the truth, then she shouldn't blame her for resorting to extreme measures.

Unexpectedly, Xuan Ling seemed to have already guessed her purpose. Her expression did not change at all, and she said directly, "Senior Sister, just ask whatever you want. I will answer to the best of my knowledge."

Jiang Liqian lowered her head and stared intently into his eyes.

"My first question is, why were you there? Were you following me? Or were you following Jiang Jiao'er?"

Xuan Ling did not avoid her scrutinizing gaze at all, and nodded, saying, "Yes, I followed that woman and learned that those evil cultivators would make a move against you last night, so I wanted to come and find you, but it was too late."

Jiang Li nodded slightly: "The second question."

Her breathing quickened slightly: "Why did you betray me?"

Upon hearing this, the room fell into complete silence.

After a long pause, Xuan Ling looked away: "Because I'm not a good person. Two lifetimes have passed, is Senior Sister still so fixated on this issue?"

"You are lying."

Jiang Liqian wasn't stupid. She might not understand others, but Xuan Ling was different. She had taken a liking to him at first sight, personally selected him, brought him to the Tianqian Sect, and personally and diligently taught him. His talent, ability, and affinity for immortality were all the best.

His betrayal could never have been without reason; there must have been some cause that led him to choose to do it.

In her previous life, she suffered too many blows, leaving her unable to figure things out. After being reborn, it's impossible for her not to understand what's wrong.

If Shen Qingqing is destined to trample on Gu Chengxue, the "supporting female character," because of her status as the "female lead," and Gu Chengxue harbors an inexplicable hatred for her, then what about Jiang Huaizhou and the others? They have absolutely no conflict of interest with her, do they? In fact, from a certain perspective, she is their support and an aid to their cultivation. Why would they do something so thankless?

Why must we hunt her down to death?

Previously, these questions could only be kept in her heart, because she was the only one who had been reborn, and no one could tell her the answers she wanted.

So now——

Jiang Liqian stared coldly at Xuan Ling on the bed.

This is a golden opportunity, and she can't let it slip by.

Xuan Ling's face tightened, and he remained silent for a long time. Finally, he could not bear Jiang Liqian's cold gaze, closed his eyes, sighed deeply, and gave a bitter smile.

"Senior Sister, if I said that I had my own selfish motives, but my true intention was to save you, would you believe me?"

A sudden clap of thunder exploded outside the window.

The bright sunshine suddenly turned dark, and rolling lightning surged within the thick clouds.

Jiang Liqian suddenly stood up and stared in astonishment at the sky that had suddenly changed color.

Xuan Ling's voice remained calm, as if she had expected this: "Senior Sister, your death is ordained by Heaven."

A ferocious, blood-red lightning bolt suddenly struck down from the roof, splitting the entire room in two. The charred ground was only three inches away from Xuan Ling's bed.

This is a warning.

A warning from Heaven.

Jiang Liqian stared blankly at the scene before her, unable to come to her senses for a long time.