Chapter 1337: Farewell to an Old Friend

Chapter 1337: Farewell to an Old Friend

“Why don’t you take a guess?”

“Me? I think it might be because without Senior Martial Brother around, she feels like life has no meaning anymore, so she simply decided to end it all.”

“…Your intuition…”

“Huh? Could it really be like that…?”

Su Kexin was shocked; she had only guessed wildly due to her strong sense of self-awareness, but hearing Lin Nuo’s tone, it seemed like she might be right!

Last time, I sensed that woman had some feelings for Senior Martial Brother.

Why do I think that? Intuition.

Anyway, if a woman is close to Lin Nuo, she would subconsciously feel that the woman has feelings for him, especially if it’s someone who looks just like her—Da Su.

Lin Nuo didn’t plan to hide the truth; after all, they had slept on the same bed before, and some matters needed to be clarified before marriage.

“From her words, it seems to be the case. Moreover, she once wanted to return to this new life just like me. But she didn’t get her wish.”

“No way, she wanted to come with Senior Martial Brother? But she killed you! That’s a blood feud! Does she want to make amends?”

“She doesn’t feel she’s at fault. Or perhaps she wants to experience a life like yours. Once, she too was filled with hope for this world, quite innocent. But in the end, she became that cold figure. You seem to be unaware of what she went through, right?”

Lin Nuo sat down, leaning against a rock. Both he and Da Su were pitiful individuals. Although Da Su emerged victorious in the end, she was actually the most unfortunate.

“Your father, Su Lingjiang, hasn’t returned, and the Xuanyun Sect has declined due to Zhang Yuanxu’s troubles. Fellow disciples have perished one after another, and there’s infighting among the sects. In the end, even her family went missing, leaving her all alone. And I just happened to be wreaking havoc across the land. She resisted me for the sake of the people, I thought I could restrain her abilities, but her final outburst exceeded my expectations, and I died in battle. Her goal was to kill me, and after my death, as you said, she lost her direction and ultimately succumbed to depression and took her own life.”

“This…”

This was the first time Su Kexin heard about Da Su’s plight. Although it was slightly better than Lin Nuo’s situation, it was still a life full of flaws, unlike hers, which had weathered storms together with Lin Nuo, culminating in their union.

She seemed rather pitiful, too.

“So, the last time we met, was it our illusion, or did she really come to speak with us?”

“The latter. She didn’t choose the common methods of self-harm; instead, she exhausted all her power to change her reincarnation—she aimed to return to my new life. However, even though her strength is incredible, reincarnation didn’t go as she wished. By now, she should have reincarnated into a new life. As for my new life, Liu Shuqin, you once wished for me to start over, and I thought you were the one who changed my fate. But according to the old time-master, that’s not the case.”

“So, Junior Martial Brother, how exactly did you end up back here, regaining a new life?”

Liu Shuqin had always been puzzled; it was truly miraculous to return to the past after death.

“It’s the way of heaven; such matters are beyond explanation—even the old time-master can’t decipher them. Anyway, we are but insignificant beings; we simply follow heaven’s path.”

Lin Nuo slowly lifted his head, gazing at the sky. The weather today was exceptionally bright, a stark contrast to the gloomy day he was buried.

Maybe the surroundings set the mood; perhaps they could give a few questions for middle school students to do reading comprehension.

However, Lin Nuo never mentioned his identity as a time traveler, after all, telling them about such abstract concepts wouldn’t help them understand at all.

No matter, he had already integrated into this world, so what’s the point of talking about being a time traveler?

Lin Nuo also confirmed that the Demon Star was indeed gone, all its Demon Soul Power thoroughly exhausted.

After enduring the ravages of Liang Zhao’s witchcraft, Su Kexin and Luo Xiaoxue’s powers were greatly weakened—unlike the unstoppable forces they once were.

As for Lin Nuo, he had resurrected, but his strength was significantly weaker, even less than when he first came back to life. His Demon Soul Power was so weak that he couldn’t even be called a demon.

It was precisely for this reason that he could interact normally with the villagers in Ru Yu Village; otherwise, his overwhelming Demon Qi would have decimated them.

Although he could recover through future self-cultivation, it wasn’t particularly necessary anymore.

He had only become a demon out of desperation back then.

Now, the power of a demon didn’t matter anymore.

Being an ordinary person isn’t so bad, either.

Besides him, Liu Shuqin, Qin Shili, and Mu Yiting’s demonic powers had also been greatly diminished; everything related to the Demon Star and the Demon Realm could hardly escape from flesh and blood—whereas someone like Ling Meng, a true demon, still had a fair amount of Demon Soul Power due to her solid foundation.

However, to be able to marry Lin Nuo and interact normally with Xia Hanmo and the others, she had self-deprived her demonic power, leveling down to a state similar to Lin Nuo’s.

After all, everyone frowned upon demons; their powers did bring about fear.

Ling Meng would learn the cultivation methods of the Xuanyun Sect alongside Lin Nuo, and no one cared about her past as a demon.

In the end, Lin Nuo wanted to say his final goodbye to the Demon Star.

He stood up, faced the Demon Star, and with a cup of wine in hand, offered a toast to commemorate their old friendship, pouring out a little on the ground.

“Though I don’t know where you truly came from, I am grateful for your existence; it kept me from living a pitiful life. Here’s to you; I hope we both fare better.”

He poured out another cup of wine, then drank one for himself. He hadn’t been able to drink in the reincarnation space, so this was a small compensation for that regret.

“Goodbye, my friend; until we meet again.”

After saying this, Lin Nuo summoned his Spirit Sword, taking Liu Shuqin and Su Kexin along to leave.

【Until We Meet Again】

Just as he soared off the ground, he thought he heard a low, echoing voice, reminiscent of the former Demon Star’s voice.

“Hmm?”

He looked back but saw nothing out of the ordinary.

Perhaps it was just a trick of the mind or perhaps genuine spiritual communication.

Regardless, he felt deep down that the Demon Star had bid him farewell.

“Senior Martial Brother? What’s wrong?”

Seeing Lin Nuo turn back, Su Kexin was confused.

“Nothing.”

Lin Nuo smiled, looking forward again.

“Let’s go.”

Eventually, they vanished into the clouds on their swords.

At that moment, a gust of wind swept through, covering the stone of the Demon Star, and eventually, the Demon Star fused into the sand, becoming grains that drifted away with the wind, as if it had never existed.

……

……

Since Zhang Yuanxu’s uprising, the Xuanyun Sect had fallen into decline, and Han Fairy, Dao Yuan, and the Spirit Cat had also left at that time.

The Spirit Cat found Qin Shili, but the whereabouts of Han Fairy were unknown; Lin Nuo suspected she might have perished in the chaos.

However, recently, he had begun to receive news about her.