Chapter 262 - The Sisters’ Decision (1/2)

Yu Jin wasn't the only one who pondered what he thought to be memories from his past life. Even though some days had already passed since Jing Yi ate the Beguiling Night Tree's fruit and even though he had talked about it was Qiu Ling, Jing Yi couldn't forget about it.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he once again felt the sensation of that man's arms around his waist and his breath that tickled his ear. He shuddered involuntarily whenever he remembered and hastily opened his eyes.

It helped to be around Qiu Ling but when he finally fell asleep that scene would be there again, haunting him in his dreams. Even worse, he felt like there were more things. He could see details he hadn't noticed when they stood in front of that painting. It really had to be a memory of his past life and it got more vivid with each time that he remembered.

He felt like he was going crazy and there was nothing he could do against it. Thinking that it might have to do with the Hei Dian Sect and that everything would return to normal after they got back to the Yun Zou Sect he threw himself into accomplishing the mission Yuchi Bing Xia had given him.

It actually wasn't hard. After finding Hong Bao and her sister part of it was already achieved and since Hong Bao was still adamant about organizing his wedding with Qiu Ling he didn't even need to think up a reason to spend time with her. Considering how chatty she was it probably wasn't a wonder that he had already found out the whole story in a few days.

The result left him speechless, though.

The story went as follows: Once upon a time, the forest near the village where Hong Bao and her mother lived was infested with demons. Even though there was a small deity sect situated not far from them the cultivators turned a blind eye. Villagers died left and right until finally, Hong Bao's mother became one of the victims. Hong Bao who was just fifteen years old back then didn't know what to do.

In her desperation, she traveled to the nearest town and asked somebody to write a letter for her that was then sent to the sect where her sister stayed. Maybe it was true that stupid people never had to fear anything because even though the letter needed some weeks to reach her sister Hong Bao was still alive when Hong Ai finally arrived at the village.

Hong Ai was furious at that time. Not because of her sister but because of the attitude the deity sects were showing. Even her own sect that was hailed as one of the premier sects that weren't even ranked had done nothing when she informed her master of the things going on there. They just adopted an attitude of 'that's just how the world is, the strong survive and the weak will die' and continued with what they had been doing before.

Now, it was just Hong Ai against all the demons. She didn't hesitate though. Her sister's life depended on her and she was also taking revenge for her mother. Furthermore, she knew that someone would have to do something or the villagers around the forest would all die. They were mere mortals, after all.

So she set out on her own and started to decimate the demons. Unfortunately, there were too many. She killed the first wave and then a second and third but over time her injuries accumulated. Finally, she could barely hold on.

Hong Ai had no idea that someone had been watching her the whole time. That person was naturally Shen An De. Since he was part demon himself and even the nephew of the current demon king Jin Ling he couldn't help but pay attention to everything related to the demons. Their movements at that time were really suspicious and he couldn't help but suspect that his uncle might be behind that. He had never trusted him so he went to check things out.