Mortal Mage

The setting sun dyed the clouds red, and the clouds dyed the small river beside Qingniu Town red.

The river is gurgling and the grass is green.

The three of them squatted on a pile of rocks beside the creek.

"If this is the case, Canglang Continent may no longer exist."

Li Jing sighed deeply.

"If we can find a spiritual vein and plant it back in Canglang Continent, we can save it."

Zhang Mingxuan did not tell Li Jing that he had 100,000 medium-grade spirit stones on him, and Li Xucheng also kept silent about it.

"It's easier said than done. The spirit vein is the foundation of a sect. Besides, as you said, the teleportation array has been completely destroyed, and we can't go back to Canglang Continent."

Li Jing closed his eyes and stroked the flying sword in his hand, as if he was reminiscing and also as if he wanted to let it go; "Maybe it's all in the past."

"Here."

Zhang Mingxuan took out a yellow ring from his socks and threw it to Li Jing. "It rolled out from Li Si's sleeve. He was supposed to leave it for you. You left in a hurry, so I picked it up."

Zhang Mingxuan had studied this ring and found it had very advanced restrictions. He originally wanted to keep it for himself, but at this point, he returned it to Li Jing.

Li Jing took the ring in surprise, held it in his hand, stared at it for a long time, and tears appeared in the corners of his eyes.

"This is... my mother's storage ring."

After she finished speaking, she burst into tears and made a gesture with her fingers. The ring opened easily to reveal a mirror image.

Li Jing took out an envelope from the ring.

The moment she tore open the letter, her eyes were filled with mist.

"I am deeply sorry and feel very uneasy, my beloved daughter, Jing'er."

"I write this letter in the hope that you can understand my difficult decision. I have prayed for many years, hoping that you will find immortality. For this reason, I had no choice but to deceive your father and make him mistakenly believe that you are a man. This is my fault."

"Today, your father realized that I had lied to him and was furious. I feel deeply sorry for not being able to protect you and my daughter Jing'er. Now, my life is hanging by a thread, and I am responsible for all the consequences."

"I am about to die. I have no regrets. Please do not blame me. I hope you can understand my difficulties."

She held the letter in her arms with shaking hands, tears welling up in her eyes. She gasped, her body trembled, her teeth chattered, all her sorrow and hardship welled up in her eyes. She sobbed and cried to the river, "Mother! Father! I was wrong!"

"My daughter is wrong! Father! Come back!"

Zhang Mingxuan stood up and waved to Li Xucheng in the distance.

Li Xucheng nodded slightly and left.

"It's in the past."

Zhang Mingxuan walked lightly to Li Jing's side. He was not very good at comforting people.

"I was wrong, Father, I was wrong."

Li Jing leaned her head on Zhang Mingxuan's shoulder, like a child, her lips trembling, her chest heaving and sobbing. She tried hard to breathe, she tried her best to calm herself down, but at this moment, she became a girl who was forever guilty. The letter seemed to have exposed her sins and made her face the self who was always deceiving herself.

Tears slid to the corners of her lips and trembled around her mouth. She wiped away the tears, but the tears flowed out from between her fingers like a burst dam.

It's hard to let go after all.

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After a long while, she pushed Zhang Mingxuan away; "I'm leaving now. I may need to stay in seclusion for a few years."

She took out two jade slips from the ring in her hand, put them in Zhang Mingxuan's palm, pulled up Zhang Ming's sleeve and wiped her tears desperately; "Zhang Mingxuan, this jade slip is the pass for Xianyuan Sect to recruit disciples. You can try your luck. I hope you won't forget me with this jade slip. Maybe from now on, there will be no more people from Canglang Continent in Cuiyun Fairyland."

"We can't ignore the billions of lives in the lower world." Zhang Mingxuan patted Li Jing and took the jade slip.

"That's it."

Li Jing sighed lightly and shook his head.

She pushed Zhang Mingxuan away, stood up, and flew with a sword, which slowly rose up. She turned back and stared at Zhang Mingxuan for a long time, but in the end, there was a word she didn't say.

She skimmed across the creek, creating ripples on the surface.

Zhang Mingxuan looked up and saw the sky was filled with stars, but he could no longer find any trace of Li Jing.

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