Wuhun: Desert Death on the left hand, the world on the right hand

Yun Fei sat cross-legged under the tree, practicing his skills to heal his wounds. The moonlight poured down, coating him with a layer of silver light. Beside him, the golden-winged thunder eagle was breathing faintly, and the wound on its wing was still bleeding.

"Alas, I'm sorry for making you suffer with me." Yun Fei gently stroked the feathers of the Golden-winged Thunder Eagle, his eyes full of guilt.

The man and the beast stayed quietly in the night until the sky in the east turned pale, and Yun Fei slowly opened his eyes. He stood up and stretched his muscles. Although his injuries had not healed yet, he could move without any problem.

"Let's go, let's go find Xue Yi." Yun Fei patted the Golden-winged Thunder Eagle and said in a low voice.

He did not tell the Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle why he did this, but there seemed to be some kind of tacit understanding between the man and the beast. The Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle flapped its wings and flew towards Xue Yi's residence carrying Yun Fei.

In Xue Yi's room, the candlelight flickered, illuminating a lonely figure. He sat at the table, tightly holding a letter in his hand, his brows furrowed, his eyes full of pain and struggle.

In the dim room, the smell of blood was so strong that it almost solidified. Only a solitary candle on the corner of the table was flickering weakly. The faint light shone on Xue Yi's face, reflecting a dead and decadent look.

His sword, which usually shone with a cold light, was now casually discarded at his feet, dim and dull, just like its owner's current state of mind. The life-and-death struggle with Yun Fei almost exhausted all his strength and pushed him into the abyss of regret and self-blame.

"How could I... do such a fatal thing to him..." Xue Yi covered his chest in pain, replaying the scene of Yun Fei lying in a pool of blood over and over again in his mind. His heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand. The pain, fear and regret were like boiling magma, burning his sanity.

“Damn it! Soul-eating blood ant, although you gave me the evil power to devour the essence and blood of other soul beasts and improve my strength, but also…” Xue Yi slammed the table hard and said with gritted teeth, “This side effect is too severe!”

“It seems that I can no longer use the ability to devour blood essence at will. If I don’t refine the blood essence in time, it will inevitably arouse the bestiality of the Soul-devouring Blood Ants, making it easier for me to be controlled by the evil spirit and do something irreparable…”

"Squeak-"

The shabby door was gently pushed open, and Xue Yi looked up suddenly, and saw Yun Fei standing there with a pale face, leaning against the door frame, with bloodstains on his clothes. A trace of panic flashed in his eyes, followed by deep self-blame and guilt.

"Yun Fei...you, why are you here?"

Yun Fei smiled bitterly and said weakly: "Why, you don't welcome me?"

"No, that's not what I meant..." Xue Yi hurriedly stood up and tried to help Yun Fei up, but he retracted his hand as if he had been electrocuted, his eyes full of pain and struggle, "Your injury..."

"You won't die." Yun Fei waved his hands.

The two were silent for a long time, and finally Xue Yi broke the silence. He lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice: "Yun Fei, I'm sorry..."

"You don't have to say anything," Yun Fei interrupted him, "I know everything."

Xue Yi raised his head in surprise and looked at Yun Fei in disbelief: "Did you hear everything?"

Yun Fei didn't say anything, but just looked at him quietly, his eyes were complicated and hard to read. Of course he knew what Xue Yi was thinking, after all, just now, he accidentally heard Xue Yi talking to himself.

"Can I come in?" Yun Fei asked softly.

Xue Yi was silent for a moment, and finally nodded.

Yun Fei walked into the room and closed the door. He walked straight to the table and sat down. He poured himself a cup of cold tea and drank it. He glanced at the letter on the table and had already guessed what it was.

"Did you receive it too?" Yun Fei's voice was hoarse and low, with suppressed emotions.

Xue Yi sat in the shadows, pulling the corners of his mouth bitterly in response. For three years, Yanran's name has always been an untouchable scar in the hearts of the two.

"Is she... okay?" After a long silence, Yun Fei finally asked the question that had been lingering in his mind, with a barely perceptible tremor in his voice.

"Who knows..." Xue Yi smiled bitterly and buried his head in his hands, his tone full of self-mockery, "Perhaps, she has already forgotten us."

"No! I believe she still remembers us!" Yun Fei stood up suddenly, slammed his fist on the table, and said firmly, "Yanran...she is not that kind of person."

"Even if I remember, what can I do?" Xue Yi's voice was filled with a deep sense of powerlessness. "We are people from two different worlds after all."

"No, we still have a chance!" Yun Fei walked up to Xue Yi and looked at him with burning eyes, "Yan Ran once said in the letter that as long as we can reconcile, we can go find her."

Xue Yi raised his head suddenly, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes: "Really?"

Yun Fei nodded and took out a letter from his arms. It was the one Shangguan Yanran left for him.

Xue Yi also quickly took out his own letter. The two letters were exactly the same, except that the handwriting on the envelopes was slightly different.

"Look!" Yun Fei put the two letters side by side, and a magical thing happened. The two letters actually began to slowly merge together and eventually turned into a brand new letter!

On the envelope, there were a few words written in beautiful handwriting:

"To my two fools."

Yun Fei and Xue Yi looked at each other, and saw surprise and expectation in each other's eyes. They couldn't wait to open the envelope, and saw the words written on the letter:

"Yun Fei, Xue Yi, when you see this letter, I will have already left Baiyun Palace. I know you must want to know why I did this, but I don't know how to explain it to you.

I have always known that you all like me very much, and I also cherish the time I spend with you. However, I know very well in my heart that I cannot like both of you at the same time, and I don't want to hurt any of you, so I can only choose to escape.

I know that my leaving will make you very sad, but I really have no choice. My life experience has determined my fate. I can't pursue my love freely like ordinary girls.

I come from the Holy Spirit Hall, and I am the daughter of the Lord of the Holy Spirit Hall. I have lived a life of luxury since I was a child, with countless people serving me, but I am not happy. I long for freedom and love, so I sneaked out of the Holy Spirit Hall to experience a different life.

Before I met you, I always thought that my life would continue to be so dull. However, your appearance completely changed the trajectory of my life.

You are like two shooting stars, suddenly breaking into my world and bringing me unprecedented joy and happiness.

However, meteors are meteors after all, they are destined to streak across the night sky and disappear.

I know that there is no future between us.

I don't want you to become enemies because of me.

I hope that you can understand my difficulties, and I also hope that you can find your own happiness.

If you can really let go of the past and are willing to come find me, you can come to the Holy Soul Palace to find me.

I'll be there, waiting for you."

At the end of the letter, there is a picture of a blooming red spider lily, which is enchanting and sad.

Yun Fei and Xue Yi were silent. They never thought that Shangguan Yanran left for this reason.

"Holy Soul Hall..." Yun Fei muttered to himself, with a complex light flashing in his eyes.

"Let's go find her." Xue Yi suddenly raised his head and said with a firm look.

Yun Fei turned his head to look at him, and saw that Xue Yi's eyes were full of determination and resoluteness, as if he had made some important decision.

"Are you sure?" Yun Fei asked, "The Holy Spirit Hall is not a place where good men and women gather. I'm afraid we will encounter many dangers if we go there."

"I'm not afraid!" Xue Yi shook his head, his tone firm, "For Yanran, even if it's a sea of ​​fire and a mountain of swords, I will go through it!"

"Good brother!" Yun Fei patted Xue Yi on the shoulder, with a blazing fire in his eyes, "Then let's go and explore this dangerous place together!"

"Then shall we set off now?" Xue Yi said as he was about to stand up.

"Wait!" Yun Fei grabbed him and said with a smile, "We've waited for three years, and these three or two days are still missing? The sect competition will be over in two or three days. If we go to the Holy Spirit Hall, we won't be strong enough and I'm afraid we won't even be able to see Junior Sister Yanran!"

"That's right. Then after the sect competition, we will go to the Holy Spirit Hall to find Junior Sister Yanran!" Xue Yi scratched his head and laughed, "But after the sect competition, our strength will improve by leaps and bounds?"

"Have you forgotten the rewards for this competition?" Yun Fei said angrily, "The top 70 will have the opportunity to have a 80-year soul beast contract, the top will have the opportunity to become a level soul saint, and the top will have the opportunity to become a level soul douluo! And I heard from Junior Brother Li Chen that this time, we may not only have these superficial rewards, but also deeper rewards!"

"It's not that easy!" Xue Yi curled his lips, "Don't forget, in addition to the ranking in the competition, you also have to pass the Nine-Layer Illusion Tower! You have to pass at least the first two levels to get the reward!"

"I have already passed the first three levels," Yun Fei glanced at Xue Yi with a hint of pride in his tone, "Don't tell me you haven't even passed the first two levels yet?"

"I haven't made it yet!" Xue Yi coughed awkwardly, "I heard from other brothers that the Nine-Layered Illusion Tower is too difficult, so I decided to wait and see. Over the years, I have been blinded by hatred, and all I can think about is getting stronger! Getting stronger! I only returned to the sect in the past few days. Over the years, I have been looking for news about Junior Sister Yanran while letting the Soul-Eating Blood Ants devour the essence and blood of other soul beasts for cultivation!"

"Your Soul Devouring Blood Ants devour the essence of blood, and the side effects are indeed too great!" Yun Fei frowned, as if he suddenly thought of something, and his tone became a little mysterious, "If you win another game, you can enter the top ten, right? After entering the top ten, you will definitely catch the eye of our mysterious hall master. If the hall master can summon you, I suggest you ask the hall master if there is any solution."

"It's been three years. I thought our sect didn't have a hall master!" Xue Yi looked curious, "Have you seen the hall master? What does he look like? Is he particularly majestic?"

Yun Fei raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a hint of pride, "I carried out a mission three months ago, and was personally summoned by the Palace Master and the Great Elder! As for the Palace Master... you will know when the time comes, it may not be what you think, haha!"

Xue Yi shook his head helplessly, "Okay. Speaking of which, it's a pity that you didn't make it into the top ten this time..."

“Haha, even if I hadn’t met you, and had run into those two perverts Li Chen and Lin Feng, the result would have been the same.” Yun Fei waved his hand nonchalantly, “I’m already very satisfied to be in the top 50.”

"By the way, you have passed the first three levels of the Nine-Layered Illusion Tower. Does that mean you have the chance to become a level 70 Soul Saint?" Xue Yi suddenly thought of something and looked at Yun Fei in surprise.

"Yeah, you should go and try it too! Don't make it into the top ten but fail to get through the Nine-Layer Illusion Tower. That would be really embarrassing!" Yun Fei joked with a smile.

"Tsk, you, a defeated general, can pass three levels, why can't I pass the first two levels?" Xue Yi pouted in dissatisfaction.

"You are the defeated one! If I hadn't shown mercy, could you have defeated me?" Yun Fei deliberately pretended to be a contemptuous person.

"Just brag! Hahaha..." Xue Yi was amused by Yun Fei and laughed out loud. The two of them started playing around with each other like they did when they were kids, punching and slapping each other.

"It's been three years. I haven't relaxed like this in a long time..." Yun Fei's face was filled with a long-lost bright smile.

The two of them laughed and played, as if they had returned to three years ago when they first entered the sect. At that time, they were carefree and full of expectations for the future, until Junior Sister Yanran appeared and broke the tranquility...

"It's getting late. I'm leaving first. My Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle still needs to recuperate." Yun Fei said as he was about to leave.

"Wait!" Xue Yi stopped Yun Fei and took out a small exquisite porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it to him. "The medicine in it is very useful for the external injuries of soul beasts. You can use it on your golden-winged thunder eagle. By the way, apologize to it for me."

Yun Fei did not refuse, took the porcelain bottle, turned around and left.