Chapter 571: Bite the Bullet
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Open the door quickly. I really have something urgent to tell you. I think… your brother… may not be dead after all…" Yun Yang lowered his voice, but it sounded unprecedentedly firm.
He could sense Ji Lingxi"s hesitation and understood the reason instantly, thus he quickly explained himself. His words were earth-shattering.
What?
Ji Lingxi was stunned. Disbelief was her first thought, but she knew that Yun Yang would never joke about such a topic. She could not help the sudden joy that filled her. Without hesitation, she fled to the door and pulled it open. Ashen-faced, she asked in a quivering voice, "What did you say? What did you just say?"
Yun Yang stepped inside and shut the door immediately before replying, "It"s a long story with too many twists in it. I need to verify something with you before concluding this."
Ji Lingxi took a few steps back. Just as she was about to ask him some further questions, she was astonished to realize that she was only wearing her inner garments, too anxious to notice it when she opened the door. Blus.h.i.+ng, she grabbed a cape and covered herself up securely. She asked from her bedside, "Just tell me what you found out, and what you need to verify. I"ll give my full cooperation."
Her worry for her brother won over her embarra.s.sment. If her brother was actually fine, what damaged could a little embarra.s.sment do?
Yun Yang considered it for a bit before he asked in a low voice, "Lingxi, you and Ji Lingfeng, my eighth brother, are biological siblings. This is absolutely true, is it not?"
Ji Lingxi cried, "What do you mean by asking this question? Of course, both of us are biological siblings! How can this be falsified?"
Yun Yang flushed, feeling awkward, but he pushed through and continued his questioning, "This is the key question… What I mean is actually… where are your biological parents? Do you know their current whereabouts?"
"How could I? Ever since I was old enough to remember anything, my brother and I have been orphans…" Ji Lingxi answered, her gaze dimming with the unshed tears in her eyes.
Yun Yang froze and asked in surprise, "Then how are you certain that you both are biological siblings? This is very important, I must make certain of it!"
"What are you really trying to say? Of course, we"re true siblings! Why are you so doubtful about this? Are you sick? Why are you asking so many infuriating questions?" Ji Lingxi spat.
Yun Yang smiled, relaxing, and answered, "As long as you"re certain. Then, eighth brother must be fine. He is still alive and well!"
"Pardon?" Ji Lingxi grew increasingly confused and asked hesitantly, "Yun Yang, what"s wrong with you today? Why are you speaking incoherently? You"re not being rational at all. Do you know what you"re talking about? Why am I even more confused now than before?"
Yun Yang was jubilant. He spoke, beaming with delight, "You don"t know what magic has been placed on you. When the man in black attacked us, it was your guarding halo that helped us escape death. Since you have such a strong guarding halo on you, then your parents can"t be of common stock. Since they can protect you so well, similarly, your biological brother wouldn"t have been hurt without repercussions! That is why I say that my eighth brother mustn"t be dead yet!"
"He must still be alive!" Yun Yang grew increasingly excited as he thought about his theory.
"Magical? Guarding halo? Escape death?" Ji Lingxi frowned and looked at the man doubtfully. "Do elaborate. I"m still lost."
Yun Yang laughed and said, "That"s because you didn"t pay attention to my main point. I"m saying that you have a strong mysterious force hidden within you. No one can actually hurt you! The evil person who perished all of a sudden was due to your guarding halo that retaliated!"
"This is your main point? I still don"t get it even, if though you"ve repeated it twice. What red light, what guarding halo? I still don"t understand!" Ji Lingxi replied in a daze.
"It means… It means that no matter what danger you encounter, there"ll be a red light…" Yun Yang explained again in detail. "Therefore, eighth brother didn"t die!"
Ji Lingxi was even more bewildered.
"The more you talk, the more confused I get. What guarding red light? Since when do I have that? What does that have to do with my brother? What are you talking about?"
Yun Yang was stunned as well. "Don"t you know about it? Right, it looks like you are truly oblivious to this and with good reason."
"What light? How does it guard me?" Ji Lingxi checked herself doubtfully and murmured, "Where"s the light?"
Yun Yang could not help being anxious at all. It seemed that this would be difficult to prove… He suddenly recalled the episode when he had been flung away. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Let us try it on right here. I think… I can trigger it."
"How? How do you trigger it?" asked Ji Lingxi with shock.
"Why don"t you close your eyes first?" Yun Yang suddenly felt an awkwardness as he approached her.
"What? What did you say?" Ji Lingxi"s eyes widened due to her confusion.
What she saw was Yun Yang suddenly pouncing, and at the very next moment, he was hugging her securely. Feeling Yun Yang"s body heat, Ji Lingxi was disconcerted. She struggled angrily.
"You truly do have an ulterior motive tonight…"
Yun Yang explained, "I"m doing an experiment, I"m trying to trigger…"
As he spoke, his hands went towards Ji Lingxi"s chest. The girl cried out in surprise, feeling faint, and watched as Yun Yang"s groping hands grabbed her chest, rubbing them…
Then, he – he… he actually wanted to take off her clothes…
Ji Lingxi was completely thrown off guard. She could only struggle instinctively, "Yun Yang, don"t… do…. this…"
It was at this moment that the girl saw a ray of red light suddenly surge out from herself. Once it appeared, it spread out promptly.
"Ow!"
As Yun Yang cried in pain, he shot away like a cannonball and went cras.h.i.+ng through the wall. Flying like a broken kite, he broke the tree in the yard and flew together with the trunk until he was thrown into the opposite wall.
While this attack was not exactly unexpected, it was still sudden. Yun Yang could not react nor did he have the ability to do so. In the end, he was left sprawling on the wall and stuck there for a moment. He looked no different from a frog that had spread its limbs. Then, he slid down like a paste…
Yun Yang, who landed on the ground, spat blood. His gaze was unfocused as he mumbled, "It"s this one…"
"Yun Yang!" Ji Lingxi exclaimed and rushed out.
…
Yun Yang was lying on the bed while Ji Lingxi sat beside him with her head lowered.
The former wore a helpless smile and was still very weak. Obviously, his injury was not a light one. Despite the fact that it wasn"t fatal, it was still an internal injury and his internal organs were damaged. It was not an injury that one could recover from in a short period of time.
In spite of it, the torment was fruitful. The painful price confirmed the red light"s existence, especially allowing Ji Lingxi, the litigant, to know about the red guarding light about her, a truth that no one would believe when spoken about.
All things considered, it was a huge price to pay but it was well worth it!
Yun Yang could confirm that the red light on Ji Lingxi would appear in at least two situations. First, when it involved her innocence and second when it involved her life.
In order to show Ji Lingxi and even confirm the existence of the magical red light, Yun Yang could only act roguishly once.
"I really don"t get it… The risk of being a rogue is so high, but why are there still so many rogues in this world?"
Yun Yang was melancholic.
He dared to guarantee that if every lecherous rogue could encounter what he did every time they committed a crime… such a profession would never exist in this world! They would be extinct forever in short order!
Yun Yang rubbed his fingers that seemed to still have the soft touch lingering on them. He could not help bringing them up to his nose and smell them, murmuring, "This feeling is quite nice… I"ve never touched such things and it"s actually so exciting to touch it for once… When the chance comes, I"ll…"
"Yun Yang! You"re asking for death!" Ji Lingxi, who had just entered and heard Yun Yang"s murmur, was utterly embarra.s.sed. She had come to take care of the patient but due to the panic, she had subconsciously kicked him out…
"Ah…"
Yun Yang moaned and dropped to the ground, barely surviving the fall.
…
The matter had been proven.
It raised another issue within Yun Yang"s mind. Powerful as they were, how could they watch their own son hover on the brink of death? How could their son not have such a magical defense when their daughter did? Therefore, his eighth brother most probably had not died yet. There was at least an eighth of a chance that he was still alive!
Not only was his eighth brother alive, there was a high chance that his other brothers were safe and sound. This would also explain his fifth and eighth sister-in-law"s sudden disappearances that were so absurd. It was just reasonable, no matter how unbelievable their disappearances were, given the intervention of such a mighty force.
However, Ji Lingxi was even more perplexed.
"Who am I… who are my parents? What was that red light on me?"
Ji Lingxi was thrown into unprecedented turmoil. At the same time, there was a deep grudge that was slowly developing.
The truth was right before her eyes now. She was bestowed with an unparalleled magic. Her parents must be significantly powerful – "To have such an amazing cultivation base, you fellows must be absolutely unrivaled. Any strike could kill a masterly expert!"
"Why did you abandon your children then?"
"Why let us live under another man"s roof and grow up without someone to depend on?"
"I don"t believe that you couldn"t protect your children, being so powerful! I don"t believe that you can"t find us when you cast such a bond on us! I don"t believe that you have died!"
Ji Lingxi bit her lips; her expression was one of stubbornness.
The fact was blatant.
The restraint could be triggered by an external force and was a permanent existence. Then, the caster must still be alive! This was an undisputed fact! If the caster of Ji Lingxi had died, the magic would have vanished long ago. This was a theory that everyone knew and subscribed to.
Yet, if they were still alive and was so capable, what was the reason behind watching their children struggle in this world?
Ji Lingxi believed that her brother was not dead either. She was not overjoyed by the news, however, enveloped by an indescribable emotion.
Yun Yang understood such emotions, but he was helpless. Even with his eloquence, he had nowhere to start!