Under the sky, the ground was silent and the village had already been buried in darkness.
In the house, the bright light pierced into the window. The light spots on the ground changed positions.
In the quiet darkness, there was someone having a sleepless night, so as to a slight sigh.
Zhang Yunyan had not fallen into sleep and was immersed in troubled thoughts...
She also had a concern person, who was Iron Egg.
Although the kid had escaped from the Black Tiger Cave, there were full of dangers. It was similar for him to face Black Killer and even much worse. The monsters that would hurt him would be more.
She was very sad and anxious. The first prince had made a mistake although he had a good intention. He might cause the death of the kid. If Iron Egg stayed in Black Tiger Cave, he might be saved and would not have such a miserable result although it was also dangerous.
However, it was impossible to have such a result. It had been completely negated by the cruel reality.
Zhang Yunyan felt worried and had a bad feeling when thinking of the kid.
Iron Egg was too young. Wandering in the wild forest was really a horrible thing. Would he encounter monsters and ghosts? Would he be hurt by the beasts?
In that deserted forest, even if the young kid did not get hurt, he had no ability to escape. He could not walk out of the endless mountains and forests, and eventually would die because of hunger and thirst.
In fact, Yunyan had long known that the poor Iron Egg had pa.s.sed away, but she dared not think so.
It seemed that Zhang Yunyan had seen the tender face with tear and look of fear. She sighed again and again. She tore down. "Such a good kid. How could he get such a miserable result? It was too miserable and heartbreaking."
She was very self-blaming and guilty, hating herself for not protecting the kid. Needleless to say, she had some relationship to the death of Iron Egg and could not escape from the responsibility.
Yunyan secretly lamented. She did not have enough ability. Otherwise, Black Killer could not reach his goal. She had already killed the harmful monster.
In the end, she still had a bad fate. She had no chance to worship a high-ranking master to cultivate profound esoteric exercises. She had no ability to compete with the monsters like Black Bear Demon.
Zhang Yunyan felt painful in her mind and was sad for her incompetence, so as to the misfortune of Iron Egg.
It was her fate and she had no good luck to worship a good teacher. Perhaps, she could only spend her whole life in a faint way.
Yunyan naturally remembered Xiao Tianlong and Samuume. She felt sad. It was not easy for her to meet two high-level experts and they became good friends. However, their reunion was too short and then, it was the farewell. She had no fate with them.
She really wanted to worship Xiao Tianlong and Samuume, but was blocked by the interval of thousands of years. It was just a dream.
Worshiping a master was her dream since she was young. She had been praying for it for more than a decade and did not know if she could achieve this goal as she thought.
Although Zhang Yunyan did not have a chance to worship a high-level master, she would not give up the wish to pursue high-level martial arts. Once she had an opportunity, she would strive for it.
She was eager to improve her own skills and cultivate magical practices. Then, she could have the ability to fulfill the vows of her lifetime and would fight for her grand ambitions. She also hoped to relieve some suffering for the people.
Could she have this kind of opportunity? Would Yunyan meet another high-level expert?
She did not know and no one would know. Only the time would give her the answer.
Zhang Yunyan did not find Iron Egg or Black Killer. Where did the monster go?
In fact, Black Killer did not come back that night. He must stay with Saitaisui all the time.
Black Bear Demon came to his big brother"s cave and saw his second brother Fire Dragon and the third brother Bailin Fairy who had both lost their souls. He felt sad and was drunk. Then, he had to stay.
Thanks to Black Killer not coming back to Black Tiger Mountain, otherwise, he must look for Iron Egg around and he would not escape from the monster. At that night, he must be killed by the monster.
In addition, the first prince felt dangerous and looked for Iron Egg everywhere. She might encounter Black Killer and it was hard to tell whether he was still alive.
The next day, Black Killer and Saitaisui were having a meal while discussing. They were worried about the two brothers who had lost their souls.
The two thought for a while. No matter how to put it, they did not have a way to get the soul-absorbing vase or have an ability to return the souls to Fire Dragon and Bailin Fairy.
Saitaisui and Black Killer had no ability to recover the two brothers" souls. They looked depressed and sighed.
They could only wait and did not know when they could solve this problem or what kind of result it would be.
Just then, Fire Dragon and Bailin Fairy came two them.
Both of them looked sly and smiled. This kind of expression had never shown on their faces for the past three more years. It seemed that they were different persons.
After talking, Saitaisui and Black Killer were totally surprised by their behaviors. They believed that both the two brothers" souls had returned to their flesh and to their previous state.
They were very puzzled. For more than three years, the two brothers had been stunned and did not have consciousness. They had no emotions, so why did they suddenly change? How could they come back on their own without souls?
Fire Dragon and Bailin Fairy were deeply surprised and scared when hearing their brothers" words. They had no idea what had happened next and did not know they had lost their souls for more than three years.
The lost souls finally came back to their bodies. Fire Dragon and Bailin Fairy had calmed down.
Saitaisui and Black Killer were very puzzled. The souls of the two brothers could not escape the soul-absorbing vase. Was there anyone who opened the vase by accident? No one dared to enter the Tongtian Precious Carriage. Who had such an ability to resist the attack of the vase?
Perhaps, it was an expert intruding the Tongtian Hole and breaking the vase, releasing their souls.
The four monsters did not understand what had happened but felt that things went wrong. There must be something wrong in Black Tiger Cave.
They immediately set off and flew to Black Tiger Mountain by the wind to check the situation.
It was too late when Saitaisui and his brothers arrived in Black Tiger Mountain. All the "materials" of the refining elixirs had no trace to be found. The demon methods that sealed the Tongtian Hole had been broken. Tongtian Precious Carriage and the soul-absorbing vase also disappeared. There was no green light in the small hole which imprisoned Xiao Tianlong, neither the spiritual charm.
The four monsters were very suspicious and knew that there must be an expert to break the hole and save the people. He must release all the captured elves and stole two rare treasures.
Besides, he even took away the spiritual charm. How could they explain to Huntian Sage?
The spiritual charm was a treasure of Huntian Sage. They did not know whether their old friend would outrage when knowing that this treasure had lost. Would their friendship end because of this?
The four brothers were very angry and started to search around at once. However, they could only give up because they found n.o.body there. In any case, Fire Dragon and Bailin Fairy"s souls had returned to their bodies, which was a comfort to the four brothers.
Was Black Killer still going to capture some "materials" of refining elixirs?
He did not know. He was always a whining but fruitless monster. Refining elixirs was just a b.l.o.o.d.y tragedy that he dreamed about. It was impossible.
Black Killer wanted to take a shortcut on the road of cultivation. He believed that all the exercises and elixirs were refined by high-ranking experts, so why could not he create a unique one?
Thereby, he pondered over days and nights and found a "shortcut" to enhance his cultivation. Black Bear Demon wanted to absorb the high-ranking experts" cultivation and mastered their skills.
Black Killer was eager to succeed and reached the incomparable cultivation, becoming the body of the G.o.d that everyone longed for.
However, delusions were delusional and unfounded. It was destined to be in vain in the end.
Zhang Yunyan thought of Wind-blown Monster and Turtle Demon and hoped that they would have a good destination and no longer suffered from difficulties. She prayed Wind-blown Monster and Turtle Demon could kill the group of monsters of Black Killer and eliminated those bad monsters for people.
Yunyan was envious of the elves, like Wind-blown Monster, so as to those heroes, like Cloud-reaching Crane Bai Yunfei and Cloud-reaching Dragon Zhang Lianhu. She hoped to have magical skills like them.
She thought of the famous heroine Yue Xiaomei and sighed. She heard that Yue Xiaomei was a young woman with extraordinary martial arts, whom she could not match with.
Yunyan admired Xiao Tianlong and Samuume even more. When could she master the skills like them?
She would be satisfied even if she only mastered a little.
Zhang Yunyan thought of her incompetence and had endless sadness. She wanted to worship Xiao Tianlong, but she could not reach her goals.
She secretly sighed. When could she meet another expert like Xiao Tianlong and Samuume? Cultivating extraordinary martial arts was her dream since she was young. Whether could she achieve this in her lifetime?
She fell asleep deeply in her troubled thoughts...
When she woke up, the day was already light.
Zhang Yunyan hurriedly got up and cleaned herself. She had a meal in the restaurant in this village. Then, she rushed to the Mason Yan in Shuanghe County.
She was eager to kill her enemy, Yan Xiaopeng, to revenge for her dead parents. She stepped on the road of revenge again.
The sky was clear while the clouds were scattering. The air was fresh. There were some busy figures in the fields. c.o.c.ks called and dogs barked, mixing with the laughter of kids and covering the fields.
Looking at those lively kids, Zhang Yunyan thought of Iron Egg. She shook her head and felt painful. Her eyes got wet.
She did not save Iron Egg out and felt deeply guilty. It was another pain in her mind.
Yunyan had been blaming herself and thought that she had a fault on the death of Iron Egg. If she was capable, Black Killer would not capture them. If she did not go to the alienated world thousands of years ago. Perhaps, she still had a chance to take Iron Egg away.
Needleless to say, even if she could not save the kid, she had tried her best and would die without regret.
Thinking of the death of Iron Egg, Yunyan could not help thinking of the first prince of Tianyue Country. If the first prince did not release the kid out of Black Tiger Cave, there would not be such a painful result.
Since it was so, she had no way to restore the situation. She could not blame the first prince. After all, he made this unexpected mistake by no means. n.o.body could expect this result.
Now, everything was over. It was too late to talk about it. She could only feel guilty and blame herself.
Zhang Yunyan had experienced the blow again and again. She was even more eager to worship an expert and mastered some magical skills. Then, she could fight against those harmful spirits and monsters, eliminating the injustice in the world.
Since she was young, she had always been worshiping an expert and learning the high-level skills, which was her aspirational dream. She hoped that one day she could show her heroic figure in Jianghu, helping the weak and punishing the evil. She could lay down her own reputation.
On the first time Yunyan went back home for avenge, she met Black Killer and the white evil dragon. She had done nothing and nearly died here with great wounds inner and outer.
Now, she embarked on the road of revenge once again and hoped to slaughter Yan Xiaopeng successfully to complete the vow of revenge for her parents.
Zhang Yunyan did not know and no one could know. She hoped that she could reach what she thought.