allonlinenovel Chapter 114 The Meaning of Guarding
Chapter 114 The Meaning of Guarding
the other side.
On March 7th, she rested her chin on her hands, staring adoringly at the figure playing around with Bai Heng on the sky.
"Lu Li, you used to be so handsome!"
"She's good at fighting and charming, she's totally my ideal type!"
Lu Li rolled her eyes, too lazy to pay attention to her.
handsome?
What's the use of being handsome?
Can it be eaten as a meal?
Can you ask the system to stop broadcasting?
No matter how handsome you are, in the end you'll still be dragged out by the system and publicly executed.
He just wants this Mirror Stream arc to end quickly so that Kafka can leave as soon as possible.
He really didn't want to incur any more emotional debts.
After all, Kafka alone is enough to give him a hard time.
Thinking of Kafka, Lu Li glanced at her subconsciously.
She was staring motionless at the sky, her wine-red eyes revealing... well, something that sent chills down your spine.
Lu Li's heart skipped a beat.
Oh no, what is this woman thinking about now?
That look sent chills down his spine.
It's like being targeted by some apex predator.
"Sister Himeko," Lu Li swallowed hard, quickly looked away, and whispered to Himeko, "Can I go back to my room?"
Himeko glanced at him, then at Kaffa behind him.
He shook his head decisively.
"no."
"Why?" Lu Li felt like she was about to cry.
"Because," Himeko lowered her voice and leaned close to his ear, "there are things about Luofu that we need to ask her about, and it's easier to ask her with you here."
"The most crucial thing is..."
"What's the most crucial thing?"
Himeko smiled slightly: "I'm afraid that if you leave, she'll dismantle my train."
Lu Li: "..."
Aren't you afraid she'll tear me apart later?
Good grief, you're using me as a pawn too.
...Oh well, I'm used to it.
Lu Li sighed inwardly.
And as part of the train.
Himeko's reasoning was so compelling that he couldn't refute it.
Lu Li could only resign herself to sitting back on the sofa and continue to accept this open and ruthless treatment.
It can be described as "inhumane" mental torture.
The images on the celestial screen continued to rotate.
The next day arrived.
Before dawn, Jingliu arrived at the place he had agreed to meet with Luli.
She had thought that Lu Li would take her to some unparalleled secret realm, or teach her some earth-shattering sword technique.
result……
Lu Li led her to the busiest market in Luofu.
"Is this the teaching you're talking about?" Jingliu frowned slightly as he looked at the bustling crowd around him.
The place was bustling with people and full of lively atmosphere.
It could be said that this was completely out of step with her aloof and cold sword spirit.
"That's right." Lu Li held a string of candied hawthorns he had just bought, eating them with relish. "First lesson: Experience life."
"By the way, would you like one? It's quite appetizing."
Mirror Flow: "..."
She felt like she had been tricked.
Jingliu sighed inwardly.
It seems that spending so much time with Lu Li has made me a little impatient without me even realizing it.
Forget it.
Let's go back to practicing swordsmanship...
"I'm going back."
Just as Jingliu turned around, a voice came.
"Kyōryū, do you know him?"
Lu Li did not stop Jing Liu from leaving, but simply looked at the bustling street and said calmly.
"A sword is not the moon hanging in the sky; it grows from the soil."
"Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, daily necessities, everything that should exist in a person's life... Mirror Flow."
Lu Li slowly turned his head to look at Jing Liu's back.
"Your sword doesn't even know what a 'human' is, or what it should protect."
"How can you... slay a demon?"
Jingliu stopped.
What should I... protect...?
Jingliu tilted his head slightly and looked around.
Vibrant smiling faces, figures bustling about for a living...
she knows.
Whether in the past or now.
I felt completely out of place in this scene.
But it's clearly the same as before.
But for some reason... Jingliu felt a strange feeling for the first time.
Seeing Jing Liu's silent expression, Lu Li smiled slightly.
"Anyway, you won't have anything else to do when you get back except practice your swordsmanship."
"Come shopping with me, and I'll pretend you were... tricked."
Watching Lu Li leisurely walk forward with a candied hawthorn in his hand.
After hesitating for a moment, Jingliu decided to follow.
In the following days, Lu Li did not teach Jing Liu any moves.
He simply took her to explore every street and alley of Luofu.
Take her to listen to storytelling, watch plays, and sample all sorts of snacks.
Take her to see the sunrise and sunset, the ever-changing clouds.
Jingliu went from initial resistance to later silence.
And finally... she began to try to observe and feel.
She saw it.
Vendors who would argue fiercely over a few coins would rush over to help a child up the moment they saw the child fall.
She saw it.
The usually imposing Cloud Cavalry soldiers would also go shopping with their wives and children during their days off, their faces adorned with gentle smiles.
She saw it.
The old, short-lived creature, as its life draws to a close, shows no fear in its eyes, only reluctance and longing for its family.
These were things she had never paid attention to before.
For some reason, she suddenly remembered what Lu Li had said on the day she met him.
The immortals on the celestial boat will live to be a thousand years old.
Each day of living is like carrying a mountain on your back, wandering through a maze.
...She couldn't refute it.
For thousands of years, her world has consisted only of swords.
Now, after a thousand long years, we must resist the erosion of demonic forces every day.
Is there anything else in her world besides the ruthless sword?
Or perhaps... does she need anything else?
...Mirror flow is unclear, and I don't know.
Although she didn't know if Lu Li could give it to her, she was determined to find the answer.
She could only follow behind Lu Li, traversing the streets and alleys of the Immortal Ship in his footsteps.
Until this day.
The two passed a street corner and saw a stall selling sugar figurines.
A little girl with pigtails was staring longingly at the sugar figurine in the stall owner's hand, her mouth watering.
But her mother was short of money and had no choice but to take her away.
The little girl kept turning back to look at herself, her eyes filled with tears.
Seeing this scene, Jingliu walked over as if possessed.
She took a piece of silver from her pocket and handed it to the stall owner.
"That one, give it to me."
Amidst the surprised gazes of the stall owner and the little girl, she walked up to the little girl with the sugar figurine.
She handed over the sugar figurine, just like Lu Li had done.
The little girl paused for a moment, then burst into laughter through her tears and happily accepted the sugar figurine.
"Thank you, fairy sister!"
Looking at the little girl's bright smile.
Jingliu's heart felt as if it had been gently touched.
She suddenly understood.
Is this what Lu Li wanted to tell her?
So this is what "love" is?
Yingxing, Baiheng, Danfeng...
Is the meaning of their fighting and protecting just to see such smiles?
But the same smile, the same gratitude...
Throughout the millennia, she witnessed countless times how she slayed those abundant evil creatures and saved the local people.
But I've never had this feeling before.
It was because Lu Li had taken her to experience life in the countryside these past few days, and she had gained some insights from it.
Or……
Jing Liu turned around and looked at Lu Li, who was leaning against the wall not far away, looking at her with a smile.
...Is it because he's there?
that moment.
Since the destruction of his hometown, the immortal ship "Cangcheng".
The sword heart that had been frozen for hundreds of years by the Mirror Flow seemed to... have a crack.