Jingliu shook her head. She had long since stopped hating Ying Xing and Dan Feng.
"There were five people, and three had to pay the price: you, me, and..."
Blade raised the Shard Sword and pointed it at Dan Heng beside him. "This guy. The three of us are all paying the price. None of us can escape it. This is our sin."
"No, this isn't our sin."
Jingliu had long since come to terms with it, so she understood perfectly well who the true culprit was. "Ying Xing, the one who harmed Bai Heng and destroyed the Cloudy Five back then wasn't you, wasn't me, and certainly wasn't Dan Feng. It was this chaotic era that harmed Bai Heng and destroyed the Cloudy Five..."
If not for this turbulent age, the Cloudy Five should have continued drinking and laughing together, becoming friends who could talk about anything, rather than suddenly falling apart until friends were no longer friends.
And the true culprit behind this turbulent age was naturally the Ancestor of Plague and Pestilence, who ceaselessly created Abundance Pests.
Now, Jingliu had found a way to kill the Ancestor of Plague and Pestilence. As long as she successfully severed immortality, everything would come to an end. Ying Xing could be freed, and Dan Heng could step out of the past called Dan Feng and embrace a new life.
"This journey to Amphoreus has allowed the Cloudy Five to gather once more and contribute our final strength to slaying the Ancestor of Plague and Pestilence. That is, in the end, a blessing. If Bai Heng knows in the next world, she should smile as well."
Jingliu's voice was soft. On closer listening, it even carried a trace of gentleness.
"Heh. The Cloudy Five reunites to commemorate departed old friends with