Jiujiu felt that this beautiful older sister was truly—free and easy. She envied her so much. One day, she wanted to be like that too, coming and going like the wind, her whereabouts a mystery!
Wei Lanshan said to Long Xingxue's retreating back, "I, Wei Lanshan, will remember this favor from Snow Dragon." After Long Xingxue turned away, Wei Lanshan made this promise in the direction she had left.
Wei Lanshan knew that Long Xingxue had chosen to go easy on her. She did not know why she had made that decision, but Wei Lanshan would certainly remember this favor.
Hearing her words, Long Xingxue's lips curved slightly upward. Just as Master had described—her restrained yet contradictory senior sister.
Though she did not know she even had a junior sister like her.
Long Xingxue had identified Wei Lanshan's lineage from her Martial Skill. Only five people in the entire Alliance knew this Martial Skill, yet Wei Lanshan had used it with ease, and its destructive power was three times what Long Xingxue herself could achieve.
Back then, Master had told her and her junior brother that they had another senior sister on Gaia Star in the Alliance. That senior sister possessed extraordinary talent in Martial Skills and could comprehend realms even Master had never reached. Her talent was exceptional.
She and her junior brother had long wanted to see her for themselves. She had never expected to encounter her under such circumstances, much less that their senior sister was the Alliance Chief of biology. It truly astonished her.
That exchange had thoroughly satisfied Long Xingxue, and she finally accepted what Master had said. In terms of understanding Martial Skills, she truly could not compare to Wei Lanshan.
Nor could she compare to her senior sister's fortune. The child who had stood nearby watching was already sheltered beneath her senior sister's wings. Her eyes were clear, her will resolute, and her talent was the finest Long Xingxue had ever seen.
Jiujiu walked over to Wei Lanshan and helped her apply medical patches over the skin cut open by Mental Power. The superficial wounds would heal in about ten minutes.
Wei Lanshan asked, "Jiujiu, did you understand that fight just now? Did you remember the techniques, the timing, and the directions of the moves?"
"Aunt Lan, I've already memorized them. I've also rehearsed them in my mind many times."
Jiujiu knew that Wei Lanshan had been teaching her through both words and example. She wanted her to see more directly how Martial Skills were used, how to find an opponent's weakness, and then defeat them in a single move.
She had watched with complete absorption. Wei Lanshan's agile, graceful figure, her fearlessness in danger while still leaving room to spare—Jiujiu wanted to reach that level!
Wei Lanshan knew Jiujiu understood at the slightest prompt. "We'll encounter life-or-death battles like this all along the way. Are you afraid, Jiujiu?"
Jiujiu fell silent for a moment, then raised her head and looked firmly at Wei Lanshan, shaking her head. "Aunt Lan, Jiujiu isn't afraid. To survive, even if I have to endure every hardship and danger in this world, it'll be worth it."
This world was so beautiful. She wanted to travel everywhere and live to see the magnificent sights deep within the seas of stars. Only then would this extraordinary chance she had been given not be wasted.
Wei Lanshan smiled with gratification.
Given time, this little girl would surely grow into a towering tree, able to shield others from wind and rain.
"Good. The two of us will overcome every one of these hardships together." Wei Lanshan gently stroked her soft hair and made her promise.
On their way to board the Star Shuttle bound for the Anweier Star System, Wei Lanshan and Jiujiu encountered no further danger.
After Wei Lanshan and Jiujiu left, Long Xingxue revealed herself. She opened her terminal, brought up a light screen, and called her junior brother Ming Weiman. "Aman, guess who I ran into?"
It was still the middle of the night in Ming Weiman's star system. Wrapped in his blanket, he groused irritably, "Long Xuexing, can you stop making video calls in the middle of the night? What if I'm having a good time with my girlfriends? You'll scare me limp."
Long Xingxue looked at him with exasperated fury. "Ming Weiman, if you keep sleeping around, I'll go to Bright Illumination right now, drag you back to Shangyue Star to guard the tombs, and inject you with Blocker. For the rest of your life, don't even think about touching another woman! I mean it!"
Ming Weiman knew Long Xingxue always meant what she said. Hearing how furious she was, he knew she might truly go through with it.
He hurriedly put on a fawning smile. "Senior Sister, my beautiful, generous, peerlessly noble Senior Sister Xingxue, your junior brother spoke without thinking. Please be magnanimous and forgive this little one just once, all right?"
Ming Weiman knew when to bend and when to stand tall. Well done!
Long Xingxue's lovely face actually twisted slightly on the call. She could not understand why this person was Long Xingxue's junior brother!
"Ming Weiman, watch yourself. Walk too many dark roads, and sooner or later you'll run into someone you can't handle and capsize."
They had already passed the age when the Central Brain would forcibly assign them partners. Ming Weiman was wealthy and always had ways to meet all kinds of women, so his private life was far from clean. That was Long Xingxue's biggest grievance with him.
The anger in Long Xingxue's heart had yet to dissipate. She decided she would find time to properly teach her junior brother a lesson, or he would truly disgrace their ancestors.
"I understand, I definitely understand! Besides, I was only sleeping just now. There really wasn't anyone beside me—I just spoke carelessly! Senior Sister, forgive your little brother. I don't want to go back to Shangyue Star!"
He would not go back even if it killed him. Guarding tombs was terrifying. He had not had nearly enough fun yet; how could he return and start living out his old age early?
Long Xingxue replied expressionlessly, "We'll discuss it later."
Fuck. Hearing that, Ming Weiman, who considered himself rather familiar with her, screamed inwardly. Long Xingxue was serious!
He decided to flee for his life immediately.
"Don't even think about running. Don't forget what I do." Long Xingxue's next words brought wide-faced tears streaming down Ming Weiman's cheeks.
Ming Weiman deflated. He climbed out of bed and sat properly, intending to have a sincere and affectionate conversation with his senior sister.
"Senior Sister, if you have orders, please give them. Your junior brother will certainly do everything in his power." Ming Weiman's tone finally became somewhat serious.
"I met the senior sister Master told us about. She's formidable. I fought her for more than an hour and couldn't take her down."
"Oh, and then? Where is Senior Sister? How did you end up fighting her? Was she the target of this mission?" Ming Weiman became excited. Who—who dared lay a hand on someone from Shangyue Star?
"The Tang Family of Jinghui Star." She had uncovered it afterward through the clues. The mission had initially been posted anonymously, but she had been curious and used some methods to trace the client behind it.
Ming Weiman took note of it. The people of Shangyue Star were extremely protective of their own. Anyone bold enough to issue a pursuit order and hunt one of theirs down had to be taught a lesson.
"Where is Senior Sister?"
"She and her companion are heading in your direction. Have your people clear a path for them. Remember, Senior Sister has brought along a junior niece—the heir to our lineage." Once Long Xingxue finished giving her instructions, she ended the call.
That junior brother of hers truly infuriated her. She had restrained her temper while saying all that just now. If she kept holding it in, she would lose control of her primordial power.
Silently, Long Xingxue sent Ming Weiman the basic data on Wei Lanshan and Jiujiu, then added, "If you can't even protect your own people, remember to have your lovers arrange your funeral in advance."
Long Xingxue's video call had frightened Ming Weiman so badly that he could no longer sleep. Reluctantly, he got out of bed, sat at his desk, and looked through the files she had sent.
The more he read, the more speechless he became. He had never expected two mountains to be pressing down above him, leaving him no chance to ever rise!
One senior sister was the head of a mercenary corps, while the other was actually an Alliance Chief.
An Alliance Chief! The entire Jingsu Alliance probably had fewer than five hundred thousand of them! One star system in the Jingsu Alliance had a population exceeding several billion, and there were so many star systems. Was there any hope left for Ming Weiman?
Master, when you took disciples, why couldn't you have accepted someone gentler? He had never met Wei Lanshan, but Long Xingxue was a walking violence machine. Ming Weiman shed waterfall tears!
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