Without this jade pendant, without those words back then, given his extreme temperament, his cold, withdrawn nature, and his habit of killing whenever he struck... he probably really would have taken another extreme path.
But now, things were different.
The jade pendant rested warmly against his chest.
Reminding me that I have people to protect and cherish.
The entire sports field had long since emptied.
Only Yu Moyan remained, sitting quietly amid a patch of weeds in the farthest corner, his arms wrapped around his knees. His eyes stared fixedly at the weeds swaying before him, his gaze motionless.
After a long while, he softly began to sing.
"All these years, all alone, through the wind, through the rain... friends walk together for a lifetime, those days will never come again..."
His singing gradually grew softer, its lingering notes faint and distant, yet never quite fading away.
The red sun slowly sank in the west.
A murmur.
"I miss you all so much."
"I miss you all so much... how are you doing now?"
Somewhere in a mountain forest.
Qin Fangyang was drenched in blood, his body already covered in wounds and scars. He struggled to drag himself over to the Star Beast he had just slain, pressed his mouth against it, and began gulping down its fresh blood.
"To go to the Upper Capital, my strength isn't enough. Nowhere near enough!"
"At the very least, I need to reach God-Imperial!"
"Qianqian, you really dared to ask... sending me to the Upper Capital to protect those precious darlings of yours... but I'm only at Cloud Transformation..."
"But how could I bear to disappoint you?"
"The inner cores of Cloud Transformation Peak Star Beasts like this... if I kill seven more, I'll have enough Yuan Energy to reach God-Imperial... the