Chapter 11: Big Liar

"Has Brother already left…"

Heavenly Sword Sect, Senjian Peak.

The already lonely Immortal Cave became even more desolate and cold now that only one person remained.

The young girl sat in silence on a woven rattan chair, the candlelight beside her flickering and swaying, casting shifting shadows that left her face in constant dimness.

Without the sun, plants cannot grow.

Without wings, birds cannot fly high.

Without feet, humans cannot run.

For the young girl.

Xu Xi was such a vital person, irreplaceable, the one and only who could never be matched.

But alas, this "only one" had already distanced himself from her.

Just—

Why did it turn out like this?

Her own injuries were completely healed, and her brother's cultivation had broken through to the Golden Core Stage; these were clearly two very happy things, so why had it come to this today?

Drip, drop.

Her eyes were hollow, as if she had lost the ability to see the world. Tears welled up for a long time before finally rolling down uncontrollably.

At this moment, even breathing was painful.

Her throat burned and tightened violently.

Along with that surging despair, tears slid down both sides of the girl's cheeks, eventually gathering at her chin before swaying and falling to the ground with a crisp sound.

The tear shimmer shattered, just like the girl's emotional support, which would never exist again.

"I can't cry… I can't cry…"

She wanted to scream, to wail, to vent this despair, but the only person who could accept the girl, the only one who accepted Xu Moli, had left completely.

Mo Li actually knew very well.

Long ago, after that argument with Xu Xi.

She had a faint premonition in her heart that one day, Xu Xi would discard her, this 'burden', and vanish from her life entirely.

She was unwilling, she didn't want it.

To prevent that day from coming, Xu Moli did her best to learn, wanting to move her brother with her efforts and make him feel she wasn't a burden.

But.

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why.

Even though she had worked so hard.

She followed Xu Xi's teachings and learned everything she was supposed to learn.

Why did he still have to leave!?

Was there something she didn't do well enough? Was her personality not well-behaved enough? Did her presence make her brother unhappy?

"…"

Xu Moli closed her eyes and let the tears flow freely.

When her brother first disappeared, she still held onto a glimmer of hope, thinking he might have just stepped out briefly.

But after waiting for half a month, even the dullest person would understand that the man was not coming back.

Discarding her, the burden, and breaking free from the useless shackles.

He left freely.

Yes, wasn't this only natural? After all, everyone is free. What right did a burden like her have to demand that Xu Xi stay by her side forever?

This ridiculous, naive fantasy should have been shattered long ago, shouldn't it?

"Liar…"

"Big liar…"

"You clearly promised me you wouldn't leave."

The weeping girl cried even louder.

She tightly gripped a Storage Ring in her hand, which Xu Xi had left for her before departing.

It contained many items.

Such as a vast amount of Spirit Stones, top-tier formation Magical Artifacts, a mountain-high stockpile of Talismans, and numerous cultivation and healing Medicinal Pills.

But in Xu Moli's eyes, all of these were meaningless.

Filled with anger and sorrow, she threw the Storage Ring in her hand forcefully against the wall.

After a series of bouncing sounds, the Storage Ring rolled off to who knows where, abandoned by Xu Moli along with everything inside it.

Meaningless.

All of these are completely meaningless!

"I only want you, I only want you…" The girl covered her face and wailed, her knuckles turning white from the force.

But no matter how she grieved, no matter how sincere a wish she made.

The hero who, when everyone else chose to give up, resolutely chose to save her during her childhood while enduring the scorching sun and hunger.

The brother she regarded as her emotional support, whom she absolutely could not lose.

He would never come back.

Yes, never again.

No matter how she refused to admit it, no matter how much she feared facing reality, this fact would not change.

—Suffocation.

As if falling into the deep sea, submerged by endless despair, Xu Moli felt she had lost all her strength. Her brain was too dizzy to think, and in the end, she could only let herself keep sinking.

Perhaps, probably, it was because the sun in her heart had disappeared.

Constantly losing control in such a state.

Constantly weeping in such despair.

Who knows how much time passed, but the girl's crying gradually weakened. By the time she walked out of the Immortal Cave, her eyes had lost their former color, becoming colder than ever before.

She seemed to have made a decision.

She walked alone toward the Senjian Hall at the mountain peak.

Before long, news spread within the Heavenly Sword Sect that the famous True Disciple Xu Xi had gone missing, and his sister, Xu Moli, had become the second True Disciple of the Senjian Peak Master.

Some were puzzled, some were confused, and some were surprised.

Amidst the discussions throughout the sect, Xu Moli's performance was exceptionally brilliant.

Like a brilliant meteor streaking across the sky, she erupted with unparalleled talent, even surpassing her brother, advancing to become a Foundation Establishment Cultivator at an even faster speed.

She didn't stop for a moment; she kept moving forward.

As if to prove something.

Xu Moli's pace became increasingly aggressive.

Gradually, the stir Xu Moli caused in the Cultivation World grew larger. Whether it was venturing deep into Legacy sites or slaying powerful enemies above her rank, the Righteous Path saw her as an Immortal seed, while the Demonic Path hated her as a thorn in their side.

This commotion was so great that even in Mortal cities far from the Cultivation World, rumors about the girl began to appear.

"Sword Immortal."

"Favored by the Heavenly Dao."

"Reincarnation of an Immortal."

These were all praises for her.

In Blackstone City, when Xu Xi first heard these evaluations, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Especially the praise of being "Favored by the Heavenly Dao" made him want to laugh.

After that.

Xu Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

The worry he felt from being away from the girl for so long was relaxed and eased.

"That's great. It seems that even without me, Mo Li can live well in the Cultivation World. This way, I have nothing to worry about."

Feeling his increasingly sluggish and weak body.

Xu Xi smiled.

To be honest, his current state was very poor, even torturous, much worse than being in a wheelchair in reality.

Xu Xi had thought more than once about ending this Simulation early by committing suicide.

But every time that thought arose.

Mo Li's figure would appear in his mind.

He couldn't help but want to stay a little longer, to watch a little longer. After all, once the Simulation ended, the two of them, being in different times and spaces, would never have the chance to meet again.