Chapter 83-Part 3

Lin Xiao expressed his regrets and thanks again to Huangfu Shan. After listening to Lin Xiao, Huangfu Shan suddenly said: “Originally, I stayed close to you in order to deal with Ling Luo.

Lin Xiao froze. What did she mean?

Huangfu Shan made a tiny smirk. “Do you know? I was a proud daughter of the Huangfu family. I had a high level of talent and I cultivated quickly. Then I fell in love with a man. But he wouldn’t look at me, he liked a Ling woman who was inferior to me in every way.”

That kind of melodramatic event was often seen in romances. Lin Xiao guessed that Huangfu Shan must have hated that other woman to death. And that woman was probably an elder of Ling Luo?

Huangfu Shan’s next words confirmed Lin Xiao’s thoughts.

“I’ve always been arrogant. How could I bear such a thing? I found the man, told him I like him, and he refused me…” A fleeting loneliness fell over Huangfu Shan’s face.

“He was the first man I had liked in my life. And now, I think he was my last. But back then, I had the urge to kill that Ling woman and take him anyways. I couldn’t though…The Ling family is also large and powerful. I couldn’t risk conflict between our families because of my impulses. So I ran away…Wandering all around the mainland. I thought I was strong enough to survive on my own. I didn’t expect that I’d fall into that ravine. Body destroyed and my spirit damaged, until you rescued me.”

Lin Xiao asked: “You weren’t happy there?” So many grasses had grown there.

“All those long years, when I couldn’t stand it, I did find some fun for myself.” Huangfu Shan went on: “You already know that the woman I hated was one of Ling Luo’s elders. When I saw you enter that illusion, I thought my chance for revenge had come. That woman had robbed me of my man. I had fallen and lost my body, and I still hated her so much. Ridiculous, isn’t it?”

Lin Xiao shook his head.

“Of course, you and Ling Luo were the only ones to come to that place in all those years. Because I was still limited, I had no way to kill Ling Luo, so I was in your body. But…I stayed with you a long time, and saw many landscapes. I slowly got over my pain…I was too attached to that man, and that woman was dead. Why should I involve her children and grandchildren?” A smile bloomed on Huangfu Shan’s face, surprising and dazzling.

“I had wanted to wait for the time to come, for you to send me back to the Huangfu family. I never expected what happened in the forest that day…”

Lin Xiao couldn’t help being a little confused. He hadn’t realized that Huangfu Shan had genuinely wanted to take revenge on Ling Luo. Even though, in the beginning, she had been malicious, later she had become completely indifferent.

So that had been her original intent.

But Lin Xiao could understand her.

A proud woman, from a great family who treasured her, sheltered from suffering any wrongs, unlike Lin Xiao. Then one day, her beloved is snatched away by someone else. Someone who isn’t an equal. How could Huangfu Shan not have been upset? Ultimately trapped in that ravine. With nothing else at hand to vent her anger upon but Ling Luo.

Until Huangfu Shan accepted the unpleasant facts.

Lin Xiao felt that Huangfu Shan’s situation was inexplicably similar to his, but that her luck was much better. At least she had had the Huangfu family to return to, where she would be protected and needn’t fight alone.

After bidding Huangfu Shan farewell, Lin Xiao took Ling Luo’s parents back to the Ling family home.

Back with the huge Ling family, surrounded by familiar faces, Ling Luo’s parents were understandably besides themselves.

Ling Luo’s parents had returned, and it was impossible for people not to notice.

Soon after, Lin Xiao returned to Ling Luo’s house. Murong Xue, Yu Weiwei, Huangfu Ling, and other sisters gathered around him.

“Lin Xiao! Have you seen Ling Luo recently?” Murong Xue was the first to ask, while the other women impatiently stared at Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao lowered his eyes, saying: “He is in a secret place.”

“When will he come back?”

“I don’t know,” was all Lin Xiao could reply.

The horde of women despaired. Huangfu Ling frowned and demanded: “Tell me where the realm is. I’ll go find him.”

Lin Xiao sighed reluctantly. “I can’t find the realm myself.”

Eventually, the women stopped badgering Lin Xiao and dispersed.

Watching their beautiful backs walking away, Lin Xiao felt conflicted. Ling Luo said he liked Lin Xiao. So what about all these ladies? In the old plot, they were all in Ling Luo’s harem.

Lin Xiao shook himself and stopped ruminating about such things.

He had gone to see Lin Yue. He had sent Ling Luo’s parents back to their family. Now it was time to go look for Ling Luo.

Without hesitation, Lin Xiao started walking towards the secret realm.

When Lin Xiao told the women he didn’t know where the realm was, it had been half-truth and half-falsehood. He might not have known exactly where the realm lay, but he clearly remembered the direction.

Lin Xiao believed in his heart. Ling Luo was absolutely not dead!