Chapter 482 A Dream

"elder brother……"

In a trance, Liu Xunyi came to the Xingyuan granary in the west of Luzhou City as if possessed by a ghost. This was the place where he and Liu Xunyu were separated, and it was also the sad place that Liu Xunyi buried deep in his heart.

"Brother, I'm hungry!"

Suddenly, a childish and weak voice sounded behind Liu Xunyi, causing his body to tremble. A thousand feelings instantly surged in his heart, and he turned back without thinking.

But at the corner of the street, next to the horse tie stone, three skinny and ragged children were huddled together shivering. They were the children of Liu Xunyi, Liu Xunyu and Qin Wei.

At this time, Liu Xunyu stared at his brother with his big watery eyes, looking pitifully at him, his hands covering his shriveled stomach. His miserable appearance of hunger and cold made Liu Xunyi feel heartbroken.

"Good girl, Yu'er, we'll have food soon." A disheveled boy hugged Liu Xunyu tightly, constantly comforting her, "Qin Wei and I will go grab some porridge later, you just sit here and wait for us to come back..."

"No!"

Liu Xunyi was horrified and quickly waved his hand to stop him: "You can't leave Yu'er here alone, absolutely not!"

However, the three children turned a deaf ear to Liu Xunyi's cries and remained unmoved. They continued to comfort and warm each other.

“Opened the position!”

Suddenly, a shout came from the Xingyuan granary, which instantly lifted Liu Xunyi's spirits. A strong sense of foreboding quickly spread throughout his body.

"Qin Wei, hurry!"

The boy urged, and at the same time pulled up another timid and thin boy, and they rushed into the army of hungry people and tried their best to squeeze towards the Xingyuan granary.

"No! You can't leave!"

Liu Xunyi was extremely anxious. He rushed to the two boys and opened his arms to stop them.

However, when the two boys faced Liu Xunyi who was standing in front of them, they passed through his body in an instant as if he was in an empty space, and disappeared in the crowd in the blink of an eye.

"How could this be?"

Liu Xunyi's face changed, and he looked at his body in astonishment, only to find that his body was gradually fading away at a speed visible to the naked eye until it disappeared.

"This……"

Liu Xunyi looked back at the two boys who were begging for porridge desperately without even turning their heads, feeling anxious and angry. He shouted at the top of his lungs, but he was unable to make them "change their minds."

"Yu'er!"

Suddenly, Liu Xunyi seemed to remember something and quickly turned around to look at the horse tie stone, but saw a man in black picked up the unsuspecting Liu Xunyu by the waist at lightning speed, and regardless of her struggles and pleas, he kept running towards the end of the street.

"Asshole! Put her down!"

Liu Xunyi was furious. He roared and flew after the man in black, while at the same time swinging a fierce palm wind straight at the man's back.

The strange thing is that no matter how Liu Xunyi used his lightness skills, he could not catch up with the man in black.

His fingertips were always half an inch away from the black-clad man's robe, and no matter how hard he tried, it was of no avail.

"No!"

Liu Xunyi was furious and roared to the sky. The more he tried to speed up, the slower he went. In the end, he could only watch the man in black holding Liu Xunyu hostage and walking further and further away.

"Brother, save me..."

Liu Xunyu was terrified, tears streaming down her face, and she waved her two little hands desperately at Liu Xunyi.

Seeing this, Liu Xunyi was furious, but no matter howling, crying, and yelling... the man in black was not moved at all, but ran faster and faster.

At this moment, Liu Xunyi had already used all his strength, but his feet were out of control and his movements became slower and slower. Then he accidentally fell to the ground, and no matter how hard he struggled, he could not stand up again.

"Yu'er! Yu'er! I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."

Looking at Liu Xunyu who was crying and walking away, Liu Xunyi, who was invisibly bound, gnashed his teeth in hatred, his eyes were red and filled with blood and tears, his fists pounded on the ground like raindrops, as if venting the guilt and anger in his heart.

"elder brother!"

Suddenly, the tender and weak voice became crisp and cold. Liu Xunyi was shocked and looked up quickly, only to see Yun Jianping standing in the distance with a resentful look on her face. One of her arms was tightly held by a man in black, and her feet kept moving backwards.

"Yu'er..."

In a trance, the invisible restraints on Liu Xunyi disappeared completely. He hurriedly stood up and rushed towards Yun Jianping.

"stop!"

Suddenly, Yun Jianping's face changed and his voice became even colder.

"Yu'er, I..."

"Brother, why did you abandon me? Why did you leave me alone? Why did you let me be kidnapped without saving me?"

After being asked three times by Yun Jianping, Liu Xunyi felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife, and the pain went deep into his bones. He shook his head repeatedly and said, "No! It's not like that...Brother has never abandoned you, never left you alone, and never thought of not saving you..."

At this point, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but shed tears, and his voice became more choked: "Yu'er, do you know? Ever since I lost you, I have been thinking about finding you day and night. I've been thinking about where you are and whether you are doing well. Yu'er, brother is wrong! It's brother's fault! Back then, I shouldn't... I shouldn't have left you alone, shouldn't have been so focused on grabbing porridge... I swear, I never thought in my dreams that for... for a mouthful of rice porridge, I actually lost my sister..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Xunyi suddenly waved his hand and slapped himself loudly, but compared to the pain in his heart, what were the fingerprints on his face?
“Yu’er, I swear to heaven that I will never let you suffer any injustice again! I will never let anyone bully you again!” Liu Xunyi wiped away his tears in a hurry, his expression solemn, and raised his hand to swear, “If I lose my sister again, let me be struck by lightning and die a miserable death…”

"Stop talking!" Yun Jianping looked anxious and subconsciously interrupted, "How can you swear a poisonous oath casually?"

Liu Xunyi clearly felt Yun Jianping's concern for her from her words, and suddenly felt warm in her heart. She hurriedly said, "Yu'er, come home with your brother, okay? We brothers and sisters will never be separated again in this life..."

"Home? Do we still have a home?" Yun Jianping's expression darkened and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Yes!" Liu Xunyi nodded repeatedly, "With me and you here, this is home!" Liu Xunyi was full of expectations, but Yun Jianping smiled bitterly and shook his head slowly and cruelly.

"Yu'er, I..."

Without waiting for Liu Xunyi to speak, the man in black suddenly grabbed Yun Jianping's arm and walked away step by step.

At this moment, Yun Jianping seemed helpless, and followed the steps of the man in black as he walked further and further away. She looked back reluctantly, and the sad look in her eyes when she looked at Liu Xunyi was exactly the same as when she was a child, full of pain and hesitation.

"Yu'er, don't go!"

Liu Xunyi wanted to raise his feet to chase after him, but suddenly found that his feet were firmly fixed in place and could not be moved at all.

"Who are you?"

Liu Xunyi was filled with grief and anger. He pointed at the man in black and shouted angrily, "Why did you take my sister away?"

But in the face of Liu Xunyi's questioning, the man in black turned a deaf ear and just dragged Yun Jianping and walked forward.

Liu Xunyi said angrily: "No matter who you are, I will never let you go! Even if I have to chase you to the ends of the earth, I will definitely rescue Yu'er!"

"Humph!"

With a cold snort full of contempt, the man in black suddenly turned around, and a golden mask appeared in front of Liu Xunyi.

"Yun Zhuiyue?"

Liu Xunyi's pupils shrank, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's you! What on earth do you want to do?"

Yun Zhuiyue looked at Liu Xunyi coldly with his cloudy eyes, but he never said a word.

Under Liu Xunyi's angry and repeated questioning, Yun Zhuiyue suddenly sneered, then paused, and dragged Yun Jianping, who was reluctant, into the sky, and quickly disappeared between heaven and earth.

"Yu'er!"

Liu Xunyi let out a long howl toward the sky, and the surroundings instantly turned extremely pale, like a ball of white mist and chaos.

"Brother Liu!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded from behind Liu Xunyi, causing his eyes to change. He turned around suddenly, only to see Qin Wei in official uniform standing behind him with a smile on his face.

At this moment, the white expanse all around has turned into the training ground of Tianji Pavilion, the place where he had studied hard and shed blood and sweat.

"Brother Qin?" Liu Xunyi's tears were still wet, and her voice was a little hoarse, "Why are you..."

"Brother Liu, the Marquis asked me to ask you, when will you be back to report?"

"I……"

For a moment, Liu Xunyi was in a state of confusion and bewilderment. He was completely bewildered and confused by everything that happened before his eyes.

"Help Luo Tianjin win the position of leader of the martial arts world, and you will be close to returning home." Qin Wei said with a smile.

"You...why are you here?"

As if touched by Liu Xunyi's strange reaction, the smile on Qin Wei's face gradually froze, and he asked suspiciously: "What's the matter? Have you been bewitched by the pleasures of the Jianghu, so that you don't want to leave and linger there?"

"I……"

"Brother Liu, do you still remember your true identity? Do you still remember your mission? Do you still remember why you entered the martial arts world? And why did you lurk beside Luo Tianjin?" Qin Wei's tone became a little stiff, questioning, "What Liu Sect Master, Liu Zhishan, Liu Flag Master... These are just illusions you use to cover up your identity. Did you really think you are a martial artist after hanging around in the martial arts world for a few days? Don't forget, your true identity is an official appointed by the court! You are the Junior Guardian of the Tianji Pavilion! You are a fifth-rank military officer who receives a salary from the court! At this moment, everything you say and do is fake. It's a complete scam!"

"I... I certainly won't forget my identity..."

Qin Wei's words were like a blow to the head, a thunderbolt, which made Liu Xunyi deafened and enlightened. His confused mind gradually became clearer.

"Just remember!" Qin Wei regained his usual smile and nodded, "I'll be waiting for you in Lin'an. Don't forget, you still owe me a drunken feast. Haha..."

Along with Qin Wei's elusive laughter, everything around Liu Xunyi became blurred again and gradually turned white, until it became extremely white, as if the scorching sun was shining directly on one's head, dazzling and eye-catching.

Liu Xunyi narrowed his eyes subconsciously. When he wanted to check his surroundings, there was a sudden flash of white light, and then it was plunged into darkness.

In the darkness, Liu Xunyi suddenly felt someone tapping his shoulder. He looked sideways and saw a faint yellow light gradually illuminating the darkness. Then, a blurry face slowly emerged from the dim light.

"Hei Zhishan, you finally woke up!"

Xu Heng's voice as loud as a bell rang in his ears, causing Liu Xunyi, who had just woken up from a dream, to frown and slowly open his eyes.

It turned out that what just happened was just a dream that was so exciting and so real.

"Cough cough..."

Liu Xunyi coughed twice, and felt a sharp pain in his chest, causing him to let out a soft cry subconsciously.

"Hei Zhishan, you have been unconscious for three hours. Do you feel better now?" Xu Heng's voice sounded again, "I know your injuries are serious and you should rest and recuperate. But the mansion master urged me to do so, so I had to..."

At this point, Xu Heng couldn't help but look ashamed. He knelt down on the ground with a plop and apologized, "Hei Zhishan, I was wrong today. I didn't know right from wrong and misunderstood you. I really deserve death. Thank you, Master, for teaching me a lesson. Xu Heng knows his mistake."

"It's okay." Liu Xunyi shook his dizzy head gently and said weakly, "Why am I here?"

"At noon, you were knocked unconscious by Tang Afu, and it was Young Master Qin who saved you." Xu Heng said, "In the afternoon, the Palace Master had a fierce battle with Jin Fuyu and was seriously injured..."

"What?" Liu Xunyi's eyes changed and he asked hurriedly, "The mansion master is injured? What happened?"

"I'm not sure either, but Mr. Xie has repeatedly told me to wake you up tonight. He also told me that after you wake up, you must go see the Palace Master immediately."

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(End of this chapter)