章節 99: Return

The bright flash of light condensed into a thick barrier and covered the spider humanoid.

Seeing the staff struck to the ground, the duo realized the owner of it. When they raised their head to look above their eyes widened seeing their beautiful sister floating in the air.

This time they feel sorry for her rather than feeling energetic because her jet black hair slowly started to fade and becomes lighter and lighter.

Both her brothers can only sigh inwardly because they know how adamant their sister is. But the less expected the spider humanoid they chased for a whole day and a night was their brother possessed by the spider.

Even though they had no reason to believe it, inside the ball of light flashing around the spider humanoid the young man with a skeletal appearance turned back to normal gradually.

After a few minutes of adoring the beauty of the spider humanoid turning into a human, the twins looked at their sister who is experiencing an immense pain in her body.

Seeing her stumbling on the ground Kuo Jianrushed to her and helped her stand but Doaren walked towards the completely naked body of his brother lying on the ground.

Carrying him in his hands after covering him with his outer garments, Doaren walked to his sister and asked her to stand.

"Sister, stand"

"What are you doing?" she asked in confusion.

"Don't you want to see his face after so many years?"

"Yes, I do but..."

"No but's. See him if you want to..." frustrated, he mocked the young woman. Without a signal, his back grow a pair of wings and he rose in the air without a slight trace of hesitation.

"Sorry! but..." she tried to explain.

"It's ok, he will be ok, now let's go" Kuo Jian somehow consoled her and they went back to the academy.

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Lin Cian slightly opened his eyes and swept the whole place he was. He found himself lying on a bed in an extremely large room with a king-size bed. The room had many decorations and details.

When he tried to move his body didn't respond almost making him scared. After a minute or so he forced his body to move; he felt he was beaten to a pulp.

He could see his body was almost healed but when he tried to stand, he stumbled on the bed. His legs felt unmovable, more likely restricted by some strange force.

When he was forced to stand again a sharp pain hit his legs and he stumbled to the ground with a loud scream. A figure rushed in as he heard the loud scream.

It was Doaren, he ran towards him and helped him get up and sit on the bed again.

"You should be resting on the bed for a few days until you recover fully," he informed.

"I can walk. I want to walk, where is this place?" Lin Cian argued.

"No, you can't! this is Stargazing academy, it doesn't work on your will" he shut his mouth.

"What day is it? Why are you angry?" Lin Cian confronted him seeing the immense anger flushing on his face.

"Angry! Could you say that I am angry? Do you know what have you done? You just made a fool out of me and ask am I angry?"

Seeing him being quiet Doaren added, "You fool! Do you know it's been three years now? Do you know how much I suffered? No,... you don't have to! But what about Tamayo? What about her? She spends days and nights researching to find and revive you. I dare to tell you despite my relationship with you. If you ever failed her I promise you I will make you pay for hundred... no... thousand folds."

Despite showering his anger, Doaren was mad at seeing him lifeless and quiet "speak you idiot?" he yelled at him.

Lin Cian sighed and replied "sorry". He didn't speak again, he heard his brother yelling at him like crazy. He even ignored hearing three years have passed.

"Sorry? Now you say sorry to me huh? You don't have to apologize. If you ever have a sense doing that, you should have never turned us into a living stone."

"Living stone?" Lin Cian was quite confused.

"How do you think you are alive now?" he asked after a snort.

Seeing the awkward silence Doaren opened his mouth, "Tamayo! she... sacrificed her cultivation"

"What?" Lin Cian was shocked to hear him. It wasn't easy to sacrifice cultivation because it was the next painful thing after digging out the core. His demeanor was frozen, he didn't utter a single word. He tried to imagine her in pain and closed his eyes.

"Seeing you alive she was excited but I don't think she can come to see you" he added.

"What? Why?"

"Forget it! you will know later" he sighed and tight-lipped his mouth.

"Tell me, Doaren" he demanded.

"I guess, her life is a stake"

"What? What happened?... Doaren, tell me!" he screamed as he grabbed his shoulders.

"Why should you have to? Can you save her?" he frowned.

"I..." Lin Cian's mouth stuttered.

Seeing Lin Cian's mouth stutter for the first time, he broke into laughter.

However, from the tone of his laugh, Lin Cian noticed there is no excitement, mockery, or smile in it. He felt the laugh was to hide Doaren's pain but Lin Cian noticed.

"Where is she?"

"Why should I...."

"Where is she?" he raised his voice and intervened. Doaren was somehow shocked by his actions; this is also what he wanted.

"I don't know" he still played with Lin Cian.

After a few minutes of a heated argument, Lin Cian could sense feeble steps in the distance of a few meters directed towards the room he was staying in. Realizing the person, Lin Cian stood and tried to walk toward the person but when he saw her his face turned pale.

His body went numb seeing her. He immediately regretted sending her to Stargazing academy. Seeing her complexion he clenched his wrist.