When Earth Awakened, I Became a Sword Saintess

Chapter 109 : Lan Lianyue's Decision

109: Lan Lianyue's Decision

In the latter half of the winter break, with her sisters to keep her company, Yuyin's holiday was finally no longer lonely.

Sister Dai stayed for a few days before returning, but Yingluo and Hua Qianyuan stayed until two days before the new semester began. They cultivated with Yuyin, reviewed auxiliary courses like the Medic Department, medicinal herbs, and basic alchemy theory, and then went home.

However, the three girls had left some of their belongings behind. They had also agreed with Yuyin that they would come over often in the future for Dual Cultivation, holidays, and such. They could live here together, cultivate together, and have fun together. For Yuyin, being with her sisters was truly a joy, no matter what they did.

In late February, the new semester began.

In this international metropolis of Lingdu, influenced by cultures from all over the world, there were many old European-style buildings in Lingdu Source Martial Academy. At this time, the avenue of the academy was lined with cherry blossoms in full bloom.

Yuyin walked along the road with her bag. The dazzling white cherry blossoms fluttered down, and Yuyin couldn't help but narrow her eyes. This flower, from the land of the East, seemed to reveal a kind of sadness within its beauty.

The beauty of falling cherry blossoms is in their drifting descent.

"Senior Sister Lian."

"Senior Sister Lian."

For some reason, Lan Lianyue was standing by the side of the main campus road, her hair fluttering in the falling blossoms. Passing students one after another bowed and greeted her.

Yuyin also walked over. Although this girl had a difficult personality, she had to admit that she standing under the cherry blossom tree was a perfect fit.

"Senior Sister Lian." Yuyin also greeted her very politely, as if nothing had ever happened between them.

"Yuyin, I was waiting for you," Lan Lianyue said, her gaze cool and distant.

"Huh? Waiting for me?"

"Come with me."

Lan Lianyue led Yuyin into a courtyard on campus. Early spring made the place seem a bit bleak and cold.

The two of them walked into a pavilion.

"Senior Sister Lian, may I ask what this is about?" Yuyin asked.

"Yuyin, even a girl like you must have noticed something during the winter break, right?" Lan Lianyue's gaze was somewhat grave.

"Are you referring to the recent disasters and accidents that have occurred in our country, Senior Sister Lian?" Yuyin asked solemnly.

"Not just our country. In the short span of a winter break, have there been few events happening around the world? And perhaps our country is not even the most severely affected," Lan Lianyue said.

"Being in the academy, we know far more than ordinary people. It's impossible not to be worried. Senior Sister Lian, is there something you wish to teach me?" Yuyin looked at Lan Lianyue earnestly.

This time, Lan Lianyue didn't use that illusion-like secret technique, but looking into her eyes, one couldn't help but be influenced by her. She looked at Yuyin. "I want you to join the Student Council now."

"Senior Sister Lian, if this is about that, I believe I've already given you my answer. Of course, I'm grateful..."

"Don't be so quick to answer." Lan Lianyue took a step forward. Her slender fingers were almost touching Yuyin's lips.

"Yuyin, the current situation is very different from before. I understand that you are proud and aloof. Last time, I should have made myself clearer. I genuinely want you..." Lan Lianyue's gaze held a certain throbbing emotion. She looked up at Yuyin, which made Yuyin's chest inevitably warm.

"...to genuinely join us."

With a scent like a lime breeze, her long dress fluttering, Lan Lianyue walked to the other side of the pavilion. Under the cherry blossom tree, she looked out at the bleak, cold campus in the morning, lost in thought. "My gaze is not just on this Lingdu Source Martial Academy, not just on the Huaxia Nation. Even the World Alliance universally acknowledges that he is the number one genius in human history."

"He?"

Lan Lianyue turned around, her long hair fluttering, her gaze filled with a look of obsession. "My brother, Lan Lingfeng."

Lan Lingfeng, a truly peerless genius born from Lingdu Source Martial Academy, unmatched among the younger generation of Huaxia. From what Senior Sister Lian said, it seemed that among the younger generation of the entire world, no one could compare to him.

"Yuyin, don't you want to join me in following this man who is destined to change the world?"

Lan Lianyue walked towards Yuyin. The pride in her bones made her gently but firmly take Yuyin's hand and place it on her own chest. "Ordinary girls would face severe consequences just for talking about my brother in front of me with those fawning eyes. But you are different. I know that you also want to get close to such a peerless genius. Geniuses always admire one another. Do you know why I chose the Ling Dance Department despite my strength? It's because I want to be able to support him in the future."

"We are not ordinary girls, but our aptitudes still cannot compare to my brother's. Following him, witnessing him change this world, that is my dream! Yuyin, I hope this is your dream as well."

As she spoke, Lan Lianyue's not-so-exaggerated chest rose and fell with emotion. Her delicate, light body pressed against Yuyin, against her radiating heat and her depths like the sea.

This girl had a charm that could penetrate one's soul, making Yuyin a bit dazed for a moment. If it was just to serve the Student Council, to work for Lingdu Source Martial Academy, which had given her so many resources and support, Yuyin might have agreed.

Yuyin also admired Lan Lingfeng and wanted to humbly learn from him...

Seeing that Yuyin's gaze also had a hint of ripples, Lan Lianyue stood on her tiptoes. Her pink, lime-scented lips were almost touching Yuyin's. Her voice was beautiful and her breath like that of an orchid. "Countless girls long for the chance to get close to my brother, but they are just dreaming, right? I will do everything in my power to support him, but I will only ever be his sister."

"My brother is too perfect. Tall, handsome, easy-going, and kind, yet decisive and ruthless against his enemies, his strikes cold and fierce. He will lead this world through the cataclysm! But this path is incredibly difficult, not just from the outside world, but also from behind him. I will not allow those seductive women to taint him, influence him, or try to change him. That would destroy him."

Lan Lianyue trembled as she tightly gripped Yuyin's hand. "Yuyin, but you are different. I have been observing you. Wanting to teach you a lesson was just a way to test you. Until now, I have become more and more interested in you. Your aptitude far surpasses those worldly women. You are upright, intelligent, calm... Although I am a bit jealous, you possess everything I envision in a perfect woman. You, perhaps, can truly give my brother the greatest support and assistance, together with me."

"This will be your opportunity, and also the fate bestowed upon us by the heavens."

As she spoke, Lianyue's delicate gaze carried a mysterious wave that seemed to influence one's soul. Her lips pressed against Yuyin's.

"Promise me..."

Yuyin's moist lips could already feel the radiance from Lianyue's lime-like fragrant lips.

Yuyin's instinct didn't dislike this girl, but she hated this feeling.

She suddenly pulled her hand back and, without being disrespectful but with determination, pushed Lianyue away.

"I'm sorry. I am willing to do my part for those who have helped me, but I do not want to be anyone's vassal."

The Ghost King, or a human super-genius, just because they possess power beyond the mundane, they can control me!?

Xia Yuyin, did you come to this world to submit to the strong?

Then why have you cultivated until now?

Because you are beautiful, gifted, and alluring, you should be dominated by those high and mighty existences? Then what is your own will?

The world holds a great crisis. Yuyin only wants to protect herself and the important people around her. She doesn't have any lofty ambitions or aspirations. Whether it's submitting to the Ghost King or relying on a super-genius, Yuyin would instinctively and unquestionably reject it without even needing to think about it.

The reason wasn't noble. It was simply because Xia Yuyin's soul was that of a boy.

In her bones, she had an unyielding spirit!

"Senior Sister Lian, if one day we go to the Prison Abyss together, I will do my utmost to fight alongside everyone. But that is only because only by working together can we protect ourselves, protect this world we rely on for survival, and the people I care about. Don't think of me as too noble. I am just an ordinary person," Yuyin said calmly, without hiding anything.

"What can you do all by yourself? By assisting my brother, you will bring much more value to this world than by yourself! You and I are the same," Lan Lianyue said, her eyes filled with deep obsession.

"In your eyes, is my value only to enable a man to unleash his greater potential? Hmph... then there is nothing more to say between us."

Yuyin's eyes narrowed slightly. She flicked her long hair and turned to leave.

Before her rebirth, she was a weak little boy, but not without courage. Xia Yuyin, she wanted to protect this beautiful, coveted female body. She wanted to protect herself, to protect her dignity.

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Back at the dormitory, Yuyin was not too affected by this incident. She could understand Senior Sister Lian's thoughts and obsession. Perhaps she had too strong a desire for control over Yuyin, and even over the brother she worshipped. Lan Lingfeng, who was in the Prison Abyss, might not even know who Xia Yuyin was. But Yuyin could still sense that Senior Sister Lian had no malicious intent. But how could she know of the threats Yuyin faced, or Yuyin's secrets?

After sorting herself out a bit, Yuyin changed her clothes and went out to perform the intensified body-refinement tasks assigned by her teacher. Her state of mind was not shaken; on the contrary, it was even more resolute.

To gain a precarious safety by submitting to the strong was, for Yuyin, equivalent to failure! She might have adapted to her feminine body, but her heart had not changed.

She could never accept it.

In the evening, the academy announced a piece of news: Student Council President Lan Lianyue would be participating in this year's Source Martial Tournament.