Divine Phoenix Peak, Bright Moon Cliff.
The full moon was high in the sky, the night was captivating, and everything between heaven and earth was still and peaceful.
At the edge of the cliff, a handsome young man, dressed in snow-white clothing, lay lazily on the grass.
To the left and right of the young man, there sat two breathtakingly beautiful young women, each with their own unique charm.
Behind the trio, rows of emptied jars of Immortal Brew were stacked.
In the absolute silence, a beautiful and mesmerizing female voice started to sing, echoing through the night:
"When will the full moon appear? I raise my wine to question the sky. I do not know what era it is in the celestial palace tonight."
"I want to ride the wind and return there, but I am afraid of ruby pavilions, jade buildings. The cold is too strong high up there, dancing to celebrate clear shadows."
The primary singer, surprisingly, was the fair-faced girl in the red dress.
As the song arose, the girl in the moon-white dress on her side also took out her ancient zither from her back, gently humming along while playing her instrument.
The sound of the zither was ethereal and pleasing to the ear.
Paired with the red-dressed girl's soft and emotionally rich singing, it was just like the heavenly music of the Upper Realm, making people feel completely carefree and happy.
"Who knew that not only is Second Junior Sister a prodigy in sword Dao, but also her singing is so extraordinary that it feels like listening to immortal music."
"And Third Junior Sister's skill with the zither is always transcendently holy!"
"Excellent! Keep playing, keep dancing!"
Lin Xiao squinted his eyes, and with a tipsy face, he took a jug of fine wine and drank it all in one go.
The strong alcohol passed through his system, and for a moment, he actually felt a bit tipsy.
However, he did not intend to use his True Yuan to dilute his drunkenness.
That "beautiful wine immortal" on Fairy Cliff once said: Thirty thousand years in the Immortal Palace is not as good as a single drunken night in the secular world!
Why not just let loose tonight!
According to the original story's plotline, after Ye Chen suppressed the Five Branches' Martial Arts Contest, his role as a villainous minion would soon reach completion!
Therefore, before achieving immortality and returning to Earth.
Why not use this time to be with his junior sisters with his true personality, and leave them with more beautiful memories.
Thinking of this, perhaps because of the alcohol, Lin Xiao's heart became a little bitter.
Some past events also uncontrollably fluttered into his mind.
Originally, when his junior sisters had just entered the Sect as young girls, he was not in a hurry to play the role of a villain.
On the contrary, as someone who had played the role of a big brother before, he was filled with affection for these three girls who had endured many hardships in their lives.
Therefore, in order to complete their childhood, he often found excuses to take these three little girls down the mountain for fun, and to evade the lessons of the cultivation elder.
And this song, adapted from Su Dongpo's "Prelude to Water Melody", was what he used to sing to his junior sisters back then.
However, what Lin Xiao did not expect was.
More than a decade has passed.
Not only did these two junior sisters remember every line of the song, but even the tune was precisely accurate!
"If I remember correctly, when I first hummed this song, Yurong was only seven years old, and Youwei was just five and a half, right?"
"They remembered things from their childhood so clearly?"
"That won't do! Now that Youwei has decided to sever her ties with Ye Chen, Yurong must be saved!"
"You have to know that in the original story's plot, after I was punished by Master and sent to the Cliff of Reflection, it was because of the cold words spoken by this Second Junior Sister that I fell into despair and committed suicide!"
With a jolt in his heart, Lin Xiao's expression gradually became serious, and the alcoholic daze also abated somewhat.
At this point, the song ended abruptly.
"Huh? Why have you stopped singing?"
Lin Xiao looked over in surprise.
He saw his Second Junior Sister, Guo Yourong, standing at the edge of the cliff with her proud and graceful figure, suddenly turning around to gaze at him.
Under her striking eyebrows, her beautiful eyes were faintly wet and red!
"Oh no."
"Why... Why is she crying?"
Lin Xiao noticed something was wrong and quickly rushed over.
Over on the other side, Chu Youwei had also put down her zither, her lips downturned, her little face filled with sadness, tears welling up in her eyes.
Seeing this, Lin Xiao was worried, but he did not forget his villainous role. He curled his mouth, feigning annoyance, "Aren't you two grown-ups? Still crying, aren't you making yourselves laughing stocks!"
"Eldest Senior Brother, Yurong is just... remembering too many things from our childhood... and so she's feeling a little melancholic."
Guo Yourong turned her face away, doing her best to make her voice sound calm.
"I miss those days too..."
With teary eyes that evoked pity, Chu Youwei looked up at the night sky and said, "I suddenly remembered when we were little. The three of us, sisters, following Eldest Senior Brother around, playing and messing about all day with the strange toys that Eldest Senior Brother brought back from the Secular World. Toys so bizarre they were unimaginable to the other brothers and sisters..."
"We were so happy then!"
"Weiwei often fantasized... if there is even the slightest chance in this life to achieve the ultimate Dao and control the Dao of Time, my wish would be for time to forever freeze at that moment!"
"Indeed."
Listening to her junior sister, Guo Yourong was deeply moved. With a lump in her throat, she said, "I still remember the day you turned eight, Youwei. Cherry and I, we went to Master's Lotus Cave Mansion and stole a jar of fine wine to celebrate your birthday. That day, we had our first drink ever, and what a joy it was!"
"Hahahaha, Hard to believe you still remember that," laughed Chu Youwei, her laughter tinged with tears.
"It's just that the very next day, the three of us little thieves were found out by the Master. Thankfully, Eldest Senior Brother took the fall for us. He claimed to be the prankster who had forcibly made us three little girls snatch the wine. The Master actually believed him! Hahaha!"
Guo Yourong burst into laughter, "That reminds me, Master has always favored Eldest Senior Brother. We escaped punishment, and Eldest Senior Brother was merely mildly reprimanded."
The two sisters were reminiscing fondly about old times, as if they were back in those bygone days.
Lin Xiao quietly listened from the side, a mix of emotions welling up inside him.
But, at the same time, some questions that had been bothering him for years began to find answers!
So...
The sisters had cherished these trivial matters from their childhood deep in their hearts!
No wonder, no matter how much he had tried to get his own way and monopolize his female disciples after they grew up, they never rebuked him!
Moreover, those several Photo Stones, which, according to the original storyline, should have been detected and removed by Chu Youwei long ago, had actually remained until the end!
That is to say... the sisters were aware that Eldest Senior Brother was spying on them but they deliberately pretended not to know it and confidently posed in front of the camera?
This startled him.
Lin Xiao, who had earnestly played the role of the villain for more than ten years, felt a storm surge in his heart!
All of a sudden, he recalled the first ceremony of apprenticeship, and how his junior sisters had stood up for him, time and time again, during his confrontation with Ye Chen...
All of their actions were to protect him, their Eldest Senior Brother, and their Divine Phoenix family from the destructive intervention of the outsider, Ye Chen!
With these new revelations, Lin Xiao's usually steadfast Dao heart began to waver again.
Even on that day, when Ye Chen knelt down to beg for mercy, causing the plot to collapse drastically for the first time, he had never wavered like this!
...
...
At the Qinglan Immortal Sect, on the Phoenix Caw Peak, and in the Enforcement Hall...
Deep within the moist and dark dungeon...
"Lin Xiao! You bloody scumbag! You had Chu Youwei intentionally set a trap for me! I, Ye Chen, swear to take a thousand-fold revenge on you!"
"Anyone who humiliates me will have their bodies destroyed and souls obliterated!"
"You, an insignificant little insect, have no idea who you're dealing with!"
"Just wait and meet your doom!"
In the prison cell, a young man in black robes howled at the sky. His eyes were blood-red, and he was brimming with murderous intent as if bent on transforming everything into a killing field!
"Young man! Stop yelling! Someone's coming!"
"The person's cultivation level is at least at the peak of the Nascent Soul! Half-step Divine Transformation! This must be the Supreme Elder from the Enforcement Hall, coming to execute you!"
As the old voice echoed from the ring...
The young man's heart skipped a beat and he quickly calmed down!
Trembling all over, his eyes, as dark as the night, were vigilantly fixed on the cell door.
The footsteps were growing closer and closer.
The person who came into view...
Was a stunning, mature woman wearing Fairy Crown and a crimson Daoist robe. Her shapely body, voluptuous yet graceful, and her beautiful face were stunning indeed!
He had been awestruck by this woman once before at the apprentice admission ceremony!
She was none other than....
Su Mei, the Chairman of the Phoenix Eye Peak!
Su Mei walked up to the cell door with her long, white legs and stopped.
She felt a surge of inexplicable disgust upon seeing the young man in black. With a flick of her brows and a decisively fatal glint in her enchanting eyes, she said, "Prince Ye, you've finally fallen into my hands."
"Tell me, how do you wish to die?"