Chapter 741: Chapter 741: Confiding In Yan

The short lives of those two siblings were to be full of misfortunes. It was as if it was written in the stars that they had to go through such so that they might serve their true purpose.

Ever since they got older, the chance to stay together became rare. Whenever they had an opportunity to be with one another, an obstacle came each time.

Martial cultivators could keep growing stronger because of their natural advantage and unique luck, but it was almost impossible for them to escape their fate.

Just like what others had told Zen, Yan was his ultimate guide in life. Every step that he took had a purpose that was related to her. Their lives were connected.

When he was still in the Luo Clan, Zen had always intended to head to the Cloud Sect in search for his sister. After he successfully located her, his next objective was to save her. Because of his excellence as a disciple, he was able to take her away from Mountain.

Unexpectedly, after a short period of reunion, they had been separated once again for several years. They never saw each other since.

All of Yan's six senses had been blocked, so she didn't have much clue what was happening around her — not even the passing of time. Her memory had also stopped processing new thoughts and absorbing new ones two years ago.

Back then, she despaired for the most part.

The only thought that stuck with her, for the most part, was if her brother could really save her from Eddie.

It was without question that Zen was extremely talented, but he was in the Eastern Region. Her brother had fought formidable opponents in the Eastern Region, but the Central Region had their own ferocious talents. For her, defeating Eddie was going to be a challenge for Zen.

Yan fell asleep with all the thoughts still swimming inside her head. Zen's face was the last thing she was expecting to see the moment she woke up. The spirals in her black pupils rotated slowly as they expressed great joy upon staring at his brother who was now right in front of her.

Unable to contain the joy he felt upon seeing his sister, Zen extended out his arms and pulled Yan's thin and slender body into a tight embrace.

A familiar warmth enveloped Yan's heart as she rested her head on Zen's chest. However, she still had her doubts about the situation. Did Zen really come to save her, or did he only make an agreement with Eddie so they could meet? How did Zen even find her?

“Brother, where is Eddie?” hesitation was evident in Yan's voice as she asked. It only meant that she also feared the answer to her own question. Maybe Zen only came to visit, and her fate was still the same. Still stuck, still alone.

However, she was also a determined martial cultivator, and she knew that there were some problems that would eventually come her way in the end. No matter what, she knew she had to be brave.

“I killed him,” Zen whispered softly into her ear.

“But, brother,” Yan's voice trembled in both shock and disbelief.

“It's true. I killed him with my own hands,” Zen said as he stroked Yan's hair. Although her six senses had been blocked in the past two years, she still grew. She was taller than she was before. However, her figure was clearly thinner, and her black hair was lackluster. Zen was distressed to see how weak she was.

Not even bothering to hide her disbelief, Yan pursed her lips. She sighed deeply, trying her best to collect her thoughts.

As Zen's sister, she trusted her brother's words unconditionally. However, what he had just spoken of wasn't that easy to accept.

Truly, it was hard to believe. Unless people were able to witness such a thing, it was merely a lie. Something like that wasn't just a story you could tell without proof.

It took Zen quite a short time to achieve such brilliance that he possessed. Three years ago, he was only a nature-level warrior, then entered the Illuminating Soul Realm only two years ago. In just two short years, he was able to build himself like that. It was quite hard to comprehend for anyone, even his own sister. Ꞧ𝘈ℕȯ𝐛ЁṢ

If they were to be compared to him and his achievements, had all the efforts of those warriors who lived hundreds of years been wasted?

Did all the efforts exerted by the Ancient Tycoon of the World Commercial Alliance go to waste?

Those were the questions that added up to Yan's refusal to believe what she had just been told.

It was the Central Region, not the Eastern Region. But Zen had still managed to do something on unfamiliar grounds that no one else ever did.

Seeing Yan's shocked expression, Zen smiled softly. In a serious tone, he reassured, “I will never lie to you. Eddie is dead, really dead this time. And it was I who killed him.”

“I believe you!” Yan responded firmly. Since Zen had already confirmed it, how could she doubt her brother? He said it himself, he wasn't lying to her and he never could.

For some reason, she couldn't help but worry. She asked, "Then…

Will you get me out of this place?"

If Eddie really was dead, then she had finally regained her freedom. She could return to her brother's side safe and sound and without any more obstacles. Her mind hadn't stopped working despite all her blocked senses. While she was imprisoned in the world where only her consciousness existed, she had always looked forward to the very day her brother came to the rescue.

However, Zen shook his head and said no.

The expression on Yan's face shifted quickly. Raising her voice by a notch, she asked, “Why?”

At that moment, Zen turned his head and asked, “Can't you give me a little more time?”

If there was something that man knew well, it was patience. He only smiled at Zen and said, “Time doesn't matter to me. Do as you wish.”

Time was limited for most ordinary mortals, but for people like him who had lived for millions of years, it didn't really matter that much.

“Thank you,” Zen glanced at the man before he pulled Yan's hand and walked out of the Ethereal Spirit Hall.

Although the Ethereal Spirit Sect had been invaded by the Heavenly Evil Sect, it had also been chosen as their temporary headquarters. Therefore, its surroundings were well-preserved and taken care of. It was nothing like the Ethereal City, where the independent warriors had taken away all that they could carry and destroyed those they couldn't.

As they walked out of the Ethereal Spirit Hall, a green scenery inundated their eyes. It was a sight to behold.

They walked side by side along a shady path lined by trees. Zen looked quite calm, while Yan's face was filled with distress. She was bothered by the same question. Why couldn't Zen just get her out of that place?

“Why can't you just take me with you?”

After walking for a short distance, Yan suddenly stopped and asked. There was an unpleasant look in her eyes and her tone resembled that of a kid throwing a tantrum.

After thinking for a while, Zen replied with all due honesty, “That man in the hall will be the one to take you, not me.”

“I don't want to go with him,” Yan replied, shaking her head. They had been separated for such a long time, and now that Zen had killed Eddie, wasn't it just right for them to reunite? It was unbearable for her to think that they were to be separated again.

Zen was very patient with Yan. After all, she was his only sister. They were family.

With a bitter smile, he explained, “But I can't beat that man. He's very powerful. If I know deep down that I stand a chance against him, I will fight him without any doubt so I can be the one to take you away.”

"How powerful could he be?

Is he even stronger than Eddie?"

Yan asked, her eyebrows tied in knots out of extreme curiosity.

“Yes,” Zen sighed with a pang of hopelessness in his heart. “Yes, he is so much stronger than Eddie.”

“What if we just escape now while he can't see us?” Yan suggested as she pouted her lips. 'He didn't bind our hands and feet. We are still free, ' she thought to herself. She found it impossible to comprehend the gap between that man's strength and her brother's.

“Escape? That's never going to happen,”

Zen sighed, shaking his head. It was as if he had just heard the darkest joke in his life. Escape? From that man? Pretty funny.

Faced with an expert of that level, he knew that escaping was never going to be a choice.

To add, there was nowhere to go.

Even if Zen didn't know much about that man's origin, he was definitely unknown to the Central Region. Zen reckoned he was most likely from the Upper World.

According to Zen's knowledge, if anyone from the Upper World wanted to descend to the Lower World, they were to be bound by many restrictions. Only a warrior from their own world could freely come and go. Otherwise, the visitor was to be rejected by the whole world.

For that exact reason, a warrior who descended from the Upper World was considered to be an enemy of all living beings.

If a warrior forced his way into the Lower World, he was to face the entire world against him, and his strength was to have limits as well.

That man, however, wasn't rejected by the world. In Zen's eyes, it was very possible that the world didn't dare take him as an enemy out of fear. That was how fierce he was.

No matter where he intended to go, that man could just easily locate him. Even if he had gone to the Sea God Continent, that man could get there before he even did.

So, when Zen asked if he could take a walk with Yan, it didn't bother him one bit. He wasn't afraid that Zen would ever plan an escape, because no matter what he did, he never could ever escape him.

“Yan, do you want to hear some of my adventures in the past two years?”

Zen suddenly asked, shifting the topic.

“Yes, please!” Yan enthusiastically nodded. Although unhappy about their current circumstance, Yan genuinely wanted to know what had happened to her brother in those years that had passed. She was curious about his experiences and how he had managed to eliminate Eddie in just a short period of time.

“In fact, I saw you at the Oracle City's Martial Arts Contest two years ago. But your senses were fully blocked then,” Zen said.

“Really?” Yan exclaimed, having no single memory of that occurrence at all.

They continued to stroll along the green path as Zen told his stories after the last time they saw each other. The Cloud Road test, the enrollment of the Cloud Hall, the Martial Arts Contest, the competition for the Dragon Soar Arena, the fight with Marilyn, the activation of the enchanted lamp from the celestial tomb, the journey to the Sea God Continent...

Zen told every single experience he had to Yan without any reservation. They had been apart for too long, and the truth of all things was the only gift he could give her.