69: Chapter 69 is all about that lingering sense of injustice.

Just as Meng Li was teaching the Hun Yuan True Qi to Tie Xinlan and the other two, Lian Xing fell into a state of conflict.

Because Yao Yue had woken up.

"Sister, how do you feel?"

Inside the Inn, Lian Xing watched Yao Yue, observing her while asking the question.

Yao Yue rubbed her temples and replied, "I'm fine, it's just that my Martial Arts are gone, and I'm a bit weak."

Then, as if thinking of something, she said with a hint of urgency, "We must return to Yihua Palace immediately and have someone call Hua Wuchuan back."

Call Hua Wuchuan back?

Lian Xing was stunned, then asked uncertainly, "Sister, do you mean... you're giving up on the revenge plan?"

Yao Yue nodded. "Mhm."

Then, she mocked herself, "I've hated for eighteen years, and now I've even suffered Qi Deviation and lost all my Martial Arts because of it. In the end, it was all for a petty man who was gold on the outside but rotten within, and a lust-blinded ungrateful wolf. It's simply ridiculous."

"To keep hating would be far too unworthy!"

However, Lian Xing's face was full of questions as she subconsciously asked, "Qi Deviation?"

"Mhm." Yao Yue nodded first, then asked in confusion, "After hearing that Meng Li's analysis, I felt my eighteen years of hatred were a joke. I found it hard to accept, my mind wavered, and in the end, I suffered Qi Deviation and lost my Martial Arts, didn't I?"

Lian Xing understood instantly.

This must have been caused by Meng Li using the Mi Xin Great Technique.

He blamed the reason for Yao Yue losing her Martial Arts on herself, removing himself from the equation to avoid Yao Yue seeking revenge out of hatred.

Realizing this, Lian Xing felt a bit angry because this was a deception!

She instinctively wanted to expose it, but on second thought, she suppressed the idea.

What would happen after exposing it?

Let Yao Yue go and take revenge on Meng Li?

Facing Meng Li, who had mastered the ninth layer of the Wedding Dress Divine Skill, even a peak-condition Yao Yue joined by herself would be no match, let alone now that Yao Yue had lost all her Martial Arts.

And Meng Li had said that if Yao Yue sought him out for revenge, he would strike to kill.

That would be equivalent to sending Yao Yue to her death.

Lian Xing couldn't do it!

Moreover, it was a good thing that Yao Yue was now willing to let go of her hatred and be freed from it.

At least, it was what Lian Xing wanted to see.

Therefore, she nodded and followed Yao Yue's words, saying, "Yes, that is indeed what happened. I just didn't expect that you would give up your hatred upon waking, Sister."

Yao Yue gave a bitter smile. "When people die, their debts are cleared. This hatred should have ended after Jiang Feng and Hua Yue Nu died. It was my own narrow-mindedness and inability to let go that allowed it to continue until now, causing me to be deeply mired and tortured for so many years."

Hearing her say this, Lian Xing felt guilty alongside her happiness and hurriedly said, "Sister, this isn't your fault."

"If anyone is to blame, it should be me. If I hadn't proposed that revenge plan, the hatred that should have ended back then wouldn't have been dragged out until now."

Yao Yue stroked her face and smiled. "Do you really think I couldn't tell back then that you wanted to save those two children?"

Lian Xing was startled.

Yao Yue gave a soft sigh. "You are my sister. We grew up together and spent every day together for so many years; how could I not understand you? Back then, you also fell in love with Jiang Feng at first sight, and combined with your inability to bear it, you used revenge as a pretext to save those two children."

"It was just that at the time, I felt the plan could indeed satisfy my resentment, so I went along with it."

Speaking to this point, she paused, her face then showing an apologetic expression. "Lian Xing, I'm sorry."

Lian Xing, who had just snapped out of it, was dazed.

Yao Yue was saying sorry to her?

Since the two had known each other, Yao Yue had always been proud, dominant, and overbearing, never bowing her head or softening.

Lian Xing had never even imagined such a thing as the other party apologizing, not even in her dreams.

Seeing her expression, the apology on Yao Yue's face deepened, and her next words were full of guilt: "I've been used to being dominant and overbearing, and I've always ignored your feelings. You must have suffered a lot of grievances, yet you never complained and always stayed by my side to accompany me."

"Lian Xing, I'm sorry."

"Sister!"

Lian Xing was so moved that tears welled in her eyes, and she threw herself into Yao Yue's arms.

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Night.

Meng Li slept soundly, with Tie Xinlan on his left and Jiang Yuyan on his right.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, he opened his eyes, got up to put on his clothes, and walked toward the courtyard.

As soon as he reached the courtyard, Meng Li saw Lian Xing dropping down from the top of the wall.

"Visiting in the middle of the night, what's the matter?" he asked.

Lian Xing stared at him for two seconds before finally uttering two words: "Thank you."

Meng Li was stunned for a moment, then reacted and smiled. "No need to thank me. I just didn't want any unnecessary trouble."

"Furthermore, I also obtained the Hun Yuan True Qi from you, so let's consider it even."

Lian Xing nodded slightly, then hesitated, "Hun Yuan True Qi and the Wedding Dress Divine Skill are the Legacy techniques of my Yihua Palace. If possible, please do not spread them to outsiders."

Meng Li replied, "Rest assured on that. Spreading these two Martial Arts would easily cause trouble, and I don't like trouble, so I won't spread them. Currently, only I have cultivated the Wedding Dress Divine Skill, and I have only passed the Hun Yuan True Qi to my wives."

Lian Xing finally felt at ease, then cupped her hands. "Farewell."

With that, she turned and used her Lightness Skill to leave.

Meng Li then returned to his room to continue his rest.

The reason he used the Mi Xin Great Technique to help Yao Yue change her temperament indeed had the factor of avoiding trouble, but that wasn't all.

More so, it was to make up for the lingering regret he felt for Lian Xing while watching the show in his previous life.

As the Second Palace Master of Yihua Palace, Lian Xing must have stained her hands with many lives and couldn't be called a truly good person.

But in the show, she could be considered a pitiable person.

At least, that was how it seemed to Meng Li.

Lian Xing, her name reflecting her person, possessed superb Martial Arts. In terms of Jianghu status, she was like a star in the sky. Logically, she should have been radiantly bright, but staying with Yao Yue, who was like a bright moon, her own light was destined to be overshadowed.

And that was indeed the case.

The Lian Xing in the original show, due to adaptations, did not have a disability like in the original novel, so her situation was slightly better, but her personality was similar.

She wasn't as dominant as Yao Yue; she was relatively law-abiding, knew how to exercise restraint, and possessed compassion.

Even though she fell in love with Jiang Feng at first sight, she would not cross the line.

Knowing that Yao Yue had set her sights on Jiang Feng, she buried her own feelings.

She understood the hatred in Yao Yue's heart and claimed the other was actually a pitiable person, but wasn't she the same herself?

Compared to Yao Yue, her feelings for Jiang Feng were more like true love, yet they were also pitiable and tragic.

Both Lian Xing and Yao Yue had fallen for Jiang Feng back then.

Among them, Yao Yue's love was certainly overbearing and ended in tragedy, but at least Jiang Feng knew about it.

But for Lian Xing's feelings for Jiang Feng, from beginning to end, no one knew except herself and her 'love rival,' Yao Yue.

When Jiang Feng and Hua Yue Nu eloped, Yao Yue was driven mad with hatred.

Lian Xing also had feelings for Jiang Feng, so it was impossible for her to remain indifferent.

But when Yao Yue intended to kill Jiang Feng's two children, she risked everything to stop her, using the name of revenge to save their lives.

Eighteen years later, the many crises faced by Hua Wuchuan and even Tie Xinlan were only overcome due to Lian Xing's secret assistance.

What made Lian Xing most worthy of lamentation for Meng Li was still her and Yao Yue.

In the original show, Yao Yue had hurt Lian Xing many times, but Lian Xing never resented her and always stayed by Yao Yue's side.

Even at the very end, she accompanied Yao Yue to the Yellow Springs together.

Admittedly, Lian Xing's pitiable and tragic nature had its own factors, but taken as a whole, it was somewhat of a lingering regret.

When Meng Li was doing character analysis while watching the show in his previous life, he felt she deserved a better ending.

Since he had encountered her in this life, he conveniently made some changes.

Not for anything else, but just for that original lingering regret.

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