Chapter 31: Side Story: Introspection
Wu Qianyu stood in the ruins of the Green Leaf Sect, silently staring at the grave stones that lined the courtyard. It had been two months since that day. Since then, she had become a member of Ten Thousand Flower Valley and disciple of an immortal. She had recently broken through to the 6th Level of Spirit Intiate but it all still seemed like a dream. Even as she held the powerful Purple Jade Sword in her hand and felt the razor sharp energy of the Dugu's 10th Sword emit out of every pore of her body, she every day was like a hazy fantasy.
She was traveling alone, having been given a similar mission as Lin Qingcheng to adventure alone. She was headed to far off lands, unlike Senior Sister, because with in the provinces it would be hard for her to find enough opponents. Her weapon and arts allowed her to more than surpass normal peak Spirit Initiates and master had given her a list of targets in distant regions. The first place she visited was her old home. As she stared at the ruins she thought, I don't deserve this, I deserve to be buried next to my father and mother. She looked at the hundreds of smaller stone memorials... and also buried among my friends.
Instead, she was the only survivor. Since then, she gained two cute senior sisters. She also experienced wondrous intimacy with a man, many times. She didn't reject her master's occasional advances. They were often in in close proximity as he trained her one-on-one. He was a hot blooded male but also the utmost gentleman. He was very kind and very diligent and treated her well. She truly appreciated him and everything he had done for her. But even now, she didn't know how she really felt about him. He was her master, yet they also had that kind of relation. Was this normal? Did she even deserve him?
At some point, tears flowed freely down her face. Why me? Am I special? He heart would feel soaring joy when she was with her master and yet when she was alone her thoughts would always be with those she lost. Her heart it felt as it being cut apart by pain. Her hand gripped the sword handle tighter, since she couldn't figure out her heart, she could simply numb it through slaughter.
It seemed like master was still master and seemed to have seem into her heart. The mission he had given her was to subjugate a number of regions that also were experiencing demon problems; the local populace suffering and nobody seemingly wanting to help or simply unable to. The world was truly too vast and there were not enough immortals. If there was nobody to help the people, then she would. Her pain also drove her, as she would use it vanquish pain, vanquish the evil from this world.
Wu Qianyu knelt in front of her parents and bowed. "Father, mother, daughter was weak and could not save you. But I have changed, I am not the same person I was before. I swear upon my life, all the pain in the world, I will shoulder it for the people."
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In a far off region, a farming village burned as a band of green goblins rampaged. These goblins had short stocky stature that masked their demonic strength. They waved wicked looking machetes as they cackled and yelled, rushing about the village. Most of the men already died trying to defend. The rest were murdered without mercy, not even the elderly or young boys were spared.
The women and girls were all gathered up in the village square. They were guarded by many goblins who stared at them with unveiled l.u.s.t, grabbing at their crotch and pointing at them obscenely. Daughters cried and screamed as mothers tried to shield them from the horrors.
A massive goblin a full head taller than normal goblins looked over before yelling out with basic human speech, "Hehehe, you bitches better be obedient. That's the only way for you to live another day.""Kekeke, boss, I killed three men this time! Let me have a mother daughter pair!" Another goblin laughed harshly.
"Its up to the bosses! You should take it..." His voice disappeared suddenly.
A flash of purple glowed in the twilight as the large goblin's body split into perfect halves. Squelch!
"Ahhhh!" The women all screamed at the sight and it instantly became chaotic.
All the goblins looked around, trying to find the enemy but there was nobody. Suddenly, a sharp formless energy pressed down on every goblin around the village square, and after a split second all of their eyes burst out as if punctured by daggers. A pale white figure descended, a vengeful angel sent by the heavens. Purple blade in hand, the white warrior became a blur as goblins were split apart left and right.
In a few moments it was all over, not a single goblin left standing, like a tornado of blades had swept over them. The women gradually stopped screaming and they opened their eyes, looking around at the amazing scene. A swordswoman in white walked up to them before sheathing her sword.
She pointed to the direction she came from. "Hurry up and run, that direction is safe."
The women started to get up before one of them asked, "Goddess, our savior, may we know your name?"
Wu Qianyu only gave them a smile before rushing off towards the mountains to hunt more goblins.
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It was only several days later that Wu Qianyu finally stopped her rampage. She stood in the middle of the goblin stronghold amidst a sea of dead goblins in satisfaction. Her white battle robe was dyed completely red with blood. Her left arm was shot through with several arrows. She might have several broken ribs and her right leg was definitely broken. However, she felt a true happiness she hadn't felt long time.
Over two thousand goblins grunts in the Body Refinement Realm, cut to pieces. Five hundred goblin warriors at the Mind Focusing realm, dead. Three goblin generals and one goblin lord, all in the Spirit Initiate Realm, turned into corpses at her feet.
She surveyed her work one last time before taking out the flying carriage her master gave her. She painfully dragged her broken body into it and collapsed in a heap as Tortoise Can Fly shot into the sky, carrying her away to safety. She managed to take a healing pill before fainted from exhaustion, a blissful smile on her beautiful face.