That Fair-Faced 'Sage' {Completed}

109. Dance Of Petals

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* End of the Origin Arc!

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"Lien Mei!" Yin Long ran to Lien and boldly embraced her.

"Elder brother, you've returned?!" Lien asked, beaming at him.

"Mei Mei! How is this possible?!" He began to study her from head to toe, causing her to laugh. "We saw you die! You had no life left in you!"

She looked completely normal, except for the fact that her long black hair had turned completely white.

Like his own.

"I still don't have life in me." Lien smiled at him sadly. "As it is, I can't even set foot from this place."

"Mei Mei, what are you talking about?" His features showed his confusion. "Why say you don't have life in you, when you're here like this? What will stop you from leaving this place? You should come with me to find Master Yun. He will come to his senses, after seeing you!"

But rather than say anything, she walked a short distance, and stretched out her hand. The effect was immediate, and her hand began to dissolve into tiny petals.

"Lien Mei!" Yin Long appeared beside her and pulled her away from the unseen barrier, but her hand returned to normal, once she was away from the edge.

"I don't know why it's like this, but I long realized I couldn't leave this place. Then again, I shouldn't even be alive in the first place.

"The only lifeforce within me, was given to me by you, when you transferred demon qi to me, and the reason your qi worked, was because of the demon rebirth flower that Master Yun made me drink...

"It broke the qi barrier back then, and allowed me absorb your qi, so somehow my spirit couldn't leave because of that." She smiled at him, holding out a tuft of her now pure white hair. "See? Even my hair is exactly like yours."

She began to pace within the small space.

"I had been sleeping in a dark place, unaware of my existence, until I felt Master Yun's presence. Determined to see him, I struggled to awaken, but that only led me to release my memories by mistake..."

She stopped pacing and turned to Yin Long. "I'm responsible for everything Master Yun is now doing."

"Mei Mei! How can you blame yourself for something like this?!"

But Lien shook her head. "I couldn't awaken, but the elder demon who presented the choices to Yun, had sensed my presence and he returned.

"He woke me up, giving me this temporary form, and his words to me were, 'Foolish mortal. The demon sought to become human for you. And he sought to remain a demon for you.

'How can you slumber?

'Awaken and face that which you have created.'

"And since then, though I couldn't leave this place, I can clearly see whenever Master Yun does something evil."

Yin Long took her hands. "Mei Mei, it isn't your fault! Do you think Master Yun didn't have a will? Do you think you made Master Yun love you, when he didn't want to?"

"But isn't this a punishment from the heavens? How would things have turned out, if I hadn't drawn close to Master Yun in the first place?" Lien asked, and tears ran down her face.

"I could not resist his brilliant light, and I ended up turning that light into an unbelievable darkness."

"Lien Mei!"