#422 - The little girl in memory

Jun Wuxie stared blankly at Ye Qingxue, forgetting for a moment even what she had asked him to do.

In this world, how many people could remain unmoved when faced with such beauty?

At least, Jun Wuxie himself was currently incapable of doing so.

With his semi-saint level soul, it was difficult to maintain a clear mind under the visual impact of such transcendent beauty.

"Is it pleasing to the eye?"

Ye Qingxue spoke softly, a hint of coldness in her star-lit eyes.

Throughout the ages, how many men had dared to stare at her like that?

"Ah?"

Jun Wuxie snapped back to reality, his expression turning serious as he tried to hide his embarrassment, stubbornly saying, "Well, it's alright, just average."

As soon as these words against his true feelings left his mouth, he felt like he was about to be struck by lightning.

"Put it on."

Ye Qingxue didn't pay attention to his insincere words. The bronze mask in her hand slowly floated up, hovering in front of Jun Wuxie.

"Weren't you not letting me touch it? Why do you want me to wear it now?"

Jun Wuxie was a little confused. What exactly did this untouchable ancestor want to do?

"If you can wear it, then all is well. If you are rejected by the mask, I will send you to the afterlife."

Her clear voice was filled with indifference and ruthlessness.

Jun Wuxie's face immediately turned green.

"Who did I offend? I'm not wearing it!"

Jun Wuxie flatly refused. What a joke! Although he felt that he should be able to wear this mask, what if he couldn't? Wouldn't that be a tragedy?

"Really not wearing it?"

Ye Qingxue's voice became even colder.

"Absolutely not wearing it!"

After saying that, he wanted to leave the Eternal Life Shrine.

However, he discovered that he was still inside, and there was no response at all no matter how he tried to communicate with the Eternal Life Shrine.

"I'll give you one last chance. If you try to wear it, there might still be a glimmer of hope. If you refuse, I'll assume you can't wear it."

"Are you even being reasonable?"

Jun Wuxie glared at her.

"Strength is reason. If you're not convinced, then defeat me!"

"Ye Qingxue! Don't think you can threaten me!" Jun Wuxie said with incomparable backbone, "How can a dignified man be forced by a woman? I said I won't wear it, and I won't!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the runes of the Martial Dao flickering in Ye Qingxue's beautiful hand, as if she was about to strike.

He was quick-witted and grabbed the mask, putting it directly on his face, forcefully saying, "Poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be bent. You want me to wear it, so I'll wear it? Hmph, wearing it, what's with the ferocity…"

However, he didn't notice that when he held the mask to his face, a tremor that had never appeared before flashed in Ye Qingxue's eyes, and even her body tensed slightly.

The whole process was very smooth. The mask went onto Jun Wuxie's face without any signs of rejection.

Ye Qingxue's gaze was slightly dazed, and she quietly watched Jun Wuxie wearing the mask.

For a moment, subconsciously, she vaguely felt that the scene before her was so familiar.

She tried hard to grasp something, but the feeling became blurred again.

At this moment, Jun Wuxie's body was trembling.

The moment he put on the mask, a mysterious force rushed into the depths of his sea of consciousness, and the tightly closed door was blasted open with a bang.

Fragments of broken memories poured out like a tide.

They continuously combined, from incomplete to complete, piecing together a picture, an experience of a lifetime.

Past memories surfaced in his mind.

At that moment, he felt as if he had returned to the past in his memories.

"Uncle, Auntie, please be kind and give me something to eat, Nannan is hungry…"

On the streets of a dilapidated town, in the cold wind, a four or five-year-old girl, wearing ragged and thin clothes and a pair of tattered little shoes with toe holes, her small face and fingers were red with cold, begging passersby.

"Where did this little beggar come from? Get lost!"

Instead of giving alms, the passerby pushed her away.

The little girl staggered and fell to the ground.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she got up, lowered her head, looked at her tattered little shoes, and tears dripped down.

Jun Wuxie saw this scene from afar, and he was about to walk over.

But the little girl turned and left.

He followed her to a household in a corner of the town.

The little girl went inside.

Soon, scolding and cursing could be heard from inside.

"You little bitch, where did you run off to? Have you finished washing today's clothes? I told you not to run around, not to run around!"

"Wuwu, Nannan is hungry, Nannan has no strength, please don't hit Nannan anymore, please, wuwu, Nannan hurts…"

The scolding was accompanied by helpless crying, which came from the room.

Jun Wuxie was furious, and he rushed in.

There were two people in the room, one was the little girl, and the other was a middle-aged woman with a mean and刻薄look.

The little girl was covered in bloody welts, curled up in the corner, her face full of tears.

At that moment, his anger surged, and he almost couldn't help but slap the middle-aged woman to death on the spot.

He suppressed his anger, asked a few questions, and then he knew that the little girl was a child the woman had picked up from outside.

She said she was a jinx, a monster that wouldn't grow up, and hadn't changed at all in several years.

Jun Wuxie warned the middle-aged woman not to abuse her again, gave her some money, and said that he would come to pick up the little girl in a while.

Looking at the money in her hand, the middle-aged woman happily agreed.

Jun Wuxie healed the little girl, and bought her several meat buns.

She told Jun Wuxie that her name was Nannan, and everyone said she was a little monster that wouldn't grow up.

"Big brother, you eat ~"

Nannan broke open a meat bun and handed the meat filling inside to him, tearing off the bun skin herself and eating it with relish.

"Brother is not hungry, these are all for Nannan to eat. Only when Nannan is full can she grow up."

He fed the meat filling to the little girl's mouth.

After Nannan finished eating the bun, Jun Wuxie stood up.

A swollen little hand grabbed the corner of his clothes.

Nannan lowered her head, looked at her toes that were exposed from the toe holes, and timidly said, "Nannan, will Nannan be able to see big brother again in the future?"

"Does Nannan want to follow big brother?"

He squatted down and held her swollen and cold little hand.

The little girl looked at him with pure big eyes, gradually showing a happy smile, and nodded heavily.

"Then Nannan be good, wait for big brother here. Brother has very important things to do, will it be okay if I come back to pick up Nannan in a few days?"

"Okay, Nannan will be good, Nannan waits for big brother ~"

…

When Jun Wuxie left, he left a wisp of protective energy in the little girl's body.

The little girl stood under the eaves and watched him go away, waving her little hand constantly.

In the following days, he went to a secret place and experienced a fierce battle.

The enemies were all wiped out, but he was also seriously injured.

When he returned to the town, Nannan was gone.

He used some means to find out the truth from the middle-aged woman.

It turned out that on the second day after he left, she had sold Nannan.

In a fit of anger, he killed the middle-aged woman on the spot!

Following the breath of energy he had left in Nannan's body, he tracked her all the way, traversing two domains, and after nearly three months, he finally found Nannan's trail.

It was a secret stronghold of a mysterious organization.

Nannan was still wearing her old ragged clothes, her wrists and ankles were locked with huge iron chains, and she was locked in a cage, her face pale.

In front of her were two green-robed women, one of whom was holding a bowl of green paste-like stuff.

Looking at the bowl of paste, Nannan quietly swallowed her saliva, and her little belly made a gurgling sound.

"Come, eat the medicine paste!"

A green-robed woman said.

"Sister, Nannan is so hungry, please don't draw Nannan's blood anymore, Nannan is going to die…"

The little girl leaned weakly on the cage, her eyes flickering with hope.

In such a situation, facing the two green-robed women, she was full of grievances and helplessness.

"This little girl seems to be really weak. I think we shouldn't draw her blood today. Only if she lives can we get more blood."

"This is not up to us. This matter has to be reported and decided by the higher-ups. This little girl is not simple. Her blood contains mysterious and powerful source power. Long-term breeding is the best choice!"

…

When Jun Wuxie sneaked in, he happened to see this scene.

He felt both angry and sad.

Before meeting Nannan, he had never imagined that a child of a few years old would have such a tragic experience.

In previous years, she was abused, had no food to eat every day, could only go begging herself, and had to be enslaved, beaten, and tortured when she returned home.

Now, she was caught here and had her blood drawn every day!

In an explosion of anger, he killed the two green-robed women.

"Big brother?"

The moment Nannan saw him, her dim eyes lit up, and large tears fell down, but she was smiling, smiling sweetly and brightly.

"Nannan, big brother is here, I won't let Nannan be bullied again…"

Jun Wuxie broke the iron chain, carried Nannan out, and washed the entire stronghold with blood.

After he took Nannan away from the stronghold, he found a place to heal his injuries.

The battle a few months ago had left extremely serious source injuries, and he had not had time to repair them during these months of travel.

While he was closing his eyes to heal his injuries, he suddenly felt something pressed against his lips, and slowly salty liquid seeped into his mouth.

He opened his eyes and saw Nannan's worried eyes, and her wrist, which had been cut by him, was being placed on his lips.

"Nannan, what are you doing?"

He quickly removed Nannan's wrist and used his blood to heal her wound.

At the same time, he discovered that the blood he had previously ingested contained a vast life force, repairing the injuries within his body with astonishing effect.

The cracks that riddled his origin had completely healed in an instant.

"Big brother, those green-clothed sisters said that Nannan's blood is treasure blood, and it can heal injuries. Nannan wants to help big brother～"

Her face was extremely pale, but she smiled very happily.

……

The experiences that followed were all about him taking Nannan back to the scenic valley where he lived, and the little things they did together.

Until one day many years later, he left the bronze mask to her and left alone, never to return… …

"Nannan… …"

Jun Wuxie murmured softly, the eyes beneath the mask already wet.

It took a long time for his mind to emerge from the memories.

He slowly took off the mask, his palm gently stroking it.

"Who exactly are you?"

He suddenly looked up, staring at Ye Qingxue.

Last time, those memory fragments were not clear enough, and he could not be 100% sure that this mask was his.

But this time, he could be sure that this bronze mask originally belonged to him and was the last thing he left to Nannan!

Ye Qingxue stared at him, her eyes trembling slightly, and said, "I also want to know, who exactly are you?"

"Ye Qingxue, how could you have the mask I left to Nannan!"

Jun Wuxie was a little agitated, unable to restrain his emotions.

Back then, he "fell" in the God Origin World, and his four god attendants, according to Yue Yao, were also seriously injured later.

If no one took care of Nannan, how would she survive alone?