Faceted Jade a.k.a Carven Jade [ENG Translation]

CHAPTER 56

When Xie Yuqing regained consciousness, she was still on Shangguan Mingyan's back.

Shangguan Mingyan carried her on his back as he ran along the road. He was sprinting so fast that all he could hear was the wind whistling around him.

Xie Yuqing moved her fingers, and she was able to regain her senses for a moment, muttering hoarsely, "Yun Yu!"

"Shījiě, you're awake." Shangguan Mingyan didn't even turn his head when he heard Xie Yuqing's voice and said, "You just fainted all of a sudden. I'll take you to find an inn to rest first. I've already notified the sect Elders, so you don't need to worry."

As Xie Yuqing listened to Shangguan Mingyan's voice, she slowly came to her senses. She felt she was gradually regaining her spiritual power and whispered, "Put me down."

"Shījiě," Shangguan Mingyan frowned, "we're already out."

"Put me down!" Xie Yuqing yelled angrily, and Shangguan Mingyan finally came to a halt. When Xie Yuqing got off his back, she was so unsteady that she staggered and nearly tripped, but Shangguan Mingyan held her up.

He helped Xie Yuqing, and after a few moments of respite, she was able to catch her breath. She took a glance around. It wasn't too far from the Cliff of Ten Thousand Bones, so she couldn't have been unconscious that long. She turned around with her sword in hand and said in a low voice, "Go ahead and go back. I'm going to look for them."

Shangguan Mingyan said nothing. He clenched his fist and stared ahead at Xie Yuqing, who was walking. It took him a while before he finally roared out loud, "Do you still not get it? It's pointless for you to go back there!"

Xie Yuqing paused in her steps, listening to Shangguan Mingyan shouting angrily behind her in an out-of-character manner, "Who the heck do you think you are? Why do you think Qin Yan wanted to stay behind? He just didn't want to worry about you, so he asked us to leave first. If you go back, you'll just end up getting killed if he perishes there. Even if you don't think of yourself," said Shangguan Mingyan, lowering his voice to a rather feeble tone, "think of someone else, alright?"

"I'm so sorry." Xie Yuqing had her back to him, saying with great difficulty, "I shouldn't have brought you guys here."

"I thought I could protect you guys." She turned away from him, saying only a few words: "It was my arrogance that caused harm to you and Yun Yu. Now that you're safe and sound, I have to go back."

Shangguan Mingyan was stunned. In disbelief, he stared at Xie Yuqing. "You came out just to send me and Yun Yu out?"

Xie Yuqing said nothing, and Shangguan Mingyan seemed to find it a bit absurd. He let out a laugh, then ridiculed, "Who am I, and who is Yun Yu? Is it worthwhile to live and die for us? Don't you cultivate the Emotionless Path? You must be unfeeling, then. What do you care about us?"

"To cultivate the Emotionless Path is to attain the emotionlessness of the Supreme Being, rather than to put an end to affection." Xie Yuqing finally spoke up, saying calmly, "I will protect you for as long as you are my Shīdì."

As the two were talking, a muffled rumble of thunder could be heard in the sky. Xie Yuqing gazed up and into the distance and whispered, "Mingyan, go back. I'll be right back."

Having said so, Xie Yuqing transformed into a flashy light and instantly vanished in front of Shangguan Mingyan.

Shangguan Mingyan stood still in place for a while, and it wasn't until a steady stream of rain drizzled on him that he reacted.

He wiped his face and grumbled, "A bunch of lunatics."

Having said that, he too transformed into a flashy light and chased after Xie Yuqing.