Qiu Yuanxi wore a married woman's hairstyle, and Ling Luoyi naturally assumed she was married. However, Qiu Yuanxi shook her head and denied it. As if recalling some sad memory, she began to cry even harder.
Seeing her reaction, Ling Luoyi knew something must have happened in the past two hundred years. Could it be that Ling Luochen...
Ling Luoyi looked at Gu Yuncheng. Gu Yuncheng also didn't know. He simply conveyed what Yuncheng wanted her to know, shaking his head. Ling Luoyi was confused again. If Ling Luochen wasn't dead, what else could it be?
He was protecting them, as long as there was no danger to their lives, so he didn't know these details.
Ling Luoyi helped Qiu Yuanxi to sit down before asking, "A Yuan, what's wrong? Didn't you break off your engagement? Why didn't you marry him? Was he scared off by your family background, or did your parents disagree?"
Ling Luoyi didn't think Ling Luochen would break his promise, or that he hadn't arrived at the Canglan Continent yet.
Through her tears, Qiu Yuanxi poured out all the grievances she had endured over the years. Hearing Ling Luoyi's question, she choked out, "No, neither."
"Then what happened? A Yuan, you have to tell me so I can help you."
"Little Luo'er, your brother arrived at the Canglan Continent one hundred and thirty-five years ago, but he didn't propose to my family as agreed. He was looking for you everywhere. At that time, your grandfather had been dead for seven years, but you didn't even attend his funeral. He was very angry. I didn't want him to misunderstand you, so I told him you were dead and revealed your identity. He was very shocked, then he ran off, and I never saw him again.
I waited for him on the Canglan Continent for another ten years, but I never saw him. Because I could come to the Sacred Domain at that time, but the Domain Lord was urging me. I waited ten years, and he never came. I thought he blamed me, so in my despair, I put up my hair as a married woman and came to the Sacred Domain, never leaving Qingxin Hall. But don't worry, I've been taking care of the small world.
Oh, Little Luo'er, you still don't know about your grandfather..."
"I know."
"Ah?"
"Before I came to see you, I went to the Underworld. I saw his soul there."
Qiu Yuanxi was even more confused. "Little Luo'er, your grandfather has been dead for over a hundred and forty years. How can he still have a soul? As far as I know, unless someone is extremely wicked, they can't reincarnate. At most, after a hundred years, they can be reborn. Your grandfather isn't extremely wicked, is he?"
Thinking of the kind old man, Qiu Yuanxi felt heartbroken. The siblings lost their parents when they were young, then their grandfather. Ling Luochen lost his sister as well. He was the only one left in his lineage.
"No, he just hasn't been willing to reincarnate for his own reasons. But he should have reincarnated by now."
"That's good. I hope your grandfather can live a peaceful life in his next life. He suffered too much in this one."
"Yes." Ling Luoyi also sighed.
Losing his wife early, his son and grandson in middle age, and carrying a great secret in his later years. It was probably because of this secret that he refused medicine, leading to his death from illness.
"But, Little Luo'er, with the Ling family's reserves and variety of elixirs, why did your grandfather die of illness? Even stranger, I prescribed medicine for him when he first fell ill, but why was there no improvement at all?"
"A Yuan, no amount of medicine can cure a broken heart, and no amount of skill can save someone who wishes to die."
He must have known long ago that I wasn't her. Because he didn't expose me, he felt he owed me, so he wished to die. He even sought me out after death to apologize or atone.
"Little Luo'er, you mean your grandfather wished to die? But why?"
"A Yuan, you'll have to ask him yourself. I had been dead for over fifty years at that time, how would I know the reason?"
"Yes, you wouldn't know."
"Alright, A Yuan, he is dead now, and perhaps reincarnated. Let's not worry about these things anymore. I can't stay in the human world for long right now. Let's resolve your matter first."
"My matter? But I don't even know where he is now."
"A Su, do you know where he is now?"
"Luo Luo, the people Xingyu sent lost him over a hundred and thirty years ago. At that time, Ling Luochen was in a daze for some reason and accidentally triggered a long-abandoned teleportation array. For some reason, the abandoned teleportation array sent him away. Xingyu and the others are still looking for him. If we calculate the time, it should be around the time Qiu Yuanxi told him you were dead."
"You still haven't found him?" Qiu Yuanxi asked anxiously upon hearing that Ling Luochen was missing.
"No. We don't know when that teleportation array was built, nor where it leads. There are too many planes in the human world, and any of them is possible, so the progress is a bit slow."
"Can I help? Your Majesty the Demon Emperor, it should be more convenient for humans to move around the human world, right?"
"A Yuan, how can you help? Your people are all from Qingxin Hall. If you want to send them out, you need the Domain Lord's consent. If you mobilize so many people to find an ordinary person, others won't agree."
"Little Luo'er, how did you get dumber after being resurrected? Ling Luochen is not an ordinary person. He is the biological brother of the former Commander of War, Saintess Ling Luoyi, and her only living relative with the same bloodline. The former Commander of War, Saintess Ling Luoyi, died protecting the human world. Now that her biological brother is missing, shouldn't we look for him? Wouldn't that break her heart? If you can't even protect your only relative, who would be willing to sacrifice for the human world in the future? Little Luo'er, don't you think so?"
"As you wish."
Hearing Ling Luoyi agree, Qiu Yuanxi sighed and said, "But if that teleportation array leads to the human world, it's fine. If it leads to another realm, it's hard to say. It's been over a hundred years, and we don't know if he's alive or dead."
"He should still be alive." Seeing that Ling Luoyi was also a little worried, Gu Yuncheng explained, "After Ling Luochen was discovered missing, Xingyu had people guard the Ling family's life tokens. Ling Luochen's life token has always been intact, so he is indeed alive."
However, Gu Yuncheng's words did not ease Qiu Yuanxi's worries at all. He might be alive, but whether he was suffering was unknown.
Seeing this, Ling Luoyi comforted her, "A Yuan, don't worry. Worrying is useless. Let's go find the Domain Lord to send people. The sooner we find him, the sooner we can be at ease."
Qiu Yuanxi was about to go find the Domain Lord when she suddenly realized something and looked at Ling Luoyi, asking, "Little Luo'er, will you come back after you leave this time? Will I be able to see you again?"
"A Yuan, I can't stay in the human world for long now, and I won't be back often in the future. But you can come to the Demon Realm to find me. You can come anytime you want." Ling Luoyi didn't forget to seek the consent of the Lord of the Demon Realm. "Don't you agree, A Su?"
It was a request in name, but in reality, it was a challenge to disagree!
"What Luo Luo says is right."
At this moment, Qiu Yuanxi looked at Gu Yuncheng somewhat awkwardly. The words she had just scolded him with echoed clearly in her mind, making her want to dig a hole and bury herself.
"Okay, Little Luo'er, I'll go find the Domain Lord first. But remember, you said I can come to the Demon Realm to find you."
"A Yuan, I remember." Ling Luoyi grabbed Qiu Yuanxi's hand and said with a serious expression, "But don't reveal that I'm still alive."
"I understand."