This Life's Song: The Genius Rune Master

Lian Xue didn't notice the wound on her wrist or the fleeting green light. She was currently focusing her mental energy on controlling her spiritual power, maintaining her balance, and catching up with her senior sister.

Qi Nianbei and Lu Yaorao darted forward side by side, both focused on Lu Yaorao. Neither of them noticed the tiny glimmer of light, or if they did, they would have mistaken it for a leaf flashing by.

The phoenix lines on the bracelet were brighter, and the phoenix's eyes seemed to come alive.

"How are you, Junior Sister? Are you tired?" Lu Yaorao stopped and asked Lian Xue, looking at the two people who had caught up with them.

"It's alright," Lian Xue replied, catching her breath as she landed.

"Then let's rest for a bit, get something to eat, and then we can start again. Isn't your senior sister good to you?" Lu Yaorao said with a sly smile.

"Uh! Senior sister, I'm going to find prey!" Lian Xue looked at her senior sister's expression and was speechless, so she quickly tried to run away.

"Alright, you two rest. I'm going to find some prey and I'll be back in a bit. I'm worried about how you two can find prey when you're exhausted." Lu Yaorao said, looking at the two of them panting, and reached out to stop Lian Xue from rushing forward.

"Then thank you for your hard work, Senior Sister." Lian Xue stopped arguing, darted up the tree, found a thick branch, sat down, and began to meditate to recover her spiritual energy.

"Then I'll go find some firewood. You rest first and take care of yourself." Qi Nianbei raised her head, greeted Lian Xue, and then slipped away.

"Okay, you should also be careful." Lian Xue glanced at him and then sat down to meditate. She replenished her spiritual energy after it was depleted, just like a hungry person who kept absorbing food.

At this moment, it is easier to enter a subtle state. Lian Xue felt that her breath seemed to merge with spiritual energy, becoming one with it.

The sounds of insects chirping, birds singing, leaves rustling, and the wind gently blowing through the woods filled my ears, bringing a sense of tranquility. I felt as if I were about to fly away, carried by the sound of the wind...

"Click"

A discordant sound broke the silence, interrupting her meditation. She opened her eyes and saw Qi Nianbei returning with firewood, breaking it into pieces to start a fire.

Taking a deep breath, straightening his clothes, he spun around and landed, saying, "You're back so quickly."

"It's been half an hour already, what's the rush? We've gotten quite far along the way," Qi Nianbei said apologetically.

"Oh, I was meditating and didn't notice the time. I thought it hadn't been long! Why hasn't my senior sister come back yet?" Lianxue said, looking around to make sure no one was there.

The surroundings were quiet. I didn't know what was wrong with my senior sister, or if she was in danger. But if she was in danger and couldn't handle it, what could I do? My strength was still too low.

As darkness fell, Qi Nianbei lit a fire, the flames making their faces glow red.

"No, I want to go find my senior sister." Lian Xue was really worried and got up to go find her.

"Don't wander off. If your senior sister comes back and can't find you, won't she be even more worried?" Qi Nianbei poked at the fire, glanced up at Lian Xue, and then fell silent.

“But Senior Sister has been gone for a long time,” Lian Xue said with a worried expression.

"Junior Sister, you miss your Senior Sister so soon? It's nothing serious, just encountered a powerful demon beast. Look at me, I'm fine." Lu Yaorao rushed back at this moment, and after speaking, she turned around.

"Senior sister, are you alright? I was so worried about you." Lian Xue hurriedly ran to Lu Yaorao's side and looked at her. She was holding three pheasants in her hand. There were no wounds on her body, and the smell of blood was probably from the pheasants, which reassured her a lot.

"Silly girl, I'm really fine. You two go and process the pheasant. I'm tired, so I'll rest for a bit," Lu Yaorao said, handing the pheasant in her hand to Lian Xue.

"I'll take care of it. You two rest, I'll be done soon." Qi Nianbei walked over, took the pheasant, nodded to the two of them, and turned to walk away to start processing the pheasant.

"Senior sister, you don't look well. Are you sure you're alright?" Lianxue felt something was off about her senior sister. With her strength, it was impossible for her to have been dragged down by a demon beast for so long. Besides, there was the smell of blood on her.

"As expected, junior sister cares about senior sister! Come here, senior sister will give you a hug." She said, reaching out as if to hug her.

"Senior sister, stop fooling around. I feel you're injured, and quite badly. Qi Nianbei isn't here. Is there anything you can't say?" Lian Xue ignored her senior sister's words. At this moment, her face was no longer blank, but serious and earnest.

"Little girl, why are you so sensitive? Getting hurt is inevitable, hehe~ It's okay," Lu Yaorao said with a smile, but her eyes were evasive.

"Senior sister, I know you're not telling me because you want what's best for me, but I also need to grow, and I want to share the burden with you. Can you trust me? Tell me what happened. If it's something minor and you won't get hurt, at least you'll worry about me and come back to me immediately." Lianxue saw the evasion in her senior sister's eyes and asked earnestly.

"Junior sister, your senior sister has never treated you like a child. You're overthinking it." Lu Yaorao looked at Lian Xue's chubby face, which was now completely serious.

Thinking about it, my junior sister is right. "Sigh."

She has the right to know, and wasn't her master intentionally training Lianxue?

Seeing her senior sister's initial smile as she denied it, and then her sigh, Lianxue knew that her senior sister had compromised. She didn't press for details and waited for her senior sister to continue.

"After I left you, I didn't encounter any prey, so I went deeper into the area and met a pheasant. The pheasants here run exceptionally fast, probably because they absorb spiritual energy. Naturally, I chased after it as it ran."

"But after chasing for a while, I suddenly noticed a figure flashing by far ahead of me, so I curiously went closer to take a look," Lu Yaorao said, glancing at Lian Xue with a look that seemed both worried and nervous.

Lianxue looked at her senior sister's expression and listened to her words, her embroidered eyebrows furrowing slightly as she waited for her senior sister to continue.

"Then I heard arguing. I didn't dare to go any further and I couldn't hear what they were arguing about. At first, I saw five men in black, but when I looked at the middle of them, I found..." He paused here, frowning with worry.

Then I saw my master.

"master?"

"Yes, it was Master. I'm sure of it. There was blood on Master's clothes, which means he had just been in a fight. I didn't know who those men in black were, so I didn't dare to make any rash moves."

But as I watched them begin to attack my master, I panicked and broke a tree branch. One of the men in black noticed me and seriously injured me, causing me to lose consciousness.

That person was very powerful; I had no chance to fight back. While I was unconscious, I saw the man in black who had injured me turn around and chase after my master and the others. My master was taken away.

Perhaps I was insignificant to them, which is why they didn't wipe me out completely.

As Lu Yaorao spoke, she couldn't help but sigh inwardly at her own incompetence, watching helplessly as her master was taken away.

"I'm so glad you're alright, Senior Sister. I think Master will be fine. If they wanted to kill Master, they wouldn't have taken him away," Lianxue said, deeply worried. But there was nothing she could do now; comforting her senior sister was also comforting herself.

"I hope so. When I woke up later, I searched everywhere but couldn't find him. I took some medicine to make sure you weren't worried, changed my clothes, caught a pheasant, and came back."

"I didn't expect that even though I thought I disguised it quite well, you still found out." Lu Yaorao looked melancholy and disappointed.

"At first I really believed what you said, but you smelled very bloody, and I thought it was from a pheasant, but after Qi Nianbei took it away..."

I noticed it was still on you. By the firelight, I could see your complexion wasn't good either, and your smile looked forced, not as pretty as usual. The last sentence was purely something Lianxue deliberately said to heighten her anger.

"Oh dear! It seems I should smile more often in the future," Lu Yaorao joked sincerely.

"Yes, it's good to smile more. By the way, you said before that Master left, was there a reason for that?" Lianxue remembered that when she asked her senior sister before, her senior sister did not give her a definite answer, so she couldn't help but ask again.

"You silly girl, you're so young but you've got so many thoughts. Actually, it was because a few people showed up that Master told me to go after them. He didn't want me to tell you, afraid that if you knew, you'd feel lost and afraid..."

Looking at her youngest junior sister, and seeing the composure she possessed beyond her years, Lu Yaorao felt a pang of sadness. Growing up is tough, but isn't it something everyone has to face?