Chapter 82 — Ten
The Sword Questions the Heavens · Page 10 of 10
Lu Xueqi did not speak.
Shuiyue looked at her, then suddenly sighed, stepped to her side, and said softly, "You're thinking of that person again?"
Lu Xueqi was silent, then a look of pain crossed her face. "Master, it should never have turned out this way—it never should have come to this!"
Shuiyue seemed to fall silent as well, and only after a long while said gently, "This is fate, Qi'er. When you and he meet again hereafter, you will be sworn enemies who cannot share the same sky. You must remember that clearly."
With that she sighed and turned and walked away.
Only Lu Xueqi remained standing there alone; the mountain wind blew, and she felt a chill pass over her. Gazing silently into the distance, in a voice only she herself could hear, she said softly, "When I see him again..."
The night was cool as water, shining upon her solitary figure.