Desperation enveloped Lin Ran, and she couldn’t help but tremble all over as she knelt on the ground, her sobs echoing throughout the small pool.
I don’t know how long she knelt like this, until Lin Ran’s voice completely dissipated into space.
Only then did Lin Lin stand up from the ground.
At this moment, it was as if she had aged by dozens of years.
Her hair was scattered over her shoulders, making her look extremely haggard.
She came to the pool in a mute manner and sat down quietly.
Picking up a ladle from the side, she proceeded to start filling it with water.
One ladle, two ladles, three ladles, …..
As she continued to fill the water, tears slowly flowed down her face.
Her mind was blank at this point.
She didn’t want to think about anything, and from the moment Lin Ran closed her eyes, the door to her heart closed.
She didn’t know what she was holding on to by doing so.
But she knew that if she did nothing, she feared that the thoughts would consume her completely.
Behind her, the plum tree blossomed and fell, year after year.
A layer of plum blossoms had fallen all over Lindsay’s entire body, and only her arms were free of them, for her arms were still holding the water.
At some point, the ground outside the pool had been submerged by water.
The plum blossoms scattered on the surface of the water were beautiful in patches.
But Lindsay was in no mood to admire those plum blossoms.
The plum blossoms, which were the faith of the Plum Blossom School, were like petals of longing these days, reminding her of the person next to her every time she saw them.
Turning her head to look, the place where Lin Ran was was already wrapped in countless petals.
Only the outline of a person could be vaguely seen.
Since Lin Ran had last closed his eyes, he had never woken up, while a full ten years had pa*sed.
Perhaps even Lin Ran himself did not know that he had been holding the water for ten years.
Suddenly, a gentle breeze blew by, scattering the plum blossoms on the tree.
Countless plum blossoms scattered in the pool, creating ripples in layers.
It made Lindsay look mesmerised for a moment.
“After all these years, the water in the pool still hasn’t diminished just yet! What exactly is the ancestor testing?”
Ling Sa was puzzled in her heart.
She turned her head to look at Lin Ran, she didn’t know how many times she had pondered this question over the past ten years.
The ancestral land of the Plum Blossom Sect, but why did Granny Plum Blossom have to let Lin Ran in.
Even if it really was dangerous within the ancestral land, there was no sense in letting an outsider in.
This was definitely a great taboo for a sect.
“But Granny did it anyway! Why on earth did she do it?”
Ling Sa was puzzled in her heart.
She began to think about the things that had happened to the Plum Blossom Sect over the years, recalling them one by one, no matter how big or small.
She went from why Granny Meihua had asked herself to be the head of this sect.
Thinking about why, in the end, Lin Ran was allowed to enter the Plum Blossom Cave.
Together with some of the things Lin Ran had said to herself earlier.
She suddenly realised a problem.
Historically, it seemed that all of the Plum Blossom Sects were headed by women.
And a long time ago, it seemed that the Plum Blossom Sect only accepted female disciples as well.
It was only later, for reasons unknown, that this gradually began to recruit male disciples.
But there is an iron rule in the Mei Hua Sect, that is, those who can become a candidate for discipleship will always be male.
And once they became the Head Master, unless they found a man who was also a disciple of the Mei Hua Sect to marry, the Head Master could not marry outside the school for the rest of his life!
“But now that Lin Ran and I have entered the Plum Blossom Cave, it means that he and Granny Plum Blossom must have struck some sort of deal!”
“If I help Granny Meihua find the Plum Blossom Heavenly Book, I can leave the Plum Blossom Sect, and that outcome holds true!”
“But why do you still want me to come in?”
The more Ling Sa thought about it, the more confused she became.
But there was one thing she was up in doubt about.
Letting herself in too, that meant that Granny Meihua was prepared to let herself learn this Plum Blossom Heavenly Book.
There were only two kinds of people who could learn the Plum Blossom Heavenly Book, either they were gifted disciples or candidates for the Master.
Gifted and oneself were not related, so there was only one possibility, to make oneself a candidate for the master.
“Did Granny promise that Lin Ran would help find the Plum Blossom Heavenly Book, so that I could both stay with him and inherit the position of Sect Leader?”
Ling Sa suddenly felt her heart jolt.
That was one possibility, and if that possibility didn’t hold, then there was only one other possibility!
“This Plum Blossom Heavenly Book can only be taken by two people, and they must be two people who love each other!”
Lindsay instantly felt a sudden realization dawn on her mind.
She hurriedly turned her head to look at Lin Ran.
“Could it be that his current state is also a test?”
Ling Sa remembered the first weight.
The ancestor at that time had told himself to kill Lin Ran.
This was contrary to Granny Meihua’s original intention of letting them in.
In other words, Granny Meihua knew that the ancestor wouldn’t let herself really kill Lin Ran, and this was clearly a test of the relationship between the two of them.
“It’s really true!”
Ling Sa immediately felt that she understood her ancestor’s intentions.
“But what does testing feelings have to do with this pool of water?”
Ling Sa was puzzled again.
Suddenly, another breeze blew by.
The plum blossom tree swayed and a piece of plum blossom fell.
Suddenly, Ling Sa saw that the water in the pool actually rippled.
Followed by a very shallow whirlpool actually appeared on the surface of the pool’s water.
“This is?”
Looking at the vortex on the surface of the water, Ling Sa’s heart twitched as she smelled the air of the outside world.
“This vortex leads to the outside world?”
Ling Sa’s heart thumped.
As long as she jumped into this vortex she could leave this place and regain her freedom.
“But Lin Ran!”
Ling Sa hesitated.
“Weng!”
Suddenly, the dipper in her hand actually flew up and returned to her hand.
“Choose!”
Suddenly, an old voice rang out, if not the ancestor or someone else.
“Ancestor! You!”
Lingsha froze in her tracks.
“You have tabulated my intentions, now is the time for you to choose!”
“Pick up the ladle, and it will take you a full hundred thousand years to fill the pool with clean water!”
“And jump into the whirlpool and you will leave immediately, both choices you will get the Plum Blossom Heavenly Book!”
“Choose!”
The ancestor’s voice drifted throughout the space.
“One hundred thousand years?”
Ling Sa froze.
It had only been a mere ten years since she had started!
Instead, the ancestor was telling himself that it would actually take a hundred thousand years to fill the pool clean!
“A hundred thousand years can change a lot of things, wrapping people’s feelings! Are you willing to wait a hundred thousand years for him?”
The ancestor said indifferently.
The voice, however, was as if it was full of magic, making Ling Sa unconsciously want to choose to jump into the whirlpool.
“No! I can’t go! Lin Ran is doing this for me, I must not fail him!”
Ling Sa said as she hurriedly picked up the ladle in her hand and reached towards the pool.
“Have you thought it over? Once the ladle is like water, you will have no choice!”
The ancestor’s voice rang out again.
“I don’t need to think about it!”
Linran’s palm did not stop, she was afraid that if she hesitated even slightly, her settled heart would be in great turmoil.
She knew that she could not leave Lin Ran behind, for she loved him.
“It’s only 100,000 years! I can still carry it!”
Lingyan said, gently holding the ladle of water up.
A ladle full of water was poured outside the pool.
But at this moment, an unexpected scene appeared, the water inside the pool actually dried up completely at this moment.
The pool was finally empty!
“Ten years of enlightenment and only one scoop of water is taken!”
“You have pa*sed!”
The ancestor’s voice slowly drifted away, and at this moment, the plum blossoms on the ground flew backwards piece by piece.
The frost covering Lin Ran’s body also began to melt at this moment.
