Immortal Ascension Tower

Chapter 41 - The Sect Protectors

"Xu Ling... What do you think of us?" The voice of a girl sounded by his ears. The child turned and looked at the woman sitting beside him with a smile. She had a red skin and red hair, her features were incredibly beautiful, her curves generous and her red lips alluring.

The child look confused and asked "You are my brothers, my sisters, my friends, what could I ever think of you?"

The woman grinned showing off a perfect row of white teeth and nodded "Of course you would!"

The boy hesitated then said "But...". The woman tilted her head "What is it?"

"Well... Do you ever have the feelings that you would want to become more than friends with anybody?" The boy looked at the scenery in front of him: at the moment, they were sitting on the border of a flying island, looking at the sun setting down over the horizon.

The boy gazed the colored sky and pointed "A feeling that you would want to share such beautiful things with somebody? I have... Recently I have been feeling a bit strange..."

The woman hesitated and then explained "Well, that is called love, and it is something that is perfectly normal!" She smiled and patted the boy's head.

"Love?" The boy's eyes widened "How do you know if it is really love?" The child tilted his head and laid on the woman's lap.

She smiled warmly and caressed him as she looked at the horizon "The feeling that you would want to be with that person forever, that your heart would jump out of your chest whenever you meet that somebody, that you want to protect this person, that you would pay any price for her to be safe from all harm... This feeling shows that you Love that person. Who is this person that you become like that around to?"

The boy closed his eyes and muttered under his breath "Well... It is Sister..."

"What was that?" The girl asked but she was met with silence so she looked down "You silly boy... To fall asleep like this". She chuckled and kissed him on the forehead "Sleep tight brother, good dreams!"

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A man walked up a hill cursing. He had white hair tied in braids and dark skin, a snake coiled around his shoulder and two voices sounded out ""Damn, where did those two run to? Look and see if we don't give them a lesson!""

He walked past the last step of a long set of stairs and he froze. His previous anger turned into tenderness as he saw the two figures sleeping on the grass while hugging each other.

The woman held the boy close to her chest, her forehead and nose touching with the boy's. The man sighed ""How could we ever ruin such a scene...""

He walked up to the two and caressed the both of them with his tow large hands ""Ling 'Er... Hong 'Er... A Human and a Divine Beast. This is just amazing, for the two of you so different, yet to be so close...""

He turned and looked at the sleeping child with gratitude ""That girl, she never smiled before, she never joked, played or spoke with anybody ever since her mother died... It was as if her time had been stopped and her world turned into black and white!""

The man sighed ""But now, thanks to you, that time began to move again, her monochrome world has now become full of colors. We can see she is now happy. Thank you, Xu Ling, you have the gratitude of us three brothers for letting Hong 'Er enjoy her life!""

""We, The Black Turtle, thank you for that!"" Rei Hei smiled and headed back.

Xu Ling yawned and opened his eyes. He saw that the girl was still sleeping so he didn't dare move. He smiled happily when he saw the girl's soft lips were also arranged into a happy smile.