Simulated Lives: The Sorrow of the Sword Maiden-Chapter 5 – My life only needs an elder brother

[You began to reorganize Sen Sword Peak. A female disciple from the Dan Hall was punished to be a firewood worker for three months because she stepped into the hall with her left foot first.]
[The other disciples were so frightened that they all started stepping in with their right foot.]
[You focused on your cultivation and welcomed your first New Year after joining the Heavenly Sword Sect. You chose to stay in your cave dwelling and spent it with your sister, Xu Moli. You cooked an exceptionally lavish meal.]
[The girl was very happy, eating one bite after another, unable to stop.]
***
The winter world was filled with desolation.
Leaves withered, flowers faded, and the once lush mountains were left with bare branches swaying uncertainly in the cold wind, accumulating layers of snow, gradually turning pure white.
Xu Xi didn't particularly like winter.
Especially after entering the Simulated World.
During the five years living in Blackstone City, Xu Xi's income was very meager, and just maintaining food for himself and his sister consumed all his energy.
Naturally, the siblings couldn't afford coal for heating.
At that time, Xu Xi could only go out of the city every day to pick up coal slag fallen on the roads or gather scattered branches to barely light a small fire at home.
Xu Xi still clearly remembers.
In those days of swirling snow, when tiny icicles entered his lungs with each breath.
Every day, there would be a small figure, huddled up, shivering in the cold wind, persistently squatting at the wooden house's door waiting for Xu Xi.
And when Xu Xi returned, she would rub her little hands vigorously, warmly covering Xu Xi's frostbitten cheeks, smiling to welcome him home.
The cold wind remained biting.
Nothing changed.
But during that time, Xu Xi would always receive temporary warmth each day, allowing him to keep moving forward.
Now, as Xu Xi joined the Heavenly Sword Sect with the identity of a Heavenly Spiritual Root, having an independently operating cave dwelling, he no longer needed to worry about the cold wind's intrusion.
Yet, watching the snow outside, he would still occasionally drift into memories of past hardships.
"Brother!"
The lively voice of the girl interrupted Xu Xi's reminiscence.
"I'm here, what's up?"
"If you don't eat soon, the food will get cold."
Six-year-old Xu Moli pretended to be serious, wagging her little finger as she lectured, "You shouldn't do that, you should eat while it's hot."
Xu Xi was momentarily stunned, then smiled and said, "Alright."
Chopsticks crossed.
They tacitly picked food for each other.
Before spring arrives, the cold winter days are indeed hard to endure, but by snuggling together for warmth, they can always wait for the spring light to come.
[You and your sister spent a warm New Year together.]
[At the turn of the year, you condensed a perfect Dao foundation, setting the fastest Foundation Establishment record in the Heavenly Sword Sect, becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator.]
[You received a reward from your master, Li Wanshou, gaining a top-grade flying sword and a matching defensive magical artifact.]
[You didn't forget your past promise. After obtaining the flying sword, you took your sister on a sword flight. When you asked her how she felt afterward, she said flying with you was very happy.]
[Winter passed, spring arrived, and all things revived.]
[As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, you took on more responsibilities within the sect. To prevent your sister from getting bored and for her future, you sent Xu Moli to school.]
[On her first day of school, she looked at you with tearful eyes, mistakenly thinking you were abandoning her, but fortunately, the misunderstanding was resolved.]
[After some time, your sister learned a lot at school. Her natural intelligence and quick thinking made you feel gratified, though you were slightly worried that she seemed a bit solitary, not making friends her age.]
[You expressed concern about your sister's future life.]
"Brother, is life long?"
"Very long, very long."
"Brother, is life short?"
"Very short, very short."
"Eh, how can it be both long and short? It feels so strange."
"That's just how life is."
The girl didn't understand, furrowing her little brows for a long time before giving her answer, "Life is really troublesome. Moli just wants to be with brother, doesn't need any friends."
***
[The girl has her own set of standards. You have no choice but to let her be.]
[Time flies by quickly. You and the girl spent year after year in the Heavenly Sword Sect, growing closer.]
[In the seventh year of crossing over, you were 13, and your cultivation made another breakthrough. The girl was 7, finishing all her school courses in a year.]
[In the eighth year of crossing over, you were 14, broke through to mid Foundation Establishment, and wielded the Withered Vine Sword to slay a False Core expert, earning the title of Golden Core True Person in advance, though you felt no waves in your heart.]
[The girl was 8, starting to help you with chores at Sen Sword Peak. Her adorable appearance made her beloved by all the disciples at Sen Sword Peak.]
[In the ninth year of crossing over, you were 15, truly growing up, shedding your past youthful appearance. Wherever you went, you received praise from both elders and juniors, overshadowing the new talents of the Demonic Path, becoming a rising star of the Righteous Path.]
[The girl was 9, without a talent for cultivation, she was determined to assist you in managing Sen Sword Peak, and she did it well.]
[In the tenth year of crossing over, you were 16, and the girl was 10.]
Time flowed year by year.
Life gradually improved.
Xu Xi was very satisfied with this kind of life.
He could continuously grow stronger, enhancing his Life Simulation reward evaluation, and also take good care of Xu Moli, allowing this child to live better.
Even though he knew this was a false Simulated World.
The experiences between people and the emotions that arose were real.
Therefore.
Xu Xi wanted to make the girl's life as good as possible.
"Time flies so fast..."
"In the blink of an eye, it's the tenth year, and Moli's tenth birthday has arrived."
"It feels like finding her during the escape was just yesterday."
In the tenth year of entering the Simulated World.
Xu Xi was 16.
He looked up at the sun in the sky, feeling quite emotional, flying on his sword towards his cave dwelling, preparing to give his adorable sister a birthday gift.
Everything was beautiful, everything was going smoothly.
That's how it should have been.
"Is it... brother...?"
"Moli hurts so much..."
Xu Xi entered the cave dwelling, but unlike usual, he didn't see the adorable figure always waiting for him.
After taking a few more steps, he found the girl lying on the ground.
Her face was very pale.
Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, staining her lips a strange red.
She looked terrible, she looked dangerous, she couldn't be ignored.
"Moli!" Rushing to the girl's side at the fastest speed, Xu Xi took out all the healing items he had, trying everything to save her.
Fortunately.
It worked.
After half an hour of unconsciousness, ten-year-old Xu Moli slowly woke up.
She weakly looked at Xu Xi, forcing a smile, her voice faint, "Moli knew... brother... brother would definitely come to save Moli. So Moli kept waiting...
Finally, Moli waited for you..."
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