6 Brother

Memory 06:

At last, Yiao Xanran learned to call him brother and since then, these were the only words she spoke the most.

"Brother… brother… hungry, hungry."

"Brother, sleep …sleep."

"Brother, eat."

…

Sometimes, Yiao Xanran had nightmares and couldn't help but call her brother in the middle of the night. Lin Yan would immediately get up, and sit beside Yiao Xanran, patting her gently and humming the nursery rhyme he heard from nowhere.

Such a night was experienced several times, but each time, Yin Lan would patiently get up in the middle of dark cold night, humming songs and pat Yiao Xanran to sleep.

Surely, this made him too exhausted.

Day by day, Yin Lan's body began to look thinner and thinner, the spirit had also become very poor.

…

Outside the Linglong Treasure Mirror.

Yiao Xanran's face finally began to change.

As the previous memory was when she was a baby, she didn't remember much at all.

But, watching the video on the Linglong Treasure Mirror, the memories which were buried deep inside her heart gushed out like a flood.

At that time, although she had no cultivation, they were the warmest days she had ever lived.

Whether it was day or night, as long as she opened her eyes, her brother would appear before her.

"But why did you become like that? Did the supreme bone make your heart change so much?" Mumbling these words to herself, Yiao Xanran's heart ached all of a sudden as if it was pierced by several needles.

…

Soon, several years passed quickly.

Yin Lan brought up Yiao Xanran with great difficulty, but as Yiao Xanran grew up a little, their days were obviously much easier and they were no longer struggling with life and death every day as before.

But even so, they often eat the last meal without the next.

Whenever there was not enough food, Yin Lan would let his sister Yiao Xanran eat first.

Only when Yiao Xanran had eaten enough, he would eat. However, after Yiao Xanran finished eating, there was nothing left to eat. So, young Yin Lan would drink cold water to fill his empty stomach.

This happened several times.

And due to long-term nutritional deficiencies, Yin Lan's body was very thin.

In the past, his height was slightly taller than his peers, chubby, and looked very cute, but as exhausted all his energy to feed Yiao Xanran, he had become thin while his peers were at least half a head taller.

Even Yiao Xanran, gradually exceeded him in height.

"At that time, he was really good to sister Xanran." Outside the Linglong Treasure Mirror, even Miao Xei, who hated the Heavenly Emperor to the bone, couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

But that was all.

Though she saw that the Heavenly Emperor was so warm to Yiao Xanran, the hatred inside her heart didn't diminish even a little.

…

Finally, the time passed to the day when Yin Lan took Yiao Xanran into the nearby mountains to pick herbs.

In the past, Yin Lan refused to take Yiao Xanran into the mountains as he was afraid that Yiao Xanran would get hurt.

But today, Yiao Xanran cried and insisted on going together, having no other choice, Yin Lan had to bring his sister.

Well, picking herbs was one of his abilities that Yin Lan just learned in the past two years.

He picked herbs from the mountains and sold them to the stores for money. This was more profitable than hunting.

Although Yin Lan's body was thin, it was very flexible.

In the past, he somehow discovered this part of the mountain which had several herbs.

In just half a day, Yin Lan had already collected herbs inside the huge basket.

Although he knew the places where more precious herbs were there, he had to get deeper into the forest to get them, but Yin Lan was afraid that Yiao Xanran would come with him.

Carrying the huge basket, Yin Lan, together with Yiao Xanran were on their way back home.

From the beginning to the end, Yin Lan was very tired and sweaty, but Yiao Xanran was happily playing on the side and bothering him.

However, Yin Lan was not annoyed, but every time he looked at his sister who was playing on the side, the corners of the mouth would show a smile.

This was also the only time he would smile.

…

"The Heavenly Emperor really treated Sister Xan Ran really well." Several people outside the Linglong Mirror Treasure thought secretly in their hearts.

At the same time, they couldn't help but quietly look at Yiao Xanran.

But at this moment, Yiao Xanran's face turned pale, as if she had remembered something terrifying, and even lost her voice: "This was when it happened…"

Inside the Linglong Treasure Mirror.

After he finished picking herbs, they had already started walking on the way home.

On their way, Yiao Xanran suddenly pointed to the cliff next to them and asked, "Brother, what is that?"

Yin Lan looked where Yiao Xanran's was pointing and was surprised. On top of this cliff there was a palm-sized Lingzhi growing.

As Yin Lan had been to the herb store many times, he had a certain understanding of herbs.

At a glance, he could immediately recognize that it was Ganoderma lingzhi.

This made him very happy. After all, such a Lingzhi could be sold for a huge price and it would be enough for these two siblings to live for several years.

Yin Lan thought of sending Yiao Xanran home first, and then came back to pick the ganoderma lucidum.

But he was afraid that it would be robbed by someone.

Therefore, he could only instruct Yiao Xanran, "Little Sister, I'll go and pick it up. You stay here and I will come back soon."

Listening to him, Yiao Xanran nodded her head in a good manner.

Yin Lan put down the huge basket on his back and started to climb the cliff.

-To be continued!