The long love of the ancient sword

"Absolutely? That's such a pity...it's a pity..."

For Chu Changyi's unrepentant refusal, Ouyang Shaogong just sighed with regret, and this topic was so lightly exposed.

After spending the night in this cave, Ouyang Shaogong brought Chu Changyi to Penglai before the date agreed with Baili Tusu.

The legendary fairyland on earth is now in sight, but there are only ruins and walls full of desolation.

What made Chu Changyi even more horrified was that among the ruins and overgrown weeds here and there, she saw countless familiar light spots——Jiao Ming.

"Shaogong, I don't understand..." She looked sideways at the young man who was holding her hand and walking down a small path, "You...you gave Tu Su Xianzhi the Soul Pill to stimulate the evil spirit in his body and take revenge. Da Wu Zhu helped him get half of your soul back then, but Penglai...the Jiao Ming here..."

Uncle, you must have given medicine to all the people who can dig up the corpses since crossing the soul!

"Hehe, Long Memory always surprises me," Ouyang Shaogong smiled inexplicably, and tightened the jade hand in his hand, "Even if it doesn't hit, it's not far away."

The girl who didn't expect to get a positive answer immediately widened her eyes: crazy, crazy, really crazy!Just by looking at the number of Jiao Ming who came this way, you can tell how many victims there are!And based on what she knew about this man, he probably wouldn't care about the life and death of the person involved at the time - he would never be lenient when he made a living person into Jiao Ming!

"why?"

"It's because of this that we can obtain eternity. I used to... fanatically pursue the method of longevity, but those are nothing but emptiness, and all living things... cannot escape death... I... no longer expect such ethereal things... …No matter what I have loved, what I have hated… Keeping them by my side forever, as a beacon of my memory… This is enough.

God punished me to be lonely forever, and I wanted to compete with fate!May all be with me forever!

I brought you here because I want to see with my own eyes what kind of expression you will show, panic, pity, or disgust..."

"What about Xunfang?" Chu Changyi couldn't help interrupting his depressing and desperate speech, and provoked the only warm name she had heard from him, "Could it be that you also Want to turn Xunfang into that kind of existence?!"

"Xunfang?"

Ouyang Shaogong repeated the name in a low voice.When he said those two words, the smile on his face finally became no longer hypocritical and cold, and a little bit of tenderness and happiness emerged.However, he didn't say anything about the name of 'Xunfang', just silently leading the girl to the depths of the Penglai ruins.

until they came to a cemetery.

It may be the tombstones made by the clansmen who survived the natural disaster in Penglai to return to the victims. Some of the tombstones are engraved with the names of the long-sleepers and some are not. The most notable of them is a tombstone independent of a corner.

The tombstone is slightly larger than the others around it, and there is no name engraved on it. The whole tombstone looks very clean, and there is a bunch of fresh and beautiful flowers in front of it—this makes it not lost in this tombstone.

Ouyang Shaogong let go of Chu Changyi's hand, and walked slowly to the tombstone. His slender hands caressed the clean tombstone, with a reminiscing look on his face, warm and happy.

"Xunfang...that was really...a beautiful day, the zither sang and the spring breeze, I almost...almost forgot all the sufferings in the past, I only hope...to be... so addicted..."

He whispered the rare sweetness in his memory.

However, this sweetness did not last even for a moment.

"But... but the heavens don't even grant me this bit of mercy! The natural disaster in Penglai, Xunfang also left..."

After that, Chu Changyi knew his original intention of making Jiao Ming and the ultimate purpose of this trip.

"When I bring the sunken homeland of Penglai back to light, you will see Xunfang's voice and face! Rebuild Penglai and make it an eternal kingdom of the undead!"

Chu Changyi no longer tried to ask anything.She wants to try to understand Ouyang Shaogong, even if she can't resolve the resentment in his heart, she still wants to change his behavior of persecuting Tu Su - she wants to save, whether it is Tu Su or him.

But now she no longer has such delusions.The resentment and obsession that has been condensed in the soul for thousands of years cannot be changed by just a few words or just a few days of communication and getting along.

"Baili Shaoxia acted very quickly, and he must arrive at noon tomorrow at the latest..."

He could already feel the echo of the unsealed soul and the soul in his body... For this day, thousands of years of searching for it finally made him wait until this day.

So fast...the seal was broken so quickly?Where's the brother?How...how could he agree to Tu Su's decision that was no different from suicide so easily? !

Chu Changyi opened his mouth, but he didn't try to ask any more questions after all - the expression of the person opposite already said everything.

Ouyang Shaogong resumed his elegant mask and smiled warmly at the girl.He seemed to have understood her intention of asking him before, and there was a mocking smile in his eyes that were no longer completely hidden.

"It's getting late today, Chang Yi might as well rest for the night first. Tomorrow...or say goodbye to Baili Shaoxia."

I believe this is also the last meeting between you.

"I have heard of visitors from beyond the sky for a long time."

The misty but compassionate female voice, Chu Changyi knew, was Nuwa who descended in the body of a spiritual girl in the Wahuang Temple that day.That time was the only conversation she had with the ancient god in this world.

"A visitor from space?" Is this her identity in this world?

"Indeed, you should be aware of your anomalousness in this world."

"You really deserve to be the ancient god Nuwa Empress! Presumably other gods also know that my soul is not from this world... Now, Empress has pointed out that I am a person from another world, how do you want to deal with it?"

"If that's not the case, you don't need to worry about this. Since you came here safely that day, and you have achieved a little success in cultivating immortals here, it means that the way of heaven agrees with your identity."

"Really? Then why are my relatives, parents, younger brothers, and clan members, especially Tu Su and the others..."

"It's not because of you, but because of their fate. As for Baili Tusu, his fate has already changed. Since then, even I can't get a glimpse of the secret. If others want to force their way in, even gods such as me and Fuxi will have to bear it." Heaven's punishment."

"Then I can only watch him struggle alone? What kind of fate is this! What kind of heaven!"

"For you, it's not so absolute."

"What do you mean?" As long as there is a chance, don't let it go.

"You should know that even our gods must abide by the laws of heaven. You must not openly provoke or violate them, otherwise you will be punished by heaven. However, the Dao Fifty Heavenly Yan 49 intercepts a ray of life, and it is also allowed by the law of heaven to make small changes to gain life; And you are a visitor from outside the sky, although you are allowed to stay here by the Dao of Heaven, but you are still not a person here in essence, maybe..."

"Maybe what?"

"Perhaps we can win that glimmer of life, and change Baili Tusu's fate for Heaven's approval."

"Recognized by the Dao of Heaven? How should I do it?"

"When the time comes, you should know."

"But……"

"Go..."

Chu Changyi woke up with a jerk and opened his eyes. Only then did he realize that he had dreamed about the conversation between the two when they were left behind by Nuwa in the Wahuang Temple.

How could you suddenly dream about this thing?Is it really an omen?After going through time travel and seeing the real ancient god Nuwa, and the prince Changqin, the God of Destiny, Chu Changyi can no longer be as indifferent to fate and the story of gods and ghosts as in the past.

Disturbed by the conversation in the dream, it was difficult to fall asleep and dawn was approaching, she simply got up and looked around... Then she noticed Ouyang Shaogong who was sleeping in the open not far from her.

The young man lay there peacefully with his eyes closed, his expression peaceful and free from the madness of the day, as if he was really just a handsome and gentle young man in the secular world who would not cause any harm to others - he looked so harmless .

Just as long as she draws her sword, she can get rid of him who wantonly hurt living beings when he is awake, and make him who is planning to persecute her and Tu Su truly disappear from the world...

Chu Changyi stared at the sleeping young man for a long time, then slowly turned his head back to the original place, and cast his eyes on the sea level in the distance, as if he began to concentrate on waiting for the moment of sunrise.

When her attention was finally completely gone, the young man who was lying on his back with his eyes closed opened his brown eyes, and some indescribable lights flashed in and out of his eyes, making it even more unpredictable.

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Although it has been expected...

But when Baili Tusu reappeared in front of Chu Changyi, she still couldn't help but feel the heart-piercing despair: How could she not see that the roiling evil spirit that was originally suppressed in his body has now disappeared? ...She could clearly see the black and red evil spirit unscrupulously emanating from his body at such a long distance from him!

"Chang Yi, are you... are you alright?"

As soon as the two sides met each other, Baili Tusu's eyes were glued to Chu Changyi's body.It's just that when he saw the sadness and pain in the girl's eyes that she couldn't hide, he didn't dare to look at her—he failed her expectations and his efforts all the time.

Grief and pain, all, all, are for him.

And he...

"Tu Su, you... are too stupid..."

Chu Changyi caressed the young man's pale but extremely hot face and murmured.For some reason, Ouyang Shaogong released the restraint on her body, allowing her to return to the boy's side smoothly.

She looked at him with mixed feelings, and after only uttering a few words, she sighed and didn't know how to evaluate his selflessness, and his devotion to death for the sake of the common people.

"……sorry……"

Baili Tusu hugged the delicate body that rushed into his chest, rolled his throat a few times but only got those three words.

In this life, he is destined to owe her; in the next life, there will be no future life for him to make up for.

The more so, the more Chu Changyi hated Ouyang Shaogong's repeated actions.

Maybe it was retribution, when Chu Changyi felt sad for Baili Tusu, Ouyang Shaogong, who was supposed to get his wish, was also betrayed by his beloved.

"You are..." Ouyang Shaogong slowly stretched out his hand hidden in his sleeve, pointing at a beautiful figure that Chu Changyi didn't recognize in front of him, "...Xun...Fang...?"

"Husband..."

It turned out that Ji Tong that day was Ouyang Shaogong's beloved wife Xun Fang.The irony is that Xunfang did not agree with her husband's actions, and in order to appear in front of him in the most beautiful posture again, she also took the poisonous 'Xueyan Pill' - she only had Yangshou is less than a few days away.

"Xunfang... just please don't do these things anymore... I... don't have a few days to live... the rest of the time, I only wish to be with my husband quietly... If... I want to be with you Redeem together... I am also willing..."

Hey, Shao Gong, is the incomprehension of the love in my heart painful?

Chu Changyi and Baili Tusu leaned on each other to absorb the remaining warmth of each other.It stands to reason that he should hate Shao Gong, but when she heard Xun Fang's statement, she couldn't help feeling pity for that man.

"Atonement? Xun Fang thinks... what is my crime?"

"...Xunfang, I naturally won't hate you...you remember, no matter what you do...you will always be my favorite wife..." The young master caressed Xunfang's face and said softly, but his eyes glowed With a look of sadness, "You just wait, after I kill Baili Tusu, get back the soul, and then try to cure the poison of Xueyan Pill in your body, there will be a way!"

Why?Why Xunfang?Why did Xun Fang come to tell me these things?Hehe...God...you are really 'kind' to me...

"Since Xunfang is ill, I won't play with you any more!"

"Tu Su be careful! He is really crazy!!"

Only Chu Changyi understood the reason for the sadness in Ouyang Shaogong's eyes.So she understood that at this moment, Ouyang Shaogong really had no scruples anymore.

She wasn't worried about whether Tu Su could win against Shao Gong, it seemed to her that there was no suspense: when the strength is almost the same, faith determines everything.

What she's really worried about is...

Baili Tusu defeated Ouyang Shaogong, and Chu Changyi's worries became a reality.

Due to heavy fighting and injuries, Baili Tusu's body could no longer restrain the soul inside him.

He is about to lose his soul.

"Tu Su...Tu Su..., open your eyes and look at me, don't...don't just leave me like this..."

On Yinglong Qianyu's back, Chu Changyi almost begged and said to the boy who was lying on her knees and closed his eyes.

Baili Tusu reluctantly opened his heavy eyelids, and the girl's heartbroken face was clearly reflected in the pure black pupils: "...my soul...is about to disperse...become...after the desolate soul...hope ...by your side...stay for a while..."

He stretched out his hand to caress the face of the girl he loves, trying to wipe away the crystal drops of water she shed:

"...even if it's just...for a moment..."

"Tu Su...don't..."

Chu Changyi clenched the young man's weak hand and cried bitterly.

"...Han Yunxi...Prince Changqin...Fen Ji...Baili Tusu...I don't know who to live as in this life...but...no matter who...at this moment...

With you in this life...although there are...regrets...no...regrets..."

The boy's palm slipped from the girl's hand, and his eyes closed again, never opening again.

Those pupils that seemed to be inlaid with a bright starry sky were never seen again.

Chu Changyi maintained the movements just now like a statue, and her body was full of lifelessness, as if her soul had been buried with the passing of Baili Tusu.

In a trance, she seemed to have left Yinglong Qianyu's back and came to an endless barren land.

until—

"Do you want to save it?"

A voice came from the void, and the majesty as if the king had come to the world made it almost impossible to breathe.

"Recover? How to recover?" She sneered.

"Do you want redemption?" the voice repeated, "with all you have."

"Why do you say that? Why should I believe you?"

Chu Changyi said disdainfully.The coercion that came with this voice made her understand that the owner of the voice could destroy her as effortlessly as crushing an ant... But, who cares?

"I am the way of heaven."

Heaven?The way of heaven that Nuwa said?

"Do you want to redeem? With everything you have."

Chu Changyi's eyes lit up again, shining with hope.

She responded: "Yes, with all I have."

"Even if you replace their original fate?"

they?

Chu Changyi thought for a while, and then he knew who the extra one of them was that Tiandao said.

The smiling face suddenly flashed in her mind: gentle, painful, crazy, desperate...

Finally, she replied without hesitation:

"Yes!"

After a long time, she heard the promise of the voice of heaven in the void:

"The contract is established."

"Take your previous life and afterlife in exchange for his soul to reshape and reincarnate."