Chapter 1280: Journey to the Great Wilderness 10

He thought of Luo Li's eyes that seemed to be able to see through time, and the hint of alienation in her tone. The warmth that had just ignited in his heart gradually cooled down.

Yes, how could a being like her be bound by this vast wilderness?

She came perhaps just to fulfill a promise or a mission.

Once the matter is accomplished, she will leave completely and return to where she belongs.

"No matter who she is, I will do as she says in three days." Cangwu gripped the Calming Sword tightly, a determined light rekindled in his eyes. "She has protected me and the lives of the Great Wilderness. Now she wants to protect the future of this land. I have no reason to refuse."

Three days later, Luo Li arrived as promised.

She looked at Cangwu and just stretched out her hand.

A ball of hazy light slowly emerged in the palm of his hand. The light was dim at first, but gradually became bright, but not dazzling. Instead, it seemed to embrace the movement of the sun, moon and stars, revealing an ancient and warm breath.

"This is the power I want to give you." She held her palm out in front of Cangwu. "It is the product of all the insights and strength I've gained through cultivation on this land. It carries my mark on the Great Wilderness. Only by integrating it into your spiritual master's inheritance can you connect with the destiny of this land and live forever."

Cangwu looked at the light and felt a warm current welling up from the bottom of his heart. It was trust, entrustment, giving him his most precious thing without reservation to protect.

He no longer hesitated and solemnly stretched out his hand, his palm touching Luo Li's.

The ball of light instantly turned into a stream of light, flowing along his arm into his body, like a stream flowing into a river, gently blending into his spiritual veins.

He could clearly feel the power contained in it, vast as the sea of ​​stars, pure as glass, and carrying a reassuring aura.

"Now, it's in you." Luo Li withdrew her hand, and the remaining warmth from her fingertips quickly dissipated. "Once the formation inherited by the Spirit Master is completely solidified, you can use your own essence and blood as a guide to imprint it within."

Cangwu clenched his fists, and the power seemed to resonate with his heartbeat, making him suddenly understand something.

"This isn't a favor." His voice was a little hoarse. "This is the protection you leave for the Continent of the Gods... right?"

Luo Li smiled, without hiding it this time. Her eyebrows and eyes were curved under the hood, reflecting the moonlight, and she was as beautiful as a banished immortal in the legend.

"You can understand it that way," she admitted frankly, "I've been here, I've seen it, and I've protected it. Now that you can hold up this world, I have nothing to worry about."

She looked into the distance and said, "Besides, my real family, friends, and lover are not here. I have to go back to find them."

Cangwu's heart seemed to be blocked by something, and it was painful.

He looked at her and had so many questions to ask, about her origins, about where she was going, and about what the phrase "not belonging to this era" meant.

But when the words came to my lips, they only became a sentence: "Where are you going?"

Luo Li looked towards the east, where the sky and the earth met.

"Go back to where I belong," she whispered. "That's where my family is, my past is, and there's a future waiting for me."

"Will you come back?" Cangwu almost blurted out, but then felt it was abrupt and his cheeks felt slightly hot.

Luo Li was silent for a moment and did not answer directly, but took out a jade pendant from her sleeve.

The jade pendant was warm white in color, with intricate cloud patterns carved on it, but there was a tiny chip on the edge, as if it had been bumped by something.

"This is for you." She handed over the jade pendant.

Cangwu took the jade pendant, it felt warm to the touch, and the edges and corners of the gap seemed familiar.

He suddenly remembered that in Black Wind Abyss, she blocked the fatal blow to save him, and there seemed to be similar damage on her sleeve.

"This is……"

"It's just a thought." Luo Li interrupted him, her tone lighter, "Don't think too much about it. It's likely that you won't be able to use it."

She took a step back and nodded slightly to Cangwu and Dishi: "Thank you very much. It's great to have you in the Great Wilderness."

After saying that, she turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Cangwu took a step forward, staring at her back with burning eyes, "I don't even know your name yet."

For so many years, he had always called her "he" and didn't even know whether she was a man or a woman.

It was not until she smiled just now that he realized from her graceful outline that it was a girl who had saved him.

Luo Li paused.

The wind blew up the corners of her gray robe, and the moonlight outlined her slender figure.

She didn't look back, and her voice drifted over with the wind, as light as a dream.

"Cangwu, you don't need to know."

As soon as she finished speaking, her figure turned into a stream of light, soaring into the sky, breaking through the clouds, and instantly disappeared into the night sky, as if she had never appeared.

All that was left was the night breeze blowing by, bringing with it a faint fragrance, and the jade pendant in Cangwu's hand that was still warm.

Cangwu stood where he was, gripping the jade pendant tightly, sensing the warm power within his body.

She left, but he didn't even know her name.

Emperor Shi walked up to him, looked at the halo of light gradually fading in the night sky, and said softly: "She really... doesn't belong here."

Cangwu didn't say anything, but just looked up at the direction where Luo Li disappeared. There was melancholy in his eyes, but more of determination.

He looked down at the jade pendant in his hand, and felt the power in his body that was connected to the destiny of the Great Wilderness, and suddenly understood Luo Li's intention.

She left her power behind so that he would have no worries.

She wants to return to her future, and he wants to protect the present that they have guarded together.

"Let's go." Cangwu turned around and looked in the direction of the Spirit Master's inheritance. "It's time to consolidate the inheritance."

Under the moonlight, his back was as straight as a pine tree, his white clothes were whiter than snow, and the sword in his hand made a faint sound, as if echoing the power from another world in his body.

Look.

I will let the seeds you left behind take root and sprout in this land, and grow into towering trees.

The future you are going to will surely be full of flowers.

And the present that I am guarding will be peaceful and long-lasting as you wish.

Perhaps, at a certain intersection of time and space, we will meet again in another way.

But before that, he will keep this promise and protect this vast wilderness that she once loved.

After leaving the Conferred God Platform, Luo Li went straight to the Cang family in Qingshan City.

Cang Xuan was at the Conferred God Platform, but before leaving, he greeted the Cang family guards. When he saw the token in Luo Li's hand, he let her in.

Luo Li successfully entered the Cang family and came to the Cang family's forbidden area, where the ancient monument was located.

She looked at the tall ancient monument in front of her and let out a breath.

She could feel that the key to her return to the future was right here.

Luo Li walked forward slowly, her fingertips gently stroking the rough lines on the stele.

The moment it was touched, the ancient monument suddenly trembled slightly, and those silent carvings actually emitted a faint silver light.

"Sure enough." She whispered to herself, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes.

She could clearly feel that deep within the ancient monument was a wave of the same origin as her soul. That wave resonated with the chaotic power in her body, like a key and a lock core, slowly fitting together.

Luo Li took a deep breath and slowly closed her eyes.

The chaotic power in the body flowed through the fingertips and continuously injected into the ancient monument.

In an instant, the entire forbidden area shook violently.

The silver light on the ancient stele became brighter and brighter, and the blurred carvings gradually became clearer.

The runes flowed unsteadily, combining into complex formations that enveloped Luo Li.

Suddenly, a low humming sound resounded throughout the forbidden area, and the ancient monument seemed to turn into a huge whirlpool, beginning to frantically absorb the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The people of the Cang family outside the forbidden area only felt the ground shaking. When they looked up, they could see a light rising into the sky from the direction of the forbidden area. They couldn't help but show shock on their faces, but because of Cang Xuan's order, they didn't dare to approach without permission.

In the center of the formation, Luo Li's figure was wrapped in countless runes, her robes rustled, and her hood was lifted by the airflow, revealing her clear and beautiful face.

At this moment, a chaotic-colored mark quietly appeared between her eyebrows.

Those runes seemed to be verifying something. They moved around Luo Li as if they had life.

Luo Li bit her lower lip tightly, and beads of sweat oozed out of her forehead.

The ancient monument was reading her memories, reading all her experiences in this era, the help from Black Wind Abyss, the distant gaze from the Conferred God Platform, the trust entrusted by Yue Ye...

An unknown amount of time passed, but when the last rune merged into the mark between her eyebrows, the vibration of the ancient monument suddenly stopped.

All the light converged in an instant and poured into the top of the ancient monument.

There, a shadow of a key formed by pure light slowly took shape, suspended in mid-air, emitting a warm and powerful aura.

Luo Li opened her eyes and looked at the crack, a hint of determination flashed in her eyes.

She reached out and grasped the "key".

The touch was cold, yet strangely familiar.

The next second, the crack turned into a stream of light and sank into her brow.

Luo Li's body began to become transparent, and ripples appeared in the surrounding space.

She knew it was time to leave.

She took one last look at the old house of the Cang family. Her gaze seemed to penetrate the wall and look towards the sacred land of the ancient Lingwu clan in the distance, and towards the figure in white clothes as white as snow.

"Cangwu, take care."

She knew they would eventually die, but after witnessing their era, she hoped that they would be well.

The silent words dissipated in the air, and Luo Li's figure completely turned into specks of light and was swallowed by the ripples of space.

The forbidden area returned to peace, and the runes on the ancient monument fell silent again, as if nothing had happened.

Only on the surface of the stele, at the crack where Luo Li's fingertips had touched, there was a faint trace of chaotic aura, like a secret mark.

…

At the same time, Cangwu, who was consolidating the inheritance of the Spirit Master, seemed to have sensed something. He looked up in the direction of Qingshan City, and the jade pendant in his hand became slightly hot.

He was stunned for a moment, then he clenched the jade pendant tightly, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.

He did not move, but just stood there quietly, thinking silently in his heart:

all the best.

Perhaps, just as he thought, at a certain intersection of time and space, they will eventually meet again in another way.

But before that, he will protect this land, this heritage, and everything she left behind.

This is the unspoken agreement between them.