Chapter 80 Chapter 80 "You are in my story!"...
Biqing's dim eyes suddenly became clear and bright. She thought she had an ear disease and repeated in disbelief, "You... need me...?"
Looking at Xuan Yi's sharp, fierce yet gentle face, Bi Qing asked in disbelief, "You need me? Why..."
The tip of her nose felt sore, and hot liquid overflowed from her eyes and dripped down Biqing's cheeks: "It's obviously me who hurt you..."
"What are you trying to do to me?" Xuan Yi wiped the tears from the eyes of the person in front of him. "I'm just being nice and safe in front of you."
"It was my fault that I wasn't on guard. It was me who prevented you from obtaining the artifact."
Biqing whimpered softly, her nose thick with nasal drips: "I'm sorry... I made you come here in vain... and delayed you for so long..."
She sniffed and finally said what she had been holding back all the way: "Let's look for it separately from now on..."
"Biqing, you know we won't separate."
Xuan Yi looked at the woman in front of him crying and impulsively wanted to break the window paper.
Reason told him: now is not a good time to express his true feelings.
Xuan Yi suppressed his overflowing feelings. He said softly, "Without you, I wouldn't be able to reach the bottom of the Wei River or the Shiwan Mountains."
Xuan Yi stood up and placed his large hand on Biqing's shoulder. After making sure Biqing wouldn't resist, he gently pulled her toward him. "So what if we didn't get the artifact? It's just one artifact. If we didn't get this one, we can just work hard to get the next one. As long as we're alive, we can always get it, right?"
"But..." Biqing buried her face in Xuan Yi's chest. "You clearly need the artifact so badly... Everyone's hoping you get it..."
"Biqing, no one can have everything they want, just don't let yourself down."
Xuan Yi gently stroked the back of Biqing's head. "My duty compels me to obtain the divine artifact and purify the water. Only then can I be worthy of being called 'Your Majesty.'"
"But hope is something you give yourself, not something you place on others. They placed their hopes in me, hoping I would recover the artifact. They should bear the disappointment I bring them."
Xuan Yi said, "I'm a demon. I don't have any supernatural powers. I can't be like Feng Han, who can see through everything and do everything effortlessly."
"You're already very impressive..." Biqing sniffed and retorted, "Except for my aunt, you're the most impressive person I've ever met..."
"Without you, I wouldn't be this great."
Xuan Yi wiped the tears from Bi Qing's eyes with his palm. "Didn't it both times, thanks to you, that we were able to escape unscathed and live to speak here?"
"Biqing, you have never been a burden or a trouble."
Xuan Yi caressed Bi Qing's tear-stained face: "In my heart, you are very important."
Biqing's vision blurred. She wrapped her arms around Xuan Yi's waist, buried herself in his arms again, and burst into tears.
"I have a lot to ask you."
Xuan Yi patted Bi Qing's back intermittently and said softly, "Let's talk after you finish crying."
Xuan Yi summoned some magical power, took the teacup from the table, and waited quietly for Biqing to vent.
After crying, Biqing no longer felt as awkward as before. She straightened up, sobbing, and asked, "What do you want to ask?"
Xuan Yi handed her the teacup. After Bi Qing took it and drank it all, he said, "I want to ask you something about your life in the heavens."
Biqing looked at him with a red nose: "Why do you ask this?"
There was no displeasure, no reluctance, just pure confusion.
Why do you have to ask this?
"I've wanted to ask you this for a long time, and I've been waiting for you to bring it up, but I found out..."
Xuan Yi raised the corner of his lip helplessly: "If I don't ask, you will never tell me."
The scene of the long sword piercing Biqing's shoulder is still vivid in his mind.
Not only this time, in the demon world, Biqing also risked her life and single-handedly held back a bear demon that was chasing everyone.
He didn't believe that Biqing had never thought of dying together with the bear monster.
This kind of temperament of being willing to perish together with others is closely related to Biqing's experience in heaven.
Those things are the main culprits that led to Biqing's temperament.
"Do you remember when we were all bewitched in the forest?" Xuan Yi asked.
How could Biqing not remember that she was almost eaten by Meng Chi.
Xuan Yi said bluntly, "I was bewitched that time, and I saw some of your memories."
Biqing was stunned: "My memory?"
Xuan Yi said, "It must be that the hydrangea contained some of your remaining spiritual energy. At the time, the hydrangea was in my possession, and coupled with Meng Chi's bewitching technique, I accidentally saw some things about you."
Xuan Yi's throat rolled over: "Some... not so good things."
Biqing's eyes were red, and she felt very aggrieved: "You saw everything, and you still ask me why?"
"Is that really the case?" Xuan Yi asked, unconvinced. "Even if your aunt was Chisong, would you still be treated like that?"
The past was like a knife, piercing the most vulnerable part of Biqing's heart, hurting her so much that she couldn't breathe.
Hearing Biqing's breathing getting heavier, Xuan Yi knew that he had acted too recklessly.
He quickly changed his tone and apologized: "Biqing, I didn't mean to hurt you, I..."
I just want to understand you better and give you more guidance. I don't want you to take your life lightly.
"My parents lost their lives in the war between immortals and demons. I was only a few days old at that time."
Biqing shifted her body to make room for Xuanyi. "I lost both my parents and have lived with my aunt since I was a child. It wasn't until I was old enough to attend the clan middle school that my aunt left the heavenly realm to work on the barrier."
Xuan Yi sat down beside Bi Qing and listened quietly as she recounted her past. "I don't have parents, and my aunt isn't around, so I'm not as obedient and sensible as my peers. Naturally, they don't like me."
"The old men in the school are very rigid. They don't like a kid like me who doesn't listen to worldly advice. And I just don't like their rigidity either. So it's a fair deal."
"I'm not liked by those old men, so naturally the bamboo people of my tribe won't play with someone like me. Every time after school, they always like to corner me in a corner of the school, laugh at me, and bully me."
Bi Qing smiled and said, "I won't let anyone bully me! A gentleman's revenge is never too late. I'll fight back against everyone after I become an adult!"
Biqing's proud words took on a different meaning when they reached Xuanyi's ears.
Xuan Yi looked at her lovingly, pinched her arm, and jokingly said, "You look so frail, but I didn't expect you to be so strong and able to fight back."
"I'm not thin anymore!" Bi Qing lifted her sleeves and waved her arms in front of Xuan Yi. "I'm a lot fatter than when I first left the heavens!"
Xuan Yi pulled down Biqing's sleeves to cover her fair skin. "Biqing, you...you must never act like this in front of others."
The words sounded a bit strange, so Xuan Yi added, "Not in front of me either."
Biqing realized belatedly that her behavior was really strange. Her cheeks flushed red and she didn't dare to look up in shame and anger.
The atmosphere became awkward again, and Xuan Yi took the initiative to change the subject: "Biqing, does your aunt know about your experience in the heavenly realm?"
Biqing smiled bitterly: "What's the point of knowing? Auntie has only come back a few times. She can control me for a while, but can she control me forever?"
Just like Xuan Yi said, hope is given by oneself and cannot be pinned on others.
Xuan Yi was full of words of comfort, but couldn't utter a single word.
In the illusion, he saw those people verbally abuse her when she was young, and even push her.
He tried to save Biqing, but his demonic power penetrated the bodies of those naughty children and bounced aside.
Xuan Yi could only watch everything happen.
He also saw Biqing curled up in the corner, gasping for breath and crying. However, because it was an illusion, he could not comfort Biqing at all.
"But my aunt later brought Sister Mu back and asked me to take care of her, so I left the clan for a while. Although it was tiring during that time, I was very happy."
Seeing Xuan Yi's worried look, Bi Qing smiled and said, "Why are you so nervous? I don't take it to heart."
"Sister Mu?" Xuan Yi vaguely remembered Bi Qing mentioning her. "She's close to you?"
"Not bad. We lived together for three hundred years," Bi Qing said. "But back then, Sister Mu was a bit dazed. She wouldn't answer anything I asked her, only saying 'Mu Zhao'."
"She couldn't walk, so I carried her on my back to Yuluan Peak, where my aunt was practicing. Yuluan Peak is cold all year round, with snow that never melts, but it is full of spiritual energy."
"I carried Sister Mu on my back a few times, and her legs gradually recovered. Soon, Sister Mu was able to walk normally again!"
"Later, when Yue Lao came looking for my aunt, he saw Sister Mu's talent and intelligence and accepted her as his disciple on the spot. I haven't seen Sister Mu since then. I heard that she is Yue Lao's most proud disciple! I believe Sister Mu will soon become a Red Thread Fairy!"
Speaking of Mu Zhao, Bi Qing was filled with envy: "I also want to go to the Yue Lao Temple, but my aunt won't let me go. If she doesn't agree, Yue Lao won't accept me."
Bi Qing sighed: "Fortunately, after I beat them, they didn't bother me again."
"If you don't want to go, then don't go."
Xuan Yi comforted him, "Going there might not be a good thing. It sounds like there are many fairies in Yue Lao Temple. If you go there, you will most likely leave the Dragon Pond and enter the Tiger Cave."
"Maybe."
Biqing shrugged and said thankfully, "Thank goodness I didn't go! If I had gone, I wouldn't have been able to be happy in the human world."
She smiled and looked at Xuan Yi: "I won't recognize you either."
The teardrop hanging in the corner of Biqing's eye was like a gem, shining brightly under the sunlight, deeply attracting Xuanyi's attention.
His throat rolled and he unconsciously licked his slightly dry lips: "Aren't we talking about you? Why... are you bringing me into this?"
“You’re in my story!”
Her slender, white fingertips rubbed the rim of the teacup. "I don't have many friends in my clan. Besides Fairy Qiuju, there's Aying from Li Village. They look alike! She comes to visit me occasionally, but everyone else avoids me."
"Senior Wulin and Supreme God Fenghan both said that my swordsmanship is too poor, but that is the limit of what I can do. I have no master to guide me, and all I have is the sword manual left by my aunt."
"Actually, I'm afraid of being alone, but I don't want others to see me in such an awkward state and laugh at me. I often go to Yuluan Peak with that sword manual and stay there all day."
"I often eat cold rice and dried-out cakes just to survive, hoping to one day get the chance to leave heaven. As long as I can leave heaven, these things won't matter."
"I heard they said a Kunpeng flew over Chengjingtai, and that one could see the scenery of the human world. It's a rare sight that only comes once in a thousand years, so naturally I had to go and see it."
Biqing paused as she stroked the teacup. "You know everything that happened later. I accidentally fell into the demon world, and you saved me."
Biqing's words were light and understated, but Xuanyi felt that every word she spoke was like a thousand-pound stone, piling up on his heart one by one, pressing him so hard that he couldn't breathe.
No wonder when I proposed to send her back to heaven, she cried and asked me to eat her.
After escaping from the devil's cave at a critical juncture, sending her back would literally take away half of her remaining life.
Xuan Yi felt a pang of bitterness in his heart. The more he thought about Bi Qing's words, the more he regretted why he had to ask her about the past.
In a fit of rage, he asked, "Biqing, are you willing to live with me in the clan?"
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