Chapter 98 The real past was actually him...
Jiang Cifeng raised his hand, and a stream of energy was injected into the Fate Stone crystal. Then, a barrier appeared in front of him and Si Yao.
“This is my past life from my perspective.” He also emphasized, “It is your past life and mine.”
After she finished speaking, the past life scene displayed by the Destiny Stone crystal came into Si Yao's view.
It was still the same scene I had seen at the beginning.
Si Yao huddled deep in the swamp, watching the green-scaled snake tail soak in a pool of blood.
There was a gaping wound on her right shoulder, and the thin gauze was already stained red with blood.
Even though it was the third time Si Yao had seen this scene, she could still sense her past self. At this moment, it was as if something very important had already left her.
That thing was more important than her life; the pain of losing it almost suffocated her.
"Gu Sang, don't run away, you're destined to die in Zhusha Cave!"
"Born a person of Zhushadong, I will die a ghost of Zhushadong!"
"Accept the divine punishment of the Holy Ancestor!"
"Gusang, prepare to die!"
The scene here is the same as that shown on the Fate Stone crystal that was previously affected by the chaotic energy: a group of snake people are preparing to take her life.
In the scene, Si Yao weakly opened her lips, "Why should I die? What wrong have I done?"
The elder among the snake-like people stared at Si Yao and said, "Gu Sang, Gu Sang, what are you pretending to be confused about? So what if Qu Xiang is dead? You still can't escape your guilt!"
Who is Qu Xiang?
In the previous life when she sensed the Fate Stone crystal, the elder of the Snake-People tribe said these words. Si Yao tried her best, but in the end, she couldn't hear the elder mention the name of the deceased.
The next scene was no different from what had been seen before: the snake people were about to kill Si Yao when the Azure Phoenix Sword Master, dressed in white, saved her.
"It's actually the Azure Phoenix Sword Master!"
"You bastard, how did you get the Sword Master's help?"
"Are you having an affair? How can you face the deceased Qu Xiang?"
Qu Xiang, that's the name again.
After being rescued by the Azure Phoenix Sword Master, Si Yao stayed in the Sword Master's cave for seven days before leaving.
Seeing this, Si Yao was once again certain of her earlier guess. She looked at Jiang Cifeng beside her and said, "Sure enough, after you saved me, we didn't have much contact anymore. The scenes that the Fate Stone showed me were indeed fake and misled me."
In her previous life, Si Yao, who left the Azure Phoenix Sword Master's cave, eventually returned to Zhuosha Cave, to the land where she had lived since birth.
Finally, she donned a tie-dyed gown adorned with silver ornaments and, on the altar in Zhushadong, held a bright red spider lily and committed suicide.
Before she died, she smiled and said only one sentence: "Qu Xiang, I'm coming to join you."
When the Azure Phoenix Sword Master arrived at the altar, he saw that Si Yao had already died. The person he had saved had ultimately chosen not to live, and his Dao heart was shattered.
"Since then, I had no chance of ascending to immortality in my previous life. Your death made me obsessed, so in this life, only you can help me overcome my tribulations."
As soon as Jiang Cifeng finished speaking, Si Yao also understood her previous doubts. It turned out that she had this past life, which was why Jiang Cifeng's forehead ring could sense her.
Jiang Cifeng left Si Yao with a brocade pouch and then departed.
Si Yao, who was inside the room, could no longer contain herself. She took out the Destiny Stone that Li Ye had brought for her from Wuzhou.
By slicing her palm and drawing blood, Si Yao activated the glowing stone in her hand using the same method.
The scene takes Si Yao to Zhushadong.
Under a cloudless sky, in a lush ancient forest filled with miasma, the sounds of a man and a woman laughing and joking could be heard.
"Gusang, once I find the Nascent Grass, you and I will each have our own snake tails."
Si Yao, who was Gu Sang in her previous life, looked at the man beside her and was startled.
The man had the same face as Li Ye!
Si Yao couldn't believe that Li Ye would actually appear in her past life's scenes.
In the scene, Gu Sang is pressed close to the man's face, very intimately saying, "Qu Xiang, after this is done, we'll leave here and go to a freer land."
Qu Xiang...
So he was Qu Xiang!
Qu Xiang said gently, "Soon, we'll be able to go back to how we used to be."
Gu Sang kissed Qu Xiang's lips. "I love you."
Seeing this, Si Yao's ears turned red. After carefully examining the two whose snake tails were tightly intertwined, she realized that Gu Sang and Qu Xiang actually shared a snake tail!
Could they be symbiotic siblings?
Si Yao shook her head. It shouldn't be like this. Gu Sang and Qu Xiang are clearly a couple.
By continuing to use the Fate Stone to explore her past life, Si Yao finally understood.
Initially, Gu Sang and Qu Xiang were both outstanding snake people among the younger generation of Zhuoshadong. At that time, they each had their own snake tails, unlike now when they share one tail.
They lived happily on this land for decades until the clan's holy maiden was about to die, at which point the clan elders began to look for a new holy maiden.
Soon, Gu Sang was chosen by the Holy Maiden and the elders.
According to tribal rules, the Holy Maiden must remain a virgin before succeeding to the position, and only after becoming the Holy Maiden will she be entrusted with the mission of dedicating herself to the tribal king she is to be married into.
At that time, Gu Sang was extremely unwilling, but he dragged Qu Xiang, who had grown up with him since childhood, all the way to the most remote valley in Zhuoshadong.
Ignoring the clan's rules and restrictions on the Holy Maiden, she took the initiative to have intercourse with Qu Xiang that night.
Having tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time, Gu Sang and Qu Xiang became inseparable, spending every day together like glue.
The two enjoyed a period of great bliss, but their tribesmen soon found them and eventually captured them and brought them back to Zhushadong.
The high priest of the snake people unleashed divine punishment, severing Qu Xiang's snake tail and merging it with Gu Sang.
Thus, the two shared a snake's tail, sharing life and death.
"That way you can be together forever."
The high priest grinned sinisterly, raised his hands, and Gu Sang felt an unbearable stinging pain all over his body.
Qu Xiang, standing to the side, coughed up a mouthful of blood; the pain he endured was ten times that of Gu Sang.
"This symbiotic Gu will destroy your bones and devour your soul. It will affect you two once a day. Since you want to be together, you have to pay a price. You can enjoy it from now on."
After the high priest finished speaking, all the snake people surrounded Gu Sang and Qu Xiang on the altar, attacking them with the most vicious eyes and the filthiest words.
After an unknown period of time, Qu Xiang accidentally learned that a herb called "Han Ni Cao" grew on the summit of the sacred mountain of Zhuoshadong, which could cure the symbiotic Gu.
If Gu Sang and Qu Xiang consume it, they will no longer share a snake tail, and each will grow a new snake tail.
For freedom and for a new life, Qu Xiang and Gu Sang set off for the summit of the sacred mountain.
But to their surprise, not only did they fail to obtain the Herb of Contemplation, they also incurred divine punishment.
Soon, the clan elders came upon hearing the commotion.
Qu Xiang blocked all the divine punishment; the pain that should have been borne by Gu Sang was all taken on by Qu Xiang for her.
Under divine punishment, Qu Xiang was forcibly separated from Gu Sang, and in the end, her soul was scattered, without even having the chance to say her last words to Gu Sang.
Seeing this scene, Si Yao felt as if a sharp blade had pierced her heart.
She clutched her chest tightly, struggling to breathe; the intense pain in her chest nearly made her faint.
Qu Xiang... Qu Xiang...
It turns out that in the initial footage, the bloody hole on her right shoulder was where Qu Xiang's body was joined...
Qu Xiang...
In his previous life, this is how he died...
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