Chapter 108 Extra 1 If I saw a girl hugging people, I would probably...
“I always feel like he’s still alive.”
The vertical pupil on the triangular snake's head flickered, and the snake asked cautiously in a charming voice, "Uh... what's the basis for this? With your current level of cultivation, you might be able to perceive things we can't. Is it soul fragments? Dream hints? Or perhaps a revelation from heaven? Divination and deduction?"
The woman opposite said with clear eyes: "None at all."
Shejiang was stunned for a moment, then touched his chin calmly: "Not even one?"
"Not one."
"So how do you feel..."
“It’s just a feeling.”
The snake fell without restraining its strength, leaving a bloody mark on its chin. Its beautiful face remained calm, but the green snake wrapped around it had begun to hiss.
Yao Ning glanced at the snake, and the snake suddenly straightened up and made an attacking posture. The next moment, the snake dropped it with a snap and pressed it into his collar without hesitation.
Shejiang smiled apologetically at Yao Ning and said with embarrassment: "If that's the case, then I'm afraid..."
He paused, observing Yao Ning's expression, and said carefully, "The Southern Territory Snake Cave is also powerless."
After hearing this, Yao Ning's expression did not change much, but his eyes darkened.
She didn't seem to have much hope, and seeking help from the snake was more like a last resort.
On the day of the decisive battle, Chen Qian blocked a blow for her, and eventually his soul was annihilated into nothingness, completely disappearing from the world.
Shang Linran, Song Qingping, Gu Wuchen... no one could save Shen Qian. They were sad, but they carefully comforted Yao Ning.
Yao Ning didn't feel anything at first.
Chen Qian died, and he and her released the Taoist couple seal.
She knew that these things really happened, but her heart was numb and panicked. She saw the seriously injured Chu Liangxiu trying clumsily to comfort her, but she could not feel any sadness.
As time passed, one morning she woke up and saw a pot of blooming cherry blossoms by the window.
It was late autumn when the plant was planted. The leaves were dead and the sky was clear. The cherry blossoms grown with spiritual power stood out so abruptly, out of tune with the whole room and the passage of time.
She stared at the cherry blossoms for a long time, and a huge sadness suddenly descended from the void. At that moment, she was in so much pain that she could hardly stand. The fact that Shen Qian had passed away left a clear mark in her heart.
She began to look for help hopelessly, hoping to grasp a glimmer of hope.
"In that case, thank you very much." Yao Ning nodded to Shejiang and stood up to leave.
"You feel like he's still alive. If that's true—" Snake suddenly spoke from behind Yao Ning, "Why didn't he do anything?"
Yao Ning turned around.
Shejiang swallowed his saliva: "If Immortal Master Shen is still alive, with the affection between you two, he would do everything he can to let you know even if he only has a little strength, right?"
Yao Ning knew that She Jiang wanted to wake her up. In his opinion, Yao Ning was probably hallucinating because she was too sad, so she stubbornly believed that a person who had disappeared into nothingness was still alive in the world.
"Maybe he just doesn't want to see me." Yao Ning knew that she was very sober, even though everyone who heard her say that would show a snake-like expression.
Shejiang was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Why?"
Why? Yao Ning wanted to tell She Jiang how many things he had done to disgust Chen Qian, and how they had already reached their end before the final battle.
But when she opened her mouth, she suddenly felt very powerless. Chen Qian left her alone in this cold world, making her think about the mistakes she had made day after day for the rest of her life, and making her fall into the quagmire of guilt step by step.
He must hate her to death, that's why he is so cruel and doesn't want to see her even though she is still there.
Yao Ning walked out of the Southern Territory Snake Cave, and there was a familiar sweet fragrance in the wind.
She looked up, and the cherry blossoms and greenery in the mountains were reflected in her clear eyes. She stared blankly, thinking, it turns out that it is already spring again.
The cherry blossoms fell and rotted into mud. Time rushed forward. Yao Ning's eyes reflected the blooming and falling of the flowers on the tree. Winter turned to spring and three years passed by.
In the spring of the third year after Chen Qian's death, Yao Ning stepped into Zhongzezhou.
In the war that ended three years ago, Meng Yaoguang died. After a period of turmoil in the Tianshu sect, a newcomer came to power. The eldest lady had been planning for half her life, but her glory ended with her death.
Yao Ning walked on the noisy street, and amid the bustling voices, he felt isolated and lonely.
She didn't know where she was going, she just walked forward aimlessly.
"You actually lifted the Dao Couple Seal?"
A familiar voice sounded, Yao Ning came back to his senses from his trance and saw an unexpected person.
Boss Chen.
She slowly raised her head and saw the former Xizhou Pavilion.
"Do you need someone to accompany you? Fat or thin, with shapes like Chen Qian, Bai Su, Du Wu Zhu, Jiang Can..." Boss Chen patted the melon seed shells on his body, stood up from the sunlight, and smiled flatteringly at Yao Ning, "We have all kinds."
Yao Ning was stunned for a moment when he suddenly heard Chen Qian's name.
Boss Chen thought Yao Ning would ignore him, but unexpectedly she walked into the gate of Xizhou Pavilion.
"Chen Ying." Yao Ning said, "I've clearly heard of the same name as Chen Ying, but I can't connect you two at all. The Void-type mental method, 'Seeing Nothing' is indeed powerful."
"Hey, who said it wasn't?" Boss Chen laughed and started to choose a waiter for Yao Ning. "Call that guy, that guy, and the top girl."
Yao Ning said: "Forget it."
"Huh?" Boss Chen was very surprised and looked at Yao Ning carefully. "It's true that the Dao Couple Seal has been lifted. Could it be that Miss Yao still has to remain a widow for the deceased?"
Yao Ning smiled faintly, found a seat to sit down, and poured himself some tea.
Boss Chen hurriedly took the teapot and teacup from her hands and said politely, "How can I let you do it?"
He poured tea for Yao Ning, held it in both hands and offered it to her. Then he sat down beside Yao Ning and asked, "Where are you going, Miss Yao?"
"I'm not going anywhere, just taking a walk." Yao Ning said, "I'll lend you this place to rest for a while, and we'll leave soon."
Boss Chen quickly shook his head: "Miss Yao, why are you being so polite to me? My place is yours..."
He spoke eloquently, saying a lot of nice things to keep her, and then he said, "Xianzun Shen has passed away. Miss Yao, please accept my condolences."
Yao Ning could see that Chen Ying had shifty eyes and kept looking at her, as if he was trying to trick her into believing something. However, she had no energy to do anything. Just talking to people made her feel extremely difficult and tired.
"I can't express my condolences," Yao Ning said, "but thank you for your kindness."
Chen Ying's expression changed several times, and suddenly he said, "Miss Yao, do you really not want to be served?"
Before Yao Ning could refuse, he continued, "If Immortal Master Shen had not disappeared from the world and there was still a trace of his soul left, if he saw the girl hugging him, he would probably be eager to show up."
Yao Ning looked at Chen Ying suddenly.
Over the past three years, the words she heard most often were, "Chen Qian is dead. No matter how sad you are, you can't allow yourself to indulge in fantasy."
This is the first time someone has said the opposite.
Yao Ning's gaze seemed to have substance, making Chen Ying break out in cold sweats.
However, his eyes were wandering, and Yao Ning really couldn't tell what he was thinking.
But her heart couldn't help but get heavier and heavier.
Yes, why had she never thought about it? She felt that Chen Qian was still in the world, so why had she never thought of any way to lure him out?
But soon, Yao Ning's eyes dimmed.
"Forget it," she said.
"Why?" Boss Chen was puzzled. "Isn't this method good? I think..."
"This idea is great." Yao Ning said, "but I can't do it this way."
If there was a one in ten thousand chance that Shen Qian would show up, how could she bear to hurt him again.
Yao Ning thanked Boss Chen for the tea and left.
"What do you think..." Boss Chen hesitated behind her, "What do you think of me?"
"..." It took Yao Ning some time to finally understand Boss Chen's abrupt question. However, she was unable to explore his complicated thoughts and said bluntly, "He's not a bad person by nature, but a little greedy."
After thinking for a moment, he added, "Not annoying."
Boss Chen let out a long sigh and muttered softly, "I'm glad you don't hate me."
Yao Ning paused, and without waiting for Boss Chen's next words, he turned and left.
Xizhou Pavilion was just an episode, and Yao Ning forgot about it in the blink of an eye.
But Boss Chen's words stirred up her stagnant heart.
The figure of Chen Qian appeared uncontrollably in her mind, and scenes from the past came flooding back like a tide, suffocating her.
Someone was shouting loudly in her ears, which gave Yao Ning a headache. She shook her head twice and realized that she was in a tavern.
After coming out of Xizhou Pavilion in the afternoon, she didn't know how much she had drunk here.
Mingming initially just listened to the bartender's offer, saying that wine can help one forget worries, so he drank a glass hesitantly.
But at this moment, Yao Ning looked at the wine jars lying all over the place beside him and was a little confused for a moment.
The drunk was still shouting: "Come on! Keep drinking!! Are you a real man?!"
Yao Ning felt it was extremely noisy and looked gloomily at the noisy group, thinking about twisting off the head of the one who made the loudest noise.
She staggered to her feet, too drunk to stand steadily. She staggered a few steps to the group of people and reached out to pat the big man on the shoulder.
"Keep your voice down."
She said.
Then he walked past the man, ignoring the curses behind him, and left the tavern.
She walked in the night, one step deep and one step shallow, looked up at the stars in the sky, and laughed foolishly.
Look, Chen Qian, you have changed me.
I know you are kind by nature, so I pretended to be kind and harmless. After pretending for so many years, I really became like you.
Yao Ning burst into laughter.
"Who?"
"Drunkard, huh?"
"It seems to be a young woman... How can a woman be so drunk..."
Four sedan bearers carried the sedan and passed by Yao Ning. They looked at Yao Ning and started talking in a low voice.
A gust of wind blew by, lifting the gauze curtain of the sedan chair and passing by Yao Ning.
Yao Ning took a few steps before suddenly stopping.
Just now...that was...
Yao Ning turned around in disbelief, his eyes slowly widening.
No, I must have seen it wrong, how is it possible... She subconsciously denied it in her heart, but her body couldn't help but run towards the sedan chair.
A vague voice came from the sedan chair, and the bearers responded and their steps suddenly quickened a lot.
Yao Ning stumbled and staggered forward, but found helplessly that the sedan chair was getting farther and farther away from him.
She was anxious, but her drunken legs were out of control, and she dragged her body forward weakly.
"Bang."
Yao Ning tripped and fell to the ground.
"Sir, the drunk woman seems to have fallen down."
The severe pain made his consciousness suddenly much clearer.
A voice that made Yao Ning's soul tremble instantly fell clearly into his ears.
"Don't worry about it, let's go."
Yao Ning froze. That voice... She hadn't heard it wrong. That voice was clearly...
She felt that all the blood in her body was flowing backwards, rushing to her head and causing dizziness, but her eyes were bloodshot and she stared straight ahead.
The sedan chair was getting farther and farther away in his sight, and gradually became a blurry dot. Only then did Yao Ning endure the dizziness that made his soul tremble, and got up from the ground.
A burning pain came from the palm of her hand. Yao Ning pressed the broken wound with her other hand. The pain became more acute, but she raised her head and laughed.
As he laughed, his face became wet.
Yao Ning wiped his face roughly, sniffed, and then realized belatedly that he had some cultivation.
She caught up with the sedan chair in a flash and appeared directly in front, scaring the people carrying the sedan chair so much that they screamed, loosened their grip, and the sedan chair fell to one side.
The next moment, Yao Ning held the sedan firmly with one hand and gently placed it on the ground.
The sedan bearers looked at each other, and no one spoke for a moment.
Yao Ning's eyes were red and his heart was beating like a drum.
The veil rose and fell with the wind, revealing the shadowy figure inside. It was a sitting posture that she was so familiar with that she could even outline it with her eyes closed.
The people in the sedan didn't speak. Through a layer of hazy swaying veil, the two of them were strangely silent.
After a moment, Yao Ning no longer hesitated, took a few steps forward, and lifted the curtain without any pause.
She bent slightly, and in the interweaving of light and dark, she met a pair of eyes that she had seen countless times before.
The world seemed to be silent for a moment, and the sound and light sank to the bottom of the water.
She heard her own clear, heavy heartbeat.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
Shen Qian's face.
The eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips are all perfect, without a single mistake.
Yao Ning maintained the posture of lifting the curtain and stared at the person sitting inside for a long time.
The man frowned slightly and looked at Yao Ning. His vigilance faded into doubt and then into confusion.
Finally he spoke tentatively.
"You..." His voice was like a clear spring, "What's your name?"
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