Chapter 71 To Save or Not to Save
"...Eris." Lu Yi raised his eyebrows, "You have great ambitions."
This is more than just a big ambition.
It's really courageous!
When Lu Yi heard his words suddenly, he couldn't help but feel surprised.
He thought she was a poor little thing, but now he saw that she was probably a copy of Long Aotian's script.
Something like that.
Moreover, Ares is not some careless villain. If Ares dares to say so, isn’t he afraid that he will come and kill him directly?
Or does he have a special trump card that makes him sure that Ares will not kill him?
Actually, this explanation makes sense.
After all, even if Eris flatly denied his relationship with Ares, in Lu Yi's opinion, the intricate relationship between them could not be cleared up with just a few words.
But how can the clone kill the original?
Lu Yi pondered over it, but he couldn't make any conclusion due to insufficient information.
He could only pretend to understand and look at Eris calmly.
"Let me pour some cold water on you. Regardless of how you, as a clone, can kill the original body, you can't even get out of this dark underground cave?"
Ideals and ambitions are beautiful, but the reality and current difficulties are very difficult and dangerous.
Lu Yi tilted his head slightly and looked at Eris, looking forward to what kind of answer he would give.
Unexpectedly, Eris stared at Lu Yi with burning eyes, and said without thinking: "Lu Yi will save me!"
The corners of Lu Yi's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at him with extremely cold eyes.
"I don't mean to say that you seem a little too confident. I don't think I ever promised to rescue you..."
His oath had always been to return to the cave, and it did not involve any part in helping Ares escape.
Lu Yi raised his eyes, and the previous tenderness seemed to have turned into a mirage and disappeared in an instant, leaving only a hint of amusement as an outsider in his eyes.
Eris looked away, and the smile on his lips disappeared in an instant.
He tried his best to raise the corners of his mouth, forcing out a tearful smile.
"Of course you will rescue me... You will."
He looked really pitiful, but the cold-blooded Lu Yi's expression did not change at all.
If it was just something insignificant like touching, patting or wiping the face, Lu Yi would do it without any hesitation.
But once it comes to matters that are closely related to him, he is not so easy to talk to.
Save Eris?
Why did he rescue Eris?
Just like a clingy stray kitten on the street, most people wouldn’t mind teasing and feeding it occasionally.
But if they really need to take him home, the number of people who can do it will suddenly drop sharply.
For the few who can do it, the emotional value provided by the kitten exceeds the cost of adoption, and their inner balance tips in favor of rescuing the kitten.
Lu Yi considers himself a half-winner in life and doesn't really care about the emotional value provided by the stray cat Eris.
If Eris couldn't give him a reason that moved him, it would be difficult for Lu Yi to be kind enough to help him.
Please, he is not a male Bodhisattva or a real saint, how could he do some loss-making business for no reason?
He felt sorry for Eris, but Lu Yi didn't owe him anything.
"No, I can't." Lu Yi said without hesitation.
"Do you know who my teacher is?" Lu Yi looked at Eris.
He looked at Eris with a focused and serious gaze, but Eris began to feel a chill all over.
The scent of another person was so strong on him, how could Eris not have any association with it?
"...I know." Eris said hoarsely.
"Your teacher is Ares, right?"
"…His sickening aura lingers on you, very heavily."
Lu Yi looked puzzled, "You know?"
"You know that Ares is my teacher, why are you so sure that I will rescue you?"
Lu Yi's words did not shake Eris at all, and Eris still stared at him with faith.
Lu Yi took a few steps back and said, "You threatened to kill my teacher in front of me. I'd be a good person if I didn't stab you. How could I possibly save you?"
"You will," Eris said desperately, "Because I can die for you, but Ares can't."
"But I don't need you to die for me."
"I am a disaster, a forsaken god who can see the deepest desires of mankind..."
Lu Yi narrowed his eyes and asked coldly: "What do you want to say?"
"I know what you want."
"I can help you with anything."
Eris spoke in a hoarse voice, looking closely at Lu Yi and enunciating each word.
"I can help you kill Xia."
"I can help you stimulate Astor's blood."
Lu Yi paused and smiled slowly.
"Why do you think that only you can do these things, and my teacher Ares can't do them?"
"He just can't do it." Eris denied it flatly.
"Xia is a god-favored person who holds the flame of light. Ares killed the God of Light and caused so many gods to fall, which was a backlash. No matter whether it is the clone of the human race or the original body of the god, he cannot attack Xia. The final rule binds him."
The final rule restrains him from attacking Xia?
When Lu Yi heard this, he inexplicably felt a sense of irony.
He really deserves to be the first male protagonist of this article, the darling of the plane!
Even the rules must restrict the highest being in the plane from harming him.
"And Astor, he is the descendant of the God-forsaken race that betrayed the Sea God. He is the one most cursed. The God of Slaughter's favor will only push him to depravity. Do you want to see him become a degenerate?"
Lu Yi's unspoken plan in his heart fell through, and he trembled silently.
Eris's eyes were burning, and he saw that Lu Yi was calm and not shaken at all.
"If even Ares, a god, can't do it, how can you do it?"
"Because I can die for you," Eris repeated. "Ares cannot die for you, but I can."
He did not regard his life as anything worth cherishing. If Lu Yi wanted to take it, then he could take it.
He just wanted to steal some time to stay with Lu Yi, no matter how long it lasted.
"Ares has a future, but I don't."
Eris looked seriously into Lu Yi's focused blue eyes, his voice was calm but revealed a bit of the coldness and hopelessness of returning to death.
Lu Yi's breath was held tight by his gaze.
"So Ares will never attack Xia easily. Maybe he will break the rules because of you, but not now."
"He loves you, but he doesn't love you as much as I do." Eris said softly.
"And Astor..." Erris paused, "Twenty years, you let me stay by your side for twenty years. If I fail to kill Ares in these twenty years, I will give all the divine power in my body to Astor."
"I will also give him the origin that cannot be separated. This is enough to give him the magic power to fear no one."
"Twenty years is too long." Lu Yi said, "And whether you can kill Ares or not, I have to take certain risks. If you kill Ares, you won't fulfill your promise, and I will work for nothing. And if you fail to kill him, I'm afraid you will be killed, and I will work for nothing."
And in twenty years, who knows how many unexpected things will happen during this period.
With this much time, he might have accumulated enough points to help Aster activate his bloodline, or find fellow mermaids and get it done in one go.
"No." Eris said.
"Whether I can kill Ares or not, I will definitely do what I promised you, but the way to achieve it may be different."
"As for twenty years being too long..."
Eris smiled bitterly, "How about ten years?"
Ten years is not that long, but it is not short either.
It was enough to make him immersed in this beautiful dream.
After getting a positive answer, Lu Yi began to hesitate.
He kept wavering in his heart between Aster and Eris.
Ares, Eris.
On the surface this may seem to be the difference between Ares and Eris, but in reality it is Sia plus Astor.
This weight is much heavier than Eris.
Lu Yi even began to estimate what Ares' attitude would be if he really rescued Eris.
He didn't want to offend Ares too much.
At least in the short term, Lu Yi has absolutely no intention of becoming enemies with Ares.
There is some emotion, but not much.
At least not Astor.
"...I need to think about it." Lu Yi said.
There was no way he could make such an important decision so rashly.
I still have to test Mr. Ares' attitude.
What does Eris mean in Ares' eyes?
Will Lu Yi's behavior cross the line, and where is his bottom line of tolerance?
These are all things Lu Yi needs to consider carefully.
"Okay." Eris said without hesitation.
When he saw Lu Yi's struggle, he felt even more confident.
Eris was not afraid of Lu Yi's hesitation, he was only worried that Lu Yi would not hesitate at all.
If there is hesitation, there will be consequences, and fetters will continue to be created.
What Eris wants is an endless bond with Lu Yi.
Eris shook his arms vigorously.
Thanks to Lu Yi's healing power, the wound on Eris' wrist has completely healed.
But his sudden action caused a wound on his wrist, and the pain that had finally subsided came back again.
But Eris became more and more excited by the pain.
He began to subconsciously bite his lips again, swallowing his own blood.
"Lu Yi, Lu Yi, Lu Yi..." He kept repeating Lu Yi's name, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.
Lu Yi had become somewhat accustomed to his crazy and creepy smile and looked at him as if it was nothing strange.
He shouldn't have any normal expectations of a madman.
He shouldn't have been soft-hearted and healed him just now, it was simply a waste of his magic power! Lu Yi thought.
It has to be said that 80% of the many wounds on Eris' body were self-inflicted.
If he wants to die, can he stop him?
"I'm leaving now. I'll come back to you when I've thought it over." Lu Yi turned and left.
Eris behind him responded with some suppressed, crazy laughter.
Lu Yi walked to the cave entrance, and suddenly seemed to remember something. He turned around and said, "It's not the black meteorite that's trapping you. Do you know how to break the curse on you?"
Eris's originally suppressed laughter became louder and louder, and he stared at Lu Yi's back.
"I know."
Of course he knows.
"The branches of the elven mother tree, the severed tail of the orc royal family, the fingernails of the dwarf elders, the tears of the mermaid royal family, the reverse scales of the ancient dragon clan, and the heart of the fallen demon clan."
The six intelligent races in the Isaiah continent are humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, mermaids, and dragons. There are also intelligent races in the abyss on the other side of the continent.
This is not a rare material that can break the curse.
This was clearly a naked malice that was nailing Eris to the dark hole.
After listening to this, Lu Yi turned and left.
…
Braeside.
After leaving the cave, Lu Yi rushed to Teacher Ares's residence without stopping.
But when he really stood outside Ares' door, Lu Yi's decisiveness showed a hint of hesitation.
Is he a little impulsive?
Perhaps this should be done gradually.
Lu Yi stood outside the closed door, not knowing whether to go in or retreat.
According to the strength of the strongest person of the Ares race, when Lu Yi stood outside his door, he must have noticed Lu Yi's presence.
Unless Ares wasn't in the house at the moment.
But Lu Yi felt that this possibility was very, very small.
Lu Yi took a deep breath, constantly reminding himself that nothing was wrong.
He was just visiting Ares again, not necessarily doing anything.
Just act according to circumstances.
Lu Yi nodded to himself and reached out to knock on the door.
“Ah…”
The words had barely left his mouth before his knuckles could bang on the wooden door.
The tightly closed door slowly opened by itself.
Lu Yi maintained a polite smile on his face and calmly withdrew his hand.
"Lu Yi, just come in." Ares' voice came from the crack of the door.
"Okay, Mr. Ares! I'm coming in..."
Lu Yi pushed the door open and walked in.
He was startled by the darkness in the room and paused in his movement to close the door.
Lu Yi looked at Ares who was sitting upright in the light outside the door and asked doubtfully, "Teacher?"
The next second, all the lights in the house lit up.
Ares looked at Lu Yi with a smile as if nothing had happened.
"Close the door, Lu Yi."
His voice was still as gentle as before, but Lu Yi inexplicably felt a subtle sense of nervousness.
As he closed the door, he took a few deep breaths without making a sound, then turned around and looked at Ares with a smile on his face.
"Teacher Ares, I have fulfilled my promise and returned from the back mountain! The grape-flavored pills are so sweet~"
Ares smiled, stretched out his hand and made a fist to his chin.
"Really? As long as you like it."
This sentence, which seemed like a double entendre, made Lu Yi's smile pause.
He didn't know if he was overthinking it, but Lu Yi always felt that Ares' smile had a deeper meaning.
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