Chapter 219 The Child "I am carrying your child."
"Among the merfolk, there are many ancient spells. One of them is called 'Double Stream Connection,' which can merge the lives of two merfolk, like two separate rivers converging to share a single riverbed. I have already asked the Queen Mother to bestow upon you the merfolk mark, so 'Double Stream Connection' can be cast on you. When the spell is complete, our rivers of life will flow together from that moment on, sharing life and death, our destinies intertwined, inseparable..."
shared……
This isn't sharing; it's clearly using his lifespan to fill one's own pocket.
Jiang Yuhuo pushed him away and backed away in disbelief, "Are you crazy too? I don't care about your life!"
No matter how nicely he puts it, it can't hide the fact that he's letting her take away his lifespan. How can he say this method so calmly?
And how could she be so selfish as to take his life...?
This is so unfair to him.
"I won't agree to that. You'd better give up on the idea."
Her eyes started to burn again, so Jiang Yuhuo simply turned her back, tilted her head back slightly to exhale, and tried not to let the tears fall.
This is the consequence she had to bear from the very beginning of her decision to switch bodies; it shouldn't involve others, and no one should pay the price for her choice.
You shouldn't... Don't even think about it...
Jia Yue stood up, her voice surprisingly calm, "If you don't want to, we'll die with you."
"Who wants you..."
Jiang Yuhuo was speaking when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Us? Where did "us" come from?
When she turned around, she saw Jia Yue with her head slightly lowered, one hand resting on her abdomen, her long gray-blue hair falling down her side, her expression inexplicably gentle.
"What...do you mean by this?" she asked hesitantly, her eyes red.
Jia Yue turned her head and smiled at her, "I'm carrying your child."
Jiang Yuhu frowned. She understood each word individually, but how could she not understand them when they were put together?
What do you mean by "her child"?
What do you mean he's pregnant?
But then Jia Yue lowered her head again, looking lovingly at her lower abdomen, "Here is our child."
"Jia Yue, what are you saying? How could you..."
How can a man get pregnant?
Before Jiang Yuhuo could finish speaking, she suddenly remembered the argument that had taken place at the bottom of the sea. Calling it an argument might not be quite right; it was more like Jia Yue's one-sided crushing of that little merman.
That day, she only overheard one sentence from his conversation with that little mermaid. She was too shocked to ask Jia Yue on the spot if it was true or false. She planned to go back and ask, but then she ran into his heat. For a long time afterward, she was too busy taking care of herself to remember this incident.
Whether then or now, there was not a trace of a joke in Jia Yue's expression.
She opened her eyes wide in disbelief, and a tear rolled down her cheek.
Jia Yue walked over to her and wiped away the tears on her face. "It's true. How could I lie to you about something like this?"
He leaned down and whispered in her ear.
Jiang Yuhuo's cheeks flushed slightly as she listened intently to his account, and everything from that day became clear at that moment.
This is truly... unbelievable.
But it seems not impossible that this could happen to merfolk.
"Are we really... going to have a child?" Jiang Yuhu stared blankly at Jia Yue, her eyes slightly bewildered and glistening with tears.
She never imagined she would have children in her lifetime.
Jia Yue pulled her into her arms. "I can't fully guarantee that the pregnancy will be successful, but the child is right here, you can touch it."
She stared intently at his lower abdomen, suddenly feeling somewhat at a loss. Jia Yue, on the other hand, took her hand and placed it on his abdomen. With a slight exertion of spiritual power, she was able to detect a small gestation cavity in his abdomen, and the bead had changed to a shape that was no longer so round, with life quietly growing inside.
It's true, that's her and Jia Yue's child.
Jiang Yuhuo sobbed softly, this time with joy, "But you never told me that I just pushed you."
Jia Yue lowered her eyes and smiled, kissing away her tears, but then took her hand and stroked her abdomen.
So, do you like this child?
Jiang Yuhu nodded.
There's now another person in the world who shares her bloodline; it's amazing just thinking about it...
Jiang Yuhuo even began to imagine what the child would look like, whether he would resemble Jia Yue more or her more.
As if she could guess what she was thinking, Jia Yue smiled and said, "The child will resemble me, and naturally, it will also resemble you... but not the current you. What merges within the gestation pearl is a spirit, and the child born will only inherit your former appearance."
Jiang Yuhuo wiped away her tears on Jia Yue's chest, but in her heart she began to imagine a little girl with white hair and golden eyes appearing in front of her and calling her mother.
Can she be a good mother?
She had never met her mother. Jiang Yuhuo thought for a moment but didn't know what to do. But then she heard Jia Yue's soft sigh, "Yuhuo, promise me, don't leave us, okay?"
Zhang Zhenyang is gone.
Jiang Yuhuo was already gone when Jia Yue brought him out of the illusion. Apart from Ji Yujing, who was waiting for Jiang Yuhuo to return in his tent, Zhang Zhenyang did not inform anyone when he left.
Ji Yujing, still sleepy, rubbed her eyes. "He said he's already accompanied you a long way, and the rest of the journey is up to you. He told you not to look for him, that he's spent so much time with you and really doesn't want to see you again. In his final moments..." She yawned, "...he's going to be with someone else."
Jiang Yuhuo was stunned. Where was the other person?
Wen Yizhan knew in her heart that ever since returning from Moyu River, her master had often been lost in thought about the broken jade flute on Zhenyang Peak. Many times, he would stare at it for an entire day. But the man was gone, and what was missed was ultimately missed.
"Is that all he said?" Jiang Yuhuo asked. "How badly were he injured when he left?"
Ji Yujing shook her head. "That's all. He looks the same as before, all smiles. He even patted my head and told me to listen to my aunt. Humph! I would listen to her even without him saying it."
Wen Yizhan smiled and asked, "Did your master ask you anything before he left?"
Ji Yujing tried to recall. It was the middle of the night, and she had been woken up in the middle of the night. She was in a bad mood, but the person who woke her was her aunt's master, who was also the savior of their Great Zhou Dynasty, so she didn't dare to lose her temper. However, she didn't remember the words he spoke very well. She only remembered that he had specifically instructed her to ask one question, although it seemed that he had indeed asked one.
"He seemed to ask, where are the Ji family's tombs located?"
Jiang Yuhuo now understood that there was indeed another person, but that person had died a hundred years ago.
After missing each other for a century, he was finally reunited with his former lover in the final stages of his life.
They certainly shouldn't bother him anymore.
Jiang Yuhuo felt some solace, but more regret. If they hadn't missed each other back then, they could have stayed together for a long time, instead of meeting in this graveyard.
Jia Yue was right beside her, and she couldn't imagine what he would do after she left.
What's more, they now have a child.
When Zhaoming City fell, the emperor died. Qin Yuqi had almost killed several of his brothers in the struggle for the throne, and had no children. The fleeing Yong army temporarily found a young member of a collateral branch to succeed him and went to the border region for protection. Thus, the capital of Yong was nominally moved to the border region.
The former capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty returned to the hands of the Zhou people. Ji Yujing and Zhou Sidao stayed in the city to clean up the mess. After the capital was renovated, they planned to move it back.
However, earthquakes frequently occur in the vicinity of Zhaoming City and even in many places within the country. They can even be felt near the immortal mountains within the immortal sects. Some cultivators have gone to investigate, thinking it was the work of demons, but they have never found anything. In the eyes of the common people, these earthquakes are simply seen as the change of dynasties and the shift of the mandate of heaven, with the earth responding to them.
Both immortals and humans regarded it as an ordinary earthquake.
With Qin Yuqi's death, no one forced the Yong army to equip themselves with the earthen weapons anymore. As they fled, they abandoned these easily targeted weapons and reverted to ordinary weapons. With Zhou's successive victories, the earthen weapons were continuously confiscated and stored away. The war between immortals and humans ended, leaving behind the confrontation between the reborn Zhou and the Yong state, which had entrenched itself in one region.
Many immortals have left.
At this moment, Wen Yizhan was also about to leave.
"Senior brother, are we going back to Zhenyang Peak?" Jiang Yuhuo asked the person who came to say goodbye.
“I’m not going back. You and Master aren’t here. What’s the point of me being alone on the mountain? But maybe I’ll go back occasionally to look after the flowers and plants in the yard.”
The black-clad swordsman waved his hand, seemingly having put the trivial matter aside, and didn't look back at the people behind him, leaving only a single sentence.
"He has gone to wander the four corners of the world."
Wen Yizhan had long realized that it was time for her to leave.
On the day Zhang Zhenyang left, when Wen Yizhan saw Jiang Yuhuo wake up and hug him as her first reaction, she knew it was time for her to leave.
That night, Jiang Yuhuo disappeared. He and Jia Yue split up and searched for most of the night. When he finally found the deserted camp, Jia Yue had already found her before him. Before he could go in, he saw Jiang Yuhuo embracing Jia Yue.
When she was in his arms, she couldn't see anyone else.
He stood at the entrance of the tent, like a stranger who had stumbled upon the place by mistake.
Wen Yizhan understood his master's departure without saying goodbye better than Jiang Yuhuo. He had witnessed countless days and nights on Zhenyang Peak spent thinking of his master. He even rebelliously rejoiced for his master, knowing that at least a hundred years later, he knew that the person he loved also loved him.
Master, do you know where he is going?
Wandering the world with a sword, making the four seas his home—this was the path he once thought he would take. But later, he had something to hold him back, and he only wanted to stay in one place.
Now, he has nowhere to go.
However, he still has some accounts to settle.
He could let his junior sister off the hook, but he wouldn't allow that person to bother her again and again.
The sword tip spun in the air, and the figure riding the sword suddenly veered off towards another city.
Watching that dashing figure gradually disappear into the horizon, the melancholy in Jiang Yuhuo's eyes was replaced by comfort. Zhenyang Peak might become desolate in the future, but perhaps this carefree and unrestrained life was what her senior brother wanted.
Someone skillfully wrapped their arm around her waist from behind, gradually placing their weight on her shoulders. "What are you thinking about?"
Jiang Yuhuo placed her hands on her waist, letting him gently kiss her cheeks and neck without flinching or avoiding him, simply gazing quietly at the distant horizon.
After a long while, she suddenly said, "I'm thinking, shouldn't we go too?"
The person behind him paused slightly, seemingly wanting to believe it yet not daring to, and could only ask tactlessly, "Where... are you talking about?"
Jiang Yuhuo turned her head and kissed his lips, her eyes smiling but her gaze firm.
"Let's go to the Sea Kingdom and form a pact with you."
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