Talk to yourself
Man, how do you add drama to yourself?
Looking at the crooked man, Xu Shulou was silent for a moment: "Untie my sister and I'll take her away. You can do whatever you want with the other one."
"Okay, okay, no problem." The villain untied Bai Roushuang neatly, patted the dust off her body twice, and then stuffed it to Xu Shulou attentively, "Have a nice trip."
Bai Roushuang looked bewildered as she watched Xu Shulou stretch out his hand to her. After a long while, she hesitated and stretched out her hand to place it in the other's palm.
She watched herself being embraced by her senior sister. In front of her was a lake. Xu Shulou leaped over the lake, tapped the water lightly with his toes, causing ripples. Then he flew away holding her in his arms as light as a swallow. During this time, Bai Roushuang saw the misty waves on the water, the reeds at dusk, and the shadows of the two people reflected on the water...
This fleeting glimpse was so beautiful that she was stunned for a moment. It took her a long while to realize, "Oh, Senior Brother Lu!"
Lu Beichen watched the backs of the two weak women who were waiting for him to save go away. He could only make two whimpering sounds from his blocked mouth. He had to admit that when he saw the two women tied to the tree waiting for him to make a choice, in addition to worry, he also felt a sense of complacency.
He is not ashamed of this. Everyone has a hero complex. The feeling of control over other people's lives makes him feel... very good.
He thought he was fair and that he didn't choose Bai Roushuang entirely out of selfishness. Bai Roushuang was indeed the one who was weaker and needed more protection.
But he didn't expect the plot to take a sudden turn for the worse. In a blink of an eye, he became the one waiting to be rescued. Unfortunately, the person who controlled his life did not choose him. Even Bai Roushuang flew very far away before she suddenly remembered something and turned back with a look of horror.
"Senior Sister, Senior Brother Lu..."
Xu Shulou interrupted her: "I won't save him. If you can't bear to do it, go and save him yourself."
"But my cultivation..."
"If you practice for ten years, he will have to wait for you for ten years. If you practice for a hundred or a thousand years, he will have to wait for you for a hundred or a thousand years." Xu Shulou looked ahead without even giving her a glance. "Whenever you have the ability, go and save him."
“…”
Sensing her panic, Xu Shulou laughed: "What are you thinking? I was joking. Go back and inform Lingxiao Sect, and they will naturally go to rescue their eldest disciple."
“…”
Xu Shulou flew higher and higher, and gradually flew into the clouds. The clouds under the setting sun were so beautiful that Bai Roushuang was confused. She was also afraid that her senior sister would suddenly let go and throw her down. As she watched, she was gradually fascinated by the scenery.
She didn't know how to fly a sword yet, and Lu Beichen was afraid that she would be scared, so he never took her to fly too high or too far. At this moment, looking at the clouds at dusk and the birds flying around her and disappearing into the mountains and forests, she remembered the line "The clouds are rising in my chest, and the returning birds are flying into my eyes." She read a lot of erotic and love poems in the brothel, and occasionally read a few other lines to please the elegant guests. When she thought of this line at this moment, it was unexpectedly appropriate.
The poet was not deceiving me. It turns out that if you stand higher, you can see better scenery.
Bai Roushuang looked at her senior sister's profile. Xu Shulou did not have a fierce appearance. In the reflection of the setting sun, the lines of his profile appeared mostly soft, and his eyes also appeared soft, but mixed with an indomitable determination.
It turns out that these two temperaments are not contradictory... Bai Roushuang couldn't understand what happened today. She wanted to ask, but for some reason she was distracted and could only sigh quietly in her heart.
———
Xu Shulou left this point very quickly.
This time, she was not in a hurry to push open the next door, because a ghostly figure appeared at the end of the corridor. The figure was dressed in a white shirt, so white that it was almost transparent, plain and elegant, as if he would merge into the darkness in the next moment.
"Xu Shulou."
The ghost turned around when he heard the sound, and saw a face exactly like hers.
The two of them stared at each other for a long time without saying a word. In the endless corridor of time, their eyes met with their selves in another world.
Until the ghost broke the silence first: "Can I see your sword?"
Xu Shulou nodded and handed over the sword.
"Quexie," the ghost obviously knew what was good, she stroked the sword lovingly, "I have seen it, but it did not choose me."
“…”
The ghost returned Quexie to her and asked, "How did you let it go?"
Xu Shulou naturally knew what she was asking: "The day I left the Xiao Kingdom Palace, it rained heavily. A mortal passing by held an umbrella for me and walked with me for a while."
The ghost didn't say anything, but her eyes clearly expressed a question, "Is that all?"
Xu Shulou smiled and said, "It's hard to explain that feeling, but there are always some moments in life when you suddenly realize that it's time to say goodbye to the past."
"Really?" The ghost thought for a moment, "I have seen everything you have done since you entered this corridor."
Xu Shulou asked with a smile: "Do you like watching me kill Lu Beichen? I'll kill him a few more times for you to see?"
The ghost did not answer: "So you are the ray of hope that Pei Changyu mentioned."
"Me?" Xu Shulou pondered, "I killed Lu Beichen, can this be considered a chance of survival?"
"What is he?" Speaking of this enemy who had harmed her life, the ghost's tone was filled with more contempt than hatred. "You are here to stop me from destroying the world. You want to save Bai Roushuang, save those girls, and save everyone in the world... But they don't deserve your salvation."
"What about you?"
The ghost was stunned: "Me? I don't deserve it."
Xu Shulou did not comment on this, but just asked softly: "Can I hug you?"
“……”The ghost did not answer.
Xu Shulou assumed that she had agreed, walked forward and gave her a hug, feeling the floating body in his arms gradually solidify.
"So this is what it feels like to be hugged," the ghost sighed, "It's been so long, I have forgotten the warmth from my family and friends."
Xu Shulou hugged her tightly, but after a moment, she pushed him away.
They stood face to face, and the ghost looked at Xu Shulou's face carefully: "You should be doing well, there is a beautiful light in your eyes."
"I'm doing pretty well indeed," Xu Shulou suggested, "Want to hear my story?"
"Okay," Ghost shrugged, "I don't have anything to do here anyway."
The two stood in the dim corridor, Xu Shulou leaned against the wooden door behind him, but the ghost stood straight.
Xu Shulou thought for a moment and said, "Where should I start? How about I start from the decades when I was wandering in the human world..."
Her soft voice rang out here and was gradually swallowed up by the darkness.
One could not feel the passage of time here, but Xu Shulou felt that he had been talking for a very long time.
This feeling is really wonderful, telling yourself in another world a story that belongs to you...a story that could also have belonged to the other person.
The ghost seemed to be there, walking with her through those famous mountains and rivers, dangerous places and wonders. From time to time, he would ask some questions, such as "Is the copper pot shabu-shabu really so delicious?" or "How can Bai Roushuang be so cute?"
Occasionally there are some comments, such as "It's better to have cultivation, so that you can kill with pleasure."
Chatting with myself is a very pleasant thing. A look, a subtle expression, an unfinished word, the other party can understand. The two of them are actually very similar, with the same habitual little movements and the same arc when frowning, but the ghost's smile can never reach the bottom of the eyes.
"Your life is wonderful, unlike mine, where my best years are all spent revolving around Lu Beichen."
Xu Shulou stared at her: "It would be great if I could have a chance to start over again."
The ghost shook his head: "I deliberately lured Luo Fusheng to take the blame for me. At that time, my plan was not yet complete and could not be exposed."
Xu Shulou sighed: "I can see it."
"You still want to save me? You still want me to have a chance to start over?"
"It's not about saving. How could I have such great ability?" Xu Shulou paused, "I just... feel sad."
"You are also me. You should know that I don't need pity, and I don't need others to feel sad for me." The ghost raised his eyebrows. "The end of the road is the way back. That's the way I walked out."
"But I am not someone else, I am yourself."
“…”
Seeing that the ghost was speechless, Xu Shulou stopped arguing with her and just smiled: "If you have a chance to come back, go and try the copper pot. To be honest, the two of us have never eaten this thing in the palace, which is a real pity."
"……good."
"How long can I stay here with you?"
The ghost shook his head: "You should leave. You shouldn't come to a place like this."
She waved her sleeves at Xu Shulou, and the latter's vision went completely dark. He could only sigh that no matter which world she was in, she always acted decisively.
When Xu Shulou opened his eyes again, he was already standing in his bedroom on Mingyue Peak in Wuchen Island.
Before she had time to feel melancholy, she met a face that was even more melancholy than hers.
Bai Roushuang was sitting in front of her small table, holding the note she left in her hand, looking at her sadly.
Xu Shulou stared at her with a guilty look on his face: "Junior sister, are you here to see me?"
"I made the steamed pork ribs with rice flour and wanted to invite you to eat with me. It would be boring for me to eat alone without you here," Bai Roushuang sighed, "but I didn't know you would go out to play by yourself."
Xu Shulou showed her the chain ring on his wrist and briefly explained the whole story: "I don't know what effect the two magic weapons will have when they are combined into one, so I didn't dare to ask you to join me."
"But you dare to put yourself in danger..." Bai Roushuang looked down at her wrist and raised her hand to touch it curiously, "How could the two magic weapons be fused? They are originally from the same source..."
An icy blue light flashed before her eyes, and Bai Roushuang just touched the Sumeru Chain Ring when she suddenly disappeared from the spot. The echo of her words had not yet faded, but even with Xu Shulou's quick eyes and hands, he was unable to stop her.
She was stunned for a moment, looking at the empty room, and tentatively called out, "Junior Sister?"
Xu Shulou frowned, hoping that Bai Roushuang would not push open any door after entering the corridor.
If Junior Sister is drawn into that twisted world, I wonder how long she can hold on...
What's worse is that the Sumeru Chain Ring was still intact on her wrist, which meant that Bai Roushuang had no way to back out.
Xu Shulou had no choice but to give up his beloved steamed spareribs with rice flour and immediately activated the Sumeru Chain Ring to look for his even more beloved junior sister.
She just hoped that the ghost that had just sent her away wouldn't find her annoying.
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