Chapter Seventy-Six: The Zombie King (Thirty-One)
Lu Lingjun felt that Gu Yuan probably had a change of heart and helped him when he was dying, allowing him to live.
It's also possible that Gu Yuan felt that if he died, there would be no one to restrain Gu Yanjing.
However, one of his hearts was removed before he was reborn.
Even if one were to be reborn from the ashes, it would not be able to mend that heart.
He watched with his own eyes as Gu Yanjing was escorted back to the Heavenly Palace in a disheveled state. At that moment, from the look in his eyes, he knew that his emperor was drifting further and further away from him.
Gu Yanjing has never been a good-natured person.
His elder brother, Gu Yanci, was no better. After learning of what he had done, Gu Yanci's first thought was to kill Gu Yanjing to cover up the whole story and his sins.
However, it was too late.
They were discovered by Ye Anjing first.
Ye Anjing made a proposal that everyone could accept, yet no one could accept.
Ye Anjing suggested that Gu Yuan take action to split Lu Lingjun and Gu Yanjing's last remaining heart in two, but not in a true sense.
They can share a heart, but if one dies, the other will also die.
Gu Yanjing was unwilling; he only wanted Lu Lingjun dead.
He didn't care about his own life.
But Lu Lingjun didn't want to die. Wasn't this practically forcing him to be with His Majesty? Only a fool would refuse.
Gu Yanci was also reluctant to let her younger brother lose his life.
then.
Lu Lingjun despicably played the role of a villain in front of the immortals, successfully forcing Gu Yanjing to link their lives together.
However, he probably underestimated Gu Yanjing's stubbornness. Gu Yanjing hadn't even had time to wash away the marks and lingering scent on her body when she saw him again, and she drew her sword and stabbed herself in the heart, almost succeeding in committing suicide.
Only then did Lu Lingjun realize his mistake, that he had schemed against himself and could no longer be integrated into Gu Yanjing's destiny.
In the end, he compromised. In order to protect Gu Yanjing, who was punished by the Heavenly Palace, he proposed that he and Gu Yanjing guard the Linglong Tower and the Xiangsi Tower respectively.
Later, the Linglong Pagoda and the Xiangsi Tower were relegated to a smaller plane because Daoist Gu Yanqing entered reincarnation.
Everyone thought that Gu Yanjing was the one who was wrong this time, and that Gu Yanjing wanted to kill Lu Lingjun.
But no, the one who made the mistake from the very beginning was Lu Lingjun.
He, Lu Lingjun, is the real sinner.
Gu Yanjing kicked Lu Lingjun down into the endless swamp.
However, before Lu Lingjun could land, the swamp below was imprisoned by endless ice. Lu Lingjun flipped over and landed on it, stretching out his hands to Gu Yanjing in the tree.
"Yan Jing, jump down, I'll catch you."
Qing* smiled, her eyes and heart filled with thoughts of the people in the tree.
Just like back then, when Lu Lingjun stood under the tree and coaxed the little boy who had just learned to fly and was still a little afraid of heights to jump down.
However, when the young Gu Yanjing wholeheartedly trusted Lu Lingjun, she jumped down without any doubt.
Now, Gu Yanjing looked at Lu Lingjun and felt that every move he made was calculated, so he swung his sword down.
If Lu Lingjun hadn't been prepared and dodged quickly, he probably would have been pinned to the ice.
"Your Majesty, with so many troubles already, why are you still so angry?" Lu Lingjun looked at the sword nailed to the ice, still trembling, and felt a little scared.
“If you hadn’t brought it up, I wouldn’t have remembered it. Now that you’ve mentioned it, I remember it clearly.” Gu Yanjing’s face was as sour as dog poop as he stared at Lu Lingjun.
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