Thinking of the flower fairy who saved him, Gu Liyan clenched his fists, but then he remembered that she had become the Flower Goddess, and he felt relieved. He closed his eyes and said, "Death is not unfamiliar to me, nor is it frightening!"
Just then, a familiar voice suddenly entered my frozen heart: "Gu Liyan—"
Gu Liyan's pupils constricted involuntarily. "Hua Baixian?!"
——
Hua Baixian switched to a sharper sword and continued breaking the ice. "Gu Liyan! I know you're not dead yet, don't give up! Hurry... hurry back to my side—"
Hua Baixian's hands were bleeding profusely. Rui Xin did not stop her, but instead assisted her silently with Qian Mo.
Gradually, the blood stained the entire ice block red, and Hua Baixian's face was covered in tears. She realized that she couldn't cause even the slightest crack in the Xuanbing.
"Gu Liyan, Gu Liyan..." Hua Baixian collapsed to her knees, utterly exhausted. "I can't save you anymore... Waaah, I don't want this ending, I don't want you to die! Please, please wake up soon..."
Rui Xin clenched her small fists, feeling helpless as she watched Hua Baixian cry in despair.
Qianmo sighed, threw away the divine artifact in his hand, and forgot his cold resentment as he cursed, "What kind of broken artifact is this! How come it can't even break a piece of ice!"
Hua Baixian stared blankly at the Xuanbing ice, only to see her own blood slowly seeping into it. Suddenly, Hua Baixian's eyes lit up—
In that frozen world, Gu Liyan, who had given up struggling, suddenly felt an intense, continuous heat emanating from the gradually darkening world. For a moment, he was stunned and wondered, "What is this?"
A red ribbon fluttered on the frozen seabed, stirring Gu Liyan's heart. He couldn't help but raise his hand and grasp the red ribbon tightly. "This..."
The glaring red color made Gu Liyan's heart ache. "Hua Baixian... how could you be so foolish!"
The crimson color is her life essence, and the burning is her soul!
——
Rui Xin was so shocked by Hua Baixian that she couldn't speak. Qian Mo's face was pale, and his legs went weak as he looked at the blood soaked in Xuanbing.
"Gu Liyan, you need to wake up..." Hua Baixian used her own blood essence to nourish Xuanbing without hesitation. Her vision went black, and she fell to the ground.
"Sister Flower Goddess!" Upon seeing this, Rui Xin hurriedly stepped forward to support Hua Baixian.
Hua Baixian steadied herself and waved her hand, "I, I'm fine..."
"Sister Flower Goddess, you can't keep wasting your life essence, you'll die if you continue like this!" Rui Xin said with a frown.
Hua Baixian's eyes were empty as she spoke blankly through the gradually melting ice, "I'm not afraid of death, I want to save him, I must save him!"
Hua Baixian broke free from Rui Xin's grasp, forcing her essence blood out of her body once more, allowing it to soak entirely into the Xuanbing ice.
Gu Liyan looked at the source of the blood-red ribbon, his heart aching terribly. "Hua Baixian... Hua Baixian, wait for me, you must wait for me!"
The broken shackles, like a lone sail setting off, are heading towards the shore of hope.
"It's melted! Xin'er, did you see that? It's really melted!" Qianmo excitedly pointed at the melting ice and pulled Ruixin along.
Rui Xin nodded, but her cute and innocent face looked at Hua Baixian with worry.
Although the Xuanbing melted, the life force emanating from Hua Baixian was weakening, which made her worry: she had only recently advanced to the Flower Goddess realm, and the Flower Goddess energy within her body was still unstable, with her soul fusion not yet complete.
This made Rui Xin feel as if Hua Baixian had lost her status as the Flower Goddess, but even so, she could only shake her head helplessly.
Now, in Hua Baixian's eyes, there is only the sleeping white-robed boy.
Click—
The ice shattered, transforming into countless blooming red lotuses, beautiful and captivating.
Hua Baixian looked at the young man who had broken the ice. He was still so handsome and charming, but after a long while, Gu Liyan still showed no signs of waking up.
"Gu Liyan..." Looking at the still-sleeping Gu Liyan, Hua Baixian's voice trembled, filled with despair and helplessness, "Why won't you wake up?"
Hua Baixian knelt on the ground, covering her face and weeping bitterly, "How could you be so cruel, leaving me all alone! I don't need the will of the Flower Goddess, nor do I need the ability to protect the Heavenly Palace. All I want now is for you to live!"
No matter how painful the grief, can what's lost ever come back?
Despair tore at Hua Baixian's heart. "Since you can't come back, then I'll come and join you!" With that, Hua Baixian picked up a dagger without hesitation and pointed it at her throat.
Just an inch from her throat, a pair of slender, fair, and strong hands gripped the sword blade tightly, stopping Hua Baixian. The blade pierced his palm, leaving a bloody mark.
Hua Baixian raised her head in a daze, meeting those clear purple eyes—
"What...are you doing?" Gu Liyan asked in a hoarse voice, his brows furrowed.
"Huh?" Gu Liyan looked at her with displeasure. Hua Baixian was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly released the dagger she was holding. She looked at Gu Liyan's bleeding hand with a nervous expression and said in a panic, "I'm sorry! Are you alright? I, I'll treat you..."
"Do you mean I should eat a whole bunch of magic pills, or do you mean I should—" Gu Liyan leaned down and gently kissed Hua Baixian's forehead, "eat you?"
Upon seeing this, Rui Xin didn't hesitate—
He simply dragged Qianmo, who was full of curiosity and wanted to continue watching, away.
At this moment, Hua Baixian's heart was pounding, her face turned bright red, and she lowered her head, not daring to speak.
Seeing this, Gu Liyan smiled slightly and swept Hua Baixian into his arms. "Hua Baixian, do you know? When I was still a little fox with no cultivation, you held me like this, and I thought, 'You're so rude to me, one day I'll hold you back!'"
Hua Baixian buried her head in his chest, repeatedly punching Gu Liyan's chest. "You still have the nerve to say that! You're such a stinky fox! Stupid fox! I was so worried about you, and you were sleeping here! I called you so many times and you wouldn't wake up..."
Suddenly, her nose stung, and Hua Baixian burst into tears, "Waaah—you ignored me, I thought you were dead!"
Gu Liyan tightened his grip on Hua Baixian's hand. "It was my fault. I'm sorry, Xiao Bai."
Hua Baixian looked at Gu Liyan and asked, "What did you call me?"
"Xiao Bai, don't you like it?" Gu Liyan smiled gently and asked.
"I...of course I like it, but..." Hua Baixian's face flushed even more, "Only the closest people can call me that, you..."
"I swear, I, Gu Liyan, will protect you for all eternity! For all eternity! I will never let you be alone again! Even if I die, I will protect you until the very last second!" Gu Liyan said solemnly.
"Stop talking!" Hua Baixian hugged Gu Liyan's neck tightly. "Little Li, my little fox. Let's go. I'll leave the Heavenly Palace with you and go somewhere where no one knows us! I want to be with you!"
Gu Liyan smiled slightly and nodded emphatically, "Okay!"
—With you in my life, even the desert can grow into an oasis, and a lone sail can see its end.
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