Chapter 53
"Very well."
*
Trapped Immortal Cliff.
Li Ziqing brought Ying Ning to this place, where the hurricane from the mountain crevice made their sleeves flutter.
Trapped Immortal Cliff is a battlefield left over from a thousand years ago. It is said that a supreme god fought a great battle with an ancient ferocious beast here and perished here.
The massive crack in the mountain was cleaved by that god in the past; as long as you get close to the crack, you can feel the relentless, sharp wind of the blade.
A single stroke cleaves the sky, shattering mountains into cliffs.
The wind from the blades is ferocious; if you stay here for even a short while, you can feel the spiritual energy stagnate. Furthermore, the gods' killing intent towards the ferocious beasts can even lead them to attack people inside the cliff.
The battlefield, left behind a thousand years ago, still retains its power today.
Later, the Sword Sect named this place "Immortal-Trapping Cliff," where disciples who committed serious offenses would be imprisoned.
“Ah Ning, you should stay here for a few more days.”
"Wait for me to come back."
Li Ziqing raised his hand and drew a barrier, preventing the sword wind from harming Ying Ning from outside the barrier.
Keeping her at Kunxian Cliff today is merely a temporary measure.
After all, he would soon be setting off for the far reaches of the ocean to borrow the Mirror of Retrograde. A-Ning stayed at the Immortal-Trapping Cliff for two reasons: firstly, to temporarily appease the various sects of the Immortal Realm; and secondly, because the Immortal-Trapping Cliff was a crucial location for the Sword Sect, and only disciples of the Sword Sect were permitted to enter.
Still feeling uneasy, Li Ziqing placed her own aura over the barrier before deciding to leave.
"Li Ziqing, aren't you worried that I really did this?" Yingning called out Li Ziqing's name directly.
Having rarely heard his real name, Li Ziqing was visibly taken aback.
“You wouldn’t do such a thing,” he said after a moment of silence.
"What if it really was me?"
Li Ziqing looked at Ying Ning and suddenly couldn't say anything.
He had never doubted her in his heart, and even when he heard about this today, he immediately realized that she would not do such a thing.
But if it really is her, how should I handle it?
Li Ziqing hadn't thought about this question, so he couldn't answer her.
"You won't."
“If it really is you, I…” Li Ziqing paused for a long time without saying a word.
His master taught him that all living beings in the world have spirits.
If you encounter an evil person, kill the evil person. If you encounter a good person, protect them.
His Unyielding Sword embodies the belief that he will slay the most wicked and never abandon the world.
Those disciples whose immortal souls were devoured were not evil people.
And his Ah Ning is not a bad person.
If it really was Ah Ning who did it, would I kill her?
......
"Let's go." The fiery woman was already seated inside the barrier, seemingly unwilling to hear him say anything more.
Li Ziqing raised his eyes and looked at Ying Ning carefully. A sense of unease crept into his chest like vines from his very bones.
He didn't say anything more when he left.
He couldn't bring himself to say something like putting the well-being of the people out of his mind.
He didn't even know if he could do it.
*
After Li Ziqing left, 67 spoke hesitantly:
"Master, is Li Ziqing still not interested in you?"
"He may be moved, but when his beliefs and the person he loves are in conflict, he still can't make a choice."
"He carries too many expectations and gazes, and he even binds himself, forcing himself to distinguish between black and white, good and evil. Such a person is very extreme."
After Feng Yingning became a demon, he did not consider the years of master-disciple relationship and let her escape to the demon realm. Instead, he killed her on the edge of the immortal realm.
He was intolerant of any imperfections; he wouldn't allow his disciples to become demons.
"What does the master plan to do?" 67 asked, puzzled.
He is merely a system and cannot comprehend the importance of emotions and beliefs.
"The original owner's lifespan is also about to end in the next few days," she said slowly.
Even without Yingning saying anything, 0067 had already sensed the body's vitality dissipating a few days ago.
It will not actively extend Feng Yingning's original lifespan, which would violate the Heavenly Dao of the Three Thousand Minor Worlds.
Moreover, the cost of extending lifespan is not small.
Ying Ning raised her hand, her phoenix eyes filled with the howling wind blades of the Immortal Trapping Cliff.
"I made the choices for him that he couldn't make."
“If Li Ziqing wants to maintain his beliefs, then he must abandon Feng Yingning, since he wants to maintain his vision of saving all living beings.”
"Then I'm a pawn to be discarded."
Wen Chaosheng, driven by the destiny of the Heavenly Secrets Disc and his own selfish desires, assisted Dan Yao.
Xi Yunliu's obsessive possessiveness towards Yingning made him disregard her feelings, and he even set up such a scheme in order to stop her from having a predestined relationship with Li Ziqing.
He hadn't even considered whether Feng Yingning could really escape to the Demon Realm with this crime on her shoulders.
They, all of them, are not yet at a sufficient level.
If you only act on your own preferences without considering the feelings of others, how can you call it love?
"Let Wen Chaosheng understand that not everything in the world is within his divination."
"Let Xi Yunliu's self-righteous possessiveness come to an end with his loss."
"As for Li Ziqing, he should have seen long ago that good and evil go hand in hand in this world. Even if Feng Yingning becomes a demon, what can she do?"
Does becoming a demon necessarily mean being killed?
It's only because she is Li Ziqing's disciple. If that's the case, then Li Ziqing took Dan Yao as his disciple after Feng Yingning fell into the Demon Cave.
Right under his nose, Dan Yao forced Feng Yingning to fall into the demonic path.
Is it not also a kind of evil?
Ying Ning raised her head. The sound of swords clashing outside the barrier continued. As each sword strike relentlessly collided with the barrier, it shattered with each impact.
This sound was just like the final lament of the phoenix princess from that year, a princess who should have been unrestrained and flamboyant.
"This is the best ending I can give them."
*
The day after Li Ziqing left the Sword Sect for the Extreme Sea, Dan Yao, having somehow obtained the news, rushed to inform the elders of various sects in the Immortal Realm who were dissatisfied with the outcome of Li Ziqing's treatment the previous day.
"Elders, my master left the Sword Sect yesterday. Now is the perfect time to make Feng Yingning confess her crimes!" Dan Yao didn't know when Li Ziqing would return, so she went directly to the elders.
She didn't dare let the Sword Sect know that she had secretly come to see the elders of various sects in the Immortal Realm. After all, her master's last words yesterday had left Dan Yao feeling uneasy.
Although the Sword Sect members had their own opinions, they didn't say much because of Li Ziqing.
Dan Yao avoided the Sword Sect members so that she could pin the blame on Feng Yingning before Li Ziqing returned.
"The Immortal Confinement Cliff is a vital area of your Sword Sect. How can we possibly enter?" These words were spoken by Elder Sun, who had been rebuked by Ying Ning yesterday.
"Elder Sun, don't worry, Dan Yao has her own way."
"Since young friend Danyao is so concerned about the greater good, we at Wuji Palace thank you in advance."
"The Beast Taming Sect will also send generous gifts in the future," the Beast Taming Sect elder said in thanks.
The remaining elders also came to Dan Yao's side.
Dan Yao had a real sense of being the center of attention, as if she had replaced Feng Ying Ning's brilliance and gained a place in the immortal realm.
"Elders, there is no time to lose, I..."
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