Zhao Zhen dedicated his life to fulfilling his promise, and also showed Xu Nian that there really are people who can stay with someone for a lifetime without any regrets.
Because he cherishes it, he has never changed.
At the end of his life, Zhao Zhen lay weakly on his bed. His hair had turned white and his face was covered with wrinkles, but his eyes remained as deep as ever.
Xu Nian tugged at Zhao Zhen's beard and asked with a laugh, "You've only ever been with me your whole life, do you regret it?"
"It's enough to just have you by my side." Zhao Zhen's eyes were still full of affection, and his love for Xu Nian had only grown stronger with the passage of time.
He knew he was about to die, but that wasn't enough; he wanted to be with her for all eternity. "A-Nian, let's be together again in the next life, okay?"
Xu Nian remained silent; she couldn't agree to his request.
Was she going to deceive him? Xu Nian hesitated.
Zhao Zhen knew Xu Nian too well; he could clearly see her expression.
She couldn't help but smile bitterly; she was still unwilling, and what followed was immense resentment.
“A-Nian, I will find you in the next life, you can’t escape.” Zhao Zhen grabbed Xu Nian’s hand, very tightly.
His eyes were fixed on Xu Nian, as if he wanted to etch her into his soul.
"Don't be silly, who can say for sure what will happen in the next life?" Xu Nian sighed, climbed onto the bed and lay down next to Zhao Zhen.
She held Zhao Zhen's hand and comforted him, "I'm here with you, don't be afraid."
"You're going to come with me?" Zhao Zhen asked, trembling, as if he couldn't believe it.
Time never defeats beauty; even as she ages, Xu Nian remains as radiant as ever.
Given her current physical condition, she could easily live for another ten years or more.
"You're gone, what's the point of me staying in this world?" Xu Nian's words brought tears to Zhao Zhen's eyes.
He felt relieved and then peacefully closed his eyes.
The person next to her had stopped breathing, so Xu Nian closed her eyes and called out to Yuanbao.
“Host.” Yuanbao appeared immediately this time.
"Yuanbao, take me away." As soon as Xu Nian finished speaking, her soul left the system space, and when she came to her senses, she was back in the system space.
"Congratulations, host, on the successful completion of your mission. The original owner is very satisfied with everything you have done and sincerely offers you a soul fragment," Yuanbao reported joyfully.
A small ball of light floated in front of Xu Nian. She reached out and caught the soul, which automatically merged into her soul body.
Xu Nian asked in surprise, "Yuanbao, how did I absorb this soul?"
"This soul essence is a mission reward; the system will automatically convert it into soul energy that the host can absorb," Yuanbao explained.
"Oh!" Xu Nian felt her soul strengthen and was surprised to find that the stone tablet in her sea of consciousness had turned into iron.
It was upgraded too?
She wants to study the functions and uses of this brand properly when she has time.
"Host, this mission to save the male lead earns you 10,000 points, and the basic mission reward is 100 points. After deducting the 900 points you used, you will have 9,200 points credited to your account." Yuanbao said the words Xu Nian most wanted to hear.
"Phew! Not bad, at least I didn't lose too much." Xu Nian had a toothache and felt once again that this male lead was really valuable; she wished she could meet more of them.
The thought flashed through her mind, but Xu Nian quickly shook it off.
The male lead is not someone that most people can accept; at least she can't handle him.
If it weren't for her various protests and restraints, she suspected that she would have been trapped in her bed for the rest of her life in Zhao Zhen's little world.
"Host, do you want to start erasing emotional memories now?" Yuanbao's words came at the perfect time, and Xu Nian nodded without thinking.
"Eliminating emotional memories begins." As soon as the mechanical electronic voice sounded, Xu Nian closed her eyes and fell asleep.
A fleeting dream.
Upon waking up, Xu Nian pinched Yuanbao's pig-like face and said, "Yuanbao, I want to choose the next task myself. What kind of crap did you pick for me? You said the male lead was obsessed with power, but he's obsessed with beautiful women every day and can't wait to party every night."
The more Xu Nian spoke, the more she gritted her teeth.
"Host, this isn't my fault. I never expected the male lead to do this," Yuanbao cried out, her eyes brimming with tears.
"I don't care, I'll choose this mission myself, I refuse to believe it." Xu Nian asked Yuanbao to open the mission panel.
With her soul enhanced, Xu Nian was finally able to see clearly. She searched for the mission details and was drawn to a mission world.
An innocent female supporting character in a Buddhist novel.
The female supporting character is a fox spirit, born with stunning beauty, and every move she makes exudes a seductive charm.
She had no intention of seducing anyone, but those men kept chasing after her, crying and begging to marry her.
She ran away, and they chased after her.
Just when she finally managed to shake off those troublesome people, a bald monk blocked her way. He said that she had bewitched mortals, causing men to be willing to die for her and abandon their wives and children, which was an unforgivable sin.
Then she was captured by the monk and imprisoned under the Demon-Suppressing Tower.
Poor little demon, besides being beautiful, she's utterly useless in combat.
There was no way for her to survive in the Demon-Suppressing Tower; she was eventually bullied to death by a group of powerful demons.
Xu Nian thought the mission was pretty good; the male lead was a Buddhist and devoted himself to Buddhism.
There is no female lead, no love or hate, only catching and subduing demons and saving the world. This is a living bodhisattva.
The more she looked at it, the better it seemed, and Xu Nian accepted the task without hesitation.
She suspects that the biggest reason she got involved with the male lead before was because she didn't follow the plot.
This time, Xu Nian plans to follow the storyline.
"Host, you've made your choice." Yuanbao squeezed in and beamed with joy when it saw the world Xu Nian had chosen.
In this small world where demons and Buddhas coexist, it can once again go out and play with its host.
"Yuanbao, let's go do a mission," Xu Nian hummed a cheerful tune.
With a flick of its claws, Yuanbao brought Xu Nian to the mission world.
At that moment, she was standing by the river admiring her own beauty.
She wore a maple-red dress, had long hair cascading over her shoulders, exquisite features, and skin as smooth as jade. Even without makeup, her alluring beauty was undeniable.
Those moist eyes sparkled, and their brows revealed a captivating allure.
Her figure was graceful and her curves were beautiful.
Her slender, fair hands moved gently, nimbly and elegantly.
This body is beautiful in every way, and every movement it makes exudes a captivating charm.
“Host.” Yuanbao ran over from a distance, shook its round body, and obediently squatted down next to Xu Nian.
"Yuanbao, you look so chubby, you've gotten even fatter." Xu Nian picked up the little pig and flicked his forehead.
"Host, you're bullying me! I'm not fat!" Yuanbao protested, covering his forehead with both paws.
"Don't run around like that. If you get caught looking like this, you'll definitely be roasted suckling pig," Xu Nian said with a mischievous grin.
"It can't be that cruel, can it? Pigs are so cute, how can you roast them and eat them?" Yuanbao hugged herself tightly in fear.
"Hahaha! Right, not roasted, but braised, fried, stewed, mixed, or red-braised." Xu Nian mischievously finished speaking and stopped teasing Yuanbao.
Holding the gold ingot, she left the riverbank with light steps, leaving her destination to fate.
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