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In the wilderness.
"Ah Qing?"
Shi Wuqing only felt that she was being embraced by an extremely cold embrace. She opened her eyes, but she had lost her divine power. Everything in front of her was dark and she could not see anything.
"Aqing?" The person holding her called out in a hoarse voice.
Shi Wuqing suddenly became much more sober. She grabbed the other person's arm and said, "Ajiu?"
"Are you awake? How do you feel?! What's going on with your body?"
"It's a bit hard to explain..." Shi Wuqing slowed down before asking, "What's the situation? Is that a formation you made? Did it work?"
Chi Jiu hugged her tighter: "Don't worry about that. Can you contact Yue Su?"
Shi Wuqing shook his head slightly.
Her whole body seemed to be burning in flames, but her heart was cold. Chi Jiu's evasive attitude had made her understand a lot of things.
"How about you?" she asked softly. "How are you?"
"It's nothing, but I can't use my divine power in the short term." Chi Jiu lowered his head, and his face hidden in the darkness had turned pale.
The god's golden eyes dimmed, the sun mark on his forehead was gone, and his five senses were disappearing at a very fast speed.
Even the voice that spoke out was hoarse, but the tone was still the same as before: "I'll send someone to find Yuexu."
There wasn't a trace of nervousness or confusion in his voice, as if this was just a small thing that could be easily done - even if it wasn't, in his hands, it would be.
"What's wrong with you?" Shi Wuqing blinked, tears dripping from her eyes.
Chi Jiu froze for a moment, and his cold fingers brushed across like feathers, carefully wiping away the tears: "Why are you crying? Don't cry."
Shi Wuqing was speechless.
Despair climbed up her heart like a vine, then extended to every part of her body and bones. Together with the raging flames, it plunged her into the abyss both physically and mentally.
The cold liquid, like a tiny cotton needle, hits the face, bringing a coolness that penetrates into the bone marrow.
"Are you crying?" Shi Wuqing's body began to tremble.
Chi Jiu said: "No."
Another drop of water.
Shi Wuqing blinked his hollow eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "You're lying."
Drop by drop, like the water from the bottom of a deep spring, it fell on Shi Wuqing's exposed skin.
Every drop made her heart ache more.
Chi Jiu said: "What are you thinking about? It's raining."
Shi Wuqing didn't believe it.
But soon, she found that it was really raining.
The rain was getting heavier, but Chi Jiu didn't take her away. He just held her tighter, and soon both of them were soaked.
Then Shi Wuqing understood that he didn't even have the strength to take her away.
She still wanted to say something, do something, but her consciousness was already blurry.
Maybe this time I will never wake up again.
The person who wakes up will not be her.
Shi Wuqing's eyes were dazed and he was groggy. He thought that Ajiu had not moved for a long time.
The moment this thought unfolded, unspeakable fear made her bite her lips hard and sober up a little.
"Ajiu..."
Before I could get a response, a bright light suddenly appeared in my field of vision.
Shi Wuqing looked up slowly, only to find that it was just a flash of lightning.
Before she could feel disappointed, before the lightning disappeared, she saw in the distance that the huge mouth of the abyss was approaching and darkness had encroached here.
Is it really going to end here?
Shi Wuqing used a lot of effort to push Chi Jiu, but the young man did not respond at all.
Shi Wuqing gently held his little finger and said, "Ajiu, I'm so scared."
Her hand was held back.
"Go to Split, there we still have a chance to survive." Shi Wuqing said.
"……Um."
But before any of them could act, the ground beneath their feet disappeared and they fell into the darkness of nothingness.
At that moment, a distant voice echoed in the void: "Give me your most precious thing in exchange for a chance to fulfill your wish."
This voice gave Shi Wuqing a vague sense of familiarity, and it was somewhat similar to the system... She thought that perhaps the power of the system came from the same source.
But... the most precious thing? Exchange?
Before she could react, a voice came from beside her: "Yes."
"Ajiu!"
"Let's start now." Chi Jiu said coldly.
Shi Wuqing opened his mouth: "Me too..."
The boy didn't know where he got the strength from, but he covered her mouth tightly.
The voice continued, "This is not a reward for the brave, but a gift from the god of death to the desperate."
"Who cares about you?" Chi Jiu said without hesitation: "Cure Ah Qing, I want the deal now!"
"As you wish."
In the endless abyss, a black prison emerged.
The cell door opened, and the disembodied being said, "I want your freedom. Come, Golden Crow."
"Is this my most precious thing?" Chi Jiu said sarcastically and took the initiative to go to the prison.
"This is what I want most." The voice said calmly.
"Ajiu!" Shi Wuqing spat out a mouthful of blood in excitement: "No! I, cough cough, I don't want it! I want to trade too!"
"Wait a moment." said the Being.
The blond god, perhaps no longer had the strength to reply, or perhaps he had been affected by the power of the prison. He stepped half a foot into the prison without looking back or saying a word.
Shi Wuqing stared at his back, her despair growing stronger. She suddenly said, "If you dare to go in, I will commit suicide."
She couldn't let Jiu sacrifice his freedom!
She is the most unbridled and bright soul in the whole world. No matter what, she should not be imprisoned for life because of her.
Chi Jiu stopped walking, without looking back, his voice returning to the coldness he had when they first met: "I'm almost dead anyway, so can't I be willful for once?"
Shi Wuqing was extremely shocked.
"I will heal the Golden Crow," the Being said calmly but cruelly, "and grant him eternal freedom."
"It doesn't matter." Chi Jiu said lightly.
Shi Wuqing's heart was beating like a drum. She felt that her emotions had reached their peak and could not rise any further.
She was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised her head. Her empty eyes were still as beautiful and bright as stars.
"I know you." There was a peculiar charm in the goddess's pronunciation, which made people want to hear her finish.
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