Chen Qiuyu stood at the door in a daze. After coming to her senses, she was so angry that she cried. She didn't even sit down to drink a sip of water. She took Ren Zhongyuan's hand and left Hongqi Village.
After Ren Zhongyuan returned to Kyoto with Chen Qiuyu, his childhood environment and his mother's frequent scolding left him with a sullen, timid, and self-deprecating personality. Over the years, if Zhou Jiasheng and his sister hadn't constantly sought him out to play, often bringing him along to play with the children from the family compound, it's unclear what Ren Zhongyuan's personality would have become.
Looking at the stars in the sky, Ren Zhongyuan's mind appeared the beautiful face of Zhou Yuanyuan, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
At the same time, at General Zhou's house, Zhou Yuanyuan and Wen Ziqing stood side by side in the corridor, watching the fireworks explode in the air, emitting beautiful colors and patterns, and then watching the fireworks disappear in the dark night, leaving behind only regrets, and they couldn't help but feel deeply emotional.
Fate comes and goes, the tides rise and fall, everything in this world seems to have its own destiny.
Although the fireworks' light was short-lived, in that brief moment, they radiated a passionate emotion. Asked for Zhou Yuanyuan's evaluation, she had only one word: "worth it."
Unlit fireworks spend their entire lives gathering dust in a corner, perhaps three, five years before being ravaged by wind and rain, or eaten by rats and insects, and their dim lives are over. Lit fireworks, though short-lived, leave a lasting impression on people with their fleeting light.
Zhou Yuanyuan feels that one must do something crazy in one’s life, so that when one closes their eyes, they will not regret having come to this world in vain.
Since... her entanglement with Wen Ziqing cannot be severed or put aside, it might as well bloom like fireworks. After love, even if it leaves behind pain, it is worth loving once. Moreover, the ending does not necessarily have to be tragic. Perhaps... there will be a different life?
Zhou Yuanyuan squinted her eyes and looked at the dazzling fireworks, her mind churning with thoughts.
She and Wen Ziqing have had too many intersections in this life, from Zhoujia Village to Zhaojiagou, from Zhaojiagou to Sanhe Town, and from Sanhe Town to Kyoto City. The time they have spent together is far more than the time they have spent with their respective relatives, and the concern between them is much greater than that between ordinary relatives.
No matter how Zhou Yuanyuan tried not to drag Wen Ziqing down, and no matter how Zhou Yuanyuan tried to escape Wen Ziqing's affection, at this moment, Zhou Yuanyuan still stood side by side with Wen Ziqing, sharing the beautiful sight of the fireworks.
Some things will definitely come when they are meant to come, and some people will be destined to be together for life after just one glance.
Even Zhou Yuanyuan and Wen Ziqing had embarked on the path to immortality one after another. At a certain point, everyone would have their own destiny. There was no need to rush or wait deliberately; when the destiny arrived, these things would naturally follow.
Is this... fate? It was destined that Zhou Yuanyuan would cultivate immortality, it was destined that Zhou Yuanyuan would meet Wen Ziqing in this life, it was destined that Zhou Yuanyuan would be engaged to Wen Ziqing in this life, it was destined that Zhou Yuanyuan and Wen Ziqing would fall in love with each other... All of this seemed to be manipulated by an invisible hand called "fate", and what would happen at the right time would be the right thing.
If that's really the case, then... she'd better just go with the flow! This relationship, no matter how it ends, should be loved wholeheartedly while the two still love each other. When love ends, then think about what to do after that. Going with the flow, being content with whatever happens—that's the "Tao," Zhou Yuanyuan's "Natural Way."
When Zhou Yuanyuan thought of this, she felt a slight "crackling" sound in her sea of consciousness, like the sound of an eggshell breaking, or the sound of glass shattering.
Immediately afterwards, with a loud "boom", Zhou Yuanyuan's sea of consciousness shook violently.
The violent shock in Zhou Yuanyuan's sea of consciousness made her eyes go dark and her thoughts pause for half a second.
When Zhou Yuanyuan regained her sight, she heard Xiaoyu scream, "Master, run! You're about to advance! Xiaoyu will help you stop absorbing spiritual energy. Find a place to retreat quickly."
Advancement? Advancement to the Nascent Soul stage? Zhou Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment before she immediately flew away.
Every time Zhou Yuanyuan advanced, she was like a human-shaped spiritual energy absorber. The spiritual energy poured into her body in a vortex shape, and the noise she made became louder and louder.
Besides, to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, one must definitely survive the thunder tribulation.
The tribulation lightning that struck a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage contained terrifying energy. A single strike could potentially destroy half of Kyoto. For the sake of Kyoto's peace, Zhou Yuanyuan planned to escape to a remote mountain forest and survive the lightning strike.
It’s a pity that one cannot transcend tribulation in the trial world of the Chaos Pearl, otherwise Zhou Yuanyuan wouldn’t have to look for a place like a headless fly.
Zhou Yuanyuan is now a cultivator who has reached the great perfection of the Golden Core Realm. Even if she doesn't use any magic weapon, when she uses all her strength to display the magical power of "shrinking the earth into an inch", she can take a step forward and travel hundreds of kilometers.
In a hurry, Zhou Yuanyuan took ten steps and came to a stretch of mountains.
Before Zhou Yuanyuan had time to look around and identify the place, Wen Ziqing's voice rang in her ears: "Yuanyuan, what's wrong?"
Zhou Yuanyuan finally came to her senses. When they were watching the fireworks together, Wen Ziqing had secretly held her hand. Zhou Yuanyuan was looking at the fireworks and thinking about her own things at the time, and forgot to shake off Wen Ziqing's hand.
Xiaoyu’s notification just now was urgent, so Zhou Yuanyuan “dragged” Wen Ziqing over as well.
Seeing that Zhou Yuanyuan had already left the city, Xiaoyu loosened her grip, and the spiritual energy surging within Zhou Yuanyuan's body connected with the spiritual energy from the outside world. Molecules of spiritual energy lined up and rushed into Zhou Yuanyuan's meridians, and a breeze blew around her.
"Brother Ziqing, please move away, preferably fifty kilometers away. I'm about to advance." Zhou Yuanyuan saw this and quickly gave Wen Ziqing a push. The lightning of advancing to the Nascent Soul stage was not something Wen Ziqing could withstand at that moment.
"Okay, be careful." Although Wen Ziqing was shocked, he did not hesitate. Following the force that Zhou Yuanyuan pushed him, he ran quickly in that direction.
When Wen Ziqing estimated he was about fifty kilometers away from Zhou Yuanyuan, he stopped and turned to look in her direction. The sky was dark and gloomy, and the thunderstorm this time must be quite powerful! Was Yuanyuan already that powerful?
At this time, Zhou Yuanyuan had no time to think about Wen Ziqing, or even time to consider whether she could survive the thunder this time.
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