Chapter 124 Chapter 124 After parting at the forbidden land of Lan Pavilion, I returned...
She closed her eyes exhausted, swallowed, and said nothing.
He knew what her silence meant without having to ask.
No matter how much he tortured her, she kept her lips tightly clenched and refused to make a sound.
"Why?" He lowered his head and bit her lips hard, letting her eager breath puff into his mouth. "Why do you have to be loyal to them? Why are you so loyal to them? You've allowed me to do this, but your heart is still with the gate of rebirth?"
She didn't speak. I didn't know if she couldn't speak, or if she was just trying to cover it up by panting.
"Speak. Do you trust them so much? Do you approve of their way of doing things? Or do you find it exhilarating and satisfying to be a spy, assassinating people for a living?"
She struggled to open her eyes amidst the surging waves. Her eye circles were as red as peach blossoms, but within them was a sharp gleam like a water knife: "If you keep talking nonsense, forget it."
"Forget it? What do you mean by forget it? You're leaving again? Where are you going? We've only just met for a day, and you've already done something like this, and now you're telling me to forget it? It wasn't you who cried and said you loved me last night?"
She leaned against his chest and sighed, then twisted his arm in anger after hearing these words.
"Do you think you're the only one who wants to break up? I don't want to break up? Do you think you're the only one who's smart, the only one who feels it's wrong? I do want to break up, but can I? How can we get to this point right after meeting? For so many years, I've dreamed of you every night - I do want to break up, but can I?!"
Why are they connected on one hand but say they want to break off on the other?
"Don't tell me you can break up. You have so many helpers around you, but none of them noticed that I recognized you. You are the only one who knows. You run around everywhere asking for help, but who will believe you? Our affairs are only understood by the two of us. Break up?! I'm afraid that even if you and I are willing, fate won't allow it!"
"Then what do you want to do..." She finally couldn't bear it anymore and grabbed his arm tightly.
"Tell me." He leaned down and whispered in her ear through gritted teeth, "Tell me everything about the Rebirth Gate. If you're willing to betray them, I can forgive you."
Gu Huaijin never expected that she would blush and sneer.
"Forgive? Gu Huaijin, don't... say these two words to me again. Who would believe it? You forgive me, what? And why? Forgive me? Is it because I'm soft-hearted that I let you go and wrote you a peace card? If I let you go, does that mean the jade card wasn't stolen by me, the sect wasn't overturned because of me, and your... your wounds weren't caused by me?"
He understood a little: "I don't forgive you, but you are happy?"
She said with a cruel smile that hurt both herself and others: "Yes."
Gu Huaijin finally withdrew, got off the couch, took two or three steps to wash his hands, and without saying a word, he got dressed and left the tower without even looking back.
Nan Qiong Shuang sat alone on the hard wooden couch, her face expressionless and stiff for a long time.
Gu Huaijin did not leave her alone.
In the past, when they were on Chaoyao Peak, whenever he wanted to go down the mountain, he would ask her to go down with him. If she refused, he would be heartbroken for a long time.
After a while, she finally closed her eyes and slowly covered her face.
The Four Elephants Tower is connected to the Longevity Spring.
After all the trouble last night, her body was already sticky, so she went back to the Longevity Spring to soak early in the morning.
The Changsheng Spring was no different from the previous night. Mist rose silently, white steam hung thickly in the air, and occasionally a drop of water fell, breaking the surface with a dripping sound.
She took off her clothes and walked down the low stone steps covered with flower petals into the water, trying not to think too much.
After entering the water, all the wounds, big and small, on my body were painful.
Yesterday, there was such a big noise here, but now she is alone, it is really quiet.
In the mist, she closed her eyes.
In fact, perhaps she had said too much and hurt him. If he wasn't really sad, he wouldn't leave her without saying a word.
But she didn't mean to hurt him.
Forgiveness. These two words made her feel uncomfortable - to be honest, she would feel better if he really tortured her.
Why did he have to wait until now to let her understand that he would never hurt her? Why did he have to wait until it was too late to tell her that she had made the wrong choice?
She couldn't bear it, so she covered her face and cried alone.
However, now that things have come to this, we should face reality.
She cried for a while, scooped up water to wash her face, and absentmindedly fiddled with the flower petals on the water surface and covered her arms with them.
Although he was hurt by her words today, if they continued to have contact, there would be many more days of sadness for both of them.
Can she give up the past twelve years of hard work for love?
That's not Nan Qiong Shuang's character.
Even if one day she were to betray the Wangsheng Gate, the cornerstone of such a gamble could not be love.
Love between men and women is too unreliable. She relied on the love between men and women to commit murder, how could she not understand this?
However, as long as she doesn't rebel, Gu Huaijin will definitely be hurt.
Unless all her past persistence and hard work were shattered, there was no possibility of reconciliation between them.
Even if, taking a step back, she was really foolish enough to destroy everything she had insisted on in the past, they were still - separated by a feud between sects.
A broken mirror has cracks and can never be mended.
She shouldn't have any more fantasies.
She closed her eyes in the white mist, feeling extremely tired.
——After we left the forbidden area of Lan Pavilion, we could never go back.
but.
Sparks exploded from her body and she suddenly opened her eyes.
Where's the Mist Blade?
Ever since she was knocked away by Gu Huaijin with something in the river, she had not heard any news from him since.
Could it be that he lost track of me after being knocked away by him?
Her heart seemed to be suddenly ignited by something, a spark that immediately spread to the whole field, burning her so hard that her whole body shivered.
If Wu Dao wasn't here... and she wasn't in Luo Jing...
Wuliang Mountain is Gu Huaijin's territory. He is no longer the same person he used to be. Even if there are colleagues from the Wangsheng Sect near this mountain, they are definitely fewer than in Luojing City.
If you want to escape, it's much more convenient here than in Luojing City.
maybe.
She could escape directly from Wuliang Mountain.
She stood up hurriedly and put on her clothes. She walked up the stone steps covered with flower petals barefoot, one step at a time, and holding up her collar, she went straight into the secret passage.
After entering the Four Symbols Tower, she didn't even have time to dry her hair before she used a secret voice transmission to call out:
"Mist Blade."
No one responded.
She stood in front of the window of the Four Symbols Tower, pushed open the wooden window, and saw the distant mountains and forests below. The round treetops at the bottom of the tower formed a cluster of dense green dots. At the bottom of the tower, Yun Chui and twelve black-clad guards were guarding it closely.
She didn't even need to think about it, she knew that with Gu Huaijin's personality, he would definitely put her under house arrest again.
Under the window, there was no suspicious shadow except Gu Huaijin's people.
She continued, "Wu Dao. Did the Wangsheng Gate discover that I was abducted and taken to Wuliang Mountain?"
Still no one replied.
She pressed her hands against the window, biting her lips to prevent herself from laughing out loud. She kept clenching her hands against the window, shaking all over.
"Mist Blade. Where have you been? Are you not here?"
She closed the window quietly, rolled back onto the wooden couch, covered her mouth, and pounded the bed, laughing heartily.
Oh my God, such a good thing actually happened to her.
Back then, she was unable to borrow the Jiuyao Nilun to escape from the mountain, which was a pity.
now.
She really wanted to thank Gu Huaijin.
but.
When she mentioned Gu Huaijin, her expression became heavy again.
he……
He is a devoted and sensitive person, and it seems that he hasn't let go after all these years.
If she ran away without leaving any message, he didn't know how he would break down.
Was she too narcissistic? She always felt that he would collapse again.
She thought about it and finally decided to leave him a note.
Taking his brush, he cut off a piece from the calligraphy copybook he had practiced halfway.
"Don't worry. Take care of yourselves."
After writing it, he thought for a long time and took a Buddhist scripture from the shelf.
He used to always keep Buddhist scriptures at hand and read them. Later, when he experienced some changes in his life and became a monk for a period of time, he never let go of the Buddhist scriptures.
If it is placed in the Buddhist scriptures, he will see it sooner or later.
But don't see it too early. Don't let him notice her before she runs away.
She looked around and saw a scroll of Buddhist scriptures on the wooden table under the window, and another identical scroll on the bookshelf.
Since there is a book on the table, I guess the one on the bookshelf will not be read often.
She folded the note carefully, put it carefully into the Buddhist scripture, and put it on the bookshelf.
After writing the note, she thought about it again and again, then picked up another unwritten copybook.
Write down the address, structure, places to be guarded against, and people to be guarded against of the gate to rebirth.
After finishing writing, fold it carefully.
This time, it wasn't even hidden in his Buddhist scriptures.
If he wanted to seek revenge at the Wangsheng Gate, he had to wait until she had completely escaped. Otherwise, she had a close relationship with him, and if he went to the Wangsheng Gate to seek revenge first and she was caught and taken back, who knew how she would be tortured.
When facing a traitor, Wangshengmen is not like Gu Huaijin.
She hid the address of the Gate of Rebirth in his pillow.
After doing all this, she felt much better. She sat cross-legged on the couch, feeling light-hearted, and began to plan the details of her escape.
The biggest problem was that he had taken away all her hidden weapons and pills, and even her proud spider silk was gone.
No matter what, she had to take those small items with her before leaving.
Tonight, Gu Huaijin might come back to confront her. Why not take this opportunity to ask him where these things are? He has always been responsive to her requests. Maybe if she asked, he would give them to her.
Although... she was only leaving him through his indulgence and love.
Her eyes dimmed.
I feel sorry for him again.
She didn't know when it started, but when she thought about him being sad, she would feel sad too.
She sat on the couch, bent her knees, and held her forehead in frustration.
Just now, a single sentence made him sad. Should I coax him and apologize?
*
Gu Huaijin didn't come until night.
When he arrived, Nan Qiong Shuang was sleeping on the couch with her clothes on. Her hair was not completely dry after bathing and was spread on his couch, shining with moisture.
He sat down on the wooden chair opposite the bed, poured himself a cup of tea, and looked out the window.
Outside the window, there are thousands of mountains and the moon is vast.
Why is it so similar to that night in the forbidden area of Lan Pavilion?
He didn't understand. It had clearly been five years since that night, but why did it keep coming back to him?
He went back to check on the person on the bed. The moon had risen. The Four Symbols Pagoda was situated at an exceptionally high altitude, so the moonlight was exceptionally bright, streaming in through the simple window, illuminating the room with a crystal-clear light, as if it were the bottom of an ocean.
Only his bed was blocked by the shadow of the wall, abruptly cut into the darkness and unable to be seen clearly.
The figure on the couch, half in light, half in darkness, eyes closed, sleeping on her side. Her long, satiny hair spread out behind her, her eyelashes drooping, and in her sleep, she possessed a particularly endearing, flawless beauty.
No matter how you look at it, he is the same person on Tianshan Mountain back then, but no matter how you look at it, he seems different.
Even the scent of her hair after bathing is still the same.
He didn't want to watch anymore, so he took out the black silk ribbon from his sleeve, tied it around his eyes and tied it behind his head.
I shouldn't look at her anymore, I really shouldn't look at her anymore.
She already owed the Tianshan Sect too much.
During the years they were apart, he divined that she might still be alive. Holding on to a tiny glimmer of hope, he managed to get through those five years, waiting to see her.
He thought that as long as they met, he would be able to hear her explanation, as long as they met, the truth would be revealed, revenge could be taken, his mistakes could be made up for, and the entanglement between them could be resolved.
I didn't expect that, but when we actually met, I realized that this was really the end of it.
He himself didn't understand why, even after such a thing happened, he still couldn't let her go for five years.
Perhaps, it was because she had always been with him in everything before.
Perhaps, it was because in the past, everyone used him, but no one appreciated his kindness, and only she truly cared about him.
Maybe, that's all fake.
He once believed that everything in the past was fake, and this thought kept him going for a long time.
Later, he found the peace plaque she had written for him at some point in front of Famen Temple.
Among a thousand things that should never be done, a little bit of self-preservation is the best thing to do.
Because of her desire to protect herself, she lost her grip, lost her way, and fell off the cliff.
It was from that peace card that he had to admit that she might not have made a mistake at all.
She had no intention of killing him at all.
So, the person who set up the trap died instead of the people involved, right in front of him.
That little bit of compassion she showed almost killed him later.
Later, he joined the applause of the crowd. He nodded in agreement, pointing to the heavens and the earth, and spoke passionately, saying that good and evil will be rewarded, and that the wicked will be punished. He righteously declared that he would punish them severely, open a water dungeon, release crocodiles, and mobilize all his connections, searching the heavens and digging the earth, to uncover the spies of the past.
No one knew why he searched for her in heaven and earth, turning the seas and rivers upside down.
In fact, maybe he himself doesn't know.
It was only after seeing her that he realized he couldn't let go, that he was willing to forgive, that he couldn't stand seeing her, that he wanted to ask her, wanted to kiss her, and she didn't need to ask him for forgiveness, he already wanted to forgive her.
She cleared his hatred by falling off a cliff, and proved her love with a peace charm. A person who had no choice but to fall off a cliff to protect him, with such a weak body, would she still be alive?
If she could survive, there would be nothing he couldn't forgive.
Later, he even thought that it was a good thing that she hadn't approached him with good intentions. Otherwise, he would have gone crazy.
He never felt that she owed him anything. If she really owed him anything, it was only to the Tianshan Sect.
Therefore, as long as she was willing to make amends, as long as she told him the inside story of the Rebirth Gate and allowed him to take revenge, as long as she gave him the opportunity to atone for his sins - he would even forgive her for the annihilation of her family.
Tianshan was destroyed by the Wangsheng Sect, so he destroyed the Wangsheng Sect. In this way, the accounts were settled. Any guilt, blame, or hatred should be attributed to him, the young leader of the sect at that time, and she can now get rid of it.
He never expected that she would refuse.
After going through so many things, so many years of love and hate, he overcame all difficulties and finally saw her again, only to find out that although she loved him, she was unwilling.
She insisted on standing on the side of the Wangsheng Gate and opposing him.
Gu Huaijin hooked his fingers around the teacup, he was shaking so much that he could hardly hold it, the tea kept spilling out and spilling onto his black robe, it was boiling hot and spread out in a pool.
She was still the same person. She thought she was completely different from before, but in fact, at least half of them were the same.
But this time, he really couldn't love her anymore.
An enemy who destroyed his sect, deliberately ruined the Gu family's three hundred years of foundation, and was neither repentant nor willing to make amends.
He really couldn't love her anymore.
He never imagined that for five years, he had always believed that meeting her would turn things around. But when they actually met, he realized that it was over.
Really, it's over.
The person he loved did not die at the foot of Hanxue Peak, but died in Wuliang Mountain and the Four Symbols Tower.
Under the moonlight, he slowly spoke: "My Lady."
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