Chapter 83 Heavenly Dao (V) What is rare is that their hearts are also like this...
"...Now, I can finally honestly say, I miss you very much."
The two sat side by side, Chi Xingji's voice, almost a whisper, falling on Lian Qiang's shoulder. Her nose felt sore, and she turned her head to look at him, just as his eyes dimmed.
"I also want to say, I was wrong. I was extremely wrong."
Lian Qiang looked on in astonishment. Chi Xingji was naturally wrong. He wasn't omnipotent, but in their subtle interactions, they seemed to have always downplayed this fact. His righteous acknowledgment at this moment was like thunder in Lian Qiang's ears.
"I always thought I could empathize with you and share your pain, but now that I've truly put myself in your shoes... I realize I only understood one tenth of what I thought."
When Chi Xingji said this, his hands on his knees tightened unconsciously. Before Lian Qiang could speak, he apologized again: "...Are you still willing to forgive me?"
Lian Qiang thought that she had been resentful a long time ago, resentful of Chi Xingji for seeming to be in good hands but actually staying out of matters. If she had heard Chi Xingji's confession back then, she would have grabbed him, made an issue of it, and torn him into pieces.
However, they are no longer the same as they were before, so there is no point in holding grudges against each other. Moreover, in the light of love, hatred is no longer such a strong thing.
"Let's not talk about this." Just when Chi Xingji thought Lian Qiang was going to ignore it, she squeezed his hand tightly. "We'll have plenty of time to talk about it later. Let's deal with the current matter first."
The light in her eyes was so determined that Chi Xingji couldn't look away and could only respond in a sullen manner.
"Tell Jiang Lang that there is a way to solve these problems. How do you solve them?" Lian Qiang asked impatiently. This was the most important thing, but she saw Chi Xingji's eyes dropped and he didn't look at her.
Lian Qiang certainly didn't miss his strange behavior. After a few thoughts, her mind was as clear as a mirror. She said in a hoarse voice, "...You lied to him?"
"I didn't lie to him," Chi Xingji was somewhat afraid that he had broken his promise to her again, so he hurriedly explained, "What I said is true. Every natural sword bone was born to solve this problem. But the Demon Abyss can only enter but not exit, so no one knows what to do."
The knowledgeable Phoenix Clan Leader only knew the general idea; Ying Xin glanced at it in the mirror and did not elaborate on it in detail; if one were to ask Jiang Lang, he would probably know even less than himself.
Lian Qiang was speechless. Considering all these factors, could she still blame Chi Xingji for being reckless? He threw himself into the situation hastily, fearing that the night would be long and full of dreams and unexpected changes, so he had no time to carefully consider the matter.
Thinking of this, Lian Qiang felt that she had come to the right place. At a time like this, she must stay with Chi Xingji. She forced herself to ask, "I think this evil energy is getting closer to some core. Should we go and take a look?"
After saying this, there was no response. Lian Qiang felt strange, and her shoulders felt heavy. It turned out that Chi Xingji had fallen asleep while she was lost in thought.
From her angle, she could only see half of his face. Even in his sleep, his lips were tightly pursed, never relaxing for a moment. Lian Qiang's heart felt like it had been pierced, and it was oozing with bitterness.
Recalling the scene when they met, Lian Qiang guessed that he hadn't had a good rest for a long time, which led to his confusion. Out of responsibility, she should have woken Chi Xingji up, but out of a little selfishness, Lian Qiang hoped that he could sleep for a while, even if it was only for a short while.
Lian Qiang gazed at him deeply. He seemed not far removed from the young man she remembered, yet he seemed completely different from that youthful boy. What was rare was that their hearts were also so closely connected.
Chi Xingji also didn't sleep for long, probably because he couldn't fall asleep peacefully. When he woke up and looked at Lian Qiang, he was obviously dazed for a moment. Lian Qiang felt that her hand was held back, as if unwilling to let her go, so she quickly said, "I'm here."
The other person's expression relaxed a little, but the strength in his hands remained unchanged: "Have I slept for a long time?"
"No, you woke up very quickly." Lian Qiang replied. In fact, she had long lost control of time, but when she looked closely at the dark color under Chi Xingji's eyes, she sincerely felt that it should not be long.
"Let's set off. Maybe there will be some clues ahead." Chi Xingji said, trying to pull Lian Qiang up, but she pulled him back with her hand, halting his steps.
Lian Qiang stood up and carefully smoothed out the wrinkles on his clothes and brushed away the dust. She moved her lips several times, wanting to say something but failing to succeed in saying it.
Chi Xingji just looked at her quietly, waiting for her to finish what she was about to say.
"Everything else can be put aside for now. There is only one thing I must make clear to you, no matter what." Although she had thought about these words a thousand times, Lian Qiang still choked up as she spoke them. "You are not allowed to hide anything from me anymore, not even a single thing, no matter how embarrassing the situation..."
——I am willing to die with you.
Lian Qiang didn't say this out loud. She thought that Chi Xingji should understand. He would definitely understand. He would understand as early as the first time he saw her.
"Okay, I promise you. But there's one thing I want you to do," he said, his warm fingertips brushing her face. "Don't cry so easily in the future, it will make things difficult for me."
Lian Qiang burst into laughter and said, "My tears are priceless. I won't just shed them casually like you said."
That was the end of the matter. After they had gathered their thoughts, they set out again, finally having enough energy to start planning their next move.
"According to what you said, all the natural sword bones in the past generations were born for this purpose and cannot escape this fate, but the demonic energy in the Demon Abyss is still increasing day by day... Why is that?" The guess in her mind made Lian Qiang shudder. She would rather she was thinking in the wrong direction.
Chi Xingji's solemn expression showed that they had come to the same conclusion. He said slowly, "I have tried many times along the way, but apart from wiping it out, it seems there is no other way to dispel the evil spirit."
"Have you ever killed anyone?" Lian Qiang asked nervously, and relaxed after Chi Xingji shook his head.
"This is a very bad plan. I won't do it unless it's absolutely necessary. When the time comes..." Chi Xingji looked solemnly into the distance. There was a deeper place there. Lian Qiang understood that what he meant was that even if they couldn't cut off the source, they should try their best to challenge stronger enemies.
Lian Qiang also had her own guess about the source of the demonic energy. She told all her previous experiences, and spoke seriously about the part where she met Senior Tan. If her guess was correct, there were many people like Senior Tan in the Demon Abyss.
It seemed that since the dawn of time, there had been the concept of good and evil, the two interdependent like light and shadow, each growing stronger while the other declined. Even if one used the most brutal and powerful means to destroy the other, it would never be possible to completely eradicate it, let alone rely on Chi Xingji's strength. No matter how powerful he was, he was alone and could not achieve perfection.
But if annihilation is the only means, he will definitely become a murderer in the end. Lian Qiang doesn't want to see Chi Xingji become a ruthless and ungrateful weapon. What's more, just because he is a demon he deserves to die. How is that different from making the assumption that everyone except the demons is a good person?
"Then have you found out the whereabouts of the natural sword bone?" Chi Xingji knew more about the inside story than herself. Lian Qiang looked at him expectantly, but received a negative answer.
No one knew how the natural sword bone appeared. Did an ancestor die, only to be inherited by a gifted descendant? Or could two of them appear simultaneously? At least, the two people couldn't offer any answers to this question at the moment.
Lian Qiang was a little depressed, but thinking that if she gave up, Chi Xingji would be the only one left to cheer up, she forced herself to cheer up and said cheerfully, "Let's go inside again - maybe there's nothing inside and it was just a false alarm."
Naturally, there would be no such beautiful thing in the world. But Chi Xingji looked at her and didn't expose her. He just raised the corner of his lip slightly and nodded in agreement.
Chi Xingji was exhausted and did not have his previous cultivation to support him, so Lian Qiang volunteered to sense the concentration of demonic energy. She calmed down and expanded her consciousness, but she realized that in the thick fog, there was something like a sharp blade, breaking through everything and rushing towards them - the target was them!
"Get out of the way!" Lian Qiang shouted without thinking, wanting to push Chi Xingji away and block this sudden attack alone. However, Chi Xingji reacted faster than her at this moment. He decisively used the force to throw her away, protected her behind him, and met the oncoming person!
Fortunately, this attack was more of a test, and the man retreated, while Chi Xingji was only forced back two steps and was not injured. Seeing this, Lian Qiang's eyes became more defensive, and she threw high up the sympathy that Chi Xingji had left for her before he left, which she had kept carefully and never shown to anyone!
Without further ado, Chi Xingji took the sword in tacit understanding and quickly joined the battle with the man. Tong Bei finally saw the light of day again, and saw his long-lost master again. The fighting spirit was high and the humming sound continued!
Lian Qiang would not stand idly by and look for an opportunity to help Chi Xingji. The more she watched, the more her brows furrowed.
She couldn't make out the man's face, only the moves they exchanged. Logically speaking, even if Chi Xingji didn't have any cultivation, with his swordsmanship, there weren't many who could stand up to him. Even if the limitations of the Demonic Abyss were ignored, there were still only a few who could fight him to a draw.
But the person in front of me... clearly has a tendency to gain the upper hand.
——Who is it?
The situation was urgent. Lian Qiang didn't think about anything else. He stared at the gap and decisively attacked the man's back that was accidentally exposed!
The man was skilled and realized that she was attacking him from behind. He decisively gave up the advantage of fighting Chi Xingji in the front and turned around to protect the back!
Even though he was moving at an extremely fast speed, Lian Qiang could see clearly that the man was in tattered clothes, with most of his back exposed. What was exposed was not flesh and skin, but a... pitch-black sword embryo.
When she and Chi Xingji faced each other every day in the human world, her sword intent had not been cultivated to the peak, so there was no outward mark, so Lian Qiang did not have any special impression. However, she remembered the unintentional words that Jiang Lang said when she came.
——What grew in his body was not a spine like ours, but a pitch-black sword embryo.
"You," Lian Qiang said hesitantly, "Who are you?"
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