Upper domain, northern continent.
In a dense forest, two young men and women were running away quickly, and behind them, there were faint shouts of killing.
The boy looked ordinary, but his face was full of determination. The girl was young, but she was already very pretty and charming. In the eyes of others, these two people should not have any intersection, but they ran away hand in hand at this moment.
As the shouts and screams gradually approached, the two knew that they would be caught up by the pursuers sooner or later. But the boy gritted his teeth and desperately pulled the girl's hand forward, as if he was holding not only a little hand, but his life.
The girl followed her closely, with expressions of panic, tension, fear, and a hint of hesitation flashing across her face from time to time.
After running for an unknown amount of time, the boy's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pulled the girl into a cave, and then quickly covered the cave entrance with weeds. The cave was very shallow, and the two of them almost pressed their bodies together to cover their bodies. Both of them held their breath, and looked nervously at the movements outside the cave.
The shouts and screams were getting closer, and the two men were getting more nervous. When the first pursuer stepped on the grass at the entrance of the cave, their hearts almost jumped out of their throats!
Fortunately, the pursuers did not stop, but continued to run forward, and did not find anything unusual about the cave entrance. As the footsteps of the pursuers gradually faded away, the two finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The girl looked at the boy, hesitated for a moment, and finally shouted: "A Shou, you should run away by yourself! You are a disciple of the righteous way, they will not do anything to you! As long as you admit your mistakes to your master, he will definitely protect you!"
The young man said without turning his head: "But what if you fall into their hands?"
The girl pretended to be relaxed and said, "I am originally a disciple of the Demon Sect. I am not on the same side as you. You don't have to worry about my life or death..."
"No!" The young man suddenly turned his head and stared at the girl, which made the girl's heart skip a beat. She swallowed the words she wanted to say back into her throat.
"I said I won't let you die here, and I will definitely not let you die here! This has nothing to do with the righteous path or the evil path!" The young man gritted his teeth and spoke word by word.
"But...but..." the girl lost her voice, "But you don't have to do this! Since ancient times, good and evil cannot coexist, you and I are enemies. Why do you care about my life and death? Don't you have a junior sister you like? Don't you have a master and senior brothers you respect? Who am I to you? Even if we have lived and died together, you never owed me anything, why do you care about my life and death?"
The young man looked at the girl with a complicated expression and whispered, "I... I don't know why I want to save you. I only know that if you die, I will be very sad and heartbroken. I hope you can live and live well forever. Even if you live in a place where I can't see you, I will be satisfied!"
The girl stared at the boy blankly, tears welling up in her eyes. After a long while, she whispered, "Fool! Big fool! Who am I to you? And who are you to me? Don't you like your junior sister? Why... why do you care so much about my life or death? I am just a demon in your eyes, a demon that you righteous sects want to get rid of as soon as possible. Why do you, a righteous disciple, save me?"
The girl couldn't tell what kind of feelings she had for the boy. They had a dispute because of their different positions, but they experienced life and death together in a secret place. That time, they put aside their respective positions and worked together to finally escape. From that moment on, the boy's figure was quietly engraved in the girl's heart.
Later, when the girl learned that the boy had someone he liked, and that person was his junior sister, the girl inexplicably felt empty in her heart, as if someone had dug a piece of her heart out.
She tried to convince herself not to think about that silly boy anymore, and also tried to convince herself that the next time they met, they would be enemies who would draw their swords against each other. But even so, she couldn't get rid of the boy's image from her heart, and her concern for him became stronger day by day.
After that, many things happened. Conflicts broke out between the good and evil, and the hatred between the two sides deepened day by day. The girl also met the boy again at the scene of the conflict between the two sides many times. The girl always subconsciously didn't want to attack the boy, but to her surprise, the boy had let her go many times intentionally or unintentionally.
This made her happy, and she couldn't help thinking that perhaps the boy also had her in his heart.
The daughter of the leader of a demonic sect, a stunningly beautiful woman with an enchanting figure, actually put all her thoughts on this little-known righteous disciple.
However, fate is not so easy to fight against after all.
Finally, on this day, an unprecedented full-scale conflict broke out between the two sides at the foot of Chongyang Mountain. The evil side came out in full force, and the righteous side also went all out. Both sides fought ruthlessly, with countless casualties.
The evil side came prepared and had the upper hand at first. But when the righteous side used their trump card, the situation of the evil side immediately took a sharp turn for the worse. In the end, the evil side fled in all directions after leaving behind countless corpses. The girl was a step late because she was concerned about the safety of the boy, and was spotted by the righteous side, who sent people to chase her all the way.
This time, the righteous path's belief is to "eradicate all evil"! No matter if she is the daughter of the leader of the evil path, no matter if she is a stunning beauty, this time, the only thing that all those who come to kill her want to do is to tear her into pieces and comfort their fellow disciples who died in this battle!
But just when the girl was almost desperate, the boy suddenly stepped out of the crowd, and without saying a word, he pulled the girl and ran away!
At this moment, almost everyone was stunned. In the past, no one would doubt the boy's loyalty to the righteous path, because he had killed evildoers many times. But this time, why would he save a demon girl?
They didn't understand why, but in fact, even the boy himself didn't understand why he did this. He only knew that he didn't want to see the girl die tragically, didn't want to see this girl who had shared hardships with him die under the sword of his fellow disciples. So in desperation, he could only risk the world's condemnation and save her!
But by doing this, the young man would be betraying the right path and the master who raised him.
Is it worth it?
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The two of them escaped for five days.
Under the pursuit and blockade of the righteous, the two were forced to give up escaping to the direction of the evil sect, and instead fled into the deep mountains and dense forests where they could hide. They gave up all means of flying and switched to walking, which was more energy-saving. But even so, they were found by the pursuers again and again, and they had almost no time to rest.
Even though they were both monks, they were exhausted and sleepy after five days of running. That morning, they took a short nap, but were awakened by the sudden approaching footsteps, and then they had to continue their escape.
During this journey, the girl had told the boy many times not to worry about her and just let her be caught by the right path. Anyway, there shouldn't be any connection between them, so this would just put everything back on track.
The girl said this, but no one knew what she was thinking.
But to the girl's surprise, the boy was surprisingly stubborn in this matter. He repeatedly rejected the proposal to hand the girl over to atone for his crime, and instead kept comforting the girl along the way, telling her that as long as she held on for a few more days, her father would bring people to rescue her.
The girl wanted to ask: "What are you going to do?"
But looking at the boy's stubborn gaze, the girl swallowed her question.
He once said that he would never betray his sect. He saved her not because of his position, but because he didn't want to see her die.
That's all.
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Two days later, the two's luck seemed to have finally run out. They were surrounded by dozens of righteous monks, with no way to escape.
A righteous disciple pointed at the young man and cursed, "Liu Shou, the sect raised you, taught you, and trained you to be a talent. Is this how you repay the sect? You even colluded with the evil sect? How can you let your master face the righteous disciples in the world?"
The young man shook his head palely: "No, I didn't betray the sect, I was just saving people..."
"Save people?" Another righteous disciple sneered, "Do you know how many people's blood is on the hands of this evil witch you saved? You actually want to save her? Do you know that by saving her, you are indirectly killing countless righteous fellow disciples! Killing people like her is not committing a sin in vain, but doing good deeds!"
The girl couldn't help but curse, "You righteous disciples keep saying that I'm a demon and that I've killed innocent people, but have any of you seen it with your own eyes? Have you never killed anyone? Haven't you ever had the blood of others on your hands? How can you say that killing me is a good deed?"
Another righteous disciple snorted coldly, "You evil witch, you are deceiving the people with your lies! No matter how eloquent you are, you will not escape death today!"
The girl pulled out a blue curved knife without showing any weakness and said sternly, "You are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites! We kill people and that's evil, but you kill people and that's good, what kind of logic is that? I am standing here today, Lian Yingying, if you want to do anything, then go ahead!"
After saying that, she glanced at the young man beside her and gritted her teeth and said, "This guy is just a fool who was bewitched by me. My business has nothing to do with him! If you want to eliminate demons and defend the way of morality, then just come after me alone!"
The leading righteous disciple sneered, "What a sentimental and righteous demonic woman, she even tried to excuse her lover when she was about to die! But I'm sorry, you will die today, and we will also take this boy back for trial!"
The girl was furious and was about to speak, but she heard the boy say in a slightly hoarse voice: "Yingying, stop talking."
He looked directly at the leading righteous disciple and said solemnly, "I have done everything I said and did with a clear conscience. If you want to take me back for trial, I have nothing to say. But although Yingying is a demon, she has never killed anyone in her life. Please let her go. I, Liu Shou, will remember this kindness in my heart!"
The righteous disciple looked at Liu Shou, sighed suddenly, and said: "Junior Brother Liu, why did you do this? For a demon witch, you have ruined your reputation! Do you know that based on your words and actions just now, you are no longer tolerated by the righteous world? If you care about the kindness of the sect to you, then you should kill this witch quickly. With this merit, we can also say a few good words for you in front of the head master. Even if the guilt cannot be completely eliminated, at least you can buy a way out!"
The young man shook his head slowly: "I appreciate your kindness, brother. But I will never use other people's lives to exchange for my own life!"
Upon hearing this, the other party drew out his sword and sighed, "If that's the case, then let's do it!"