Chapter 64
Blood dripped from his chest, landing on Xie Wen's cheek, splashing into tiny flowers. Xie Wen blinked blankly, staring at the spot on Chu Xianyue's chest. Her hand, which was gripping Yao Fang tightly, trembled. Then, her pupils trembled violently, and she let out a shrill cry, "Chu Xianyue!"
At that very moment, the invisible threads controlling Xie Wen snapped, and Xie Wen collapsed weakly into Chu Xianyue's arms, his dazed eyes regaining focus.
She remained conscious throughout the entire process, yet her actions and words were beyond her control. She consciously guided herself to thrust Yao Fang into Chu Xianyue's chest.
Xie Wen struggled to breathe, overwhelmed by immense grief. She opened her eyes and saw a hole pierced through Chu Xianyue's chest, his clothes soaked in blood.
Xie Wen cried out weakly and painfully, "I'm sorry, Chu Xianyue. It's all my fault!"
She cried until she was breathless, then continued to channel her spiritual energy into Chu Xianyue, trying to alleviate even the slightest bit of his pain. Large tears streamed down the girl's face as she murmured in a hoarse voice, "Please don't leave me, please don't leave... It's all my fault. I'm sorry."
Chu Xianyue chuckled softly, raised his hand to touch Xie Wen's face, and said, "I won't leave you, and you shouldn't leave me either."
Xie Wen sobbed frantically, "Okay, okay, I promise you, I won't leave you. But you're bleeding so much right now, you won't leave me, right? You promise me too. You won't leave me. Chu Xianyue, hang in there. It's all my fault, I'm sorry, it's all my fault that you're like this."
Chu Xianyue simply shook his head. "It's not your fault." Of course he knew that Xie Wen was being controlled by Jin Huaran using puppetry. Of course he knew that all of this was Jin Huaran's conspiracy to use Xie Wen to kill him.
Jin Huaran knew that Chu Xianyue could find Xie Wen, so he didn't take any precautions and let Xie Wen stay quietly there. He was certain that Chu Xianyue would come and save Xie Wen.
Anyone could see the danger of this trip. It was like a lamb entering a tiger's den, but Chu Xianyue didn't care. Even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance that she was in danger, he would come.
Now that he knew there was an ambush, he certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to come unprepared. Chu Xianyue raised his hand, gripped the fan on his chest, and forcibly pulled it out of his flesh.
It was a few inches off, not piercing the heart. Chu Xianyue struggled to sit up and said, "It's alright."
He looked up and met Xie Wen's tearful eyes again. For some reason, his heart suddenly ached for a moment. He raised his hand with difficulty, touched Xie Wen's head, and said, "It's not your fault."
Xie Wen tried hard to hold back her tears, her outstretched hand pausing in mid-air. "I... I'll bandage you up."
Fortunately, it was just a superficial wound. Xie Wen did not use spiritual power when he stabbed Chu Xianyue with his fan. Chu Xianyue was not an ordinary mortal, so this level of injury did not pose a life-threatening threat to him.
But the wound in his chest was real, and his pain was real too. Xie Wen's heart also felt as if it had been pierced by something, a dull ache throbbing within her. She tried to do something, but couldn't find a way, only feeling a deep sense of powerlessness engulfing her.
Having gone through so much, watching the important people in her life leave her one by one, Xie Wen couldn't bear this pain again. She was afraid of experiencing the feeling of losing someone important in her arms again. So, when she experienced a similar scene again, Xie Wen overreacted, and all her grief and fear were magnified infinitely at that moment.
She couldn't help but hold Chu Xianyue's hand tightly, asking again and again, "You'll be alright, right? You won't leave me, right?"
Chu Xianyue nodded. Seeing Xie Wen in such a state, his heart ached. Suddenly, he couldn't catch his breath and could only hug Xie Wen, resting his head on her shoulder and his cheek against hers. Her hot, sticky tears mixed with his blood rubbed against each other's faces.
Xie Wen opened her eyes, tears streaming down her face. She turned her head and kissed Chu Xianyue's cold cheek, then hugged his head and kissed him on the lips. Just as she was about to look up, he pressed her down and kissed her deeply again.
The kiss, a mixture of tears and blood, was not as sweet as she had imagined, but it brought a brief moment of peace to her heart, which was swollen with love and sorrow.
Xie Wen's face was cupped in Chu Xianyue's hands, and kisses, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, fell on her face like swirling raindrops, cool to the touch.
After a long while, she broke free from him, blinked her eyes which were as clear as the sky after the rain, and said, "Let me bandage you."
Chu Xianyue's eyes finally cleared a little, and a hoarse "hmm" escaped from his throat. Xie Wen carefully supported him, staring intently at his blood-soaked wound. Her hand froze in mid-air, unsure of what to do next.
The next second, Chu Xianyue grabbed Xie Wen's hand and guided it to his collar. "Didn't you want to bandage him? How can you bandage him if you don't take your clothes off?"
Chu Xianyue raised his deep eyes to look at Xie Wen. Xie Wen's ears flushed slightly. Although she had seen and done all sorts of things, at this moment, for some reason, she still seemed like a shy and timid girl in front of him. Xie Wen gritted her teeth, reached out, and slowly began to undress him.
The warmth of her hands seeped through the thickness of his clothes onto his skin, and her gentle, subtle movements touched his body. Xie Wen removed his shirt, revealing a strong, broad back and a lean waist, the beautiful lines of his muscles extending downwards.
Xie Wen casually tore open her skirt, then took off the sachet at her waist, took out the usable herbs inside, chewed them directly in her mouth to save time, then spat them out and pressed them onto Chu Xianyue's wound.
She glanced at Chu Xianyue's expression. Judging from his personality, he probably wouldn't let someone else's chewed herbs be pressed on his skin no matter what. Xie Wen thought Chu Xianyue would find it unbearable, so she joked, "Don't be disgusted, there's nothing we can do about it. Once the injury stops, I'll help you get better medicine when we get back."
Chu Xianyue carefully sensed her delicate movements; she was bending down in front of him, carefully wrapping his wound with scraps of cloth.
When it was almost time, he grabbed Xie Wen's chin, forcing her to lift her head. He leaned in and kissed her, his breath enveloping her completely, making the air feel thick and suffocating. Their lips intertwined, and he tilted his head to the side, pressing so hard that the veins on his neck bulged, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. Xie Wen's head was held firmly in his hand, forced back. He explored her lips, pried open her teeth, and sucked on her tongue. Xie Wen's breathing became rapid, and she could barely catch her breath.
In the end, he swallowed all her saliva. Xie Wen was stunned for a moment. Chu Xianyue released her, raised his hand and stroked her soft lips with his fingertips, showing her with his actions that he did not dislike her.
Xie Wen froze for a few seconds, then stammered, "You, you."
Chu Xianyue said calmly, "What about me?"
Xie Wen was panting heavily. Recalling the scene just now, she suddenly blushed. She turned her head away. Sometimes she was really angry. Why could Chu Xianyue always make her fall into his gentle trap so easily, and do such things to her so calmly and naturally afterward, withdrawing from the situation with ease?
Xie Wen couldn't do what he did; her heart was still pounding wildly and wouldn't calm down anytime soon.
She stood up and saw that his newly bandaged wound was oozing a little blood because he had used too much force. Xie Wen scolded him, "The wound has reopened. Be gentler next time."
Meeting Chu Xianyue's eyes, as if glimpsing a sky-high fire beneath the deep darkness, he said with a half-smile, "Alright, be gentler next time."
Xie Wen's words were utterly innocent; she meant for Chu Xianyue to be gentle in all his movements so as not to aggravate his wound. However, the meaning seemed to change when it reached his ears. Xie Wen instantly realized what he was saying, and her face flushed red again.
She carefully bandaged him up, but suddenly Chu Xianyue coughed up a mouthful of blood, staining the floor. Xie Wen immediately went to help him up, asking, "What's wrong?"
He raised his head, wiped the blood from his lips, and said, "The barrier at the entrance to the Netherworld behind the mountain has been broken."
Long ago, Chu Xianyue laid down multiple layers of barriers at the entrance to the Netherworld in the back mountain. Over time, these barriers became an integral part of Chu Xianyue himself. When he was strong, the barriers were strong; when he was weak, the barriers were weak.
Chu Xianyue experienced the battle between the Sword Sect and Kunlun Ruins. After his seclusion, he forced himself to emerge before his injuries had fully healed. Later, he fought against many high-level cultivators from Wuxiang Temple, exhausting himself. And just now, he suffered such severe injuries.
It has long been weakened by the layers of technology.
Jin Huaran may have been aiming for this all along. While carrying out his plan, he gradually weakened Chu Xianyue's power, so that he could take advantage of the situation and completely destroy the barrier at the entrance to the Netherworld in the back mountain.
This barrier was originally used to seal the Heavenly Lock and the edge area connecting the Underworld to the human world.
Once the barrier is broken, the evil energy and low-level evil creatures from the edge of the Netherworld will still scatter and flow into the human world. At the same time, the Heavenly Lock that completely seals the Netherworld will also emerge into the world.
At that time, chaos will ensue on earth.
The light streaming in from outside suddenly dimmed, obscured by heavy dark clouds. Xie Wen and Chu Xianyue both looked up, their gazes piercing through the open window. In the distant sky, heavy dark clouds piled up, lightning flashed and thunder roared. In the direction of the Sword Sect, a pillar of light shot into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, the thick, massive barrier was pierced by this pillar of light, slowly beginning to crumble.
It shattered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and everyone looked up at the strange phenomenon. At first, people didn't realize the seriousness of the situation; they were still staring blankly at the dark sky. Until, an evil aura began to spread and flow from that direction towards the human world.
Low-level evil creatures swarmed over, gnawing at people with no spiritual cultivation. Mortals could not withstand the bites of the evil creatures, were invaded by evil energy, their eyes began to turn white, they lost consciousness, and became evil spirits or walking corpses.
However, these are merely evil spirits and creatures lingering on the edge of the underworld.
Even greater threats await them.
Chu Xianyue and Xie Wen jumped out of the window. They heard the Canglan River roar behind them, the sound of the water deafening and shaking everyone's hearts and eardrums.
They turned around, and their pupils trembled violently!
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