If she hadn't been corrupted by demonic influence and hadn't dissuaded the Thorn Demon King, the eleventh and twelfth versions of the story, or even his original form, would probably have been handled similarly.
—Just give Xu Ling'er some cultivation resources, and even think about whether you can fix Chen Kongyu's twisted personality so that the childhood sweethearts can continue to live happily together and make dumplings together in a joyful reunion.
"But that didn't actually happen; she really helped Ten and Eleven a lot."
"Having inherited their cultivation levels, I naturally have to shoulder that responsibility as well."
Yun Shou murmured.
Although Chen Kongyu's personality is currently in a distorted state, he doesn't want to have his future dragged down by an old woman while also wanting to maintain his image as a devoted lover, he can definitely be restored to a normal person.
If Chen Kongyu knew that his childhood sweetheart had been taken in as a disciple by a master and that her cultivation had grown faster than his own, he would definitely be willing to solidify his affectionate persona into reality and happily accept this wonderful fact.
But he doesn't deserve it.
When it comes to his own people, Yun is of course selfish and hypocritical; it's just human nature.
Even those sages who sacrificed their own families for the greater good were doing so for the people of their own region, not casually helping unrelated savages.
Some things haven't happened yet; those things will only happen in the future. So Yun Shou deals with things according to the future, judging the other party's future crimes, such as Wu Guiren mentioned earlier.
He is now going to determine Chen Kongyu's guilt in killing his disciple in the future.
"death penalty."
"It's better to stay away from someone who doesn't love you and will abandon you when you get old!"
Yun Shou didn't know what Xu Ling'er would do if he told her about this and let her choose for herself.
He originally intended to make the decision directly for his disciple, whom he had never met, as a master.
However, he hesitated for a moment just before taking action.
Ten, Eleven, Twelve, and Xu Ling'er all have a master-disciple relationship. If Yun Shou were to accept their memories, he would not hesitate to kill Chen Kongyu without hesitation.
But he, the original body who had never chosen his memories... was ultimately not familiar with her.
Therefore, Yun Shou cast an illusion on Xu Ling'er and Chen Kongyu, who were both over ninety years old, in the future, and the two were in the illusion together.
The illusion perfectly recreates the future that should have happened. Chen Kongyu breaks through the innate level and returns to the village to find people. She is pierced through the heart by a sword. As she dies, she hears Chen Kongyu's somewhat manic laughter.
"You are not my Ling'er! You old and ugly monster, you are the one who turned my Ling'er into this grotesque creature!"
Afterwards, in the illusion, Xu Ling'er found that her soul had left her body, and a scene appeared before her eyes: Chen Kongyu, who had just killed her, was arguing with someone.
The man asked, "Don't you love her very much?"
"Yes, of course I love her, I love my Ling'er to death!"
The man's face was enigmatic, and he asked with some surprise, "Then why did you kill her? I saw you kill your lover with my own eyes!"
Chen Kongyu hurriedly argued, "She's not my Ling'er! She's just an imposter, an old geezer!"
"..."
After a certain scene, Chen Kongyu was gradually interrogated by the mysterious man and forced to reveal his true thoughts.
"Yes, I thought I loved her, but I was attracted to her youth and beauty. Now I have a bright future ahead of me, and if she is still the same as when I left, of course I will not choose to kill her."
"But she really has aged into an old woman. How could someone like her be worthy of me?! How could I, a dignified innate being, an immortal-like existence, accept such a person as my wife?"
“I deliberately stayed away from her, hoping she would grow old and die, but she insisted on living until then. How can you blame me for that?!”
"I don't want to break my promise, but I don't want to be tied to an old woman! You know what? I'm terrified!"
"I was afraid she would ask me to keep my promise and come back to marry her. I am an upright person, how could I break my promise? So I killed her by mistake before she could even speak!"
“I don’t want to be so ruthless. I haven’t been back for almost a hundred years. I gave her the chance to die of old age. I also hope that she can fall in love with someone else and make a mistake and break her promise first. That way, everyone will feel better, right?”
"But who told this old hag to keep waiting for me, and to live until now! Do you think I wanted to kill her? I didn't want to either! But I had no choice!"
The mysterious man—Yun Shou—gesturred him to calm down: “I have a good idea that can help you resolve this moral dilemma, allowing you to live a happy and fulfilling life without breaking your promise.”
Chen Kongyu: "What method?"
"As you can see." In that illusion, Yun, with a single hand covering the sky, shattered the endless universe in the blink of an eye, pushing the special effects to the extreme: "I am a transcendent cultivator who happened to pass by, capable of reversing life and death, and defying time!"
“I am a kind-hearted person and I can’t stand seeing regrets happen. I despise the theory of life expectancy, so I can give you a chance to make amends.”
Yun Shou smiled slightly: "I can help you revive Xu Ling'er, erase her memories of being killed by you, and let her return to her youth. How about it? Now you can accept her, right? The two of you can be together forever."
Chen Kongyu was shocked by your previous methods. He was stunned for a long time before suddenly kneeling down and asking to become Yun Shou's disciple.
Yun Shou shook his head: "Don't even think about it. I'm only responsible for dealing with those imperfections and regrets. I will only help you revive her. Now tell me if you are willing to accept her."
Chen Kongyu pleaded repeatedly, saying that instead of wasting his energy on resurrecting an old woman, it would be better to enlighten him, a promising innate martial artist, and that he would definitely be filial to him in the future.
After Yun Shou repeatedly refused, Chen Kongyu was certain that this master truly had no intention of taking on a disciple. He remained silent for a long time before saying, "I appreciate your kindness, but right now she is just an ordinary girl. She is born with the potential to live to be five hundred years old, and even after another hundred years, she will still be nothing but dust."
"She will still grow old; it's just a cycle, and she will return to the same tragic situation she was in at the beginning."
Yun Shou: "...No, you mean that even if I make her young again, and she has you, a childhood sweetheart at the Innate Realm, she will still grow old in 100 years and be abandoned by you again?"
"Isn't that a long time enough for you to do anything to help her grow up?"
Yun Shou questioned him, but his tone was not angry; rather, it was more of a question.
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