It won’t be that hard?

A gentle breeze blew by, and she raised her head slightly in the sunlight.

The young man, covered in wounds but still standing as majestic and steady as a mountain, was reflected in her eyes.

She couldn't help but ask, "If you were here, would you have taken me away?"

"Can."

When Xie Changji heard this, he said in a slightly gloomy voice: "If I were here, as long as I was alive, I would never let you go this far."

Back then, Xie Changji fought desperately to defend the Tianjian Sect.

He will also fight to the death to protect Hua Xiangwan.

As long as he lives.

Hua Xiangwan looked at him without saying anything. After a long time, she reached out her hands, put her arms around his neck, and hugged him gently.

"I wish you were here."

It would have been nice if he had come, but he didn't.

Xie Changji couldn't help but hold her tighter in his arms, suppressing his inner sadness, and replied softly, "It's good as long as I'm here."

The two hugged each other for a moment, and Xie Changji thought of the important matter: "I followed Qin Xinsheng to his mother's grave. He was captured by the Wugu Sect. The Wugu Sect brought a very strong man who took away Qin Xinsheng's soul. He no longer understood the beautiful love in the world. Now he only has three souls and six spirits, so he agreed to poison the wine. I was discovered by the other party and was chased all the way."

"Didn't I tell you not to come back?" Hua Xiangwan laughed.

Xie Changji answered honestly: "But I want to come back."

As he spoke, Xie Changji raised his eyes and said, "Are you going to leave with the mirror turned on?"

Hua Xiangwan had calmed down. She leaned against him and said nothing. After a long time, she spoke.

"There's one more thing I want to know. Once I know it, we'll leave."

"good."

"This time," Hua Xiangwan closed her eyes, "you stay with me."

“We have changed so many things, can we still see the real past?”

"I already know what I need to know, and as for the rest," Hua Xiangwan said softly, "I will definitely know it."

As long as Hehuan Palace still ends up being destroyed, she will definitely know.

The two of them did not open the retro-viewing mirror and rushed directly to the city tower.

As soon as she reached the tower, Hua Xiangwan saw Xiao Wenfeng being pinned to the ground by a giant beast's claw.

Qin Yinyu saw this and jumped down from the tower with her belly bulging, and shouted: "Wen Feng!"

Hua Xiangwan grabbed Qin Yinyu, Xie Changji drew his sword and jumped down, the sword pierced through the giant beast, splitting it in half, then he turned around, picked up Xiao Wenfeng, and ran back to the city tower on tiptoe.

Qin Yinyu came up immediately. Xie Changji and Hua Xiangwan looked at each other and understood what she meant: "You take care of the people, I'll go over."

Although Xiao Wenfeng was rescued, he suffered fatal injuries. Qin Yinyu quickly used her spiritual power to block Xiao Wenfeng's wounds. Tears kept falling. Hua Xiangwan looked at the panting Xiao Wenfeng. He looked at Hua Xiangwan, as if he wanted to say something.

Hua Xiangwan understood what she meant. She held Xiao Wenfeng's hand and said calmly, "Brother, I'm here."

"Take care...take care..."

"I know." Hua Xiangwan nodded, "I will take care of your children."

Hearing this, Xiao Wenfeng paused for a moment. Hua Xiangwan injected spiritual energy into him and asked, "Brother, why were you ambushed?"

In her previous life, when she came down from the Yunfu Tower, Xiao Wenfeng had already passed away. He was torn in half on the battlefield. Qin Yinyu saw it with her own eyes and was so angry that she went into premature labor.

She didn't understand how Xiao Wenfeng could die so easily with his level of cultivation.

Xiao Wenfeng gained spiritual power. He panted and said, "There are...there are monks...helping..."

There are not only monsters here, but also monks lying in ambush around.

"Which sect?"

"Qingle Palace..."

The sound repair alone disturbs the mind, so it's no wonder that others can't notice it.

Hua Xiangwan nodded: "I understand."

"Yin Yu..."

Xiao Wenfeng felt his vitality gradually fading. He turned his head and looked at Qin Yinyu while panting: "Let's go."

He pleaded with his eyes: "Take the child and go..."

Qin Yinyu said nothing. She shook her head desperately, trying to transfer spiritual power to Xiao Wenfeng.

Xiao Wenfeng's eyes gradually dimmed, and his eyelids kept trembling, as if he was struggling. Qin Yinyu sensed something and grabbed his hand tightly, as if she wanted to catch the person who was about to leave: "Don't go, Wenfeng, you can't leave me, don't go!"

However, no matter how much she cried and begged, the person in front of her slowly closed his eyes.

Qin Yinyu began to breathe rapidly, and after a while, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her abdomen.

She looked up in panic. Hua Xiangwan held her hand and said calmly, "I know. I'll ask the disciples from the Medicine Hall to come over immediately."

"No..." Qin Yinyu closed her eyes and panted, "I don't need it. Let the disciples of the Medicine Hall take care of the injured."

Hua Xiangwan paused, Qin Yinyu slowed down, and said, "Take me to the tower, you don't have to worry about me, go and save people, one by one!"

"good."

Hua Xiangwan carried Qin Yinyu to the room in the city tower. She remained calm the whole time. After putting Qin Yinyu on the bed, Hua Xiangwan's jade token lit up.

She opened the jade token, and Qin Yunshang's deliberately low voice rang out from inside: "Hua Xiangwan, take Wangxiu and leave quickly. Don't guard Hehuan Palace anymore, the monsters will never be defeated."

"Why?"

Hua Xiangwan asked back, and Qin Yunshang gritted her teeth and said, "Do you know where I am now? I'm at the border. They have destroyed all the magic circles at the border and are now chasing the monsters along the way towards the Hehuan Palace. No one will reinforce you and no one will care about you. Run!"

Hua Xiangwan didn't say anything. Qin Yunshang seemed to understand something. Her eyes turned red and her voice became hoarse: "Hua Xiangwan, don't do anything stupid. Knock Wangxiu unconscious and take him away from me! I will protect you from now on. If you can survive, you can survive!"

"I'll talk to him."

"Flowers to the evening..."

"Yunchang," Hua Xiangwan interrupted her, "our sect is here."

After hearing this, Qin Yunshang remained silent for a long time. She seemed to raise her hand and smash something hard.

She paused for a long time, her voice trembling: "I may be transferred back soon, don't blame me then."

"I know."

Hua Xiangwan smiled and said, "Yunchang, you said that you would become the head of Mingluan Palace, so you have to live well. Don't worry, no matter what you do in the future, you will always be my friend. Don't contact me anymore. You and Hehuan Palace will have nothing to do with each other from now on."

Having said that, Hua Xiangwan cut off the voice transmission.

Qin Yinyu looked at her. She panted and reached out to Hua Xiangwan: "Ah Wan..."

"Senior sister."

Hua Xiangwan raised her hand and held Qin Yinyu, who asked with tears in her eyes, "Who are you?"

"I'm Ah Wan."

Qin Yinyu shook her head: "You are not Ah Wan. In three years... you wouldn't have changed so much."

Hua Xiangwan listened to this and her eyes turned red: "Senior Sister, it's not three years, it's two hundred years."

Qin Yinyu stared at her blankly. Hua Xiangwan smiled and said, "Sister, this is the past. It's been two hundred years. I came back to see you."

"Two hundred years..." Qin Yinyu was at a loss, "So... am I dead?"

Hua Xiangwan said nothing. Qin Yinyu hesitated and looked down at her belly: "Then this child..."

“She’s doing well.”

Hua Xiangwan smiled, her expression gentle: "You gave all your spiritual power to her. He Huan Palace was in too much chaos at that time. She was born prematurely and was in poor health. I temporarily nurtured her in the water and let her be born when I was able to protect her. She is very powerful. She is almost a Yuan infant at the age of ten. She has a bad temper and talks a lot. She lives happier than me."

"Is that so..."

Hearing this, Qin Yinyu felt relieved. She panted, "Then her...her name..."

"My name is Lingnan."

Hua Xiangwan spoke gently: "Xiao Lingnan."

"Xiao Lingnan..."

A hint of gentleness appeared in Qin Yinyu's eyes. She closed her eyes and smiled softly.

After knowing the truth, she no longer urged Hua Xiangwan. They were in the house, and she asked Hua Xiangwan in detail about what happened afterwards.

There was a deafening sound of fighting outside. She had been giving birth for two days. Finally, after giving all her cultivation to this child, she closed her eyes exhausted.

The news that she closed her eyes spread, and Cheng Wangxiu and Xie Changji rushed back. Hua Xiangwan had already taken care of the body for her. Cheng Wangxiu came in, his eyes red, looking at the child in Hua Xiangwan's arms, still a little unbelievable. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Hua Xiangwan interrupted him: "Yunchang wants you to leave."

Cheng Wangxiu paused, and Hua Xiangwan looked at him: "If you leave, she will find a way to protect you, so go."

Cheng Wangxiu didn't say anything. He looked at the baby in Hua Xiangwan's arms for a long time, then he smiled.

"I'm not leaving. Tell Qin Yunshang," he turned his head, "I never liked her. Cheng Wangxiu is a liar. Find the next one."

As he said this, Cheng Wangxiu walked out again, holding the double swords with gaps on them.

Xie Changji walked up to her and looked down at the child in her arms.

After looking for a while, he asked softly, "Is it Lingnan?"

Hua Xiangwan paused when she heard this. She looked up at him and saw Xie Changji looking at the child with a gentle expression.

After a long time, she withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, and responded.

"Yes." Hua Xiangwan raised her hand and touched the baby's cheek, "It's this child."

As she spoke, Hua Xiangwan went to find a glass bottle, put the still sleeping child in it, and then sealed it in the underground palace of Hehuan Palace.

When they came back, they heard the news that Bai Zhuyue and Hua Ranyan died in Yunfu Tower.

The two men lost all their skills, leaving no trace at the scene.

The two of them checked the Yunfu Tower, and Xie Changji analyzed calmly: "The other party does not want to kill all the people in Hehuan Palace. He wants to leave someone behind, so he absorbed the cultivation of your mother and master, but never showed up."

Hua Xiangwan didn't speak.

Xie Changji turned his head and asked, "What else do you want to know?"

"Actually, I didn't stay until the end," Hua Xiangwan looked at the empty Yunfu Tower, "I fainted at the time. When I woke up, I was saved by Wen Shaoqing. Later, I went back to look for the bodies of the people in Hehuan Palace, but none of them were there."

Xie Changji paused, his brows slightly furrowed. “I heard from those people that they want the cultivation of the disciples of Hehuan Palace.”

"Absorbing cultivation will also leave corpses. I just want to find them and let them rest in peace."

Hua Xiangwan looked a little cold. Xie Changji looked at her. He was quick to notice something but didn't say much.

The days that follow are a period of hardship.

There were no reinforcements, no elders, only disciples carrying things back one by one.

Cheng Wangxiu was also sent back half a month later. There were almost no other inner disciples left except Hua Xiangwan and Hu Mian.

The monsters seemed endless, and they held on until the last moment.

Hua Xiangwan fell as expected, and the yellow earth was soaked with blood, with a sticky bloody smell. The flags of Hehuan Palace were flying, and she squinted her eyes and saw Xie Changji standing in front of him.

His white clothes had long been soaked into red by blood, and it was impossible to tell whether the wounds were on his body or the blood of the enemy. The blood color had long since disappeared, and he looked like a killer god descending to the world, without any trace of an immortal.

He had already changed swords countless times, and this sword was already full of gaps. Without the Sword of Conscience, he couldn't use the last move of the Sword of Conscience. There was not much difference between him and her in the past.

Looking at his fierce yet determined back, Hua Xiangwan finally realized that if it happened again, if there was still a chance, she would not let Xie Changji come over.

In fact, she did complain before. She was a human being. When she heard that he destroyed a sect with one sword, that he protected the Heavenly Sword Sect, and that he slaughtered an entire world by himself, she would also feel lucky and think -

If only he were here, if only he were here.

But at this moment, this luck was gone. She looked at the person in front of her and inexplicably wanted to say something to him.

Go back.

Return to the realm of life and death, sit high on the altar, and protect all living beings.

Without the Sword of Self-Conscience, Xie Changji cannot use the last move, and cannot defend the Heavenly Sword Sect or the Hehuan Palace. He came here just to accompany her in sinking into this endless hell.

She didn't want him to really come. In this fantasy, he had been here before, and knowing that he was willing to come made her heart full.

She hoped that he would live a good life and that he would never experience her life.

She watched Hu Mian fall down, and while maintaining her remaining clear mind, she silently cast a seal on the body of the disciple next to her.

She left a seal on each person so that she could clearly know where the bodies went.

Everything was just as he remembered, the only difference was that there was Xie Changji who refused to give in.

He always stayed in front of her and never fell down. Only after he killed the last monster did he suddenly kneel on the ground.

There was endless yellow sand all around, and blood had already soaked the entire land. He gasped, and after a while, he felt someone appear around him.

One by one, the monks appeared silently on the plain. Xie Changji slowly raised his head. Some of the people in front of him were people he knew, and some were not.

Qin Fenglie, Qin Yunyi, Wen Rong, Wen Shaoqing, Wu Chu, Wu Mei, Ming Huo...

People from almost every sect, including the Two Palaces and Nine Sects, came. He noted down their faces one by one until finally, a young man walked out of the crowd.

He raised his head and saw Qin Xiansheng, who looked calm. He looked at him coldly and said, "Get out of the way."

Xie Changji didn't move, Qin Min drew his sword fiercely, and countless magical lights rushed over from all around. Hua Xiangwan could no longer pretend, and grabbed Xie Changji, turned into a ray of light, and suddenly jumped out!

At this moment, a phantom suddenly rushed out from the crowd, picked up Hu Mian, and ran wildly in the other direction.

Qin Xiansheng realized what it was and his eyes widened suddenly. Everyone wanted to chase it, but suddenly they remembered something. Everyone stopped and looked at each other without moving.

Hua Xiangwan and Xie Changji fled into the dense forest, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they realized that no one was chasing them.

"Who was that just now?"

Xie Changji spoke while panting. Hua Xiangwan had left a seal on everyone so that he could see around them, and Hu Mian was no exception.

Hua Xiangwan frowned and used a seal to look around. Then, she was a little surprised and looked up at Xie Changji: "It's Qin Xinsheng."

Hearing this, Xie Changji was also stunned.

After a moment, Hua Xiangwan immediately said, "Go after him."

As she said that, she changed direction and rushed towards the direction where Qin Xinsheng and Hu Mian escaped.

As she hurried, she saw from her seals that many people were surrounding the bodies of her master's disciples. They were like greedy beasts, devouring the remaining cultivation of these dead people.

No one wanted to leave, so no one chased them.

The two of them quickly caught up with Qin Xinsheng. Qin Xinsheng was already exhausted. He sat next to Hu Mian, breathing heavily.

His body was almost transparent, just a soft light. Hua Xiangwan and Xie Changji looked at him for a long time before Xie Changji spoke: "You are just a soul?"

Qin Xiansheng heard this, he slowly raised his head and looked at the two people: "Yes."

The three souls and seven spirits have always coexisted, but it is unheard of that one spirit can become a human independently.

Hua Xiangwan found this a little unbelievable. She frowned and asked, "How can you become a human?"

"I don't know," Qin Xiansheng shook his head, "but I knew something would happen to Mianmian, so I wanted to save her. Now I don't have the strength to do it anymore, luckily you guys came in time."

Qin Xiansheng raised his head and smiled weakly: "With you here, I feel relieved."

"What about you?"

Hua Xiangwan looked at the person in front of her, somewhat confused. Qin Xiansheng turned his head and looked at Hu Mian with a gentle expression.

After a while, he finally spoke: "I owe her an eye, so I'll return it to her."

He raised his hand to touch her eyes, took out the glass beads inside, and placed them in Hu Mian's hands: "In the future, I will be her eyes. I will accompany her through thousands of mountains and rivers, forever and ever, and we will never be separated again."

As he spoke, Qin Xiansheng's eyes were full of happiness. He thought for a moment and raised his head: "Also, can I ask you two for a favor?"

"What?"

"Tell Hu Mian that Wu Sheng is not Qin Xiansheng," Qin Xiansheng murmured, "Wu Sheng has no love in his heart. He does not understand the beauty of the world and the kindness of human feelings, but I do. She did not like the wrong person, Qin Xiansheng," he lowered his head and kissed her eyes, "and loved her until the last moment."

As he spoke, his figure slowly disappeared and turned into an eyeball, fixed in Hu Mian's eye socket.

At this moment, Hua Xiangwan saw from the seal that Wu Sheng on the other side, after absorbing the cultivation of everyone in Hehuan Palace, respectfully said to Wu Chu: "Father, these corpses are the best materials for corpse training. Why don't you ask the Demon Lord to leave the corpses to the Wu Gu Sect?"

"I have already told the Demon Lord about this matter. Wait until they have absorbed all their cultivation power," Wu Chu glanced at the people around him and said coldly, "Take your men and carry the body back."

"yes."

Wu Sheng respectfully left the corpse, and Wu Chu's face turned cold in an instant: "What is this!"

Hua Xiangwan watched Wu Sheng and his men carry the corpses away one by one and send them to Wulong Sect. At midnight, she confirmed the final destination of the corpses and finally said, "Let's go back."

Xie Changji nodded, took out the retroscope and handed it to Hua Xiangwan.

The two of them held the mirror, and Hua Xiangwan suddenly said, "Actually, you remember it, right?"

"Um."

Xie Changji responded.

Hua Xiangwan looked at him for a long time, then she smiled and said, "Actually, sometimes I envy you."

"What are you jealous of?"

"I heard that practicing the Sword of the Heart will make all of a person's emotions dull, and pain and love will become insignificant. If I practiced the Sword of the Heart, these two hundred years," Hua Xiangwan raised her head, "maybe I wouldn't have been so sad."

Xie Changji didn't say anything. He lowered his eyes and remained silent for a long time. Finally, he said, "Go out."

Hua Xiangwan smiled and injected spiritual power into the tracing mirror. The tracing mirror lit up and the two of them fell down together.

The dark sky was dotted with stars. Hua Xiangwan tilted his hand and shone the mirror on Xie Changji. In an instant, countless phantoms appeared in the void.

The baby picked up by Kunxuzi in the snow;

Children under five years old who cannot speak fully;

The 18-year-old boy who quietly followed her and Shen Yichen and pretended to meet them by chance when she turned around;

On the day of the wedding, when following Kunxuzi to the realm of life and death, the young man asked how to formally hold the wedding ceremony...

Then, during the two hundred years when she was away, he planted peach blossoms all over the mountain;

He used the Dream Butterfly to indulge in illusions again and again, and to wake up again and again;

He went to another world and killed countless evil demons, dissected their organs, and then pieced together a piece of clothing and a pearl;

He took a pill of despair pill every day, chanted the Heart Purification Mantra every day, and longed for it every day. If the Heart-Searching Sword could make one more step forward, he would be able to stay away from such despair and pain.

She stared blankly at the almost insane Xie Changji, until finally, he transformed into Xie Wushuang and appeared in front of her again.

Hua Xiangwan opened her eyes wide and looked at Xie Changji, who had a hint of panic in his eyes.

"Xie Changji..."

She spoke in disbelief, and Xie Changji relaxed upon hearing that. He looked at her with a slight movement in his eyes.

“Same.”

He spoke hoarsely.

Even if I cultivate the Sword of Questioning the Heart, once she leaves, this world will become a purgatory.

No difference.

Same.