Chapter 137 (End of Text)
They...have a long way to go.
Xie Tingyun smiled.
Regardless of future visions, Xie Tingyun ultimately failed to leave as Ning Chen requested.
Ning Chen was going crazy for a long time and asked him to leave, but Xie Tingyun remained calm. He pulled Ning Chen forward and asked, "Where did you come from just now? Why didn't I see you?"
"Not here, go left," Ning Chen said, "Can you go back?"
Xie Tingyun asked back: "Don't you want me to be here with you?"
Ning Chen opened his mouth and the word "want" almost slipped out. The next moment, Ning Chen seemed to have thought of something and stopped talking. He said stiffly: "No. Go back to your Liuyun Sect and wait for me."
Xie Tingyun said: "Just fool yourself, don't fool me."
Ning Chen: “…”
Very annoying!
While the two were exploring the Earth-level secret realm, the Liuyun Sect was also working non-stop to prepare for the opening of the Heavenly Gate.
The concept of the fairyland is too far away for the people living on this continent, whose daily lives are either spent on cultivation and fighting, or on the daily necessities of life. It is so far away that the disciples of the fairyland have only heard a few words about it from historical records, and the ordinary people in the world have only mentioned it briefly in jokes and have no concrete concept at all.
If you ask the people on this continent what immortals look like.
Perhaps all they can say is, after exhausting their imagination, point to the portraits on the door of those great men who have worked hard or sacrificed for justice, and say, "That's probably what they are like."
There is no God in the world, but there is God in the heart.
There will always be people who remember them and all they have given for themselves.
That's enough.
After a year and a half of discussion, the human and demon tribes finally formed a final plan and signed a peace treaty. The two tribes gradually opened up their public areas and attempted the first exchange between the two tribes.
In the same year, the newly developed earth-level secret realm in the Demon Realm was also explored. This secret realm was jointly explored by the Human Saint and the Demon Lord, and it took one year and three months.
When the Earth-level secret realm was delivered, Lord Yuqing invited the two to attend a celebratory banquet, but the Demon Lord firmly refused on the grounds that the Taoist couple had been alone in their empty house for more than a year.
Not long after, the human race's saint son Xie Tingyun advanced to the state of nirvana, becoming the second powerful person in the human race to advance to nirvana.
Five years later, the human race is fully prepared for the opening of the Heavenly Gate. All matters have been prepared, and only the final swordsman is waiting.
There were some minor incidents in the middle, for example, there was a huge dispute between the Son of God and the Demon Lord over who would wield the sword.
The Holy Son refused to hand over the Heavenly Sword on the grounds that the Demon Lord had never used a sword and could not control the Ninth Order Heavenly Sword well, and that his natal sword would be jealous because he used another sword.
The Demon Lord used his demonic breath to seal the Heavenly Sword and refused to give in, saying that the Saint Son was weak and sickly, and that the nightmare that would wake him up in the middle of the night a year ago had completely disappeared, and that the Saint Son was so exhausted yesterday that he couldn't even get out of bed, so it was not appropriate for him to work too hard.
In the end, not only did one of them get kicked by Daoling Zun, but his ninth-tier Heavenly Sword was also stolen.
The leader of the Liuyun Sect, who had advanced to the state of Silence with a crippled body and survived from a desperate situation, held up the Heavenly Sword, pointed at the Saint Son and the Demon Lord, and said with a smile, "Get lost."
Then the two of them really got busy.
This is a very strange sword.
The entire sword is shiny and smooth, and the reflected sword light carries a chilling sword spirit.
However, there were dark and slender lines entwined on the sword for no apparent reason. From a distance, it looked like a holy sword surrounded by black thorns.
Holy and mysterious.
From the moment this sword was forged, it never recognized its master. It was integrated with the devil's heart of a high-level demon clan, and it could carry both devil's breath and spiritual breath. It was once coveted by those with ulterior motives, but every attempt to take it for themselves would be counterattacked by the Heavenly Sword.
Once backlash occurs, the person will either die or be disabled.
After seeing this Heavenly Sword, no one can forget what it looks like.
Just as they could not forget the scene where a crack appeared in the sky, light slowly poured down, and rich spiritual energy washed over their faces.
That flowing light was spiritual breath, but it seemed to be more than just spiritual breath.
It flows slowly and spreads lightly around everyone's body, drilling into the sea of consciousness between the eyebrows, drilling into the meridians of the limbs, drilling into the rivers, seas, lakes and fields, and drilling into the deep forests and rocks.
The feeling of being surrounded by warmth all over the body is so speechless that I don't know what words can describe it.
The newborn baby stopped crying and his spiritual roots began to emerge.
The seriously ill old man suddenly regained his strength, and the ubiquitous pain suddenly eased a lot.
The mortals working the fields were sweating profusely, their tiredness suddenly swept away, and they seemed to have endless energy.
Many practitioners closed their eyes unconsciously and entered into meditation on the spot, with faint signs of breakthrough.
Even the demons could sense a hint of immortality in it.
The flowing light splashed on the body and spread out, and even the soul seemed to be cleansed, making it more pure and thorough.
That is an effect that they may not be able to achieve even after a hundred years of practice.
Only those demons who had used sorcery to sacrifice innocent lives, and those who had cultivated with polluted spiritual veins, felt that the demonic energy in their bodies had suddenly been greatly depleted, and even their cultivation had regressed by half a level, when they encountered these ubiquitous streams of light.
The crack in the sky gate did not last long, but the light that flowed out saved all living beings.
And that Heavenly Sword, at the moment when the Heavenly Gate was completely closed and restored, turned into tiny stars and dissipated in Dao Ling's hand.
The cheers started and lasted for a long time.
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Ning Chen and Xie Tingyun were driven away by Dao Ling. After witnessing Dao Ling opening the Heavenly Gate smoothly from a distance, they were completely relieved.
All the tasks they had come to this time have been successfully completed.
System 014 was overjoyed, and released a few electronic fireworks in the quiet sea of consciousness, and then said: "Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the mission! I wish you a happy marriage and spend the rest of your life together!"
After completing the final mission, the system awarded him a large amount of points. Ning Chen estimated that he might not be able to use them all in his lifetime.
When the system was clearing the points, his mall points increased from -44 before his death, plus the points he had gained from being close to the male protagonist Long Aotian over the past few days, plus the 20,000 points settled from the final mission, so the final balance in his account was more than 20,000.
Ning Chen paused suddenly: "Wait, why are my points still negative?!!"
Little Fourteen thought it was normal. It checked the bill and said, "Dear host, before digging out the devil's heart, you exchanged ten self-locking pills for blocking pain. Before the exchange, your points balance was 6."
Ning Chen: “…”
Ning Chen: “???”
He suddenly reacted and said, "That's not right. Since I've already lost money, why can I still redeem it? You're willing to give me a credit? Is it that good?"
Xiao Shisi paused for some reason, then said softly, "Yes. In order to complete the mission of offering the devil's heart, I can open a back door for you under special circumstances."
Ning Chen said suspiciously, "But there is no mall that can be purchased for free, unless it has been tampered with or has a bug, dear system. If you want to give me a backdoor, aren't you secretly giving me points?"
System 014 cleared his throat and said guiltily, "There are many ways to open a backdoor."
On Xie Tingyun's side, System 001, which had been silent since following him, finally spoke up: "It's done. Points have been distributed."
Xie Tingyun said: "Yes."
The system said, "Let's go."
Xie Tingyun said: "Okay."
System 001 was silent for a while, then came back and asked, "Confess to him?"
Xie Tingyun shook his head this time and said, "No. It's a good thing he doesn't know."
The system then reminded: "Xiao Shisi said he found something unusual."
“…”
Xie Tingyun said softly: "Tell Fourteen a message and find an excuse to hide it from him."
System 001 said succinctly: "It can't be hidden anymore. He's already started asking questions."
Xie Tingyun: "..."
Xie Tingyun rubbed his brows and said, "Forget it. I'll confess to him myself when I get a chance."
System 001 said, "Okay. Then I'll take Fourteen away?"
Xie Tingyun nodded: "Okay."
"He really left. Bring him to the Space-Time Bureau to play with us when you have time."
"Okay," Xie Tingyun said, "Goodbye."
On the other side, no matter how Ning Chen asked, System 014 refused to give a direct answer, and just said, "You will know it eventually."
"Host, Youtong is here to pick me up. I'm leaving now," System 014 said, thinking quietly in circles, "I wish you a happy life. We'll meet again if we're lucky."
Ning Chen was incredulous: "You haven't answered me yet, and you're going to run away like this?"
"Just answer me, are you Xie Tingyun?!"
System 014 uttered a sigh and said quickly, "How did you guess it was him? He is from this world."
Ning Chen also hesitated for a moment and said, "...Is that so?"
Could it be that he guessed wrong? Was Xie Tingyun not the child in his previous life?
That's impossible.
His feeling was right.
“…”
No!
System 014 said naturally, "How could you guess it was him?", which subconsciously explained that someone had indeed tampered with his points mall, and it was not like what Xiao Shisi said at first, that it was a backdoor opened for Ning Chen.
The only person who could do something, besides Xiao Shisi, Ning Chen could only think of Xie Tingyun.
If this person is Xie Tingyun, then Xie Tingyun will definitely not give him a back door without any reason.
So - his guess was right.
There is a high probability that Xie Tingyun is that child in the previous life.
Ning Chen lowered his eyes and said, "System, I know it's Xie Tingyun. I met him in my previous life. Just tell me, otherwise after you leave, I won't be able to tell you about time travel in this world, let alone know anything about it."
“…”
"I wanted to tell you, too. But 000 wouldn't let me." System 014 whispered, "Then if I tell you, you can't ask him! You can't say I told you."
"Okay." Ning Chen nodded and asked again, "You are 014, who is 001? Which system is going to pick you up?"
"No. 000 is Xie Tingyun." Xiao Shisi answered, "This number is the system that completed the most tasks in the 77th eon, and they are sorted by number. 000 came to the Spacetime Administration in the 77th eon and became a system. In order to resurrect a person, he worked hard to complete tasks and accumulate points, and later he became the number one in the 77th eon."
Ning Chen understood that the Yuanli should be a unit of time used by the Space-Time Administration, but the specific conversion value was still unknown.
Ning Chen said in a serious tone, "So you are ranked fourteenth in this period... this cycle?"
"Yes."
Ning Chen suddenly thought of something and said, "But I died even before him, how could he do so many tasks without telling me?"
You can even tamper with his system mall!
System 014 said guiltily: "Host, if I remember correctly, this was not the first time you accepted the Spacetime Administration's mission invitation."
That's true.
Ning Shen nodded.
When the child's biological father hit him, he was actually pulled into the system space, but Ning Chen was anxious at the moment and didn't even listen to what the monster looked like or what he said, and he just forced his way out.
When Ning Chen came out of the real world, the child was curled up in a pool of blood. The furious man finally realized what he had done and froze in place, his wrinkled hands and body splattered with blood, not knowing what to do.
Ning watched helplessly as the beastly man fell to the ground. A neighbor who happened to see everything through the door that was not closed tightly, screamed and called the police.
The man was taken away, and the child was taken away too.
The doctor who arrived at the scene shook his head in grief.
The blow was too harsh. He died on the spot.
Ning Chen watched as the man was brought to court and sentenced to death. The couple's abuse of their own son was exposed, and the woman lost her job and no one dared to hire her.
She divorced her husband and ended up penniless and homeless. During that time, anyone who passed by would spit at her.
In the end, he died of winter cold and hunger. Like that child, he thoroughly and clearly experienced the feeling of being extremely hungry and extremely cold.
After watching the couple die, the peaceful souls stood silently.
At this time, the system finally came to me, and the first thing it said was, "Are you willing now?"
Ning Chen still didn't agree.
However, at this moment, the system that had always allowed Ning Chen to come and go as he pleased suddenly changed its attitude and directly sent Ning Chen into the new world without even saying hello.
Ning Shen was in a trance until he regained consciousness and saw the scene clearly. Only then did he realize that he seemed to have traveled through time.
Tied into the system.
"So, you forced me to come in so forcefully..." Before Ning Chen could finish, System 014 said, "Yes. 000's wish is taking effect. He hasn't accumulated enough points yet, but in order for 000's wish to come true, I can't let you run away, so the Lord God ordered me to use a world to keep you first."
Ning Chen: “…”
So just start tying him up right away, right?
No wonder System 014 was so spineless at the beginning!
This wave belongs to Ning Chen himself, which meets the time travel regulations of the Space Administration. Although his consent was not asked at first, Ning Chen can stay in this world at this time, relying entirely on consuming his chance to travel through time, which saves Xie Tingyun's points.
Is that good luck?
Ning Chen felt a little uncomfortable when he thought about Xie Tingyun frantically completing tasks in order to accumulate points.
Ning Chen whispered, "So...how is Xie Tingyun going to accumulate points in such a short time? It's not even enough to complete a world mission in such a short time."
To resurrect a person is going against the laws of the world, so you can imagine how difficult it is, and the points required are definitely not a small number.
System 014 smiled and said, "Host, you forgot that Xie Tingyun's number is 000."
"During the time you stayed in the real world, 000 has already completed hundreds of tasks. The concept of time and space in the Spacetime Administration is different from your real world, and the concepts of time and space in different planes and the Spacetime Administration are also different. For 000 to complete a role-playing task in a world like you, it may only take a few minutes in the real world, not to mention that 000 has also used points to speed up the flow of time in the plane world. In the end, it may only take one minute to complete a task in a world."
"When you were about to leave the real world, you were still a long way from the 1,000 points, so he chose to take on the task of interpreting this world - and you, I tied you up and put you into this world as well."
Role-playing missions are different from interpretation missions.
Ning Chen came to this world to perform a mission. The system gave him a script and asked him to follow it. He only needed to complete the final mission of opening the Heaven Gate.
But Xie Tingyun is not like that.
The difficulty of interpreting a mission lies in the fact that there is no script, time cannot be accelerated, and time points cannot be jumped. All the roads are walked step by step by oneself. Xie Tingyun was born from his mother's womb and lived through hundreds of years one minute at a time. The troubles and problems he encountered were all real. He didn't know what kind of mission he needed to complete in the end, and he didn't know what he would face. How to get to the final ending was something that Xie Tingyun had to draw with his own hands.
If it is not handled properly, it may take several hundred more years of detours in this world until Xie Tingyun reaches the next critical point.
The only thing to be thankful for is that this world will not let him die easily, and the points he gets will be much more than those from role-playing missions.
The "script" that the system gave Ning Shen was essentially a prediction of the best solution to the fundamental contradictions of this world.
The script Ning Chen got was not based on real events, but Ning Chen was able to indirectly contribute to Xie Tingyun's success through information asymmetry.
Ning Chen was silent for a while, then said, "So, if I really died or was reincarnated accidentally at some stage..."
Then will Xie Tingyun never be able to wait for him?
Xie Tingyun finally met Xie Wan, a master like Dao Ling, and an uncle like Dao Ming.
Perhaps it was the first time he had a family, so he wanted Ning Chen to see them.
What if after reincarnation for thousands of lifetimes, one would fail at the last moment... Ning Chen dared not even think about it.
If it were him, he would probably go crazy.
System 014 nodded: "Yes. Although you are very stubborn, you still take it seriously without realizing it!"
Ning Chen: “…”
Ning Chen: "Go away!"
After saying this, System 014 felt relieved for some reason: "When you bound the system mall, you failed once. I actually interrupted the binding process and bound your system mall to 000's account. He originally planned to save up enough points, send you to a place of wealth and longevity, and then become your system. But he didn't expect you to be sent in, and I couldn't notify him during the mission."
Ning Chen understood a little: "So, the negative points in my system mall are caused by Xie Tingyundong?"
"Yes. He secretly modified his account and linked to a new database, which stores the points you use in the world. This ensures that after you enter the new world, you can redeem anything you want from the system store, and you don't have to worry about not having enough points for the mission."
"It's a pity," System 014 said, "Except for the gift from the system, it is almost impossible to exchange for a new body in the plane world. This is limited by higher-level rules, so the Space Administration has set the points required for such visions very high, so high that almost no one can accumulate so many points. Otherwise, your journey with 000 would be smoother."
“…”
"I understand." Ning Chen said in a low voice: "Thank you."
"You're welcome," System 014 said excitedly, "I'm really leaving now. 001 has been waiting for me for a long time."
These two systems and 000 are from the same era, and everyone has known each other for a long time. They often work together to complete tasks, which is efficient and fast.
Now that 000 has finally fulfilled his wish, they can only congratulate him.
Ning Chen said softly: "Goodbye."
The two systems disappeared at the same time. Ning Chen opened his eyes and did not find Xie Tingyun in Yunfeng Pavilion, so he walked out.
Xie Tingyun stood in front of the bushes outside, his eyes a little dazed, and no one knew what he was thinking.
When he saw Ning Chen coming out, he finally came to his senses and watched him walk over in silence.
Ning Chen stretched out his hand to him and said, "Come in?"
Xie Tingyun stared at Ning Chen for a long while, but instead of receiving the expected question, he raised his hand, held Ning Chen's hand, and followed him into the palace.
Unexpectedly, Ning Chen didn't mention a word about the system to him.
Ning Chen simply pulled him in, closed the door, and then hugged Xie Tingyun in his arms.
“…”
Xie Tingyun was stunned.
Ning Chen smiled.
He asked back: "What's wrong? What do you think I want to ask you?"
Xie Tingyun's eyes flickered for a moment, and he said, "No."
Ning Chen lowered his head and kissed him.
This time the kiss was particularly gentle for some reason. Xie Tingyun closed his eyes and raised his hands to hook Ning Chen's neck.
When they parted, Ning Chen rubbed Xie Tingyun's cheek like a big cat and said with satisfaction: "Xie Tingyun. I want to go out during the day tomorrow. Can you not follow me?"
Xie Tingyun's voice was a little hoarse. He took a deep breath and said, "Of course. Is it inconvenient for me to know?"
"right."
Xie Tingyun smiled and did not pursue the matter any further.
This time, Ning Shen's movements were particularly gentle.
Although the kiss was still mixed with hot and strong possessiveness, Ning Chen always took control of every part of Xie Tingyun when he was about to reach the peak.
Xie Tingyun could hardly handle this all-in-one approach, and his mind went completely blank at that moment.
Then there was silent trembling, panting, and confusion.
Xie Tingyun's voice was completely hoarse, his eyes were covered with tears, and he kept saying, "Ning, Ningchen..."
But before he could finish his words, his lips and teeth were gently blocked.
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Ning Chen really did what he said. He asked Xie Tingyun to get up later, and he really did it all night, so that Xie Tingyun fell into a deep sleep in the early morning.
When he woke up, he was awakened by an indescribable fragrance.
However, before Xie Tingyun could close his eyes, he was blinded by the sudden devilish aura.
Ning Chen shouted from the east kitchen: "Don't wake up, sleep a little longer, or even pretend to sleep."
Xie Tingyun: "..."
Xie Tingyun smiled silently. He did not resist and let the devil's breath cover his eyes. He asked lazily, "When is a good time?"
Ning Chen said: "Very soon, very soon."
Xie Tingyun said "oh" and followed Ning Chen's instructions and shrunk back into the quilt.
The scent that accidentally escaped was brought out by the devilish breath in Xie Tingyun's eyes. The devilish breath seemed to know that it had brought out something that it shouldn't have brought, so it chewed the scent and completely cleaned it up before Xie Tingyun could smell what it was.
Xie Tingyun only felt that the smell was somewhat familiar, but it seemed that he had not encountered it for a long time, so he could not remember it for a moment.
Xie Tingyun didn't know how long he had shrunk, and then he heard the sound of Ning Shen walking. He seemed to put something on the table, and the chassis made a slight clicking sound on the wooden table, and there was also the smell of burning candles.
Xie Tingyun asked tentatively, "Do you cook for yourself?"
Ning Chen hummed.
Xie Tingyun asked again: "What time is it now?"
Ning Chen was stunned for a moment. He glanced at the scenery outside the window, cleared his throat, and said, "It seems to be afternoon already."
It took me most of the day.
Then there was the sound of rustling clothes. Ning Chen cleaned himself up, and then, while keeping the magic breath covering Xie Tingyun's eyes, he dug him out from under the quilt.
Xie Tingyun tilted his head: "Don't untie it?"
Ning Chen snorted softly and said, "A little later."
Xie Tingyun thought for a moment and said, "It looks like a surprise. Do you want me to change into something more formal?"
"Why change clothes? Don't change. It's a waste of time." Ning Chen looked down at his underwear and said calmly, "It doesn't matter. I haven't changed either."
He was now a little impatient to ask Xie Tingyun to taste it.
This is the case with some people who are not good at cooking but love to play. Although Ning Chen has never been in the kitchen, now that he has really cooked something that looks pretty good, he can't wait to let Xie Tingyun taste it.
Xie Tingyun smiled softly.
He was pulled up by Ning Chen, and then led a little to the table. Ning Chen pressed him down on the stool, then cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Okay, I'm going to prepare to reveal the magic breath."
Xie Tingyun said, "Open it now. I have been smelling the fragrance for so long, you can't keep me from having a taste."
Ning Chen was so depressed at that moment that his heart was beating wildly.
He took a breath silently, and then withdrew the evil aura from Xie Tingyun's eyes.
Xie Tingyun struggled out of the darkness, and the first thing he saw was the warm, flickering candlelight.
There were eight finger-long candles, with the bottom wrapped in magic aura, and then they were inserted into the cake.
Perhaps because candles are inedible, the falling candle tears were eaten by the evil spirit circled on the candles, preventing the candle tears from touching the cake.
The whole cake is not particularly beautiful or delicate. You can tell it was made by someone who is not very professional or skilled. However, the cream patterns on the surface of the cake are all very similar, with the same size and shape. The whole cake looks very symmetrical and pleasing to the eye.
There were eight candles surrounding the cake, with some sweet and sour fruits placed in the middle and a small sign with a few words written in jam on it:
Happy coming of age to Xie Tingyun.
Xie Tingyun's pupils suddenly contracted.
Ning Chen saw him staring at the cake for a long time without moving, and felt inexplicably nervous: "It's not sold here, so I had to find the ingredients and make it myself. Do you want to taste a piece first... No, that's not right, make a wish first, and then blow out the candles."
“…”
Xie Tingyun's pupils trembled. He stared at the cake in front of him almost without blinking. For a moment, he was almost in a trance and at a loss.
This cake is a bit similar to the crushed cake on the rainy night. They are about the same size, but there are some differences in the specific details.
Perhaps the maker himself did not have time to remember the exact appearance of the cake that was forgotten on a cold and rainy night.
Ning Chen had never known what nervousness was before, but now, when he held a cake in front of Xie Tingyun and saw that he did not react for a long time, Ning Chen could no longer bear it.
Only then did he realize that giving Xie Tingyun a coming-of-age ceremony might have been a secondary injury to him.
So Ning Chen coughed uncomfortably and whispered, "Xie Tingyun..."
"I...I may not have thought it through. If it makes you sad, I'd better remove it..."
With a snap.
Xie Tingyun suddenly held Ning Chen's hand, his voice trembling slightly: "Don't, don't."
“…”
Ning Chen sensed something was wrong. He pressed Xie Tingyun's shoulders and lowered his head suddenly. As expected, he saw Xie Tingyun's almost red eyes.
Broken!!
Ning Chen thought to himself that this was terrible.
Xie Tingyun tightly held Ning Chen's hand as he was about to take the cake away, as if he was really afraid that he would take the cake away.
Xie Tingyun's throat rolled, he looked up at Ning Chen, the tears in his eyes failed to materialize.
His eyelashes trembled, and he said in a low voice: "You...already knew it?"
"Know what? I don't understand what you are talking about," Ning Chen raised his hand, gently touched the red corners of Xie Tingyun's eyes, and said in a low voice.
"Knowing that you were that kid, knowing that you saw me get in a car accident, or knowing that you gave up your will to live and became a 000 for me?"
Xie Ting stopped the clouds from covering his eyes, and tears flowed down his cheeks.
There seemed to be an indescribable feeling of depression in his chest, as if some stubborn child had stayed forever at the age of eighteen. Hundreds of years had passed, and he greedily wanted to break out of this body that had grown into a handsome adult, to meet the person who was clumsy enough to bake a cake for him personally to make up for his coming-of-age ceremony.
Go meet the person who has a hard mouth but a soft heart, who says he wants to throw him away, but actually always takes him back to his bed.
To see the person who had died on his coming-of-age ceremony and whom he had finally seen again after all the effort.
They went around in circles, through countless twists and turns, and finally, when everything settled, it seemed as if they were back to the day of his coming-of-age ceremony.
The difference is that there is no numbingly cold rain, no car lights piercing through the dark night, and no heart-wrenching pain of seeing someone die for the first time.
They have a bright future as bright as ascension, a life span that is almost immortal, old friends who have become lovers who can always be by their side, and the great fortune of having all their regrets fulfilled.
He...had it all.
Now I have everything I never dared to hope for.
Xie Tingyun's eyelashes trembled, and he was still trying helplessly to hold back his tears.
But in front of him was a warm cake made by Ning Chen himself, and next to him was Ning Chen's face that was almost engraved in his bones.
He couldn't avoid it.
Ning Shen was stunned by the blow and was at a loss for a while. He simply gritted his teeth and pressed the man into his arms.
The collar of his clothes was wet with tears. After an unknown amount of time, Ning Chen heard a sob that had been suppressed for a very long time.
The sob seemed to travel through hundreds of years of old time, revealing the bewilderment, grievance, helplessness and heartache of that stubborn child.
Xie Tingyun trembled and said, "I... I miss you so much."
He cried incoherently: "Why did you mess with him...why did you buy that cake...why did you bring me home..."
If it weren't for him, Ning Chen could have been alone and free all the time, living a carefree life without having to go through so many twists and turns and suffer so much just to survive.
During those thousands of reincarnations in different planes, he was anxiously and urgently racing against time and people with the underworld, for fear of missing out.
Once missed, it will mean a complete and permanent farewell.
He doesn't want to...he doesn't want to.
Ning Chen's heart was completely soft.
He pinched Xie Tingyun's neck and said in a low voice, "I'm still here. No one will kill me this time."
"Except you." Ning Chen raised his hand, wiped the tears from Xie Tingyun's eyes, and said, "Your crying can break the remaining evil heart in me."
Xie Tingyun: "..."
Xie Tingyun looked at him for a long while with tearful eyes, and complained in a hoarse and out-of-tune voice: "It's so cold! How can you ruin the atmosphere so much!"
Ning Chen: “…”
Ning Chen sighed, pulled the person out of his arms, and snorted, "What's there to cry about? It's better if it's broken. Make a wish and blow out the candles quickly."
Xie Tingyun buried himself in his arms again.
…
An unknown amount of time had passed, until Xie Tingyun calmed down from the trembling, Ning Chen lowered his head again and gently kissed the side of Xie Tingyun's face.
Xie Tingyun turned his head to look at him, his dark eyes were silent.
Ning Chen adjusted his posture and kissed the corner of Xie Tingyun's lips.
Xie Tingyun likes to use this method to express intimacy and comfort when he is out coaxing people.
Sure enough, it seems to achieve the same effect when used on Xie Tingyun.
Ning Chen gently touched Xie Tingyun's forehead and said slowly, "Is it going to be okay this time? Ancestor."
Xie Tingyunsha said hoarsely: "Ningchen."
Ning Chen hummed softly.
Xie Tingyun said in a low voice: "Can I express my wish in front of you?"
Ning calmed down and said, "Why? It won't work if I say it out loud."
Xie Tingyun looked deeply into Ning Chen's dark red eyes and said softly, "Because... it has now been realized."
Ning Chen was stunned.
Then I heard Xie Tingyun say:
"I hope you will always be happy and safe, and remain as unruly as ever."
"I hope you will have no regrets or sadness, and get what you want."
“…”
Ning Chen smiled softly and said, "It's come true."
"No," he suddenly realized, and said, "There's still a guy who's crying and giving me a headache. It's a bit tricky. What do you think I should do?"
Xie Tingyun glanced at Ning Chen and said, "It's not something I can do."
Then he pressed Ning Chen's shoulder and kissed her.
Ning groaned and struggled in the gap: "Cake...candles!"
The preservation array on the table glowed, sealing the sweet and delicious cake, along with the satisfaction after all the ups and downs, in this moment.
"Stupid," Xie Tingyun said hoarsely, "Let's eat later."
After all, they have a long way to go.
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