Chapter 69069 Accompany You
Chapter 69
The night wind slipped in through the half-open door, blowing gently, blowing off a strand of hair from Yingji's temples, and gently brushing her cheek. She herself was completely unaware.
There was a lamp burning in the room, and the light cast soft spots of light on her black hair, making her fair cheeks look especially gentle and soft like water.
She looked at Kong Fan, her eyes smiling, but she said nothing.
Kong Fan noticed the strands of black hair hanging down the side of Yingji's face and wanted to reach out and tuck them in. However, because she hadn't responded for so long, he felt a sense of unease and didn't raise his hand, which dangled at his side.
He thought she would agree, that they loved each other and should get married. But he didn't expect that after waiting and waiting, Yingji would remain silent.
Every breath became unbearable, and time suddenly went so slowly.
An unknown night bird flew past the eaves, making a sudden sound, and then quickly returning the surroundings to silence.
Yingji was the first to break the silence between the two. She smiled softly, whispered "I forgot to make tea for you", and turned away.
Kong Fan’s mind went blank for a moment, and his heartbeat stopped.
It shouldn't be like this.
He immediately took a big step forward and grabbed Yingji's wrist.
Yingji turned her head and saw Kongfan's furrowed brow and worried eyes.
Yingji also frowned.
She still liked Kong Fan's clean eyes and eyebrows the most, and didn't want the worldly affairs to dirty the original clarity in his eyes.
"You don't want to?" Kong Fan looked into Ying Ji's eyes and asked in confusion, "Why don't you want to?"
"I'm not unwilling." Yingji said softly. She smiled at Kongfan and repeated, "I am willing."
The confusion in Kong Fan's eyes deepened. She'd said yes, but why had she been silent just now? He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put his thoughts into context. She was clearly smiling, but Kong Fan felt that the smile didn't reach her eyes.
"When? Before or after the Sky-Splitting Formation is activated?" Ying Ji twitched her lips. "It should be before, right? After all, you'll die in the formation the moment it's activated, so there's no such thing as an after."
Kong Fan was stunned.
"I almost forgot. Compared to you, my life span is very short. Perhaps when I die of old age, the Sky-tearing Formation won't be activated. Will I die before the formation opens?"
Life and death are very trivial matters to Buddhists, but hearing Yingji talking about her own death in a gentle tone made Kongfan feel very uncomfortable.
"Why did you lie to me?" Ying Ji stared into Kong Fan's eyes. The smile on her face that was as gentle as moonlight disappeared in an instant, leaving only the coldness of moonlight.
Kong Fan shook his head.
"Are you still lying to me?" Yingji took a step towards him, anger in her eyes.
"Yingji, I don't know where you heard this, but the self-destruction of the Dragon Enlightenment Technique is a last resort, a way to make up for the failure of other methods. As long as we gather enough power to activate the formation, there is naturally no need to detonate the Talisman Dragon, and I will naturally not die in the formation."
Yingji was stunned and asked in astonishment: "Really?"
Kong Fan nodded seriously and said to Ying Ji, "I will never lie to you."
The breath that had been choking Yingji suddenly dissipated. She rationally told herself that the Heaven-Splitting Formation was crucial and couldn't be halted for any reason, even at the cost of someone's life. But when she realized Kongfan didn't have to die, joy welled up in her, filling her heart with a vibrant glow.
Then her eyes slowly lit up and a smile gradually spread from them.
She raised her hand to tuck her hair and said with a smile, "I'll go make some tea."
The playful strands of hair slipped from her fingertips and fell down again. This time, Kong Fan twisted them naturally. He also released Yingji's wrist and let her make tea.
He stood aside, quietly watching the movements of her hands, and then his eyes slowly moved up to look at her eyebrows.
"Yingji, I will always be with you."
Yingji paused for a moment as she poured water into her hands, then continued. This wasn't the first time Kongfan had said this to her, and only now did she understand what he meant.
——Her life was short, and he shouldered too much. Fortunately, her life was short.
He wants to have the best of both worlds.
Yingji stared at the kettle on the stove, silent for a moment before she spoke. "Ever since I learned of your plan, I seem to have seen another ray of hope," she said.
Different from the evil and forbidden art of refining demons, it is another kind of hope, another kind of hope that is more bright and has a bright future.
"Even if I can't see that day, I feel much better knowing that no one will be born inferior from birth." Ying Ji smiled a little sheepishly. "Even if I don't see that day myself, it won't be that important."
Kong Fan tilted his head slightly to gaze at Yingji's eyes and eyebrows, to appreciate the kindness that she rarely showed.
The water had already boiled. Yingji picked up the kettle and poured the boiling water into the teapot. The tea leaves swirled in the pot, colliding with the boiling water and releasing a delicate fragrance.
"So, I really hope you succeed." Yingji put down the kettle and smiled at Kongfan. She placed a full pot of tea and two empty cups on the tray, carried it into the courtyard, placed it on the stone table, and poured a cup of tea for each of them.
Kong Fan followed him out.
The two of them sat facing each other under the apricot tree, waiting for the boiling tea to be warm enough to drink.
Ying Ji raised her head, looked at the apricot tree swaying gently in the night breeze, and said with emotion: "Kong Fan, when I knew that the Sky-tearing Formation required sacrificing your life, I felt very complicated."
"It's complicated?" Kong Fan laughed. "Aren't you worried about me and don't want me to die in the battle formation?"
"Of course I'm worried. But," Ying Ji turned back and stared into Kong Fan's eyes, enunciating each word clearly, "For a moment, I even thought it would be a great thing if you died in the battle formation."
Kong Fan was stunned and looked at Ying Ji in surprise.
Yingji looked at Kongfan, but her eyes gradually became empty, as if she was looking through him into a cold future.
"I often think that to you, I am just a passerby in my short life. You are destined to see me grow old and die. Even if you accompany me to the end of my life, you still have a very long life ahead of you and will meet many people."
"When I think about the millions of possibilities in your long life after my death, and how none of these joys or sorrows will have anything to do with me anymore, I feel resentful and angry!"
"If I had that ability, I would really like to kill you before I die." She curled her lips into a sinister smile, "See, I am just that bad, so dark and despicable."
Paranoia gradually emerged in Yingji's eyes.
Yet, Kong Fan caught a glimpse of loneliness and fear in Yingji's eyes. He never made empty promises, but now he couldn't help but stare into her eyes and said earnestly, "Yingji, you just said something wrong. I'm not hoping for 'you' success, I'm hoping for 'us' success."
"The formation will definitely be activated, and the shackles above my head will definitely be torn apart."
"I will take you to the outside world, give you a body that can be cultivated, let you feel the spiritual power of all things, and let you become whoever you want to be."
Feel the spiritual power, practice, and become whoever you want to be?
Yingji imagined it and found that the scene described by Kongfan was so beautiful, so beautiful that it was intoxicating. She didn't dare to think too much about it, for fear that she would be so intoxicated that she would not wake up.
She shook her head and said with a smile, "What a boastful monk."
Kong Fan smiled and said, "So, you will also have a very long life."
Yingji still shook her head and repeated, "Don't brag. How can you be so sure that you can succeed at something so difficult? What if you fail?"
Kong Fan did not rush to answer, but thought seriously.
The cool night fell into silence again.
Yingji felt that the topic should end here. She was already thinking about tomorrow. She picked up a cup of tea and brought it to her lips to test the temperature.
"If you fail, when you die of old age, I will jump into the Soul-Destroying Well with you." Kong Fan suddenly answered, his voice as gentle but firm as ever.
Yingji's hand trembled, and two drops of tea splashed out of the cup and landed on her index finger. Her mind trembled for a moment, and she couldn't even tell whether the tea was still hot.
Kong Fan reached out, put down the teacup in her hand, and took her hand.
"Aying, you are not bad, mean, or dark. You are the best person in the world."
Kong Fan paused, then asked softly, "Can I call you Ah Ying?"
Yingji looked at Kongfan with complicated eyes.
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