He had wondered if he would do the same if he were in that situation, if he would sacrifice his own life to save his beloved and the lives of everyone in the world. He thought about it for a long time, and he might do it, but... it was just a hypothetical scenario.
“Love me… Ha, that’s a selfish kind of love.” Nan Lingqin sneered and looked down on him.
"Is he selfish? For you, he can abandon the world and disregard the lives of all living beings. For you, he can also sacrifice himself to give up the world and its people, and bring you a life of luxury and prosperity."
Nan Lingqin smiled bitterly, "But if he weren't by my side, all the splendor and prosperity of this world... ha..."
Nan Lingqin sneered, looking at Xu Yiran with her starry eyes cold, "What's the use of telling me? Do you expect me to become an empress?"
"I think this is what he considers the best he can give you."
"Xu Yiran, you men are such a strange species. You don't understand anything at all."
I don't understand her...
Nan Lingqin turned to leave, but Xu Yiran quickly grabbed her wrist. "Don't go. Your presence in Bei Rong will only cause him trouble."
"What, is he already prepared to perish together with Yuwen Shu, or has he already opened the palace gates, waiting for me to lead the troops to attack?"
"Xiao Qin..."
Xu Yiran sighed, "The most urgent matter is those 50,000 Yun Clan members. You have to send them home."
"I know." Nan Lingqin withdrew her hand, closed her eyes, and turned around. "I'll go find them. Don't worry."
"I'll be waiting for you at Tianyiwei."
...
An hour later, the moonlight was dim. Nan Lingqin stood on the edge of the cliff. She hadn't been here for several months, but everything seemed unchanged. Even the grass and trees didn't seem to have grown any taller.
A serene blue light appeared, and all around was a scene of cold silence.
Then, Nan Lingqin leaped into the air and instantly disappeared into the misty, cloud-shrouded place.
The giant clam was sitting on a tree. It was late at night, but she had not gone to sleep.
The Northern Emperor sent patrols in groups, and she seemed to blend into the night, her eyes vacant and lifeless. Yet, despite this, her eyes remained fixed on the direction of the cliff.
I felt it, I felt it.
She could sense that her mistress was about to arrive.
Who are you?
Suddenly, a cold shout came from behind.
Tridacna shuddered and immediately turned around to look at the woman approaching in the night. Then, an excited smile appeared on her face. "Miss, you've come."
A soft call, a familiar and intimate tone, but the voice, the hair, the eyes…
That once beautiful, fair-skinned young girl has now become an old woman.
Nan Lingqin's expression changed drastically, her steps faltered, her entire body became immobile, and her breathing suddenly became labored.
"Tridacna... Tridacna clam..."
"Miss, it's me."
She was still dressed in her usual blue dress and had her hair tied in two buns, but her face looked so old, her eyes so cloudy, and she looked almost seventy or eighty years old.
"you……"
Nan Lingqin couldn't believe it.
“Miss, you should be happy to see me like this. I am happy too, because it means you are closer to uncovering the secrets of the Cloud Clan.”
Why is this happening?
Nan Lingqin shook her head, she didn't believe it. She excitedly stepped forward and grabbed Tridacna's hand, "Explain yourself."
"Miss, you must know that the Cloud Clan's techniques can bring people back to life..."
"But what does this have to do with you... The cloud magic within me is mine alone, what does it have to do with you? Tell me quickly, how can I cure you?"
Tridacna smiled, its face deeply etched with the wrinkles of age.
“Miss, I told you long ago that I am not young anymore… I am not only not young, in fact, I should have died long ago…”
Tridacna looked at Nan Lingqin and said, “Anything that goes against the laws of nature will be punished. This is what your mother once said, and it is true. I was in distress in the deep mountains back then, and it was your mother who saved me so that I could be resurrected and remain young. But after so many years, with her death, I know that the spiritual power she left in me will not last long. So, the day you left, I secretly did something to you and gave you all the remaining spiritual power. It will help you master cloud techniques more quickly.”
Nan Lingqin seemed to calm down suddenly. "I remember now. That day I fell off the cliff and was in a cave. When I woke up, my mind was suddenly clear. It was you..."
"Yes, Miss, please don't be sad. Although I'm old, I can still live for a while. Besides, I was meant to get old..."
"But, but..."
But you are more than one or two times older than others.
Nan Lingqin gently took Tridacna's hand, her eyes suddenly welling up with tears, "Tridacna, why are you so silly..."
Tridacna wasn't sad or upset at all. She shook her head and said, "I'm not stupid. Miss, you may not know this, but because of my upbringing, I'm not meant to be close to people. I'd rather die than be close to anyone. And your mother, she stayed by my side for three days and three nights after saving me, without eating or drinking, in the cold winter snow. Compared to what she did for me, what I'm doing for you is just returning what she gave me. I haven't lost anything."
Nan Lingqin shook her head; she hadn't expected it to be like this.
Fate always plays tricks on her like this.
Cloud Technique!
life and death!
Backlash!
Heaven is both fair and cruel.
"Zihe is dead, and soon you will leave me too, won't you?"
“Miss, birth, aging, sickness, and death, separation and reunion—I know you understand this better than I do. You just don’t want to accept it. But now, there’s something I must say. Otherwise, even if I die one day, I will have failed you.”
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