Chapter 71 Chuchu's Conflict
"You know why better than I do."
Bai Xiaoxiao's voice was light, but her eyes were fixed on Chuchu holding the top scholar's hand. Her pale and bluish skin was almost transparent. She seemed to be very strong and was trembling slightly.
"No... I don't understand..."
Chu Chu's face turned pale, and she kept shaking her head as if denying something. "I don't understand what you are talking about. My Duan Lang is back. He passed the imperial examination and has a bright future. He also came to marry me as promised. Everything is so real and beautiful..."
"Did I forget you... Yes, I must have! I was so absorbed in my life with Duan Lang that I ignored your feelings, so you're angry, right? Then, then I'll apologize to you, okay? From now on, I will never ignore you again."
Her words were pieced together, and she was desperately looking for reasons as if to prove something.
Bai Xiaoxiao didn't respond to her words, but just pointed her index finger at the top scholar's face: "If you lift his hair to reveal his true appearance, I will believe you."
"he……"
Chu Chu's eyes fell on the face of the top scholar, and her expression became even more panicked. She quickly turned back to look at Bai Xiaoxiao: "But it's very rude to do this. Duan Lang is the top scholar now, so he must be dressed like this according to the rules. If you really want to see his face, there are many of his portraits in the house. I can get them all for you, okay?"
"Is that the rule, or are you simply too afraid to look?"
Bai Xiaoxiao withdrew her hand and spoke slowly, "This place is not only Duan Shusheng's dream, this place is also your dream, right, Chuchu?"
"What the hell are you talking about?!"
Chuchu suddenly roared, and the surrounding summer shade began to tear and twist, with little inky black lines constantly bursting out. But no one noticed anything was wrong, and they continued to blow drums and gongs, making a lot of noise. However, those pairs of pupils, so black that they seemed to have no white in them, stared at Bai Xiaoxiao without blinking.
Bai Xiaoxiao unconsciously tightened her grip on the Jiao Bow. "You used Que Tianwen's two souls and five spirits to nourish Duan Shusheng's weak soul, which indeed ensured his continued existence in the world. However, you also knew that the souls of immortal cultivators were different, so you used your own cultivation to protect him."
"Chu Chu, if you continue like this, you will either become a demon and never be reborn, or your soul will be shattered and there will be no reincarnation!"
The top scholar's fingertips suddenly trembled.
"That's all my business, don't worry about it."
Chuchu's black hair suddenly flew up, and countless black threads broke through the illusion and hit Bai Xiaoxiao directly.
Bai Xiaoxiao jumped quickly to dodge, drew her bow and shot arrows. The ice-blue halo and the black lines collided with each other and then disappeared. Her speed became faster and faster, and her figure became more and more agile.
"Why do you have to reveal it..."
Chuchu's fingertips emitted a mist that was half green and half black. "You don't understand the beauty of love, so you are repeatedly restricted by others. I took you to experience true love, but you destroyed it. Why? Is it because I was too slow?"
"What about this?"
She gathered strength at her fingertips, formed seals, and swung her finger violently.
A gentle man in a snow-white robe suddenly appeared before her. He slowly extended his hand towards her: "Junior Sister..."
"Whoosh!"
The ice-blue arrow feather pierced through his brow.
“That’s so fake.”
Bai Xiaoxiao smacked her lips.
She didn't know what it was like for her third senior brother to fall in love, but it was impossible for him to be so greasy.
"you……"
Chu Chu was a little surprised when she saw her decisive and efficient look.
She thought she would be stunned and hesitant, but she didn't expect that Mo Xian would be hunted down as soon as he transformed into a human form.
Haha, I'm so angry that I'm laughing.
As she continued to dodge the black lines, the number of them increased. Bai Xiaoxiao knew that continuing to fight would lead to nothing good. She drew her bow and shot an arrow, the feathers of which seemed to have life, colliding back and forth and breaking through the black lines. "How long are you going to wait?" She suddenly shouted to the top scholar, "Can you really bear to watch Chu Chu's soul shatter?"
The top scholar's hands were shaking violently, and some thick black lines kept emerging from his nose, mouth, ears and eyes.
"Duan Lang!"
Chu Chu screamed in pain.
But the top scholar did not answer her, but just held his head and roared in pain.
"Don't... don't resist anymore... you won't be able to bear it..."
Chuchu covered her mouth and couldn't help crying.
But the top scholar didn't listen to her advice. He kept shaking and swaying as if he was fighting for his body. Finally, he exploded!
The sleepers are no longer addicted to sweet dreams.
This illusion will be shattered by itself.
The three of them were inside a huge, pitch-black cocoon.
Perhaps the forced awakening had damaged his mind, and Duan Shusheng collapsed and seemed to be in a daze.
Chuchu walked over and hugged Duan Shusheng into her arms, gently combing his hair with her fingertips, and his black hair curled up, revealing his facial features. Bai Xiaoxiao saw his appearance and couldn't help but frown: "He looks..."
How to say it?
He looks very similar to Que Tianwen, but he does not look like Que Tianwen.
The current him seemed like the appearance of two completely unequal people forcefully blended together, similar yet not; yes and no.
The whole person is very weird.
"You're right, those are all fake."
Chuchu didn't mind his strange appearance. She hugged him and patted his back gently like a child. "He said he wanted to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination, and then come back in style to marry me. I was so happy and excited. I waited for him day and night, through the cold and heat, spring and autumn, year after year."
Bai Xiaoxiao couldn't help but ask: "And then?"
Chu Chu: "Then... until the red string he gave me broke, I couldn't wait any longer, so I set off for Bian Jing and searched everywhere for news about him, but in the end... in the end, I found him in a mass grave..."
Her voice began to choke. "I don't know what happened. I don't know why he died. I know that when I find him, only a skeleton and a wisp of his soul will remain. If that wisp of soul also fades away, Duan Lang might not even be able to enter the cycle of reincarnation."
"Other people's souls can nourish his soul. If he can gather three souls and seven spirits, he can enter the cycle of reincarnation, and even embark on the path of immortal cultivation and live a long life with me. But I..."
Chu Chu cried bitterly, "I hate it! I hate it so much! I hate myself for being weak and indecisive! I can't bring myself to kill the playful children, I can't bear to kill the elderly, and I can only envy the strong young men and beautiful girls but I don't know how to do anything."
"I clearly love him so much... I love him so much that I'm willing to give up on myself, but why, why can't I even save him now..."
Bai Xiaoxiao squatted down and put her hand on her shoulder.
"So, I can only borrow their two souls and five spirits to temporarily fill the void in Duan Lang's soul. They often meet with me late at night, and then disperse at dawn and return to their original bodies..."
Bai Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "What about Que Tianwen...?"
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