Chapter 56 56 Only if you die, I will live well.
It has been almost three hundred years since Wen Lanzhi last heard Wu Ci Yan mention Qin Qing Guo.
She almost thought that wandering around was the lifestyle for the two of them, and almost forgot that there were still important people who had not been killed.
Wu Ciyan heard this from a few Taoist priests passing by last night.
He went up and asked a few questions.
The Qinqing Fruit appeared on Xianyue Mountain. Wu Ci Yan and Wen Lanzhi were not far from Xianyue Mountain, and several Taoists were also going there to get the Qinqing Fruit.
The news has just reached here and has not spread to further places. They are close, so the sooner they go, the better. Once the news spreads, the immortal cultivators from various schools will probably come to join in the fun, and it will be difficult to get anything then.
After Wu Ciyan finished speaking, the two of them looked at each other.
They all thought the same thing: there was a trick!
Wen Lanzhi said, "We caused a disturbance near Xixi Lake half a year ago, leaving traces behind. And then the Qinqing Fruit appeared, so close to us..."
Wu Ciyan: "...What if it's true?"
He lacked confidence and spoke in a low voice.
Wen Lanzhi asked, "Do we really have to take this risk?"
Wu Ciyan said, "Even if the Heavenly Court sets up an array, as long as I'm not at the center of it, I can definitely escape."
Wen Lanzhi asked, "What if they strengthen the formation?"
Wu Ciyan said, "I have never stopped. Compared to three hundred years ago, I have made a lot of progress."
Wen Lanzhi frowned and didn't want to continue the conversation.
She still felt the risk was too great.
Wu Ciyan said, "We've been hiding for so long, haven't we, just for this moment? Why should we give up? What if it's true? What if someone gets hold of it and goes to heaven to help the gods? Wouldn't that leave us with no hope?"
Wen Lanzhi said, "But what if they are sure that you will go?"
Wu Ciyan said, "They're not sure they can catch me."
Wen Lanzhi was about to say something when Wu Ciyan interrupted her: "Even if I really get caught this time, I will admit it."
Wen Lanzhi stopped snapping her fingers, frowned, and asked knowingly, "What do you mean?"
Wu Ciyan said, "If this is also fake, then it means that there is no such thing as Qinqing Fruit in this world. It's just a legend! It can't possibly exist!"
He stood up quickly and overturned the stool. He glanced awkwardly at Wen Lanzhi, who was a little frightened, and his hand lingered between the stool and Wen Lanzhi.
He withdrew his hand, turned his back, and said, "Without the Qinqing Fruit, we can't defeat the gods! I've been a wanted criminal for three hundred years, I'm really tired of it! Why not just let them kill me! The demon world is like this, and it will always be like this!"
Wen Lanzhi also stood up. "Even without the Qinqing Fruit, you were only a little bit away from breaking through the Nine Gods Formation. Why can't we try again?"
"Try, try! We're always on the road!" Wu Ciyan was a little emotional. He set up a barrier and said, "Look, look, we can't even speak loudly in this world! Three hundred years, who knows how many more three hundred years there are!"
Wen Lanzhi said, "Even if it's six hundred years, a thousand years, so what! Perhaps, in another three hundred years, there will be another Wu Ciyan. By then, you and him will be together. Are you still worried about not being able to overthrow the Heavenly Court?"
Wu Ciyan took a deep breath and tried to calm down.
He lowered his voice, but couldn't suppress the excitement in his chest, and said: "Taoists from all over the world have gone there, maybe this time it's real."
He looked at Wen Lanzhi, took two steps forward, held her elbow, and said, "Lanlan, I know this is very likely a trap, but as long as there is a one in ten thousand chance that it is true, I will go and take a look."
Wen Lanzhi was about to nod when she heard him say, "But I don't want you to die with me."
Wen Lanzhi suddenly raised her head, "What do you mean?"
Wu Ciyan said, "Lanlan, you still have many years to live. You are not a wanted criminal, and no one knows that you are often with me. To be on the safe side, you can change your name and I will change your appearance. You can go back to the teahouse or Qin'an Mountain. It's all fine. Don't..."
Wen Lanzhi pushed him away and refused his embrace, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Wen Lanzhi said, "Wu Ciyan! I'm telling you! I'll use a knife to carve the words 'Looking for Qin Qingguo' on my arm. Even if you drive me away and erase my memory, I'll still go to Xianyue Mountain. You're a captive, and so am I, though we might not be held in the same place. If you don't live well, I won't live well either! If you want me to be well, you'll have to find a way to avoid being captured."
After she finished speaking, she rushed out.
Wu Ci Yan quickly cast a tracking spell to follow her, and Wen Lanzhi did not resist.
The two people agreed that no matter how angry they were, they had to let the other know where they were.
During special times and when fleeing, we cannot quarrel for too long.
The two of them had a lot of weird little agreements, so many that neither of them could remember them.
Once, Wen Lanzhi fell asleep while taking a bath while drunk and nearly drowned. After a small quarrel, the two agreed not to close the door tightly when taking a bath.
But after following this rule a few times, the door was finally closed.
Later, although both of them remembered it, they thought the other didn't remember it, and were too embarrassed to mention it, so it just passed.
Not long after Wen Lanzhi went out, she came back with hot pancakes.
She reluctantly handed one to Wu Ciyan and said, "If you want to go, go ahead, but you must take me with you!"
Wu Ciyan took it and said with a smile: "I was wrong. I was too anxious when I heard about Qin Qingguo. However, we really can't just go there."
Wen Lanzhi asked, "Do you want to use magic to change your appearance?"
Wu Ciyan took two bites of the pancake and said, "It's too easy to be exposed. It's risky. Let's go to the ghost world and find a way to get a skin."
Wen Lanzhi said, "It's troublesome to go to the ghost world. Aren't you afraid that the Qinqing fruit will be gone when you come back?"
Wu Ciyan said, "Well, then... just accept your fate."
He couldn't possibly drag Wen Lanzhi to her death.
The gods in heaven are not so easy to fool. Over the years, he has tried every possible way to kill one of the nine gods first, but has never succeeded.
It’s difficult, difficult.
The two of them did it as soon as they said it.
The next day, we arrived at Xixi Lake.
At the junction of the three realms of humans, demons and ghosts, there is a mixed crowd.
For Wu Ci Yan, it was very easy to disguise himself as a ghost or cast a spell of confusion on the guarding heavenly soldiers.
Even if he was discovered, Jiushen would not be able to get here in a short time. He would make a mess and sell the skin. By the time Jiushen came back, he would have disappeared without a trace.
Wen Lanzhi thought the lake was beautiful and wanted to take a ride on the boat.
Actually, I have been here before, but it was summer then and it is autumn now.
Different.
She looked at it and didn't know what to say.
After all, buying the skin is the most important thing now.
Wu Ciyan said, "Let's go take a boat."
Wen Lanzhi said: "The entrance to the ghost world is not on the other side. If you go there, you have to come back."
Wu Ciyan said, "It doesn't matter. What if this is the last time I go boating on the lake with you?"
Wen Lanzhi was stunned, thinking he was joking, and forced a smile, "How could that be? When you get the Qinqing fruit, won't you treat me to another boat ride?"
The two men had already boarded the boat. Wu Ci Yan gave them some more silver and asked them to stop the boat in the middle of the lake and not rush to cross to the shore.
The two of them sat in silence. Wen Lanzhi was bored, so she poked the lake water with her hand.
"Wen Lanzhi." Wu Ci Yan suddenly called out.
Wen Lanzhi said "hmm". She was in a bad mood and did not turn around with a smile as usual.
Wu Ciyan said, "What if one of us dies?"
Wen Lanzhi: “…”
She pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile: "What nonsense."
"I'm serious," Wu Ciyan said, "We have to face this reality. We could both be alive, or we could both be dead, or... one of us could die and the other live."
Wen Lanzhi turned around, put away her smile, and said, "If I tell you that I will live well even if you die, will you sacrifice your chance to live and protect me?"
Seeing Wu Ciyan's hesitation, she asked again, "If the probability of both of us surviving is only 30%, but the chance of one dying and the other saving the other is 100%, would you give up that 30% in order to let me survive?"
Wu Ci Yan lowered his eyes. If you asked him, he really didn’t know.
Choices are made in the moment, and this kind of thing really cannot be predicted in advance.
Wen Lanzhi said: "If you die, I will live well."
When Wu Ciyan heard this, he seemed to be relieved.
"But." Wen Lanzhi changed the subject, "I have to make sure you're dead before I can live well. As long as you're alive, or might be alive, I will definitely save you. Even if there's only a 10% chance that you're alive, I will definitely go and confirm it. If I don't see your body with my own eyes, I will definitely! Will! Go find you! Don't even think about leaving me!"
She raised her face with tears in her eyes. She turned her head away and let her tears drip into the water, not wanting Wu Ci Yan to see them.
She hadn't finished her words when she turned around and said, "Wu Ciyan, you have to live well. What if, what if after you die, I'm captured by the Heavenly Court? What if I don't live well after you die? Three hundred years later, how do I know if Xuezhi is still there? How do I know if that teahouse has been rented out to someone else? How do I know, how do I know if Shiju still blames me? What if the first thing she does when I go back is chop off my head?"
"Wu Ciyan. I wouldn't be able to live well without you." Wen Lanzhi cried, "I've long been accustomed to being with two people. You've been with me longer than anyone else."
"Okay." Wu Ciyan grabbed her hand, "I promise you, as long as I can survive, I will live well. If you are in danger, I will save you."
Wen Lanzhi turned her face away, wiped away her tears, and wanted to smile and comfort him, but she couldn't. She could only cry and comfort him: "Don't be so pessimistic. What if the Qinqing fruit on Xianyue Mountain is really there? Maybe this time it is real. After all, it has been three hundred years. If this thing really exists, it will definitely show up."
Wu Ciyan laughed and said, "If there really is one, I'll eat it and tell you what it tastes like."
Wen Lanzhi was still crying, and Wu Ciyan wiped her tears.
He said, "I agree with what you just said. If you're alive, I want to see you. If you're dead, I want to see your body. As long as there's a slight chance of you surviving, I'll go and save you."
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