Perhaps even she herself didn't know whether she believed him or not.
Jiang Yu naturally understood her lip movements.
Is there trust between them? They both know perfectly well that they won't trust them, or rather, they won't gamble their lives on them.
Looking at her weak and exhausted state, Jiang Yu sighed inwardly and decided to let it go. He slowly clenched his naturally hanging hand into a fist and slammed it down on the transparent protective shield.
The protective shield instantly shattered into countless fragments, vanishing into nothingness.
The light behind them also vanished.
Footsteps sounded in the darkness. Qi Nuan looked up but did not react. Even though she could not see anything clearly in the darkness, she still knew that the person was Jiang Yu.
Some people, even if they don't make a sound, you can tell it's them just by the way they're standing there.
"Ah Yu~"
Qi Nuan called out softly, reaching out to touch his face as he drew near, gently tracing his features as if they were still in the cycle of reincarnation.
"Anuan, don't get hurt..."
After a pause, he said, "You know, your A-Yu can't bear to see you get hurt in the slightest. He wants you to live a good life."
He lifted her up, off the ground, and the viscous liquid slid from her clothes onto his clothes before silently seeping into the ground.
He held her in his arms and walked alone in the darkness.
Qi Nuan wanted to ask, "And what about you?"
Are you Ayu? Or Xihe, the God of War?
However, they ultimately didn't ask the question aloud. They all knew that he was now simply A Yu and no longer the Xihe God Lord of the past.
In the end, she simply lowered her eyes to the ground, placed one hand on his shoulder, and held onto the front of his shirt with the other, her feet gently swaying.
She hadn't walked far when she whispered, "Do you know what this is?"
Her tone was somewhat casual, as if she were just asking a question offhand, but they both understood the meaning behind her words perfectly.
She didn't ask him where he had gone or how he found her; she only asked him what the liquid was.
Have you ever heard of the Water of No Return?
Without waiting for her reply, he continued, "The Water of No Return is a product of the Three Extreme Lands of the Divine Realm. The Three Extreme Lands are the most yin, darkest, and coldest places..."
His cool voice narrated those long-gone stories in a straightforward manner.
Qi Nuan looked up, and in the darkness, she could only see his chiseled face, which appeared somewhat cold against the backdrop of the water vapor.
Gods are born from heaven and earth, vanish into the mortal world, and countless others follow in their footsteps.
However, endless longevity and boundless desires lead to endless troubles.
When you have thoughts, you will have desires; when you have desires, you will have delusions; when you have delusions, you will have trouble.
God is born with astonishing destructive power. When God has delusions, God is no longer God. God voluntarily sheds Godhood and strips away God power, and thus the Water of No Darkness is born.
Irrigated and soaked with the water of immortality for sixty years, it enters the five senses; it penetrates the lungs and heart for sixty years; it seals the spirit for sixty years…
A thousand years later, the god used the Water of No Return to strip him of his divinity, and he became a mortal.
Of course, this is not the Water of No Netherworld, but rather a pseudo-Water of No Netherworld born in this world. Although it is pseudo and not the Water of No Netherworld, it still has some of the effects of the Water of No Netherworld.
This is the world's killing intent towards outsiders.
Cultivators who enter this secret realm will lose all their cultivation, becoming like ordinary people. After being soaked in this viscous liquid for a hundred years, they will truly lose all their cultivation when they leave. Those who have no cultivation to begin with will not notice anything amiss.
Only after leaving the secret realm did he completely become an ordinary person.
Qi Nuan felt a chill run down her spine. If that were true, how could they possibly survive once they left the secret realm?
As if sensing Qi Nuan's condition, Jiang Yu continuously channeled heat into Qi Nuan's body.
This warmth could warm Qi Nuan's body, but it couldn't warm her chilled heart.
Over the long years, the passage of time meant little to them; a mere century would have passed silently if they hadn't noticed.
Jiang Yu knew all of this.
Jiang Yu seemed unaware of the turmoil in her heart.
He stated frankly, "The core source of the secret realm lies in the Three Extremes Land of the secret realm. I know you will definitely come to take it away, but I will not let you take it away."
At this moment, he looked directly into Qi Nuan's eyes, his gaze and tone conveying his determination.
He gave Qi Nuan no more chances to escape.
Perhaps he still couldn't bear to see her get hurt.
Love is hard to express.
His heart trembled slightly. He thought it might be his or hers, but it didn't matter at this moment.
"hehe……"
Qi Nuan laughed, but the smile on her lips looked rather mocking.
Her pale, bluish fingers lightly stroked his chin.
"So, what are you going to do with me, Ah Yu? Beat me to a pulp? Or do you just find it amusing to toy with us?"
As she spoke, her fingers unconsciously tightened, leaving a red mark on his skin.
He didn't react to her words, didn't take them seriously, and knew that these words were just her venting her emotions.
Just like the marks she left on his body, which seemed fierce but were actually insignificant and wouldn't hurt him in the slightest.
She ultimately believed him; he wouldn't hurt her.
But that's all.
Qi Nuan suddenly felt a little listless. At this moment, she was extremely disgusted by his calmness. That was just the kind of person he was, and no matter what she did, she couldn't change his mind.
And what was she to him?
She didn't know, but she knew she wouldn't stop for him. They were destined to fight each other, as they had been before and as they would be in the future. She hadn't felt sad or upset before, and she still wouldn't now. Even if he did make a move one day, she would die a worthy death.
They foresaw all their fates when they chose this path.
However, the journey has been exhausting.
In the cycle of reincarnation, it is her most peaceful time. She can be a useless person, with someone protecting her and loving her wholeheartedly.
She was grateful to him and attached to him, but she couldn't blame him.
One cannot recklessly demand things just because one loves someone.
She always remembered that they were lovers and enemies at the same time. Just as she could not choose to give up stepping into the void for him, he would not make an exception for her, but this did not affect their love.
They just have different positions.
In an instant, many thoughts flashed through her mind, but in the end, they settled into calm.
Jiang Yu was unaware of these thoughts of hers. They knew their origins and what they wanted.
Free from human control, one can attain immortality and live a carefree life.
But no one is truly carefree.
Even he couldn't.
After a moment of contemplation, he suddenly asked, "Anuan, do you love me? Would you be willing to spend all eternity with me, to be entwined with me every day?"
Every word.
He gazed into her eyes, waiting for her answer, as if trying to see into her soul. He wanted the truth, without a trace of falsehood, without a single lie.
Qi Nuan didn't understand why he suddenly asked that question, but she thought she was willing to do so.
But for some reason, the words that should have been spoken stopped at the corner of his mouth under his gaze.
Her heart began to pound.
She unconsciously tensed up, looked at him, her pale lips slightly parted, her breath caught in her throat for a moment, but she couldn't say a word.
Her soul trembled, sending her a warning.
She should have been delighted to hear those words, but instead, she froze on the spot.
Jiang Yu, who was holding her, naturally noticed her stiffness, and her already dark pupils grew even darker.
"What? You don't like it?"
Upon hearing his question, Qi Nuan shook her head violently and quickly denied it:
"No, I like it."
"But I don't know why you suddenly asked that?"
Although she was changing the subject, she was genuinely curious about the meaning behind his words. If he wouldn't make an exception to let them enter the Void Realm, then how could they have eternal life?
Their cultivation levels had been declining day by day due to their pursuit, and now they had fallen even more drastically.
If they cannot enter the void in this world, then they will be powerless to travel through time and space. Of course, even if they give up entering the void this time and use the energy of the core source of this world to break through the barrier of time and space and enter another small world, their souls will be unable to withstand the destruction.
As a result, they will only grow weaker and weaker, and there will never be a day when they reach the Void Realm.
As time goes by, they will eventually disappear into the world.
There will be no more reincarnation, no more cycle of rebirth.
Jiang Yu and the others were unaware of all this. Jiang Yu simply looked at her and said, "Since we are husband and wife, we should be together through life and death. As long as I live, you will live. I have said that I will protect you."
No one can hurt you, not even yourself.
After saying that, he stopped and strode forward with her in his arms.
Before Qi Nuan could voice her many questions, she was drawn to the sounds of fighting ahead. "It's Ye Sheng and Gu Yucheng!" Qi Nuan shouted.
Qi Nuan jumped down from Jiang Yu's arms and walked quickly toward the two of them.
There was some light here, but it seemed to be shrouded in a thin mist, hazy and indistinct, and not very clear.
"Ye Sheng..."
Hearing Qi Nuan's voice, Ye Sheng turned around, but the moment she turned around, Gu Yucheng pressed her firmly to the ground, and a sharp sword pierced her wrist.
Seeing this, Ye Sheng bit down hard on his throat. The hot blood brought a moment of clarity to her mind, but she did not let go. Gu Yucheng held her firmly in place.
Neither of them seemed to feel any pain, and neither of them let go.
He was covered in blood of unknown origin, looking utterly disheveled.
"Let her go."
Qi Nuan's voice was slightly cold, and a cold dagger was pressed against the back of his neck. Ye Sheng looked at Qi Nuan, loosened his teeth, fell to the ground panting, and quietly watched the group.
Gu Yucheng looked at Ye Sheng on the ground, and then at Jiang Yu, who was standing aside, seemingly uninvolved.
A smile slowly crept onto his face.
He let go of Ye Sheng's hand, touched the bloody flesh that she had bitten, and said, "So ruthless."
It's unclear whether the person speaking was Ye Sheng on the ground or himself.
Qi Nuan ignored him and stepped forward to bandage Ye Sheng's wound. It was indeed ruthless; Ye Sheng would probably be unable to use this hand for at least ten days or half a month.
Ye Sheng didn't say anything, but glared at him fiercely. She didn't care about this little injury, after all, she had just been determined to kill him.
Gu Yucheng licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, then stepped forward, pinched the wound that Qi Nuan had bandaged for him, and pressed hard. Qi Nuan looked at him with a startled smile.
Upon hearing Ye Sheng's muffled groan, he said coldly, "Does it hurt?"
Ye Sheng gritted his teeth.
Seeing that she didn't speak, he used seven-tenths of his strength.
"Sheng'er, are you in pain?"
When Ye Sheng heard him call her by that name, a flash of annoyance crossed her eyes.
"Don't call me that. You know better than anyone whether it hurts or not."
He then looked at the wound on his neck, his tone quite provocative.
Gu Yucheng laughed, "It hurts, how could it not hurt? Since you know it hurts, you should think twice before you act. I'm not like the God of Xihe, who would be gentle with women."
Hearing this, Qi Nuan glanced at him. His words seemed to carry a hint of mockery. Qi Nuan looked up at Jiang Yu, and Jiang Yu met her gaze.
I didn't pay attention to what he said.
Seeing that Ye Sheng's wounds were almost completely bandaged, he stepped forward and said, "Let's go."
As he spoke, he reached out to hold Qi Nuan's hand.
Ye Sheng stopped her hand in mid-air, preventing her from reaching out.
"Won't the God Xihe tell us about this Water of No Return?"
Jiang Yu didn't retract her outstretched hand. She simply looked at Qi Nuan and said calmly, "After experiencing so much, now that you're here, what will you encounter? Aren't you prepared?"
"Weren't we looking for the core source? Let's go."
After saying that, he pulled Qi Nuan up and led her forward.
Ye Sheng was dissatisfied, but he also knew that what he said was true. They would have come regardless of whether they were there or not. What he was dissatisfied with was that he knew but did not remind them, and he was even more dissatisfied with Qi Nuan's attitude towards him.
But now that he says he'll take them to find the core source, she doesn't believe he's being so kind.
She pushed away Gu Yucheng's hand that was about to help her up, stood up on her own, and followed behind them.
Under Jiang Yu's leadership, they moved very quickly.
After passing through layers of different tunnels, there are narrow, dark passages, caves filled with slime, and constantly surging cave walls.
Qi Nuan finally realized what was strange about this cave; it was more like a living abdomen.
If you listen carefully, you can even hear faint breathing sounds.
The sounds were the same as those she had heard in the dark passage she had just been in, except that the sounds there were much louder and more chaotic.
The important thing is that those voices were extremely oppressive and had a disturbing effect.
Qi Nuan's guess was indeed correct. This was the inner abdomen of the King of Beasts. However, the King of Beasts was not a single wild beast, but rather a form formed by the solidification of all the dead wild beasts in the secret realm.
Neither dead nor alive.
The core source of the secret realm is hidden in the heart of the king of beasts.
This ethereal water was born here, but it can only exist here.
It disappears immediately after being removed.
Jiang Yu did indeed know everything about this place; he originally intended to use the Boundless Water to dissolve Qi Nuan and the others' cultivation.
But since they had already noticed, he didn't insist and eventually gave up on the idea.
After all, it was no big deal; whether she had cultivation or not made no difference to him.
It just requires a bit more effort.
Qi Nuan thought about everything, but she never imagined that he would ruin her cultivation.
Her entire focus was on the scene before her.
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