Li Wan Heng Jin
Will it no longer be sorrow?
Will it no longer be sorrow...
He kept repeating her words in his mind, tears welling up in his eyes. Heng Jin had spent most of the day calming down, but at this moment, he completely collapsed.
Li Wan quickly signaled the immortal messenger in the distance to retreat.
"Really? It's just a swing, and you're so moved that you're crying like this? You're a crybaby, you're useless."
Just after she finished joking, she heard his sobs getting louder and louder, and the frequency of his shoulders shaking with sobs also increased. Li Wan was a little flustered.
"I'm useless, okay? Don't cry. Did I make this swing to remind you of your parents? You sit next to it, and I'll take it apart and throw it far away so you won't see it again."
After hearing her last words, Heng Jin subconsciously replaced the word "it" referring to the swing with the word "she" referring to Li Wan.
He cast a spell to control his sobs, but as soon as he looked up and met her anxious and concerned eyes, his tears began to gather again.
"Is it not possible to tear it down?"
"Wanwan, I... I'm sorry..."
Li Wan took out a silk handkerchief and stuffed it into his hands, interrupting his choked apology. "Alright, alright, stop crying. I know you like this swing very much. Even if you don't like it anymore... this vine swing is easy to dismantle."
She held the swing rope and stroked the texture of the vines with her fingers. Wherever the magic went, the dark brown dead vines bloomed with pink flowers, and the fragrance of the flowers filled the entire courtyard.
"Heng Jin, if only one of us dies, will this dilemma be resolved?"
He also doesn't know...
Heng Jin hesitated several times, not knowing how to answer her.
"You're so quiet, you've been opening your mouth for ages but can't utter a single word. Oh, and why haven't you seen Xiang Yao?"
"Xiang Yao is on some business elsewhere and won't be back for the time being."
"Oh, oh. I tried this morning, but I still couldn't summon the Ice Soul. Can you summon your magic sword and lend it to me?"
Although the Heavenly Lord didn't take his magic sword when he left, Heng Jin didn't ask for it anymore. When he left, the magic sword was still lying in the hall, and now, he couldn't get it out at all.
Before she could find an excuse, Li Wan spoke first.
"Forget it. You are a god and I am a demon. Even if you lend me your magic sword, I am afraid I won't be able to use it. Let's practice sword fighting another day. It doesn't matter if I miss a day of homework."
"Didn't the Demon Lord say before that we must not miss a single day of study?"
"But I'm not the Demon Lord now, am I?" She turned and smiled at him.
Her smile gradually froze, and she stopped smiling by speaking.
"After finally putting down the burden and being just Li Wan, I naturally need to relax and unwind. When I was exhausted from practicing martial arts, I fell on the grass and made a wish to the bright moon. If only I could one day stop being a king and be just Li Wan, it would be great, even if it was only for a day or two. Now, my wish has come true. If you have a wish, you can also try making a wish to the moon. Li Wan's exclusive secret to making wishes come true!"
The forced smile only lasted for a moment, "Mingyue, I probably can't fulfill my wish."
He tried his best to suppress his tears, but he couldn't hide his sobs and his speech was incoherent.
"Sincerity is the key to success. The moonlight tonight is truly beautiful. Give it a try. Perhaps it will help you out. Just repeat it silently three times in your mind."
The location of Hengjin Palace was really good. The full moon rising in the sky was hanging right in front of them at this moment. Because the distance was relatively close, half of the full moon disk was blocked by the palace wall, and it seemed to be right in front of them. The bright stars dotted around it, shining brightly.
"Okay, let's try."
Heng Jin clasped her hands together devoutly, facing the full moon and silently chanting in her heart:
I would like to sacrifice my life in exchange for a solution to this dilemma, and may Xiangyao and Wanwan live long lives.
I would like to sacrifice my life in exchange for a solution to this dilemma, and may Xiangyao and Wanwan live long lives.
I would like to sacrifice my life in exchange for a solution to this dilemma, and may Xiangyao and Wanwan live long lives.
Li Wan, who was swinging gently on the swing, looked at his furrowed brows when he made a pious wish, and understood what he meant.
In the peripheral light, the moonlight shone, lengthening the shadows of the two people. Li Wan leaned forward slightly, and her shadow also leaned forward, resting against his head.
After making a wish, Heng Jin noticed her looking at him intently from the side. The moment he turned his head to follow her gaze, Li Wan, who had noticed that he had opened his eyes, immediately turned back guiltily. By chance, his lips just happened to kiss her forehead.
Neither of them dared to move. Their breathing became heavy and their hearts beat fast at this moment.
After a moment, Li Wan retreated first, widening the distance between them.
"Wanwan."
"Hmm?" She responded and looked up at him.
Heng Jin watched her gaze slowly shift from his eyes to his lips, concentrating as if she was thinking about something.
There was a sense of familiarity in her eyes, a feeling that had risen and hidden in him countless times when he looked at her.
His heart was completely confused at this moment.
Heng Jin, who always seizes a "good opportunity" and never misses it to test her feelings, seems to have received a little "response" this time, but he is no longer qualified to seduce her heart.
Perhaps realizing her own actions, Li Wan quickly turned her gaze back to meet his. "What... were you trying to say?"
"Oh, I want to say sorry, I didn't mean to... flirt with you, I just wanted to turn around to see what you were looking at. Anyway, I'm sorry, everything, I'm sorry."
"What should I say? It doesn't matter?" She muttered softly, and the two of them were so close to each other that she could be heard especially clearly.
Embarrassed, she simply skipped the topic. Li Wan took out the dagger he gave her last night and returned it to him. She said nothing, but just sat up straight and looked at the full moon in the sky. Her eyes were focused as if she was really appreciating the moonlight.
"What do you want me to do with this?"
She still only looked at the full moon and not at him, but the tears in her eyes were reflected by the moonlight, emitting a faint glow, making her eyes look sparkling.
"I think you'll need it. If you don't go home soon, Xiaoqi and A'Cha will be worried crazy, right? Let's make a bet. If one of us dies, we can escape the illusion."
She paused, then said jokingly, "Be quick and give me a quick death, but don't make me hurt too much. I'm a vindictive person, and I'll fight you back once I get out of this illusion."
"Since we're betting that if one of us dies, we can escape the illusion, why don't you kill me with this dagger?"
"What if this is real? Isn't Xiang Yao still not back?"
"So, you knew it before I came back?"
"Well, I heard from the immortal messenger that Xiang Yao has been missing for a day and a night, and you're very worried. After all, I was once the Lord of the Demon Realm, so how could I not guess what kind of predicament he's faced? I know what Xiang Yao means to you, and naturally I understand who you would choose between me and him. Judging from your reaction, I'm not wrong. If you chose me, I would think you were untrustworthy, giving up Xiang Yao for a woman. But don't get me wrong, I'm not doing this for you. You're right, I'm not a woman who is willing to be confined to a small world, relying on my husband for survival. I would rather die than be imprisoned here forever like the self I have forgotten. Most importantly, if it were me who died instead of you, the Heavenly Realm would have no reason to attack the Demon Realm. If you live, you will definitely protect your deceased wife's brother, right? Stop saying sorry, it's annoying. Act quickly."
After saying that, Li Wan turned sideways to face him, closed her eyes tightly, and waited for death to come.
Heng Jin's hand holding the dagger couldn't stop shaking. Unable to bear her being immersed in the fear of waiting for death to come for too long, he stabbed her in the heart with all his might.
However, the moment the sharp tip of the dagger touched her chest, a mysterious force enveloped the dagger, instantly disintegrating it into rubble that fell to the ground.
The scene before them gradually disintegrated until the darkness completely swallowed it up, and they returned to the dark land again.
Li Wan was still in a coma, lying in his arms, so quiet as if she was asleep.
He kept whispering in her ear, trying to wake her up from her sleep, hoping that the death in the illusion would not affect her life or death in reality.
For a long time, she showed no signs of waking up.
Instead, many milky white bubbles emerged from her body, floating in the air and gradually expanding.
The milky white gradually faded, and the glowing bubbles became transparent, and her past memories reappeared in the bubbles.
The memories displayed by each bubble are different. The only difference is that when a memory is finished, the bubble will burst and disappear.
"She can't wake up. You killed her. When all her memories turn to smoke, her body will be the next to disappear. Why are you so sad? Wasn't her death your choice? Even if you guessed it right, it was all my fault. Everything is fake. Only you and her are real. But you still chose Xiang Yao. You are so good at weighing the pros and cons, and you are so good at making choices. Have you made enough choices in your dreams? Hahaha..."
He protected her head and gently laid her flat on the ground. Then he took out the red thread given by the Moon Fairy and tied the two ends around her wrists to ensure that he would not lose her again.
After doing all this, Heng Jin drew out his magic sword, and regardless of the erosion of the black fog, he slashed with all his strength in the direction where Xie Yuan's voice came from.
"Idiot, I am invincible in the black fog. Every speck of black dust is me. Your reckless hacking will have no effect. It will only make me think you are stupid and funny."
While Xie Yuan was proudly provoking him, Heng Jin focused on the direction of the sound, teleported over quickly, and swung the magic sword towards Xie Yuan. At the same time, he twisted the tip of the sword with two fingers and pulled it quickly. The blood dripped from the cut fingertips and where the sword passed, a raging flame rose, burning more and more fiercely. Several sword energies wrapped in flames moved out horizontally, and a scream resounded through the darkness.
"Then let's see. Will I die first from blood loss, or will you be burned to ashes?"
Xie Yuan screamed in pain and cursed at all kinds of obscenities that were unbearable to the ears.
Unexpectedly, this pervert seemed to become increasingly excited by the burning. He endured the pain and gritted his teeth, saying, "Come on! Burn me to death if you dare! The phoenix flames can only burn away my gathered form. After cultivating for a few thousand more years, I will be a hero who gives the six realms a headache! How much blood do you have to squander? Come on!"
Heng Jin said nothing, but just kept cutting his fingers to use his blood to ignite the fire in the evil abyss. Even when his lips turned white, he had no intention of stopping.
"Alright, alright, she's not dead. I just wanted to see her memory and scare you at the same time. Don't burn it! If you burn me to death, no one will be able to wake her up. Think carefully!"
Hearing this, Heng Jin cast a spell to extinguish the burning flames, but her fingers were not idle at all. She twisted the sword blade, ready to set it on fire at any time and burn him again.
"Let her go. Even without you threatening me, I would have saved her."
Putting away the magic sword, Heng Jin followed the red line back to her side and held her in his arms again.
The evil abyss gathered into a dense black mist and drifted in front of Li Wan. In an instant, dense black mist and dust drifted out of her body, and all her memory bubbles exploded and disappeared.
Seeing all the memory bubbles burst in an instant, Heng Jin became anxious.
Xie Yuan said: "I won't hurt her! I lied to you before, don't look at me like that!"
Heng Jin was relieved. The reason why he dared to believe that Xie Yuan would rescue Li Wan was because he saw with his own eyes that the dagger shattered and disintegrated when it was about to pierce Li Wan's chest. The illusion ended prematurely, which was Xie Yuan's work.
"Why did you save her?"
"Didn't you threaten me?" Xie Yuan said helplessly and speechlessly.
"The fire just now was not enough to threaten you."
Before the black mist formed by the evil abyss dissipated and completely merged into the darkness and disappeared, his joyful voice resounded throughout the dark land, "Brother's reward for you has touched your heart, right? As long as you are willing to submit to me, brother can give you all the sweetness you want. We will meet again, brother~"
His tone was full of smug pride, even a hint of doting on the younger generation, which made Heng Jin feel completely baffled.
"Who is your brother!"
Xie Yuan didn't answer him again, but Heng Jin could feel that his breath had not dissipated, and he should still be here.
Xie Yuan didn't say how to escape from here. Heng Jin had just lost too much blood and was a little weak and dizzy. If he rashly carried her on his back to find a way out, he was afraid she might faint at any time. Xie Yuan was still here, so he could only stay put and rest with him before making any plans.
It was only a matter of time before Cha Suxun found this place. He just had to stay here with her and wait.
Li Wan slept for a long time, and she did not wake up until Cha Suxun's thousands of spirit butterflies flew out from the dark ground and dispelled the darkness.
The spirit butterflies gathered and transformed into Cha Suxun's humanity. They anxiously took her away from his arms and immediately teleported back to her palace.
Her warmth still lingered in his arms, and his numb arms felt relieved. Heng Jin stared blankly at his empty hands, feeling inexplicably empty, not only in his arms but also in his heart.
Heng Jin, who was standing beside Yuan Li, said, "Did you just see it? I saw all those memories of her and Cha Suxun alone together in memory bubbles. Although Xie Yuan said those memory bubbles appeared because he wanted to see Li Wan's past memories, I later learned that Li Wan was so immersed in her past memories that her consciousness was almost devoured. In addition, she forced herself to escape to save her life during the last illusion, which caused her to be seriously injured and her memory is confused."
"So, Xie Yuan is still seriously trying to save her?"
"Yes, if Xie Yuan hadn't promptly dissipated the black mist and dust that had invaded her body, I'm afraid Li Wan's consciousness would have been completely devoured and worn away, making it difficult for her to wake up."
"But why did Xie Yuan save her? Could it be because Li Wan is his monarch?"
"I don't know. Do you think Xie Yuan has the monarch in his eyes? I'm afraid you'll only know the answer to this question once you've completely restored Li Wan's memory."
The memory scroll appeared faster again.
After this incident, Heng Jin no longer acted like a dog-skin plaster like before, running to meet her with various excuses.
It's not that he didn't want to, but everything he experienced in the illusion made him feel ashamed to see her, and he was also afraid that she would no longer want to see him.
This was the first and only time that Heng Jin, the dog-skin plaster, retreated cowardly.
However, this cowardice and retreat was completely swept away by joy on the day when Li Wan sent Jiuwei to deliver the poison cake.
The moment she got the food box, Heng Jin even took a special bath, fetched matching tea and elegant incense, and then opened the food box and placed the dishes on the table one by one.
In the food box at the bottom, there was an envelope addressed to Heng Jin herself.
Without even bothering to eat the cakes, Heng Jin took out the letter and carefully opened it, her movements so gentle and careful as if she was afraid of damaging the paper.
The envelope contained not a piece of letter paper, but a paper-cut figurine.
As soon as I laid the little man flat on the table, he started moving his limbs and came to life.
The child stood up and began to introduce the poison cake sold to him today in Li Wan's voice. The little man jumping on the table danced and introduced the toxicity and the order of consumption with his hands.
After the introductions, the villain ran to the table closest to Heng Jin, beckoned him closer, and then warned him with gritted teeth: "If you dare to tell others about your dream, I will poison your tongue and throat and make you mute!"
After saying that, the little man instantly lost his vitality, fell down with a thud, and turned back into an ordinary piece of paper cutting.
He used the ear feathers he had given her to communicate with her, pretending to be dumbfounded and asking, "What is the matter that the Demon Lord is talking about?"
She replied almost instantly, "Don't say a word about anything."
"It's obvious that the Demon Lord wants something from me. Not only did he not pay me hush money, but he was also so ruthless. Sigh~ It's really hard not to be a jerk and deliberately want to go against the Demon Lord."
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