Realms In The Firmament

Ye Xiao was terrified. He hurriedly took out some supreme dan beads and put two into Jun Yinglian’s mouth.

He was too weak in cultivation. Even though he knew what the problem was, he couldn’t do anything to help. The only hope was his dan beads. At least it might buy him some time to think of a better solution!

However, Jun Yinglian was at a dominant level. When her spiritual qi was disappearing, even Zhan Yunfei and Zhu Jiutian, who just reached level nine of Dao Origin Stage, even Shuang and Han, who were in the same level with Jun Yinglian, couldn’t help her… Only Xuan Bing or the three grand lders of Cold Moon Palace could help her!

Even though he knew she was in a dangerous situation, he tried not to look too sad. He comforted her while pouring energy into her by running East-rising Purple Qi. He hoped that the ancient marvelous martial art could change her fate and save her life!

Jun Yinglian made a desolate but beautiful smile and said, ”I am fine… Really… I know well about my own body… It just went wrong when I knew we finally met each other again. I don’t know why… Maybe it will be well later… Cough, cough… I was going to give up my life, no matter if I eventually win the fight or not… However… Cough, cough…”

She was completely honest about it. Every word was true. However, when it went to somebody’s ears, what she said became worse than what the words actually meant.

[You are in such a fatal situation, yet you still think of comforting me? You still don’t want me to worry?]

Ye Xiao was nervous. He found that the dan beads didn’t help her at all. East-rising Purple Qi didn’t work well in gathering the spiritual qi inside Jun Yinglian. It was not much better than nothing.

[F*ck you East-rising Purple Qi! Aren’t you the No. 1 martial art in the universe or something? So you claimed! Why are you useless when you are particularly needed?]

East-rising Purple Qi might respond with ’F*ck you, idiot! You are a weak piece of sh*t! Don’t you know that? You actually want to save that powerful figure with your mini pathetic capability? If you are not so weak, I may help you expose the little trick that your woman is playing on you! You better know!’

Nothing worked. Ye Xiao was totally helpless at the moment.

”Lian Lian, listen. Your qi flow went wrong. That is all. Not a big deal. Just try to gather your spiritual qi by yourself. Make it run! It will be okay!” Ye Xiao was sweating because of anxiety. He kept pouring energy into her and tried to cheer her up at the same time. He didn’t want her to give up.

Jun Yinglian was so good at acting! Even Ye Xiao, an expert disguiser, got fooled! He was totally stricken by the terrible idea… [I am not… going to lose her… right after I met her, am I?]

[Is this going to be a farewell? …]

”It’s okay. Nothing goes wrong. I am feeling great…” Jun Yingilan gently smiled and said, ”Ye Xiao… you said… that you will… accompany me to travel the world… I think… maybe I will go to a place… where you will come to join me in the end…”

”No, no, no, no, no…” Ye Xiao totally freaked out. He incoherently said, ”I said I will do it when I have a second life, right? This is my second life, isn’t it? I am right here beside you… Come on… Please… We are going to spend a long time together… The world is small. Listen to me! You will be fine… You will get better… We will stay together until the lands are all wasted, the sky is collapsed, the oceans are dry, and the rocks are melted…”

”Cough, cough…” She coughed badly. Her face turned red out of no reason, just like a momentary recovery of her wellness before death.

”But… I don’t know… Are you serious about it? Is it for real…” She sounded weak and powerless.

”Absolutely! I swear! I am serious!” Ye Xiao was anxious. ”Stop talking now, ssh… Calm yourself first… Adjust your breath… We have plenty of time now…”

”I am scared… I don’t want to hear another next life promise again…” Jun Yinglian looked so soft in the eyes. She obsessively looked at Ye Xiao and said, ”I have some questions…”

”Sure! Ask me!” Ye Xiao worked harder on pouring the energy as he thought Jun Yinglian was becoming worse. He just kept pouring his spiritual qi into her body.

”Did you… really… cultivate Pure-Yang Martial Art?” Jun Yinglian asked.

”Yes! I did! I swear! If I lied about it, I am a filthy animal…” Ye Xiao swore. He was so anxious that his words were becoming more and more incoherent.

”Did you… Did you like me?” Jun Yinglian’s eyes lit up.

”I did!” Ye Xiao nodded, ”I liked you… I liked you!”

”Really?”

”Yes!”

”You are not lying?”

”I am not!”

”Then… Cough…” Jun Yinglian coughed for a while and then quivered. ”Did you ever… think about… marrying me?”

Her eyes were twinkling… She stared at Ye Xiao in the eyes.

She had kept this question in her heart for half of her life. She never had the courage to ask him!

She was afraid of being disappointed!

She didn’t want desperation!

She was afraid that if she asked, she might lose the chance to at least stay with him as a friend!

”I did!” Ye Xiao gritted his teeth and said, ”I thought of more than just marrying you… I thought… Maybe I could quit cultivation… and marry you! But… But I gave up that idea…”

”Why?” Jun Yinglian frowned.

”I can’t let myself become a piece of useless trash… You always like powerful people! If I lost all my cultivation… how can I accompany you for the rest of my life…” Ye Xiao sullenly said.

”Even if you lost your cultivation, I wouldn’t mind! I like you, not your cultivation! It is always just you!” Jun Yinglian was angry. ”How could you misunderstand me like that?”

She was so angry that she became careless when she scolded him. That was so loud when she said those words. She realized her mistake, so she kept coughing badly until her lungs were almost shaking… Then she said in a lifeless voice, ”Cough, cough, cough… You… Cough… You are so annoying…”

”I was wrong. I was wrong… Okay?” Ye Xiao sincerely apologized.

”Cough… Now that you are… back to life… How would you… treat me?” Jun Yinglian asked.

”I will marry you! This is the first thought I have after I was reborn! It was the only thought in my head at the beginning!” Ye Xiao decisively said.

Jun Yinglian blushed. ”Cough… Cough… I doubt it… You must be lying again… You just want me to feel happy…”

”I am not lying! I am not! I won’t lie about that!” Ye Xiao explained with anxiety.

”You must be lying… I am dying… so you pity me… comfort me… You don’t want me to die in regret…” Jun Yinglian looked disappointed, sad, and grieved, and she said, ”You have so many beautiful women around you… They are young, beautiful… They are soft, gentle, and obedient…”

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