In the western part of the Red Flame Empire …
Here, there was a vast and boundless building complex. This building complex could only be described as boundless. Even the entire Crimson Flame Empire paled in comparison.
The sky above this building complex was covered with pure white snow all year round. It was wrapped in silver and looked exceptionally beautiful.
There was a magnificent hall in the center of the building complex. The hall was built on a flight of stairs that was thousands of meters high. A majestic golden plaque was hung in the center. Three sonorous and powerful characters were engraved on the plaque.
Blue Snow Sect.
There was a heavenly lake behind the main hall of the Blue Snow Sect.
The water in the heavenly lake was clear. Occasionally, hexagonal snowflakes would drift down and melt.
There was a thin young girl standing outside the heavenly lake. Her waist-length beautiful blue hair was dragged behind her. Every morning, she would stand here and look towards the east.
This gaze had lasted for half a year.
"Shi Tou … it's been half a year. How have you been?" The young girl took a deep breath. Her long blue hair fluttered in the wind.
There were some inexplicable ripples in the young girl's heart. She clenched her fists, "Do you know that I've missed you … very much!"
Whoosh!
There was a sound of breaking air. The space behind the young girl rippled. An old figure wearing a tattered robe emerged and stopped behind the young girl.
Sensing the changes behind her, Qin Xue Xin's eyebrows converged. Her faint gentleness was replaced by coldness. She said, "Elder Li, is there any news of him?"
The old man called Elder Li was silent for a moment. Then, he nodded at Qin Xue Xin.
"How is he?"
Qin Xue Xin's eyebrows stretched out. She gracefully turned around. She was a little excited. Her long blue hair rolled up snowflakes in the cold wind.
Elder Li smacked his lips in surprise when he saw the blush on the young girl's cold face.
As far as he knew, this young girl had never even smiled. How could she reveal such a hurried action at this time?
After a moment of deep thought, Elder Li solemnly bowed his head and said, "When I rushed to the Red Flame Empire, he was no longer in the northern region …"
"Not in the northern region anymore?"
Qin Xue Xin murmured softly. Then, she noticed the bitterness on Elder Li's face and her heart sank. "Did something happen to him?"
"Hmm …"
Old Li nodded timidly, then passed on the information he had gathered to Qin Xue Xin. When she mentioned the appearance of the blood-robed man, Qin Xue Xin's pretty face became slightly ferocious.
Qin Xue Xin's beautiful face twitched. She couldn't help but shiver. She said in a trembling voice, "They … they really showed up?
Are they still unwilling to let me go? "
"But, this has nothing to do with Stone … Why did they go and provoke him? Could it be because of me?
I can't let anything happen to him. I can't! "Qin Xue Xin murmured with heartache.
"Xue Xin, calm down. Things are not as bad as you think."
Looking at the anxious Qin Xue Xin, Elder Li supported her. "He was only sent to the spatial crack by Ming's people. The person who did it was only a Heaven Seizing Realm cultivator. The distance of the spatial crack was at most a hundred miles. He should still be in the Burning Heaven Empire."
Hearing this, Qin Xue Xin's heaving chest calmed down a little. Then, she hesitantly turned her head towards the east and pursed her lips. "Stone, you said that you would live until the next time we meet …"
"You won't lie to me, right … You won't leave me."
Taking a deep breath, her gaze became unusually firm. "This time, no matter who it is, no one can take you away from me … Not even them!
Hold on, I'll come find you right now! "
Sensing the change in Qin Xue Xin, Elder Li was startled and said, "Xue Xin, you want to go find him?"
"Yes … This happened because of me. I can't let anything happen to him!"
"No!
Have you forgotten your mission? "Elder Li's expression changed drastically. He grabbed her arm and growled.
Qin Xue Xin was moved. She was silent for a long time before she finally came back to her senses. She shook her head at Elder Li. "Elder Li, let me go … I haven't forgotten my mission, but I really can't let him go!"
"But, Ming has already taken control of the Western Region. It's only a matter of time before he makes a move on the Blue Snow Sect. If you leave the Blue Snow Sect now, you know what the consequences will be …" Elder Li was a little anxious, but he was speechless. He looked at the girl who was usually cold and moved.
She, actually cried?
This girl, who had never shown any emotion before, actually cried for this young man called Qin Shi?
A drop of sparkling and translucent tear streaked across her white cheek.
"Elder Li, I know that I have a great responsibility. I won't run away from it, I will bear it …" Qin Xue Xin's voice was a little self-deprecating as she said this. "But, I feel very happy when I'm with him. I haven't felt this kind of feeling for many years. I really can't bear to part with this feeling. Let me choose for myself … Okay?
Even if it's just for a short time.
I just want to see him safe and sound … That's all. "
Elder Li's heart sank when he heard this. In the end, he smiled helplessly and said, "Haha, I'm getting old. I can't understand you young people anymore … If we meet one day, I'm really curious to see what the young man who pulled you out of the ice looks like."
"You definitely won't regret it."
"Oh?
Then why don't you hurry up and let me see him earlier? "Elder Li's voice changed, and there was a hint of ridicule in it.
Next to the heavenly lake, Qin Xue Xin's delicate body trembled. She raised her head and looked at Elder Li. In the end, her tears turned into a smile. She swept up the fluttering snowflakes in the sky and flew towards the dawn in the east.
After a long time, in the Blue Snow Sect, Elder Li was stunned for a moment before he shook his head with a bitter smile. "Did she just smile?
She's really moved … Qin Shi, I don't know who you are, but I hope you can treat her well. Her life is really too rough. "
…
Red Flame Empire.
In the eastern region, in a run-down village.
This place was a mess. The dry and cracked ground was stained with blood. The surroundings were filled with the pungent smell of blood. It was nauseating.
In the village, there were piles of corpses.
In the center of the corpses, there was a pit that was more than ten meters deep. In the dark pit, a young man wrapped in a black robe lay.
The young man's chest rose and fell slightly. His pale face looked a little weak.
"Cough, cough!"
After a painful cough, the young man's eyelids twitched slightly. When he opened them, he was faced with the dazzling morning light. After moving his fingers, a strong sense of powerlessness swept through his body.
"Hehe, I'm really in a sorry state. I don't even have the strength to move my fingers."
After trying a few times, the young man finally stopped struggling. He let the morning light shine on his body, making him feel warm and comfortable.
But it was this temporary comfort that pushed aside the scar in the deepest corner of his heart that he didn't even want to think about.
"Shi Lan …"
Thinking of these two words, the tip of Qin Shi's nose was a little sore. Tears seemed to flow out of his eyes uncontrollably.
In his life, he didn't cry many times. This was definitely one of the most ferocious and miserable times. His fists and palms were stuck on the sandy ground, and even his nails were split.
But no matter how unwilling he was, no matter how much despair he felt, it was useless.
He even lied to himself that he wanted to resurrect Shi Lan, but he really didn't know whether it was possible or not. The Spirit Explosion Pill had already turned Shi Lan into ashes. Her body and soul had completely dissipated. Even the Blood Bathing Formation couldn't restore her.
Humans had eight sufferings: birth, old age, illness, death, separation from love, resentment, unattainable, and the five yin.
Qin Shi never thought that these would appear on him. No matter what he faced, he was always calm and at ease. He was unrestrained and unrestrained.
But when all these things befell him, he would really suffocate from the pain. After all, he was still a mortal. He could love, hate, and be reluctant.
Thinking back to Shi Lan's last words, if there was a next life … if there was a next life … but was there really a next life?
Where was the next life?
"If there is a next life … I will love you, love you, spoil you, and take care of you …!" Tears of unbearable pain streaked across his ashen face.
After an unknown amount of time, Qin Shi gradually calmed down from this pain until he finally looked up at the sky and murmured, "Rest in peace. I will always live on with your part, and make the life that belongs to us shine brilliantly."
"Burning Sky Sect, I will definitely make them pay a heavy price as a sacrifice to your soul in heaven …!"
"I only hope that all of this can be seen by your soul in heaven. I will walk the rest of your life for you. I will be proud of the rest of my life because I have you."
"I only hope that you are well in heaven!"
"You are always here!" Qin Shi used all his strength to wipe away his tears and replaced them with a firm and resolute heart.
He took a deep breath. After three days, his body finally recovered to the point where he could walk freely, but there was still no fluctuation of spirit power in his body.
It was as if the spirit power in his body had been sucked dry.
This made him feel a little annoyed. He didn't even know where he was now, and he could only hope that he wouldn't be teleported to a remote place like the Passionless Cliff like last time.
Although he had met the love of his life last time, he had now found his beloved Xin Xin, and he didn't need to meet a second one.
Qin Xue Xin, having a name was enough in life.
…
In the pit, Qin Shi recuperated for a few more days, and he finally resonated with the spirit power of heaven and earth, gradually recovering to the Spirit Sealing Realm.
However, if he wanted to recover, it would be extremely difficult. This was the most severe injury Qin Shi had ever suffered. Even the Sweet Pouring Rain Dew Technique could do nothing about it.
The Spirit Sealing Realm was enough for Qin Shi to climb out of the pit. After climbing to the surface with great difficulty, he looked at the light that filled the sky, and he felt as if he had been reborn. "Phew, I'm alive again."
However, in the next second, the tip of his nose wrinkled, and a pungent smell of blood assaulted his nostrils. He looked around, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
Their surroundings were filled with corpses that were strewn all over the place.
"F * ck, last time it was the Passionless Valley. This time, it won't be the graveyard, right?
Is there a limit to bad luck? "
The corner of Qin Shi's mouth twitched. Immediately, his gaze suddenly saw a seven or eight year old little girl sobbing amongst the corpses.
Seeing the girl's appearance, Qin Shi felt a little heartache and went up to her. He asked with concern, "Little girl, what's wrong?
Where are your parents? "
"Ah!"
When the little girl saw Qin Shi, it was as if she had seen a ghost. She suddenly screamed and fell to the ground.
"How dare you! Surrender now!"
In the next second, hundreds of silver-armored soldiers dashed out from the surrounding alleys. They raised their spears at the same time and placed them on Qin Shi's neck.
I wish you all the best in the world.
Similarly, the same sentence was for Da Lele. Xiao Qian's puppy would always be there.