"We … finally meet again alive!"
After more than 200,000 years, Cheng Hao felt that his lips were a bit dry and his heart couldn't help but race a few times when he said that they would meet again.
Lin Xi was surrounded by a hazy mist, and behind her stood a woman who seemed to be a Daoist child.
She opened her eyes, and she seemed to be in a daze, as if she had just woken up from a long slumber. After a while, she became clear again. She did not speak, and she raised her hand, and a prayer mat appeared. It was completely made of Dao Qi.
Cheng Hao did not hesitate and sat down cross-legged facing her. He quietly looked at her beautiful face, which had not changed at all.
"Should I call you Lin Xi or Luo Li?" Originally, he had a lot to say before coming here, but when he really faced this stunning woman, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Lin Xi!"
Lin Xi was silent for a moment. After a while, the corners of her mouth moved slightly on her expressionless face, and a voice that sounded like the sound of nature sounded.
Perhaps it was because she had not spoken for a long time, but although Lin Xi's voice was like the sound of nature, it was not very clear and was a little vague.
"You … have you been well these years?" Looking at the beautiful woman who was like a jade statue after she spoke, sitting cross-legged on the spot and no longer speaking, Cheng Hao could only find a topic to talk about himself.
"I've been okay. After living here for a while, I've gotten used to it!"
Lin Xi was a woman of few words, and she frowned slightly as if she was thinking about her life. After a while, she answered Cheng Hao's question.
Cheng Hao could not help but sigh. Lin Xi did not say that she had been well, nor did she say that she had been bad. Instead, she summed up her life with a habit. This answer made his heart ache.
He could imagine how difficult and frustrating it would be for a lonely and helpless woman to face an environment where the entire world was her enemy. How lonely and desolate it would be for her to face the passage of time year after year, yet the person she was waiting for never showed up.
"Sorry, I'm late!" Cheng Hao said with some guilt as he stared at the peerless beauty.
Lin Xi stared at Cheng Hao without blinking. She seemed to be puzzled. After a while, she shook her head. "You don't owe me anything. Why are you apologizing?"
Why did he apologize?
The two of them were friends, comrades who had gone through life and death together and could entrust their backs to each other. Lin Xi had saved his life, and he had also risked his life to help Lin Xi get rid of the Sage's pursuit. Between the two of them, why should they apologize?
Lin Xi's voice was filled with doubt, but Cheng Hao's mood sank to the bottom.
The reason he apologized was because Cheng Hao felt that the relationship between the two of them was not as simple as friends and comrades-in-arms. Between the two of them, there was a possibility that they could go one step further.
When I wasn't around, you were lonely for more than two hundred thousand years. I'm sorry. Now that I'm here, you won't be lonely anymore!
This was Cheng Hao's apology. He believed that with Lin Xi's intelligence, she should understand what he wanted to express. However, her words of "why are you apologizing?" had interrupted Cheng Hao's thoughts of going one step further!
Lin Xi's meaning was very clear. She and Cheng Hao were friends and comrades-in-arms. However, they could only stop here. She no longer wanted to develop any other relationship.
"I … I'm used to being alone. My heart is too tired. I don't want to think about other things anymore!" Lin Xi said directly when she saw the disappointment on Cheng Hao's face.
Back then, when they were fleeing for their lives, during the three years they spent together, there was indeed a trace of unspoken feelings between them. At that time, they were still young and had yet to reach the peak of their world. There were still countless unknown dangers that they had to face.
However, how could that trace of undetectable feelings withstand the erosion of more than two hundred thousand years? Lin Xi had experienced the feeling of waiting alone for too long. It had been so long that she no longer had the strength to think about the feelings and love between men and women.
Cheng Hao sighed. Looking at the familiar yet strange face in front of him, he felt a little disappointed.
In the end, the woman in front of him who had made him miss her countless times was not fated to be with him. The Lin Xi of the past was no longer here. Now, she was the Ruthless Great Empress, a peerless Great Empress who had stunned the ages. She was the master of the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land who was both respected and feared by the world. The seven emotions and six desires of the mortal world had long been wiped out from her body.
Cheng Hao nodded and did not insist. The two of them sat facing each other quietly. For a moment, they looked at each other and the atmosphere fell into silence.
"Um, I still have some things to deal with. When I have time in the future, I'll come here to see you!"
After an unknown period of time, Cheng Hao stood up. He raised his head and looked at the empty Bronze Immortal Palace. He turned around and prepared to leave.
"Cheng Hao … If there's anything in the future, you can look for me anytime." Lin Xi also stood up. Her clothes fluttered in the wind, and her black hair moved without wind. She was so beautiful that it made one's heart palpitate.
"Whether it's chatting or discussing the Dao, you're welcome here at any time!"
Cheng Hao turned around and glanced at her. A trace of a smile appeared on his face, and then he nodded. His tone was much more relaxed than before.
"Here, take these flower teas first. I remember that you used to like this taste very much. Unfortunately, I don't have much left now!"
With a wave of his hand, a pile of flower teas was spread out on the Bronze Ancient Palace. Perhaps because he did not have too many thoughts in his mind, Cheng Hao's entire body relaxed. When he spoke to Lin Xi, his tone was much more lively.
"I remember that you used to sleep here, haha …"
Speaking of Lin Xi's childhood appearance to get close to him, Cheng Hao could not help but laugh. Even Lin Xi, who had been expressionless, revealed a trace of a smile at the corner of her mouth. She seemed to have recalled those interesting things from back then.
"Alright, I really should go. The next time I come to see you, I might have already become an immortal. My Empress, don't fall too far behind me!"
"Hehe, didn't you always want me to look up to you? Cheng Hao, next time, come back earlier. I'll wait for the day when I look up to you!"
Come back earlier next time!
Lin Xi's words caused Cheng Hao's heart to skip a beat. However, he knew that Lin Xi was just concerned about him as a friend and did not mean anything else.
With a wave of his hand, Cheng Hao took a step forward and instantly disappeared from the forbidden land of Remote Antiquity. The endless starry sky seemed to have shrunk under his feet. In the blink of an eye, he had left the Big Dipper Constellation.
Looking at Cheng Hao's disappearing figure, Lin Xi's smile gradually disappeared. After a long while, she slowly closed her eyes and once again turned into an otherworldly ruthless Empress.
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