Xu Hui did not make a single sound. At the moment she closed her eyes, she watched Su Ming lift his hand to continue climbing, and she closed her eyes.
She could have called for help, but she did not. The mountain was filled with danger, and no one had any power left. If she called for help, what would Su Ming do?
If he ignored her … then her heart would ache. That pain would be mixed with bitterness, along with a deep sense of disappointment and sadness.
However … if Su Ming chose to save her, then in her eyes, what awaited him would be death. She would rather let him choose to ignore this sort of death.
That was why she did not call out for help. At the moment she closed her eyes, she shut her mouth tightly.
Vaguely, Xu Hui seemed to be able to see the world around her, the lone boat swaying, the thin moon dimming, and the petals falling from the sky. He left into the distance, leaving the background to her.
In the wind, in the mountain, she watched his lonely figure gradually leave into the distance …
Parting was always so sudden that people could not accept it in time, but they had to accept it. The flower of reincarnation on the Stone of Three Lives was beautiful and sad. Who would cross it to reach the other side of the soul? The forlorn and drawn-out moans from the River of Forgetfulness and the Valley of Love … were cut off from then on.
At the instant Xu Hui's body fell and she closed her eyes, Su Ming's heart trembled for some unknown reason. He did not notice her falling, because the mountain swayed, causing him to be unable to think about anything else. However, what caused his heart to tremble was the sigh Zhu You Cai let out when he turned his head around to look down from above.
That sigh seemed to have fused together with the sigh from below. At that moment, it stirred Su Ming's soul, causing his heart to tremble. He lowered his head swiftly, and he saw …
Her eyes were closed, and her mouth was shut. Like a kite with its string snapped, she fell into the abyss.
If Su Ming still had his cultivation base, he would use it to save Xu Hui.
Even if he no longer had his cultivation base, if he still had his inborn ability, then he could change the flow of time so that Xu Hui would not fall.
But he did not have his cultivation base, and neither did he have his inborn ability. At that moment, Su Ming was like a mortal, a mortal.
That was why Su Ming let go.
What he released was not the hand that was holding onto Xu Hui, but his hands that were holding onto the mountain rock. The instant his hands relaxed, his body abruptly plummeted down into the abyss.
It was just like all those years ago when he was in the land of Berserkers. Yu Xuan's unconscious body had left into the distance, and when he wanted to catch her, her body had dissipated with a poignant but beautiful smile. Only a lock of her hair remained. One to the left, one to the right, one to the front, one to the back.
In the end, he did not manage to grab onto any of them. All he managed to grab onto was the boundless pain in the depths of his heart.
Therefore, he didn't think or hesitate this time. There were some things that, once he thought about it, he might not have the courage to do it. Once he hesitated, he might regret it for the rest of his life.
Sometimes, it was better to follow one's instincts and walk a path … without regrets.
You could close your eyes, shut your mouth, and not cry for help in order not to disturb me. You were willing to fall into the Nine Hells and bid farewell to me. You didn't even want me to notice your sigh. Then …
'I can also let go of the hand that is climbing into the sky for you. If I can't catch you, then … I will fall into the Nine Hells with you.'
Su Ming fell. The sudden release of his grip stunned the others. When they lowered their heads, they saw Xu Hui's afterimage being devoured by the vortex in the abyss.
Su Ming stared at her falling figure. He was getting closer and closer to her. To make himself fall even faster, he used his agility to step on a protruding mountain rock and use the momentum to push himself down.
As the mountain swayed, Su Ming once again used the power of the swaying mountain to push his body forward. At the speed of his descent, he instantly rushed into the canyons of the vortex.
It was an abyss filled with fog. Muffled booms echoed in all directions. Su Ming saw Xu Hui falling, and with a twist of his body, he stomped on the wall beside him, causing him to catch up to her with a loud whoosh. He caught up to her and hugged her.
The two of them fell into the seemingly endless abyss at the same time from midair.
At the instant Xu Hui was hugged, a familiar presence and warmth came from beside her, causing her to open her eyes and look at Su Ming.
Su Ming, too, looked at her.
The wind moaned beside the two of them. As they fell, they stared at each other.
There was a type of person who never spoke of love, but the love hidden in the depths of their hearts was a determination that could last for an entire lifetime if you understood it.
There was a type of person who always had a smile on her face. Her mature charm made her look like a big sister, but do not be deceived by her gentleness. Hidden behind that gentleness was the other side of her personality, but no matter which side it was, she would choose to walk down the determination in her heart to the end.
'If I go to the sky, I will be by your side in a dignified manner. If I go to the Nine Hells, I will be by your side as you sink into oblivion.
'You are white, and I am willing to turn myself white. You chose black, then I … will be the same as you. I will become the night in the sky.'
"You saved me again … This time, I saw your face clearly." A beautiful smile bloomed on Xu Hui's face.
"Why didn't you call out to me?" Su Ming asked softly.
"The one who couldn't catch the mountain rock was me, not you …" Xu Hui hugged Su Ming as well. Her hair danced in the air and wrapped around his face, covering his eyes.
Xu Hui hugged him tightly and buried her head on his shoulder. She closed her eyes, and while a smile appeared on her face, there was anguish that Su Ming could not see.
At that moment, a low roar that was very close to them traveled forth. A huge head suddenly appeared in the indistinct fog around them. It was a black head covered in boils, and from its appearance … Su Ming could vaguely tell that it was the cultivator Nian Yin who had fallen previously!
However, his body was several times larger than before. Just his head alone was already ten feet tall. He floated in the fog and was smiling ferociously at Su Ming and Xu Hui.
The fog rolled up, and Nian Yin's body, which was about one hundred something feet tall, was completely revealed. Su Ming saw that his body was covered in boils, and quite a number of them had already burst. When yellow liquid was revealed, a thick stench spread through the area.
With a low roar, Nian Yin charged towards Su Ming.
He opened his mouth wide and dragged out a large amount of sticky liquid. He looked incredibly ferocious, and he looked as if he wanted to devour Su Ming and Xu Hui in one go.
Su Ming's heart trembled, but at that moment, he had lost all his cultivation base and could not fight back. When he saw that the ferocious beast that Nian Yin had turned into was closing in on him, a huge hand covered in boils suddenly stretched out of the fog and seized Nian Yin's body before yanking him backwards.
Nian Yin's one hundred something feet tall body tumbled backwards. Once he was flung away, an even thicker ferocious beast that was several hundreds of feet tall appeared in the fog.
That beast had clearly been a cultivator in the past, but it was even bigger. There were countless boils all over its body, and veins popped up on its skin. As it roared, its eyes turned bloodshot, and it stared at Su Ming with madness and pain in them.
"You … are mine!" He shouted indistinctly. When he rushed towards Su Ming, Su Ming immediately saw a dozen something ferocious beasts formed by cultivators appearing in the fog at the same time.
Clearly, these people were people who had come to the mountain in the past but had fallen into the canyon. For some unknown reason, they had turned into this sort of life form that was neither human nor ghost after they died.
If Su Ming still had his cultivation base, he would not be bothered by these ferocious spirits formed by cultivators who might or might not have died, but at that moment, Su Ming was as weak as a mortal, and his physical power was the same. Forget about a dozen of them, he would not even be able to fight against one of them.
The ferocious spirit formed by the cultivator who had shouted just now roared and rushed towards Su Ming. The dozen something ferocious spirits beside him, along with Nian Yin, who had been flung away, also roared and charged towards Su Ming.
Su Ming sighed in his heart and looked at Xu Hui. Xu Hui also looked at him and closed her eyes.
However, in the instant that she closed her eyes, a low roar suddenly came from above the abyss.
"Capture him!" As those words traveled into the air, a huge chain shot through the canyon and charged towards Su Ming. In an instant, it closed in on him, and Su Ming lifted his right hand to grab it. At the instant he did so, a huge force traveled upwards and pulled Su Ming and Xu Hui's bodies upwards.
The roars became even stronger. The dozen something ferocious spirits in the area roared and chased after them. If they had entered the city in the normal way, then with the chain pulling them upwards, there would have been a possibility that Su Ming and Xu Hui could have rushed out of the canyon.
However, at the instant the chain increased in speed, it suddenly froze.
"Huang Mei, what is the meaning of this?!" An enraged voice came from above again. It was the same voice as before, but this time, it was even clearer. It was … Zhu You Cai's voice.
Due to the chain coming to a halt, the ferocious spirits closed in as they roared. When they were about to pounce on her, Xu Hui opened her eyes and cast a deep glance at Su Ming. Then, she pushed him away so that her body would leave his embrace so that she would die in the ferocious beasts' mouths … so that Su Ming could use the chain to leave.
This was her choice.
Su Ming's heart trembled. When he saw that Xu Hui's body was about to leave, he grabbed the chain with his left hand and moved. He lifted his right hand to grab Xu Hui's shoulder, and without any hesitation, he pulled her back. Then, he quickly tied a knot with the chain in his left hand.
"Go up and wait for me. This is my fifth kiln. I … won't die!" Once Su Ming finished speaking, he pushed Xu Hui upwards with all his strength, right in the midst of the anxiety on her face.
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