Smoke rippled and mist rose. Within a vast lake, demons and monsters swam about, not daring to raise their heads.
In the depths of the lake, Gongyuan opened her arms and lay quietly in the middle of the lake. Her slender blue fishtail stretched quietly and swayed with the waves. Her dark blue eyes looked at the cloudy sky with a hint of exhaustion.
Bang! Pa! Familiar footsteps stepped over the water, creating waves and waves as they walked towards her.
Di! Da! The rain fell, stirring up thousands of ripples.
Gongyuan simply closed her eyes as if she didn't want to see the person.
In the rain and fog, a tall and straight figure with a long saber strode over and squatted down beside her. His crimson long hair fell on her cheek, but she didn't seem to feel it.
"You must be anxious from waiting!" Li Qingshan said. The continuous fierce fighting had also dyed him with a layer of wind and frost, but he didn't seem tired at all and was still full of fighting spirit.
He had just returned from the Myriad Poison Cult and handed the newly harvested "prey" to Little Ann. Although the prey was getting less and less, Little Ann's condition was getting better and better, which made him feel a lot more relieved. He was in a good mood and prepared to continue fighting.
Gongyuan ignored him. She wasn't a battle maniac like him and didn't love fighting at all. Compared to the consumption of physical strength, the mental exhaustion was more difficult to eliminate. If Li Qingshan hadn't helped her to calm her mind and get rid of her inner demons through the method of Dual Cultivation, she wouldn't have been able to bear it. Besides the time when he went to the Martial Chief King, she didn't follow him back to the Myriad Poison Cult. Instead, she randomly found a lake to rest and wait.
Suddenly, she felt a warmth on her face. Li Qingshan's hand caressed her cold and delicate cheeks and said softly, "Yuan 'er, you've worked hard these days!"
Gongyuan still closed her eyes as if she was asleep.
Li Qingshan was rather surprised. If he had tried this in the past, she would have reacted immediately — she would have shown a great deal of disgust and disdain. It worked every single time, but he never thought it would actually fail this time. As it seemed, she had already developed a resistance to it after experiencing so much.
He smiled and lay down beside her, supporting his head with one hand. Looking at her face, he suddenly felt a little reluctant. As Little Ann got better, this journey was about to end. Then he would go to Qingzhou and start a new journey, and she would return to the South Sea. From then on, they would be separated by endless mountains and rivers, and he didn't know when they would meet again.
The three months they had spent together were only an extremely short amount of time to cultivators, but they had either entrusted their lives to each other, fought alongside each other, lived together, or cultivated together. Who knew how many dangers and conflicts they had gone through. Even Li Qingshan was very surprised that they were able to last until now without disbanding. This was not because he was willing to compromise and go along with everything.
On the contrary, using all kinds of methods to break her cold expression was a big hobby of his. Therefore, he used words to offend her dignity countless times and teased her when they were dual cultivating. She was angry and even hit him, but she never said that she wanted to return to the South Sea.
He was very touched, and then became even more unscrupulous and insatiable. Because their hearts were connected through dual cultivation, she didn't seem to particularly hate it.
What did this mean?
Li Qingshan understood a little. He took her into his arms and emitted a calm and tranquil aura. A ripple spread, and wherever it went, the surface of the lake became as smooth as a mirror.
Gongyuan murmured and changed to a more comfortable position. The cold and dignified aura dissipated, and she looked like an ordinary mermaid.
Her fiery scarlet hair and deep-blue hair intertwined together, leaning against each other. Both of their faces were handsome, like a perfect couple, forming a tranquil and beautiful picture.
Li Qingshan gazed at the sky. If he had been born in the Mist province, if he had met her earlier, then he would have remained in the south and South sea in peace, becoming the son-in-law of the Crystal palace and assisting her in strengthening the Merfolk race. So what?
Saying she could not love someone wholeheartedly was just a verbal argument. Actually, why would he care? From the beginning till the end, had there ever been a single woman who had interested him wholeheartedly? Han Qiongzhi had her parents and clan, Ye Liusu was focused on reviving her race, and commander Gu, who he had once fallen in love with at first sight, was still engraved in his mind with her transcendent bearing.
However, she actually believed him, and she even became speechless from his words. How pure.
However, there were no ifs in life.
Li Qingshan shook his head and dismissed these pointless thoughts. He had no idea how much she could sense these feelings. She remained completely still the entire time as if she was asleep.
She slept deeply, drifting along with the waves until she reached that lone island in the South Sea …
"Sister, stop trying to persuade me. I've let you down, but one day in the future, you'll meet someone you love, and you'll naturally understand how I feel."
"That day will never come, because I'm not as selfish as you!" Her icy-cold heart surged as if she had heard a terrifying curse, but did she also feel a hint of envy and anticipation?
"No, we definitely will, because we're exactly the same …"
After several days of continuous rain, Gongyuan suddenly opened her eyes. With a swing of her fishtail, she broke free from Li Qingshan's arms. She tidied her creaseless dress and said to Li Qingshan coldly, "Let's go!"
"Aren't you going to rest a little longer?" Li Qingshan asked.
"There's no need. The final battle is coming up next. Let's end it quickly so that I can return to the South sea!"
"Alright!" Li Qingshan immediately pulled himself together and sat down with his legs crossed. The figure of a spirit turtle appeared on his body, and he divined first, "Hmm? This battle will be very dangerous! "
"Which battle against the Demon King isn't dangerous? Not to mention that you no longer have the ability to be reborn, so it'll obviously be even more dangerous. If you don't want to go, I'll return to the South sea."
"Are you reluctant to part with me?" Li Qingshan lay down with his arms as a pillow and said with interest.
Gongyuan sneered and immediately rose into the air. Li Qingshan followed closely behind and grabbed her hand, "Accompany me on my last journey!"
"Don't let me send you on your last journey!" Gongyuan said.
"Haha, with you collecting my corpse, what's there for me to be afraid of?" Li Qingshan laughed.
As they spoke, they burst through the clouds, and the sunlight illuminated the sea of clouds. Gongyuan looked back and found it difficult to forget.
She thought to herself, Little sister, I've actually always understood how you feel. Just like you said, we're so similar. There's only one difference. I'm the elder sister, while you're the younger sister. The elder sister has to protect the younger sister, but … and this bastard human daemon is ten thousand times worse than that damned fire devourer!
Thousands of kilometers away, in the demon cavern, a few voices whispered.
"Bone Eating Shaman King, are you certain they'll come here?"
"Are you doubting the Meditative Brain King's divination?"
"Hehe, I wouldn't dare. I'm just asking."
"Don't worry, we've already eliminated enough places. This will definitely be their next step, as well as their final step. This is all great evil god Qiongqi's arrangement!"
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