The day I was conferred the title of Lord of the Northern Mountains was also the day she married someone else. At that time, I thought that our interactions would end there.
We were childhood sweethearts, and I once thought that I would marry her.
We would have adorable children and be together for the rest of our lives, until the end of our lives.
Unfortunately, reality dealt me a heavy blow. I don't know when it started, but I gradually drifted away from her.
No, to be precise, she was the one who drifted away from me.
Even when we met, she would always mention a name.
A name I didn't recognize.
When she talked about that person, her expression was one I'd never seen before. It was so careful, so sweet …
I once wondered if she would look back at me if I told her that I liked her.
But reason told me that I couldn't say it.
If I said it.
Perhaps we wouldn't even be friends.
Her love was passionate, like a moth flying into a flame. If she knew that I had feelings for her, she would completely distance herself from me.
That wasn't what I wanted.
So I didn't say it.
I was conferred the title of Lord of the Northern Mountains. I stood at the peak of the mountain and watched her marry into the North Sea. Standing here, I could always see her.
That way, perhaps I would be closer to her.
I never thought that one day, she would climb the Northern Mountains covered in blood. When I saw her like that, I wanted to slap myself. Why did I choose the Northern Mountains? It was the most dangerous and highest mountain in the Immortal World.
I couldn't imagine how she managed to climb the Northern Mountains with her cultivation crippled and seriously injured.
The North Sea Dragon Clan was destroyed. She was only able to survive because her husband risked his life to protect the last of his bloodline.
It was an extremely small baby. But when she handed it to me, I lifted the blood-stained bedding and saw a small, ashen face.
She was already dead.
"Save her, Brother Shang."
I held the ice-cold baby, not knowing how to react.
"Brother Shang … I beg you … She was my last hope. Please save her …"
I wanted to save her, but she told me that she had used the blood sacrifice technique and couldn't reincarnate. I couldn't save her, so she kept begging me to save her child.
I watched her turn into ashes right in front of my eyes. At that moment, I seemed to understand what it meant to have a dead heart.
But I can't die.
I had to save the baby because it was her last request to me.
I buried her clothes at the peak of the North Mountain. From there, she could look at the North Sea where her husband was buried.
I went to the underworld and used half of my life to exchange for the baby's soul, but she was too weak and couldn't return to her original body.
I had no choice but to collect all kinds of soul nurturing techniques to slowly nurture her.
During that time, I kept investigating the truth behind North Sea's destruction, but in the end, I still don't know why North Sea was destroyed, or who destroyed it …
I did not wish her children to be vengeful. I had never mentioned it to her.
I reconstructed her body and brought her to the Cultivation World to join the Misty Sect.
When she entered the sect, the sect leader said that her fate was ominous and that she would not have a good ending.
I knew it was because of me, because I changed her fate.
Therefore, her ending was not good.
I named her Shang Shu.
I hoped that she would be a special existence.
I taught her magic and the way of the human heart.
But I didn't dare to spend too much time with her. I was afraid that I would see her mother's shadow in her.
As she grew up year by year, she didn't look like her mother. I once suspected that something had gone wrong when I reconstructed her body. But this was also good. At least … I wouldn't find it so difficult to face her.
One day, I discovered that she was different. Her fate was changing.
Until she brought a man to me.
I recognized him.
He was a famous monster in the Immortal World.
He was actually her only hope.
At that time, I couldn't tell if I was happy or worried.
I didn't know much about Feng Ci. When he was born, I hadn't left the North Mountain for a long time. The rumors I heard later were all from when I was searching for soul nurturing techniques.
From his miserable growth to his famous battle that shook the Immortal World, I heard about it.
At that time, I thought that this Feng Ci really wasn't an ordinary person.
Later on, I saw him once at the end of the North Sea. His unrestrained flames allowed me to quickly confirm his identity.
He calmly glanced at me and made sure that I didn't have any intention to attack him. Then, he quietly stood there and raised his head slightly to look at the stone tablet that reached the clouds.
That stone tablet was engraved with the teachings of the North Sea Dragon Tribe.
"What are you looking at?" I asked curiously.
Feng Ci seemed surprised that I was talking to him. After a while, he pointed at the top of the stone tablet and said with an adorable expression, "There's … something up there."
I frowned and looked at the stone tablet, but I didn't see anything.
He suddenly flew up, and his figure disappeared into the curling clouds. After a while, he landed, and a transparent crystal lay quietly in his palm.
It was a memory crystal.
At that time, my heart started to pound. Only the Dragon Tribe could put things in this stone tablet. Feng Ci … was a mixed-blood of a dragon and a phoenix.
I asked him for the memory crystal. He calmly placed it to the side and turned to leave.
From the memory crystal, I learned who had destroyed the North Sea Dragon Tribe. However, I still didn't know the reason.
I wanted to take revenge for her, but at that time, Xiaoshu was at her most important moment. I couldn't be distracted and could only put this matter aside for now.
I didn't expect to meet Feng Ci a second time, and under such circumstances.
However, he was Xiaoshu's only hope. I had no choice but to beg him.
I didn't expect him to agree so easily. At that time, I asked him why.
He only replied with a few words. He said, "She can get close to me. I like her."
Perhaps this was the will of the heavens.
After that, Xiaoshu and I broke off our master-disciple relationship. Although I was worried, I knew that it was safest for her to be with Feng Ci. That was why I didn't stop them.
Later, I heard that she had gone missing. Her soul tablet was still intact, so I knew that she was still alive.
As for me, I didn't have much time left.
I had to do one last thing.
Take revenge for her.
My revenge didn't go very smoothly, but I still took revenge for her. I interrogated them for the reason. It was because their young master had taken a liking to her. Since they couldn't take her by force, they plotted to destroy the North Sea Dragon Tribe.
After I took revenge, I returned to the North Mountain and waited for death.
Just like her, I wouldn't be reincarnated.
When my body started to dissipate, I seemed to see her wearing a wedding dress and smiling like a flower.
When you were alive, I couldn't be with you.
Now, I can accompany you in your death.
I don't regret it.
— — Yu Xiao
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Chapter Two
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