Chapter 366 - 184: Archenemies Cannot Become Wives_2
"Chu Xuan, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to mislead you, I just... I just didn’t want to lose you."
Chu Xuan whispered in her ear, "You’re at fault, but the most wrong, most foolish person is me. If I hadn’t been so indecisive, how could you have done such a thing?"
"Then, have you forgiven me?" Qingqing looked up at him hopefully.
"Including the last time in the Demon Sect, when I didn’t believe you, wouldn’t leave with you, and even stabbed you with a sword..."
Qingqing spoke with increasing guilt, finally ending bitterly, "I can only blame my foolishness, being played like a fool by my mother, thinking that this was the only way to save you."
"Chu Xuan, could you give me a chance? I promise to fully trust you in the future."
Chu Xuan was silent for a moment. "Not even talking about forgiveness, I don’t hate you in my heart."
"Then you don’t forgive me, do you?" Qingqing’s face turned a bit pale.
Chu Xuan avoided answering but looked into her eyes earnestly, "Qingqing, what’s in the past is the past, no need to keep bringing it up."
"I am not as good as you imagine, I hope you won’t worry about me in the future, don’t feel sad for me, and don’t shed tears for me."
"I have decided to focus on pursuing the great Dao in the future, I won’t dwell on matters of love and romance anymore."
"No, no, no." Qingqing shook her head repeatedly, crying like raindrops on pear blossoms.
"You just won’t forgive me. All this talk of pursuing the Dao is just a lie, just an excuse."
"Are you planning to be with Haitang and not me anymore?"
Chu Xuan sighed, "I turned her down too, you’ll see her in a bit. Please send her back to the Purple Heaven Jade Mansion, she’s in a pretty bad mental state."
At this, Qingqing was stunned. She didn’t understand, had Chu Xuan really rejected both of them? So is he determined to be with the senior sister? But it didn’t seem so.
Or did it mean Chu Xuan was too deeply hurt to dare to love again?
Very likely, especially with Ji Mingyu, she must have done something terrible to her disciple!
Qingqing resisted the urge to report this "bad woman", just hugging Chu Xuan tightly, crying and pleading, "It’s all my fault, I can change, can you give me a chance?"
"In the future, I’ll repay you tenfold, a hundredfold, give you, give you ten or eight children."
At such a sorrowful moment, Chu Xuan was almost amused by Qingqing, but he ultimately sighed again, the decision he made firmly could not be easily changed.
In the end, Chu Xuan pushed away the girl in his arms and nodded at her, "That’s it, I’m hurt, but not to the extent I need escorting, and no one’s hunting me."
"You should first take Haitang back, then return to the Demon Sect yourself. I also hope you take care and value yourself."
Qingqing stared at him, asking, "Is there really no more possibility between us?"
Chu Xuan forced himself to reply heartlessly, "It’s impossible."
Qingqing burst into tears, choking back sobs almost into silence, "But you promised me, to take me to see the lanterns; you promised me, that you would become my Dao Companion; you promised me..."
Before she finished speaking, Chu Xuan suddenly rose with sword control, turning into a flash of blue sword light swiftly flying away, as if he couldn’t bear to hear any more.
"Chu Xuan, come back~!" Qingqing cried as she chased after him.
On the other side, Gu Haitang, hearing the commotion, also immediately followed them, three sword lights, one fleeing, two chasing, quickly disappearing into the skies of the Northern lands.
...
At Ji Mingyu’s side, she watched as Chu Xuan comforted the two women in turn and then returned to the sect, she felt even colder in her heart.
This time, Chu Xuan’s attitude was indeed better; he was no longer so hard and cold towards Qingqing and Gu Haitang, not even willing to utter a word to them.
But his determination was clear: no reconciliation, no possibility of reconciliation.
Gu Haitang was let off due to family matters, in Ji Mingyu’s view, Qingqing may have wronged Chu Xuan, but to a lesser extent than she herself.
If Chu Xuan won’t even forgive Qingqing, how could he possibly forgive me?
He probably won’t even agree to see me...
Finally, Ji Mingyu began to cry, crystal tears falling like broken pearls, all the images in her mind were of him, all the beautiful memories they had.
"Master, don’t be sad, there’s still a chance." Little Snow couldn’t bear to see it, coming forward to hold her.
Ming Yu ignored her, just squatting down, silently crying.
...
Due to his injuries, Chu Xuan couldn’t possibly shake off Qingqing and Gu Haitang just by speed, unless he was determined to hide, using earth evasion to escape.
But he didn’t do that, not wanting them to worry.
During this time, the two women tacitly didn’t approach to disturb Chu Xuan, just accompanied him from a distance.
Under their watchful eyes, Chu Xuan flew for more than half a month and finally returned to the Cyan Lotus Daoist Palace.
Before entering the mountain gate archway, Chu Xuan looked back.
He saw Qingqing and Gu Haitang on the clouds, nodding at him. Although their expressions were full of reluctant attachment, they finally left together. They too presumably didn’t want him to worry, or be unable to calm down and focus on healing.
Having gone out like this, Chu Xuan felt even more melancholic.
He first went up the mountain to visit his master, Floating Cloud, who had returned long ago, but seeing that his disciple was heavily injured, only asked a couple of simple questions before letting him go heal, to speak again after coming out of seclusion.
As for Jiang Yiyi... she hadn’t returned yet, Chu Xuan was somewhat worried about her, planning to find her after coming out of seclusion.
...
In his secluded cave, sitting in the stone chamber, Chu Xuan closed his eyes in silence, adjusting himself to a distraction-free, clear-minded state.
Only then did he take out the small jade bottle from the Six Souls Banner to check its condition.
After such a long time, the fusion between the Qianming Immortal Qi and the bottle had decreased from eighty percent to forty percent; in other words, if left unattended, the Immortal Qi would separate from the small jade bottle on its own.
It was forcibly integrated after all, not refined through normal artifact refining methods, so this result was quite normal.
Chu Xuan once again used the secret technique to completely extract the Immortal Qi from the small jade bottle, then opened his mouth to inhale it, this supreme, utmost, pure, and spiritual Immortal Qi, into his body, which fell into the Twelve-Story Tower layer by layer, finally absorbed by the Nascent Soul.
With the Immortal Qi empowerment, his Dao foundation immediately glowed brightly, becoming lofty and unfathomable, even the Nascent Soul gained a count of innate spirituality, lifelike and vivid.
Having experienced a ruined Dao foundation before, Chu Xuan didn’t need to take any precious pills, immediately utilizing the power of Immortal Qi for full-force healing.
Years ago, it took him three years to fully restore his Dao foundation, this time the wound was much lighter, only taking three months in total to completely heal.
Chu Xuan slowly opened his eyes, divine light shining in them, even his cultivation had advanced slightly, reaching the Fourth Stage, second celestial tier realm.
Such speed would likely be shocking if spoken of, within the sect only the junior apprentice brother could catch up, even Qin Mengyao would be a notch behind.
Speaking of Ye Xingming, Chu Xuan did have some doubts, according to the junior apprentice sister, he almost never entered seclusion, how could his cultivation speed be so abnormally fast? Could he be some reincarnated Immortal?
Hardly the fabled "Child of Destiny," right...
Chu Xuan shook his head, refraining from delving into that blade intent for now, instead taking out his gains from the Ancient Battlefield for a look.
First was the ice-attributed Celestial Tier flying sword, at least lower Celestial Tier. It emitted a cold aura throughout its full length of three feet six inches, with fine seal scripts of thirteen characters engraved near the hilt: "Forged in May, Year 6 of Yongchu era, Ice Sword of Thirty Spirals."
On the other side of the blade, the ancient seal script for "Azure Mountains Bearing Snow" was inscribed, apparently the name of the sword. Chu Xuan found it quite handy and rather liked it.