Chapter 908: The Most Painful Punishment
Lianwu was still wearing a dazzling red outfit, but at this moment, its color was gradually darkening, slowly being dyed a dark red.
Bai Xueruo, who was clutching Lianwu’s thigh, had the pure white clothes she wore being stained into a shade resembling gray-black. Lianwu did not move, yet Bai Xueruo’s arms were trembling.
Perhaps others did not understand what that Blood Talisman was, but having followed him for so many years, all her Spirit Control techniques were learned from him, so how could she not know what it was?
It was the Soul devouring Talisman, and those who were marked by it would have their Three Souls and Seven Spirits gnawed at by thousands of ghosts, making life unbearable. Although it wouldn’t harm the Three Souls and Seven Spirits, the agony and torment could drive a person insane.
So the Soul devouring Talisman was not a talisman for harm, but a talisman for punishment.
Bleeding from every part, thousands of ghosts devouring the soul, even if Lianwu was the Ghost King, undergoing such punishment would cost him half his life.
He was using the Soul devouring Talisman to tell her that the mistake she made, he would bear it for her, to make up for his inadequate guidance.
But to her, that was a pain even worse than death.
In this world, what could be more painful than watching your beloved suffer and endure torment because of you?
This was the deepest, most excruciating punishment for her.
It was time for her to make a choice, yet she so dearly longed to take one more clear look at him, so dearly longed to still think of him, to love him every moment; selfishly, she wished to linger just a little longer.
But how could she bear it?
How could she bear to watch him take on her mistake, enduring and sacrificing for her?
She knew well that he didn’t love her; everything he did was not out of love for her but because she had once been raised and taught solely by him. To him, she was a responsibility, so he was atoning for her in this way.
But she truly loved him, really loved him.
And so, this was her most painful punishment.
Bai Xueruo closed her eyes briefly, then released her arms from clinging to Lianwu’s leg, looked up at him one last time, opened her mouth to say something, but she didn’t, not a single word.
She wanted to say, "Master, Xue Ruo loves you, Xue Ruo has loved you and never regretted it."
"Xue Ruo knows her mistakes, truly knows her mistakes."
"Xue Ruo wants so badly to be with you, even silently guarding you would be Xue Ruo’s greatest happiness."
"Xue Ruo never regretted loving you for all these years, waiting for all these years."
"Xue Ruo only regrets making so many mistakes, turning this dream-like reunion into a farewell."
"It all happened so quickly, too quickly for Xue Ruo to have looked at you a little longer, to hear you talk about the things that happened over the years."
"Didn’t you say you loved talking to Xue Ruo the most?"
"But Xue Ruo never got the chance to listen, no privilege to listen."
"It was Xue Ruo who didn’t cherish it properly, Xue Ruo truly knows her mistakes."
"Xue Ruo longs for another chance to be forgiven, but Xue Ruo knows, from the moment you acted against yourself, Xue Ruo had no chance, not a sliver of a chance."
"Xue Ruo misses you so much, truly misses you, for thousands of years."
"If time could go back, Xue Ruo would surely live well according to your wishes."
"No, if time really could go back, Xue Ruo wishes to return to the moment of first meeting."