Lin Huai watched his hands, which were still marked, fall to the ground.

On his broken wrists, blue flames were soaring, curling and spreading towards him.

Lin Huai rolled desperately on the ground, but there was no way to let the flames extinguish.

Originally, with his Immortal Emperor cultivation, even Emperor Mingannu would not be able to easily injure him.

But now that his cultivation was regressing so rapidly, he couldn't even resist this small flame.

The pain of his internal organs and soul being burned made him unable to even say anything to beg for mercy.

In a trance, Lin Huai saw a familiar figure standing in front of him, looking at him with downcast eyes indifferently.

"Little ......Jiu ......Jiu is that you?"

"Little Nine, save Ergo ...... save me ......"

Han Chujiu gazed at him condescendingly, no emotion on his face.

Lin Huai was already in pain with snot and tears streaming down his face.

He struggled to crawl over towards Han Chujiu, already burned out of the white bones of his broken hand, struggling to reach over towards Han Chujiu, "Xiaojiu, second brother is not ...... not intentionally trying to harm you. I ...... also want to ...... want you and Wan Er to be together ...... really ...... "

"All these years, Wan Er has been ...... waiting for you, we all feel sorry for ...... you ...... ah- -!"

"Little Nine, please forgive Second Brother, please save him!"

Han Chujiu dropped her eyes and said, "Lin Huai, do you think I don't know what you did at first? I actually know all about it. Those nine old beasts took pleasure in torturing me, and they felt that it wasn't enough to just subject me to criminal law abuse, so they let me hear firsthand from the sidelines how you sold both me and Wan'er to the devil in order to stay alive."

Lin Huai's cries for help came to an abrupt end.

His blood-red eyes stared straight at Han Chujiu, as if he didn't recognize the person in front of him.

The Han Chujiu in front of him was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and looked like a young boy, similar to how he looked when they first met.

That's why Lin Huai recognized him right away.

But at this moment, Han Chujiu's eyes were so cold and unfamiliar.

There was no longer the intimate trust that the two had once befriended each other.

"After coming out alive from the Nine Li Divine Hall, I originally wanted to take Wan'er away forever. But Wan Er chose you as her brother."

"The [Yellow Spring Mantra on the Other Side] was my own willingness to let Wan Er descend on me. Because I know that if I don't fall under this nearly incomprehensible [Yellow Spring Mantra on the Other Shore], you will never let me leave. I, on the other hand, would rather die than stay in the same place with you again."

Han Chujiu closed his eyes, the little waves that had risen in his eyes due to the memories dissipating like ripples of water.

"It's not that I haven't thought of killing you at all costs, or even destroying the entire Nine Li Tribe."

"But Wan Er doesn't want you to die, she considers you the most important family member in this world. She doesn't even want your reputation to be tainted in the slightest."

"Wan Er and I love each other, and even if she chooses to turn her back on me in favor of you, her brother, I don't want to go against her wishes and make her sad."

Han Chujiu laughed softly.

There wasn't the slightest hint of exasperation, pain, or reluctance on his face, only the indifference of a time gone by.

For this relationship, Han Chujiu had already let go.

For the brother who was once a lover, and the lover who was once a stranger, they had also long since become strangers in the cold loneliness of the Pill Palace day after day.

"Lin Huai, I once hated you immensely, but now I only feel pity for you."