Time Travel: The Heroine Has Arrived!

Gu Shengyin just looked at him. "Then if it were right now, I’m about to die, and I’d need you to give up all your power in exchange for my life—would you be willing? Or rather, if you could die in my place, would you be willing?"

She looked at the man in black robes in front of her.

Qing Yao only frowned, hesitation showing on his face.

Gu Shengyin didn’t say anything, just watched him.

After a while, he seemed to have found his answer.

He shook his head at Gu Shengyin, making his choice. "I think your hypothetical is meaningless. But if you really have to use it as a reference, then no, I wouldn’t."

The answer was within expectations.

Gu Shengyin laughed.

Qing Yao got his wish and saw her smile, and he felt that this smile was every bit as beautiful as he’d imagined.

Gu Shengyin said, "I would."

What?

Qing Yao only heard the person in front of him say, "If I truly loved him, I’d be willing to die for him, to do anything for him."

When she said this, her eyes were on Qing Yao, but her gaze seemed to pass right through him, as if looking toward some existence in a far more distant place.

Qing Yao was a little displeased. He vaguely felt that such a person might really exist—and that person was not him.

This thought put him in a very foul mood.

He let out a cold snort, didn’t say another word, and swept his sleeve as he turned to leave.

Gu Shengyin stared fixedly at his departing figure for a moment, then closed her eyes, somewhat tired.

Leaving is fine too; otherwise she truly didn’t know how she should face such a completely clueless lover.

Besides, she was more inclined to wait until her injuries healed—until she could face this man on fully equal footing—and then slowly teach him those things.

After resting enough, Gu Shengyin slowly tried to stand up on her own.

The right half of her body still had no sensation, but with her level of strength, maintaining mobility naturally wasn’t difficult—of course, her speed of movement was nowhere near comparable to Qing Yao’s.

She had just stood up when she felt a light breeze brush past her side.

Qing Yao stood in front of her, looking thoroughly displeased. "What are you standing up for?"

Gu Shengyin was a bit surprised. "Didn’t you..." leave?

Qing Yao didn’t say a word, and repeated his earlier move, hoisting Gu Shengyin up onto his back.

He said blandly, "I already told you, you’re the Fox Queen I’ve set my sights on. Naturally I’m going to take you to get those injuries healed, and then bring you back to the island."

Gu Shengyin: "..."

She simply couldn’t be bothered to say anything more, closed her eyes, and started feigning sleep on his back.

Qing Yao’s lips curved slightly as he carried her, hurrying toward their destination at a pace that looked extremely slow but in truth left shadowy afterimages with every step.

Two days later.

"Once we pass that mountain range up ahead, we’ll be within the boundaries of the Extreme Southern Land." Qing Yao looked at the continuous chain of mountains before them.

Gu Shengyin said, "Let’s find a place to properly rest first."

Qing Yao had basically gone without sleep these two days.

Although a Mystic Saint expert doesn’t care about two days of sleep, Gu Shengyin still didn’t want to see him running himself ragged like this.

Qing Yao thought about it and agreed; the two of them found a small town at the foot of the mountains.

Predictably, the moment they entered the town, they received a Baptism of stares from everyone present.

The reason was simply that the appearance of these two...

Was far too striking.

Qing Yao had absolutely no concept of what "low profile" meant.

The two of them entered the town without making any effort to conceal themselves at all; it would be strange if they didn’t attract attention.

Qing Yao carried Gu Shengyin on his back, found an inn, and booked two upper rooms.

That night.

Gu Shengyin quietly slipped out of the inn alone.

She glanced around and headed off in a certain direction.

"Where are you going?" a voice came from behind her.

Gu Shengyin felt helpless, but she wasn’t surprised that Qing Yao had noticed.

"I’m going to kill someone."

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Fifth watch. Still one Chapter short, wait for me to race life and death to crank it out ==