Chapter 36

◎You Can’t Leave◎

Chi Lu was shocked.

Wipe out Linghua Sect and massacre Fengyue City?

She thought Jing Shuxing was joking with her. She stared at his face for a long time before she realized that Jing Shuxing’s expression was not fake.

He was serious. He seriously wanted to package Linghua Sect, or Fengyue City, into a grand gift and present it to her.

The hands holding her face were too cold. Suddenly a gentle breeze blew by, soft as water, but it made her shiver instantly.

Chi Lu shook her head, “No, this is too cruel.”

She and Fengyue City, and Jing Shuxing, are people from two different worlds after all. She didn’t understand why some people would kill their opponent without any mercy. Just like Jing Shuxing could never understand why she could always show him a smile.

——It’s all Fengyue City’s fault. In just half a year, they twisted a person who was bright and clear, whose fame was far-reaching in the cultivation world, and who was praised by everyone, into this state.

The conversation turned, and she added righteously, “But the young sect leader of Linghua Sect is really hateful, leaving her is not a bad thing.”

Jing Shuxing spoke to Chi Lu with a smile, as gentle as warm water, “Do you want to leave Linghua Sect?” 

Chi Lu was about to answer when she suddenly realized that she had been led around by Jing Shuxing.

He was setting a trap for her. Given Jing Shuxing’s abilities, if she nodded at this moment, she might be forcibly taken away from the palace in the next second.

She was so scared that she quickly remedied, “Even if I want to leave, it’s useless. When the young sect leader comes back from the mountain and finds that I’m not here, she will definitely mobilize forces to catch me.”

She cautiously probed Jing Shuxing, and he calmly smiled and replied, “It’s okay, I’ll take you away.”

He smiled as if bathed in a spring breeze, and reached out in Chi Lu’s direction. Like a swaying poppy, knowing that she was in danger, she still bloomed openly by the roadside, trying her best to attract passing travelers.

The meaning in Jing Shuxing’s words made Chi Lu feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave. She mechanically raised her head, “Do you want to leave?”

Her hand broke free from Jing Shuxing’s palms and grabbed his white sleeve, “No, you can’t go, if you leave…”

She would be done for.

Jing Shuxing’s fingertips stroked the sleeve, inadvertently touching Chi Lu’s knuckles. He curled his finger, silently hooked the girl’s slender index finger, and let go as soon as he touched it. 

He didn’t know how long he had been waiting, but finally, he heard a sentence from Chi Lu that was meant to retain him. For a moment, a stiff arc crossed the corner of his mouth, and he asked with a smile, “Why can’t I leave? Are you going to stop me?”

“You have complained about the young sect leader of Linghua Sect many times, and you have never shown any nostalgia for your hometown. You should know that this is not a good place to live. It’s fine if you don’t leave, but why won’t you let me leave?”

His heart was noisy and anxious, and his tone was somewhat strange.

Jing Shuxing was waiting for Chi Lu to express her stance. Whether it was a nod of agreement or a shake of refusal.

Chi Lu also suddenly reacted, wondering why Jing Shuxing would laugh so heartily.

Killing two cultivators who had targeted Linghua Sect, wasn’t that a kind of defiance against the city lord of Fengyue City? But the curse mark formation had not been activated for a long time.

The reason was simple, the formation eye of the curse mark formation was blocked by Chi Lu’s spiritual power early on. Since it was already blocked and couldn’t be activated, wouldn’t he be able to do whatever he wanted?

——Including leaving Fengyue City and descending the mountain from then on.

He absolutely cannot leave Fengyue City! 

“Your eyes…” Chi Lu racked her brains, trying to find an excuse to keep Jing Shuxing, “You are blind, even if you leave, it would be quite difficult.”

Jing Shuxing replied, “It doesn’t matter.”

He lifted his slender fingers and gently pressed his drooping eyelids, “Thanks to your help, I might be able to see again in a few days. I’m a wreck, but I’ve regained my sight. Why not take advantage of the remaining days to leave this city?”

Jing Shuxing was clear in his heart, as long as Chi Lu ordered him to stay, he would no longer be able to move.

What kind of feeling is this? He was confused in his heart, his mind was like his eyes in front of him, covered with a layer of cold silk, unable to express his thoughts and feelings.

“Do you really want to leave?” He heard Chi Lu ask him.

Expectation rose in his heart, Jing Shuxing softly answered, “Yes.”

He didn’t hear Chi Lu’s reply.

Chi Lu stretched out her arms, circled his neck, tiptoed, and hugged him in a stiff posture.

Jing Shuxing’s heartbeat slowed by half a beat, his mind was disturbed by the sudden hug. Then he suddenly remembered that the person in front of him didn’t understand anything about love at all, the two arms stretched behind him were not for a hug.

He didn’t have time to voice his doubts, and he lost consciousness.

Chi Lu raised her palm, and hit him on the back of his neck. 

The young man swayed back and forth and fell forward. His expression froze at the moment when Chi Lu knocked him out, full of cracks and disbelief.

“You must never leave.” Chi Lu caught Jing Shuxing’s body, held him in her arms, and gritted her teeth hard.

With her back to the ruins, Chi Lu sent out her spiritual power, gathering it on her face to form a mask. She carefully maintained her own appearance, lowered her head, and unconsciously held the young man in her arms tightly.

Chi Lu took out her own figurine and stuffed it into Jing Shuxing’s moon-white waistband.

From then on, she might not appear in front of Jing Shuxing with her true face, so she specifically asked the peddler to pinch one as a souvenir for Jing Shuxing.

“Just bear with it a little longer, it’s just three days away. After three days, we will part ways and never see each other again.”

The author has something to say:

(I’m feeling guilty) The word count is a bit low today

(Hands on hips) That’s because this book is finally going to be V-line!

The announcement should be posted tomorrow, and I, the author, am about to activate the octopus mode. I hope all the readers can support me (bowing) (I’m so talkative) (typing vigorously)

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