Chapter 712: Chapter 84: You Are So... Forward...
"But... why should I agree to you?"
Chang’e’s eyes, as clear as rippling water, turned, with a hint of playfulness in her voice, "I’m going to die anyway, what does all this have to do with me? Whether you succeed or not, it doesn’t matter to me anymore."
"The fact that I am telling you so many secrets, giving you guidance on many matters, is already a tremendous opportunity for you."
"Why should I, on the brink of death, also compromise my own integrity?"
"Hehe, just for you? A man?"
Chang’e smiled, like a bright pearl veiled in mist, a jade tree adorned with snow, and said, "I will gift you a thread of insight I’ve gleaned over the years from the Celestial Emperor’s Path Formation Map. What you do next is entirely up to you."
"Your path and choice are yours alone."
"Furthermore, the ferocious dog tied under the tree is actually a Great Saint from the Demon Race, exiled to this Chaos Celestial Abyss, and quite powerful."
"She has always coveted the Celestial Emperor’s Path Formation Map in my possession, seeking to uncover the unparalleled opportunities for becoming a Celestial Emperor, only to be bound by my secret technique and grand array, unable to escape her plight."
"But with my withered body, I cannot completely obliterate her, and she has even refined the Netherworld Night Lamp that originally suppressed her."
"After I’m gone, you’d better spend some time to thoroughly eliminate her, or she will inevitably become a major threat to you one day."
Chang’e ran her hand through the green silk hanging in front of her, her nails gleaming with moonlight contrasting with her jade-like skin, said, "Alright, I’ve said all I needed to say, take this and you should leave."
"For the last of this time, I want to be alone for a while!"
Lu Chengfeng, savoring the fragrance of flowers and human scent at the tip of his nose, felt his inner blood boiling with rare excitement, eager to move, and said, "Why must the fairy keep everyone at a distance?"
"Even though you constantly say you’re going to die."
"But even I know very clearly that as long as Suyi can help me break the space-time reincarnation in the map, she can also be reborn."
"It’s as if you, the fairy, can live another life."
"She is originally you, and you are originally her, although the memories differ, the true spirit of nature is without deviation."
As he spoke, he deliberately leaned closer to Chang’e’s ear and softly said, "You and I are originally one as a couple, I’ve experienced countless romances, I know you care about me in your heart, so why say those hurting words."
"Our goals are originally aligned, we both need to work hard to survive and break the space-time reincarnation in the Celestial Emperor’s Path Formation Map to truly be reborn."
"So, can you stop saying those things?"
"Marry me, I’m serious."
Chang’e suddenly sighed softly and did not continue to speak, but the coldness was gone, no longer keeping others at a thousand miles away.
"I understand everything you said, but the person I feel most sorry for in this life is Hou Yi," Chang’e said softly after a long time, her black hair cascading down, highlighting her mutton-fat-jade-like cheeks, making them even more white and crystalline.
"My divine thought incarnation has no memory of my past, she is clean like a blank sheet of paper. Everything she experienced was time spent with you."
"That is enough for her!"
"I don’t want to burden her with the causes and effects of the past."
"And the same goes for you."
"I don’t want you to be entangled with those causes and effects belonging to the Celestial Court. If one day you could escape, those would only serve as shackles and bonds for you, definitely not a good thing."
"You might possibly obtain Hou Yi’s power through me, but that... might just harm you..."
Chang’e’s elegant and slender figure seemed as if she would ride the wind and return to the Celestial Palace under the cool moonlight.
"If we can’t break the space-time reincarnation, if we can’t even live well, what future are we talking about?" Lu Chengfeng quietly watched her.
"In truth, witnessing your rise from the lowest level of the Three Realms, creating your own Transformation Path, and growing to today’s level of strength and realm, I have increasing confidence in your ability to break the space-time reincarnation and uncover the deepest secrets of the Celestial Emperor’s Path Formation Map."
At this point, Chang’e lightly laughed, and the entire gloomy and dilapidated courtyard momentarily brightened. She exuded astonishing beauty, her graceful body flowing with a layer of sacred radiance, saying, "The path you take in the future relies ultimately on yourselves. I really don’t want to let Hou Yi down again."
"In this life, I’ve never failed anyone, but only him!"
Lu Chengfeng gazed at her in a daze, not knowing what to say for a moment. She was a captivating woman, really stunning, and she understood everything but simply didn’t want to say many things aloud.
"What is gone has already gone, haven’t you ever thought of avenging him?" Lu Chengfeng asked, "Back then, your friend did so many things and made you and Hou Yi face today’s situation, and there might even be more conspiracies behind it all."
"Don’t you want revenge?"
"Are you saying you want to avenge Hou Yi?" Chang’e suddenly laughed, her eyes flashing with wisdom, "The waters of the Celestial Court are too deep. Not to mention the Celestial Emperor, even the five great royal courts are enough to suppress everything."
"Though I was once blinded for a while, after so many years being imprisoned in the endless Chaos Abyss, could I still not know who my first opponent was?"
"But those people and those powers are simply not something I can contend with, nor is it something you can deal with."
"You must understand, the Celestial Emperor in the Celestial Emperor’s Path Formation Map is merely a mark. The cultivation you obtained from the map is incomplete and flawed. Once stepping out of the Chaos Celestial Abyss and being baptized by chaos, you will fall by at least two to three major realms."
"In other words, in terms of true cultivation, you are likely barely at the power level of entering the First Layer of the Dharma Realm."
"Even if you do manage to walk out of the Celestial Emperor’s Path Formation Map one day, do not pursue the truths of the past, just live well."
Lu Chengfeng saw her say this and immediately understood the woman’s thoughts. Ultimately, she still wanted him and Luo Suyi to have a clean past, free of the troublesome causes and effects.
Hou Yi’s power is strong, but it also harbors endless future troubles.
And within the Celestial Court, there are many True Gods stronger than him, and the high-standing Divine Kings, even the Celestial Emperor who rules the Celestial Court and sweeps across the eight hundred chaotic worlds, reigning in chaos.
All of this is not something he, someone from the world in the painting, could shake.
Lu Chengfeng shook his head, firmly stating, "The space-time reincarnation within this painting is a closed loop. If we cannot defeat the mark of the Celestial Emperor, it is forever impossible to escape this painting."
"I wish to rely on my own strength, but that is simply impossible."
"In terms of talent, I will never match the Empress, in terms of spiritual will, I am not even as good as Zhu Yuxian, in terms of wit, compared to those true prodigies, I’m not even worthy of carrying their shoes."
"The reason why I, Lu Chengfeng, could walk all the way here, depends solely on my own talent and effort, I have a clear understanding of myself, knowing where my limits lie."
"If you don’t agree with me, this world within the painting will still fall back into reincarnation, there won’t be a second ending."
The two did not speak again, fell into silence once more, the laurel tree swayed in the chaos storm, dropping clear frost-like jade light, Lu Chengfeng and Chang’e’s clothes fluttered, appearing as a celestial couple.
"Is there really no other way?" Hard to tell how much time passed, Chang’e suddenly asked.
"There is no other way!" Lu Chengfeng resolutely declared.
"Look at those flowers, when the autumn winds come, they all return to soil and roots, yet when a spring rain passes, flowers can bloom again, perhaps people are like this." Chang’e said softly.
"What is it? Did you foresee something?" Lu Chengfeng suddenly turned, staring at her intently.
"Alright then, I agree with you!"
Chang’e’s green silk danced in the air, her body shimmering translucently, her figure graceful and long, moonlight coating her in a divine glow, like a goddess born from the bright moon, dazzling and charming.
At this moment, although she stood right in front, Lu Chengfeng felt she was distant, her voice ethereal, "If you truly manage to walk out from the Chaos Celestial Abyss, if you have a chance, please visit his tomb for me."
"Just say, just say... I regret it!"
"Back then... it was my mistake!"
Lu Chengfeng remained silent, at this moment, he seemed to feel a fragile flower wilting, like fireworks about to fall into darkness.
Nothing is more sorrowful than a broken heart!
He suddenly felt a mixture of pity and reluctance.
