Chapter 1268: Chapter 694: Memories of the Future
Instant Flower...
It had been too long since she had heard such words. Yin Tingxue felt a sense of estrangement and trance, and for a moment even a bit of nostalgia. But immediately, a stab of pain squeezed into her mind.
He... came in...
Trickles of blood seeping through cracks, the Instant Flower scattering along with it.
Yin Tingxue’s hand was still pressed against the cold stone door, but her fingertips were already icy. That empty feeling was undeniable, making her shiver all over.
Her legs were numb without her realizing, bunched up together.
Blurred yet intense memories surged in like a tide, scenes uncontrollably fuming inside her mind.
In the images, his hand gently brushed over her back, and she instinctively tightened her hold on him.
Those fragmented images almost made her unable to stand.
How could this be? She had clearly killed him with her own hands just yesterday, the sensation of the sword’s edge piercing a life still vividly lingered in her palm, and the warm blood splattering on her face hadn’t faded.
Chen Yi noticed her abnormality and stepped forward: "What’s wrong?"
Yin Tingxue suddenly retreated, her sword half-drawn, her voice trembling imperceptibly: "Don’t come any closer!"
Her gaze wandered over his face, bewildered and uncertain. If the Primordial Yin was lost, it could only have been with him...
But how could it be? She had clearly killed him just yesterday.
Unless...
A terrifying thought emerged in her mind, coldness spread from the end of Yin Tingxue’s spine.
Chen Yi halted his steps, thoughtfully looking at her pale face and slightly trembling hands.
He seemed to understand something, a faint smirk barely curving up the corners of his mouth: "Little Fox, are you remembering something?"
"Shut up!" Yin Tingxue shouted harshly, but there was a trace of panic in her voice. She tried to calm her breath, attempting to straighten out the chaos.
If it was true that the Primordial Yin was lost, then her memory of killing him yesterday was likely not the truth, and what the World of Ignorance excelled at was distorting time and memory, trapping people in ignorance.
Wait... it shouldn’t be, it shouldn’t be, she clearly did kill him.
She killed him, so how could it be... Instant Flower scattered...
Furthermore, he... he was still her greatest enemy in this life... As she thought of this, Yin Tingxue’s feeling of coldness to her spine grew more intense, her whole body stiffened, a desire to vomit arose, yet to her sadness, she felt no nausea at all...
It seemed like she didn’t know when... didn’t know at what unknown moment... she adapted to him...
Yin Tingxue desperately attempted to clear her mind, but it seemed as if there was a continuous flow of memories coming to her, her head close to splitting, when suddenly a small paper flower floated through her mind, she sharply felt like she was about to be struck by lightning, an inexplicable premonition arose from her heart, almost instinctively, she tapped an acupoint to stop her Qi flow, bringing herself to the verge of fainting, then immediately pinched her fingers to conjure a spell, forcibly blocking the flood of memories.
The girl’s face became as white as paper, she staggered back two steps, trying to steady herself with her sword, but unexpectedly, her limbs were weak and it slipped from her grasp.
She stumbled a few steps, falling back.
But the expected thud of her head hitting the ground didn’t echo in her ears, instead, it was cushioned by clothing, the back of her head hitting against a chest, stopping her fall. In her confusion, Yin Tingxue lifted her gaze, meeting his gentle eyes.
"Little Fox..."
He reached out a finger, lightly scratching her nose. Yin Tingxue froze, belatedly shrinking back sharply, suddenly getting up, delivering a fierce palm strike as she retreated.
Chen Yi sidestepped to avoid the strike, surprisingly feeling no anger at Little Fox’s defiance. In truth, he had little resentment toward Yin Tingxue’s careful handling and occasional defiance, he bullied her because she was easy to bully.
Yin Tingxue retreated to the door, panting heavily. She had cut herself off from those terrifying illusory memories. She looked at Chen Yi again, finally catching her breath, her gaze complex, sword across her front.
Chen Yi seemed to see through her confusion, slowly saying: "Perhaps the World of Ignorance toys with people’s memories. What you believe in might be the truth, but it might not be. Little Fox, you are the Saintess, you should understand."
A brief sentence eased Yin Tingxue’s emotions slightly, but she still did not relax her vigilance, her expression still cold, "Don’t call me Little Fox, it’s disgusting."
Chen Yi unexpectedly said: "Okay, but I have a little quirk."
"I don’t want to hear it," the Demon Sect Saintess said coldly.
Chen Yi nodded slightly.
Yin Tingxue glanced at him, perhaps this enemy knew something, since that was the case, she would have to spare his life for now.
However, time passed, and Chen Yi remained silent, just quietly standing there.
Yin Tingxue frowned in confusion, sharply saying: "What’s your game?"
Chen Yi widened his eyes, surprised, "Didn’t you say you didn’t want to hear it?"
Yin Tingxue paused, gritting her teeth, "I’ll listen."
"I have this little quirk."
"...Say it."
Chen Yi said with a smile: "If I don’t call you Little Fox, I can’t go on."
The Demon Sect Saintess was stunned, then gritted her teeth as if bearing a great humiliation, and after a long while, she slowly uttered one word: "Fine..."
"Fine what?" Chen Yi looked puzzled.
"You..." The Demon Sect Saintess stifled the immense anger in her heart and slowly said after a while: "You can call me..."
"Call you what?"
This person was doing it on purpose!
The Demon Sect Saintess cursed inwardly, took a deep breath, and with great difficulty forced out those three words, "Little... Little... Fox..."
Unexpectedly, for some reason, uttering those three words gave her a sense of relief.
Yin Tingxue’s grip on the sword slightly loosened, but her vigilance was unabated. She paused for a moment, then suddenly asked: "What are you up to? You might as well say."
"Little Fox, to be honest..."
Chen Yi paused, then calmly said:
"Actually, I don’t have any plans."
Yin Tingxue: "......"
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