Chapter 1270: Chapter 696: Origins
The surrounding darkness seemed to suddenly become lifeless, a vague and intense gloom seemed to spread from afar.
Almost instinctively, Chen Yi felt his body electrified, a spine-chilling fear spreading through him, his hands momentarily trembling lightly.
What is that?
Chen Yi was slightly bewildered.
What did this stupid girl conjure up?!
The surrounding darkness seemed to freeze in an instant, even the air stopped flowing.
An indescribable pressure squeezed in from all directions, a gloomy aura spread out as if it were tangible, enveloping the three of them completely.
Chen Yi turned his head, seeing Yin Tingxue standing frozen in place, her petite body unmoving, that wasn’t the calm when faced with Taishan collapsing, quite the opposite, extreme fear had seized her throat, making her forget even to tremble.
Her eyes were lost, and deep within her pupils seemed to reflect an abyss.
Almost with mutual understanding, Chen Yi instantly realized that she was very afraid, even more so than himself, he struggled to focus his mind and suddenly reached out, pulling Yin Tingxue’s icy stiff body into his arms, tightly protecting her beneath him.
At the same time, the Sword Intent World unfolded freely, covering a few yards around them, forcibly isolating that terrifying pressure.
Soon, Chen Yi vaguely sensed a presence so vast it defied words, slowly gliding over them, like the shadow of a giant whale beneath the deep sea, silent, yet enough to take one’s breath away.
Time seemed to stretch infinitely at this moment.
Until the spine-chilling pressure finally gradually receded, the surrounding lifelessness slightly eased, Chen Yi’s tense mind dared to relax a bit, slowly releasing a breath of hot air.
In his arms, Yin Tingxue was awakened by this warm breath, suddenly startled, she gasped violently, like a fish out of water for a long time, she pushed Chen Yi away, staggered back two steps, propped herself up with her sword, breathing cold air in large gulps.
Her face was still pale, and after a moment, a blush of survival after disaster finally rose to her cheeks belatedly.
Donggong Ruoshu floated beside them, almost scared to the point of dissipating her soul, it took a long time before she shivered and reassembled, her small face pale as she looked at the two who had just been terrified, the soul still shaken: "Just... What was that ghost thing?!"
Chen Yi slowly turned his head, glanced at her, not knowing what to say for a moment.
But... even the stupid girl was scared...
It was apparent that the presence that passed by was extraordinary.
Chen Yi exhaled, his gaze locked tightly on Yin Tingxue.
This Demon Sect Saintess version of Yin Tingxue, seems to be born of his wishes yet also doesn’t, humans don’t imagine things they haven’t seen, he knows nothing about this place, yet her reaction was far too unusual.
That wasn’t just fear of unknown danger, it seemed more like... recognition of something.
"Yin Tingxue," his voice was deep, with undisputable seriousness, "do you recognize that thing?"
Yin Tingxue suddenly raised her head, her eyes flickering, avoiding his gaze, her voice still carried a trace of lingering tremor, "... What nonsense! How could I recognize..."
She instinctively grasped the sword hilt tightly, her knuckles turning white.
Chen Yi saw this and couldn’t help but smile, compared to the past cunning Little Fox who subtly manipulated him, this Demon Sect Saintess was too easy to read.
This excessive denial made Chen Yi even more certain.
He recalled her previous taciturn attitude toward the Forbidden Land, also remembering she had ventured deep within alone.
Chen Yi was just contemplating how to extract information, Donggong Ruoshu looked at one then another, though clueless, she still sensed the awkward atmosphere, mumbling softly: "... seems like something scary, Tingxue, did you encounter something inside?"
Yin Tingxue suddenly stood straight, coldly saying: "It’s none of your concern! We shouldn’t stay here long; that thing might come back."
She suppressed the lingering fear in her eyes, turned to continue deeper into the darkness.
Chen Yi kept his gaze down, didn’t pursue the question, raising a hand to stop Donggong Ruoshu who was about to inquire further.
The stupid girl looked at Chen Yi full of confusion, her eyes wide as though asking, aren’t you curious?
Of course, Chen Yi had doubts, he knew more than this stupid girl, thus having even more questions.
In the World of Ignorance, the Yin Tingxue before him, though not entirely the Yin Tingxue of his previous life, still had great connections with it.
Chen Yi pondered briefly, suddenly recalling Yin Tingxue’s question full of doubt when seeing him open the door.
She asked if he was a virgin...
It means, if one wants to open the Forbidden Land’s door normally, a virgin is required, and she couldn’t open the door herself, meaning she wasn’t a virgin...
Yet before, she confidently claimed she could open the door, and she had previously entered the Forbidden Land.
Chen Yi caught onto something.
And with a brief recall, the Yin Tingxue who truly killed him in his previous life...
was also a virgin.
A martial artist naturally possesses a keen eye, determining virginity by observing aura, then demeanor, and finally bones, a girl becoming a woman, a boy becoming a man, such signs aren’t the same, otherwise, in the underworld back then, Zhou Yitang wouldn’t have immediately seen through Consort Dong breaking great abstinence, and with Buddha’s name, advised Chen Yi not to become deeply involved, speaking earnest words.
So at that time, even when pursued from sky to ground, Chen Yi, always lusting, still had the presence of mind to look at Yin Tingxue to evaluate if she was a virgin, and when they met again, he still unwisely teased a few lines.
And thus, he was killed into his previous life.
But the past is done with, Chen Yi currently doesn’t have the mind to dwell on such matters.
He just... has some doubts about the origins of the Yin Tingxue before him.
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