My Enemy Became My Cultivation Companion

Chapter 1298: Chapter 714: Letting Go of Ignorance (Double-Length) (Part 2)

Immediately, she carefully observed Chen Yi’s reaction, capturing any hints or traces.

He merely smiled helplessly, without any bit of awkwardness, and slowly sighed, saying, "Ah, you don’t trust me. You can undo the seal and see for yourself. I’m not stopping you."

Yin Tingxue paused momentarily, then quickly regained her composure, calmly saying, "Put it aside for now; the urgent matter is to leave here. If I discover the truth, I might want to kill you."

"Kill me, then."

Chen Yi said indifferently, speeding up his steps forward and counted to three.

There was no other movement behind; she just silently followed him, as Chen Yi slowly exhaled,

everything was as he expected.

Perhaps accustomed to the glow of swords and shadows, being a Demon Sect Saintess, this Little Fox isn’t as high-level as before, whether in dealing with people or grasping their hearts, it’s not like the past.

Actually, to say how, Chen Yi actually prefers a more manageable Little Fox. The more manageable the Little Fox, the easier it is to bully, preferably she’d resist a lot so he could harden his heart to bully her.

It’s just a pity the Little Fox is too smart and doesn’t make a single mistake.

But on second thought, the fact that she doesn’t make a single mistake means she knows every way to make a mistake? With that in mind, she should be well bullied indeed.

When they meet again, bully her then.

With thoughts drifting several times, the World of Ignorance remained quiet, Yin Tingxue silently walked beside him.

Donggong Ruoshu floated behind them, not far nor near, looking back and forth between them.

Not sure how to put it...

It seems awkward, yet somehow not that awkward anymore.

..........

As if the previous encounter of the Dharma Assembly was nothing but an insignificant episode, along the way, Chen Yi rambled on about many past events.

Yin Tingxue quietly listened beside him, mostly silent, occasionally asking a question or two.

Compared to before, facing an adversary directly, she used much less cold and sarcastic words; she just listened quietly, as if it were stories belonging to another world.

To avoid Yin Tingxue’s heart from becoming even more chaotic after recovering from panic, Chen Yi covered the past with a thin layer telling her.

He was indeed speaking truthfully, without much falsehood. Most importantly, even the emotions were sincere.

"Are you saying... you and I were mutually in love?"

After contemplating for an unknown period, the Demon Sect Saintess asked in a low voice.

"What else?" Chen Yi smiled, somewhat boastfully saying, "Back then, you were really clingy, trying every way to persuade me to have a child with you, but I cared for you, thinking you were still young, not the time to have a child.

You even secretly bought medicine behind my back just to have a child."

Yin Tingxue halted in her steps, inexplicably blushing, silently gritting her teeth, wondering how could she act like that.

Did reason tell her not to believe, yet deep down she couldn’t help but believe?

The Demon Sect Saintess furrowed her brow, slowly saying, "Your words sound a bit off no matter how I hear them."

The latter half of the sentence she didn’t say out loud; how could she bear children for an enemy?

She naturally believes that no matter how desperate, she would never bear children for an enemy, but if said out loud, it might ruin her plans.

"I’ve told you, believe it or not; maybe what you bought was contraceptive medicine?"

Yin Tingxue initially doubted, but seeing Chen Yi so confidently swearing, she just furrowed her brows, staying silent.

Chen Yi turned back, no longer looking at her; ultimately, he couldn’t resist telling Little Fox lies, thinking of this, he couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

Indeed, even he knows, the more he says like this, the more he feels guilty...

Just like... perhaps it should have been as he said, leaving behind... better memories.

The two walked along the path.

The stupid girl floating behind never intervened in their conversation, merely looking around left and right.

Like having said too much, needing some dry-mouthed, tongue-tied silence, yet they weren’t willing to be too far apart.

At this moment, Donggong Ruoshu exudes a familiar sweet scent.

The path beneath their feet was long, everything around was gray and chilly, seeming to stretch from a far distance, filled with somber oppressive feeling.

"Not far now..."

Yin Tingxue suddenly spoke.

Chen Yi understood; she meant the Five Poison Dead Tree wasn’t far.

It wasn’t hard to guess, she leaving him behind, undoubtedly to seek a way out, having stepped into this place once, naturally knowing the way out, yet just as she couldn’t open the Forbidden Land’s gate before, she also couldn’t leave from here.

The darkness remained boundless, eyes couldn’t see the end; the path seemed like it could go on for a long, long time, but suddenly Chen Yi didn’t want to leave here.

What if... this Yin Tingxue before him... is truly his manifestation of ignorance...

His steps halted as he turned to face Yin Tingxue, speechless in a daze.

As if sharing a tacit understanding, his past enemy now also gazed at him, only slowly averting her eyes after a moment.

"Just because I can’t open the door doesn’t mean you can." Yin Tingxue feigned calm, word by word saying, "Don’t think you can easily leave here; as I mentioned before, if you don’t resolve ignorance, you won’t be able to leave."

The oppressive darkness seemed to slowly press over, even standing still, the path appeared to shrink shorter.

"...I know." Chen Yi softly murmured, then laughed, saying, "I think it’s hard for me to leave; I probably... haven’t resolved ignorance."

The dark world remained dim, his face in Yin Tingxue’s eyes appeared blurred, as if it might vanish from sight at any moment; her gaze slightly lowered, uncertain if it would be herself that would fade away rather than him.

Everything returned to emptiness, like snowflakes melting during spring blossoming, and under the sky, there’s no identical snowflake.

"Sometimes I don’t really understand, what is ignorance." he suddenly queried.

"Ignorance is..." Yin Tingxue unwilling to mention words from the Buddhist Sect, slowly said, "...what’s hard to let go."

"Indeed, so actually..."

His gentle words fell, Yin Tingxue’s heart suddenly twitched, not knowing why a trace of warmth surged within.

But this warmth is ultimately false; after flowing, it dries up.

Yin Tingxue’s eyes grew sore, this usually ruthless killing Demon Sect Saintess seemed exhausted to the extreme, her emotions surged, as if she could no longer deceive herself.

And Chen Yi completed the last sentence, saying, "Actually, it’s... Yin Tingxue, you can’t let go of me."

The Demon Sect Saintess about to unlock memories entirely before dissipating abruptly paused, wide-eyed looking at him.

Silently for a while.

After a while, the stupid girl couldn’t hold back, laughing heartily holding her belly.

"What are you thinking, Little Fox? Even if I’m fake, you couldn’t be fake, and to achieve Nirvana and Becoming a Buddha? Did I give you the chance for Nirvana?"

Suddenly these words bombarded furiously, removing any lingering emotion. Initially downturned, yet the sudden rise of anger.

"Shut up!"

"Why should I shut up? You think I haven’t noticed along the way, sigh, everything was written on your face, much worse than before, back then you could pretend." Chen Yi spoke without restraint, unexpectedly spouting a lot of incoherent remarks, "Back then, I had no one else to sleep with, your sister Weiyang came only once every half month to a month. It was you enduring the brunt, so delicate, you tired so easily, pained, couldn’t take it, needing several times in a day to satisfy, and afterward, you would pretend to be pitiful, trying to soften me, given any chance, you’d whisper in my ear."

Yin Tingxue was full of shame and anger, unable to differentiate truth from falsehood in Chen Yi’s words; she just wanted to kill him.

But as she was about to draw her sword, her hands and feet involuntarily slowed a step, falling into his hand, caught by the wrist.

"Even if you are truly my manifestation of ignorance, I won’t let you disappear like that," he almost sighed to himself, then lamented, "Random encounters with past enemies, feelings secretly grow along the way, yet separate before they’re spoken, a story full of regret, truly memorable.

Though regret is memorable, one shouldn’t choose regret just for nostalgia.

So... I don’t intend to let you go."

"You!"

Hearing such shameless words, Yin Tingxue was both ashamed and angry, deciding not to contend any longer, ready to immediately engage, given their enmity, killing this man on the spot would be justified.