Before the Ghost Gate.
Ling Xiao, who had been speaking with Tai Xuan and Xingtian, narrowed his eyes slightly and furrowed his brow.
"The Primordial World is boundless. Why did I run into disciples of the Sect of Interception even after coming to the Ghost Gate...?"
Ling Xiao let out a helpless sigh inwardly.
High in the sky, Yun Xiao and Fairy Caiyun stared at him so openly, as though they wanted to strip him bare. Naturally, he had already sensed their presence.
However, Ling Xiao made no move. Instead, he followed Tai Xuan and Xingtian slowly toward the spatial portal, taking in the local sights along the way.
That was right!
Centered around the spatial portal, the human race had established a Ghost City across this thousand-mile stretch of land.
Thus, everything around him felt rather novel to Ling Xiao.
"Junior Brother Ling Xiao, why won't you look up at me?"
Tears slid down Yun Xiao's cheeks. Her delicate hand clenched tightly around her sleeve. After a brief struggle, she descended with Fairy Caiyun before the spatial portal and blocked Ling Xiao's path.
The air fell silent, and the atmosphere was heavy.
Yun Xiao examined Ling Xiao. At last, a faint smile appeared on her lovely face, still streaked with tears.
Her heart pounded fiercely, and she felt as if something were lodged in her throat.
Then!
Yun Xiao suddenly said, "Junior Brother Ling Xiao, can we let everything from the past drift away like smoke and dust? We can get to know each other again, understand each other again, cultivate together and comprehend the Great Dao as we once did, can't we?"
"These days, I haven't been able to sleep at night. Whenever I close my eyes, all I see is you. I regret it. Can't you forgive me...?"
Tears blurred her vision as Yun Xiao reached out to grab Ling Xiao's sleeve.
But in the next instant, her movement came to an abrupt halt.
Ling Xiao shifted half a step aside, avoiding her outstretched delicate hand. His face was calm and cold; from beginning to end, he did not spare Yun Xiao a second glance.
"Let's go, Dao Friends."
Ling Xiao glanced at Tai Xuan and Xingtian, then stepped directly into the spatial portal.
He could no longer be bothered to speak with disciples of the Sect of Interception, especially these Female Immortals, because they were unworthy of hearing him!
In Ling Xiao's eyes, Yun Xiao and the others should count themselves fortunate that they had not been tainted by Karmic Force of Slaughter. Otherwise, given his temperament, perhaps one day they would be reduced to ashes beneath heavenly tribulation lightning, or die under his God-Slaying Spear.
"Why...?"
Yun Xiao's eyes were red and swollen, and her whole body nearly collapsed to the ground.
Her eyes were completely lifeless, glistening with tears. She looked so pitiful that one could not bear to see her so.
"I already know I was wrong. Why can't you still forgive me...?"
Yun Xiao clutched her chest, feeling a heart-rending agony flood her mind like a raging storm, as though it would swallow her whole.
Fairy Caiyun, standing beside her, wore a complicated expression, and a trace of resentment rose within her.
"Senior Sister Yun Xiao, let's catch up with him first!"
"You've already humbled yourself so much, yet Ling Xiao remains aloof and acts as though none of this matters. I have to ask him face-to-face why he is being so cruel to you!"
Fairy Caiyun spoke indignantly on Yun Xiao's behalf.
The two did not dare waste any time and stepped into the spatial portal as well.
The Netherworld.
A Purple Moon hung in the void. The world seemed somewhat dim, yet the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was exceptionally dense. It was also mixed with no small amount of baleful energy, capable of tempering the bodies and cultivation of reincarnated Great Witches such as Xingtian.
Yet the most eye-catching sights were still the wisps of ghostly qi and the dead souls being escorted by Hell Guards.
"Dao Friend Ling Xiao, I, Xingtian, respect you as a true man!"
"Yun Xiao lowered herself to win you back, yet you could ignore her so decisively. That would be rare anywhere in the entire Primordial World. After all, Yun Xiao is the goddess of countless male immortals."
"Of course, Dao Friend Ling Xiao has a destined Dao companion bond with the Lunar Goddess. Female Immortals of the Sect of Interception like Yun Xiao are not even worthy of appearing before you, much less trying to win you back from the Lunar Goddess!"
Xingtian gave him a thumbs-up and spoke with a face full of admiration.
Ling Xiao was a real man!
Hearing this, Ling Xiao said breezily, "Beauty and Female Immortals will all become but a handful of yellow earth in the end. They are merely pretty skeletons who know no gratitude. I cannot be bothered to argue with them; ignoring them is enough!"
Ling Xiao had no masochistic tendencies. Even rabbits did not eat the grass beside their own burrows.
Just because Tongtian had made them grand promises, Ling Xiao had not hesitated to defy the Heavenly Dao for the Sect of Interception, exhausting himself and giving his all in every matter.
Yet in the eyes of the Sect of Interception's disciples, it had all become only natural.
Now that he had severed the karmic ties, Ling Xiao was like a bird that had escaped its Cage, free to roam between heaven and earth.
"Dao Friend Ling Xiao's words have benefited me greatly!"
Tai Xuan could not help but laugh, though he still suppressed the corners of his rising mouth as he spoke.
Ling Xiao was truly ruthless—righteous to the point of seeming wicked!
"Ling Xiao, how dare you speak of Senior Sister Yun Xiao like that? You must give us an explanation!"
Fairy Caiyun's flushed voice rang out behind Ling Xiao.
Having just arrived with Yun Xiao, she heard Ling Xiao's outrageous words, calling Yun Xiao a pretty skeleton. Her anger immediately flared, and she could not endure Ling Xiao's insult.
"Heh..."
"I originally only wanted to ignore you, but why do you insist on acting cheap before me again and again? Can't you just get the hell away from me?"
Ling Xiao sneered and turned around impatiently.
Under normal circumstances, he would not bother with disciples of the Sect of Interception.
But Yun Xiao and Fairy Caiyun simply would not stop pestering him.
They had practically offered up their faces for him to slap. Why would Ling Xiao have any reason not to?
At that moment!
Yun Xiao covered her mouth with her delicate hand as tears fell uncontrollably from her face. She felt an aura from the Ling Xiao before her that was utterly unfamiliar.
In the past, Ling Xiao would never have humiliated her like this!
Had she hurt Ling Xiao too deeply?
At that thought, complicated emotions surfaced in Yun Xiao's eyes. She looked at Ling Xiao with hope.
Her red lips parted slightly as she said softly, "Junior Brother Ling Xiao, don't say things out of anger, all right? Think of the time we spent together. Back then, we cherished each other, our Dao hearts were in harmony, and we were like an immortal couple."
"Why don't we find somewhere to sit down and have a proper talk? We can be like before—you play the zither, and I'll dance for you. Would that be all right?"
As she spoke!
With a flash of mysterious light, a Phoenix Tree Zither with an ancient luster appeared floating before Yun Xiao. Not a speck of dust stained it, though the zither strings seemed dim with obscure mysterious light.
Only after Tai Xuan, Xingtian, and the others looked closely did they discover that the strings had been soaked in blood—seemingly Yun Xiao's blood.
Perhaps Yun Xiao had fallen ill from longing and accidentally injured herself while playing the zither.
"Is something wrong with your brain?"
Ling Xiao did not care in the slightest, his face full of mockery.
Then his tone shifted as he said indifferently, "The Ling Xiao from before is already dead. The one standing before you now is the Great Emperor of the Azure Radiance, the Lunar Goddess's future Dao companion."
"You chose this ending yourself, so why must you now defile my eyes?"
His tone was icy, and every word struck the ground with force.
The commotion here drew the attention of many Hell Guards and even dead souls in the Netherworld. But upon seeing Tai Xuan and Xingtian, none dared approach. They could only prick up their ears and listen to this juicy drama.
Yun Xiao was trying to win Ling Xiao back—what an astonishing oddity!
"Senior Sister Yun Xiao!"
Fairy Caiyun cried out and supported Yun Xiao, who was swaying beside her with a pale face.
She glared at Ling Xiao and rebuked him, "Ling Xiao! How can you, a male immortal, have the nerve to argue with Sister Yun Xiao? Can't you be more magnanimous instead of being so petty?"
"Senior Sister Yun Xiao injured her origin and Dao heart because of you. Ever since returning from Penglai Immortal Island, she has been depressed every day. Only when she thinks of you does she show even a trace of spirit."
"Why can't you give Senior Sister Yun Xiao a chance?"
After hearing Fairy Caiyun's words, Ling Xiao revealed a cold smile.
After all!
When someone was rendered speechless, they laughed!
Ling Xiao had not expected there to be this kind of feminist warrior even in the Primordial World, leaving him utterly unable to complain.
"Junior Brother Ling Xiao, I will win you back, no matter what price I have to pay!"
"Are you also going to see Houtu?"
Seeing that she could not move Ling Xiao, Yun Xiao could only give up for now.
She gently wiped away her tears and forcibly changed the subject.
She hoped that through conversation, Ling Xiao would gradually accept her, and that the two of them could eventually reconcile.
"What does that have to do with you?"
"Tai Xuan, Xingtian, what are you still standing around for?"
Ling Xiao lightly flicked his sleeve, unwilling to pay Yun Xiao any more attention, because he could see that there was seriously something wrong with her.
She might even become a yandere.
It was better to stay far away, or she would lower his intelligence!
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