"Wait!"
White Peony cried out. Lu Dongbin halted the sword-light and asked, "What is it?
"I've been rather busy lately. I never expected them to seize the chance to abduct you again. You don't blame me, do you?"
White Peony said sorrowfully, "Dongbin, wake up.
"I won't force you to love me anymore. Don't keep sinking deeper like this."
Lu Dongbin's expression froze, then he smiled. "Peony, what are you talking about? How did you force me to love you?
"We clearly love each other. Come, hurry and leave with me."
As he spoke, he held out his hand and waited for White Peony to go with him.
White Peony shook her head and said coldly, "The Lu Dongbin I love is a man whose heroic spirit towers over the heavens, who values love and righteousness.
"Not a demon who has extinguished his humanity.
"I will not leave with a demon."
Lu Dongbin's body shook, and he suddenly threw back his head in laughter. "Hahaha, a demon? You actually call me a demon?
"For you, I gave up being an immortal, even turning against Master Zhongli and becoming his enemy!
"For you, I joined the Tongtian Cult, and I will burn down the Heavenly Court together with the Tongtian Cult Leader, so that no one can stop us!
"For you, I was even willing to kill my own blood brothers and my former friends!
"And you call me a demon?
"Anyone can say that about me—but not you!"
As he spoke, his emotions surged violently, and the aura around him roiled like a whirlpool.
Yet White Peony remained utterly fearless. With a faint laugh, she asked, "You keep saying it was all for me. Then if I asked you to return to what you were for me, would you?"
Lu