Not long after returning from the Modern World to the Cultivation Realm, Ning Xiang saw Hanying again.
She was thinner than before, but there was an unexpected serenity and gentleness in her features.
"Miss Ning."
Hanying had looked after Ning Xiang back in the Demon Domain, and Ning Xiang had a very good impression of her, so she responded with a smile.
They had exchanged only a few words when Hanying suddenly said, "My husband died."
Ning Xiang was stunned. Before she could ask anything, Hanying continued, "It was the life-share gu. We were all busy dealing with the Beast Tide at the time, and Bai Xi seized the chance to escape. Then a disciple of the Pill Sect killed her, and my husband died in her place. But what did it matter that Bai Xi had gained another life? In the end, she still died by my sword."
"It's nothing, really. Before, I waited two years for him. Now, I'll spend the rest of my life waiting. Even a moment of reunion was worth the long years I'll spend remembering and missing him."
There was a quiet serenity in Hanying's smile. The melancholy that had once clouded her brow had vanished like smoke, yet tears faintly glimmered in her eyes.
After Hanying left, Ning Xiang turned her words over in her mind.
"Miss Ning, the life-share gu cannot be undone."
Yet Mingyuan had clearly told her that he had already undone the life-share gu binding them.
He had lied.
He had deceived her.
That fool had spent ten thousand years cultivating a human body. Was this really worth it?
Boundless terror and suffocation threatened to drown Ning Xiang.
She truly did not want anyone to sacrifice themselves for her.
Yet every time, she seemed to end up owing them