Chapter 239

It cannot be approached, it cannot be desecrated.

He lowered his eyes to look at Li Yang, without the slightest emotional fluctuation, as if he were looking at this empty Spatial Rift.

[The task to eliminate the Heart Worm is 90% complete.]

Li Yang suddenly woke up.

She finally understood what Heart Worm was!

I also understood why I was afraid of completing this mission!

"Lianlian!" Li Yang called out loudly, "I've come to take you home!"

Lianxin remained unmoved, merely gazing at her indifferently. His eyes held no curiosity, no surprise, and certainly no delight.

He is more like a god than any other Divine Venerable in the Upper Three Realms.

Without sorrow or joy, without hatred or love.

The task of eliminating the Heart Worm is already 95% complete.

If things reach 100%, Lianxin will forget all their memories together!

"I'm Li Yang!" Li Yang said urgently, "I..."

An invisible wave crashed over her, throwing Li Yang away and burying her unfinished words in nothingness.

"Li Yang..." Lianxin murmured the name, her almost blank eyes seeming to flicker for a moment.

[The task to eliminate the Heart Worm is 85% complete.]

Li Yang: "!!!"

The progress has slowed down!

She was right; the worm in Lianxin's Heart Worm was indeed her.

Lianxin is slowly forgetting her!

Li Yang could barely make a sound. She struggled Risking Life in the void, trying to get closer to Lianxin.

[The task to eliminate the Heart Worm is 80% complete.]

Suddenly, an idea struck Li Yang; she knew what she had to do.

She gave up resisting the nothingness, letting it engulf her, and with all her might, silently cried out to Lianxin, "Save me!"

[The task to eliminate the Heart Worm is 50% complete.]

Seeing this progress, Li Yang felt a mix of emotions.

Just three words were enough to Lianxin.

His snow-white eyes gradually regained their color, and he quickly came to Li Yang's side, reaching out to touch the raging, turbulent void.

The next instant, Lianxin picked up Li Yang's spiritual form and carefully held her in her arms. "Fellow Daoist, I'm here!"

A familiar voice rang out, warming Li Yang's chaotic mind.

The snow-white halo spread slowly like a candle flame in the Late Night, and Li Yang's fleeting shadow gradually coalesced into a human form.

The void storm of the Spatial Rift was kept out, Li Yang felt a warm sensation slowly flowing into her body through Lianxin's palm.

Li Yang hugged him tightly, burying her face in his neck and saying, "I found you!"

[The task to eliminate the Heart Worm is at 20% progress.]

Chapter 239

Lianxin's fingers trembled slightly as she reluctantly released her hold on Li Yang.

"Fellow Daoist, you shouldn't have come here. Go back quickly." As he said this, he didn't dare to meet Li Yang's gaze.

Li Yang was in a pure spiritual state, so she was exceptionally sensitive and clearly captured Lianxin's emotions.

"You..." Li Yang, who was always known for her quick wit, was at a loss for words.

Does Lianxin really not want to go back?

He didn't suggest going back with her, but instead told her to leave quickly.

Lianxin added, "Let's go, I'll see you out."

Li Yang finally blurted out, "And you?"

Lianxin: "..."

His eyelashes fluttered, and he said softly, "I belong here."

Li Yang's heart sank.

Lianxin's voice remained relatively calm as she slowly said, "900,000 years ago, I was supposed to stay here forever, but the God King of Space forcibly took me away..."

"Have you forgotten before?" Like the flower of Flower of Evil.

"Yes," Lianxin continued, "I only remember that I was going to an important place. I thought it was the Lotus Domain, but actually... I'm going back here."

"What exactly is this place?" Li Yang tried to get more information from Lianxin.

Lianxin: "Since you've managed to come here, you must already have some understanding of this place."

Li Yang: "..."

The Flower of Evil always says that Lianxin is stupid and foolish, but in fact, she is intelligent and kind-hearted.

However, most of the time, Lianxin doesn't dwell on it too much.

Li Yang abandoned the idea of getting information out of him and simply asked, "I do Dao Yi, but I'd rather hear what you have to tell me."

Lianxin: "!"

Li Yang: "I know this is Spatial Rift. This space doesn't refer to a space like Realm Domain, but a much larger one... a rift between two Astral Realm."

Lianxin: "That's right."

Li Yang asked again, "Are you staying here to become the Lotus Domain of the new world?"

Lianxin felt countless emotions surging within him, but he remained calm and said, "Yes."

"You..." Li Yang stammered. She thought she would respect Lianxin's choice with great grace, but when she actually heard it, she realized her own despicable thoughts.

She longed for Lianxin to go back with her.

When Lianxin actually chose to stay here, she realized that she couldn't accept it at all.

What's this talk of being carefree and respectful?

She wished she could be like the God King of Space and forcibly abduct him back!

"Go back, fellow Daoist," Lianxin said with a gentle smile. "It was a pleasure to meet you, and the days we spent together were wonderful."

[The task to eliminate the Heart Worm is 40% complete.]

Li Yang gripped Lianxin's hand tightly. She felt a thousand words welling up inside her, but they were like a tangled ball of yarn, and she couldn't find the one sentence she should say.

Lianxin added, "Please take these lotus seeds with you when you leave. That way, our Symbiotic Contract will end..."

Li Yang didn't know what Lianxin had done, but she sensed the presence of those Ninth Grade Lotus Seed, which were now like shining stars surrounding her.

Li Yang stared at him and asked, "You really...?"

"Go back, fellow Daoist." Lianxin didn't let her finish speaking.

Immediately afterwards, a pinkish-white light and shadow suddenly appeared in this place that had no color, no smell, no temperature... seemingly nothing at all.

The light and shadow are like a delicate Huahua.

The pure white and soft pink hues are so inviting that you can't help but want to touch them.

Lianxin lowered her eyes and said, "Goodbye, fellow Daoist."

He pushed Li Yang toward the pinkish-white "exit," which resembled flower petals.

However, Li Yang did not move.

She gripped Lianxin's hand tightly and asked the question, "Do you want to go back with me?"

She wanted to ask him.

She needs to know the answer.

She is not the God King of Space; she will not harm Lianxin.

If Lianxin truly wants to stay here, she will try her best to respect him.

She just couldn't go back with regrets; she didn't want to spend the rest of her life regretting the questions she hadn't asked.

Suddenly, an even more violent storm erupted in this space, crashing like ocean waves against the snow-white protective shield erected by the Lianxin.

With a crack, the protective shield developed a fissure.

Lianxin pulled Li Yang into her arms and cried out urgently, "Run!"

Li Yang frowned and asked, "Can a new world really be born here?"

Lianxin: "..."

His pause was brief, but he quickly and decisively declared, "Yes, a new Astral Realm will be born here, and I will be the Lotus Domain here. I will support a brand new, safe, and unpolluted world!"

"If that's the case, why won't you let me stay?" Li Yang keenly sensed the abnormality, and her words pierced Lianxin like a knife.

Lianxin's composure cracked, and he said with increasing anxiety, "Fellow Daoist, please go back quickly. In that world there are... your friends, your teachers... everything you love!"

Li Yang pointed out incisively, "But the Lotus Domain in that world is already on the verge of collapse."

"No!" Lianxin said, "With you here, we can definitely hold on!"

"Why won't you let me stay?" Li Yang asked. "If this place can truly create a new world, why would you want me to go back to an even worse one?"

Lianxin: "!"

He was never good at lying, especially to Li Yang.

But Li Yang was exceptionally perceptive, and under her persistent questioning, Lianxin could no longer hide the truth.

"Fellow Daoist!" Lianxin closed her eyes and said, "I am the seed, I am the hope left by my mother, I must..."

This sentence awakened Li Yang.

The Lianxin is a seed, but can a seed always break through the soil, sprout, and grow into a towering tree?

Without human intervention, the probability of a seed growing is actually very, very low.

Most plants reproduce by scattering large numbers of seeds.

Li Yang once asked the Flower of Evil—

Why is it that only one Lianxin, one lotus petal, and one Lotus Leaf in the Lotus Domain possess consciousness?

Flower of Evil: "How could there be only one? We are merely successors."

So, where did the Lianxin, petals, and Lotus Leaf go?

The Lotus Domain did not send out its Lianxin, petals, and Lotus Leaf only after sensing pollution.

Instead, she has been constantly scattering "seeds" outwards, and whether they can create a new world within the Spatial Rift remains to be seen.

"Tell me," Li Yang asked him, "What are the chances that you will be able to create a new world?"

Lianxin: "..."

"After losing the protection of the petals and Lotus Leaf, how confident are you?" Li Yang pressed him.

Lianxin avoided her gaze and said, "Fellow Daoist, this is my mission, just as you are tasked with protecting the Nature Department, so too..."

"First and foremost, we must live!" Li Yang interrupted him. "If people are dead, what's the point of talking about a mission!"

Lianxin: "!"

Li Yang noticed his softening expression and quickly added, "Think carefully about your mission. Is the Lotus Domain meant to create a new world for you? If the probability is only one in ten million... then you're just throwing your life away here, not fulfilling your mission!"