Chapter 278 As long as you live, nothing else matters!
Chapter 278 As long as you live, nothing else matters!
The battle is over, the small courtyard in the city.
A few wisps of refreshing fragrance seeped into Ji Qiu's breath.
It had a smell mixed with incense and alcohol. It was very unique and something Ji Qiu had never smelled before.
He looked at the girl leaning in front of him and listened to the soft whisper in her mouth.
The lake in my heart gradually became slightly rippled, and then the waves rolled over and hit my heart.
"Ao Jing."
The Taoist muttered this name and slowly stood up from the stone bench.
He patted his sleeves, and the emotions revealed in his dark eyes were all complicated and difficult to describe.
Before, he did think about whether there would be such a possibility.
That divine soul contract has some connection with the true spirit. If one of them is strong enough, is it really possible to follow the weak traces to find the location of the other person?
Before meeting this woman, this was just a possibility.
But after actually seeing her, this possibility seemed to have been completely transformed.
real reality.
My mind is wandering, and I only have one thought.
Then the Taoist spoke in a complicated tone:
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"My name is Ji Qiu now."
in his sight.
The girl in front of me is very different from the previous life in my memory.
A hundred years of human life are but one year of a real dragon.
The laurel shape is lightly brushed with Liang Jiadai, and the melon character is divided into jasper years.
When she was saying goodbye in the past, Ji Qiu still clearly remembered that she had not grown so big yet, at most she was only in her jade years, or a little more.
In the blink of an eye, such a long time has passed.
The two of them once accompanied Jiazi and supported him until the very end.
Therefore, Ji Qiu only needed one look to see that the woman in palace clothes in front of her had changed her temperament from the outside to the inside, deep into her bones.
The reason why she still acted so coquettishly in front of him.
It's just because, this is how they were when they first got acquainted, that's all.
The long memory played backwards, switching back and forth like a revolving lantern, emerging in Ji Qiu's mind, buzzing non-stop:
‘Everything you take out must come out, make a deal, human being.
What price do you have to pay before you are willing to let me go?'
——Serve me for five hundred years. During that time, no matter life or death, I will let you go. How about that?
'This shiny bracelet is so beautiful, can you buy it for me?'
——It’s not worth a few taels of silver. If you want it, I’ll give you one.
'Your food in this world is so delicious, can you have some more? When I have money, I will treat you next time!'
——.You can eat whatever you want. How can I, the noble prince, be dragged down by this little food?
‘Let’s take away all the treasures of the Immortality Cult family and swallow all the spiritual stones and elixirs in our stomachs. There won’t be any consequences, right?’
——There should be no accidents.
'Go to Yandu now, don't die.'
——You and I are together, the general trend is the trend, how can we fall?
'On Daoyi Peak, don't die.'
——Evil demons and heretics can be destroyed with a snap of the fingers and pose no threat.
‘You are traveling across domains, and five hundred years have not yet come, so remember not to die.’
'Remember to give me an answer when you come back!'
--.I see.
The trivial memories in his mind converged into a line, until Ji Qiu's eyes were dim and he looked at the ordinary white jade bracelet on the snow-white wrist of the woman in front of him.
Only then did it come to an abrupt end.
The Taoist looked at the bracelet that was full of spiritual energy and densely covered with many complex spiritual patterns. However, because it was limited to ordinary jade in the world, no matter how much it was maintained, it could not break through its original constraints. At most, it was nothing more than a magic weapon.
After staring at it for a long time, he paused for a moment, then raised his dry voice again, breaking the slightly silent atmosphere first:
"Take your seat first."
Under the peach blossom tree, there is a stone table no more than two feet long.
The Taoist stretched out his arm and pointed at the other stone bench to invite. In the end, thousands of words turned into just one sentence:
"How have you been after all these years?"
After Ao Jing listened, he did not respond immediately.
I saw this girl holding up her skirt and sitting on the stone bench upon invitation.
Then he waved his Shuiyun sleeve, and two wine bottles carved with aqua blue patterns appeared out of thin air, as well as a jar of spiritual wine exuding a rich aroma.
When her fingertips met, she snapped her fingers.
The two wine bottles moved slowly, one was placed in front of him, and the other was placed in front of the Taoist.
Then, the wine was unsealed and two streams of water formed, slowly falling into the two wine bottles.
Under the peach blossom tree, the aroma of wine suddenly overflowed and filled every corner of the courtyard.
Ao Jing held his chin with one hand and leaned on the stone table. His beautiful eyes seemed to be rippling with layers of water, a little blurred.
She had thought about face-to-face situations like this many times, but they were just dreams. None of them could be as real as before.
Therefore, two years ago, Ao Jing suddenly realized that this Taoist had never died. She should have been angry after seeing him.
More than 1,800 years ago
She wanted to ask where he had spent his eighteen hundred years and what he had done, and why he was not even willing to meet her.
However, when I heard the familiar voice again and looked at the face that although slightly changed, it still had the same look as before.
The fire that was originally born in my heart was extinguished as if a basin of cold water had been poured from the head.
Even if he traveled thousands of mountains, crossed thousands of rivers, and blocked a murder for him in a corner he didn't know, he eliminated a demon king from the East China Sea with just a few clicks, completely regardless of the consequences.
But Ao Jing still felt it was worth it.
Who told her to sink into the boundless darkness in the first place, and the only light she could find and capture was him.
Dependent origination and cessation, cause and effect are intertwined.
The more lonely your heart is and the more difficult it is to communicate with others, the harder it will be to let go.
Just like what is sung in the opera:
'He taught me to accept the lingering regrets, to avoid being spoiled and angry, to rehabilitate myself, to change my temperament, to let go of lost love, to turn around from the sea of suffering, and to realize Lan Yin early...'
However, if you can really forget your past and turn back from the sea of suffering.
How could she have wasted her years because of this, and even now, she still doesn't dare to cross the last hurdle?
In the life of the soul, there will be calamities of inner demons, which are invisible and formless, and will illuminate your past for you.
Anyone who desires something but cannot obtain it, and whoever desires the most important thing in his heart, is likely to sink into it and never recover.
The true dragon has a long life, and her life of practice has nothing to worry about, except for one regret.
Even Michelle Zhao couldn't compare to her, because that woman still cared about her family, country, and world, so she had to forge ahead and not fall down.
Because of this, she passed this last hurdle, but she didn't dare to take it.
She was afraid that if she stepped forward, she would never have the chance to fulfill that promise, or she might be greedy for the mirror, and sink into the inner demons, from which she would never be able to escape.
I thought that I might not try to get out until the end of my life.
But now.
Looking at the wine bottle, the woman was in a daze. After a moment, she suddenly realized that her eyelids were a little wet.
It turns out that so many years have passed.
In front of him, even though she had gone through thousands of sails, she still couldn't control her temper. She was no different from that little girl who used to be ignorant of the world.
"Looking like this, are you still trying to save your soul from the catastrophe before?"
"I'm afraid I will sink into it in an instant and be unable to escape."
Ao Jing laughed at himself.
Then he lifted up his sleeves, wiped the corners of his eyes slightly to moisten them, and then seemed to have nothing to do, his beautiful eyes looked forward to it, and he smiled sweetly:
"Of course I'm having a good time."
"I am of the true dragon bloodline, the direct descendant of the holy blood. I am only half a step away from the top of the world."
"If you go out and stomp your feet, you can cause the entire Western Sea to tremble three times. That is to say, the mountains in the east are high and the roads are far away. If you don't know my reputation, I will scare you to death!"
As he spoke, Ao Jing raised the wine bottle in front of him:
"This wine is a wine I brewed after I found eight kinds of high-quality spiritual wine recipes, integrated them, and used the rare spiritual material 'Chenmengcao', a specialty of the East China Sea, as a guide."
"Named: Dust."
"Try it."
After saying that, the woman raised her head, revealing her snow-white neck, and drank the wine from the wine bottle in one gulp.
"After you finish asking me, I also want to ask you."
"How have you lived for so many years?"
"Also, why is it called Ji Qiu again?"
Putting down the wine bottle, Ao Jing's blue hair hanging down from his temples, circling his slender fingers, his tone was unintentional, just like chatting.
The Taoist sitting opposite him, with his palms lingering on the wine bottle, was thinking about whether the 'dust' wine could be the fine wine that Chen Xuan mentioned before.
After listening to what Ao Jing said, he smiled bitterly:
"I don't know how to tell you about this kind of thing."
Ji Qiu thought for a while and then organized some words:
"Do you believe that there is reincarnation in this world?"
The Taoist's tone was cryptic, and then he said leisurely:
"I once found a great opportunity. When my life span is exhausted and I am on the verge of death, I can use my soul and true spirit as my sustenance to uncover the mystery in my womb, live another life, and walk the path of immortality again."
"This is also the reason why I told you that I will not perish."
"But unfortunately, this method also has limitations. In addition, in several previous lives, I have not been able to break through to higher realms, so I have wasted time."
"Otherwise, if I find out about you, I will choose to cross thousands of mountains and rivers to meet you no matter what."
"Look at the unbroken soul contract you and I made in the past, isn't it like this?"
"If I can't break through the golden elixir again in this life, I'm afraid we will still be unable to see each other."
Ji Qiu spoke sincerely and made up some improvised words, which revealed a lot of information.
But those who can be informed by him with confidence will not covet the opportunities described in his words.
Because compared to these things, what they care about more is obviously him.
In fact, it's no wonder that Ji Qiu's feelings were not as profound as those of Ao Jing.
The third life came to an end, and now the golden elixir has been proven again. For Ji Qiu, the timeline has not even passed ten years.
And ten years is not considered such a long distance at all for practitioners who often live in dozens or even hundreds of years.
How can this amount of time be comparable to the more than 1,800 years that Ao Jing said was enough to see the changes in the world?
Therefore, compared to the reunion, Ji Qiu's heart actually contained more guilt.
When I think of someone, I have been waiting for him for more than 1,800 years, and I am willing to cross an unknown distance just to see him.
He was already so ashamed that he didn't know how to face it.
"Ouch"
Ao Jing nodded slightly without showing any surprise.
Ji Qiu, on the other hand, was a little surprised that she accepted this statement so calmly:
"Don't you have anything else to ask about this?"
"What am I asking?" Ao Jing tilted his head, his hair hanging down from his temples.
"Ask why you appeared after more than 1,800 years?"
"I asked you why you were not called Yue Wushuang, but now you are called Ji Qiu?"
"I'm still asking you, why didn't you keep your promise? Why didn't you call me A Jing? Why did you break the contract like this and why do you want me to come to you in person after so many years?"
"With so many questions, do they make sense?"
I poured another glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.
The woman shook her head violently, stretched out her fingers, and took out a peach petal. Then she raised her head stubbornly and stared at the peach petal for a long time. Her cheeks turned a little pink, and then she suddenly
Laughed:
"As long as you are alive, isn't that enough?"
"No matter how many problems there are, no matter how much anger, resentment, sorrow or helplessness, between life and death, they are actually just nothingness."
"I just want you to live,"
"Others, don't want anything else."
She said it seriously.
Every word was like a heavy hammer hitting Ji Qiu's heart.
His Taoist heart, which he claimed to be as solid as a rock, was shattered into pieces, making it difficult for him to remain silent at the mourning platform.
For a moment, Ji Qiu's face turned red and his heart trembled. He couldn't help but raise his sleeves and robe to cover his face, and then smiled:
"Your wine"
"Can drinking from the golden elixir realm make you intoxicated?"
Ji Qiu really felt that his soul was a little blurry.
He looked at the woman in front of him, and slowly he seemed to see some double images. There were Ao Jing from various time periods, and this gorgeous and youthful appearance in lapis palace clothes, overlapping with each other.
Say you don't like it?
How can I say it out loud?
"Of course it's intoxicating."
"Not to mention Jindan Zhenren, even if he is a Zhenjun, he can't withstand the power of the dust wine without using magic power to suppress his hazy drunkenness. He can only rely on his spiritual body after baptism."
"After all, I brewed it just to get drunk."
One glass after another, non-stop drinking.
The woman spat out the words in one breath, then slapped her palms heavily on the stone table in front of her, causing the white jade bracelet on her wrist to jingle:
"Yue Wushuang, Ji Qiu, or some other name!"
"I don't care."
"But since it's you!"
"Today, you have to give me an explanation!"
"Ji Qiu, right?"
"You know, I have been waiting for you for more than 1,800 years, just because you said back then that you would not die and you would come back alive!"
"Then, call me A Jing and tell me personally what your answer is!"
At this moment, she changed from her silent demeanor and looked domineering, possessing the majesty of a Semi-Saint Dragon Lord, approaching Ji Qiu like a stormy wave!
"Then now, you should say it"
Coupled with Cai Cai's verbal attack, Ji Qiu was thrown into chaos, his mind was lost, and he was silent for a long time.
Until finally, the Taoist raised his eyes.
He looked at someone who was domineering at first, as if he could crush him to death with one finger, and then changed the direction, and for the first time, there was a girl who felt aggrieved.
A rare trace of confusion flashed across his eyes.
Then he scratched his head and finally accepted the words. After thinking about it carefully for a long time, he said a little awkwardly:
"Then let's do this. A Jing."
"Let me tell you a story first."
"Just listen to it."
After clearing her throat, Ji Qiu took a deep breath and finally calmed down.
Then his voice was ups and downs, with a bit of magnetism, just like a storyteller, he opened his mouth and said:
