Scathach has lived in the Shadow Kingdom of Ulster all her life, and most of the time she has to be wary of her sister Uive who is always thinking about causing trouble.
The only adopted daughter Ushaha was abducted by her most promising disciple, Cu Chulainn. Cu Chulainn's subsequent series of tragedies had long been detected by Scathach's clairvoyance.
With the end of the Age of Gods, the immortal Scathach was ejected to the outside of the world along with the Kingdom of Shadows, and never had the chance to contact a living person again.
Living in the company of the dead souls in the Kingdom of Shadows all day long, Scathach lost his sense of existence as a human in the boring life day after day, and began to pursue the peace of death.
Because Lu Xiao unexpectedly appeared outside the world, Scathach experienced the joy of life for the first time in a long time. She agreed to the drive of inhibition for the first time, just to return to the human world and feel the warmth of the living again.
Lu Xiao didn't see any ambiguity in Scathach's beautiful red eyes, so he simply let go, closed his eyes and enjoyed the rare knee pillow service.
Under Scathach's unfamiliar comfort, Lu Xiao's breathing rhythm gradually returned to normal.
The sweat flowing from his forehead seeped down his cheeks into the tights on Scathach's legs, blended with Scathach's own sweat, and soaked a large piece of translucent fabric.
Scathach's tights are not made of airtight material. Except for the special leather armor that protects the vital parts of the body, most of the fabric of the tights is translucent and looks quite erotic.
"Scathach, are you really planning to find King Hassan to end your life?"
Scathach looked up at the Evening Bell Temple on the top of the mountain. When she talked about this topic, there was a rare hesitation in her tone.
"I have this plan, but I haven't made a final decision yet."
Lu Xiao opened her eyes and saw a flash of confusion in Scathach's eyes.
"You have experienced the joy of life again. There is no need to continue to pursue death, right?"
"Now you still have the power to act independently. Once you become a heroic spirit, the control of inhibition will become stronger. In most cases, you can only be driven by the two evil bosses involuntarily."
"Well, this is what I'm worried about too."
Scathach sighed softly: "Once you die and become a Heroic Spirit, you will be restrained by the restraint force and the Heroic Spirit Seat. It will not be so easy to move freely again, and..."
Scathach lowered his gaze to meet Lu Xiao's dark eyes: "I have been thinking about a question recently. If a person completes her lifelong pursuit, what will be left in her soul?"
Lu Xiao could not answer Scathach's question. This question was too difficult for him to answer at will.
A person will set numerous goals in stages throughout his life, but most people will set a final expectation, or dream, for themselves.
Since it is called a dream, this goal is naturally difficult to achieve.
Most people spend their whole lives unable to achieve the dreams they set for themselves when they were young, and even gradually forget their original aspirations under the polish of society.
Scathach's problem goes further. Her goal of pursuing death is not a dream, but an obsession that is difficult to achieve.
For example, a person who has been preparing for revenge all his life will lose his life goal the moment he completes his revenge obsession, his heart will become empty, and he will not know where to take the next step.
Lu Xiao's biggest goal now is to find out the big boss behind the system and ask him clearly why he gave himself a time travel system and issued tasks to allow him to travel between various dimensions and worlds.
There is no hope of achieving this goal so far, and we have not even grasped the basic clues.
Without relevant experience and insights, he naturally had no way of answering Scathach's questions.
However, even if you have never eaten pork, you have at least seen pigs walking. Lu Xiao and Scathach looked at each other for a while, sorting out their words based on the novels and film and television dramas they had read in the past.
"I have not personally experienced it, so I cannot make any personal suggestions on your problem."
"But I once witnessed two immortals who pursued death leave in front of me, and I also saw the final outcome of those who achieved their obsession."
Lu Xiao solemnly looked into Scathach's eyes and said: "Once the obsession is achieved, your spirit and soul will become extremely empty for a period of time. You will repeatedly ask yourself why you have this obsession and spend your whole life doing it.
Is it worth the struggle?”
"Those who are unable to pass this test choose to self-destruct in the end and actively escape from this difficult-to-answer question."
Lu Xiao turned to look at the Wanzhong Temple: "What about you? Scathach, Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows."
"Have you already thought about the next step after your obsession is achieved? Have you repeatedly considered whether pursuing the peace of death is really worth it?"
As her physical strength gradually recovered, Lu Xiao broke away from Scathach's knee pillow and half-sat on the ground to look at Scathach's level.
"I hope you can think about your plan after your obsession is achieved before making the final choice. If you decide to end your long life after weighing all the gains and losses, I will not..."
"Ugh!"
Scathach suddenly interrupted Lu Xiao's chicken soup for the soul. A look of displeasure appeared on his beautiful cold face. He reached out and grabbed both sides of Lu Xiao's face and pulled outwards.
"Who do you think has a long life? Are you thinking I'm old?"
Lu Xiao's eyes widened in astonishment, 'How can you turn this into an old problem?! What the hell...'
Although Lu Xiao was speechless, thanks to Scathach's sensitivity to age, the heavy atmosphere that originally enveloped the two people dissipated a lot.
After getting rid of Scathach's bullying, Lu Xiao waved his hand feebly: "...Forget it, I tried to persuade you to think about it carefully, but the topic was forcibly changed in a strange direction, and I didn't bother to care anymore."
At this time, the bonfire party in the East Village had begun. Lu Xiao stood up and walked towards the village, waving goodbye to Scathach, who was still sitting on the ground.
"I'll go check on the banquet. You can think about it yourself."
"From a personal point of view, I don't recommend you give up life. After all, the beauty of life must be lived to fully appreciate it."
Silently watching Lu Xiao disappear from sight, a gentle smile flashed across Scathach's face, but soon she returned to her usual cold expression.
"Life or death, how to choose?"
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On the way back to the village, Lu Xiao happened to see Bedivere and Matthew with his clairvoyance. The two people were also hiding behind the village away from the banquet, talking quietly.
You can still see some traces of tears on Bedivere's face, as if he was hiding somewhere and crying secretly. Matthew probably happened to meet Bedivere who was hiding to relieve stress.
Probably guessing the content of the conversation between the two, Lu Xiao did not come forward to disturb them, and quietly returned to the lively Dongzhi Village.
In the square in the middle of the village, Omo Touta and Arash took off their shirts and got entangled together. Their equally strong bodies collided with each other and made a "snap" sound. It looked like they were wrestling. The nearby villagers shouted and cheered for the two of them.
come on.
Lu Xiao walked up to Curse Wan somewhat speechlessly and asked, "There shouldn't be a bar in the village? What's going on with these two people?"
Even the food supply in the villages of the mountain people is a problem, so of course there won't be any extra food to make wine.
"Haha~"
During the banquet, Curse Wan also put down his previous serious attitude, and laughed heartily while watching the two of them wrestling.
"Arash wanted to add excitement to the banquet, and it happened that His Excellency Touta also had this idea. After some discussion, he decided to use wrestling to stir up the atmosphere of the banquet. You see, the effect is very good, right?"
It is human nature to be aggressive. Wrestling, as a hand-to-hand activity that has been popular among various ethnic groups since ancient times, has attracted attention in countries that lacked entertainment activities in ancient times.
Moreover, the two wrestlers are both heroic spirits who have left glorious deeds in human history. The loudness of the villagers’ cheers can roughly tell the enjoyment of this competitive wrestling.
Lu Xiao shook his head and laughed: "That's right, they should have some sense of proportion. Let's just cheer from the sidelines during this rare time to relax."