Six Jiang Fusheng listened, his mind feeling rusty and slow. After a long moment, he finally asked, "What do you mean... she's going to die?"
Chéng Hóng didn't have time to explain in detail. Gu Jūnshī's fair and smooth forehead and slender neck were covered in clammy sweat. Her lips had lost their color, her delicate brows faintly furrowed, and she leaned into Gu Er's embrace, shrouded in a dim, chilling frost.
Gu Er's eyes were bloodshot with anxiety. He knew she was very cold and needed warmth, but he was a zombie, unable to provide it.
He quickly scooped up Gu Jūnshī and rushed forward, his legs faltering, and collapsed before Chéng Hóng.
"Master, do you... do you have a way to save my sister?"
He had heard, he knew that Master Chéng Hóng of the Mohe Zen Temple was skilled in the art of healing. He looked up and pleaded with him earnestly.
Chéng Hóng flicked his robe and half-knelt. He didn't know what the other "he" would feel upon seeing Gu Jūnshī like this, but he had promised to guide her, and since she was his patient, he would not abandon her.
He took one of her hands. Their equally beautiful hands clasped together. Her hand was as cold as jade, chilling to the bone, while his hand was warm like the sun, continuously transferring his body heat to her.
"The medicine... you took it all?"
Her condition was a side effect of ingesting a large amount of "Golden Zen Pill" at once.
Gu Jūnshī could not answer him at the moment. She merely managed to lazily lift her eyes and glance at him.
It was as if she was saying, "Yes."
He shook his head and sighed softly. He had already made up his mind. The next moment, he sat cross-legged, like one beside a splendid pond. A green lotus bloomed, from which a clear and gentle stream of energy slowly flowed into her body.
"Brother—"
Just then, Rú Lán rushed over, calling out urgently, "What are you doing?!"
Chéng Hóng ignored Rú Lán's voice. The heavy lotus on his forehead appeared, adorning his face, which was exceptionally beautiful. But as the lotus petals withered, the green lotus roots that coiled around him gradually lost their color and dimmed.
Gu Er didn't understand what he was doing, but Rú Lán was aghast. She was convinced Chéng Hóng had gone mad and was about to rush forward to pull them apart. But before Rú Lán could make a move, an icy, pale wrist tightly grasped Chéng Hóng.
He looked at her intently.
He met Gu Jūnshī's clear, cold eyes.
The next second, a bone-rattling surge of black energy pushed him away.
Chéng Hóng coughed a few times. The green lotus on his body receded into him, and he stood up.
"You're even willing to give me your life's lotus..." Gu Jūnshī panted heavily and painfully. She turned her head, her eyes slightly unfocused and mocking, murmuring intermittently, "Are you an idiot?"
Chéng Hóng turned his head and glanced at Rú Lán. That glance made Rú Lán freeze, and she stood there, not daring to approach further.
He turned back to Gu Jūnshī and said, "Why refuse? Although the green lotus is not as effective as dragon marrow, it can at least alleviate your current condition."
Gu Jūnshī closed her eyes and said faintly, "...It's useless."
Although the words of the demonized dragon were not to be trusted, why would it bother to lie to her? It was precisely because it had not taken her seriously in the beginning that its words, though malicious, were also true.
Since even "dragon marrow" could not completely resolve the problem between her and the child, what was the point of him sacrificing his life's lotus for her?
Six Jiang Fusheng moved, and the wound on his abdomen tore open again, but it quickly healed. He didn't stop, continuing to walk towards Gu Jūnshī step by step, leaving bloody footprints as his wound tore and healed, tore and healed again, pale and weak.
Chéng Hóng turned his head at this moment and saw Six Jiang Fusheng's silent, pursed, and stubborn profile. He took a deep breath and decided to tell him everything.
At this point, everything should have a conclusion and a result.
Regarding the conflict between her and her father's child's physique, she could have sought the dragon marrow from the "Dragon Island Secret Realm" to alleviate the urgent situation. However, she then came into contact with the embryo-promoting "Yellow Gold Crystal," accelerating her mother's demise. She was already at her limit.
There were only two paths now.
Either keep the mother and abandon the child, or keep the child and lose the mother.
Rú Lán's eyes widened in shock. She finally understood what was happening to Gu Jūnshī.
At this moment, the others also arrived. They were hesitant about the current situation and felt they couldn't intervene, so they could only stand by and quietly listen to everything Chéng Hóng said.
Six Jiang Fusheng stood there rigidly, not knowing with what emotion he listened to Chéng Hóng explain the matter from beginning to end.
The vast sea breeze blew incessantly, and a great grief surged in his heart.
It was as if no matter how much he reached out, a wall always separated him from her, as if even heaven did not wish for him to be carefree, refusing to allow him to be with Gu Jūnshī.
His shoulders, which had been straight, slumped slightly. He said hoarsely, "...She came to the Dragon Island Secret Realm to save the child in her womb?"
Chéng Hóng didn't understand what Six Jiang Fusheng was thinking. After diagnosing her, he had felt a slight unease and had sent several cloud letters to her, but she hadn't replied to any of them.
"From the beginning, this humble monk told Benefactor Gu that supreme treasures might allow her to keep the child, but no matter what, she would not escape unscathed."
He thought she would choose to abort the child. After all, the process of aborting it was too easy compared to the price of keeping it.
Wasn't she always someone who was self-serving and knew how to make choices?
Why had she put herself in such a desperate situation?
Six Jiang Fusheng stepped forward again. He looked at the unconscious Gu Jūnshī and said in a low voice, "She just said she never intended to keep this child from the very beginning... Liar."
He came before Gu Jūnshī. The hem of his white robe was stained red. He wanted to squat down but ended up kneeling on one knee, using one hand to support his upper body.
Gu Er looked at him. The strong smell of blood that hit him made his expression darken slightly. Seeing how badly he was injured, mostly by his sister, he didn't move for a moment.
Mainly, he was afraid that if he exerted himself even slightly, he would lose this brother-in-law in the future.
"Give me..."
He reached out to Gu Er, wanting to snatch Gu Jūnshī from Gu Er's arms. Gu Er naturally didn't want to let go. Just as he was about to snatch her back, an ethereal sword, sharp and soul-piercing, was pressed against his neck.
Gu Er: "..." Using force is so shameless!
But Gu Er actually knew that he wouldn't harm his sister. Just based on the fact that she had pierced his dantian with a palm previously, almost taking half his life, yet he didn't resist or retaliate, it was evident that no matter what his sister did, he would be the one to get hurt in the end.
Gu Er didn't know when his cheap brother-in-law had sensed her sister's intentions and was willing to cooperate with her to eliminate the demonized dragon together. He had clearly been stimulated to the point of madness before.
His sister's single sentence was enough to pull him back from the edge of a cliff... He was destined to never be a match for his sister, this kind of emotional scoundrel.
Six Jiang Fusheng hugged Gu Jūnshī and stood up with difficulty and slowness. She wasn't actually very heavy. Despite being pregnant, he felt as if she had become thinner.
Her head tilted on his shoulder. Her breath, heavy then light, was sprayed between his collarbones. His heart could not calm down for a long time. Holding her in his arms, he felt a sourness that made his eyes sting.
At this moment, beams of white light shone down on the battlefield, parting the clouds. Two figures, one white and one black, were stained with the same blood. The light fell on them, as if they were made for each other, so harmonious and perfect.
They were a couple who had already bowed to heaven and earth, and now they had a child...
Thinking this, it felt as if no one had the right to interfere in their matters.
Gu Er saw him holding Gu Jūnshī and about to leave, and urgently asked, "Where are you taking my sister?"
Six Jiang Fusheng turned his face, his gaze both cold and fierce. "No one follow, or else... don't blame me for being heartless."
With a flick of his sleeve, a golden light streaked across the sky and disappeared in an instant.
At this moment, no one had the ability to stop his departure. The matters between them were too complicated, and now it involved a child in critical condition. Thus, they could only watch him leave with Gu Jūnshī in his arms.
Lu Ziyin had felt as if he had a heart attack since he learned Gu Jūnshī was pregnant, his heart aching from time to time.
The most tragic thing in this world was that the beauty he admired had married another man and was pregnant.
He sighed, "I wonder what he will do next?"
Rú Lán glanced at her brother, her mind somewhat lost, and said, "After all, it's his child... he will definitely choose Gu Yi."
Lu Ziyin sighed again, "Seeing how nervous he looked when he saw Gu Yi... uh, Gu Jūnshī was about to slap his child to death, he will still choose Gu Jūnshī."
In fact, everyone present felt that this was undoubtedly a choice, because if only one person could be kept, Six Jiang Fusheng would undoubtedly have no second answer.
"This is the first time I've seen a man... cry so sadly. Can you imagine, Six Jiang Fusheng, who previously wielded that immortal sword and defeated many, the number one on the newcomer rankings? His cold and detached demeanor from rejecting love is still fresh in my memory. How could he just... humbly beg for love like this."
Rú Lán felt heartbroken for Six Jiang Fusheng as she said this.
Why do infatuated men always meet heartless women? And one a beacon of righteousness, the other a devil of an evil sect. It was even more outrageous than her falling in love with an aloof immortal master. What a beautiful yet heartbreaking love story this was.
Lu Ziyin was silent for a moment and said, "Now that her identity is exposed, with her unknown origins and her evil cultivation, no matter the outcome, I'm afraid... they will never be together again."
Orthodoxy and evil cannot coexist. This was no trivial matter.
These words were like an unavoidable reality cast upon them. The others had their own thoughts and plans, all shrouded in that silence.
The Nine-tailed Fox had quietly left at some point, and Tán Yǎ couldn't find her either.
Although Six Jiang Fusheng had forbidden anyone from following, Gu Er had always been daring when it came to Gu Yi's matters. He didn't care and secretly chased after them.
Chéng Hóng, who had been injured fighting the possessed Six Jiang Fusheng earlier, was now weak despite his willingness. He had intended to sacrifice his life's lotus to Gu Jūnshī, but although it was interrupted, his foundation was still somewhat damaged, and he needed to sit cross-legged to regain some energy.
Yàn Tiānjiāo was the calmest and most indifferent among them. He was not interested in love matters. Compared to the emotional entanglement between Six Jiang Fusheng and Gu Jūnshī, he was more concerned about what kind of person this "Gu Jūnshī" was.
She was not a spiritual cultivator, because she had no spiritual roots, and the power she released did not belong to spiritual power.
Nor was it ghost energy, demonic energy, or demonic energy. Were there other powers in this world besides these?
That "Huangmen" had always bothered him.
The last words of the demonized dragon before it disappeared also made him uneasy, as if it were predicting an ominous catastrophe in the cultivation world that would overturn heaven and earth.
Yàn Tiānjiāo looked at the sky where the demonic energy had dissipated. The collapse of the "Dragon Island Secret Realm" had stopped, but the barrier was still intact. He wondered how long it would be before people outside could enter, and when they could get out.
—
Clang, clang, clang—
When Gu Jūnshī opened her eyes, she found her hands and feet bound by iron chains and shackles, imprisoned in a transparent white palace made of glazed glass.
She was in the center of the white jade corridor of the main hall, trapped in a golden cage adorned with talismans. Looking up, she could see someone reclining on a high seat with long steps.
He wore a blue-edged white robe stained with the crimson color of maple leaves. His golden crown was nowhere to be seen, and his enchanting, smooth blue hair cascaded around him and his seat, unbound. His eyes were tinged with blue, and he was currently asleep with his eyes closed.
Sensing that she had woken up, the person on the high seat finally opened his eyes.
His eyes as he looked at her rolled like ink but were also too deep, containing mountains and seas, quiet and boundless, making it impossible to fathom his thoughts at the moment.
Gu Jūnshī pondered her current situation for a moment.
So, she had been imprisoned?
Six Jiang Fusheng stood up from his seat and walked down the steps. His voice was clear and melodious, "Gu Jūnshī, you will remain here with me until the Dragon Island Secret Realm opens."
"You've imprisoned me in a cage. Are you taking revenge on me?" she asked, looking into his eyes inquisitively.
She hadn't forgotten what happened before. This person before her was not only Six Jiang Fusheng who had regained his memory but also her ex-husband whom she had killed multiple times to achieve enlightenment.
Six Jiang Fusheng did not answer her. He came before her, separated by the golden cage covered with talismans, and asked her, "Does it hurt?"
She knew what he meant.
So, she smiled indifferently and said softly, "Yes, it hurts."
He asked again, "Are you cold?"
"Yes, I'm cold."
Then Six Jiang Fusheng placed his hand on the cage and said in a low voice, "It was the same when you killed me."
Gu Jūnshī paused, "Is that so?"
The golden cage seemed to be made of a special material. The place he touched began to melt, creating a hole large enough for him to step into, and then slowly resealed.
He had crafted a cage for her lined with a soft white blanket. His slender fingers meticulously unbuttoned his clothes, his belt... Then he lifted her chin, leaned close to her, and his dark, ethereal eyes seemed to contain black vortices, or like prairie flames burning within him, "Jūnshī, do you regret it? Do you regret being so ruthless to me?"
Gu Jūnshī watched his actions, and as his fair and well-proportioned fingers were pulled, she said to him, "What do you want to hear?"
He insisted on an answer, "Answer me."
"No regrets." She said without hesitation.
Clang— She was pushed back and fell backward. He bit her heartless, thin lips fiercely, and blood mixed between their mouths.
He did not allow her to avoid him, entwining her with him in this entanglement of love, desire, hatred, and emotion.