Published: March 8, 2025
Chapter 205: Encirclement [First Update!]
“This is human nature,” Zixie Qing said lightly. “That’s why we often see people complaining about how sincerely they treat their friends, only to find that their friends are treating them poorly... complaining about ingratitude. In fact, this isn’t ingratitude; it’s just that they chose the wrong timing.”
“People often forget the happy things too quickly. Yet fear and grievance can remain in one’s memory until death. When you bestow kindness upon someone, you must first imprint fear into their heart during their moments of terror, and then save them; once they remember that fear, they will also remember your kindness.”
Chu Yang gave a bitter smile. “I know this, of course. However, Wei Wuyan is a good person. I don’t want to use such tactics to deceive the feelings I have for a friend I recognize.”
Zixie Qing replied slowly, “Wei Wuyan is indeed a good person, but his master is inherently selfish and indecisive. People like that need a lesson first. Moreover, precisely because Wei Wuyan is a good person, if you want to maintain this friendship for a long time, you must act this way. This is for your own good, as well as his.”
Chu Yang sighed deeply. “Sister Zi, I don’t know why, but everything you say seems sharp and piercing, even if it’s the truth.”
Zixie Qing remained silent for a long time before saying, “We come from different backgrounds. For many years, I saw no warmth or affection, only the survival of the fittest. I saw the victorious enjoying themselves, while the defeated became corpses. Moreover…”
At this point, she suddenly stopped, letting out a long sigh and bitterly laughing. “Over the years, I’ve tried hard to fit into every aspect of the human world. But… I found that, in reality, people are the same; everyone has their own calculations in their hearts. Even the most noble person has despicable and dirty thoughts…”
“Different backgrounds?” Chu Yang frowned, somewhat puzzled. “I don’t understand. Whether from a big family or a poor peasant household, warmth exists everywhere. True, there is much cruelty and darkness in this world, but there is also always the possibility of being touched. I don’t understand what kind of place you came from originally.”
“The place I came from…” Zixie Qing smiled sadly and shook her head, yet she fell silent.
A faint shadow appeared between her brows.
At that moment, Chu Yang felt a pang in his heart.
This heavenly girl had such a past that she couldn’t bear to look back on? ‘Only seeing the survival of the fittest, unable to feel any warmth or affection.’ It would have been fine to just hear such words, but thinking about how one could survive in such an environment… it truly sends chills down one’s spine!
“I will strive to learn... the warmth of the human world,” Zixie Qing said softly. “I hope that one day, there will be someone who can move me.”
She said it with a hint of self-deprecation, teasingly adding, “Then I can also taste… the feeling of being touched.”
…
Meanwhile, while the two were conversing, four sword lights like rainbows had already reached the mountain wall, each person flying in a different direction!
The sword lights, like shooting stars, sliced through the mountain vines on the wall.
Then, the four of them simultaneously stood in the air, each wielding their long swords, and slashed downwards in a fan shape towards the mountain wall!
With a loud crash, as countless rocks fell, a large patch of mountain vines fell away like torn cloth.
Revealing a section of the mountain wall, there was a round opening.
This scene suddenly made Chu Yang think of something: It was really like a person trying hard to lift their buttocks while the rectangular piece of their pants on either side was suddenly cut off, and that person just happened to not be wearing underwear, exposing… well, that part…
This bizarre thought made Chu Yang laugh uncontrollably, stifling his mouth as his stomach twitched repeatedly.