Against the Gods

Chila!

A sound of swords breaking through the air was heard, slight but sharp.

A small abyss beast broke into several pieces in mid-air, and with the momentum of its original flight, it fell far away and hit the ground.

The girl put away her sword and walked forward quietly.

She was able to be invisible and breathless half a month ago, but now this sword made a sound of breaking through the air. But she seemed to be unaware of it, and walked forward silently, not knowing the direction or where to go.

Seven days have passed since she and Yun Che separated.

The day Yun Che left, she felt as if a hole had been cut out of her heart, a sense of loss, a sense of emptiness, a sense of heaviness... a kind of sadness she had never had before, let alone describe.

With her rapidly filling cognition, her not yet fully mature reason was enough to tell her that Yun Che's resolute departure was rational and the right choice. As the goddess of the Zhetian Divine Kingdom, she must never do anything that would hurt the Zhetian Divine Kingdom for her own selfish thoughts.

She thought that this uncomfortable feeling of emptiness was the result of a sudden loss, and as the Goddess of Zhetian, she would surely dispel it quickly.

But one day, two days, three days... five days...

The hollow in her heart still existed.

Wherever she looked up, the gray wood she could sit on, the gray dark sky, the sword marks she had drawn, the abyss land they had stepped on together... all had Yun Che's figure.

The cold wind that blew past her ears, the howling in the distance... and the most gray and dead silence, there was always a faint sound of Yun Che's voice.

Hua Qingying looked at her silently. From beginning to end, she did not appear, and did not even give her a trace of guidance or comfort in voice.

She was like a pure white paper scroll, but Yun Che was a paintbrush soaked in the myriad colors of the world, dyeing her pure white life with layers of glass scarlet... every trace of color was so clear and engraved in the soul.

She was a skylark that left the nest for the first time. Yun Che covered her with colorful feathers, allowing her to deeply feel the beauty of the world for the first time, but when she wanted to indulge in it, he cruelly tore it away.

It seemed that she had just recovered as before, but it left her with severe pain and scars that would take an unknown amount of time to recover.

"That's good." Hua Qingying murmured softly: "After going through this disaster, her state of mind will definitely grow."

Isn't this exactly the purpose of her insisting that Hua Caili travel alone before getting married...

Hua Caili's steps became slower and slower. Finally, she stopped and stared at a broken piece of black wood in front of her in a daze.

She walked over and slowly sat down against the black wood.

When resting, he would protect her, heal her with the warmest light profound power, meditate quietly, then secretly look at her, and answer her various questions with a gentle voice. No matter how excessive her questions were, he never had even the slightest impatience...

When the sound of the abyss beast came, his first subconscious action was always to protect her into his aura.

When practicing swordplay, his sight was never on the sword, but on her...

In the fierce battle with the abyss beast, his sword was extremely fierce, but he kept the deepest tenderness for her... He never let even a trace of the blood of the abyss beast touch her body.

...

And now, he is gone, leaving her alone.

She unconsciously stretched out her arms and gently hugged herself.

The color in her eyes was dim and heartbreaking.

She was also alone when she entered the sea of ​​fog. Facing the vast sea of ​​fog, she shrank a little, a little scared, but more of it was expectation and a little excitement.

She was just back to being alone, why was she... so sad.

Sha~~

The sound of footsteps touching the ground came from behind, within a hundred steps.

Hua Caili, who was in a state of dismay, was startled and quickly stood up, and the Liyun Sword behind her suddenly flashed brightly.

There were two Xuanists who were traveling together. Facing Hua Caili who suddenly became alert, the leader asked, "Is this fairy injured?"

Hua Caili did not answer. She turned around and left directly, and soon disappeared from the sight of the two.

The two looked at each other. Although they were deeply amazed by her half-hidden elegance, they did not chase her. After all, in the fog sea, most people did not want to cause trouble.

As the goddess of Zhetian, she has a pure and kind personality and perfect cultivation. In the past, when faced with greetings from others, whether they were kind or ulterior, her cultivation would make her respond politely and kindly.

But these days, her soul seemed to have been half-free, and she had no intention of reacting to anyone else.

At this time, Hua Qingying's moon eyebrows suddenly frowned, and her eyes followed the breath and projected into the distance.

She locked onto Yun Che's figure at a glance.

He was walking towards this side, and the direction he was heading was exactly the direction Hua Caili was going.

These days, Hua Caili has been absent-minded, walking in the foggy sea in a daze, and she herself doesn't even know where she is going. This unexpected encounter with Yun Che can only be an accident.

In the vast foggy sea, they met again so soon after parting, which can be described as a bad fate.

However, this is not the scene Hua Qingying expected to see.

Just when Hua Qingying was hesitating whether to interfere with Hua Caili's direction, a group of abyss beasts rushed out from Yun Che's location and rushed straight to Yun Che.

These abyss beasts are all at the level of God Lord. It will be a fierce battle for Hua Caili, but it will undoubtedly not pose a threat to Yun Che.

The scarlet giant sword named "Yun Li" flashed, and a heavy ice storm broke out when it was swung. In a few breaths, the nearby abyss beasts were dispersed, and then shattered one by one. The method was so brutal and ruthless that it was completely different from when he was with Hua Caili.

Hua Caili, who was walking forward, suddenly stopped and raised her head abruptly. Her beautiful eyes, which had been silent for a long time, began to ripple.

This aura...

"Mr. Yun..."

She whispered softly, and her body rushed towards the aura that haunted her dream before her reason and thoughts.

"..." Hua Qingying, who was too late to intervene, could only sigh faintly and helplessly watch the scene of the two people meeting again.

But her "expectation" was soon dashed.

After dealing with the last abyss beast, Yun Che's movement of putting away his sword suddenly stagnated, and his eyes turned to the direction where Hua Caili was. He obviously sensed her aura, and his face showed surprise and panic... followed by a trace of painful struggle.

Then, he turned around suddenly and rushed in the opposite direction at a very fast speed.

He was at full speed, far exceeding Hua Caili, and the distance between the two quickly widened, and soon disappeared from Hua Caili's perception range.

Hua Qingying: "..."

When Hua Caili chased to where Yun Che was before, she only saw the frozen corpses of abyss beasts all over the ground.

The unique icy aura proved that the aura was not an illusion, and not long ago, he was still standing on this land.

"Mr. Yun!" She kept turning around, searching for Yun Che's breath in different directions: "Come out... I found you, come out quickly..."

"Even if we have to leave... never see each other again, at least we should say goodbye completely... Mr. Yun!"

There was no response.

She did not give up, but followed the sword mark that was hastily plowed on the ground, chasing in the direction where Yun Che fled.

She chased for a long, long time, passing through layer after layer of abyss dust, and had long lost her direction, but she still did not stop... because there was always a voice in her heart that scared her: If she stopped, maybe she would never see him again in this life.

At this time, a snow curtain that should never exist suddenly appeared in the eternal gray world, so strange that it seemed like an illusion.

Hua Caili's eyes suddenly became infatuated, and her steps unconsciously slowed down, and she stepped slowly into the snow curtain.

Snow... The same breath and snowflakes as that day.

A shallow snow mark was left behind. She stretched out her hand, letting the snowflakes drift into her palm, onto her white clothes, and onto her black hair.

In the snow curtain, on a stone platform covered with light snow, a long black ribbon floated.

It was stained with Yun Che's breath, and it was obvious that he had just left her body.

She stepped forward, slowly stretched out her hand, and held the ribbon in her hand.

On it, there were faint words engraved with the power of light:

"Meeting is already a good fortune, why should we miss each other for the rest of our lives."

The jade fingers trembled slightly with her pupils, and the ribbon turned over. On the other side, there was the same bright imprint:

"Today we are soaked in the snow together, and this life can be considered as growing old together."

The hands holding the ribbon covered her cheeks, and she squatted weakly, her shoulders shaking violently.

The snow was still falling, and it also faintly covered her sobs that she tried her best to suppress.

The sword light flashed in Hua Qingying's eyes... A deep beast that was about to pounce on Hua Caili was silently turned into powder.

It was less than ten feet away from Hua Caili, but she didn't notice it.

"Ah." Hua Qingying finally sighed softly. She knew that she had to show up and guide at this moment. Now, it was basically close to the limit that her fragile heart could bear.

Her figure sank and landed lightly in front of Hua Caili.

Hua Caili raised her tearful eyes. The moment she saw her aunt, it was as if a string in her body broke. She suddenly threw herself on Hua Qingying's chest, and the tears and cries that she had tried hard to suppress instantly broke the dam. She cried wantonly and howled, her heart was broken.

Hua Qingying didn't speak. The jade hand that controlled the strongest sword of the abyss gently stroked the girl's back, allowing her to release and vent as much as she wanted.

She cried for a long, long time, almost more than all her previous tears. She cried until the snow curtain fell, interspersed with at least dozens of mournful cries of the Abyss Beast.

If anyone else made the girl cry, Hua Qingying would definitely kill him.

But Yun Che... let alone killing him, she couldn't even blame him.

The sobbing of the girl in her arms finally began to weaken. The sword immortal lowered his eyes slightly and said, "The time when I punished you the most, you were just stubborn and only shed two tears. Today, I have returned all the tears you held back."

Hua Caili raised her head from her aunt's chest, and her slightly red eyes were filled with a heartbreaking mist: "Aunt, I... I... I am really sad..."

As soon as she said this, the tears that had taken so long to stop flowed again.

"I know." Hua Qingying said softly: "Don't feel ashamed, and don't deny or doubt yourself because of it. Although it hurts, it is also a very beautiful experience, right?"

The girl looked at her with tears in her eyes: "Aunt... have you experienced it too?"

Hua Qingying shook her head: "No. But I can't forget your mother's past..."

The word "mother" made the girl stunned.

The breath was a little disordered, Hua Qingying closed her eyes briefly, and said: "Cai Li, do you remember the question I asked you before your experience this time?"

The girl opened her lips and said with tears in her eyes: "It's that sentence... How far can my determination go?"

Hua Qingying shook her head, but she was not surprised by Hua Caili's answer. Because she knew that the question she asked at the beginning would not touch her heart at all.

"I ask you, do you really like Dian Jiuzhi?"

"..."Hua Caili's tears stopped trembling.

Hua Qingying spoke for her, "You said you liked him. I asked you why you liked him, and you said he had a great appearance and talent, and was very good to you. In particular, he was someone that even Father God approved of."

Hua Caili vaguely recalled that her aunt had asked her the same question, and she had answered the same question.

"I asked you again: 'When you didn't meet him, did you miss him deeply?' Do you still remember your answer?"

The girl followed her memory and said softly: "He is the son of the God of Senluo Divine Kingdom, so everything is fine. Why do you miss him?"

"Yeah." This was exactly what Hua Caili answered at that time, and it was this answer that made her determined to let Hua Caili enter the world alone: ​​"But, when you didn't meet Yun Che, you would miss him day and night, right?"

Hearing the word "Yun Che" from her aunt, Hua Caili's beautiful eyes instantly turned red, and she sniffed her nose very hard, and then she held back her tears: "Aunt, I... I..."

"Okay, no need to say." She knew that Hua Caili had understood.

She spoke in the gentlest tone possible: "Your body has fully recovered now, and you no longer need to go to the Pure Land [Slumber]. The Senluo Kingdom already knew about this when you left the Pure Land for the last time."

"Senluo God's son Dian Jiuzhi has been waiting for you for so many years. Now that he knows about this, he will be eager to mention your engagement when he meets Emperor Yuan next time. By then, the wedding date must be approaching."

"But your feelings for Dian Jiuzhi are obviously not romantic. I just...can't bear to watch you end your life in ignorance like this."

"Is it...because of your mother?" the girl whispered.

"Yes." Hua Qingying raised her eyes. This ruthless swordsman who rarely showed emotions had a deep sadness in his eyes at this moment: "Your mother's temperament was as gentle as water, but her emotions were as fiery as fire. Although her life was short, she loved and hated without regrets, even if she died..."

Her voice gradually stopped, and she couldn't say anything more. After a brief calm, she continued: "You are her... Qu Wanxin's daughter. Perhaps, your hidden soul is also like her."

"So, I hope that before you get married, you can use your own eyes to see the various aspects of the world and understand what true love between men and women is, rather than just being confused."

She knew clearly that Hua Fuchen had always hoped that Hua Caili would not touch the love between men and women, and Dian Jiuzhi was the most suitable partner for her in this world... He never wanted his daughter to follow in his and her mother's footsteps.

Whether this was right or wrong, she herself didn't know. She only knew that her obsession was ultimately a result of her unwillingness to accept what happened back then...

"But I didn't expect that you would actually fall into the calamity with your body."

"But it's okay this way." Hua Qingying wiped away the tears on the girl's face with her fingers: "Although it hurts, when you get through this calamity, your emotions and soul will become more complete. When you marry Dian Jiuzhi in the future, you may have some regrets and some sorrows, but at least you won't leave behind regrets and emptiness."

"Get through this calamity..." The girl murmured softly, then shook her head: "But I..."

"Yes." She gently comforted: "The first time will always be unforgettable. And time will heal everything, you will always forget, always let go, and always learn to be rational, choose and weigh. This is also what he said... growing up on thorns."