Chapter 14: Longing for You, Yet Fearful

At this moment, Jiu Jiu no longer knows what kind of person she has saved.

A person who perhaps should have died three hundred years ago was saved by her, and a kind of karma she cannot comprehend seems to have begun to turn from that point on.

She does not even know, now that they have not met for many years, what kind of attitude this person, who was once her husband, holds toward her.

What pains Jiu Jiu is that the other party may have long buried these memories deep down, choosing to forget each other in the world of men.

Hesitating for a moment, Jiu Jiu wants to control her character to leave again, returning to the deep valley where she has long resided, to her own home.

However, she is also somewhat curious about how Gu Jiangming has fared over these years, and she wants to see Gu Jiangming.

Should she go take a look?

It wouldn't hurt to take just one look.

After some thought, Jiu Jiu decides to take a secret peek, watching him from afar.

【You follow the trail.】

【Intending only to watch from a distance.】

At this moment, Gu Jiangming is staring intently at the screen.

"I can continue to develop the Grotto-Heaven Eye; its strange gate effects are truly unsolvable."

Mu Qing, who is traveling with him, should have been the one responsible for sensing danger, but in front of Gu Jiangming's Grotto-Heaven Eye, her sensory abilities are practically crushed.

Not only that, the Grotto-Heaven Eye can also counter anything that tries to spy on it.

Just a moment ago, Mu Qing tried to probe Gu Jiangming using her family's secret arts, only to be directly backlashed by the Grotto-Heaven Eye.

"And the most terrifying thing about the Grotto-Heaven Eye is its efficacy in spotting flaws, which greatly enhances my ability to kill with a single strike."

【Facing the pale paper figure before you, you brandish the long sword in your hand, and you see yourself throw the sword out.】

【The blade suspended in mid-air seems to lock onto the enemy before you as if it possessed sentience.】

【You perform arts with both hands, and the Zhetianbir sword technique is unleashed; sword moves covering the mountains and plains spread out in an endless stream, landing on the paper figure one by one.】

【"Sword Control Technique!" You move your hand slightly toward the air, the hilt falls into your hand, and you gracefully sheathe the sword, glancing lightly as you say: "This is not its true form."】

【"This cunning creature has long since switched to another paper figure and left."】

【The barrier dissipates, and Zhang Tianze has a light sheen of cold sweat on his forehead: "Your magical arts and divine abilities are becoming increasingly refined."】

【"Can ten years of effort really allow you to cultivate to such a level?"】

【As soon as these words are spoken, the expressions of Ma Yang and Mu Qing change slightly again; seeing such a display, they both assume Gu Jiangming is a senior with profound cultivation.】

【"This strange gate Grotto-Heaven Eye of yours, once you pass this tribulation, I fear it will become famous throughout the world," says Zhang Tianze.】

【Just at this moment, you catch a scent that is incomparably familiar, and you immediately sweep your gaze in one direction.】

【Without even a word of greeting, you leap into the air and dash toward that direction at an astonishing speed, leaving behind the three people who are left staring at each other in confusion.】

【And after just a few movements of evasion, you feel that you are getting closer and closer to the location of that aura.】

【At this point, you feel that some of the mists you could not figure out or guess in the past are about to be grasped by you.】

【"Jiu'er, why won't you appear and see me—"】

【"Your scent, I am too familiar with it; you don't need to hide from me. Is there anything that you and I cannot face together?"】

【"Do you really want to see me?" Her voice is incomparably ethereal. "Wouldn't it be better for you and me to forget each other from here on and give each other some dignity?"】

【"Back then... it was you who saved me." Gu Jiangming has actually thought it through very clearly by now; he cannot pretend to be ignorant anymore.】

【"That's right, it was me." Jiu Jiu does not deny this fact.】

【"So, do you still want to see me now?" Jiu Jiu's voice seems to carry a hint of playfulness. "You should know clearly in your heart what I am, having been saved from the hands of a demon."】

【"You are a demon," you say, taking a deep breath.】

【"Yes, I am a demon." Jiu Jiu admits this fact frankly in front of you. "And you? You are a human, and now not just a human, but a cultivator who intends to subdue demons and eliminate monsters. I have heard many rumors along the way; you are now even the head of a sect."】

【"You already have your life, while I am a demon."】

【"Therefore, it is the best ending for us to have a clean break and forget each other."】

Jiu Jiu had long thought this scene would happen, but when truly facing it, it is still inevitably somewhat sorrowful.

People of the world say that demons are heartless, but are demons truly heartless?

Everything has feelings; even the grass and trees among all living things will weep.

Gu Jiangming is a human, and she, Yin Jiujiu, is a demon.

There should be a clean break between them; perhaps there should never have been a beginning in the first place.

【You do not want to tell him the news that you already have a child, and you do not want to drag him into this again.】

【You are unwilling to ruin his life, because you know he is living very well now, and is highly respected by his disciples.】

【"I can't forget," Gu Jiangming says to you: "I cannot forget."】

【"If a person has a lifespan of one hundred years, he might have twenty years of incomplete memories, but in the eighty years of his life, his memories will be preserved forever. You and I have spent countless pasts together."】

【"How can you expect me to let you go?"】

【"In order not to leave regrets, I have exhausted my efforts to find the existence most important to my life."】

【"However, you want me to leave this place with regrets; I absolutely will not accept that."】

【"To forget you is to forget my past self."】

【Gu Jiangming actually spends a great deal of time descending the mountain every year to look for her; his thought of finding her has never disappeared.】

【"I am a demon—" Jiu Jiu says softly, and then she repeats: "I am a demon, I am the demon that you humans fear. You would not want to see me in my Demon Form."】

【"And then what? Didn't you spend over a dozen springs and autumns with me, and wasn't it you who married me?"】

【"But I am a demon, I eat people," you say in a feigned, fierce tone.】

【"Then you wouldn't be able to go up Longhu Mountain," Gu Jiangming says decisively: "And the Celestial Master Mansion would not let a demon that has eaten people leave the mountain."】

【"You—" You are suddenly rendered speechless, and then you say: "Aren't you supposed to slay demons and eliminate monsters?"】

【"I am afraid of you."】

【She said.】

【"The swords of Mount Shu sever sinful demons, extinguish evil thoughts, and eliminate wicked Qi."】

【"You," Jiu Jiu's voice was somewhat hesitant, "if you saw it, would you really not be afraid of how I look?"】

【"Just a moment ago, you were still afraid that I would slay demons and eliminate devils," Gu Jiangming said with a smile.】

【"I am Near the Monarch, Fear of Intimacy," she immediately retorted, silently taking a breath.】

【And as her words fell, Jiu Jiu's figure finally appeared before Gu Jiangming's eyes.】

Gu Jiangming took a deep breath.

No way?

How has it been so many years, and she has only become even more beautiful than before?

How can your Demon Form have an even greater sense of beauty than your human form?

It is even ethereal and fairy-like.

And she seems to be a bit too good with words.

Gu Jiangming suddenly felt that he could understand Xu Xi'an.

There was a feeling of his heart being struck.

【Congratulations, you have unlocked a brand-new character portrait skin—Near the Beloved Yet Fearful·Jiu Jiu.】

A card was seen unlocking accordingly.

An incredibly beautiful skin appeared in Gu Jiangming's field of vision, saved in the gallery of 【Mie Changsheng】.

On the entire background board, there appeared the expression of Jiu Jiu gazing into the distance, looking with longing eyes yet not daring to meet, and the hesitant expression on her exquisite face made one feel pity.

Moreover, compared to before, the current Jiu Jiu is full of curves, and her figure is far superior to her previous one.

Wife!

My wife!!!

Gu Jiangming suddenly felt that the meaning of his cultivation seemed to be right here!!!

Please, give me a recommendation ticket! Please, give me a monthly ticket!

(End of this chapter)