Chapter 2523

"Changqing, I'm starting."

Determining the piece, Qiu Baiyi said with a slightly red face. Hearing this, Ye Changqing nodded vigilantly.

"Mhm, okay, Valley Master, please."

He kept thinking in his heart that just playing the zither shouldn't be a problem, and the two were seven or eight meters apart, so there would be no danger.

Thinking this way, a melodious zither sound came. The zither sound was clear and gentle, as if a young girl was slowly telling a sweet love story in your ear.

In the story, the young boy and girl went from knowing each other, to knowing each other, and then to falling in love.

In the spring, they watched the flowers all over the mountains and plains together, the valley full of vitality, the breeze brushing their cheeks, and between their eyes meeting, there was thick, inseparable love in their eyes.

In the winter, they were covered in white snow together, as if they were walking to white-headed together.

The boy gently swept the white snow from the girl's hair, and the girl smiled foolishly.

"Does this snow look like us being white-headed?"

"It does."

The boy nodded with a smile. In the snow, the two hugged tightly, feeling each other's heartbeat. The sky full of white snow couldn't extinguish their hearts that loved each other.

Unconsciously, Ye Changqing slowly listened and became fascinated, as if he were that young boy, and as for that girl...

Anyway, a faint sweetness slowly flowed in his heart. This sweetness didn't come so surgingly, but it was like a trickling stream, warming your heart at all times.

As if a ray of sunshine shone down in the world within his heart, tearing apart all darkness.

His heart slowly emptied, and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth unconsciously.

Ye Changqing didn't notice his own changes at all, or rather, at this moment, his whole heart was immersed in this beautiful and warm zither sound.

His eyes were full of the sweet environment created by the zither sound.

But just as the zither sound continued, when it reached the middle of the piece, the feeling changed.

The young boy and girl, knowing each other at a young age, made a vow, determined that no matter what happened, they would not leave each other and would accompany each other for life.

But as they grew older, they both embarked on the path of cultivation.

The girl was detected to have extraordinary talent and was accepted as a disciple by a certain great sect, and was cultivated with all their heart.

And the boy, with ordinary talent, could only worship in an ordinary sect and become an ordinary disciple, just like the common people.

The girl had extraordinary talent and was radiant, attracting countless gazes.

And the boy, extremely ordinary, was no different from the common people, ordinary to the point of being ordinary.

The distance between the two was constantly widened, and even later, it became extremely difficult for the boy to see the girl.

They were clearly two people in love, but now even seeing each other had become a luxury.

The girl was busy cultivating, busy breaking through, with the guidance of her master above, and the admiration of many junior brothers and sisters below.

And, even if they met, the boy could feel the estrangement between them.

Originally, they had watched the flowers blooming in the spring and the white snow in the winter together, but now, even if their eyes met, they were speechless.

Even if their fingers were intertwined, they still couldn't feel much warmth.

The sentence the girl said most to him was that she was going to retreat, she was going to experience outside, she was going to a certain secret realm.

And even if the boy proposed that he wanted to accompany her, the girl refused, the reason being that the boy's cultivation was too low, and going would not only not help her, but she would also be in danger.

The feelings slowly changed. Although the girl had always provided him with cultivation resources and always had him in her heart.

But the boy slowly understood that some things changed once they changed.

And the root of all this came from the widening gap between the two.

The girl was like the stars and moon above the nine heavens, and he, on the other hand, was dust humble to the mortal world.

How could someone like him have the qualification to reach the moon above the nine heavens?

Even the people around him said that the boy was not worthy of the girl, how could a common bird fly with a phoenix?

"It's okay, no matter what you become, we will be together. When I have achieved cultivation, no one will dare to say anything about us."

"I know, but... but..."

"Be good, don't think randomly. I'm going to retreat tomorrow. When I break through, I can be promoted to a Saintess, and then you can join the Holy Land."

"I..."

The boy told the bitterness in his heart, and the girl comforted him softly, but such comfort, heard in the boy's ears, did not feel any warmth.

Could he really give her the promise he once made? Could he do what she needed?

The girl retreated, and the boy left in a daze.

In reality, hearing this, Ye Changqing's eyes were already dull, and his eyes were full of thick sorrow and confusion.

Just like that young boy, he didn't know where to go next.

As for Qiu Baiyi, she had already fallen into a selfless state at this time. She just wanted to convey her heart to Ye Changqing through the zither sound, so she didn't notice Ye Changqing's changes at all.

Even in the process of playing, she didn't notice that she was using the power of laws unconsciously.

If Qiu Baiyi could notice Ye Changqing's situation at this time, she could see at a glance that Ye Changqing was trapped in the zither sound illusion and was being devoured by the zither sound.

The way of music already had a huge impact on the mind.

Even compared to the damage to the flesh, the way of music fundamentally targets the human mind.

It can pull people into illusion unconsciously through sound, sinking into the illusion, unable to extricate themselves.

Ye Changqing is in such a state now.

Facing Qiu Baiyi, who was at the Emperor Realm, Ye Changqing didn't have much resistance and sank into it unconsciously.

The zither sound continued, and Ye Changqing remained immersed in it.

After the girl retreated, the boy returned to his sect, but he became more gloomy.

And facing the discussions of the people around him, the boy finally couldn't bear it anymore.

He fought with his fellow disciples and finally seriously injured them.

The sect was furious, but looking at the girl's face, they finally just expelled the boy from the sect.

After leaving the sect, the boy was even more confused about the future. Could such a self still be worthy of her?

Perhaps letting go was the best choice.

Just when the boy was confused and helpless, he met a person, a giant of the demonic path.

This person told the boy that the demonic path doesn't care about talent, as long as you are willing, as long as you dare, then you can become a strong person.

"Can I also become a strong person? Stronger than her?"

"Of course, then you and her will stand proudly in the world, who would dare to say you are not worthy of her? Everything you promised her, everything in this world, you can give her. Isn't this what you want?"

"Come, the demonic path can achieve you, let you and her never separate, let you truly stand by her side."

This demonic giant said slowly, his voice seemed to have magic, slowly inciting the boy's heart.