Chapter 166: Escaping the Tianwu Sect

"You... are you serious?" Tu Nan asked, looking incredulous.

"Of course I am." Jiang Xun nodded. "Besides, if you hadn't been by Tu Qingtian's side at the time, I wouldn't have gone over. It wasn't just to get a closer look at you?"

"... You're lying to me, right? Since when have you had feelings for me?"

Tu Nan frowned and stared at Jiang Xun, as if trying to spot signs of a lie on his face.

"Do you remember? The first time we met, you were holding twin blades and suddenly appeared before me. You flicked your hair from your forehead, and the moment our eyes met, my heart skipped a beat. What I liked even more was that tattoo on your leg."

Jiang Xun walked up to Tu Nan, gently stroked her tattoo, and whispered.

This was Tu Nan's scar, a tragic past. In Tu Nan's heart, this tattoo was ugly; no one could possibly like it.

Yet, Jiang Xun was saying such things now.

How could this not move Tu Nan?

Bean-sized tears slid down the face of this cold, tough woman, instantly turning her into a tearful mess. This was a side of her that absolutely no one had seen, except for Tu Qingtian and Tu Mo.

Tu Nan threw herself into Jiang Xun's arms, hugging him tightly, venting the grievances and resentment she had held for years, and began to wail unrestrainedly.

Once this kind of crying started, it was hard to stop.

Jiang Xun was also very patient, continuously stroking her back and comforting her.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Tu Nan's sobbing gradually subsided.

"I've actually already decided. If I could marry you, I would be willing to stay in the Tianwu Sect forever. I want to cleanse my Mixed Spiritual Root and become powerful. One day, I will avenge you with my own hands!"

After the crying stopped, Jiang Xun held Tu Nan's cheeks in his hands, looked into her eyes, and said with complete seriousness.

"Tsk tsk, if I didn't know you were scared to death of her, I would have believed you."

Si Yuyan clicked her tongue. "Men really are all trash!"

"My dear lady, you were the one who told me to seduce her! The atmosphere is perfect right now, don't interfere with me," Jiang Xun said helplessly.

"The Northern Wasteland is very dangerous." Tu Nan shook her head. "I don't want you going to a place like that."

"You know it's dangerous too, so how could I rest easy letting you face it alone?"

Jiang Xun wiped the tear stains from the corners of Tu Nan's eyes and said.

Although this woman was indeed ruthless and had done all sorts of evil, in this current state of being so pitiful, you really couldn't deny it... she was almost better looking than Si Yuyan.

Tu Nan stared at Jiang Xun for a long time without speaking, then, as if she had made up her mind, grabbed Jiang Xun's wrist and walked outside: "Let's go."

"Where are we going?" Jiang Xun asked, following Tu Nan. He thought to himself: Damn it! She isn't going to have a showdown with Tu Qingtian and make me marry her, is she!

"Don't stay here anymore. I'm sending you out. If you stay here, I can't control myself. I'm afraid I'll hurt Awan's heart and do something I'd regret."

Tu Nan said this while walking quickly.

"That won't do!" Jiang Xun immediately stood his ground and grabbed Tu Nan's hand. "Not only will Tu Qingtian not spare you if I'm just let go like this, but I personally don't want to leave your side at all. The days we spend interrogating and drinking together—how wonderful they are."

"Jiang Xun!" Tu Nan called him by his full name, but she didn't seem angry; instead, she looked coquettish. "If you truly have feelings for me, promise me this: if one day I hand Tu Wan over to you, you must make her happy. That would be the greatest love you could show me, do you understand?"

"I'm not leaving!"

Jiang Xun shook off Tu Nan's hand, quickly strode past her, returned to his cell, closed the door, and lay down on the bed with his back turned.

"Hey, hey, you're overacting!"

Si Yuyan said anxiously.

"What are you doing? Do you know that if you stay here, I don't even have the heart to cultivate properly? If this goes on, when will I ever get my revenge? I'm a dead person sooner or later; didn't I tell you that already?"

Tu Nan followed quickly, opened the cell door, stood in front of Jiang Xun, and said.

Jiang Xun didn't speak, nor did he turn around.

"... You're over a thousand years old, why are you acting like a child, being so willful?" Tu Nan crouched behind Jiang Xun and patted his back.

"Aren't you the willful one? Why must you die? Those people are weak and poor; living in this world only adds to their troubles. At most, you're just helping them end their suffering. Why are you deciding on your own that you must die?" Jiang Xun still didn't turn around, staring at the wall.

He looked very angry.

"Oh, stop talking nonsense. I'll ask you one last time: are you leaving or not!"

Tu Nan looked at Jiang Xun and said.

"Quick! Stop acting! This is your last chance, go with her!"

Si Yuyan was almost driven crazy with anxiety.

"I'm not leaving."

Jiang Xun said decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

Thud!

The next moment, he felt a heavy hand-blade strike his neck, and then he passed out completely.

But Si Yuyan was still conscious.

She watched as Tu Nan hoisted Jiang Xun up from the bed and then flew away with him.

They flew out of the Tianwu Sect, straight out of the mountain gate, and down Tianwu Mountain.

The Tianwu Sect disciples on the road naturally didn't stop them when they saw it was Tu Nan.

Tu Nan brought Jiang Xun all the way to Yunyin City, threw him directly onto the Teleportation Array, and tossed two thousand High-grade Spirit Stones to the guards.

She then looked at Jiang Xun in silence for a long time, walked up, leaned down, kissed his lips, and whispered: "We will meet again."

"Send him to Tianji City."

After saying this, Tu Nan stepped off the array.

The guards immediately activated the array. The light of the array flickered, and Jiang Xun only felt a blinding glare before slowly waking up.

Seeing his current situation, he looked at Tu Nan with a panicked expression and struggled to crawl up from the ground, acting as if he had no strength: "What are you doing? I'm not leaving! I'm not leaving!"

Jiang Xun shouted at Tu Nan, only to see her reveal an incredibly beautiful smile at him—the first time Jiang Xun had ever seen Tu Nan smile.

Then, the light flickered, and Jiang Xun disappeared before Tu Nan.

When Jiang Xun opened his eyes again, he was already in Tianji City.

"It's done!"

Jiang Xun instantly recovered his strength and leaped out of the formation in one great bound.

His entire body felt much lighter.

"..." Si Yuyan, however, watched in a daze; why?

Why was Tu Nan able to go to such lengths?

Does love really make people stupid?

"There is a Jade Slip in your embrace; she tucked it in when she kissed you just now."

Si Yuyan spoke up to remind him.

"Ah?" Upon hearing this, Jiang Xun felt around in his embrace and sure enough, he touched a Jade Slip, but this Jade Slip had been used, meaning some message had been left behind.

Jiang Xun reached out to touch the Jade Slip, and Tu Nan's voice played out.