Chapter 516: A Reunion at Last (Second Update)

【"So..."】

Gongsun Changsheng collapsed to the ground, the great hammer in his hand discarded to the side, his head lowered as he stared at his own rough palms.

【"Has she truly seen through the vanity of the world, become a nun, and abandoned everything related to her future?"】

Until the very end, Gongsun Changsheng still asked, unwilling to give up; he truly did not want to believe that Mo Yushuang would become like this.

【"Really?"】

"Mm, that is how it is."

The script I, Huhu, wrote is plotted like this!

【"According to what you said, this is all my fault? It was I who harmed her?"】

"That's right!"

Ren Yidao squatted beside Gongsun Changsheng, looking down to observe his hammer, and spouted nonsense: "A philosopher who studied gourmet food once said, 'All the misfortunes in this world are caused by the incompetence of the parties involved.'"

"If you had possessed the strength of the Heaven Realm back then, been able to protect her, and slaughtered all enemies without having to sacrifice yourself and end up with your body destroyed and Dao dissipated, how could she have converted to Buddhism?"

"What kind of talk is that?" Ren Yidao raised an eyebrow, guessing what he wanted to do.

There is no sorrow greater than a dead Heart Star; when the heart is dead, emotions are no longer agitated.

【"Go and search... You will, surely, be able to find someone who loves you..."】

By the time the end was spoken, tears fell drop by drop, and the Sword Spirit form could barely be maintained.

When the heart stops moving, a person becomes calm.

"Mm, it is gradually stabilizing, calming down."

Gongsun Changsheng's expression froze, his soul somewhat unstable, and only after a long while did he mutter unwillingly:

【"Forget the past, look forward; you shouldn't waste your whole life on someone who is dead."】

【"You! What did you just say!??"】

"You coward, tell me! What are you afraid of?"

【???】

"The matter of her becoming a nun is false, seeing through the vanity of the world is false, but it is true that her temperament has changed drastically, and it is also true that she has never forgotten you for all these years."

"Then you should tell her directly! If you can still be considered a man, then tell her openly and honestly!"

"Hmph, Mo Yushuang has been trying every way to see you again! She has never given up for a single day, and what about you?"

【"Yushuang is truly foolish, why is she unwilling to let me go? I am already a dead person, what is there to be attached to? I... ah?"】 Gongsun Changsheng was still thinking about how to make this person agree to his request when he suddenly froze.

A great choice, moving and admirable.

【"But, that would shake the determination she finally made, I... I have already harmed her once, I cannot harm her a second time."】

Ren Yidao spoke before the Sword Spirit could erupt, suppressing him first to prevent him from exploding.

"However, it is not all false; what I said has both falsehoods and truths."

"And I am someone she invited to help you, only... you have disappointed me too much."

Gongsun Changsheng sighed deeply, his tone low: 【"If it weren't for my stubbornness back then, insisting on walking into the enemy's encirclement, I wouldn't have caused her to... Sigh!"】

"Yes, how presumptuous!"

But...

There is a kind of love called letting go.

【"Ha, is that so? That is indeed somewhat presumptuous..."】

【"Can you take me to see her one more time? No! Do not let her see me again, that will only make it harder for her to let go... In that case, if you have the chance to see her again, can you help me pass on a message to her?"】

"Why? She didn't become a nun anyway." Ren Yidao blinked, asking with a puzzled face.

Crack, crack, crack...

【"... You are right, this is all my fault, it was I who harmed her."】

Gongsun Changsheng had been pointed at and scolded, feeling baffled, and he also grew angry.

A "moved, then rejected" moment.

Although the Sword Spirit no longer had a heart, he could still have a dead Heart Star.

His head turned slowly, looking at the young man beside him who wore a wicked grin.

【"... Disappointed... in me?"】 Gongsun Changsheng was stunned by the turn of events from great sorrow to great joy and Ren Yidao's combination of blows, failing to react for a moment.

"Mm, it's fake, I was just lying to you before!"

Ren Yidao's expression suddenly changed, his aura surged, and he shouted sternly:

"Gongsun Changsheng! What have you done again? You can't even withstand a tiny bit of a test! You still want to persuade her to find a good partner? Heh! You think you are saving her? No! You are trampling on her persistence!"

After a long while, Gongsun Changsheng finally accepted the "reality," barely recovered, and begged Ren Yidao:

As the saying goes, a calm heart naturally feels cool.

Ren Yidao curled his lips and complained with a look of resistance: "You should tell her this yourself! This sounds too ambiguous, I'm afraid she will misunderstand me, and I'm not even close with her..."

While the Sword Spirit brother was sighing and groaning, Ren Yidao was also silently observing his state, nodding with satisfaction.

Ren Yidao shook his head ruthlessly, refusing Gongsun Changsheng's plea: "I am sorry, I cannot help you."

【"No! I didn't! I don't want to either! I just! I just don't want her to be alone anymore!"】

【"Damn it! Of course I don't want to!!!"】

Gongsun Changsheng was furious, disregarding everything else, and roared hysterically: 【"I also want to hold her again! Who wants to watch her fall in love with someone else!? But can I? Look at this Ghost Star state I'm in! How could she possibly accept it!"】

And after listening to Gongsun Changsheng's roaring for a long time, Ren Yidao suddenly laughed.

【"What are you laughing at!"】

"So, that is what he said..."

Ren Yidao ignored him, tilted his head to look behind the Sword Spirit, and shrugged: "Fellow Daoist Mo, what do you think? How do you plan to scold him? If you need help, I can help you scold him together."

【"Who are you talking to... What!?"】 Gongsun Changsheng realized something, and his whole body suddenly went rigid.

Although he was a Sword Spirit, he felt his entire body stiffen at this moment, not daring to turn his head to take a single look.

Until he heard a sorrowful whisper: "Chang Sheng, why do you not dare to turn around and look at me?"

!!!

It really is her...

It really is her!!!

【"... You, when did you arrive?"】 Gongsun Changsheng slowly turned his head to look at the woman who had appeared behind him at some unknown time.

She had changed.

Very much so.

At first glance, it even made him feel somewhat like a stranger.

It was clearly the exact same face, yet it was vastly different from his memory; there was an aura of a superior about her, as well as deep exhaustion in her eyes.

【"Yushuang..."】

The moment he saw that exhaustion, all the unease in Gongsun Changsheng's heart dissipated, leaving only heartache.

He stepped forward and pulled this most familiar stranger into his embrace, holding her tightly.

Mo Yushuang did not dodge, but instead let him hold her, gently hugging him back.

"Chang Sheng."

For Gongsun Changsheng, only a very short time had passed, but for Mo Yushuang, it had been a full hundred years.

A hundred years of longing and the power of memory were enough to make emotions that were not originally so intense become surging and overwhelming.

Tears flowed from the souls of both.

"Yo, crying already?"

A discordant voice appeared; Ren Yidao poked his head around the two of them, looking around, and smiled with satisfaction.

Mo Yushuang:?

Gongsun Changsheng:???

Why are you still here!?

"Since you two have had such a touching reunion, I won't disturb you for now!"

Huhu, I won't be a third wheel here; you two take your time!

Without waiting for a response from the two, he chuckled twice, then directly withdrew from the Sword Spirit Space and quickly returned to his physical body.

"Ah haha, that was really fun!"

The physical eyes slowly opened; Ren Yidao shook his head and sighed with emotion: "What a heaven-moving, earth-shattering reunion! Let me tell you, these two... hmm?"

He had intended to turn his head to tell the others about his experience in the Sword Spirit Space just now, but after looking around, he didn't see anyone.

Lowering his head, he discovered that both of his legs had been occupied.

Jing Yueqin was pillowing one side alone, while the other two little ones were hugging each other and pillowing the other side; all three had entered dreamland.

"Honestly."

Ren Yidao shook his head, touched their hair with some helplessness, and whispered, "I told you all not to let people do strange things to my physical body..."

He did not wake the three of them, his eyes lowered, his fingertips brushing across their cheeks one by one.

Then, without raising his head, he said: "Finally willing to come back?"

He was not speaking to the three sleeping people, nor to Cang Lan who was driving the carriage, nor to Mo Yushuang whose soul had entered the sword... but to the sixth person present.

"Mm."

Accompanied by the soft response, a pure white figure appeared beside him, knelt to his left, and looked down with him at Jing Yueqin's sleeping face.

"..."

Yaoyue.

After mysteriously disappearing for half a month, she finally appeared before Ren Yidao once again.

Her eyes were extremely gentle, possessing a simplicity and innocence not like before, and one could feel the aura of passing years circulating within them.

As if shedding a layer of false disguise, she finally revealed her true face.

Ren Yidao was not surprised; he made some room for her so she could touch Jing Yueqin more easily.

"No longer hiding it?"

Yaoyue did not stand on ceremony with him either; she raised her hand and stroked Jing Yueqin's cheek with extremely gentle movements, whispering:

"There is no longer any need to hide it; you had already guessed the gist of it anyway."

"Heh, I can't say I guessed it; I only had a few suspicions and a bit of certainty." Ren Yidao raised an eyebrow, shook his head in denial, and said faintly:

"But at least one thing is certain: after walking out of Demon Emperor City, you were no longer the little fox I caught in the Eastern Wasteland's Death Valley... Either you remembered something, or something has mixed into your body."

Ren Yidao smiled and tilted his head, casting a probing gaze at Yaoyue, and asked: "Can you tell me, who exactly are you?"

You, who are you?

"... Who am I?"

The movement of Yaoyue's hand stopped, and a flash of confusion crossed her eyes, but she quickly returned to calm and said: "I am the Yaoyue you found in the Eastern Wasteland, and also the Mingyue Priestess Shuo of Demon Emperor City."

She slowly raised her head, looked into Ren Yidao's eyes that were close at hand, and spoke firmly:

"I am also..."

"Jing Yaoyue."