Chapter 699 Loneliness

"So, you are the me of the past." In the blood red world, Xu Han looked at the person in front of him who looked exactly like him and asked with a frown.

The man shook his head with a smile.

"I'm not you, I'm just a memory left behind by me back then. I'm not even myself, so what if it's you?"

"Then what did I leave this memory for? Tell me, no matter what I do, will I fail in the end?" Xu Han asked again.

That person thought for a moment, then seriously thought for a moment.

Then he shook his head and said, "I don't think he did it to embarrass you for the last part of your life, rather than knowing that there's a cliff ahead and falling with hope is much happier than falling with fear and despair."

Xu Han could hear the other party's words, but he carefully scanned the memories he had left behind, but he was still unable to find any way to break the situation. The people in the sky possessed too much power. With the power of this world, they were completely unable to contend against the entire universe. The only thing he could rely on was the Demon God called Emperor in his body. However, once he borrowed his power and decided whether he would succeed or fail, the world would still be destroyed with the arrival of the emperor.

Therefore, after Xu Han remained silent for a long time, he finally asked the question in his heart.

'"I am the nineteenth me. I have left behind such a memory for the eighteen in front of me. Since we all possessed the same thing, if there is really a way to break the situation, then why didn't the eighteen in front of me do it? And how can I do it?"

The smiling man in front of him shook his head helplessly. He said, "Of course I want to give you an answer, but unfortunately, I'm just a spirit body formed from eighteen memories. I can't think about it, so I can only tell you everything about the eighteen memories. Other than that, you can only find any answers yourself."

Xu Han was a little disappointed, but he quickly nodded. Just as he was about to leave, the spirit body suddenly remembered something extremely important.

He suddenly said, "Wait."

"There's still one more thing that the owner of the eighteenth memory taught me to convey to you."

Xu Han paused as he left. He turned to look at the spirit body and asked, "What do you mean?"

The expression on the spirit body's face became somewhat solemn. He cleared his throat strangely, and then said in a low voice, "No matter how many beautiful sceneries you have seen, or the sunset sun in the west of the sea of clouds, or the independent pavilion in the snow."

"No matter how many interesting people you meet, you can be a swordsman with a saber in your hand, a youth with a sword in your hand, or a drunkard sitting in front of a wine shop and sighing alone."

"But you must remember that you are destined to be alone on this path."

"This is your life."

"That's how people are. They have to admit their lives before they can change some … lives!"

…

"Sigh."

Sitting in the camp tent, Nangong Jing let out a long sigh.

She looked at the man lying on the bed with a look of resentment and helplessness.

She remembered what she had seen in the Crimson Firmament Sect two days ago, and her heart couldn't help but tremble.

The Scarlet Firmament Sect's mountain gate was not as tightly guarded as she had imagined, nor was it as dangerous as she had expected.

There was a deathly silence. Nangong Jing walked all the way from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. He even went to the main hall of the Crimson Firmament Sect. However, without exception, this Crimson Firmament Sect, which was supposed to have tens of thousands of disciples, was completely devoid of people. A total of 30,000 Crimson Firmament Sect disciples, along with Yi Xie Min Yu and the other three immortals, disappeared without a trace.

At that time, the puzzled Nangong Jing had thought about whether it was because the person who broke through the mountain was too powerful that the entire Crimson Firmament Sect had no choice but to relocate and abandon the mountain gate that they had stubbornly guarded for a thousand years. But that's unlikely, After all, relying solely on the strength of a few people to fight against the Crimson Firmament Sect that possessed the Vermillion Bird Divine Bird was originally inconceivable. Moreover, if that was the case, then there should have been a great battle in front of the mountain gate. However, apart from a few damaged buildings, Nangong Jing had traveled all over Yunxiao Mountain without seeing even a single corpse.

Of course, apart from these, there was also one more thing that was suspicious. In order to monitor the movements of the Crimson Firmament Sect, Nangong Jing had already sent scouts to guard outside the mountain gate of the Crimson Firmament Sect day and night. If it was just a few people, it would be fine. However, how could the 30,000 disciples of the Crimson Firmament Sect disappear silently like this?

At that time, Nangong Jing was thinking about this, and the doubts in his heart became even more intense. However, after more than ten breaths of time, such doubts were completely forgotten by her.

After searching for a long time without any results, she arrived at the place that Li Mountain Gate did not want to see. She wanted to see if there were any clues to the most serious traces of the fight, but when she opened the rubble one after another, a face that Nangong Jing wanted to forget, but did not have time to forget, appeared in the rubble.

"Sigh."

Sitting in the tent, Nangong Jing sighed deeply.

Xu Han was nominally an envoy sent by Great Xia to Great Zhou, and he had also made a lot of contributions in urging Chen to send troops. It was naturally normal for Xu Han to be brought back to the barracks to be treated. No one could find fault with Nangong Jing's actions, but Nangong Jing did not seem happy.

She clearly remembered what Xu Han said to her when he left Great Xia. Those words cut off Nangong Jing's last thought about Xu Han. In the following days, Nangong Jing, who had taken over the Sword Handling Pavilion, cleaned up the hostile forces in Great Xia's Jianghu while busy preparing for the war to recapture Long Zhou, so much so that she did not have much time to think of Xu Han. Even she herself thought that she had let go of this period of sudden encounter.

However, when she opened the layers of rubble and saw the familiar face, after the initial surprise, the previous throbbing once again surged into Nangong Jing's heart. This wasn't a very good experience for her. Nangong Jing had helped Xiao Ran manage the Sword Handling Pavilion for so many years. Apart from her status as the daughter of the Extreme Sect Master and her exceptionally talented cultivation, she relied more on her calmness and rationality in the face of anything.

Xu Han's arrival shattered the calm and reason that she had been proud of for many years. When she saw Xu Han unconscious, she panicked and ran back to the barracks with Xu Han in her arms. However, the swordsmen who were squatting outside the mountain gate did not know why. They stayed until midnight. Only after Nangong Jing was sure that Xu Han was fine did she recall this matter and send someone to inform them to return to the barracks.

Those swordsmen naturally wouldn't blame Nangong Jing for this. However, Nangong Jing sensed the anomaly caused by Xu Han's appearance. She didn't like her. She also knew that a great battle was imminent and she shouldn't be bothered by this child's affair. However, the more she told herself, the more chaotic her heart would become.

She looked at Xu Han again and thought about what Xu Han had said to her before when he left. The helplessness in her heart had turned into resentment at that time.

Since I've already said that it's impossible for us, why are you still appearing in front of me? If you and I don't have fate, what I can't get… Nobody else can!

This thought suddenly surged into Nangong Jing's mind. A strange bloody light flashed in her eyes, and a sword appeared in her hand at that moment. She kept repeating what she had just said in her mind. She slowly stood up and walked to Xu Han.

The sword in her hand was raised at that moment, and the killing intent in her eyes began to condense. One breath more than another, just as the killing intent was about to condense into substance, and she was about to slash the sword in her hand towards Xu Han's body under the guidance of the sudden surge of killing intent in her mind.

"Cough! Cough!"

Xu Han, who had been unconscious for a day, suddenly coughed. It looked like he was finally about to wake up from his coma.

Nangong Jing's body trembled. At that time, she finally regained her senses. She was shocked by the absurd thought that had just appeared in her mind. She was even more frightened that under the impulse of that thought, she had actually almost made a move against Xu Han.

Just as she was dumbfounded by this, Xu Han's tightly closed eyes slowly opened.

He looked at Nangong Jing. At this moment, Nangong Jing was still holding the longsword in his hand high as he was about to land on him. Logically speaking, whether it was Nangong Jing who appeared in front of him at this moment or Nangong Jing's appearance, it was enough to shock and even frighten a person who had awakened from a coma.

However, Xu Han was only slightly stunned, and the expression in his eyes returned to calm.

He didn't seem to realize that the sword in Nangong Jing's hand could land on him at any moment. He sat up from the bed and coughed a few more times. Then he looked at Nangong Jing again and asked, "Did you bring me back?"

Perhaps it was because Xu Han's sudden awakening and his sudden change of heart that made Nangong Jing feel a little embarrassed. She wanted to explain the current situation, but she realized that there seemed to be nothing she could explain. After all, it was she who made herself lift the sword in her hand and almost landed the sword on Xu Han's body.

Her face turned pale and she hurriedly withdrew the sword in her hand. At that time, she stared blankly and replied, "Yes, I found you in the Crimson Firmament Sect. You were unconscious at that time, so I brought you back."

After saying this, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She was afraid that Xu Han would ask where the previous situation had come from. She felt even more shameless. At that time, she lowered her head, so timid that she didn't even dare to look at Xu Han.

But contrary to her expectations, Xu Han did not seem to have seen what she did just now. After receiving Nangong Jing's reply, he nodded and said, "Thank you." Then, Xu Han stood up from the bed and looked like he was about to leave the barracks.

Nangong Jing probably never thought that Xu Han would react like this after waking up. She was shocked and hurriedly looked at Xu Han, who was walking out. She shouted loudly, "Are you leaving now?"

"Time is of the essence. Why are you staying here if you don't leave?" Xu Han replied without turning his head. His footsteps didn't stop as he walked out of the tent.

This was the place where Great Xia's army had been camping at the junction of Long Zhou and Yan Zhou. Outside the tent, busy military personnel could be seen everywhere. As everyone knew, this tent was the tent of Sword Handling Pavilion's Pavilion Master, Nangong Jing. Suddenly, a man rushed out. When the guards saw this, they were all stunned. Most of them subconsciously looked at Xu Han and whispered to him.

Nangong Jing followed closely behind and walked out of the tent. She could naturally feel the strange gazes from the crowd. She couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. However, in order to persuade Xu Han who was about to leave, she didn't care about the others and hurriedly looked at Xu Han again. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly realized that she didn't seem to have any position to persuade Xu Han. This caused Nangong Jing's heart to feel a little melancholy.

However, after a few breaths of time, she asked, "Where are the people from the Crimson Firmament Sect? Why was there nothing left when I went there? Where did they go? Why did you appear there?"

Xu Han raised his head to look at the horizon. He did not answer Nangong Jing's question immediately. Instead, he looked at the horizon for a while and blew a loud whistle towards the horizon. Then, he turned to look at Nangong Jing and lightly spat out two words, "Dead."

"Dead?" Didn't Nangong Jing never think of such an answer, but could Xu Han really do it by himself? She was very clear about Xu Han's cultivation before leaving the Horizontal Imperial City. Although the secret letter from Li Moding and his son mentioned Xu Han's arrival at the Immortal Realm, However, this was only two to three months ago. No matter how Xu Han thought about it, it was impossible for him to grow from an immortal who had just ascended to the Immortal Realm to a level sufficient to resist the Three Tribulations Immortal. Moreover, there were slowly 30,000 disciples in the Crimson Firmament Sect, and there were even incomparably powerful mountain protection divine beasts.

However, no matter how many doubts Nangong Jing had in his heart, Xu Han did not have the slightest intention of resolving her doubts. After Xu Han finished saying those words, he kept looking up at the horizon as if he was waiting for something.

Nangong Jing, who had waited for a long time but did not receive an answer, was a little strange, and even more so, he was unable to describe the Five Flavors Chen Za.

She was about to summon up the courage to ask again, but just then…

"Meow!"

"Awoo!"

Suddenly, two high-pitched voices came from the horizon. Xuan'er and Aowu, who were the size of a leopard, escaped from the horizon. Xuan'er was carrying the wooden box that Fang Xu Han had been carrying on her back.

The two of them landed in front of Xu Han and intimately circled around him. Xuan'er changed into her usual appearance, jumped onto Xu Han's shoulder and rubbed against him.

Xu Han comforted the two little fellows, then placed the wooden box on his back again. Then, he turned to look at Nangong Jing and said, "Xu Han will remember this help, but he dares not delay it. It is destined that he will come back and thank him again in the future."

After Xu Han finished speaking, sword intent surged from his body. It seemed that he really did not intend to rest anymore and was about to leave at this moment.

At this moment, Nangong Jing's heart was also filled with reluctance. She subconsciously said, "Your body hasn't recovered yet. If you don't rest for a few more days, then…"

She did not know what was wrong with herself at this moment. She also understood that the war in Great Abyss Mountain was related to the survival of the world. However, it was at this moment that she could not bear to see Xu Han, who had appeared in front of her again, leave just like that.

Hearing this, Xu Han turned his head to look at Nangong Jing and said calmly, "I did it for your own good."

Such a simple sentence inexplicably stung Nangong Jing.

Her expression changed. The absurd thought that had troubled her just now once again appeared in Nangong Jing's mind. I treated you sincerely, but you ignored my sincerity. For you, I stayed in bed for an entire day, but you were unwilling to stay with me for a moment. What was the use of keeping such a heartless person? It was as if he was going to be killed!

With this thought, Nangong Jing could no longer contain it. The killing intent between her eyebrows suddenly surged, and the True Essence around her began to roll.

But at this moment, Xu Han turned his head to look at Nangong Jing again. He didn't seem to notice Nangong Jing's abnormal state. Instead, he calmly said, "I am a devil, a devil that can make everyone around me become the same devil."

As he spoke, Xu Han's hand suddenly shot out towards Nangong Jing. At that time, a black aura was suddenly extracted from Nangong Jing's body and disappeared into Xu Han's palm. As that power was extracted, the killing intent around Nangong Jing also dissipated.

A look of confusion and astonishment appeared on her face. She was scared by her own thoughts just now, and she was even more puzzled as to where the series of changes had come from.

'"You've been by my side for too long. One day is enough for it to find your weakness. As long as you have such a weakness, anyone will become a devil. I've already pulled that thing out of your body, but remember, don't come near me again."

After Xu Han finished speaking, he didn't care if Nangong Jing could completely digest these things. His body stopped and flew towards the horizon. Seeing this, Aowu and Xuan'er, who were beside him, quickly turned into two streaks of black light and followed Xu Han's footsteps.

At this moment, Nangong Jing, who had finally regained her senses, looked at the figure that was rapidly moving away from the horizon. She did not have much farewell thoughts, but at that moment, she felt that figure's back.

A little lonely.

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