Legend of the Great Sage

hilarious if you died from blood loss.”

“You’re completely correct, but this isn’t luck.
From now onwards, we have absolutely no luck to speak of!”

Gu Yanying tried to rip off her sleeve, but her arcane treasure robes were far too tough.
Even if the world could suppress all of its powers, the material itself was not something she could cut through.
She thought of an idea and grabbed the kunpeng’s feather, scoring along her sleeve gently and removing a long piece of white cloth.
She cleaned away the blood on her face before bandaging her head.

“You look like your father just died,” Li Qingshan commented.

“If my father were in this world, then he’d probably actually die because of me, given he was a mortal.
I’m aware my power is restrained.
I was a little complacent earlier, but I still checked under my feet.
Though, when I stepped down, there just happened to be a hole.
When I tried to adjust my posture, my head just happened to hit a rock, and it was even buried under the soil.
Don’t you find this to be far too much of a coincidence? It’s basically a flawless trap by nature.”

“In other words, the world doesn’t have the ability to directly wipe us out, but it’s trying very hard to, so we’re very unlucky?” Li Qingshan came to an understanding and brightened up.
“Now, let me give you a nickname—the jinx from hell!”

Gu Yanying fell silent for a moment.
“I feel a little cold.”

“Look at you.
Your Hot Wind hell is still at work, and you’re also so unlucky…”

“Please don’t say anything more.
I’m going to catch a cold.” Gu Yanying covered his mouth.
“You don’t seem too happy.”

“Do you think I should be happy? You’ve won your gamble, and you’ve won big, but I only feel more like I shouldn’t have come!” Li Qingshan gazed at the stars with his pitch-black pupils.
He actually seemed slightly depressed.

“You should be happy, but because you’ve already developed attachments, you can’t be happy,” Gu Yanying rubbed his forehead, blocking his gaze with her face.

Li Qingshan sank into his thoughts.
He had once abandoned Crouching Ox village without the slightest hesitation and sworn that he would never return.
Was he really more attached to the nine provinces right now than a Crouching Ox village back then?

He had once decided to visit places he had never been, see sights he had never seen, and conquer the strongest enemies.
This place was not as high up and distant as the nine heavens, but was it not an entirely new world? The enemy he had to face were the “heavens” on top of that.

Even if he was heavily injured, he should be beginning a new adventure in great spirits and enthusiasm, not reminiscing about the nine provinces.

“I know I can’t replace Xiao An’s position in your heart, nor do I plan on replacing her, but I will do my best to help you until the day you reunite again.
That is the solemn oath I’ve sworn!”

“You sly woman, do you really think I can’t tell what you’re getting at?”

The solemn oath seemed like nothing.
As a matter of fact, it could be considered as “poisonous” to her.
This was not as simple as rolling around in bed with him, but changing her path, establishing an oath and becoming his cultivation partner.

However, that was equivalent to giving up on searching for Xiao An to him, letting her replace Xiao An.
How was that possible?

“Heh, so you’ve noticed! Though, you should be able to understand me.
If you have too many attachments, you won’t be able to advance ahead boldly!”

Gu Yanying grabbed Li Qingshan’s arms and lifted him up, carrying him on her back.
She climbed out of the pit carefully and arduously.

Li Qingshan was left momentarily speechless.
He was very tempted to make a hot-blooded declaration like “it’s exactly because of my attachments that I advance ahead boldly”, but he understood very well inside that his relentless advance was not because of anyone.

Brother ox was obviously aware of this, and Xiao An knew about it very well too.
That was why he continued onwards despite forgetting about everything in the Clam King of Mirage Sea’s illusion.

Was his marriage to Han Qiongzhi, his friendship with the Great Banyan Tree King, and his fatherhood to Li Fengyuan not a form of attachment?

He let out a sigh.
“A heartless, unfeeling person like you sure is annoying.”

“Hah, right back at you.
Sigh, you’re too heavy.
You weigh like a mountain!”

Gu Yanying’s forehead was laced with sweat as she gasped for air.
She glanced back, hinting at something.

“Even the Hot Wind hell is useless?” Li Qingshan asked.

“Yeah, all that remains is the torture.” Gu Yanying climbed out of the pit after great difficulty, placing him on the ground gently.
Her hands were covered in blood as she frowned.
“We need to find a way to heal your wounds, or they’ll probably rapidly worsen.
We’re not particularly welcome in this world!”

Before she had even finished what she was saying, a muffled rumble rang out in the valley.
Cracks rapidly stretched across the cliffs on the two sides.

“Erm…”

This could be written off as a result of the collision earlier, but they could clearly sense the existence of the will of the heavens from this, and it was teeming with malice.

Boom!

The entire cliff collapsed.
The rocks turned into a flood, surging into the valley.

“Looks like I’ve still lost the gamble in the end!”

Gu Yanying smiled wryly.
In their current state, only death awaited them if they were swallowed by all the rocks.

“You’re not going to run?” Li Qingshan gazed at a flat area between the mountains nearby.

“Forget about that.
We might not be born on the same day, but let’s die on the same day together.”

Gu Yanying shook her head helplessly and plonked down beside him.
She gazed at the incoming clouds of dust, but she showed no regret at all.

“At least you still have some conscience to you!”