Chapter 889: Ling'er, Ling'er (Part 2)
Facing Yun Che's astonishment, Su Linger placed her small hand in his palm and gently leaned her head against his chest. "After I was blocked by the Heavenly Poison Sword, I fainted. When I woke up, I was still hanging on the Heavenly Poison Sword. Soon, I regained some strength and climbed along the nearby rocks to a place that was a bit less dangerous."
"You... how do you know about the Heavenly Poison Sword?" Yun Che was still stunned.
There was absolutely no inscription of its name on the blade of the Heavenly Poison Sword.
Su Linger continued softly, "It was very dark and cold there. I was so scared that I wanted to jump down several times... Later, I fell asleep without realizing it and had a dream..."
"A very, very long dream."
Su Linger lifted her face, her beautiful eyes gazing at him with deep affection. That gaze made Yun Che's heart leap violently, because it was the same look Su Linger of his previous life had given him... sorrowful, adoring, and full of love...
"Ling'er... you... you..."
"In the dream, there was a clear stream, green bamboo groves, a hut built by ourselves, and Brother Yun Che." Su Linger's voice was like a dream. "Brother Yun Che in the dream always suffered so many injuries, always bled so much blood. Every wound, every flow of blood made my heart ache to the point I couldn't breathe... He was originally so gentle, but he became so terrifying, like he had gone mad, yet I still loved him, was infatuated with him... Every day, I waited in front of the bamboo hut, frantically praying that he would come back alive, but every day I would be startled awake by nightmares and cry endlessly..."
"......" Yun Che's mind was in an uproar. "Ling'er, you... you... how could it be..."
"At the end of the dream, I died, died in his arms. He hugged me and cried desperately, cried so sadly that he ran out of tears, and finally all that flowed out was blood... In the center of the bamboo grove, he dug a resting place for me with his hands, his hands covered in blood... With his blood-stained hands, he carved a tombstone for me... On the tombstone was written... beloved wife Su Linger..."
Su Linger's voice went from trembling to choking, and her final words were accompanied by tears: "I originally thought that for him, revenge was the whole of life, and I was just an insignificant person... But that dream let me know that the Yun Che I loved had always had a place for me in his heart. I gave him all the tears of that life, and what I got in return were all the tears of his life as well. So it turns out that I was always... happy... always possessed what I most longed for..."
Boom!
Yun Che's mind exploded once again. His eyes and his entire body trembled.
"Brother Yun Che," Su Linger wrapped her slender arms around Yun Che's neck and said dazedly, "We... will never be separated again, right?"
"Ling'er... Ling'er!!" Two cries, carrying emotions that transcended time and space. He hugged Su Linger tightly back and said with a trembling but firm voice, "Yes... we will never be separated again, never!"
That was not a dream; it was her memory of the previous life, no, it was her previous life itself.
The Su Linger in his arms was both the Su Linger of this life and the Su Linger of the previous life... she was the complete Su Linger.
He didn't know why this had happened. Perhaps it was heaven's compensation to him, and to Su Linger's fate in the previous life...
But no matter the reason, it was no longer that important. He had not only regained Su Linger, but also obtained the complete Su Linger. This was already too perfect an outcome.
And in fact, what had brought all this about was a marvelous accident.
Back then, when Yun Che jumped off Jueyun Cliff, in his final moment before death, perhaps subconsciously unwilling to let the Heavenly Poison Sword be buried with him in the Jueyun Abyss, he used his last bit of strength to throw it away. Almost at the same instant, the Lunhui Jing, which had been worn on his chest and had foreseen Yun Che's inevitable death, activated its power to cross the cycle of reincarnation.
The power of reincarnation that defied the heavenly way acted on Yun Che and the Heavenly Poison Pearl, and a small amount of power also touched the Heavenly Poison Sword, thus preventing the Heavenly Poison Sword from disappearing due to the changes in the time wheel of the Cang Yun Continent and the correction of cause and effect. It also allowed Su Linger, who had touched the Heavenly Poison Sword, to awaken her "past life" memories.
This was an extremely delicate coincidence, and perhaps truly an arrangement of fate.
The two stayed on Jueyun Cliff for a very long time. After immersing themselves in the too-perfect world of just the two of them, they began to face the reality that had already occurred.
Although Su Linger did not ask, Yun Che knew she must want to know what had happened to him and what had happened to the Cang Yun Continent. He would tell her everything in detail, and he even eagerly wanted to tell her. Because after Mo Li left, Ling'er, who also possessed memories of "two lifetimes," was the only person he could talk to about these things.
She was also the only one who truly knew who he used to be.
But for now, Su Linger's greatest concern must be the matter of the Tai Su Gate. He told Su Linger in detail what had happened after he returned to the Tai Su Gate. Su Linger quietly nestled against him, her reaction very calm, and her heartbeat equally calm. After awakening the memories of her "previous life," she became, like Yun Che, a person who had lived "two lifetimes." The fate of the Tai Su Gate and what would happen to Su Haoran — to Ling'er at this moment — were very faint, because she had obtained everything she wanted, had gained two lifetimes of attachment and soul-sustenance. As long as she was with him, everything else, everything else, no longer mattered.
But at the end, when Yun Che mentioned that after Su Hengshan gave him the Soul Crystal, he suddenly severed his own heart meridian, Su Linger was instantly startled. She grabbed Yun Che's arm with both hands and said in panic, "Father... Father, he..."
Yun Che quickly said, "Ling'er, don't worry, your father is fine. Although he severed his heart meridian, I immediately saved him. He's completely fine now, and he will never do such a foolish thing again."
The intense panic on Su Linger's face made Yun Che incredibly glad that he had done his utmost to save Su Hengshan's life. Otherwise, if Su Hengshan had really died like that, he couldn't imagine how heartbroken his newly regained Ling'er would be.
"Is Father... really okay?" The confusion in Su Linger's eyes eased slightly.
"Of course. Have you forgotten? Back then, although my master often scolded me, in front of you, he secretly praised my medical skills many times, and even said that after I turned a hundred years old, my medical skills might surpass his... Ling'er, you were the one who told me these things secretly. If I can't even save Ling'er's father, how could I be worthy of my master's kindness?"
"Mm!" Su Linger smiled lightly, the tension in her expression dissipating.
"I'll take you to see Uncle Su right now." Yun Che stood up.
"Ah? Now?"
"I'll take you to a place." Yun Che, with a mysterious expression, summoned the Primordial Mystic Ark, then, together with Su Linger, entered the inner world of the Primordial Mystic Ark.
The sudden switch of space made Su Linger's lips part for a long time. "Here is..."
"Here, is the world of the Primordial Mystic Ark." Yun Che smiled. "It can directly traverse vast distances of space and instantly reach any place you want to go. My ability to return to the Cang Yun Continent this time relied on it. I will slowly tell you about the Primordial Mystic Ark later."
"Mm." Su Linger nodded lightly. Then her eyes widened in surprise, and she hurriedly rushed toward the person lying on a stone slab ahead.
"Ah... Father!"
Su Hengshan lay there quietly, still in a deep coma. But his complexion was quite rosy, his breathing even and steady, only his aura was a little weak.
Yun Che went to Su Hengshan's side, reached out to examine the healing of his heart meridian, and then his eyes suddenly moved... The healing degree of Su Hengshan's heart meridian had actually reached nearly thirty percent.
To reach this level, it should have taken at least ten days.
That is to say, after being soul-captured by the Netherworld Brahma Flower in the Dark Abyss, he did not wake up quickly, but had been unconscious for nearly ten days!
Then Su Linger had also stayed in the darkness for ten days... Or perhaps, during those ten days, she had been having that long "dream."
Feeling Su Hengshan's life force, though weak, exceptionally steady, Su Linger's last worries completely dissipated. Her eyes glistening, she said, "Brother Yun, thank you."
Yun Che immediately shook his head. "Compared to what you've given me and what I owe you, this is less than a single hair from a hundred cows. Besides, he is my future father-in-law. Protecting one's father-in-law is only right and proper."
"Hehe..." Su Linger laughed joyfully, a bit playfully. "Brother Yun Che, you've gotten better at coaxing girls, hehe."
"Uh..." Yun Che's eyes wandered, then he quickly changed the subject and said resolutely, "Ling'er, don't worry. I won't let you suffer such danger and grievance for nothing. As for the Tai Su Gate and Uncle Su's account, I will definitely collect every single bit from the Qixing Divine Mansion!"
"Ah..." Su Linger let out a soft exclamation, and the joy in her eyes instantly turned to panic. "No... I've found Brother Yun Che, and Father will recover soon. I have no grievance. I am happier now than ever. I hate no one, blame no one. I don't want you to get revenge, truly don't..."
Seeing the worry and even fear in Su Linger's eyes, Yun Che wished he could slap himself twice. In his previous life, it was his obsession with revenge that had caused her suffering and let her down. Back then, countless times she had tearfully begged him to stop seeking revenge, but he never listened. Every day, like a mad dog that had lost its heart, he tore into those he hated...
He had crossed the cycle of reincarnation and gone through countless hardships to find Ling'er again. How could he repeat the same big mistake and make her sad and scared again?
He took Su Linger's hand, looked into her eyes, and said with utmost seriousness and ease, "Alright, I'll listen to Ling'er. Whatever Divine Mansion or Demon Mansion, ten thousand of them combined are not as important as a single strand of Ling'er's hair. I'm too busy holding my Ling'er to bother with them."
"Pfft..." Su Linger burst out laughing. She leaned against Yun Che's chest, her finger drawing circles on it, and said sweetly, "Brother Yun Che, you've become glib-tongued. In the years I wasn't by your side, have you already secretly deceived many girls?"