# 1318
Chapter 1319: Go Home for Me
Hearing Si Xiaonan's unyielding tone, Leng Xuan didn't argue further.
After a moment of silence, under Si Xiaonan's fingertip leverage, he slowly opened his mouth...
Si Xiaonan placed the pill into Leng Xuan's mouth. "Take it."
"I've finished it."
"...Even though I can't see, I'm not stupid." Si Xiaonan sighed helplessly.
"All these tricks of mine, did you really think you could deceive me with them? Crush it and swallow it."
Leng Xuan paused, then a crisp crunching sound of the pill being chewed reached Si Xiaonan's ears. Hearing this crisp sound, the blind Si Xiaonan's face curved into a faint smile.
She was like a satisfied child, her whole body relaxed, her complexion becoming somewhat grayer...
"How does the Elixir of Immortality taste?" Si Xiaonan asked curiously.
"...Not good, it's a bit astringent." Leng Xuan paused. "But my wounds seem to have already started healing."
"Of course it does. This is the Elixir of Immortality... as long as you take it, no matter how severe your injuries, they heal instantly. The concept of death is erased, and your lifespan becomes endless..." Si Xiaonan smiled playfully, then spoke weakly, "Congratulations, Leng Xuan. From now on, you'll truly live as long as the southern mountains..."
Leng Xuan's posture gradually straightened, his pace quickening as he carried Si Xiaonan forward in large strides.
"Leng Xuan... where are we now?" After a long while, Si Xiaonan asked softly.
"We've crossed the northern border and reached the Changbai Mountain range."
"Is it cold in Great Xia? I can't feel temperature anymore..."
"A bit cold, but for the north, this temperature is considered warm."
"The north... that means Cangnan is still far from here, right?"
"There's still some distance, but I'm about to hijack a plane. We'll be there soon."
Hearing Leng Xuan's serious tone, Si Xiaonan giggled, immediately followed by violent coughing that seemed to expel her entire lungs.
Black blood stained Leng Xuan's back crimson.
"I'm already half a God of Tricks... how could a God of Tricks still need to steal planes from ordinary people... *cough cough*... let me try a little more... we'll be home soon."
Si Xiaonan's voice gradually faded, while black silk threads extended from her body, weaving into a mysterious seal. Their figures vanished in an instant.
Life force depleted, and forcibly using "Tricks" once more—Si Xiaonan felt as though her mind had been struck by a hammer, instantly becoming a blur.
When she finally struggled to regain her thoughts, she felt sticky all over her head. She reached up to wipe her face and her hand came away covered in blood.
Her time was running out.
Bang—!
A burst of blood mist suddenly exploded from Si Xiaonan's back, turning into wisps of white silk that dissipated into the air...
The God's Ruins she had been absorbing from continuously had broken through some critical threshold. Her cultivation had exceeded human limits and began ascending to higher planes.
She was beginning to undergo Deification.
Life force completely dried up, the soul forcibly sustained by the Queen Mother of the West's true qi was collapsing, the physical body beginning to deify... the three overlapping, unprecedented agony tormenting Si Xiaonan's flesh and soul. Yet despite all this, a thread of will强行延续 maintained her consciousness.
"Cold... Xuan..." Si Xiaonan's breath was barely audible. "Have we... arrived... in Cangnan..."
"We have." Leng Xuan's voice reached Si Xiaonan's ears faintly. She had to listen carefully to make out what he was saying.
Vision, smell, touch, taste, hearing—all were being erased as life force disappeared. Her consciousness became chaotic, leaving only the final obsession still sustaining her life.
"Where... are we..."
"We're on the south side of Peace Bridge, near that roasted chestnut shop you love most. Can you smell the roasted chestnuts?"
"I... think... I smell them..." Si Xiaonan murmured to herself.
"Across from us is our agency. The door's still open, so there are probably still people from Squad 136 stationed here. I wonder who... oh, it could also be new recruits who graduated in the past two years. I wonder if they could recognize us." Leng Xuan walked forward while chattering on and on.
"Cangnan's weather is great today, very crisp. There's a bit more traffic on the road... let's cross the street."
"Xiaonan, did you hear the door chime? It's exactly the same as when we left..."
"The basement door is open. Someone's inside. Let's go down and take a look..."
Leng Xuan's voice seemed increasingly distant. Si Xiaonan lay quietly on his back, her gray-black face wearing a faint smile. It was as if she could already see, upon entering the basement, those familiar faces waiting for the return of their former group favorite...
Her consciousness sank bit by bit, gradually losing all perception.
Vaguely, she only felt her mouth being pried open by something warm, followed by something rolling down her esophagus into her stomach...
...
Mist churned, wind and snow raged.
On the desolate icy cliff, Leng Xuan slowly loosened his embrace around Si Xiaonan, carefully laying her down on the snow.
He stood up unsteadily. Beneath the black cloak, countless shattered artifact fragments were embedded in the shocking wounds. Crimson blood flowed down his skin, quickly dyeing a patch of snow red.
He spat out the few Awakening Pills hidden in his mouth, and a faint smile curved his pale lips.
He gazed tenderly at Si Xiaonan in the snow, murmuring to himself:
"The God of Tricks... wasn't that hard to deceive after all..."
A faint light gradually glowed from Si Xiaonan's abdomen, mysterious radiance covering every corner of her body. The body that had been infinitely approaching death was actually beginning to regain vitality at a startling speed!
Dried-up life force surged forth once more, rapidly fracturing souls quickly repaired, flesh that had been dissolving from deification reconstituted...
Between heaven and earth, invisible laws madly poured into her body, her aura exploded outward, swirling the surrounding snow into a terrifying vortex that extended toward the sky little by little.
The second deity in human history was about to be born.
Leng Xuan stood in the center of the blizzard, standing before Si Xiaonan. Covered in blood, he seemed to be holding up the entire sky for her.
He gently crouched down and gathered the unconscious Si Xiaonan into his arms. Those eyes covered in snowflakes slowly closed...
At the moment his breath faded, a gentle murmur passed into Si Xiaonan's ear:
"Xiaonan...
Go home... for me..."