Chapter 871: I Will Wait for You in the Abyss
From Hanqiu City to Fengyang City, the young man and woman traveled together. Though they were not yet as close as ordinary lovers, their demeanor and movements had become much more natural.
Mu Jiushi stood beside Bie Tianxin, leaning naturally into his embrace.
Even though this scene had played out several times before, Bie Tianxin still felt excited, his heartbeat quickening slightly.
Mu Jiushi smiled mischievously, as if she found this amusing. She reached out her jade-white little hand and pressed it against his chest.
Beneath her palm lay his heart.
Bie Tianxin naturally paid no mind to her action, but in the next moment, his expression suddenly turned extremely grave.
A strange figure dressed in green robes and wearing a copper mask had appeared in their room, no one knew when.
Staring at this strange visitor in green, Bie Tianxin’s pupils contracted slightly.
Who was this person, to have arrived in the room so silently, without either himself or Mu Jiushi sensing anything?
The strange visitor in green did not release all his aura, but Bie Tianxin had already vaguely guessed the other’s true cultivation level, and the corners of his temples grew slightly damp.
He was only at the Star-Gathering Realm, but both his parents were Divine Domain-level powerhouses, giving him knowledge far beyond his peers.
During his travels through the world, Bie Tianxin had never worried about his safety, because no one dared show him any disrespect.
If there was anyone in this world who would risk the wrath of two Divine Domain powerhouses to harm him, it could only be another Divine Domain powerhouse.
Bie Tianxin did not know who this strange visitor in green was, nor why he had come for him, but he sensed extreme danger.
“You need to leave immediately. Don’t mind me.”
Bie Tianxin stared at the strange visitor in green, speaking to Mu Jiushi in his arms.
Mu Jiushi’s small face showed a somewhat strange expression—half-smiling, as if moved, yet also as if mocking.
But she did not leave, nor did she ask anything. Even her hand remained pressed against his chest.
Bie Tianxin found this odd, but at this moment his attention was entirely on the strange visitor in green. He had no spare thought for this, and besides, there was something important he needed to do.
After all, he was the son of Endless Green and Unique Red. Though not as exaggerated as Luo Luo back in the day, he naturally carried some very powerful artifacts with him while traveling.
For instance, right now there was an artifact hidden in his sleeve. That artifact could not defeat a Divine Domain powerhouse, but it could form a divine barrier to help him hold out for a while. At the same time, when the artifact was activated, his parents would sense it, no matter how far apart they were.
This was why he could remain calm and tell Mu Jiushi to leave first.
But in the next moment, he could no longer stay calm. His face turned deathly pale, because he discovered that the artifact hidden in his sleeve had malfunctioned.
Around the tavern, a faint yet unbreakable aura appeared, presumably set up by the strange visitor in green, capable of blocking any attempt he might make to send a message.
But what about the artifact? Why had it failed at such a critical moment?
He looked at Mu Jiushi in his arms, feeling her hand growing colder and colder against his chest. He vaguely guessed something, and his eyes showed pain and disbelief.
“Why?”
This was the question Bie Tianxin most wanted answered at this moment.
Mu Jiushi tilted her small face up to look at him, playfully stuck out the tip of her tongue, and said with a smile, “Because I never liked you.”
Bie Tianxin heard the answer, yet still could not believe it. His body trembled with anger and grief, and he said in a trembling voice, “Is that so?”
“I never let you tell anyone, including your parents, precisely because I never planned to be with you.”
Mu Jiushi straightened up, her small hand still pressed tightly against his chest, as if somewhat reluctant to let go of his warmth.
“Let me make it clear for you, poor fool. Back then, when I went with you to Hanqiu City, it was to make you run into Chen Changsheng, and then kill you. But at that time, due to some circumstances, it wasn’t convenient for us to act, so it dragged on until now. Actually, if you’d thought it through carefully, you could have figured out this was a setup. You’re just too stupid.”
She said mockingly, “What qualifications do you have to marry me? I’m going to be the Pope.”
Looking at the expression on her face, Bie Tianxin snapped out of his earlier fear and unease, left only with pain and anger. He murmured, “So you wanted to frame Chen Changsheng, to throw the continent into chaos. It seems this was all a scheme by your Mu family. That means Madam Mu’s visit to White Emperor City back then was also suspicious.”
Mu Jiushi hadn’t expected that, at death’s door, this spoiled brat she had always looked down on would suddenly become so clear-headed and rational. She couldn’t help but feel a little surprised.
But things had already reached this point, and there was no possibility of change.
“Of course. My sister is a figure of what caliber? She is the most brilliant genius of our clan. How could she have been forced to leave the Western Continent over something like the throne?”
Mu Jiushi looked at him calmly and said, “That brother-in-law of mine was a hero in his time, but in the end, he couldn’t get past the beauty trap. My sister fooled him for all these years. You may not measure up to my brother-in-law, but you’re not bad either, it seems. Please die peacefully. I promise you, I will remember the kindness you showed me these past days.”
Bie Tianxin stared into her eyes and said, “You want to frame Chen Changsheng. No one will believe it.”
Mu Jiushi said softly, “Everyone knows you were killed by the Black Dragon.”
With these words, a supremely pure, utterly frigid aura suddenly emanated from her small hand.
Bie Tianxin’s body instantly froze stiff, unable to move.
He noticed that her eyes had become eerily deep, like a frozen pool.
He understood what Mu Jiushi planned to do, and how she planned to frame Chen Changsheng.
Mu Jiushi gazed at him quietly, the chill surging from her palm growing stronger and stronger.
Bie Tianxin’s body and heart both turned cold, whether from this deep-freezing aura or from her ruthlessness and cruelty.
Frost covered his eyelashes, looking like icicles hanging from northern trees—somewhat beautiful, yet also somewhat sorrowful.
He stared at Mu Jiushi’s face, as if trying to forever imprint that beautiful, innocent, yet utterly venomous face in his memory.
“I will not go to the Star Sea. I will go to the Abyss. I will never forget you. I will wait there forever for your arrival.”
These were Bie Tianxin’s final words.
After saying this, he closed his eyes and stopped breathing.
His Nether Palace, star apertures, meridians, and even his flesh and blood were frozen into crystals by the extreme cold, leaving no trace of life.
No one knew how long passed before Mu Jiushi’s hand finally left his chest.
Looking at Bie Tianxin, who had become a true ice sculpture, she was silent for a long time, her face somewhat pale.
Whether it was because the deep-freezing aura had drained too much of her true essence, or because of Bie Tianxin’s last words before he died.
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(At the end of the previous two chapters, I mentioned a friend’s wife. Today’s chapter is a bit grim, so I won’t bring that up. When it comes to love, you still need to keep a cool head.)