"This woman, this old lady will protect."
He Yeye stood in front of Bai Ruxue.
Although He Yeye looked like nothing more than a young girl in her golden hairpin years, even her slightly chubby little face carrying a bit of cuteness, because her name was "He Yeye," these three characters made all cultivators from both worlds dare not underestimate her.
"He Yeye, are you certain you want to do this?" Feng Qianqiu frowned.
He was extremely puzzled in his heart.
A He Yeye who cared about nothing.
A He Yeye who hadn't returned to the Ten Thousand Laws Realm for a thousand years since running away from home.
She had actually rushed back for a true dragon that had nothing to do with her, even declaring she would protect the other's life.
"This old lady will say it one last time."
"Old geezers, this woman, this old lady will protect. If you have any questions, talk to this old lady's scythe!"
After speaking, He Yeye smoothly slashed backward with the scythe in her hand.
Only hearing a "boom" sound.
The earth shook, and a deep crack split open in the ground, extending for dozens of li.
Behind He Yeye, her Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation thunderously appeared.
The girl's Law Manifestation held an ethereal scythe in one hand and an ethereal candied hawthorn in the other, with two ponytails draped over her shoulders, her contemptuous eyes seeming to regard everyone as ants.
The other cultivators were all frightened into taking a step back, looking toward Feng Qianqiu, waiting for him to make a decision.
Feng Qianqiu stared at He Yeye, and He Yeye just stood there, meeting his gaze.
After a long time, Feng Qianqiu shook his head and sighed, "I will report this matter to the human alliance. I hope City Lord He will take care of herself."
Feng Qianqiu knew he couldn't defeat He Yeye and wouldn't waste effort.
After Feng Qianqiu left, the others also breathed a sigh of relief and departed as well.
In these cultivators' view, they had already done what they should do. It was the Demon-Suppressing City lord who wanted to protect Bai Ruxue, and facing He Yeye, even Feng Qianqiu had left. Even if the human alliance pursued responsibility, it wouldn't fall on their heads.
"Old geezers are just old geezers, boring!"
After all those old fellows had left, He Yeye snorted, dispelled her Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation, put away her scythe, and turned to look at the woman sitting collapsed in front of her.
"Mm, truly beautiful," He Yeye nodded. "No wonder that boy Xiao Mo would like you so much. If I were a man, I'd like you too."
"Who are you? Why did you save me?" Bai Ruxue slowly spoke, her voice no longer carrying any trace of vitality.
"It's not that I wanted to save you, but that Xiao Mo wanted to save you."
He Yeye calmly looked at her golden vertical pupils.
"Decades ago, Xiao Mo once killed demons in the Ten Thousand Laws Realm, accumulating merit for you. Although he was a scholar, every time he entered the battlefield, he completely changed, as if he didn't care about his life.
Later I learned that his beloved had been injured, and he needed human merit, a great deal of human merit. Later still, when the Ten Thousand Laws Realm was about to be breached, he achieved sainthood through the scholarly path.
Without him, the city couldn't have been defended. If the city couldn't be defended, the Ten Thousand Laws Realm would have been torn open with a huge gap, and the current war situation wouldn't be like today. When he left, this old lady asked him what he wanted to exchange for. He exchanged for this."
He Yeye took out from her bosom a pendant that looked like a yin-yang fish.
"Although this pendant can only be used once, it can cross between two worlds. Besides that, this pendant has another meaning, that is, it allows me to do one thing for him, as long as it's something I'm willing to do. Xiao Mo asked me to protect your life when he died. I agreed. Now, I've also fulfilled this promise."
He Yeye crouched down and placed the yin-yang fish pendant in front of her.
Bai Ruxue looked at the pendant before her, her eyes like stagnant water, "He's dead."
He Yeye nodded, "I know."
"He didn't even leave behind a soul. I can never find him again."
He Yeye looked up at this azure sky, "I know."
"He was the meaning of my existence. Now that he's gone, why should I continue living," Bai Ruxue said in a low tone.
He Yeye withdrew her gaze from the sky.
"I've never liked anyone. I was born to kill enemies. I don't know what love in this world is like. I promised Xiao Mo I would save your life, but if you insist on dying, I can't stop you either."
He Yeye looked at Bai Ruxue calmly.
"However, Bai Ruxue, in my view, anyone in this world can die, but you alone cannot."
He Yeye turned and walked away into the distance.
Her figure had already disappeared, but her voice echoed leisurely between heaven and earth.
"Live on. You must live on. Xiao Mo was the meaning of your existence, and you were all of Xiao Mo's existence. If you die, Xiao Mo will truly be dead."
… Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⚑𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⚑𝙣𝙚𝙩
The supreme celestial realm.
Her divine consciousness withdrew from the lower realm.
She took a step and came to the westernmost part of the heavenly court.
In the westernmost part of the heavenly court, there was a long river flowing backward before Her.
The scattered points of light in the long river were all those cultivators whose souls had been scattered.
When these soul fragments completely disappeared into the horizon's end, they would completely return to the Heavenly Dao, dispersing into the entire world.
She walked toward the blue long river, only stopping when she reached the blue river's edge.
She used her fingernail to cut her fingertip, and a drop of divine blood fell into the blue river.
Among this endless soul light, point after point of soul fragments seemed to be summoned, floating out from the long river.
These soul fragments continuously gathered.
When the last point of soul light floated out from the long river, these soul fragments formed the appearance of a blue-robed scholar.
Under the guidance of the Heavenly Dao's laws, the scholar's spirit flew toward the lower realm, on the path to reincarnation but just as the blue-robed scholar was about to leave, She again flicked out a strand of divine blood that merged into his spirit.
The scholar would gain new life, just like an ordinary soul but from now on, as long as She wished, She could sense the scholar's general existence at any time, never having to worry about not finding him, no matter how many years passed!
But even for Her, under this separation of heaven and earth, after forcibly condensing a saint's soul and interfering with the laws of heaven and earth, Her face was also pale but She didn't care.
She turned and stepped away, her skirt trailing through the clouds.
In one breath, She returned to that empty divine hall.
She sat back on the divine throne, slowly closed her eyes, and fell into slumber again.
You think you can just scatter your soul so simply?
Wait until I awaken, when heaven and earth connect, I will kill you with my own hands!