Hong Ning glanced at his hand but did not struggle.
“Immortals truly are different,” she said coldly. “Even their shamelessness is greater than that of mortals.”
Jin Xiu replied, “Where did you go?”
Hong Ning frowned.
“My powers are already sealed by you. What could I possibly do?”
She glanced behind her. “I’m tired now. Can I go rest?”
Jin Xiu released her wrist.
Hong Ning continued walking forward.
She took ten steps—then stopped.
“Why aren’t you leaving?”
His voice carried a hint of amusement, almost teasing.
Hong Ning suppressed her anger and looked toward her room’s door, which stood at a distance.
“What’s the point of walking if I’ll never reach it?” she asked, her tone mocking.
“Do you find it fun to toy with me?”
Because if something was forever unreachable, then it was better to let it go early.
He had understood that long ago.
Now, she finally understood it too.
She was no longer the foolish girl who only knew how to blindly chase forward.
Jin Xiu remained silent.
Then, he held out a pill to her lips.
A fragrant aroma drifted from it, clearing her mind slightly.
She tried to shake her head and speak, but before she could, her body no longer obeyed her will.
The pill slid smoothly down her throat.
Jin Xiu smiled faintly.
Hong Ning glared at him, furious.
A pill condensed from heart’s blood—
Yet all it did was win more hatred in return.
He lightly patted her head and said,
“If you keep making trouble, I’ll just lock you up.”
Then, he turned and vanished.
Her body slowly returned to her control.
Hong Ning slumped weakly against the corridor pillar, a bitter smile on her lips.
She had used every cruel and cutting word she could think of—
Yet this man still would not leave.
Did he really not understand?
She could never become an immortal.
Bai Ling’s death, his betrayal—she could never let them go.
And yet, he still refused to give up.
What was the point of all this?
Because of his guilt, he was forcing her to become an immortal?
Lost in thought, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.
It turned out that Yang Zhen had noticed her looking pale and exhausted earlier.
He had ordered a maid to bring her soup.
To convince Hu Yue, she had been forced to use heart’s blood again, causing severe exhaustion.
Not wanting to refuse his kindness, Hong Ning drank the soup.
She had intended to discuss something urgent with him afterward, but seeing that it was already late, she dismissed the idea.
After bathing, she went to bed.
A shadow appeared by her bedside.
Silent and motionless.
Once, there had been a girl who ran wild in Flower Dawn Palace.
She was the first to openly challenge Flower Deity Xing.
She had been arrogant, untamed—just like he had been in his youth.
But in the blink of an eye, she had fallen into mortality.
She had suffered the hardships of reincarnation.
Even he could not bear to watch.
So how could Jin Xiu?
After a long pause, she raised the Ruyi Scepter in her hand and spoke softly.
“To prevent you from being completely wiped from existence, he… even in his hatred, still lifted the seal.
“Now, after all this time, when fate has presented a rare opportunity, he is willing to defy heavenly tribulation just to reverse your destiny.
“You have already made him guilty for a thousand years—what more do you want?
“Why must you continue like this?”
Even when the demonic god invaded back then, he had never cared so much.
Yet now, he went to the mortal realm, returned only to be restless through the night, and then left again.
The most pitiful ones were not those who had forgotten.
It was those who could not forget.
The golden Ruyi emitted a multicolored glow.
Under the divine gaze, the golden seal gradually faded.
In the darkness, the person on the bed remained fast asleep.
Two days passed peacefully.
Until the morning of the third day, when Hu Yue came looking for her as soon as she woke up.
Hong Ning followed her out for a while, and upon returning, she locked herself in her room for half a day.
Not until dusk did she finally leave.
Just as she stepped out, Yang Zhen happened to be entering through the garden gate.
At the sight of her, he paused in surprise.
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