Chapter 269: For You, What Can’t Be Done?
Ming Zhaoshuang slapped the black shadow several more times, directly dissipating it into a puff of black smoke, making its appearance completely unrecognizable. She then breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Xie Yanning.
Xie Yanning looked a bit helpless: “He said he is the Heavenly Dao, and that he wants to make a Heaven and Earth Covenant with me to resurrect A Zhou.”
Ming Zhaoshuang said rudely: “He’s full of it! Don’t believe him!”
Xie Yanning suddenly bit her lip, suppressing her emotions: “But… how could a Heaven and Earth Covenant lie to me… As long as I drink the Water of Rebirth, I can obtain the Soul Guiding Lamp, and I can resurrect A Zhou…”
Tears spilled from Xie Yanning’s clear bright eyes, drop by drop, like rain hitting banana leaves.
“I just want to resurrect A Zhou…”
Ming Zhaoshuang stepped forward and patted Xie Yanning’s shoulder: “I know, A Ning, you want to resurrect Jiu Zhou. He is the most important person to you.”
Xie Yanning cried out: “What do I do? I can’t find him… I’ve searched the entire Upper Realm and Demon Realm, and I still can’t find him…”
If Ming Zhaoshuang could barely endure after her experience in the Demon Realm, how could Xie Yanning?
She cultivated the Dao for two hundred years, one hundred years alone and one hundred years with him. To Xie Yanning, Jiu Zhou was much more than just a Dao Companion.
He was her friend, her family, and the person who would accompany her through life.
He was the Dao Heart of her Path of Ultimate Emotion.
But Jiu Zhou died, and even though she avenged him, it ultimately shook her Dao Heart.
She knew clearly that there was only one Xu Qing’an in this world, and only one Jiu Zhou. If her cultivation regressed, she could cultivate it again, but once her Dao Heart was broken, it would be very difficult to re-establish.
Therefore, she finally broke down at this moment.
Perhaps she wasn’t unclear that the black shadow before her was no good thing, but she just wanted Jiu Zhou to be resurrected so badly, she desperately wanted to see that pitiful little rabbit again.
So she walked towards the black shadow.
Ming Zhaoshuang had just witnessed the process of Xie Yanning and Jiu Zhou meeting, getting to know each other, and falling in love. She was perfectly aware of how chaotic Xie Yanning’s emotions were at the moment, and how desolate she felt.
“A Ning, listen to me,” Ming Zhaoshuang’s voice was very calm: “There is nothing we cannot accomplish, no one we cannot resurrect. Feng He Du Xian in my Sea of Consciousness has been resurrected twice, so it should be no problem for us to resurrect Jiu Zhou once.”
“Jiu Zhou will not completely perish, believe me.”
Xie Yanning’s tears soaked Ming Zhaoshuang’s collar. She stroked Xie Yanning’s hair and gently told her:
“But if you believe that Heavenly Dao’s nonsense, then you will be truly beyond saving. Think carefully, who forged the Soul Guiding Lamp, and who was it used to resurrect? How could it be in the hands of the Heavenly Dao that fought against her? He is just lying to you, don’t believe him.”
“Admittedly, Feng He hasn’t told me where the Soul Guiding Lamp is, and it’s even possible that the Soul Guiding Lamp has long since disappeared. But as long as we are here, we can refine a brand new Soul Guiding Lamp again, and we can resurrect Jiu Zhou through various methods, as long as we are here.”
Xie Yanning sniffled and after a long while, said: “I should have realized this, but I just can’t control myself.”
Ming Zhaoshuang smiled: “We all have moments when emotions get the better of us, lose control, make mistakes, even get confused, but so what? As long as we return to the Dao we desire, we don’t need to be afraid.”
“A Ning, don’t be afraid, you still have us.”
After a long period of silence, Xie Yanning’s emotions gradually began to calm down.
Ming Zhaoshuang didn’t expect her to immediately get over it, but having an outlet was always good. She couldn’t keep it all bottled up, as it would also hinder her recovery.
Ming Zhaoshuang let go of Xie Yanning and used the cuff of her sleeve to wipe her tears.
Xie Yanning let out a wry laugh and suddenly said: “I regret it.”
“Regret what?”
“Regretting that I was too slow just now and didn’t slap that dog’s face a couple more times.”
“…”
“What kind of thing is worthy of controlling me, and even wants me to like Qin Feilong? Am I that blind?”
“He is trash, and I also regret that I didn’t slap him enough.”
“Next time we meet, we’ll both slap him a few more times.”
“Alright, I’ll stomp on him too. My hands hurt from slapping.”
The two of them laughed a few times, with a sense of kindred spirits. The oppressive atmosphere had finally dissipated quite a bit, leaving only a mutual appreciation for each other.
Xie Yanning smiled at Ming Zhaoshuang and then remembered to ask: “I was really out of my mind just now. I actually wanted to form a Heaven and Earth Covenant with him, and forget myself and Jiu Zhou.”
Ming Zhaoshuang knew that this was why Xie Yanning, even after pulling out the seed, still fell for Qin Feilong later on and became a Nascent Soul within Qin Feilong’s harem.
At her most vulnerable moment, the Heavenly Dao seized the opportunity, formed this Heaven and Earth Covenant, and made her drink the Water of Rebirth, ultimately leading to the tragic end of being buried in the spring, her bones scattered, her heart moved, her Dao vanished, and her past love forgotten.
As for why she didn’t act when Cheng Zhaoyang was manipulated, but directly intervened when Xie Yanning was tempted.
There were two reasons for this.
Firstly, she believed that Cheng Zhaoyang could break through himself, which was an opportunity for a breakthrough. Xie Yanning, however, was consciously sinking, which was an unprovoked disaster.
Secondly, she couldn’t see the black shadow of Cheng Zhaoyang, but she could see the black shadow of Xie Yanning very clearly.
To ask, the Heavenly Dao itself came before her, and she didn’t slap it, is that possible?
It’s impossible!
Ming Zhaoshuang said: “Oh dear, everyone has moments of foolishness. Didn’t we still slap the Heavenly Dao a dozen times? It wasn’t a loss.”
“But was that thing truly the Heavenly Dao?”
Xie Yanning had spent over a hundred years in the past living with such voices, and under the subtle influence of these voices, she had gradually become cold and gradually strayed from her original Dao Heart.
However, in Xie Yanning’s memory, the Heavenly Dao was supposed to be respected. But if it tried to manipulate her like this, it was truly not a good thing.
She should have given it a sword!
Ming Zhaoshuang said: “As far as I know, it should be the Heavenly Dao, but this Heavenly Dao is reaching its end.”
Xie Yanning asked in confusion: “What do you mean?”
Ming Zhaoshuang smiled, her beauty mark at the corner of her eye becoming even more striking: “Of course, it’s because I’m going to destroy Heaven.”
Xie Yanning was startled and involuntarily blurted out: “You want to imitate Feng He Du Xian?”
Ming Zhaoshuang shook her head: “I don’t want to be like Feng He, doing all the good deeds and bearing all the bad. What’s the point of defying heaven? In the end, the Heavenly Dao is still the Heavenly Dao. It’s not as satisfying as me directly slaying heaven with a sword.”
Xie Yanning said: “This… is it possible?”
“Isn’t cultivating the Dao about doing what is known to be impossible?”
Ming Zhaoshuang smiled and said to Xie Yanning: “So, beautiful Miss Xie Yanning, are you willing to embark on this path of slaying heavens and gods with me?”
After a moment of silence, Xie Yanning smiled at Ming Zhaoshuang:
“For your sake, why would I not be willing.”
