Chapter 73
HEART PROTECTION: CHAPTER 73
The next day early morning, Yan Hui and Tian Yao finally reached Black Mountain .
A winding stream flowed from the mountain . It was so clear the bottom could be seen, not at all as dirty as its name implied .
Yan Hui knelt down and reached one hand into the water . She had just placed her hand in when she felt her pain in her fingertips . It was like being cut open . The cultivation in her body flowed out and into the water .
"This is it . " Yan Hui drew her hand back and stood up . She turned to look at Tian Yao: "I don't have much cultivation in my body . The medicine apprentices said about a six hour soak in the waters will be enough to cleanse me . Are you going to wait for me here?"
Tian Yao nodded .
However, Yan Hui just stared at him . After a long time of staring, Tian Yao slightly raised an eyebrow: "What is it?"
"I need to go in naked . "
At those words, Tian Yao's gaze tremored . He turned around and walked behind a tree off to the side . He clasped his hands and quietly waited there . He was only missing his dragon heart now . His hearing was already greatly enhanced with the return of his other body parts . He could hear the rustling sounds as Yan Hui took off her clothes . He could tell by the rustles which piece of clothing she was removing .
The longer he stood their quietly, the more restless Tian Yao got . He gazed up into the sky . When Yan Hui entered entered the water with a splash, Tian Yao couldn't stop himself from listening in that direction .
When Yan Hui entered the water, she couldn't help letting out a small gasp from the icy water and the force of its flow .
That quiet sound caused Tian Yao to involuntarily look over . However right before he turned his head, he snapped back to his senses . He immediately straightened his head . He couldn't understand what had happened to him . . . . . . . . .
He was like a vulgur peeper secretly watching a girl bathe . . . . . . .
Right when Tian Yao's inner struggle was at the peak, there was a suddenly low cry from Yan Hui followed by a splash . Tian Yao froze and listened closely . There was no more sound of movement .
It was then that Tian Yao suddenly looked over . Yan Hui's clothes were piled by Black River's riverbank, but there was no sign of Yan Hui in the river itself .
Tian Yao hurriedly walked forward to the riverbank . In this short amount of time, he could no longer sense Yan Hui's aura .
Tian Yao's forehead furrowed . He bent forward and put his hand in the water . He also felt pain in his fingertips, and shortly after that the sense of his cultivation, outside of his control, flowing away into the water .
Tian Yao stayed there sensing for a while . There was no rush to pull his hand out . As he was stooped over the water, suddenly there was another force pulling on his fingers . It was tugging him down .
This Black River didn't just have the power to cleanse away cultivation . There was also some other power hidden below the surface . Tian Yao focused on the river water . It was still clear enough to see though to the bottom . There were no impurities . The hand that was immersed in water also wasn't touching anything .
However, with each passing second, Tian Yao could more clearly feel a force tugging down on his fingers .
Was Yan Hui tugged down by this same force?
To find where Yan Hui was, following the force down would be the fastest and most dangerous route . Tian Yao focused his gaze . He thought about it for only a split second, practically not at all, before following the force down into the water .
Black River's water flowed as clean and clear as always after Tian Yao fell in . There was no image of a person at the river bottom . It was like what just happened didn't happen at all .
When Tian Yao followed the pulling force, he was immediately tugged into a black space . The clear river waters had disappeared . All that was around him was blackness .
Slowly, numerous spots filled the darkness . More and more, until it was all covered with the pinpricks . Then in a flash, they condensed into trees around him, the ground under him, and the person in front of him .
Tian Yao was a little lost by the face that appeared right in front of him .
Su Ying calmly looked back at him . Her voice matched her innate icy nature: "What is it?"
Tian Yao looked around . The surroundings were very familiar . This was the valley he stayed in 20 years ago . He lived in half of the valley . From time to time, he would go to meet the other demons in the valley and discuss cultivation techniques . However after meeting Su Ying, he seldom returned to the valley .
Tian Yao looked as the scenery for a long time . Finally, he looked at Su Ying .
Su Ying slowly walked toward him: "Why are you looking at me like that? Even though I'm going back to Guang Han sect tomorrow, I won't leave you . "
That's right . 20 years ago, Su Ying said those words right before she left him to go back to Guang Han sect to the spell array . Su Ying walked forward and lightly hugged Tian Yao: "You have to remember to come to Guang Han sect in 10 days to marry me . "
That was the first time Tian Yao had been hugged by her . Back then, Tian Yao felt his heart overflowing with love . He was so happy that he wasn't like someone who had cultivated for 1000 years . He was just like a foolish groom about to marry his future wife .
Back in those days . . . . . . .
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"Marry you? Then you split me into pieces and peel my scales? Create an immortality dragon-scale armor to give to the one you really love?"
The Su Ying in his arms wasn't horrified . She merely looked up with confusion: "What are you saying? The one I love is you . "
Tian Yao coldly laughed: "A weak illusion spell trying to charm my heart into loosing myself in the past . " Fires leapt from his hands . He captured Su Ying's head in his hands and directly lit her on fire . Immediately, her body melted away to ash . Tian Yao moved his hands and also throughout lit those ashes on fire . "Such a pity . You picked the wrong person . "
The surroundings returned to darkness . It was absolute stillness . Those pinpricks didn't even reappear .
Tian Yao took two steps in the darkness when suddenly bright moonlight shined down . He slightly lifted his eyebrows in surprise . Behind him was a tree, and in front of him was Yan Hui, illuminated by moonlight . She was holding a jian to protect him . Her head was slightly cocked, and the curve of her cheek could be seen . She cut a dashing sight .
Tian Yao's heart stopped . He stared at her silhouette .
"I'll protect you . "
When Yan Hui said that, Tian Yao couldn't help his eyes from softening . The darkness in front of her seemed to hide countless plots and conspiracies, but she did not shrink away at the slightest . She bravely faced it all .
Tian Yao walked up and stopped behind her . Yan Hui angled her head to the side and looked at him: "Stay by my side . Don't wander around . "
"I can't," said Tian Yao . "I'm going to save you . "
Yan Hui was surprised . She turned her head to looked him: "Save me?"
Perhaps because this was an illusion, Tian Yao didn't hide his emotions . He raised his hand and patted Yan Hui's head: "Save you from your sorrow . "
Before Yan Hui could reply, Tian Yao looked down . He didn't say another word before flames burst from his head . The image of Yan Hui was destroyed .
Even though he knew this was all an illusion, Tian Yao's heart still ached when he saw Yan Hui's face shatter .
After Yan Hui's figure was thoroughly destroyed, Tian Yao's gaze became solemn . He unleashed a murderous aura . The heat of his aura spread out from under his feet . When he took a step forward, the dark surroundings quaked .
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With every step, raging fires burned away the darkness .
"Come out . " His voice was extremely cold . It was like one thousand knives, really to stab the person hiding in this darkness . "If you keep hiding, don't blame me for being impolite . "
With those words, he took another step forward . Another fire many times stronger than the previous one swept out from under his feet . It completely burned all of the dark surroundings with crackling flames .
In a split second, the surroundings were lit up . However, the illusion spell was still there .
Tian Yao looked up at the blue sky above . There were even some sprightly swallows flying overhead .
In this illusion world, the air was filled with spirituality . From time to time, some people would fly overhead using the Propelling Sword technique . Looking around, there were 27 mountain peaks . Including the one he was standing on, there were 28 peaks in total .
To save Yan Hui, Tian Yao went to Chen Xing Mountain for the first time . However, he already committed it to memory .
"Yan Hui! Don't run!" A young person called out and ran past Tian Yao . The young person reached out and grabbed a female clothed in gray clothes . She seemed out of place in this illusion world . "Why did you fight with Zi Yu again?! She's your senior disciple . You ought to respect her!"
The gray-clothed female turned around . Sure enough, it was Yan Hui . She blankly looked at the young man in front of her for a long time: "Head Senior Disciple . "
It seemed like Yan Hui didn't realize she was out of place with the surroundings . Yan Hui foolishly looked at Zi Chen: "I dreamed . . . . . . . that you died to save me . . . . . . . "
Zi Chen lightly scolded her: "You're spouting nonsense! This time, don't think about getting past me . If you fooled me, I ought to let shifu know . We'll see how he treats you!"
Yan Hui shook her head: "Shifu doesn't care about us . "
Zi Chen frowned: "Yesterday, you said you had trouble learning the jian . Today, shifu gave you a new one, yet you say shifu doesn't care about us . You're getting more and more ditzy! Everyday your imagination runs wild . "
Yan Hui had been staring at Zi Chen from the start . Finally, she nodded her head . "You're right . It's all my imagination . I just had a terribly chaotic dream . " Saying that, a small smile broke out . "Later I'll apologize to Senior Disciple Zi Yue . Then, help me with the jian later . Shifu gave me a new one, and I'm still not used to it . "
Zi Chen nodded . Yan Hui followed along with him as he started to walk away . She was still smiling .
Seeing this, Tian Yao sharply frowned . He hesitatingly followed her for a long distance . He watched her accompany Zi Chen . In the end, he could no longer endure it . Tian Yao strode up and pulled away Yan Hui .
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Yan Hui looked back . Her smile still hadn't faded away yet . She looked at Tian Yao with what appeared to be nonrecognition .
It wasn't unitl Tian Yao solemnly looked at her for a long time that Yan Hui disappointingly recalled something . The smile on her face slowly faded .
"Let go," said Yan Hui . "I want to go with Head Senior Disciple . "
"You know this is an illusion . "
"Let go . "
Tian Yao didn't pay any attention . He still tightly held onto her: "You can't keep following him . You'll get deeper and deeper into the illusion . The longer you're here, the harder it'll be to get out . "
Yan Hui shook her head . Her voice quavered: "Let go . . . . . . . "
"I won't let you go . " Tian Yao captured Yan Hui in his gaze . He firmly said: "From the moment I met you, it was fate . From then on, I would never let you go . "
"Let me stay here . " There were faint traces of sobs in Yan Hui's voice . This was the first time she had cried every since leaving Chen Xing Mountain . "This place is good even if it's an illusion . Let me stay here . Let everything be how it used to be . " She tried to struggle free from Tian Yao .
"Yan Hui . " Tian Yao still didn't let go . Even if his grip hurt her, he wouldn't relax it a single inch . "This is all fake . "
"So what if it's fake!" Yan Hui finally yelled out . "So what if it's fake!"
Yan Hui struggled extremely hard . Tian Yao's gaze grew heavy . He forcefully tugged Yan Hui into his arms and let her do whatever . Nothing she did, whether kicking or pushing, seemed to alleviate her anger . Yan Hui even bit Tian Yao's neck .
She didn't hold back any force . She bit until his neck was marked and bleeding, but Tian Yao silently allowed it . He didn't let out any sound of pain .
This pain was nothing . It was nothing compared to the deep, riddled pain they have both felt before in their hearts .
But all will eventually be well .
Tian Yao held Yan Hui and patted the back of her head . He quietly pacified her with extreme gentleness: "Yan Hui, all will be well . "
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