"But it's not feasible..." Long Lin's words trailed off suddenly.
Seeing a glimmer of hope to save the person, a light of hope flashed in my eyes. I immediately rushed in front of Long Lin and asked, "What method? As long as it can save Gu Yuan, I'm willing to do anything."
"No, I promised my elder brother to take good care of you. This is absolutely out of the question."
The more anxious I got, the more evasive he became. He just wouldn't tell me anything. Worried, I turned to look at the thunder - flashing clouds behind me, my heart feeling as if being stabbed.
However, from Long Lin's words, I had already grasped his meaning.
If I wanted to save Gu Yuan, the only way must be related to me, and this method might even threaten my life.
I got up from the ground, turned towards the sky full of blood - rain, and looked into the distance. In this lifetime, Gu Yuan had borne too much for me.
The old beggar said that my life was snatched back against the will of heaven. Xi Nv said that I was born for Gu Yuan.
This indirectly indicated that my life was attached to his, and I lived for him.
If he was no longer here, what was the reason for me to continue living?
I turned around and looked at Long Lin seriously. Seeing my expressionless face, Long Lin propped himself up and sat up.
"Lan Lan... it's not that I..."
Before he could finish his words, I grabbed my trouser legs and knelt on the ground with a thud.
Seeing this, Jun He and the others wanted to pull me up, but I raised my hand to stop them.
"Lan Lan... what are you doing?" Long Lin tried to reach out and help me up. I propped my hands on the ground and kowtowed heavily to him.
"Please help me. What should I do to save him?"
"Lan Lan, why do you have to do this? You know very well that elder brother doesn't want you to take risks..."
"Please tell me the method. I want to save him..." I kowtowed again. Coincidentally, there was a stone right in front of me. My forehead hit it, and the impact made me a bit dizzy.
When I looked up again, there was blood on the stone. I must have hit my forehead too hard and broken the skin.
Seeing me like this, Long Lin's eyes trembled slightly, his face full of pity. However, he still refused firmly and finally turned his head, not wanting to look at me anymore.
I looked up, hoping to get help from those around me, but they all chose to protect me.
I knew they meant well, and I couldn't blame them. But if things continued like this, Gu Yuan might not even leave a whole body.
Since they chose to feel sorry for me, I would let them continue to do so.
I kowtowed heavily to Long Lin and everyone present again.
"Thank you all for your help all this time, and thank you for your concern for me. This bow is my farewell, because if Gu Yuan is dead, I have no meaning to live on."
"Lan Lan... everyone is doing this for your own good. Third Master also doesn't want to see you get into trouble." Bai Ling'er said.
"But I don't want to see anything happen to him either. So I choose to go with him." After saying that, I took out the dagger I had prepared and raised my hand to end my own life on the spot.
Seeing this, Jun He didn't care about his own injuries at all. He reached out and grabbed the blade of the dagger, then snatched it away. The blade cut his palm, and the blood flowed down the handle.
"Are you crazy?" Jun He roared at me.
I lowered my head and looked at his injured hand. I felt a thousand apologies in my heart, but I held them back.
I turned my gaze to Long Lin, begging him to tell me what to do.
Seeing that I was determined, Long Lin had no other choice. He turned around, took a deep breath, and then exhaled.
"You need to offer your snake - scale spirit and inject it into the Chixiao Divine Sword. With the power of the snake scales, the Chixiao Divine Sword will surely be invincible. Once it targets something to slay, it will not return to its sheath until it has killed. A true king, with the Chixiao Divine Sword infused with the snake - scale spirit, will surely turn the tide of the battle."
"But..." Long Lin frowned tightly, and his voice was a bit choked.
"Since the Five Immortals are incomplete here, we need to take your physical body into the Lingxiao Clouds. I can't guarantee that you will come back unscathed."
"What does 'the Five Immortals are incomplete' mean?" Jun He asked anxiously.
Long Lin explained briefly. I was an exorcist who worshipped the Five Immortals, usually the Fox, Yellow Weasel, White Weasel, Snake, and Rat Immortals. But since I became an exorcist, I had only received the White Immortal Bai Ling'er, the Snake Immortal Wu Qingyun, the Rat Immortal Ji Xiang, and the Fox Immortal Hu Xuanfeng, who could only be considered as helping.
The only one missing was the Yellow Weasel Immortal. Now, if I wanted to draw out the snake - scale spirit and inject it into the Chixiao Divine Sword, I had to borrow the powers of the Five Immortals.
The Fox Immortal would lead the spirit, the Yellow Weasel Immortal would carry the spirit, the White Weasel Immortal would inject the spirit, the Snake Immortal would control the spirit, and the Rat Immortal would merge the spirit.
Unfortunately, since the Yellow Weasel Immortal, who was supposed to carry the snake - scale spirit, was missing, even if we managed to draw out the spirit, we couldn't send it to the Chixiao Divine Sword. We could only take your physical body into the Lingxiao Clouds and forcefully extract the spirit.
Extracting the spirit, as the name suggests, meant forcefully pulling the soul out of the body. If there was the slightest mistake in this process, the spiritual body would be shattered. So the difficulty was imaginable.
Hearing this, Jun He asked Long Lin anxiously, "What's the chance of saving Lan Lan?"
Long Lin sighed and said, "Less than ten percent."
After everyone heard this, they all lost their spirits. They were listless, sighing continuously and shaking their heads. It felt as if I was already dead.
"I've already prepared myself mentally. Please send me up." I looked around at these lovely people beside me.
They all remained silent, seemingly still reluctant.
"Don't be like this. Maybe a miracle will happen. Gu Yuan and I are husband and wife. We promised to share joys and sorrows. So... please fulfill my wish."
Seeing that my mind was made up, if they delayed any longer, the only thing they might see would be the corpses of Gu Yuan and me.
The Four Earthly Immortals sat cross - legged in front of me. Thinking that he couldn't be of much help, Jun He took the jade pendant hanging around his neck and put it around mine.
"This is the peace - protecting jade pendant my mother gave me... You know how important it is to me. So you must come back safely and return it to me in person."
As Jun He's voice faded, the Four Earthly Immortals shouted in unison, "Rise..."
Then they pointed their single - finger swords towards the Lingxiao Clouds. My body gradually rose in the direction they pointed.
Jun He's hand still grabbed the corner of my clothes and didn't want to let go.
"Let go..."
Jun He shook his head. There was a tearing sound from the corner of my clothes. He only held a piece of my hem in his hand.
He clutched the hem tightly in his hand, his eyes full of sorrow: "I'll wait for you to come back..."
I gave him a calm look, and then my body rushed into the Lingxiao Clouds.