Chapter 753 - 752: Xi Zijin’s Decision (Part 2)

Chapter 753: Chapter 752: Xi Zijin’s Decision (Part 2)

Xiao Naihe spoke with great confidence. Hearing this, Xi Zijin fell silent. She knew that if she refused, the Spiritual Light Pavilion Master would undoubtedly send assassins after Lin Yun.

Being hunted by a Celestial Saint was a death sentence. Even with an Earth Saint for protection, Lin Yun would be completely helpless.

Celestial Saints were beings who stood at the very apex of the Celestial Spirit Continent. If such an individual wanted to hunt someone down, there would be no place for them to hide on the entire continent.

After a long silence, Xi Zijin’s expression remained unchanged, still exceptionally cold. She looked at Xiao Naihe and said flatly, "I will go with you to the Spiritual Light Main Pavilion. But you must keep your promise. Otherwise, I will not let you succeed, even if I have to die."

With that said, Xi Zijin rose and walked straight out of the main hall without another word.

Seeing Xi Zijin agree, Xiao Naihe gave a sinister smile. He knew she had only accepted because she was concerned for Lin Yun’s safety.

But what did that matter? Xiao Naihe felt no love for Xi Zijin. All he wanted was her body, a body that could make any man burn with desire.

After Xi Zijin departed, Xiao Naihe also rose to leave. He told Meng Liuli she could now give the Flawless Palace her answer regarding the alliance. He added that Xi Zijin was to meet him in the main square early the next morning to return to the Central Domain with him.

He had no intention of waiting for Lin Yun to awaken. Xiao Naihe still had his apprehensions and didn’t want any new complications to arise. After all, as long as he took Xi Zijin away, his plan would be a success.

’Once we’re back in the Central Domain, no matter how heaven-defying Lin Yun is, he can’t possibly come to the Spiritual Light Main Pavilion and try to take her back.’

As he left Meng Liuli’s courtyard, Xiao Naihe sneered to himself, "Lin Yun, I wonder what it will feel like to have your woman pinned beneath me. Haha."

She had no other choice, unless she was willing to disregard Lin Yun’s safety. But could Xi Zijin really turn a blind eye to him? Obviously not.

After agreeing to Xiao Naihe’s demand, Xi Zijin returned to her courtyard. She went into the room and gazed at Lin Yun, who was still fast asleep.

Two streams of tears flowed from her eyes. The Spiritual Light Pavilion was composed entirely of female disciples, so Xi Zijin had never had any real contact with men, let alone known what it felt like to fall in love.

But after falling in love with Lin Yun in the Cyan Dragon Palace, Xi Zijin had learned that loving someone could be so, so painful.

The usually icy Xi Zijin now sat alone by the bed, gazing at the face that had appeared in her dreams countless times. The tears flowed uncontrollably.

"I know you love Lu Bingning and the others deeply. I also know that because of them, you don’t know how to handle our relationship. But I still want to thank you. Even though I can’t be with you in the end, I’m so happy that I get to protect you this one time."

Gently holding Lin Yun’s hand, Xi Zijin spoke through her sobs. She was crying and smiling at the same time.

Meeting Lin Yun, getting to know him, and falling in love—it had all happened so suddenly, catching her completely off guard, yet it also felt perfectly natural.

Lin Yun had shown her what it felt like to love someone. ’If only I had met him sooner,’ she thought, ’perhaps things would have been different.’

’If Lu Bingning and the other two women weren’t in his life, maybe she and Lin Yun could have been together.’

She spoke to Lin Yun for a long time, until finally, her tears ran dry.

The sun began to set. Without realizing it, Xi Zijin had been sitting by Lin Yun’s bedside the entire afternoon. Finally, she looked at him and spoke as if swearing an oath.

"Lin Yun, I don’t think I’ll ever love anyone else in this life. I believe no one could ever be more wonderful than you are in my heart. Don’t worry, I won’t let Xiao Naihe have his way. When you’re strong enough to protect yourself, I’ll make him pay the price he deserves."

As she spoke these words, a look of grim determination appeared on her face.

Then, she leaned down and gently kissed Lin Yun’s forehead. After one last, long look, Xi Zijin turned and walked out of the room.

The moment she pushed open the door, Xi Zijin saw Meng Liuli sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard. It seemed she had been waiting for a long time.

Startled for a moment, she gently closed the door. Xi Zijin walked over to her master, looked at her, and called out softly, "Master..."

"Have you really decided?" Meng Liuli asked quietly, her gaze fixed on Xi Zijin.

Nodding lightly, Xi Zijin sat down beside Meng Liuli. The two of them, master and disciple, simply looked at each other without a word. After a long moment, it was Xi Zijin who finally broke the silence.

"Master, you took me in when I was just a child. I’ve never known my parents. Here in the Spiritual Light Pavilion, surrounded only by female disciples, I never knew what it felt like to fall in love..."

She spoke slowly, her voice becoming choked with sobs once more. In the end, she finally broke down completely, hugging her master and burying her face in Meng Liuli’s embrace. For the first time in her life, Xi Zijin cried with such utter heartbreak.

She didn’t want to leave. She didn’t want to go to the Central Domain with Xiao Naihe. And more than anything, she didn’t want to be separated from Lin Yun.

But it seemed there was nothing to be done. Even Meng Liuli was powerless, unless they were willing to disregard Lin Yun’s life and death.

"Love can make a person brave, make them willing to give up everything. At the same time, it can cut one’s heart like a knife," Meng Liuli said softly, gently stroking Xi Zijin’s hair.

Meng Liuli stayed by Xi Zijin’s side throughout the night. It wasn’t until the next morning, as the sun began to rise, that Xi Zijin stood up again. Looking at her master, she revealed a rare smile.

"Master, I’m happy. Happy that I get to protect Lin Yun this one time..."

This smile came from the bottom of her heart. She was genuinely happy that she could protect Lin Yun.

Seeing her disciple in this state, Meng Liuli said nothing. The two of them, master and disciple, went to the Spiritual Light Pavilion’s main square together. Xiao Naihe and two Saint Guards were already waiting there.

Seeing Xi Zijin approach, Xiao Naihe said with a smile, "I was starting to think you’d had second thoughts."

"Remember your promise. I will not let you have your way until I am certain you can be trusted," Xi Zijin retorted coldly.

Xiao Naihe merely smiled at this, offering no rebuttal.

Now that everyone had arrived, a Tier Five Demon Beast soon appeared in the Spiritual Light Pavilion’s main square. The distance between the Eastern Domain and the Central Domain was simply too great; even a Third Level Teleportation Sub-array Map was incapable of making the journey.

Following Xiao Naihe, she boarded the Tier Five Demon Beast. As Meng Liuli watched on, Xi Zijin departed.