Chapter 1223 - 1222: I’m Not Afraid, Nor Am I Terrified

Chapter 1223: Chapter 1222: I’m Not Afraid, Nor Am I Terrified

The closing mouth made the sound disappear beside her ear, and the empty figure became illusory.

Beside Gu Tong’s ear, there was only Xia Xi’s soft calling, "Xue Tong, Xue Tong, are you alright?"

Gu Tong pulled herself out of the illusory memory, stepped back, leaned against the position marked ’Death’, and said, "I’m fine!" There was blood in her mouth, and the taste was thick and metallic.

Inexplicable emotions filled her heart, occupying her mind.

Xia Xi pursed her lips and stared unblinkingly at Gu Tong, saying, "Do you also feel familiar with this place, as if we’ve been here before."

Unconsciously, Xia Xi hugged her shoulders, not knowing since when she had this feeling, saying, "In my dreams, at the strike of midnight, I’ve often dreamed, with you and me in these dreams. Besides this place, there was the old mansion of the Gong Family, the cemetery, many things I couldn’t see clearly, flickering and swaying, all places I’m not familiar with."

These are memories she cannot piece back together, as if they were like a prescient ability—mysterious, yet truly terrifying.

Clearly, they are experiences she has been through, yet she can’t remember at all. The remnants of her memory are just the tip of an iceberg or perhaps merely a slight melt of it, she cannot tell.

She can only move forward by relying on her scant remaining memories, seeking out the fragments within. This sense of powerlessness is really hard for ordinary people to comprehend, let alone empathize with.

Only by experiencing it firsthand can one understand the pain, struggle, and confusion within, and only people as strong as they are can persist and hold on.

Gu Tong turned around, lightly touched the position marked ’Death’, her fingertips trembling slightly, as if shaking from deep within her soul, saying, "Life and death have their fates, wealth and honor lie in heaven, the Life Gate and Death Gate, both are choices of one’s own!"

Xia Xi opened her mouth, unable to make a sound for a long time, hesitantly asked, "Did you see something..."

Yes, she saw it!

Of course...

The shadow just now, though it flashed by, Gu Tong could confirm it was undoubtedly Xia Xi.

"I saw you opened the Life Gate, I opened the Death Gate, what happened next is unknown."

What you see isn’t necessarily correct.

The final outcome is something that needs to be comprehended on one’s own.

They have defied the heavens and lived another life, the heavens won’t grant them another cheat sheet, or hand them a second chance.

Xia Xi pursed her lips, said, "Then let’s follow the memory, we’ve walked this path once already, we mustn’t go wrong again."

Even though their memories are incomplete, they still have an instinctive judgment.

In moments of crisis, memory will remind them of how to act.

Xia Xi has saved herself from danger multiple times, hence, she’s well aware in her heart and believes there is no mistake.

Gu Tong touched the left stroke above the ’Death’ character, her voice a bit tremulous, said, "It’s very dangerous!"

This is her intuition, akin to a survival instinct in the face of a fierce beast.

Her body’s tremor is an awareness of unknown danger.

"That’s natural, anything left by the old master, even a simple item, is a treasure passed down through generations; even compared to an heirloom of a prominent family, it pales, if it were within reach, it would be unfair."

Xia Xi was open-minded about this, expressing her view, "Since we have stepped in here, this is our destiny across two lifetimes, as decided by the heavens. I’m not afraid, nor do I dread!"