Chapter 1888 - 1480: A Doctor Can Heal Illness, But Not Fate

A tragic and beautiful love legend, Gu Changsheng does not have a strong sense of involvement!

Recalling the tragic love legend mentioned by Shi Wujue, Gu Changsheng is more concerned about the Tears of the Goddess that appeared in this legend!

That is her ultimate goal in traveling north, the Tears of the Goddess that can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bones!

Gu Changsheng looked at Shi Wujue, her eyes bright, she really wanted to ask Shi Wujue, why does he know so many things...

So many things that the world doesn’t know!

Whether legend or old tale, he knows far more than ordinary people!

"Gu Changsheng, even as noble as the Goddess, in love, remains unable to attain, let alone us mere mortals! Gu Changsheng, meeting you and admiring you is my tribulation, Shi Wujue’s calamity. This is not your fault, nor does it concern you, but please, do not deny my existence, for my remaining time is scarce..." Squatting on the ground, Shi Wujue turned back, looking at Gu Changsheng with calm eyes, his lips slightly curled into a relieved arc, he said solemnly.

In the moment Shi Wujue said this, the Tears of the Goddess vanished completely from Gu Changsheng’s mind, she anxiously took two steps forward before abruptly stopping, desperately speaking, "Shi Wujue, tell me this is not true! How could someone as formidable as you have limited time? You must be joking, right? You’re surely trying to scare me because I rejected your love, right?"

As Gu Changsheng spoke, she abruptly stopped.

How could it be?

Shi Wujue is so proud, even when rejected, he wouldn’t joke about this...

Gu Changsheng was utterly certain of this, and precisely because she knew Shi Wujue wouldn’t joke about this, she couldn’t accept it!

"Gu Changsheng, this City Lord speaks the truth..." Shi Wujue released the Sinful Sea Flower in his hand, slowly stood up, glanced at the slender figure not far behind Gu Changsheng, smiled slightly, and said contemplatively, "You should remember, this City Lord said, our Shi Family is not tolerated by the heavens, no one can escape an early death fate, this City Lord is no exception! The blood of the family can only sustain me for a year, Gu Changsheng, after a year, there will be no Shi Wujue in this world anymore..."

And no Shi Family, no Ancient Country He Clan, no Sand Sea Wolf Tribe...

For some unknown reason, Shi Wujue suddenly felt that nothing would persist, perhaps it was an escape for him...

"Shi Wujue, no, it won’t happen! I will find a way to save you! You remember, I’m a Doctor, I can save lives, I can..." Gu Changsheng heard these words, immediately shook her head, and spoke anxiously.

"But a Doctor cannot save those destined to die!" Shi Wujue interrupted without waiting for Gu Changsheng to finish.

"I will save you! Even if you are destined to die, I will save you, Shi Wujue, trust me..." Gu Changsheng growled, a tone full of indescribable panic.

"Hehe..." Hearing this, Shi Wujue lowered his head and smiled lightly, with an eyebrow raised, full of self-deprecation, "But a Doctor heals sickness, not fate. Gu Changsheng, I accept fate, my death as Shi Wujue is no great loss, but my family, my ancestors have guarded for centuries, I cannot drag them to die with me, Gu Changsheng, if I could beg you, in my fleeting time, accompany me in finding the truth!"

"Shi Wujue..." Gu Changsheng looked at the figure by the gentle streaming water, the silver hair dancing in the breeze, tears broke through her eyes once again...

Gu Changsheng never knew she could cry so much!

Her presumed strength crumbled in this moment!

She could not offer Shi Wujue the love he wanted, but his presence etched a deep mark in her heart.

Yet before her eyes, he told her he has little time left, that someday, there will no longer be this man loving her...

She could forego his love, but she wanted him alive!

Alive and well!

"Gu Changsheng, you are going to the Divine Demise Land to seek the Tears of the Goddess, imbued with the Goddess’s lifetime of longing. What I seek is just one truth, a truth my Shi Family has searched for hundreds of years, a truth to resolve the destiny of my He Clan, a truth to unravel all mysteries!" Shi Wujue slowly lifted his foot, approaching Gu Changsheng, his voice unprecedentedly solemn. "Gu Changsheng, I regret it. I no longer ask the heavens to give my He Clan justice; I only seek one truth, just to know the reason all this misfortune has befallen us. I just want one ’why’! The rest, I do not care! I cannot decide my own life and death, nor can I decide my clan’s life and death, but I just want to find a reason for everything we have experienced!"

Shi Wujue spoke, moving slowly closer to Gu Changsheng, his snow-white hair flying, the Sinful Sea Flower swirling. Shi Wujue stopped a step away from Gu Changsheng and slowly reached out his hand to touch the half-mask on Gu Changsheng’s face...

However, as his hand neared Gu Changsheng’s cheek, it suddenly stopped, his lips curving into a bitter smile, just letting his hand hover a finger’s width from Gu Changsheng’s cheek. On his strikingly beautiful face, his slanted eyebrows raised slightly, arrogant as ever, yet indescribably desolate. "Gu Changsheng, Sinful Sea Flower of the desperate path, but you don’t know, to me Shi Wujue, with your companionship, the Sinful Sea Flower is the Love Flower. I have no regrets in this life!"

"But Shi Wujue, why?" Gu Changsheng looked at the man before her through tear-filled eyes, her body rigid and unmoving.

She didn’t dare move.

She feared that a slight movement would make her lose control of herself.

"Because of destiny, because of inescapable shackles, because of fate! Gu Changsheng, let me accompany you to the Divine Demise Land, to use the rest of my life to seek a clear death!" Shi Wujue spoke, then raised his head, the hand near Gu Changsheng’s cheek ultimately withdrew with regret, looking at the mottled starlight on top of the Star Innate Tower, he slowly said, "If even the deity cannot give me a truth, then I will resign myself to fate..."

"The deity can! She surely can!" Gu Changsheng interrupted Shi Wujue before he finished his sentence, speaking resolutely, "Shi Wujue, the deity is omnipotent. She will surely give you the truth you seek, tell you everything you want to know, restore justice for you and your clan! Shi Wujue, even if we have to flip the Divine Demise Land upside down, we must find the truth you seek, alright? Please don’t be like this, we should strive to live, okay?"

Already lost, and about to part...

Gu Changsheng had already experienced one loss when the news of her father’s death suddenly came during her Nine-Layer Heavens Celestial Tribulation. At that time, she was completely unprepared, with no room for negotiation!

But now is different!

An important person to her is telling her he is about to die!

Although he gave her time to prepare mentally, Gu Changsheng felt her heartache intensified, to the point she couldn’t breathe!

Shi Wujue looked at the cautiously praying Gu Changsheng before him and chuckled softly in self-deprecation, "Gu Changsheng, see how selfish your City Lord is? Knowing you can’t give the City Lord the love he wants, yet your City Lord still desires a place in your heart. I told you of my limited time to gain your sympathy and guilt, things that your City Lord would normally toss away disdainfully - if the subject is you, your City Lord treats them as treasures!"

Saying this, Shi Wujue looked up, his gaze passing over Gu Changsheng’s shoulder to the silent, tall purple figure standing quietly behind her, a flicker of schadenfreude in his eyes as he said, "All, the year of life your City Lord has left is surely much more precious in your eyes than that Zhou kid’s. Your City Lord can receive your concern, your care, your gaze... perhaps even more than him! Gu Changsheng, do you think that Zhou kid must hate your City Lord now? Wishing your City Lord would die sooner?"

"No, he won’t..." Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng shook her head immediately.

Her evildoer, though an evildoer, she trusted his breadth of heart!

"He will! This king was just thinking a moment ago that knowing you have limited time is indeed great news! But now, this king has changed his mind!" But before Gu Changsheng could finish her words, Zhou Mu’s voice sounded behind her, interrupting her unfinished sentence, the tall purple figure appeared beside Gu Changsheng, his hand reaching to hold hers, his Divine Residence-like face full of somberness as he spoke, "Shi Wujue, did you do it intentionally? Intentionally fabricate such a lie to win sympathy? Although this king despises such tactics, I must admit, it is quite clever!"

"You..." Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng was puzzled, looking at Zhou Mu, her Phoenix Eyes full of surprise.

What on earth was her evildoer talking about?

"You!" Shi Wujue looked at Zhou Mu, a flicker of surprise passing through his long, narrow eyes.

The two men locked eyes, and sparks flew in an electric clash.

Zhou Mu snorted coldly at Shi Wujue, refused to spare him another glance, and pulled Gu Changsheng away, reprimanding her softly as he walked, "Did you even believe Shi Wujue’s words? He deliberately claimed he had limited time to deceive your sympathy. For a man like him, even if all the people in the world died, he would still live well, only you, this silly woman, genuinely believed it!"

"I..." Dragged along passively by Zhou Mu, Gu Changsheng blankly looked from one to the other, her mind a confused muddle.

The world of men is too complicated!

Gu Changsheng expressed her inability to understand... and couldn’t distinguish truth from falsehood!