Chapter 154 (1/2)

Chapter 154

The Master

Su Chan's teary face was the first thing Li Yundong sahen he opened his eyesBlinking a few tiround and Su Chan was sitting right next to hi,to die just nowThen again, the fact that he was still alive was pretty much moot, since he was about to die soon

Hopefully not too soon

Li Yundong forced out a s” Su Chan wailed loudly, then slu directly over his torso

Li Yundong raised his hand and patted Su Chan's head”Su ChanListen”

Su Chan raised her head fro stroked her cheek”You have to go now, princessGet as far away from me as possible”

He had just killed a man with a spellHe didn't want Su Chan anywhere near hiht of Su Chan dying returned a bit of strength to his weak body

”Go!!!” Li Yundong gave Su Chan a hard shove

”I'

Li Yundong bit back a curse

”Su Chan” he said sternly”You have to go! Now! Go! Before the Heavenly Thun—mmph!”

Su Chan's hand clamped over his mouth”Don't say it! Please, don't say it!” Su Chan's shoulders tre turned his head away and freed his mouth from her handHot tears slid down his own cheeks

”Listen to o, okay? There's no point in both of us dying”

”No, no, no!!! I' anywhere!” Su Chan yelled, then cruPlease don't make me leave… I can't live without youI can't!!!”

Li Yundong sniffed, feeling the sting of his own tears”Silly girlYou were living just fine before youpatted Su Chan's head”Go, okay? Go back to your masterShe” He cleared his throat”She'll keep you safe”

Su Chan's face rubbed against the front of his shi+rt as she shook her head wildly”No, no, noI won't leave youI won't leave”

Li Yundong grunted and pushed hi positionThen, he cupped Su Chan's face and dried her cheeks with the pad of his thumb”You'll be fine, princess” He set about me and find someone else to love—”

”But I don't want anyone else, da!!”

Li Yundong choked back a sob”I'h the tiether is short—”

”Don't!!!” Su Chan shrieked”Don't talk like that!” Su Chan covered her ears and began shaking her head wildly”I don't wanna hear it! I don't wanna hear it!”

More tears stung Li Yundong's eyesHe reached up and pried Su Chan's hands away from her earsShe had to hear this whether she liked it or notThis ht very well be the last conversation they had with each other

”You've brought so rateful to you” He stared deeply into Su Chan's eyes”I love you”

Su Chan's face cru” she sobbed”Please, don't…”

”I want you to always, always re waited until he was sure he had Su Chan's full attention”It doesn'tabout fox spiritsNone of it mattersTo me, in my eyes, you are the kindest, the cutest, the prettiest, and the irl to ever liveAnd… over the short time I've known you, I can say with absolute certainty that you are a good person” Li Yundong tapped Su Chan's chest”You have a good heart, and you shouldn't let anyone tell you otherwise”

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Su Chan kept shaking her head”W-Why are you telling ripped the front of his shi+rt”Why are you talking like that?! Don't talk like that! Like you're about to leave ave her a sad suess this is goodbye, Chan'er…”

They stared at each other for a momentThe look of shock in Su Chan's eyes was al in his own eyes

”I love you” Li Yundong whispered, then turned around and ran towards the woods at the edge of the field

He had barely taken a few steps before a pair of slender ar hi onto his waist like he was her favorite bolster

Li Yundong sighed and tried to unwrap her arirl refused to let go

”Please don'tsaid”Please let o, Chan'er…”

Su Chan shook her head desperately and sent hi look”Just let —”

”Don't be stupid, Chan'er!” Li Yundong pushed her away”You have a full life ahead of you!”

”But life would be less without you!!!” Su Chan yelled back

Li Yundong groaned into his hands, and when he lowered them, he realized that his palms et

”Don't say that!” he shouted”That's nonsense! Now stay where you are! Don't followturned around and ht raroundA warht felt so daood that he almost didn't want to open his eyesWarm liquid dripped all over his cheeks and neckHe opened his eyes and saw Su Chan's face hovering inches above his own

”Can't you see?” Su Chan hiccupped a few times”If you die, I'd just kill myself anyway”

All of a sudden, Su Chan's face turned into a co he knew, his shoulders were shaking violentlyHis eyes burned with such an intensity that he thought he was going blind

”Oh, you stubborn, stubborn girl”

War to die anyhy not spend our final roaned and rolled his head to the side

”Please, Yundong…” Su Chan pleaded”Please don't let me die alone…”

”I don't want you to die at all…”

”But life without you is even more painful than death…”

A sob tore out fro's lips”Goddammit!! This is so unfair! Why do I have to die just because I helped rid this world of an evil ? Please say yes? Let

”I- I proain!” Su Chan added”I'll… I'll even let you callchuckled despite his tearsAfter a few hed and opened his arms”Come here, you little chipmunk”

Su Chan threw her ar patted Su Chan's back and stared up into the night sky, breathing in Su Chan's scentPerhaps it wouldn't be so bad if Su Chan's scent was the last thing he breathed before death claimed hi asked into Su Chan's hair after a while”You don't have to die, you know?”

Su Chan pulled back and wiped her cheeks”Nonsense,” she said”I told you I'd rather die than live a life without you in it”

Li Yundong opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by another voice

”Not to ruin your little roBut nobody has to die”

Li Yundong raised his head fro the looked past Zi Yuan's shoulder and saw Ruan Hongling and Zhou Qin looking straight at himBoth of the snapped to attention theabout? You made it pretty clear just now that I'ht hit hi's eyes ide”WaitWhy aren't I dead yet?”

Zi Yuan stopped in front of hi up”

Li Yundong's head was spinningHe shook his head a few tiers at Zi Yuan”So it was all a lie to stop ave hi I told you is the truth”

Li Yundong spread out his arms”Then why am I still alive?”

”That's easy” Zi Yuan smiled”Because you haven't passed the Zhuji phase yet, of course”

Hope coursed through Li Yundong”Wait, so if I'm alive because I haven't passed the Zhuji phase” Li Yundong looked into Zi Yuan's eyes”Then”

Zi Yuan s as you don't pass the Zhuji phase”

Li Yundong looked towards Su Chan, who looked just as confused as he feltIt was obvious that Su Chan didn't know anything about thisOtherwise she wouldn't have ether with hi looked towards Zi Yuan”But why?”

Zi Yuan raised a brow at Su Chan”I'm surprised your master never told you about this”