Chapter 166 (2/2)

“How do I say it…”

In order to organize an appropriate response, Xue Qilin pondered for a while.

Finally, she raised her head and smiled.

“I think that it's a beautiful thing.”

“Hey, Qilin, that's corny!”

“Shut up! Little Phecda, do you have to pull the rug from under my feet?”

Xue Qilin hit Empyrean Universe, who is in her hand. After releasing a cry of pain, Phecda shut up.

Then, she looked back at Xihe and found that the other side has a surprised look on her face.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“You just said… that it's a beautiful thing?”

“Yeah, isn't it? To cross the barrier of discrimination between races and save one another, isn't that a beautiful thing? Well, it makes one feel that there is still warmth in this particularly harsh world.”

Xue Qilin folded one arm and nodded her head.

“Warmth…?”

Xihe, with a blank look in her eyes, ruminated the word.

“Yeah, don't you think so?”

“I don't know. I think that it's a thing… a thing to be happy about. But as for warmth…”

Looking a bit emotional, Xihe shook her head so hard that it makes one worry that her slender neck might break.

“I don't know, I really don't know.”

“Anyway, it must be a form of redemption for you. Or else, you would have no reason to save me.”

Xue Qilin is convinced that that is the case.

“I saved you because you were kind to her.”

Xihe answered so quickly that it appears like she didn't reflect on it.

“Her?”

“Mhm, from the Luotian town incident.”

Xihe is referring to the fact that Xue Qilin gave the dying martial demon la.s.s a hug in Luotian town.

“If that is the case, then I misunderstood you. Besides, the time I injured you should have cancelled everything in a stroke. But then why did you save, why did you protect me just now?”

If it weren't for Xihe protecting the la.s.s with her tails, blocking the falling rocks and withstanding most of the impact from when they hit the water, Xue Qilin's injuries would not have been limited to what they are now.

Is the reason why Xihe protected her really just due to the incident in Luotian town? Xue Qilin doesn't believe that it's the case. After all, to Xihe, she is an enemy. It has been destined that they will be enemies ever since Xue Qilin entered Martial Demon Realm.

“You're fully aware that I'm likely to get in the way of you guys, which is why you trapped me before, right? In this case, you should have killed and not saved me.”

Xue Qilin asked calmly in a quiet voice.

“Hey, Xihe, why didn't you kill me?”

Xue Qilin's limpid eyes, as if capable of penetrating everything in the world, constricted Xihe tightly.

“I…”

“Why? Could it be that to you, the thing you guy pursue is much less important than my life?”

“No, that's not it!”

“Then why did you save me?”

Xihe opened her mouth several times, but could not give an answer. She appears to be confused. Her wide open eyes are trembling.

“Heaven Demon –”

At this moment, there are melancholy and lament lurking deep in Xue Qilin's eyes.

“You're wavering…”

Xihe closed her mouth tightly.

She doesn't know how to answer? Xue Qilin mused, and then took a step forward.

“You just wanted to save me, so you protected me, am I right?”

Xue Qilin's bold speculation netted a shout from Xihe.

“Shut up.”

Xue Qilin took another step forward, and then another and another.

“That must be it! Otherwise, you have no reason to save me.”

“I told you to shut up, didn't you hear me!”

Xihe suddenly looked up and stared at the la.s.s resentfully.

“Look, you're really wavering!”

“Shut uuuuuuuup!”

Xihe twisted her nine tails together and slammed them violently into the ground, leaving a deep mark on the ground.

After presumably suddenly realizing that she lost her composure, Xihe showed an incredulous expression and panicked.

“I'm sorry, I… But, that's not the case…”

“Then what is it?”

Xue Qilin's tone is calm.

“I…”

Xihe closed her mouth shut only after uttering a single word, distressed.

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