Chapter 193 - Those Gates (2/2)

”Everything can be changed.”

Qiu Ling smiled sadly. No, unfortunately, this time his beloved wasn't right. There were things you couldn't change.

Jing Yi felt Qiu Ling's skepticism. ”Well, maybe there are things you can't change but you can learn to live with them, can't you?”

”What if it's not about yourself, but about other people?”

”I'm not sure I understand.”

”Maybe that's better.” Qiu Ling kissed his cheek and then let go of him. ”Let's continue. There has to be some way out of here.”

Jing Yi followed him but he frowned. He somehow felt like the time in his inner self wasn't helping Qiu Ling at all. It seemed he was unable to shake his inner demon off. The worst thing was that he still had no idea what exactly that inner demon was. It should have to do with the things that had happened in Qiu Ling's past but how were these things connected?

He couldn't understand that. Maybe that woman had known Qiu Ling's parents. That would explain why she had a part in this. But if Qiu Ling had fought in that war, then he would have needed to be an adult by then. Could that really still be tied to his parents? After all, he seemed to have been a child when they died.

”Qiu Ling …” Jing Yi opened his mouth to ask but only with some hesitation. He didn't want to rip some old wounds open but he also couldn't imagine how they would get out of here if he didn't do something. After all, Qiu Ling didn't seem to have any idea how to deal with this either. They had to try something!

”What is it, my love?” Qiu Ling seemed unperturbed by the endless darkness around them as if none of this was important and they were just taking a leisurely stroll like they had done back in the Yun Zou Sect.

”Your parents … What happened to them?”

Just as he had expected, Qiu Ling tensed. ”That … Let's not talk about that, alright?”

”Why not?”

Qiu Ling evaded his gaze. ”It was long ago.”

”But it must have had a big influence on you. Losing both your parents early …”

”It wasn't that bad.” He said so but his expression was wooden.

Jing Yi lowered his head. He also didn't want to hurt Qiu Ling. But what else could they do? He searched for something he could say to continue the conversation but before he found anything Qiu Ling became slower.

Jing Yi looked up at his face and noticed that his gaze was locked on a point in front of them. He turned around and lifted his brows. There was a pair of magnificent gates in front of them. They weren't the astonishing thing, though. What really surprised him was the fact that the place behind them wasn't dark like the rest of Qiu Ling's inner self. Instead, it was brightly illuminated like on a sunny day.

Jing Yi looked at Qiu Ling's face again, a question written in his eyes: Just what is this place? But this time, Qiu Ling actually wasn't paying attention to him. He was completely focused on the gates in front of them.

It didn't need to be said how big of an influence these gates needed to have on him to actually make him ignore the reincarnation of his beloved. There was probably only one reason that would let Qiu Ling react as such. Without thinking, Qiu Ling already hurried over not even considering for a split second if Jing Yi could keep up with him. Thus was the appeal of what lay behind those gates.