Ch188 - You will forget me in the next world (2/2)
Xue Ling blinked. He wasn’t clear about what the next world would be like. Sometimes, when he asked the system, it would rather die than surrender. But now, it seemed that the next world had quite a lot to do with the man. “The next world?”
“Yes. In the next world, you will forget me.” Su Xuanyan appeared to be very calm when he said these words, as though he was talking about something very ordinary. “But, don’t worry. I believe that even if we forget each other, we will still meet again.”
Xue Ling didn’t really understand what the connection was and why they had come to this point, but the man wouldn’t let him ask, and merely pressed against his forehead as he told him, “Don’t rush. We’ll first enjoy another world of love.”
Even as his voice fell, Xue Ling could clearly sense that Yin Jia’s eyes were gradually changing. He also removed the surprised expression from his face, frowned, and went over to sit on the other side of the sofa.
Yin Jia rubbed at his head in a trance and looked over at Xue Ling. Xue Ling’s mood was rather uneasy at the moment, looking at him with his lips pressed together, appearing quite distant.
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Yin Jia also did not know exactly what had just occurred. He rubbed Xue Ling’s head, and no longer continued tonight’s topic. Instead, he had Xue Ling go back.
Their conversation that night had been rather unpleasant and fragmented. Xue Ling did not obey the man’s words, and pulled out the system after he returned to his room, questioning him about the next world.
The system did not know who had leaked the secret. It trembled for a long time but did not say a word. No matter what Xue Ling said, it still insisted that it would not tell him about it until they returned to the system space. Xue Ling used every means he had at his disposal, and even threatened to give up on this world and return straight to the system space, but the system was still unwilling to speak. It only said that as long as Xue Ling returned, he would remember everything, and would naturally know what was going on.
Xue Ling ultimately failed to make the system talk. This made him extremely unhappy, and he took it out on Yin Jia by acting coldly towards him for a very long time. In fact, Yin Jia had a vague memory of that night, and knew that he had provoked Xue Ling, so he also did not dare to approach him.
Two years later, the youngest national treasure-level Sculptor in the Empire, Helan Jiuyun, officially reached adulthood. While countless families were sending letters to the Marshal’s Palace asking to marry the young man, the Marshal’s Palace directly sent out wedding invitations. The Royal Family announced news of the Marshal’s wedding, and everyone suddenly exploded in surprise.
There was no other reason for it; the two legends from the Marshal palace that no one could obtain or get close to no matter how much effort they put in had been dealt with internally.
No matter how rapid the response time of the Star Net was, nobody was able to understand what the Marshal’s Palace was trying to do for two days straight. Everyone knew that Helan Jiuyun was the Marshal’s adopted son. So what was this now? Adopting him into bed?
Although they were all very confused, the wedding that had been set would still happen. Matters would not change simply because they were unable to accept it, so while the entire Star Net was still in a daze, the wedding of the century arrived.
This marriage was highly controversial in the later records. After all, both of them were legends of the Empire, and their respective achievements would not necessarily fit into three books each. Their feelings for each other were excellent, and regardless of whether it was their characters or their deeds, looking back on their lives, there was no big problem with it. They were the pride of the heavens, and could be reckless as they did as they pleased.
But the biggest problem lay in their relationship. Later generations had two separate evaluations on their marriage.
One camp believed that the relationship between them was too abnormal, and that their feelings were of the type that could not be appreciated by the world. This was an extreme viewpoint that very few people adhered to. Most people belonged to the second camp, that believed that the two of them must love each other more than they loved themselves.
After all, based on the records of their lives, their love seemed to start with their grand wedding and continue on for the rest of their lives as they fed everyone dog food with their displays of affection every day. There were also documentaries, novels, films, and TV series that were specifically created about the two of them. Later generations had various guesses about how their relationship began, but nobody could figure out exactly how their relationship built up, step by step.
Xue Ling watched as Yin Jia left ahead of him in this lifetime. He did not know what kind of mood he should use towards this goodbye, but before Yin Jia left, he held him in his arms and told him that they would meet again. Even so, Xue Ling was extremely panic-stricken.
For the first time, he was somewhat afraid of the next world, because he didn’t know what he was going to face.
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But these feelings all disappeared when he returned to the system space.
When the box filled with his memories opened all of a sudden, the unfamiliar scenes rushed at Xue Ling and he was almost lost in the sea of his own memories. At first, he wondered why these sealed memories would suddenly appear, but by the time he remembered all of them, he was no longer surprised at all.
As Su Xuanyan had said, as long as he returned to the system space, he would understand why he said what he did.
The system did not appear before Xue Ling until he had finished absorbing his memories. “Host, you’ve recovered all your memories. The Ten Directions World’s intention is to send you to the final world immediately if there are no problems.”
Xue Ling nodded, then turned his head to look around the system space. He asked, “What about him?”
“That lord has already gone ahead. Based on the agreement between you and the Ten Directions World, you cannot communicate with each other before entering the last world. The main reason is out of fear that you might cheat.”
Xue Ling stared at the system for a while, then said, “You won’t be there in the next world, right?”
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At this point, the system finally put down its high and arrogant appearance, running pitifully towards its host, “Wuwuwu, is host reluctant to part with this system?”
Xue Ling told him very coldly that the world was not so sweet. “Aren’t I just losing a little cheat? I only feel a bit of pity.”
System: “QAQ The cold leaves float across my face, as host’s rebellion hurts my heart.”
“Have you arranged my identity yet?”
“Of course~ I personally selected one for lord host. I’m sure host will like it.~”
Xue Ling said nothing else. According to the agreement they had made with the Ten Directions World, he must experience this world, and also had to lose his memories while doing so. His last tail was in this world, and as long as he passed this world’s test, the Ten Directions World would help him extricate his tail’s energy… Only then would he be able to survive the upcoming ninety-nine lightning tribulations.
Xue Ling closed his eyes for a long time and finally said, “It’s time to go. System, send me off.”
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The system nodded cleverly. Although it was reluctant to give up on its own host, it was the agreement that the Ten Directions World, Xue Ling, and Su Xuanyan had made together. It was nothing but a small system that served to help Xue Ling pass the stages, and as long as the Ten Directions World moved its fingers, it would be able to create many things like the system… Perhaps after this, it would be wiped out and never see its host again…
When it thought to this point, the system felt super aggrieved, and while it sent Xue Ling off, it made some secret adjustments so that it could leave along with him.
Based on the original plan, the system was supposed to stay behind.