Chapter 416 - What Is Natural Law? (2/2)

Suddenly, a cold blast rushed through. They felt it slightly cool. Looking up at the bright moon in the sky, Su Lianyue suddenly said, “My sister told me a story. Once upon a time, a woman stole the elixir. Finally, she managed to fly into the palace of the moon. Since then, she could live forever without getting old. But for thousands of years after that, she stayed alone in the Moon Palace (the mythical palace in the moon). Though called the Moon Fairy, she was actually a poor woman.”

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and let out a long heavy sigh. “The Moon Fairy must regret stealing the pill of longevity. Now she mopes alone night after night in the sky blue.”

Su Lianyue smiled. “Let me play a song for you.”

“Okay.” Xiao Chen also smiled and looked at her.

With a light smile, Su Lianyue took out her Reed of Frosted Blue-Violet Jade. She put it gently on her lips. Then waves of the xiao (a vertical bamboo flute) came out. Sometimes, the flickering sound was very far away. Sometimes, it was drawn very close.

“When the moon shines on the Twenty-Four Bridge bright, where are you teaching xiao-blowing tonight?” Smiling slightly, Xiao Chen flicked his sleeves and took out his Nine-heaven Jade Pendant. In the sound of her xiao, he lightly pinched in the strings, slowly strumming and plucking them. Waves of his zither sound also came out and intertwined with her xiao sound. It sounded as if they were drifting toward the palace of the moon.

The zither and xiao were in harmony, the sound of which even attracted the birds perched on the nearby trees to fly here. After 30 minutes, the xiao stopped, and so did the zither. Xiao Chen said, “Leave Fort Raksasa.”

Su Lianyue smiled a little. “Once I belong to Fort Raksasa, I will always be a member of it. The Empress of Fort Raksasa cannot tolerate the betrayal of anyone. I don’t want to end up like my sister.” After that, she walked toward Xiao Chen and continued, “Master Xiao, why do you insist on making a clear distinction between the Orthodox Path and the Devil’s Practice? In your opinion, what are they?”

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and said, “Cultivators should take the well-being of the whole world as their top priority and keep the peace of one area. But people of the Devil’s Practice, who cause disturbances everywhere, will always bring disasters to all beings and make common people suffer severely.”

“Then have I ever caused any disturbance, brought disasters to all beings, or made common people suffer severely?” Staring at him, Su Lianyue asked lightly.

Xiao Chen also swiveled his head to look at her. At this moment, they were so close to each other that they could breathe in what the other breathed out. But Xiao Chen tilted his heads away. “It’s true that you have never done these things. But it doesn’t mean that you won’t act like that in the future. If you bring disaster to others, I won’t show any mercy to you either. Likewise, you do not need to go easy on me either.”

“Master Xiao…”

Suddenly, a cold wind rushed through the cave. Both of them felt a little cold. Fixing her eyes on Xiao Chen, Su Lianyue asked softly, “What if I am not from Fort Raksasa…”

Once again, Xiao Chen turned his head back and looked at her quietly. At this moment, it looked as if layers upon layers of romance ripples emerged in her eyes, and she asked again, “What if I am not from Fort Raksasa…”

Su Lianyue looked at him, saying slightly. “If I’m not from Fort Raksasa, you… will you treat me…” Speaking of this, she seemed to feel too embarrassed to continue. Her voice became lower and lower. “Will you… treat me as well as the woman who you talked about that night?”

In Xiao Chen’s eyes, there seemed to appear layers and layers heavy mists. In the deep of the mists seemingly hidden a woman’s figure.

Suddenly, another cold wind blew in from outside. The flames of the fire waved violently, and the chill in the cave grew heavier. Both of them shivered. In July, it was supposed to be so cold. Xiao Chen’s heart was pounding faster and faster, and he slightly moved his lips. “I…”

Before he could finish speaking, Su Lianyue placed her fingertips on his lips, shaking her head. Her gaze met Xiao Chen’s. In their eyes was the image of the other.

“After we separate tomorrow, you should take good care of yourself…”

“Miss…” Xiao Chen suddenly felt great sorrow, as if someone had pinched his heart. A feeling of dreary sadness instantly filled every corner of his body.

Reaching his hand out slowly, he touched Su Lianyue’s face and felt somewhat ice-cold. Xiao Chen knew that he touched her tears. Rolling down from Su Lianyue’s eyes, the tears went past his palm center and gradually ran to his wrists.

Another cold wind came in. The air became colder and made people feel much sadder. They felt as if they were going to part from each other forever. Su Lianyue gently leaned against his shoulder, which was dripping wet by her tears.

“Miss…” Xiao Chen helped her up gently. Because of crying, her eyes were red. Gazing deeply into her red eyes, he suddenly felt a feeling of sadness that he had never experienced before rising from the bottom of his heart. Gently, he kissed her lips.

Su Lianyue didn’t resist. Tenderly, her hands gently grasped his shoulders, and she closed her eyes gently to feel the warmness brought by his lips. Her tears went down from her cheeks again, falling into the corners of Xiao Chen’s mouth. He felt a little salty. Xiao Chen knew these were her tears. The ice-cold feeling was also brought by the tears on her face.

Suddenly, another cold wind broke in. It came extremely fast. The two of them shivered at the same time. Then, they separated with lightning speed. Looking at each other, they both felt shocked in their hearts. “A chill! The same chill came at us again!”

At this moment, they came fully awake. The chill last time created endless tender affection in their hearts. This time, the chill made them feel endless sorrow. This chill was too weird!

Xiao Chen composed himself for a moment. Abruptly, his whole body shivered, and his face turned ghastly pale. “Red Sleeve. It was Red Sleeve! She also came in!”