Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 2611 Chaos
Late at night, in a woods thirty miles away from the Afang Palace.

Ying Baoyue leaned alone under a tree in the forest.

There was an open space about ten feet away, and the carriage was parked beside the open space.

There was a bonfire burning in the middle of the open space, with game hung on top.

Ji Jiashu sat cross-legged beside the campfire and threw the dead branches at hand into the fire.

Murong Yin and Meng Shi did not leave and also sat on the other side of the campfire.

The White Tiger God has transformed into a huge white tiger again, lying on the ground with his eyes closed to rest.

Murong Yin leaned on the tiger, thinking about something with a serious expression, staring at the campfire in a daze.

Li Ji came out from deep in the forest and walked to the campfire. "The city gate and palace gate are closed. If you want to enter the city temporarily, you need the handwritten order of the King of Former Qin."

Although he could sense Ying Baoyue's presence nearby, he still asked, "Where is Baoyue?"

Ji Jiashu glanced into the woods and said, "She said she wanted to be alone and think about something."

Li Ji was silent for a moment, "The imperial master's handwritten order should be fine. Do you want to enter the city?"

"Baoyue just said that there is no rush to enter the city tonight," Ji Jiashu said, "The king is not in the palace, and the Guijia Army is already nervous. Entering the palace at night will inevitably cause unnecessary commotion."

That does make sense.

But Li Ji didn't expect that Ying Baoyue was originally in a hurry to return to Guiyang, but when he arrived at the suburbs, he suddenly was not in a hurry to enter the city.

Ying Baoyue remained silent all the way, and did not say much about the fact that Emperor Ying was still alive. Everyone in the carriage was very anxious, but they did not dare to ask her.

"Since Baoyue said he won't go back, let's camp out in this woods tonight," Li Ji sighed. He glanced at the scene beside the campfire and suddenly had a sense of déjà vu.

"This scene now seems to be back to the time when we attended the ceremony before."

Ji Jiashu was a little dazed when he heard this. When they traveled together to various places to attend ceremonies, the scene was like this every night.

How long had it been since he and his companions slept outdoors in the woods?

But now, the identities of the young men around the campfire are no longer ordinary.

"Is it okay for the Princess of Northern Wei not to go back?"

Ji Jiashu looked at Meng Shi who was roasting quail across from him, "Won't Guanghua be worried?"

"What is he worried about? Is he worried that I'll be sold out by Bao Yue?" Meng Shi turned Quail over and said, "I've asked Master Xu to take a letter back saying that I'll stay in Former Qin for a while."

"But over there on the Northern Wei Great Wall..."

"If I'm not mistaken, Baoyue will eventually go to the Evernight Great Wall," Meng Shi raised her head, her beautiful face looking resolute under the firelight, "I'll go with her then."

Ji Jiashu was touched, "You are really reliable."

"Not only am I waiting for her, but Wan Liuyun, your elder brother, and Lord Sword Saint are all waiting for Baoyue at Shanhaiguan," Meng Shi said seriously, "Everyone will fight with her to the end."

Ji Jiashu was startled, and his originally panicked heart calmed down a lot, "You are right, everyone is here."

Although my identities have changed, the partners who once traveled with me and experienced life and death together are still there.

No matter what happens, they will fight together.

They are already prepared, and now they just have to wait for that person to make a decision.

Ji Jiashu looked towards the depths of the woods.

Murong Yin, who was leaning against the white tiger in a trance, seemed to be touched by Meng Shi's words. She looked up at the faces of the young people beside the campfire, and her eyes changed slightly.

"It's late at night. It's dangerous for Baoyue to stay in the woods alone." Murong Yin glanced at Li Ji who was standing by the fire and suddenly asked, "Do you want to go and take a look, Azure Dragon God?"

"Me?" Li Ji was stunned, as if he didn't expect the other party to make such a proposal. He glanced at Ji Jiashu, and surprise appeared in the other's eyes.

The next moment, Ji Jiashu seemed to have figured something out. He lowered his head, said nothing, and concentrated on making the fire.

The Azure Dragon God once again felt the complexity of human emotions.

Li Ji looked into the silent depths of the dense forest, sighed slightly in his heart, and walked into the forest.

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In the dense woods on a summer night, there are fireflies flying up and down in the grass.

Ying Baoyue sat under a big tree, staring at the fireflies in a trance.

Li Ji walked towards the lonely figure. His steps were light and he did not step on the branches.

But Ying Baoyue still sensed his presence from a distance. She turned around from behind the tree trunk, her eyes shining in the bushes.

Li Ji felt a little embarrassed when he met those bright eyes. He pointed to the fire and said, "I don't mean to disturb you. Over there... dinner is almost ready."

Ying Baoyue smiled, "You didn't disturb me."

Li Ji walked to the tree and asked, "Shall we go back to eat?"

Ying Baoyue did not answer. She raised her head and looked at the man standing by the tree with her eyes as if she had just met him.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Li Ji frowned slightly.

Ying Baoyue reached out and grabbed the hem of his clothes, looking up and asked him, "Are you back?"

"Is Aji back?"

Until the rank ceremony, Li Ji's behavior was still as cold as the Azure Dragon God. But since he pulled her out of the crack in the ground, Li Ji's words and deeds have completely returned to their previous state, and they are very "human".

The man in green froze, the look in his black eyes changed several times under the moonlight, his vertical pupils and normal pupils switched back and forth, and after several times, he seemed to have given up and was defeated.

"He never disappeared," Li Ji said calmly, "Now that side of the human being is indeed the main part of his personality."

Ying Baoyue's eyes widened instantly, and she clenched the hem of her clothes in her hands, "Why?"

"When I saw that giant claw, I thought..."

"What else do you think?" Li Ji's eyes were a little complicated. "Do you think I've turned into a monster?"

Ying Baoyue shook his head. "I just have a very familiar feeling. It seems that I have seen such a scene a long time ago."

Li Ji was stunned for a moment. He took a deep breath, lifted his clothes and sat down next to Ying Baoyue.

"I don't know what my current situation is. Am I the Azure Dragon God or Li Ji?"

His tone was more confused than ever before.

"But when I saw you about to fall into the mercury sea, I had only one thought in my heart," he said softly, "I heard a little boy deep inside my body shouting loudly, I must save you no matter what."

At that moment, Li Ji, as a human, took over this body again, and even the gods could not snatch control of this body from him.

Ying Baoyue was stunned after hearing this.

"I heard that voice, too." She reached out and held Li Ji's hand, looking into those shocked eyes. "When you were little, you once said that when you grow up, you would take me to the sky."

Li Ji, or rather the Azure Dragon God, felt extremely complicated, "That is..."

"I don't care who that is," Ying Baoyue stared straight into the eyes of the person in front of him, "I only know that person is you, the one I love most."