On the huge Mayfly Mountain, the only sounds left were the Taoist's gentle preaching and Qingying's sobbing.

Chen Yin stood behind her silently, without saying a word.

After a long while, when Qingying's voice gradually became quieter, he slowly said:

"I have already done what your brother asked me to do."

"It can be considered as fulfilling my promise."

Qingying raised her head with red eyes and said with sobs:

"…Is this the reason why you are so reluctant to kill me?"

"indeed."

Chen Yin said expressionlessly: "If someone else wanted to kill me, I might not be so merciful as to let her live."

"But after knowing your identity, I gave up on killing you."

"Because this is what I promised your brother."

In the previous life, in the Mayfly Mountain, only Chen Yin and Qingchen were left.

There were only two of them left in the huge square. Sitting cross-legged, Qingchen spoke slowly, and Chen Yin listened slowly.

I watched him slowly, and with a wry smile and relief, I slowly ended my life.

At that time, Chen Yin stood there, looking at the place where Qingchen disappeared, and was in a daze for a long time.

Finally, he bowed deeply towards the place where the clean boy left.

"...Fellow Daoist Qingchen."

"I, Chen Yin, am not some earth-shattering figure."

"But if one day, I can get out of here."

"I will keep this promise for my whole life."

Chen Yin didn't do anything big.

He just wants to be a man of his word.

Fortunately.

He did it.

The sun gradually moved westward. In the afternoon, Qingying finally managed to calm down from her sadness.

She knelt on the ground with dull eyes and red and swollen eyes, looking at the place where her brother disappeared. It was as if the boy with a clean smile was still sitting here, smiling at her.

Chen Yin did not disturb her from beginning to end, but just stayed with her quietly.

After an unknown amount of time, he heard Qingying's hoarse voice.

"...Chen Yin."

"Ah."

"You said, when Ah Chen left, did he leave with a smile?"

Chen Yin thought for a moment and said:

"Compared to everyone else, Qingchen still retained a bit of clarity and rationality from beginning to end. In the end, even if he died, he would rather not become like that."

"Except for you, he should have no regrets."

Qingying didn't reply. Her eyes, as bright as the night sky, were filled with deep sorrow.

After a long time, she sniffed softly and slowly stood up.

"Thank you."

"Achen and I have no regrets." She said softly.

Chen Yin was silent for a moment, but still chose to reach out and touch her head.

Qingying's eyes were still red and swollen, but she still raised her eyes and glared at him.

But there was no resistance.

"What are you doing? Taking this opportunity to show your affection?"

"I'm not that bored. You just said that doing this would make you feel better."

"Consider it as a final extra service to your brother," he said softly.

Qingying moved her mouth slightly, but eventually she slowly lowered her head and muttered in annoyance: "...I'm not that fragile."

“But I don’t think you’re that strong.”

"I just want to be a little weak sometimes! Is that not okay?"

Chen Yin looked at Qingying in a daze. She looked embarrassed and annoyed, as if she was throwing a tantrum. He didn't know what to say for a moment.

Qingying seemed to notice that her behavior just now was just like a little girl acting coquettishly, and she turned her head away with a slightly hot cheek.

"All right!"

"Now, you have done what you promised my brother."

"After we get out of here, we can be even."

Chen Yin nodded and reached out to gently touch her forehead.

Qingying's pretty face suddenly turned red, and she couldn't help but get angry: "What are you doing!"

"You forgot. You still have something of mine in you."

Qingying then realized that the sword energy that had been lingering in her dantian had quietly dissipated.

The feeling of her body suddenly relaxing made her feel a little empty inside.

She could only whisper again: "Thank you, thank you."

"You're welcome."

This time, Chen Yin did not tease her again. Instead, his tone was so polite that she felt a little uncomfortable.

Qingying suddenly felt inexplicably flustered and anxious.

It seemed that from what Chen Yin said, after leaving here, the two of them would really go their separate ways and would never have any intersection again.

She couldn't help but frown slightly.

Chen Yin didn't care about her caution, but said: "Finally, there is one more thing to be resolved."

Done.

He turned his head and looked quietly at the Taoist in mid-air.

The Taoist had an ethereal and mysterious temperament, and his appearance was so handsome that he didn't look like an ordinary person. At this moment, he was squinting his eyes, facing the empty square, and preaching the Taoist scriptures as usual.

No one was listening. The only two people, Chen Yin and Qingying, were standing in front of him and looking at him quietly.

"We are the only ones left. You don't have to talk anymore."

The Taoist's voice suddenly stopped, and after a moment he smiled gently: "If that's the case."

"This fellow Taoist has gained something."

He was looking at Chen Yin.

Qingying couldn't help but turn her head and look at Chen Yin.

She was really curious about how Chen Yin would get out of here in the end.

Has he really figured out the truth?

"Fellow Daoist. Tell me."

The Taoist asked with a smile: "What, Tao?"

Chen Yin looked at him with lonely and deep eyes.

After a long moment, he slowly shook his head.

"……I have no idea."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Qingying's face. The Taoist also chuckled: "It doesn't matter. The great way is not easy to seek, and failure is common."

"In that case, tomorrow we will -"

"No need for tomorrow."

"No matter how many days you talk, no one will be able to realize the truth." Chen Yin's face remained calm, staring at the Taoist without fear.

"Why?" This was the first time the Taoist asked a question in two months.

"Because from the very beginning, the scriptures you preached were false."

...That is not the Tao at all.

This is not a cave for enlightenment and cultivation at all.

Mayfly Mountain from the beginning.

It's a place of execution.

Everyone who enters here is a lamb to be slaughtered.

Chen Yin's eyes were calm, but every word in his voice was sonorous.

These words caused the place to fall into silence.

Qingying's eyes widened, her face full of shock and anger, but the Taoist remained calm and asked with a smile:

"Why do fellow Taoists say this?"

"In fact, I have been a little weird since the beginning."

Chen Yin said slowly: "Seeking the truth and longevity, many cultivators in the world spend their entire lives doing this."

"But I have never heard of any great way that could make a person so obsessed in just one month."

"They went crazy, obviously not because they lost their way. Rather, from the very beginning, what you taught was not a Taoist scripture, but a completely evil technique."

"If you learn but fail to understand the truth, it will only drive you crazy."

The Taoist's expression seemed to have changed subtly, but he still asked, "How can you be sure? Maybe they are just lost in their pursuit of the Great Dao?"

Chen Yin shook his head.

"No one has ever said that if you don't understand the great way, you will be lost. We just subconsciously imagine the great way to be something so obscure and mysterious."

"In other words, if we can't understand it, we will be lost. Then is the truth we understand really the truth?"

"What if... it's just someone with ulterior motives, disguising himself as a wicked and crooked person?"

He looked at the Taoist calmly.

But in his eyes, there was a hint of suppressed coldness and anger.

The Taoist was silent for the first time.

After a long moment, he suddenly laughed out loud: "Interesting."

"Fellow Daoist, your insights are enough to pass the test here."

"That's right. This place is not a place for enlightenment, but a trap built by my master to kill the geniuses."

"Massacre... the geniuses?"

Qingying was stunned for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "Why? Who would do such a sinister thing? What's the benefit of killing the geniuses?"

"I'm sorry. I'm just a formation spirit. I can't reveal it."

The Taoist smiled and said, "However, judging from the look on this Taoist's face, I think he should have the answer in his mind."

"I didn't know that either."

"But now, there are some clues." Chen Yin said silently.

Qingying looked at the two of them as if he was listening to a foreign language, his eyes full of confusion.

"Since I have passed the test set by the master, my mission is considered accomplished."

The Taoist chuckled and said, "Originally, the master should have left a reward."

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