Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

The two of them were now looking at the same scene. Jiang Li tried to respond to Zhu Qiutang's voice, "Are you the same as me, and can only look at these?"

"Ah."

The two did not communicate anymore. For some reason, Jiang Li always felt that his heart was still so empty, as if he had no strength to speak. So he calmed down and looked at everything in front of him. He was using Zhu Qiutang's perspective to look at her past.

She and Zhu Taozhi are both daughters of the Queen of the Northern Territory. The two girls grew up together. They had a very good relationship when they were young and often played together. Zhu Qiutang also always doted on Zhu Taozhi because she was the older sister. So whenever there was anything delicious or fun, she would subconsciously give it to her younger sister first.

It was not until they were six years old that they officially began to practice. Zhu Taozhi and she were both of the Black Phoenix bloodline. The first time Zhu Taozhi practiced, he established his Heavenly Dao foundation overnight, while her meridians had spiritual energy flowing backwards. If she had not been protected by the Queen of the Northern Territory, she would probably have died that time.

Jiang Li felt the pain. It was clear that he was only seeing everything from Zhu Qiutang's perspective, but he also felt Zhu Qiutang's pain. He did not dislike this pain. On the contrary, the pain made the emptiness in his heart feel better.

Next, he saw all the misfortunes that happened to Zhu Qiutang. The reverse flow of spiritual energy in her meridians during her practice was no longer a big deal. As she grew up, she sometimes practiced sword skills with others, and the opponent accidentally pierced her heart. She went out to explore the secret realm, and her leg was almost chewed to pieces by a sleeping beast. Fortunately, the Queen of the Northern Territory arrived in time and repaired her body with the spiritual fruits in the treasure house.

But these are not real pains.

The real pain was that everyone around her was so far away from her. She wanted to communicate with people and talk to them, but those people avoided her. She had a maid when she was a child, but when the maid was eleven years old, she encountered a rare spiritual energy riot in the secret realm of the Northern Territory that only happened once in a thousand years. She happened to be in the center of the spiritual energy vortex and died.

It turns out that her misfortune will also bring misfortune to the people around her.

At the festivals occasionally held in the Northern Territory, she looked at her younger sister Zhu Taozhi, who was surrounded by many playmates, laughing and talking happily. She stood in the corner and could only watch silently from afar. She saw her sister running over and wanted to hold her hand and lead her into the crowd, but as soon as she entered the crowd, her sister's friends left her side one by one in fear.

So she was jealous of her own sister. They were obviously born from the same egg, so why was she the only one who was unlucky?

She no longer played with Zhu Taozhi and began to treat her coldly. She worked hard to comprehend the sword and practice all day long, and at the same time began to gradually master everything in the Northern Territory. Perhaps the only warmth in all this pain was that her mother never despised her and loved both sisters equally.

Gradually, because she gained more power and more say in the Northern Territory, many people were no longer afraid of bad luck and wanted to be by her side to please her. She had never been paid so much attention before, nor had she been treated so gently, so she also tried hard to maintain every relationship, even though... she knew in her heart that they were all fake.

Zhu Taozhi could laugh at her for being so good at dealing with people, because she had never lacked such hypocritical flattery and warmth, but for Zhu Qiutang, these were things she had envied for a long time but had never obtained.

But Zhu Qiutang herself understood that the only person in the world who was truly kind to her was her mother.

It was not until she was sixteen years old that her mother called her into the room alone and told her something seriously.

From that day on, her world completely collapsed.

Chapter 158: Chapter Promise

"The Black Phoenix clan has always been of the same lineage, so the birth of you and Taozhi was a mistake made by heaven, and an unexpected accident that I never expected."

Zhu Qiutang lowered her head, not daring to look at her mother who was sitting on the chair. She just asked softly, "So... I am the extra one, right?"

The woman on the throne had a solemn expression. "It is the mission of the Black Phoenix Clan to pass on the bloodline, but you two only have one drop of Black Phoenix blood in your bodies. The bloodline will never be passed on. The bad luck that has entangled you is also the result of the predetermined heavenly law. There is a flaw in the heavenly law. If you die, your drop of blood will return to Taozhi's body."

"Everything... Mother wants me to die?"

The young girl standing in the hall had a clear voice. She might have felt a little aggrieved, but she did not resist. She just asked her mother seriously that if her mother wanted her to die, then she would die.

But unexpectedly, the woman on the throne came up to her, reached out her hand and gently stroked her head.

"You are all my daughters, and you all have the right to live."

"Your bad luck will become stronger as you grow older. Then even I will not be able to protect you anymore. But once you resolve the flaws in the Way of Heaven, your bad luck will disappear. After you and Taozhi both reach the tenth level of Refining Void, I will arrange a duel between you and them."

Zhu Qiutang suddenly raised his head, and saw the woman in the black dress with cold and majestic eyes.

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Jiang Li looked at everything in front of him.

What he saw was Zhu Qiutang's past. The time was so long, yet it seemed like only a moment.

"Now do you understand why I am so indifferent to Taozhi?" Zhu Qiutang's voice was cold, "Sooner or later I will choose to kill her and take back everything that belongs to me."

Jiang Li listened to Zhu Qiutang's voice. He wanted to respond, but he didn't know what to say after thinking about it. In front of him was the scene of Zhu Qiutang practicing sword day and night, occasionally mixed with those hypocritical and flattering smiles.

She worked really hard. She tried hard to get along with all her peers in the Northern Territory. She tried hard to truly practice everything as the heir to the throne of the Northern Territory. She handled many things very thoroughly without any mistakes.

But Jiang Li experienced her voice with her eyes, and at this moment he only felt extremely tired.

She relied on her own efforts to change everyone's opinion of her, and this was the source of her pride. Jiang Li suddenly understood, and he whispered, "Are you tired?"

"Thank you for your hard work over the years." Jiang Li said softly, but unfortunately his consolation seemed to have no effect.

"Zhu Taozhi doesn't know about this yet. You can choose to tell her."

"Why doesn't she know?" Jiang Li was stunned.

"Her luck is exceptionally good, but my cultivation is extremely difficult. I may not even be able to cultivate to the tenth level of the Void Refining Realm, not to mention that I lag far behind her in other aspects. You can understand why the Queen Mother favors me. She hopes that I will win."

"What if there is a way to solve the problem of your luck and bloodline inheritance in the future?"

"My mother has already found countless ways, but it still didn't work. Do you think your cultivation and experience are higher than hers? This is a dead knot, there is no possibility of untying it. Between her and me, only one can survive, so... she will die in my hands sooner or later!"

Zhu Qiutang's voice was firm and convincing, but everything she said had a fatal flaw from beginning to end.

Jiang Li looked at the scene in Zhu Qiutang's memory in front of him, and looked at the rabbit doll in her hand, lost in thought for a long time.

His voice was calm. "If that's the case, why does it become such a calamity for you?"

Zhu Qiutang fell into silence for a long time.

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Jiang Li once seriously studied the Heart Demon Tribulation and deeply questioned the significance of its existence.

The inner demon calamity can generally be understood as a cultivator's obsession, or a demonic obstacle. Only if you make the right choice in the inner demon calamity can you escape from it, break through the calamity, and enter the stage of spiritual transformation.

However, the so-called right is determined by the majority, whether it is moral standards or ethical principles, these are all determined by people, but the way of heaven is not human, so what is the significance of launching this major demonic calamity?

It's like Zhu Qiutang's inner demon tribulation. What choice will the inner demon tribulation make her make? Kill Zhu Taozhi, or let go? This is an unsolvable problem. No matter how you solve it, it's wrong.

So what exactly is the inner demon calamity restoring? Is it the desire buried deep in your heart? Is it good? Is it evil? What should you do to make the right choice?

Jiang Li didn't understand, but he knew that he didn't dare to face his inner tribulation. If the day of his inner tribulation really came, he was afraid that he would be driven crazy. Over the years, he has been trying hard to deceive himself and forget the past, even though he knew very well that he was just deceiving himself.

Jiang Li had already read most of Zhu Qiutang's memories, but the last scene suddenly stopped. Then, his perspective changed. He no longer looked at everything with Zhu Qiutang's eyes, but watched the scene in front of him with his own eyes.

Standing in front of him were Zhu Qiutang and Zhu Taozhi. Jiang Li suddenly realized that he had learned how to distinguish between the two people. Zhu Qiutang's eyes were always gloomier, while Zhu Taozhi's eyes were always bright.

Jiang Li tried calling Zhu Qiutang a few times, but there was no response. He thought that she must have entered into her own inner tribulation and started to overcome the tribulation in the true sense.

He looked at the two women in front of him, each holding a magic sword, fighting each other. Blood dyed the ground red, and black flames burned in front of him. He could only be a bystander and was powerless. The fight lasted for a long time until Zhu Taozhi's sword pierced Zhu Qiutang's chest.

In the end, she did not have the courage to kill Zhu Taozhi, nor did she completely let go of her jealousy and resentment.

Her tribulation failed.

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The illusion in front of him suddenly collapsed, and only Zhu Qiutang was left. She curled up in the darkness. Jiang Li found that he could move. He came to Zhu Qiutang and gently grabbed her hand.

There was not much pain in Zhu Qiutang's eyes, but instead a sense of relief. She saw Jiang Li, but said nothing, just closed her eyes.

"Do you think it's over like this?" Jiang Li looked straight into her eyes.

"After I die, please bring the drop of blood in my body to Taozhi, and tell her everything." Zhu Qiutang laughed, and the next second her voice became sarcastic, "I want her to remember me for the rest of her life and live in guilt for the rest of her life."

Clearly, she chose to leave the right to live to Zhu Taozhi in the illusion, but her last words were still full of jealousy and hatred. Jiang Li held her hand tightly, "Hey, if you die, will those eighty thunder tribulations I just endured be in vain?"

"It hurts, you know?" Jiang Li stared into her eyes. "I took a big risk to save you, and I paid a lot. My soul will be severely damaged in the next month, and I can't use my sword. You know the pain of a torn soul. I won't be able to sleep every night from now on, and all this is because I want to save you, but now you say you want to die so easily... Hey, can you take care of my feelings?"

"I didn't ask you to save me."

"I know, but what I mean is, can you... survive?" Jiang Li's voice became soft.

"What is the reason for living?" Zhu Qiutang asked him softly, "In the Heart Demon Tribulation, I didn't have the courage to draw my sword against Taozhi, and perhaps I won't have it in the future. For so many years, I have been deceiving myself, deceiving myself to work hard on sword training, work hard to cultivate my own power, and work hard to do everything to the end. These are my reasons for living. I just want to prove that I can do all this better than her. Now I have proved that in the past twenty years of my life, there has been nothing worth making me happy, so... it's time to end here."

"Aren't you happy to meet me?"

"You ruined my innocence, should I be happy?" Zhu Qiutang's eyes became resentful.

"Although you don't look very happy now, you can still give up. I will make you happy in the future."

"Thank you, I don't need it. When I die, my inner demon tribulation will be over, and you can get out of it."

"Bad luck is no big deal. I can protect you. As for the issue of continuing the bloodline, if I tell you that I also have a way to continue the bloodline of your Black Phoenix clan, then can you live for me?"

"What can you do?"

"Anyway, there is a way. If I lie to you, I will be stabbed to death by a flying sword falling from the sky when I go out tomorrow."

"Thank you, but...can you please stop bothering me?"

"I won't let you die." Jiang Li said seriously, "If you die, I will live in regret for the rest of my life, regretting why I couldn't save you from your inner demons. So I hope you live, live for me."

“To live… is so tiring.”

"I know." Jiang Li stroked her cheek gently, "I have always felt very tired, but if I have something to worry about, I still want to live."

"I have no worries."

"I know, so I want to be your concern."

Jiang Li looked at the shadow of Zhu Qiutang in front of him and said, "I never say such things to women. You are the first one."

Jiang Li's heart was still empty. After reading about Zhu Qiutang's life, he suddenly wanted to hold this stubborn girl tightly in his arms and love her well. He saw his past self in Zhu Qiutang, the same loneliness and hypocrisy.

"So I should be proud, right?"

"That's not necessary. I just want to tell you that I hope you can live. Although living may only be more painful for you, I will try my best to make you happy, so I hope you can choose me."

"I do not want."

"Be obedient." Jiang Li gently hugged Zhu Qiutang in front of him. Everything in this mental calamity was illusory, but the hug seemed very warm. Jiang Li could feel the warm touch. He lowered his head slightly and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"I hope you can live for me. In return, I will be responsible for everything you do in the future. If I can't do that, then maybe it won't be too late to die then?"

"What if you fail to do that again, but instead give me hope, and end up making me more miserable?"

Jiang Li took a deep breath and said seriously, "Then I will die with you. I mean what I say."

Zhu Qiutang slowly raised her head and stared at Jiang Li's cheek for a long time. Finally, she nodded slightly.

"it is good."

Her inner demon began to be truly broken. When they opened their eyes again, the gray mist on their bodies had completely dissipated. Zhu Qiutang's cultivation reached the first level of the Spirit Transformation Realm, while Jiang Li quietly began to waste his cultivation.

We have to race against time with the evil woman, Dark Moon Immortal, who is eyeing us covetously.

Chapter 159: Chapter Purple Ghost Flower

It was still raining in the sea of ​​flowers.

Jiang Li and Zhu Qiutang stood in the rain, staring at each other in silence for a long time. Jiang Li looked into her complicated eyes. He approached her first and asked, "Are you okay?"

"What is your cultivation level?" Zhu Qiutang looked at him coldly.

Perhaps she didn't know what expression she should use to face Jiang Li, so she subconsciously chose indifference. Fortunately, this indifference did not hurt Jiang Li. Jiang Li just smiled indifferently, "My cultivation level jumps up and down, it's normal, don't worry about it."

His cultivation level was relegated to the initial stage of foundation building, but a moment later he earned a few more experience scrolls and his cultivation level returned to the late Nascent Soul stage. However, the bad news was that his spirit was weak now and he would not be able to use sword power again within a month, and he would probably suffer from headaches and weakness for a whole month.

But the good news is that he persuaded Zhu Qiutang to choose to live.

After saying these two sentences, the two fell into a long silence.

"That day I lifted my skirt on purpose and let you touch the acupuncture point on my right leg. It wasn't because I had any feelings for you. It was just because you were the man Zhu Taozhi liked, and I was jealous of her, so I wanted to try to seduce you."

"I know." Jiang Li nodded, "But if you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you'd be a bastard."

The two began to stare at each other in silence again.

The rain was falling heavily and slantingly, making his face feel a little cold. Jiang Li thought about it seriously, "I will find a way to solve your bad luck problem. As for the continuation of your Black Phoenix bloodline, I definitely have a way. I will trick you into being stabbed to death by a flying sword falling from the sky tomorrow."

"Do you think it's as simple as you think?"

“Ms. Zhu Qiutang, what you need to do now is to be full of expectations instead of being sarcastic to me. Although I know you are very flustered and at a loss now, so you have to put on a cold face to me, it still makes me sad.” Jiang Li looked at her sincerely.

Zhu Qiutang looked into his eyes, and after several seconds, her pupils gradually softened.

"sorry."

"Give me a hug and I'll forgive you."

Jiang Li spread his hands.

Zhu Qiutang hesitated for a while, but finally took a step forward. She raised and put her hand down, biting her lips, not knowing what she was thinking. But when she regretted and wanted to step back, she had already been caught by Jiang Li, who held her in his arms tightly.