Frühlingsreise - Kapitel 90
A chill ran through me, instantly piercing my chest, like being suddenly pricked by a needle.
"Yang Luoxue!" she shouted, "Was that you?"
The people on the ground did not move.
No, it couldn't be him. How could he be here? How did he get into this state? It couldn't be him.
Yang Luoxue could no longer hear it.
As darkness fell, the strange sword cry also disappeared. He gasped for breath, but could not even hear his own breathing.
Chapter 177
The world was absolutely silent.
Because he is the only person in the world.
In the past, he had trained himself to live with his eyes closed and ears plugged. While he couldn't see with his eyes covered, he could still hear sounds no matter how much he plugged his ears. He could hear buzzing echoes, his own breathing, and even the sound of blood flowing. He had never experienced such utter silence before.
Is this what true "deafness" is?
He chuckled softly, but even the laughter was gone—it was eerie. His world had truly severed ties with everyone else. He slowly rose from the ground. When he was blind, he could use sound to orient himself; now that he had lost all sound, the world was a vast, desolate expanse, and everywhere had become a prison from which he could not escape.
He was trapped in eternal solitude.
The last thing the world left him with was the image of her ascending to heaven. He looked back repeatedly, and each time he could see her. It was a final gift from heaven.
The pillar of light took her away; she lay there peacefully, like a fairy.
In that last glance, he finally understood why he had always felt she wasn't a woman: her nose was too straight, like a jade pen, connecting astronomy to geography.
Ethereal aura.
She possessed a truly ethereal and transcendent aura, a quality only found in legendary immortals, which flowed gently across her face and body. Even amidst the dazzling light, a faint glow emanated from her.
"Our young lady is a deity reincarnated!" said the people of Suoding City.
You are absolutely right.
The one I fell in love with was a fairy.
Suddenly something touched him; someone grabbed his arms and shook him violently. He was shaken until he felt dizzy and slowly slid down the iron wall to the ground. Water dripped onto his face, cool and refreshing. At first, he thought it was rain, but then he realized it was someone's tears falling.
The streak of light suddenly stopped, the pillar of light shooting straight into the sky seemed to freeze in an instant, and then with a loud bang, it turned into fragments and scattered like a dazzling meteor shower.
Jin Ge was stunned. Her master pulled her behind a pillar, where she saw the marks left by the shards of light, as if they had been cut by swords.
Just like the gash left by the young lady's sword energy.
Only then did she realize what that beam of light, which she had never seen before, really was.
The man stood on the roof of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, jumping up and down, "Damn it! Damn it! You're so useless! All our efforts were in vain! We were so close!" He was just a little bit away from becoming the disciple, but he not only failed to gain the disciple, but also wasted a lot of Shuo Ri's sword energy.
People arrived one after another, but no one understood what was happening. The head master, regaining his senses, immediately went to the Hidden Sword Pavilion, but Yang Luoxue had taken the key, and the door closed automatically. She pounded on the door, shouting, "Wushuang! Wushuang! How are you?"
Baili Wushuang fell down from the shattered pillar of light.
—It wasn't falling, it was floating. The air beneath her feet became a tangible substance, and she could walk on it. She had no time to dwell on the novel sensations; she walked up to Yang Luoxue.
Is it really Yang Luoxue? Is it really the Yang Luoxue she met on Xuyu Mountain? Is it really the Yang Luoxue who drank and guessed riddles with her?
He wasn't even Yang Luoxue, who had proposed marriage to Tang Congrong!
She had never seen him like this before. She was right in front of him, his eyes wide open yet motionless. That white hair, those eyes—a chill ran through her, and she thought of the little girl named Xiaoyan.
Chapter 178
"Yang Luoxue," her voice was tinged with bitterness, "can't you see me?"
He couldn't see her; she didn't need to feign pride and strength. She was simply a woman who couldn't control her emotions, who repeatedly did foolish things. She was no longer the same Baili Wushuang; she didn't want to return to that lofty, solitary peak. She still missed having someone walk that path with her, still missed watching the sunset together. "Yang Luoxue!" she shouted, "What the hell are you doing, you bastard?"
Why didn't you go to Xuyu Temple?
Why should I marry Tang Congrong?
Why did you make yourself look like this?
She had never spoken like this in her entire life. These were the questions she wanted to ask when she went to Xuyu Temple, the questions she wanted to ask when he came to propose marriage, yet she had suppressed them, each word like a knife, piercing her heart. Baili Wushuang, the young lady of Suoding City, how could she lose her composure for love? Everyone said so, and her pride said so too. But her chest felt like it was on fire, burning her flesh and blood, emitting a burnt smell, and finally, her blood boiled, and she asked the question.
I'd rather die than not get an answer.
I'm not reconciled!
Yang Luoxue didn't react. She shook his shoulder, "Say something! Say something!" He looked blank, his body was weak, and he slumped against the iron wall.
She was stunned.
A chill ran through her, her bones felt cold. Tears welled up faster than her mind could process, streaming down her cheeks in a daze.
"...Can't you hear me anymore?"
He only had the sense of touch left. He reached out and touched his face. There were water droplets on his face, no, there were tears.
Whose tears are these?
Tears fell even more rapidly as someone threw themselves into his arms, the warm tears seeping through his clothes and into his skin.
"Bai Li Wushuang?" he exclaimed in horror and panic. "Bai Li Wushuang?!"