Chapter 398 - 282: Qi Baiyu Falls to Demonhood, Gu Zhan Seeks to Slay Danyang
Deep in the dense snow, a tearing sound resounded. It was as if countless sheets of paper were being ripped apart, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi in chaos, the space ruptured,
The sword seemed to disappear,
The snow seemed to disappear,
The village seemed to disappear as well,
Between Heaven and Earth, it seemed only the two of them faced each other.
The brilliant fireworks vanished,
The world’s scenery gradually faded away inch by inch,
In a trance,
Qi Baiyu suddenly saw a faint smile appear on Liu Baishi’s face,
At that moment, an ominous feeling surged in his heart,
"No... don’t, Liu Baishi, stop... you can’t die!"
In an instant,
All illusions returned to reality,
The snowflakes still danced in the air, the scenery of the human world continued to unfold,
Amidst the heavy snow,
Two swords met,
A blood-colored blossom bloomed like a March peach blossom on Liu Baishi’s chest,
That was Qi Baiyu’s sword,
Pierced into her chest, the sword went through the heart,
While her sword stopped half an inch from Qi Baiyu, for she had loosened her grip, the sword fell to the ground.
In truth, her sword was ahead of Qi Baiyu’s,
When the two swords met, the one meant to die was Qi Baiyu.
"Liu Baishi!"
Qi Baiyu stared dumbly as his sword impaled Liu Baishi’s chest, completely dazed,
This sword was meant to kill him,
He knew it well, he intended to die by Liu Baishi’s sword, but Liu Baishi had the same plan and acted quicker.
"Clang"
The long sword fell to the ground, Qi Baiyu rushed over to hold Liu Baishi, trembling all over, forcefully pressing her wound, breath erratic and chaotic, he said, "Why... why did you do this..."
Liu Baishi lay in Qi Baiyu’s embrace, a faint smile appeared in the pale sky, slowly raising her hand, she spoke softly, "If the world lacked Qi Baiyu’s sword, how dull it would be!"
Qi Baiyu froze, looking at Liu Baishi, exclaimed, "Liu... Liu Baishi, what... what are you saying... you..."
Liu Baishi’s hand slowly touched Qi Baiyu’s cheek, murmuring, "Qi Baiyu, the most beautiful thing in this world is that I like you, and you happen to like me too, but the bitterest thing is that you like me, and I happen to like you too, yet we both thought the other didn’t like us... Qi Baiyu, why did you hide it?
If not for today seeing that person named Fuling who is exactly like me, I might never have known!"
Qi Baiyu clutched Liu Baishi’s hand, eyes red, tears flowed out.
"Why did you hide it?"
"Indeed, why did you hide it?"
Qi Baiyu choked, saying: "I felt I wasn’t worthy of you."
Liu Baishi smiled faintly, tears also streamed from her eyes, she said: "You’re Qi Baiyu, how could there be any woman in this world unworthy of you? Yet, yet, emotions are such unreasonable things, I once thought no man in the world could catch my eye,
yet, yet, the day I saw you, I felt inferior, never caring about my appearance, I secretly changed clothes just to wonder if you’d look at me a bit longer because the clothes looked nice,
I thought then, if he could look at me a moment longer, even dying for him would be willing, but you wouldn’t look at me a moment longer!"
Qi Baiyu tightly held Liu Baishi’s hand, choking back sobs.
Liu Baishi gently caressed Qi Baiyu, saying: "Don’t be sad, this is already very good. Can there be anything more beautiful in this world? I know you like me, you know I like you, just lying in your arms, it’s truly good, to help you achieve half of your swordsmanship, it’s worth it,
This world can do without Liu Baishi, but if there were no Sword Spirit Qi Baiyu, wouldn’t the world’s scenery be halved..."
Liu Baishi wore a faint pale smile on her face, softly saying: "Qi Baiyu, don’t blame me, that Fuling... she doesn’t like you, she approached you with purpose..."
"I know, I knew all along,"
Qi Baiyu tightly embraced Liu Baishi, saying: "She was sent by Marquis Chengyang, I knew all this, I just wanted her to die in your place, my Sword Dao had issues,
half a year ago, I discovered I was about to become a Fallen Demon, almost uncontrollable, I feared that one day I’d lose control and harm you, for I lacked two swords, one for love, one for hatred, you’re the love, the one sword for hatred,
And just at that time, Marquis Chengyang sent Fuling to my side, I thought to use her as your substitute, I forsook my sword to buy more time, I married Fuling, withdrew with her, all to let her replace you, but... but..."
Liu Baishi softly said: "But, I killed her, severed your last hope, thus, you just now wanted me to kill you..."
Qi Baiyu remained silent.
Liu Baishi spoke rightly, that’s exactly what he wanted, Fuling was the only substitute now dead, if he lived he’d eventually lose control and harm Liu Baishi, hence, he chose death by Liu Baishi’s sword,
But he hadn’t imagined,
Turns out it wasn’t unrequited, it was mutual love.
Liu Baishi chuckled softly: "Yet, you’d rather die than harm me, and I’m no different."
Liu Baishi’s complexion grew paler, yet she maintained a smile, one of fulfillment.
Upon seeing Fuling today, Liu Baishi knew instantly, Qi Baiyu liked her, and later meeting Qi Baiyu, she guessed his plans,