A life of clearness

Chapter 224 Provocation
"What if? If that happens, I will completely lose Ah Xiu."

By then, will Rong Qing be able to endure this outcome?

"The Hades' Skill may not be a perfect solution to the problem of life span and vitality." Rong Qing thought, "Once I get it, I still have to study its characteristics and disadvantages, which will be another waste of time."

Naturally, Rong Qing thought of another way.

"There is another solution, which is to make a wish to Karma. Karma's wish-making ability is indeed incredible. Since it was able to bring me to this world, then it shouldn't be difficult to restore vitality and increase the lifespan of a mortal. This is much simpler than traveling through time or bringing the dead back to life."

With the precedent of Rong Qing, she certainly believed that fate could make it happen.

The only decision Rong Qing needs to make is whether she is willing to use this wish to save Zhong Xiu when there are other options available.

After all, that was a wish-making quota given by the Supreme Karma. How many powerful beings in the heavens and the myriad worlds fought madly just to get a chance to make a wish.

The stronger the ability to make a wish, the more precious the opportunity.

Especially when its cause and condition are hidden and its power is declining, no one can say how many times it still has the power to make a wish.

If others knew that Rong Qing wanted to exchange it for Zhong Xiu's life, they would definitely think she was crazy.

Since ancient times, people have mostly made wishes for themselves, whether it be wealth or sex, high office or longevity. Far fewer people have made wishes for others. If you wish for yourself, you can always get some benefits. If you wish for others, most of the results are not very good.

Even if Rong Qing wishes Zhong Xiu to live as long as she does, what does it matter? Love can be strong at one time, but it can also fade at another. If one day Zhong Xiu no longer loves Rong Qing, and they are burdened by this unrepayable favor, how painful it will be for both of them. If one day Rong Qing no longer loves Zhong Xiu, will she regret the wish she made in the heat of the moment?
Rong Qing had thought about this. She knew too well how precious this wish was, otherwise she would have made a wish to Karma right then and there, instead of hesitating and thinking about possible crises in the future.

She actually knows the pros and cons of this.

"What if you no longer love me in the future, or I no longer love you..." Rong Qing looked at Zhong Xiu's sleeping face and smiled softly, "I would like to see it."

She carefully pulled her hand out of Zhong Xiu's hand, but felt Zhong Xiu's body tremble slightly, and his feet hidden under the quilt kicked hard.

"No." Zhong Xiu murmured, as if she was about to wake up from a nightmare. The white butterfly beside her pillow seemed to sense her mood and flew up in a panic.

"Ah Xiu?" Rong Qing stared at Zhong Xiu and found that she seemed to be in a nightmare and looked very uneasy. "I'm here, it's okay."

Zhong Xiu opened his eyes dazedly. His eyes were deeply sunken and his pupils were slightly dilated. He could no longer see the person in front of him. "Don't go."

When I was in school, I didn't want you to leave. Now, I don't want you to leave either.

"No. Don't worry, I won't leave." Rong Qing said hurriedly.

"I'm looking at you." Zhong Xiu said vaguely.

However, she was only awake for a moment, and then fell into a deep sleep again. Zhong Xiu herself couldn't remember how many times she woke up, only to see the high ceiling of the tent.

The top of the tent was decorated with a pattern of flowers competing for spring. Just one flower used more than ten colors, with an exquisite composition and advanced embroidery. Zhong Xiu herself only knew how to do some sewing and embroider some ordinary patterns. She didn't know how to make such a good thing, and she never thought that she could use it. Not only this bed curtain, but also much more wealth.

After leaving Suicheng, the place she lived in became better and better. Not only did no one beat or scold her or ridicule her, but more and more people came to serve her and please her.

She couldn't be hypocritical and say that these were not what she wanted. It was just that it was so difficult to see the husband she missed in her heart.

Is it possible that she didn't know what to say the last time they met, and could only silently remember everything about her time with her husband so that she could recall it when she was alone.

She knew that everyone else wanted to benefit from her, and she was unwilling to easily confide in even the maids who served her. On the contrary, Dugu Zhi would often come over to chat with her.

Maybe they have the same experience. Zhong Xiu thought, after all, they are both people with little time left, so they can have some similarities in their moods.

"That's not the case." Zhong Xiu recalled that when he made this guess, Dugu Zhi shook his head, "Mrs. Zhong thinks highly of me."

"I will often look after my wife. Of course, Mr. Yu asked me to do this." Dugu Zhi smiled and said, "This is the main reason." He knew very well what he should say to make Zhong Xiu happy. In fact, what he said was also true.

"After that, it was my personal reason. But it wasn't because you and I suffered this disaster. It was because seeing Madam Zhong reminded me of my mother."

Zhong Xiu looked at him puzzled.

"My mother has passed away for several years." Dugu Zhi saw the apology on Zhong Xiu's face and said quickly, "It's okay. She had let it go before she passed away. The only people she cared about were me and the Dugu family."

"Mrs. Zhong, you don't know that my father is also a cultivator. By chance, he met my mother, who was still a young girl, in Yehuzhou. In the following years, my mother never lost contact with him. Later, I was born. However, cultivators and mortals are in two different worlds after all. Even if the love is deep, the relationship is not equal. As far as I can remember, I often saw my mother depressed, waiting for him to come to see her day after day and year after year. However, for cultivators, cultivation is their foundation and the most important thing for them. The so-called wife and children are put behind them."

"He could only visit my mother when he had some free time. Even if he had some free time, he was still busy with the affairs of the temple. His disciples had much more time with him than I did."

"Therefore, seeing you, Mr. Yu and Mrs. Zhong, inevitably reminds me of my father and my mother. A cultivator can protect mortals, but he cannot accompany them day and night."

"Yes." Zhong Xiu's eyes dimmed.

"Later, my mother was even more worried about how she would face him as she aged. She went from looking forward to his coming to being afraid of his coming. After such a long period of worry, her body finally couldn't stand it. At that time, I couldn't even ask my father to come and see her. Because... I am also a mortal."

At that time, Dugu Zhi, who was still a young boy, wanted to become a talisman bird. Even if he turned into ashes when he reached the end and fell into his father's hand, it didn't matter, as long as he could pass on the news of his mother to him. But such a wish could not be realized. He was deprived of this right when he was born.

"At the beginning, I thought Yu Rong was not a good person. Why did she bother to provoke you?" Dugu Zhi sighed softly, "Anyway, I will just watch from the side to see what the end of you is."

(End of this chapter)