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Chapter 23 Destiny and Choice
The next afternoon.

It's not a good weather today.

The wind was windy and damp, and the sky was dark as ink, like the night, a sign of a coming storm.

A black horse galloped on the dirt road, raising a cloud of dust.

There was a fork in the road ahead, and at the fork, the horse stopped, stamping its hooves.

"The road to the left leads to Soto City, which is known as the granary of the Barak Kingdom."

"Going straight along this road, you will reach the Kingdom of Silves. Crossing the Fasno Province in the middle of the kingdom, you will reach the capital of the Tiandou Empire, Tiandou City."

Zhu Zhuqing put down the map in her hand, flipped her long legs, and nimbly got off the horse. She raised her head slightly and looked at the young man on horseback and asked, "I remember you said before that you wanted to go to Tiandou City?"

"You're going to Soto City?"

Lu Xian did not answer this question, but looked into her eyes and asked calmly.

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes flickered when she heard this, "I... I really want to go there and take a look..."

"Is this so..."

There was a brief silence between the two.

Lu Xian forced a smile and spoke first to break the silence.

"Since you have made your decision, we will not be on the same route later. I do need to go to Tiandou City."

"That's not close..." Zhu Zhuqing hesitated and said, "We will meet again in the future, right?"

"Why do you even ask that?"

"We've already met once..."

"What's the meaning of meeting again next time?"

"Do you think it's the joy of reuniting after a long separation, or is it just like this time?"

Lu Xian no longer had his usual nonchalant look, and was just chuckling lazily.

"Zhu Zhuqing, thank you for accompanying me on this not-so-boring journey. I had a lot of fun along the way."

He pulled the reins and turned the horse around, looking into the distance, and said softly, "Let's go, take care of yourself, I still have a long way to go, I won't let you ride on the pony!"

"drive--"

As soon as he finished speaking, he threw the reins, the horse neighed, kicked its hooves, and rode away in an instant, with the figure on horseback soon disappearing under the inky clouds.

Are you so decisive?

Zhu Zhuqing stood there and opened her mouth. The look in his eyes when he left was too strange.

This turn gave her the feeling that they were now strangers and would never have the chance to meet again.

Just like the fork in the road under your feet leading to two directions.

They each embark on a path, walking on their own way, and the future will only go in their own direction, going further and further away, and the day when the two forks in the road will never meet.

I don’t know what to feel.

"What is the meaning of meeting..."

……

[Xiao Yan: Brother Lu is such a chatterbox, why aren't you online today? Did you do something bad last night and are you exhausted? Hehehe~hehehe~]

[Ye Fan: Brother Kadian, you are so brave! Have you forgotten Brother Lu's ability? Brother Lu, you are behind me, aren't you afraid that there will be a lump in your mouth someday? ]

[Xiao Yan: Ahem! Damn it, this is outrageous, who was it that used the Gu Soul Technique to control me and make me talk nonsense? I, Xiao Yan, will never reconcile with him!]

[Ye Fan: Tsk tsk! You are indeed the one! ]

[Lu Xian: Huo Huo, how come I just came online and saw someone saying bad things about me? ]

[Xiao Yan: Brother Lu, if I say that my account was hacked by Old Man Yao just now, would you believe it? ]

[Ye Fan: Le! Whether you believe it or not, I don’t believe it anyway! ]

[Lu Xian: Tsk, do you think I believe it or not? Next time I must arrange a one-stop service for you.]

[Xiao Yan: Brother Lu, please don’t do that. Xiao Yanzi knows he’s wrong! ]

[Yan Lingji: @Lu Xian, why are you online so late today? ]

[Lu Xian: Firefighter, are you waiting for me? What? Do you want to talk to me about something?]

Lu Xian was a little surprised.

Fire Fighter actually took the initiative to find him.

[Yan Lingji: I originally wanted to find an opportunity to go to that charlatan’s world in person to understand my own destiny, but his world is gone.]

[Yan Lingji: Now you are the only one who knows my future. ]

[Yan Lingji: I want to know what my original fate and ending would be.]

It seems there is something to eat!
The group suddenly became quiet, and everyone was peeking at the screen silently.

[Lu Xian: Before I give you an answer, you might as well guess for yourself whether your ending will be good or bad.]

Inside the crystal cage, Yan Lingji's charming eyes were filled with a hint of melancholy, and her narrow eyes were full of stories. After a brief thought, she responded.

[Yan Lingji: The person I am loyal to is from the old era, an outcast of the new era. I think my ending will not be very good.]

Scattered raindrops began to fall with a "patter".

Lu Xian looked up and saw dark clouds rolling in the sky. He had to find a place to shelter from the rain.

"I hope there is a place to shelter from the rain on the side of the road..."

[Lu Xian: Since you see everything clearly, why do you still have to be so blindly loyal? ]

[Yan Lingji: You should know that I am a citizen of Baiyue. I have no choice.]

[Lu Xian: You have a choice, you just don’t want to choose.]

[Lu Xian: Thousands of years from now, not to mention the Baiyue, even the Xiongnu grasslands will become one family, and the fifty-six ethnic groups will form a new China, with no distinction between them.]

[Yan Lingji: I have seen the nineteenth level of hell in the human world.]

[Yan Lingji: You also said that it is a matter of the future. The remaining people of Baiyue now have their country torn apart, are in dire straits, and have to eat their own children. They cannot see tomorrow, let alone the future. They need a leader to lead them forward.]

Road ahead.

A thatched wooden hut appeared on the side of a low hill. It seemed to be a temporary resting place for nearby villagers who were hunting or chopping wood.

"What good luck!"

Lu Xian's face lit up with joy, and he rode his horse forward. Just as he led the horse into the thatched hut which was leaking on all sides, heavy rain began to pour down outside.

It was drizzling inside the house, but it was better than getting soaked. At least there was a place to stay.

In the corner there were several bundles of dry firewood tied together with vines.

“It really is a temporary resting place for woodcutters.”

Lu Xian overturned a bundle of dry firewood to use as a stool and began to reply in the chat group.

[Lu Xian: Tianze is not the leader you expected. Since you want to know your fate, I will tell you. You can judge for yourself.]

[Lu Xian: Your story begins when Han Fei, the ninth prince of the Kingdom of Han, returns to Xinzheng.]

[Lu Xian: Not long after that, Wushuang Gui will rescue you from the crystal cage. At that time, Tianze will also be released from the dungeon by Xueyi Hou. However, he has been poisoned and has become a knife in Xueyi Hou's hand, used to deal with Han Fei, the ninth son of Han.]

【Lu Xian: The situation in South Korea is treacherous. The Night is represented by the Blood-Robed Marquis and the General Ji Wuye, the Quicksand is represented by Han Fei and Guigu Wei Zhuang, and there are also the Qin King Ying Zheng and Guigu Gai Nie who have joined the game, and the Qin State's Luowang Tianzi first-class assassin, etc. In addition to South Korea, there are also the Qin Iron Cavalry stationed there, who are eyeing South Korea with eager eyes. They only need the name of sending troops to annex the entire South Korea. The national situation is a real hodgepodge.】

[Lu Xian: As Tianze's subordinate, your master is under your control. To put it bluntly, you are trapped in this hodgepodge of South Korea, and are just pawns that are constantly used by various parties. You live a life of hiding from others, and in the eyes of other forces, you are just jumping clowns.]

[Lu Xian: The envoy sent by Qin to Han was killed by your master Tianze in revenge. He wanted to provoke Qin to destroy Han. In order to calm Qin's anger and not give Qin an excuse to send troops to Han, Tianze and Han Fei, the leader of Liusha, reached a deal. Liusha stole the antidote to cure him, and you became the sacrifice given by Tianze.]

[Lu Xian: You were pushed out by Tianze, charged with murdering the Qin envoy, and accompanied Han Fei to Qin to apologize. Qin was a bigger vortex, and the situation was far more complicated than that of Han. In the end, both you and Han Fei died under the six-soul curse of the Yin-Yang School Moon Goddess, the Qin State Master.]

【Lu Xian: This is your original destiny.】

[Lu Xian: After listening to this, do you still think Tianze is the person you envisioned who can change the current situation of the Baiyue survivors? ]

[Lu Xian: Tianze has been imprisoned for so many years that he has gone mad. He may have been a good prince of Baiyue before, with ambitions for his country, but now he is no longer the Baiyue prince you know. He no longer cares about the people of Baiyue, or even Baiyue. He only has selfish desires and only wants revenge on South Korea.]

[Lu Xian: That’s all I have to say. If you still want to continue on this path and still think that he is the leader who can lead the remaining people of Baiyue, I will not persuade you any further.]

This is a heavy history.

Lu Xian closed the chat group interface, feeling a little more emotional.

"In that era, the victims were displaced and ate grass roots and tree bark. Thousands of years later, people in modern times have disregarded moral principles and have lost all conscience..."

This period of history led Lu Xian to a conclusion.

Some things in modern times that cannot be called human beings are just too full...

He thought of the two weirdos that Tang San encountered in the ghost world and shook his head.

Outside the hut.

The world was pitch black, and muffled thunder was brewing like an electric snake in the thick dark clouds.

In the drifting rain, there was a "splashing" sound of footsteps breaking up puddles of water.

Lu Xian's ears twitched, he slowly stood up and walked towards the only broken door of the hut, "It's raining so hard, who is the unlucky one who has the same fate as me..."

He stood at the door of the hut.

Looking at the figure walking step by step in the dark rain...

Boom——

Pale lightning cut through the inky clouds, illuminating the sky and the earth for a moment. In the reflection of the rippling puddle in the corner of the house, two fragmented human figures were reflected.

A man stood in the house, his eyes calm and composed.

A man stood outside the house, letting the heavy rain wash over him.

Her black hair was disheveled, and raindrops kept falling on her fair cheeks...

"Why did you follow me?"

"I don't know what the meaning of our meeting is, but I think it shouldn't be separation..."

(End of this chapter)