Fighting Soul Clan Demoness

Chapter 579 The Choice Between Peace and Soul
Sound Valley, above the sky.

A giant bird with colorful wings is soaring into the sky, its wings, which are several meters wide, spread out as if it were a ship drifting in a sea of ​​clouds.

"You went to all this trouble just to bring me to see the sunset?"

Sitting diagonally on the back of the giant bird, Hun Ruoruo looked at the young man lying on his side beside her and couldn't help but say something.

"Since we came to Zhongzhou, we seem to have had very few opportunities to relax like this. It's good to clear our minds occasionally."

Xiao Yan said rather lazily, resting his arms behind his head and staring blankly at the afterglow of the sunset.

"Oh?"

Hun Ruoruo narrowed her beautiful eyes, stared at Xiao Yan for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Are you sure it wasn't your senior sister who taught you these girl-chasing techniques?"

"Cough cough cough!!"

Xiao Yan choked and quickly sat up from the bird's back, saying awkwardly, "Senior Sister is a member of the enforcement team, how could she possibly bend the law for personal gain?"

Hun Ruoruo rolled her eyes at Xiao Yan, too lazy to pay him any attention.

This girl, she was blaming herself for being hypocritical just now, but now she's the one who's hypocritical. Does she really think she's an ordinary woman who's easy to fool?
However, despite this, Hun Ruoruo did not expose the other party's intention. Instead, she turned her head down and looked down at the ever-shrinking Sound Valley.

Beyond the mountains, an endless sea of ​​flowers stretches out, resembling a giant curtain covering the ground in the afterglow of the sunset. As the viewpoint narrows, it seems to envelop the entire Sound Valley.

“It is indeed beautiful here.” Hun Ruoruo’s expression was calm. “But they are not independent beings, and we cannot stop the predetermined fate of Yin Valley.”

"The Mo Ying brothers you see have all died in the Soul Palace back then, and there has never been any news about Senior Sister. Perhaps she turned into bones when the Sound Valley was destroyed. This is the reality."

Xiao Yan frowned: "But your mother said..."

“No.” Hun Ruoruo shook her head, interrupting the other party. “A Heavenly Realm soul cannot do this. I realized this when I advanced. Not only Heavenly Realm, but even the legendary Emperor Realm may not have such the ability to defy fate.”

She stretched out her right arm, stared at her smooth, fair wrist, and whispered, "I guess there's only one reason she did this."

"what?"

"That means washing away the bloodline of the Soul Clan."

"..." Xiao Yan was stunned. His gaze swept over the girl's wrist, and his pupils shrank to pinpoints.

"She said she wanted me to make a choice, but she never told me what the choice was. At one point, I even thought she wanted me to accept my father's existence."

As she spoke, two completely opposite lines gradually appeared in the center of Hun Ruoruo's palm. One was pure white, as if it were newly born, and the other was deep purple, like an abyss. The two were intertwined, yet clearly distinct.

"But now I think I understand. She never forced me to accept that man. She just didn't want her own reasons to influence my decision."

The white and purple light reflected in the girl's pupils, turning her clear, sky-like eyes into a glassy luster.
"Peace, or perhaps the soul."

Xiao Yan was stunned and speechless.

He had considered An Suying's motives, but when the truth came to light, he underestimated her courage and determination.

To recreate the entire Sound Valley at the cost of one's own life, with the sole purpose of giving one's own flesh and blood a chance to choose again—what a terrifying move!

"Unfortunately, even though I know her intentions, I still don't understand why she went to all this trouble."

Hun Ruoruo frowned slightly. "Resurrecting these dead people, apart from depleting her soul, should have no effect on reshaping her bloodline. It's a meaningless thing." Although she had a good impression of Yin Gu and had a rare experience of being a young lady, she knew that all of this was based on An Suying sacrificing her own soul.

If she had known from the beginning that the other party would pay such a high price, she would rather not have it.

Moreover, associating with the dead is simply a waste of time.

However, just as Hun Ruoruo was deep in thought, Xiao Yan, who had been silent, suddenly spoke:
"But their feelings are real, aren't they?"

"..." Hun Ruoruo was puzzled for a moment. She looked up at Xiao Yan and found that his expression had changed from confusion to a faint smile.

"From the initial conflict, to the Grand Elder deliberately revealing his weakness so I could examine his soul, and the concern shown to us by my senior sisters, were all of these things fake?"

Xiao Yan's eyes were bright, and his tone was serious yet gentle: "I don't believe in whether a person is inherently false or not; I only follow my own judgment."

"They really treat you like a little princess."

Xiao Yan gently grasped the girl's hand, as if reminding her of the reality of this world.

A gentle warmth traveled from her palms straight to her heart, and every word the other person spoke resonated deeply within Hun Ruoruo's soul.

She looked at him, and the mistiness in her eyes quietly faded.

At this moment, the young man's reflection in her eyes completely filled the entire space, leaving no room for anything else.

"Who taught you the knightly etiquette?" Hun Ruoruo suddenly whispered.

Following her gaze, she saw the young man in front of her bending down, supporting the girl's fair wrist with one hand and putting the other behind his back, trying his best to maintain his posture without losing it, looking extremely clumsy.

"what?"

Xiao Yan quickly looked down to check his posture, and only after confirming it was correct did he breathe a sigh of relief, saying rather awkwardly:
"I learned it from an old man in the royal family. He said it's a special etiquette for serving a princess. They call you 'little princess,' so it felt quite fitting, and I used it."

"Is it... that ugly?" he asked cautiously.

"Fool."

Hun Ruoruo stopped crying and laughed, finally bursting out laughing, "You're so stupid."

Seeing Xiao Yan's confused expression, she had a mischievous thought and said, "Knights can only protect princesses, but princesses are all supposed to marry princes, you know?"

"Wha, what?!"

Xiao Yan's expression changed drastically, and he was utterly horrified.

He cursed the unscrupulous old man in his heart. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly felt a fragrant breeze, which lifted his body, which was slightly stiff from struggling to maintain his posture.

"The prince can't bow his head," the girl said, her eyes sparkling.

Xiao Yan felt as if he had been frozen in place, his heart pounding wildly.

Outside them floated clouds, the sun was setting, giant birds flapped their wings and flew away, the whistling wind made all other sounds disappear, the powerful wind pressure made clothes and hair flutter, the rows of palaces and pavilions disappeared in an instant, but his gaze with Hun Ruoruo seemed to last forever.

(End of this chapter)