Chapter 52 It's Time to Leave!

  Morning glow, the rising sun shines through the gaps in the rocks into the cave entrance.

  Her mouth corners slightly raised**, her eyes lightly jumped, and finally managed to open her eyes with difficulty.

  "Hmm..."

  With a soft cry, her eyebrows furrowed even deeper, her entire body devoid of any strength, her spiritual energy empty and hollow, her mind in chaos, her cultivation almost completely collapsing.

  With a great effort, she propped herself up with her hands and looked around in confusion, suddenly letting out a cry of "Ah..."

  A black-robed youth stood three or four feet in front of her, his expression cold and unyielding, staring at her without blinking.

  "Red... Red Fish?"

  She was so frightened that she tried her best to get up, but her body didn't obey her command. She exerted too much force and instead, her hand went limp again and she collapsed back onto the ground.

  "What...what are you going to do?" Gao Rou exclaimed loudly, her eyes unable to conceal the color of fear.

  She was very clear about her physical condition. At this moment, she and the waste person were no different. Both body and spirit were injured. If this rascal wanted to humiliate herself, wouldn't it be...

  She was inwardly anxious, with fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and she could not imagine what kind of torture and humiliation she would suffer.

  What is this rascal going to do?

  The vermilion fish was calm and still, like an ancient well without ripples, coldly watching the beautiful woman struggling on the ground, with a somewhat complicated mood.

  He had no compassion and no desire to kill; as for humiliation and torture, he couldn't muster the slightest interest in them.

  The woman finally woke up.

  Suddenly, Zhu Yu felt that women were most beautiful when they were quiet, just like Gao Rou.

  Gao Rou is quietly lying on the ground, her appearance is absolutely beautiful, like a fairy descending into the world, making people feel very comfortable.

  But once awake, his words and deeds, every expression makes people feel hateful, ruining the atmosphere, making people feel disgusted.

  "If you don't want to be a useless person forever, then don't move around randomly. Don't take yourself too seriously, I'm really not interested in you, stupid brainless fool!" Zhu Yu said indifferently, slowly standing up and turning to leave the cave entrance.

  Gao Rou's eyes glazed over, her expression changing rapidly. She gritted her teeth and slowly closed her eyes, beginning to circulate the sect's technique in a slow and steady manner. A strand of spiritual energy slowly entered her body.

  Gao Rou is recovering, although the speed is not fast, but she has been steadily moving forward.

  Zhu Yu's injury was also very severe. He occasionally went into the cave to meditate for a while, but he kept a great distance from Gao Rou and never spoke to her.

  Finally, Gao Rou couldn't bear it anymore, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that her situation was precarious.

  What kind of person is Zhu Yu? This guy is a shameless swindler, despicable and rascal... why didn't he kill himself?

  He... He must have some ulterior motive, he's definitely plotting something big!

  With her strength slightly recovered, she started chattering again.

  "Zhu Yu, what exactly do you want? If you have any tricks up your sleeve, just use them quickly and stop being so wishy-washy. I, Gao Rou, am not someone to be trifled with!"

  "Carps, don't think that if I don't kill you, I will thank you. Let me tell you, you and I are irreconcilable enemies, I swear not to be a human being if I don't kill you!"

  "Zhu Yu, are you thinking about the proposal of marriage between our families? Let me tell you, Zhu Yu, that's a pipe dream. I, Gao Rou, would rather marry a chicken or a dog than agree to marry someone as despicable and worthless as you. If you spare my life because of this, you will surely regret it!"

  She chattered on and on in front of the crucian carp, but it just wouldn't listen.

  Every time Zhū Yú enters the cave, he sits for about half an hour, then gets up and leaves, his expression cold and indifferent, completely treating Gāo Róu as if she were air.

  Finally, Gao Rou couldn't bear it anymore and she thoroughly blew up:

  "Zhu Yu, there's a kind of you who would kill me with one sword, and immediately kill me! I'm telling you, no matter what despicable thoughts you have, you won't succeed! I... between us, it's either you die or I live, there's no third possibility!"

  "You won't kill me, that's your own self-imposed restraint. Eventually one day, you will die under my sword..."

  “……”

  Chattering incessantly, Gao Rou was like a fly buzzing around Zhu Yu's ears, annoying him to no end.

  The vermilion fish was now single-mindedly focused on quickly healing its injuries and then immediately leaving the accursed place of Yunmengze.

  But he had run into such a brainless woman, and he couldn't bear it!

  Finally, Zhu Yu's "Stellar Sword" was unsheathed once more. The sword shone like flowing light and struck towards Gao Rou.

  Gao Rou's face suddenly changed, and in her panic, she was stunned for a moment before hastily dodging to the side. A sword barely passed over her head, and if she had been any slower, her skull would have already been pierced by the flying sword.

  Her face showed a look of horror, desperately urging the spiritual power in her body, but how could she move even a little bit?

  Zhu Yu's expression turned even colder, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly as he said, "If you want to live, don't make a sound! You should thank your mother. Yesterday, I was about to kill you with one sword strike, but when I heard you muttering your mother's name in your dying breaths, something strange happened and my sword deviated by a hair's breadth, allowing you to escape with your life.

  "Or else you think you still have a chance to chatter in front of me like now? You've long been a lonely ghost..."

  Zhu Yu paused for a moment, hummed softly, and narrowed his small eyes into a slit: "Gao Rou, don't be too proud of yourself. In my eyes, you're just like a fly. Who would be happy to have a marriage contract with a fly?"

  A glint flashed in his eyes, and a stern expression swept across: "Shut your mouth, it's best if I ignore your existence. Otherwise, even though I'm injured, I can still take your life. You should remember your current situation, do you still think you're the overbearing and arrogant innate spirit?"

  "You are now just a little ant, and an extremely stupid ant who can't even tell where you are!"

  Stillness, extreme stillness!

  Gao Rou stared blankly at Chen Jing, unable to utter a word.

  Mother? Daughter?

  Gao Rou felt a sudden pang in her heart, and her mood instantly became low. Countless pictures suddenly flashed through her mind.

  That was when she was a child, Gao Rou wasn't the genius of the Gao family yet, and her mother was still alive. The mother and daughter relied on each other for survival, and their lives were extremely difficult.

  At that time, my mother suffered from other people's bullying and endured countless humiliation. However, no matter how humiliated she was, she always protected herself. In her own eyes, she remained optimistic and kind. Although it was a difficult time, it is the happiest memory of Gao Rou's life...

  What a pity...

  "Mother!" Gao Rou's heart whispered softly, a thin mist covering her eyes, she vaguely remembered the time when she and Zhu Yu had that one style of fighting.

  She was already at the end of her rope, and that one sword had exhausted all her spiritual power, and her Sea of Consciousness had suffered nearly destructive damage.

  The vast ocean of knowledge was destroyed, and the path of life and death disappeared. She had been sensing the breath of the god of death for the first time since she was a child, and touched the gate of death.

  At that moment, all thoughts in her mind were gone, and only one shadow could not be driven away.

  That shadow is Mother...

  The carp actually said it was its own mother who saved itself?

  Was it because he muttered his wife's name that Zhū Yú didn't have the heart to kill him?

  She suddenly raised her head, but there was no one in front of her. The red fish had vanished without a trace...

  ……

  Even with Zhu Yu's incredible recovery speed, it still took almost two days for his injuries to fully heal.

  The wound has healed, and I can finally leave.

  The vermilion fish stood still outside the small cave, its eyes gazing out at the vast and undulating mountains in front of it.

  The setting sun is like blood, the vast mountains are like the sea, the scenery in front of me is beautiful to the extreme, but it can evoke a sense of sorrow in people's hearts.

  Time to go! Zhu Yu hesitated countless times, but in the end still didn't kill Gao Rou, what was the reason?

  This answer was actually already in Zhu Yu's heart.

  "Mother!"

  Zhu Yu pursed his lips, and he had to admit that it was Gao Rou's murmurs in her coma that touched his most sensitive nerves.

  He wasn't being kind and gentle, Gao Rou didn't deserve his kindness, it's just that at that moment, he thought of his own mother, nothing more!

  At that moment, he didn't make a killing move, and Zhuyu never had a murderous heart again.

  Since it has already affected your mind, just let go of the grudge!

  Perhaps it was the will of heaven that Gao Rou's life was not destined to be cut short, and she had a great mother in heaven watching over her. Since this was the case, Zhu Yu had no regrets about sparing her life at the time.

  These days, Zhu Yu's mind has been filled with her mother's teachings:

  "Never be afraid of your opponent's strength, fear itself is the greatest enemy!"

  Gao Rou is very powerful!

  What does she count as?

  Since you've embarked on this path of defying the heavens and cultivating immortality, if even a High Gentleman can't be defeated, how can one overcome countless difficulties and successfully tread that legendary immortal path?

  It's time to go...

  Gao Rou slowly walked out of the cave, and after nourishment and carrying the spiritual elixir with her, its power gradually took effect. Her cultivation was also recovering at a shocking speed.

  She no longer needs to stay in the cave, now her cultivation is at least equivalent to the late seventh or eighth stage of the post-heaven realm.

  The scenery outside the cave is beautiful, taking a long breath and feeling much more relaxed.

  She slightly turned her head, and what entered her eyes was a black-robed youth bathing in the sunset's afterglow.

  The young man stood quietly, with a hint of faint sadness on his face, his eyes gazing straight ahead, his gaze deep and distant.

  It's like a beautiful painting, making people reluctant to stretch out their hands and destroy it. The young man and the entire surrounding world seem to have merged into one.

  This painting seems to have gained a richer atmosphere with the existence of this boy's profile.

  She was stunned for a moment, and her mind suddenly became somewhat dizzy.

  "Is this Zhu Yu? Is that scoundrel? How..."

  She found it hard to associate the image of Zhu Yu as a rascal, ***, and ugly with this young man in front of her...

  Gao Rou was quietly staring at the black-robed youth, motionless, and couldn't bear to disturb this serene and beautiful picture.

  Time flies, sunset falls, twilight spreads across the sky, Gao Rou feels her floating heart gradually becoming exceptionally calm...

  Suddenly, the young man moved, and in the midst of the sky's afterglow, he suddenly stirred, taking slow steps forward.

  The sunset stretched its shadow very long, but the young man didn't notice at all. He walked with his head held high and a firm stride, seemingly never looking back again.

  Gao Rou suddenly felt her heart skip a beat, and she subconsciously opened her mouth, uttering a sound: "Zhu Yu..."