Chapter 2655: A Gentleman Should Have Said

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At that time, the sky was brilliant, and that person slowly stepped forward.

Slender, powerful fingers rested on the sword hilt. The power to destroy heaven and earth was like a divine dragon hidden in clouds and mist, blue veins hidden beneath flesh and blood like mountains and rivers.

A green jade crown tied up his long hair, each strand black, shiny, and distinct.

In this confusing whirlwind, it was precise, as if carved by a knife.

Like water droplets wildly splashing from this human sea, refracting several paths of skylight, they were segments of a clear life.

He always divided everything very clearly!

By the time he was seventeen, he already had his own very strong opinions.

Miaoyu... Bailian... Yuzhen... Anyue...

The woman raised her head amidst the flying light and flowing shadows, stopping at the moment when all the past had disappeared.

With a simple turn of her beautiful eyes, her black robe flipped into a red skirt, using the mortal world as thick makeup.

She embodied the ultimate seductive color of all humans.

Like a red carp flipping its tail in the human sea, she finally swam back to her hometown.

Her full red lips trembled slightly, and she smiled, as if they were meeting for the first time.

"You finally came to find me."

Her voice was enchanting and flirtatious, lazily out of place. Six short words, but who knew how many years had passed.

Dreams were woven densely with pedestrians, each person with a story, of course, all just footnotes in today's context.

On the page of reunion, all things, including the words used to describe them, became embellishments.

Only two pairs of eyes met, choked and bright, deep and quiet.

"Yes." Zhenhe Zhenjun said calmly, without surprise, "This is the first time I've come to find you."

After leaving his hometown with white hair, there weren't many people he actively went to find. One was named Zhuang Gaoxian, one was named Zhang Linchuan, and one was... Dong A.

Those who caused him pain, he returned the pain. Those things that confused him, he found the answers to them all.

He didn't want to say that the person in front of him was someone he was unwilling to face.

He just clearly told himself that today was the moment he had to face it.

"No, you still went to the Nanshan Hall. In a pile of dead bodies, you looked for a woman named Anyue."

She just stood in front of him, smiling brilliantly, "I think if she really died, you would certainly be sad too."

Was this woman always like this?

Enchanting in bloodshed, ambiguous in sadness, and... vague when it was time to face something.

"Were you waiting for me?" Jiang Wang asked.

He added, "I mean today."

The sky today was very beautiful, and the streets of Mengjing were neat. With this prosperity as a backdrop, Anyue's smile was dazzling and beautiful.

"Do you think everything I've done is for you?" she asked.

Jiang Wang looked at her calmly, "You have your principles of conduct and your life philosophy, you are climbing towards your ideal... I won't be that self-conceited."

"You should be this self-conceited!"

Anyue's voice suddenly rose, but then cooled down again, like countless nights, slowly extinguishing lamps.

"Jiang Wang, you divide everything too clearly. You suppress the monkey in your heart, control your original desires, you live like someone without desires or demands at a young age. The higher you go, the less you remember the past where you laughed and cursed. You bear that damn sense of responsibility, inexplicably taking things upon yourself, wanting to do everything to the best of your ability, wanting to live up to everyone - you don't know that feelings are fundamentally uncontrollable!"

Her voice became cold towards the end, but unexpectedly became soft again, and she laughed again, "You shouldn't think that I came rushing towards you?"

In those pair of enchanting and beautiful eyes, there seemed to be a captivating fire, burning away many of Jiang Wang's unfinished words into a long silence.

The Eternal Holy Winter raged endlessly, and the long street of Mengjing was silent.

Anyue looked at him passionately, her rich red lips slightly hooked up, "But no."

Her smile held a hint of mockery, seemingly very satisfied with this teasing, "I have my own career and life, the snow plain is a scene I had to experience, and meeting your sister was a beautiful accident."

She sighed, "I always expected to see you early, and then unexpectedly met her."

Meeting An An was indeed an accident... but neither the past nor the present could be considered beautiful. Jiang Wang originally wanted to say this. But the words reached his lips, and he instead said, "I never knew which of your sentences was true and which was false from the beginning."

This was the center of an empire, the destination of countless gazes. But all the light, shadows, and sounds were under his control. Without his nod, the world would not be alarmed.

The childish youth outside Yuxian Peak had already grown into this outstanding figure.

Anyue gazed at him today, yet repeatedly saw the past, seeing those moments they had just brushed shoulders.

"On the contrary, I know the truth and falsehood in your words! You are really not good at concealing things."

She always looked, and always smiled, seemingly only willing to leave behind a smile, "But I only chose to believe what I was willing to believe from the beginning."

On the Eternal Holy Winter Peak, Jiang Wang said, "Thousands of mountains, evening snow, vast layers of clouds for ten thousand li."

She then understood that determination.

Anyue understood this person too.

She knew that Jiang An An was Jiang Wang's only blood relative in this world, the closest kin who had relied on each other through tormenting years. It could be said that she was the person Jiang Wang cared about most.

As long as she contacted Jiang An An, Jiang Wang would definitely come to find her.

How many years had they avoided seeing each other.

Even when she initially broke into the Chaowen Dao Heavenly Palace under the name of Yuzhen, and sat to discuss the heavenly aspects of Dao, she still avoided talking.

She knew very well that Jiang Wang was here today to bring answers.

She, of course, understood that this answer would certainly not be as desired.

But...

A monarch should have words!

Jiang Wang indeed opened his mouth, "Reality will not change according to wishes. Whether something is true or false does not depend on your belief."

"What a tone of a cold ice seeking Daoist... I almost thought you were here to discuss cultivation with me today." Anyue waved her hand dismissively, and then asked, "Do you know the Taixu Pavilion's wuxia series puppets? The kind that can even speak lines."

Jiang Wang thought for a moment and nodded.

The business was negotiated by Huang Sheli, and the other Pavilion members simply agreed to the use of their names and appearances for the puppets. Then, for every small mechanism person sold, they could divide eight percent of the net profit.

According to Huang Sheli, this was a considerable income with good prospects. But the product had only been launched for a few months, and he hadn't seen any income yet. He had only received a signing fee of thirty thousand yuan stone - Yin Guan said that the construction of the Yanluo Treasure Hall was not easy, and he called for emergency relief from the jianghu, taking it all away.

Anyue was obviously more familiar with this series of puppets, which were already popular in the world, "When Qianji Tower launched this series of puppets, they also included a fortune stick as a gift. On the fortune stick, there is 'history dust', and by scraping away these dust with a small knife, you can see the fortune."

"The first fortune is a limited edition joint edition, and there's even an already out-of-print Wu'an Marquis edition. The second fortune will give you another small mechanism person of the same series... All the rest are 'thank you for your patronage'."

She looked at Jiang Wang and said, "I always scrape out the word 'thank', and I still have to see the complete 'thank you for your patronage'."

Always a knife already inserted into the heart, and still having to lower one's head to see the shape it has carved out.

Before the answer appeared, I was full of anticipation.

I'm not stubborn about having a good result. I'm stubborn about my initial feeling.

The emotions in her eyes were truly intense, as if this red skirt was dyed into fresh flowers, blooming instantly throughout the city and streets.

While Jiang Wang remained still, like a silent tree.

The green pine on the cliff remained still, wind and snow for fourteen years.

"Are you talking about this one?" Jiang Wang reached out and grabbed something, not knowing where he had gotten a green fortune stick from, and handed it over expressionlessly, "This fortune stick today is still - 'thank you for your patronage'."

Anyue raised her hand with joy and received the fortune stick.

As if everything had frozen at this instant.

Red and green, flower and tree.

The only person with a face in the sea of flowers, and also the person who could never be approached again.

She seemed to hear the intense sound of the wind when the seventeen-year-old youth carried her and ran. But in reality, all she saw was the disappearing scenery on both sides of the long street.

All the light and shadows were flowing away, all the colors were withering.

Yet she bloomed, blooming more intensely. Yet she laughed, laughing more brilliantly, "Does Your Excellency mean that my trip here is in vain?"

Jiang Wang looked at her calmly, "I mean, this is the answer between you and me. Furthermore, the entire Sanfenxiang Building, this time, has all come in vain."

Anyue let out an 'oh' and smiled, "Understood. I will convey it."

They were both silent.

It seemed there were no other words to speak.

It seemed that from now on, they would not speak.

"Make way, make way, carriage to the South City!"

"Shh - the Jinshi Office people are here, quickly go see..."

"Selling steamed buns! Steamed buns just out of the oven!"

The noise became tangible for a time, rolling in the red dust, annoyingly surging.

They stood in the endless flow of people, gazing at each other.

The woman was still enchanting and flirtatious, the man was still expressionless.

"Ya!" Anyue laughed charmingly, "If you don't kill me, I'll just leave."

Jiang Wang looked at her and finally said, "I hope this is the last time An An is involved in such things."

"Understood." Anyue lowered her head and bowed, "This junior will certainly remember Zhenjun Jiang's warning."

When she raised her head, she saw Jiang Wang's face, profound and vague, certainly gradually fading and moving away.

She understood that Jiang Wang had not left, but that she was being driven out of this city.

Those calm eyes seemed to hold waves, but upon closer inspection, they were truly calm. In these eyes, one could not see mountains and seas, nor people and streets, only that unique splash of red.

At least at this moment, she knew that she had walked into these eyes.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Anyue's cheeks suddenly flushed red, appearing shy and timid, "Does Zhenjun Jiang hope I say some farewell words? Is this way of saying goodbye not wonderful enough?"

"Do you want to see me shed tears?"

"Do you hope I die of heartbreak?"

"Alas." She lowered her eyebrows, suddenly tearful, which was still pitiful to see.

Jiang Wang looked at her tears, two crystalline drops, sliding down the corners of her eyes. They truly came as soon as she wanted them to.

She lightly wiped them away with a jade-like fingertip, and then brought back a joyful voice with a smile, soul-stirring, "Zhenjun Jiang, don't be deceived, women are most skilled at performing crying."

"...I also don't know what I hope you say." Jiang Wang finally opened his mouth, "But all of this should always have an explanation. You all met in Guangyang City, it seems I just suddenly remembered that initially, outside Fenglin City, An An also saw you."

He said slowly, "I shouldn't forget."

"Ya! If you hadn't said anything, I would have forgotten." Anyue laughed happily, "Even meeting An An was my first time."

"...You're always like this." Jiang Wang finally said.

"But what exactly do you hope I say? Clearly, you also know that whatever is said is useless." Anyue giggled, "A man's heart is like iron! Zhenjun Jiang!"

She was being expelled by this world, but she walked forward. A person's steps towards their loved one cannot be stopped by external forces.

With her cultivation as a contemporary True Person, she pressed closer step by step towards the peerless True Monarch. As if it were still the past, as if she was the one who controlled life and death. The disappearing past was stepped on under her feet, and the flying flowing lights were tied to the edge of her skirt.

She always raised her head to look at Jiang Wang, always moving forward, always beautiful.

"Should I wail and cry, and say I regret in front of you?"

"If regret can make you take a step forward, prostrate at the hem of my skirt."

"I will."

"I can regret a thousand times."

"I can shed tears day and night, cry until my eyes bleed, and let you know my heartbreak."

"But in fact, if you put aside your relationships, I have never regretted from the beginning."

"I don't care about any other person."

"I don't know what is right and wrong, I only know that in that valley, only one person can live, and I must be that person. Life is a series of valleys, and I have never walked out of them from the beginning."

"If these memories are wiped away and everything starts again, perhaps the world will become better? How much kindness and innocence will I have? I don't think so, I have also seen through the truth of the world, and I must honestly face the truth - I am still that White Bone Saintess, and I will still do this."

"Human lives are like wild grass, I was born without pity."

She covered her face with five fingers, finally stopping that smile, revealing an expressionless face, "My nature is originally evil."

Both the man and woman now wore the same expressionless face.

Let's just treat this as farewell.

The edge of the red skirt rolled, and she disappeared into the human sea.

Jiang Wang stood on the long street.

Pedestrians came and went on their own.

Important stories in this world always begin or end when many people are not paying attention.

His eyes were like the sea, accommodating everything.

His figure was like a tree, standing quietly in the human world.

Time seemed to stop, but it also always moved forward.

Until a certain moment, a woman, bouncing and charming like a twenty-eight-year-old flower, sweet and cute, also stepped into this human river.

Thus, ripples arose.

She stood in the flow of people coming and going, puffing out her face in anger. Her watery big eyes looked at Jiang Wang with indignant eyes.

"Why?" she asked.

"What why?" Jiang Wang frowned.

Xiang Ling'er said angrily, "Anyue, she to you - umm!"

Her neck was already in Jiang Wang's hand!

Her petite body was lifted into the air!

All her defenses were useless. Her protective treasures, unable to even activate, their treasure light was already dim.

"Who gave you the courage to think you were qualified to question me?" Jiang Wang's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.

He was not always waveless.

Originally, even the still sea would freeze!

"Between her and me, no one is qualified to interfere. What do you count for?"

His five fingers slowly tightened, and Xiang Ling'er's entire world was collapsing, "I'm sick of you pretending to be tender, selling yourself as stupid, and acting innocent in front of me!"

"I'm not familiar with you, remember?"

Xiang Ling'er's entire body tensed up, blue veins bulged on her delicate face, pulling out wrinkles. She couldn't say a single word, only used her bulging eyes to move up and down, indicating her terrified submission!

Jiang Wang only gave her a cold look, "Jiang Wang and Bailian's chat is over."

"Now I am declaring to the Sanfenxiang Building - "

"Go back and tell Luosha Mingyue Jing."

"The dynasty changes without fixed numbers, the countries of the world rise and fall. In an era where systems are promoted, I am not someone who controls everything."

"But from ancient times until now, only one matter remains unchanged: those who bring disaster to the country... die!"

"I will not interfere with the struggle between Le State and Yong State."

"Luosha Mingyue Jing wants to tie disaster here... I say, it won't work."

Jiang Wang loosened his fingers, and Xiang Ling'er's figure fell.

She was like a drop of water falling back into the human sea, with a splash, already far away from Yong State, ten thousand li distant.