usatvline Chapter 255 - The End
Chapter 255 - The End
Chapter 255, the End
When Ye Pianran and Ye Lingyue arrived at the Lonely Goose Pagoda, Wang Shusheng had already jumped off the pagoda! In her rapidly contracting pupils, Wang Shusheng's body was like a withered leaf, carrying intense despair, returning to dust from the clouds.
Ye Lingyue's expression changed, and she immediately used her lightness skill to try to climb the tower to catch him. However, he fell too fast, and she only had time to hook his sleeve. The fabric could not withstand the speed of the fall, and only a piece of rag remained in her palm.
In the nick of time, Ye Pianran suddenly felt a warmth in her chest, which quickly spread throughout her body and carried her towards the solid ground. Without time to think, she instinctively cried out in her heart:
[Grab him, grab him! Don't let him die!]
Suddenly, a gust of wind swept up from beneath the tower, and countless ice-blue, plump-leaved Spirit Abyss Vines burst forth from the ground, like graceful white ribbons, tightly binding the falling scholar Wang in mid-air. Despite this, the force of Wang's fall still snapped several vines, and he only managed to stop his momentum just before hitting the ground.
This turn of events seemed to drain all of Ye Pianran's strength, and it also made her heart ache as if it were being stabbed with needles. After confirming that Wang Shusheng was safe and sound, her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.
Ye Lingyue's heart pounded in fright at the sudden appearance of the Spirit Abyss Vine. She stared blankly at the ice-blue "cocoon" on the ground, swallowing hard. It wasn't until Ye Pianran collapsed to the ground that she snapped out of her daze and rushed forward to help her young mistress.
“Miss, this, this is…” Ye Lingyue stretched out her finger and pointed to the Spirit Abyss Vine.
Ye Pianran clutched her aching chest, let out a long breath, and said, "Don't be afraid, that's the Spirit Abyss Vine. It just caught Wang Shusheng; it won't hurt him."
Ye Lingyue exclaimed in surprise, "This is a Spirit Abyss Vine, how... how did it suddenly grow so fast?" She had suffered from the Spirit Abyss Vine before, but back then it looked like just a small grass vine. Now it looked like... like a monster?
Ye Pianran did not answer her, but instead entered the space and found 666 standing on the peach tree branch.
666 patted its little chest with its wings, still shaken, and said to Ye Pianran:
"That scared me to death! If the mission target dies, the entire side mission will fail, and the host will be severely punished by the system!"
"What should we do now?" Ye Pianran frowned and sighed. "Wang Shusheng's will to die is so strong. Even if I have Lingyuan Teng release him and take him back to Wangjiang Tower, without anyone watching, he'll definitely try to kill himself again, right? I will never stand by and watch him die, especially since he's involved in the series of missions issued by the system..."
“This…” 666 rolled its little eyes and said, “The host will have to figure this out himself. 666 doesn’t know how to complete this task either… *chirp*
It seemed a little guilty towards the end, and raised its wings to cover half of its face.
Does it really not know? Ye Pianran looked at it suspiciously for a moment, then a thought suddenly flashed through her mind, and she said, "The Spirit Abyss Vine can create illusions to confuse enemies, so can it also create illusions to heal the heartache of others?"
666's eyes lit up, but it didn't answer. Instead, it said, "Host, feel free to try whatever ideas you have. Our doctor once said that practice is the sole criterion for testing truth, chu~"
To test whether this method was feasible, Ye Pianran couldn't wait to leave the space and return to reality, and had Ye Lingyue help her forward.
As the two approached the Spirit Abyss Vine, a chill swept over them. Ye Pianran looked up at the swaying, ice-blue vine and slowly reached out her hand. As if sensing her touch, a slender vine wrapped around her wrist and nuzzled affectionately.
When she awakened the Spirit Abyss Vine during her breakthrough to the first level of the Tai Su Spirit Needle Technique, the seed was planted in her heart, thus the Spirit Abyss Vine has always been controlled by her thoughts. This time, Ye Pianran also gently closed her eyes, attempting to communicate with the Spirit Abyss Vine in her mind.
[Lingyuan, my dear child, this person is not an enemy. Please do not hurt him.]
As if hearing Ye Pianran's call, the Lingyuan Vine wrapped around Ye Pianran's wrist seemed to respond by rubbing against her. Ye Lingyue also noticed that the vines tightly wrapped around Wang Shusheng seemed to have loosened a bit, changing from their previous aggressive stance to one that appeared to be protecting him.
[Lingyuan, you did a good job. Now I need you to do something for me. The person you caught is heartbroken and desperate because he lost his beloved wife, so he climbed the tower to commit suicide. But he is very important to me, and I can't let him die. Can you use an illusion to comfort him and dissuade him from his suicidal thoughts?]
Lingyuan Vine paused for a moment, then released Ye Pianran's wrist, pointed the vine tip at Wang Shusheng, and then slithered towards him like a serpent. Suddenly, countless small thorns grew from the vine that was wrapped around him and pierced deeply into his body.
The scholar, Wang, was determined to follow his beloved wife in death. Taking advantage of Ye Pianran and Ye Lingyue's descent from the mountain, he climbed the Lonely Goose Pagoda in an attempt to commit suicide. As he jumped from the pagoda, every moment he had shared with his wife since their marriage flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern, and a look of relief appeared on his face.
He didn't know how fragile human life could be; he only knew that the wind was whistling in his ears, as if Xue Ling was affectionately calling his name. He waited anxiously and excitedly for the moment when death would envelop him, and indeed, a sharp pain came, but that pain was so clear and intense, it was a reminder to him—you are still alive.
Why, why can't I die!
A surge of anger welled up inside him. He opened his eyes, wanting to get up and try to kill himself again, but instead, a patch of icy blue appeared before his eyes.
The blue was pure and flawless, like a cloudless blue sky, which was refreshing and instantly calmed his restless emotions.
He paused for a moment, then propped himself up and looked around. To his surprise, he found himself in a vast, boundless meadow, with no trees or houses around him, only gently swaying green grass and many pretty wildflowers.
Where am I?
Feeling quite puzzled, he stood up and randomly chose a direction to walk forward.
This meadow seemed to have no edge; no matter which way he walked, the view of blue sky and green land remained the same. The only thing that felt different to him was that the meadow was undulating, like the small hills he often saw.
As he walked, a faint sound of laughter suddenly drifted through the air. Upon hearing this laughter, Wang Shusheng froze on the spot as if struck by lightning, then his face lit up with wild joy, and he ran wildly towards the direction from which the laughter came.
He would never forget that laughter, no matter how many years passed; it was his wife's voice!