Chapter 581 - 577: Promise
At this moment, Jing Chu thought of Su Muyao and felt only tenderness for her.
And greater hatred towards Wen Nanxi.
Why did he receive her love yet fail to cherish it properly?
If it were him, he would dedicate everything to her, unwilling to let her suffer even a bit.
Wen Nanxi’s expression changed. At the thought of Su Muyao possibly being in danger, the color drained from his face as he nervously asked, "What danger?"
"I originally thought my form was incomplete and wouldn’t let her..."
"But I didn’t expect this to happen."
Jing Chu looked at Wen Nanxi, understanding that he might genuinely be unaware.
Jing Chu said, "Because when you made the contract, you were not in a complete form. The snake child in the female’s womb might be weak and could instinctively devour its female mother’s strength."
"This is quite dangerous for the female."
"Especially on the day of giving birth to the snake child, she will be extremely weak."
For Jing Chu, he couldn’t allow the possible dangers to befall the female he loved.
"Furthermore, the aura of the cub will attract another avatar."
"I won’t harm her, nor will I harm you and the cub, but the other avatar may not be so considerate."
"He will sense the aura."
"Strictly speaking, we are all avatars of the Ancient Celestial Snake, and the cub is also our child."
"We cannot guarantee that he won’t do anything to harm her or the cub."
At the thought of Su Muyao possibly being in danger and becoming weak, Wen Nanxi’s heart tightened, and his face turned even paler. "I’m sorry, I didn’t know."
Wen Nanxi’s voice was hoarse, filled with self-blame and pain.
"What do I need to do to protect her, or even give my life, it’s okay."
Jing Chu also didn’t initially know these things—it was only after visiting many places, saving many Beastmen, and reading some ancient records that he learned about them.
Looking at Wen Nanxi like this, Jing Chu could feel that his love for Su Muyao was no less.
He seemed to make up his mind, "I know there is a kind of elixir called the Seven-orifice Body Condensing Pill, specifically for our kind of body."
"As long as we gather the herbs and refine the Seven-orifice Body Condensing Pill, we can merge all the avatars."
"You are her beast husband, and you have a child. With her personality, she certainly doesn’t want anything to happen to you, and I won’t let anything happen to you either."
"I will look for all the herbs, find someone to refine this elixir, you take it, merge with me, and then merge with the other avatar."
At this moment, Jing Chu made a decision, the decision to sacrifice himself.
Wen Nanxi could hardly believe it, "Do you know that once you merge, only one avatar’s consciousness will remain, and the others’ consciousness and memory will be erased."
Jing Chu’s strength was clearly the greatest, yet he planned to sacrifice himself. Wen Nanxi knew his wife valued Jing Chu, and he couldn’t sacrifice Jing Chu just to merge all the avatars himself.
Jing Chu said, "I know."
"But it’s not for you."
"It’s for her."
"She must love you, and only if you’re well will she not be sad."
He didn’t understand love before; it was her who taught him what love is.
He also wanted to see her, even from afar, but it was too late.
Jing Chu’s heart was in pain, but he made the decision almost without hesitation—it was an instinctive decision.
Even if, from then on, there were no traces of him left in this world, even if his consciousness was gone, he would not regret it.
"Besides, it was she who saved my life."
He wouldn’t regret this.
Wen Nanxi could understand Jing Chu’s feelings, and he said softly, "Jing Chu, actually, the wife really cares about you."
"When she mentioned you, I knew she was thinking of you, she always remembered you."
Jing Chu smiled gently, his voice as soft as the warm water flowing into his heart’s cold pond, warming it, "That is enough."
He was actually very reluctant, feeling a kind of stagnation in his heart, and each breath trembled slightly.
But as he said, as long as she remembered him, missed him, and did not forget him, he was already content.
Therefore, disappearing into the world like this would be fine.
"You wait, I will gather the herbs for the Seven-orifice Body Condensing Pill as soon as possible."
"If I don’t return, my divine soul will come to you voluntarily and merge with you."
Some of the herbs are too rare, but Jing Chu decided that no matter what price he had to pay, he would find them all.
Without giving Wen Nanxi time to react, Jing Chu finished saying these things and was about to leave.
Wen Nanxi, unwilling to explain anything else, quickly spoke up, "Wait, the wife has already gathered the other herbs, only one is left, and that is the Nine Netherworld Lotus."
Wen Nanxi didn’t want Jing Chu to disappear.
He realized that Jing Chu’s love for their wife was no less than his own.
Even if they merged, he didn’t want Jing Chu’s consciousness to disappear.
But at this moment, he didn’t know how to preserve Jing Chu’s consciousness.
Yet he believed where there is a will, there is a way.
Moreover, if possible, he didn’t want to merge just yet.
As for him and Jing Chu, he actually thought that perhaps his consciousness would fade, leaving Jing Chu’s consciousness instead.
Because Jing Chu is stronger than him, and perhaps could better protect their wife.
Jing Chu paused, "The Nine Netherworld Lotus?"
"There used to be such herbs around the Floating Light Tide Sea’s mountain range, now it’s considered a part of the Nine Nether Forbidden Land, it should be there, I’ll go look for it."
Wen Nanxi said, "The Nine Nether Forbidden Land has barrier seals."
Jing Chu’s lips curled into a slight smile, indifferently, "Barrier seals are nothing to me."
With his current strength, entering and exiting the Nine Nether Forbidden Land was like walking into an uninhabited place.
Wen Nanxi was shocked by Jing Chu’s casual tone, realizing that the powerful barrier seals set by the Witch Clan’s great powers were nothing to Jing Chu.
Just how powerful was he, really?
I remember the wife said that ten thousand years ago, Jing Chu wasn’t this strong.
Jing Chu turned his head to look at Wen Nanxi, meeting his gaze, smiling lightly, "I naturally have come across some opportunities."
"This world is more complicated than you imagine."
"And the place where I slumbered before, wasn’t the Cang Beast Continent."
"Once you merge, you’ll gain my strength."
Wen Nanxi asked, "What can I do for you, or what can I do now?"
"You need to love her well; protect her with your life, that’s my only request."
"But I know, even if I didn’t say this, you’d do it anyway."
"However, I must tell you, if you dare to harm her even slightly, even if we’ve already merged, and all my consciousness has been erased, I will find a way to hurt you."
A surge of sour and sad emotions welled up in Wen Nanxi’s heart.
Clearly, they were rivals in love, yet he felt no jealousy toward Jing Chu. Instead, he wished for him to live well, to exist in this world, with his consciousness never erased.
But what should he do?
Wen Nanxi said in a solemn tone, "Don’t worry, Ayao is more important than my life, I’ll definitely love and protect her well."
These words were unnecessary to promise to anyone, for he knew he would do it.
But he understood that this was what Jing Chu needed to hear, so he told him.