The Black Lotus Eclipse - Chapter 2

Zhuo Yuan’s words threw me into a panic.

I knew well how precious the Seven Glow Lotus was, but I couldn’t understand what he meant.

Unable to support myself, I could only lean against the corner of the wall. I struggled for a long time, but couldn’t move him in the slightest.

So I simply stopped struggling, silently waiting for his fingers to tighten. If I were to die in the mortal world, it would just mean walking another life along the Cycle of Reincarnation.

Compared to the suffering Zhuo Yuan brought me, I would rather enter the Cycle of Reincarnation.

I waited quietly, until Zhuo Yuan loosened his grip.

I opened my eyes and met his gaze.

My throat was choked with silence, and to my surprise, I felt a sense of relief-Zhuo Yuan had feelings for me.

“Zhuo Yuan, I didn’t touch the Seven Glow Lotus…”

My chest felt blocked and uncomfortable, and I couldn’t help but choke out, “Even if I wanted to, with this broken body of mine, could I even do it?”

As soon as I finished speaking, Zhuo Yuan clenched his fingers and punched the wall.

“Is that so? Le You was right, you really did want to destroy the Seven Glow Lotus!

“Jing Chun, I told you, I would find another Seven Glow Lotus for you. But Le You can’t wait any longer-her limbs are rotting, and I can’t even transfer immortal energy into her!

“Why, why have you become like this, so lacking in compassion?

“You are not my Jing Chun at all!”

I couldn’t understand what Zhuo Yuan meant, and just turned my head to look outside the courtyard.

Le You was hiding at the doorway, watching Zhuo Yuan and me with gloating eyes.

A sense of foreboding washed over me, and sure enough-

Ignoring my injuries, Zhuo Yuan forcibly restrained me and flew straight to Yin Erosion Valley.

“Jing Chun, when you destroyed the Seven Glow Lotus, you should have known the price of doing wrong.”

The miasma of Yin Erosion Valley wrapped around my entire body, pain searing through my limbs and bones. Trembling, I asked, “What do you want to do? Zhuo Yuan… do you know…

“If I am cast into Yin Erosion Valley, I will be utterly annihilated. I am just a Yin Official, I have no power to sustain myself.”

Zhuo Yuan pulled me closer.

I thought, after all I said, Zhuo Yuan would soften.

Unexpectedly, what I received was the coldest words.

“Jing Chun, I am only using the miasma of Yin Erosion Valley to force out your power, so I can mold an Immortal Body for Le You. You will not be annihilated-my power is enough to sustain you. But Le You is different; she is now a mortal, and cannot receive my power!

“Jing Chun, bear with it.”

Bear with it?

How could I bear it?

If that’s the case-

I let go of all strength in my body, and when I lost control, I clung to Zhuo Yuan and plunged straight into the valley.

The miasma swirled around us, and I laughed softly:

“Zhuo Yuan, if you want to mold an Immortal Body for Le You, then let’s go to hell and fetch it together!”