45: Chapter 45 Zhuge Jinyu, I Love You

At the core of the collision between the two supreme forces, distorted cracks appeared in space.

Zhuge Jinyu covered her small mouth with the vermilion bird feather fan, waiting for the outcome of the battle, not daring to let out a breath.

Intelligent as she was, how could she not guess?

The scene before her was likely not some so-called dream.

It was very likely a real battle on the Wuzhang Plains!

As the light dissipated, Su Chen's long sword had already pierced through Sima Yi's chest.

Sima Yi's expression of shock, unwillingness, and resentment froze forever on his face.

Then, his figure shattered inch by inch, turning into flying ash and vanishing.

The God of War of Great Wei had fallen!

The battlefield, both inside and outside the dream, fell into instant silence.

All the Great Wei soldiers were stunned, then let out a cry, threw away their armor, and fled for their lives.

On the Great Qian side, the forty thousand troops had suffered almost no losses.

Under Su Chen's command, they immediately raised their weapons and pursued the fleeing enemy, not giving these Great Wei people any chance to make a comeback.

Victory?

Just like that?

Zhuge Jinyu felt no joy in her heart, only a sense of unreality that "we just won" and a strong sense of unease.

She looked at Su Chen's imposing figure in the air; after delivering that sword strike, it began to become extremely unstable.

The edges flickered like a candle in the wind, rapidly becoming transparent and fading.

"Sir!"

Zhuge Jinyu rushed towards Su Chen regardless of everything, wanting to throw herself into his arms.

Su Chen turned around; his body shrank inch by inch, quickly returning to his normal appearance.

His face still carried that tired but gentle smile as he looked at Zhuge Jinyu, who was rushing toward him like a swallow returning to its nest.

The armor on his body and the long sword in his hand dissipated along with the energy.

Soon, he returned to his green-robed appearance on Peach Mountain.

Even so, he could not stop his figure from becoming increasingly faint.

"Xiao Yu."

His voice was extremely light, carrying endless attachment and reluctance.

He wanted to reach out and touch that pretty face, but his hand had already become transparent; he could grasp nothing.

In Su Chen's mind, everything experienced during this investment echoed.

From the cowardly, tearful girl of the Zhuge Family to the mature, steady Prime Minister Zhuge before him who could already stand on her own.

A gratified smile appeared on his face.

"Xiao Yu, you have grown up."

"There is no need for Sir to teach you everything hand-in-hand anymore."

"I'm sorry, there is one thing I broke my promise on in the end."

"I cannot watch Xiao Yu unify the world."

"I cannot accompany Xiao Yu to see the snow in Luodu..."

"Sir, I cannot hold on anymore."

Zhuge Jinyu's tears burst forth instantly.

Like a drowning person grabbing the last straw, she grabbed Su Chen's body, which had not yet completely dissipated.

Her Integration Realm cultivation poured into his increasingly fading figure as if it were worthless.

While trying to save his life, she shook her head frantically.

"No! Sir! You won't disappear!"

"You said you would watch me unify the world, you said..."

Su Chen looked at the girl on the verge of collapse before him, feeling a bit more pity.

Ten years of investment, everything the girl did was for him.

If he disappeared, Zhuge Jinyu might lose all direction and even commit suicide.

"It seems I must give her a strong medicine..."

To ensure his investment had a perfect ending, Su Chen decided to raise the banner.

"Listen to me, Xiao Yu."

Su Chen interrupted her, his fingers brushing across her cheek in the void.

"Sir still has some words to say to you, and I believe you will definitely want to hear them and like them."

"There are some things that, if not said now, will truly have no chance."

He looked deep into her eyes, clearly and distinctly.

"Zhuge Jinyu, I am fond of you."

"Not the appreciation of a teacher for a student, not the expectation of an angel investor for a project."

"It is a man's most despicable, most greedy, and most unspeakable, yet most sincere love for the girl he has protected for ten years."

"If I did not love you, how could I risk my life time and time again to protect you, and risk my life to help you complete your great cause of unification?"

"That would be too selfless, and far beyond what a teacher should do for his student."

"But... I am destined to be a jinx."

"I will harm everyone close to me... I am not worthy of you, Sir..."

She spoke incoherently, her tears flowing even more fiercely.

She hated herself.

Why hadn't she seen Sir's feelings sooner?

Why hadn't she cherished the time spent with Sir?

Why wait until she was about to lose him to understand how to cherish?

"Silly girl."

Su Chen's smile carried heartache and doting.

"There is no such thing as a jinx."

"You are the person I chose, the most dazzling and resilient pearl in this world."

"I, your Sir, have wandered and drifted for half a life."

"Deceived by countless people, bullied and looked down upon by countless people."

"Only you, Zhuge Jinyu, were willing to trust every word of mine with all your heart, placing me in the most precious spot in your heart."

"You are the treasure that I, Su Chen, encountered only after exhausting the luck of a lifetime."

His figure became increasingly faint, and his speaking speed increased slightly.

"Xiao Yu, you must live well."

"For me, and for yourself, see the prosperous scene of this unified world."

"To achieve this goal of unification, your cultivation broke through too quickly, and your heart pulse was severely damaged."

"I will use my final strength to repair it for you, helping you break through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm."

"... You must walk the path ahead by yourself."

As he spoke, his remaining phantom turned into the purest flow of warm energy.

It surged into Zhuge Jinyu's heart, gently but irresistibly.

A majestic vitality, like the sea, instantly filled her limbs and bones.

The heart pulse that had troubled her for many years and was nearly exhausted was repaired and nourished at a speed visible to the naked eye, even becoming tougher and stronger than before.

The bottleneck of the late Integration Realm, which had been stuck for a long time, shattered with a roar.

Her cultivation directly stepped into the threshold of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.

But this gift of power also accelerated Su Chen's dissipation.

"Remember, you must live, see the peaceful world for me..."

Su Chen's voice was now as weak as a whisper, his figure so faint that the outline was almost invisible.

Only those eyes, filled with love and reluctance, remained clear.

"Xiao Yu, choosing the path of unifying the three kingdoms is not only for the sake of the world's people, but also for you, for Sir."

"If the world is unified, and if I can have a next life..."

"As long as the world is unified, no matter where your Sir is reincarnated, I can be born in a place with a prosperous country and peaceful people, without war."

"In the next life, I will not be a soul in a mirror, nor an angel investor."

"I will just be an ordinary person."

"If I am lucky... perhaps I can become... the husband... of the Female Prime Minister."