253: Chapter 253 - Don't Say It

A few days later.

Inside the dark space.

Yu Suling was smoothing out Li Qing's clothes, while Eternal Nightmare reclined on the jade couch behind them, propping her face up with her hand as she watched the scene.

“Husband, these clothes look really good on you.”

Yu Suling gently threw herself into Li Qing's arms and hugged him.

“It's because my wife serves me so well.”

Li Qing laughed.

“Cough.”

Eternal Nightmare gave a light cough.

I'm still here.

You dote on her so much.

Li Qing looked back at Eternal Nightmare. “What’s wrong? Is your throat uncomfortable?”

“I...”

Eternal Nightmare's delicate body stiffened. She seemed to recall something about her throat, and a flush of red appeared on her pretty face as she shot Li Qing a fierce glare.

She stood up, pulled Yu Suling out of Li Qing's arms, and took off his outer coat.

“Why are you taking off my coat?”

Eternal Nightmare then gently helped Li Qing put it back on.

Li Qing: “...”

It seemed Eternal Nightmare had never helped anyone dress before; the clothes ended up uneven.

After finishing, Eternal Nightmare hugged Li Qing directly, looking up at him with eyes like stars.

Li Qing looked at her with a bewildered expression.

“Don't you have anything to say to me?”

Seeing that Li Qing remained silent for a long while, Eternal Nightmare said through gritted teeth.

“My wife is truly beautiful.”

“Scoundrel.”

Eternal Nightmare buried her head in Li Qing's chest, her heart feeling sweet.

“Though, this service of yours in dressing people isn't exactly great.”

Eternal Nightmare: “...”

She reached her jade-like hand to Li Qing's waist, gave it a sharp twist, then looked up and rolled her eyes at him.

Then, Eternal Nightmare stood up and pulled Yu Suling over.

Yu Suling had no choice but to fix Li Qing's clothes again.

“I have things to do; I have to go.”

Li Qing said while hugging Yu Suling, pulling Eternal Nightmare into his arms at the same time. She gave him a light punch with her pink fist.

“Go ahead and attend to your business, Husband.”

“Don't worry about us.”

Yu Suling said softly.

Eternal Nightmare waved her sleeve, and a black passage appeared. Li Qing stole a quick kiss from both their faces, then let them go and stepped into the passage, disappearing.

Yu Suling walked to the jade couch, sat cross-legged, and began her meditative cultivation.

Eternal Nightmare: “...”

“This is my jade couch.”

“Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?”

Eternal Nightmare said indifferently.

“Go ahead and kill me then.”

“If my death could make Husband ignore you forever...”

“...then my death would be worth it.”

Yu Suling glanced at Eternal Nightmare.

“Truly vicious.”

Eternal Nightmare's delicate body trembled.

She couldn't imagine a day where Li Qing ignored her; she would have no courage to go on living. It would be a fate worse than death, better to just die.

Eternal Nightmare took a step and sat on the jade couch.

With a twist of her waist, she squeezed Yu Suling to the side and also began to Cultivate.

Eternal Great World.

Li Qing appeared where the two women had previously fought and continued toward Miaoqing Temple.

At the same time.

Deep within the Chaos of the Void Realm.

A beautiful Woman in White was playing a zither. The melodious music resonated, forming strands of dao markings that disturbed the nearby Chaos Qi, causing it to surge like waves.

“Swish.”

Just then, a flash of chaotic light appeared nearby, and a Woman in Green emerged, looking exactly like the Woman in White.

“Greetings, Original Body.”

“Reporting to the Original Body: I have not yet found any trace of the culprit from the Withered Lake that day.”

The Woman in Green said with a cupped-hand salute.

“To actually be able to hide from my investigation as the Lord of the World...”

“Even for an Upper Realm Cultivator, that should be impossible.”

“Interesting.”

The Woman in White's jade-like hand stopped, and the melodious zither music ceased.

“Should we capture the Wen sisters to force him to appear?”

The Woman in Green said in a low voice.

“No need.”

“The words he brought have made me somewhat uneasy.”

“Monitor Gu Beichen first.”

“I have plenty of time to see through all of this.”

The Woman in White said indifferently.

“As you wish, Original Body.”

The Woman in Green nodded slightly and disappeared directly into the chaotic space.

“Your tone was so certain when you spoke.”

“Do you perhaps know something?”

The Woman in White frowned slightly.

The scene returns to the Eternal Great World.

In a quaint, ancient hall, Wen Ruoyan looked at Li Qing with a look of pleasant surprise.

“Ah!”

“Husband!”

“Why are you here?”

Wen Ruoyan threw herself directly into Li Qing's arms.

Nearby, Wen Ruoheng glared at Li Qing.

“I missed you, so I came to see you.”

“Do you miss me, or is it...”

A mischievous smile appeared on Wen Ruoyan's beautiful, innocent yet seductive face, and her star-like eyes blinked.

Li Qing: “...”

“Husband, come with me.”

Wen Ruoyan pulled Li Qing directly toward the back hall.

“Wait, hold on a second...”

“I haven't even greeted your sister yet.”

“No need; Sister won't pay attention to you anyway.”

Wen Ruoheng: “...”

That bastard.

I want to hug him too.

“Ah!”

“Sister, if you don't come soon, don't blame me for keeping him all to myself...”

Wen Ruoyan's playful cries came from the back hall.

Wen Ruoheng's delicate body trembled, a flush of red appearing on her face as she walked into the back hall.

A few days later.

Li Qing sat at a tea table; Wen Ruoheng was brewing tea for him, while Wen Ruoyan was massaging his shoulders.

“Husband, when did you and Sister make up?”

“She’s actually so clingy to you.”

Wen Ruoyan said, her eyes darting around.

She was very curious.

“No telling.”

Wen Ruoheng blushed and glared at Li Qing.

“What's there that can't be said?”

“It went like this...”

Li Qing recounted the events of that day in detail.

“Ah!”

“I didn't expect Sister to encounter such a dangerous situation.”

“If she hadn't run into Husband, the consequences would have been unthinkable.”

Wen Ruoyan let out an exclamation.

“From now on, just stay quietly in the temple.”

“I will handle these matters.”

Li Qing said in a deep voice.

The two women nodded slightly.

Afterward, Li Qing stayed at Miaoqing Temple for over half a month before finally leaving.

A few days later.

On a massive peak, Li Qing stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the distant horizon. There, several Eternal God Emperors were chasing Gu Beichen.

To encounter something so interesting while just traveling, he naturally had to stop and watch.

“Swish.”

Just then, a divine light flashed atop the peak, and a graceful figure emerged. A Woman in Green appeared by Li Qing's side.

Li Qing narrowed his eyes after seeing who it was.

“Fellow Daoist is watching a show, I see.”

“You really made us search quite hard for you.”

The Woman in Green looked at the fight in the sky and gave a faint smile.

[Searching for me?]

[She's here because of the Withered Lake incident that day.]

[She's a Clone of the Lord of the Eternal World.]

[I wonder which one she is.]

[I remember in the original plot, one of the Clones mutated and always wanted to sever the connection with the original body to become an independent individual.]

[But she never dared to act because of her fear of the original body.]

This voice.

He didn't open his mouth.

Inner thoughts.

The Woman in Green was stunned.

[I remember that Clone has a characteristic: a faint scar on her neck.]

[She left it there intentionally to distinguish herself from the other Clones.]

At this moment, Li Qing's gaze fell upon her fair, jade-like neck, where he saw a faint mark, seemingly left by a longsword.

[It's her.]

[Heng Duoduo.]

He actually knows the deepest secret in my heart.

He must be killed.

The Woman in Green suddenly leaned slightly toward Li Qing.

Within Li Qing's pupils, red seeped through the white.

[Holy crap, this is...]