Chapter 1179: I Can’t Go Back

Chapter 1179: I Can’t Go Back

Su Kexin kept her eyes closed, waiting for the sound of the sharp sword to land on her, but all she heard was the sound of the sword hitting the ground. Even though they were high atop a mountain peak, surrounded by vast emptiness, the echo of the sword striking continued to ring in her ears.

This shouldn’t be happening; how could the sound still linger after so long?

Could the sword have somehow risen on its own?

This sword doesn’t belong to me; my sword is the Phoenix Sword. Besides that, I don’t acknowledge any other sword.

Has Senior Martial Brother not made his move yet?

Or perhaps I’m already dead, and what I just heard was an auditory hallucination?

“What are you still doing with your eyes closed? Planning to sleep before it even gets dark?”

Lin Nuo said coldly, facing away from Su Kexin as he gazed into the distance.

In the distance lay a mountain, which should have been where a grave would someday rest, burying his body, while his soul would enter another cycle of reincarnation.

But that wasn’t happening right now; he was still very much alive.

To be honest, if this hadn’t happened, he wouldn’t know where he was headed.

In an instant, he lost his sense of direction.

He felt he could understand Da Su’s feelings now. In that split second, losing direction, utterly clueless about what to do?

It would be better to just let Su Kexin finish him off.

Beneath this cliff was an abyss, dark and unfathomable; jumping down, he wouldn’t know what he would meet.

What if I just jump?

Alright then, jump.

Lin Nuo leaned forward without using any wind technique, directly falling off the cliff. His eyes were open, but he had no inclination to see what awaited him below, as if he had already let go of everything.

This move startled Su Kexin, who had been with her eyes closed. She didn’t open her eyes even when the sword hit the ground. Suddenly, she sensed Lin Nuo silently jumping into the abyss.

“Senior Martial Brother, no!”

Su Kexin, caught up in her emotions, immediately leaped down after him.

According to physics, with the same gravitational acceleration, Su Kexin definitely couldn’t catch up to Lin Nuo with this jump.

However, in this world, many of physics’ rules didn’t apply; Newton’s coffin lid would have to be pried open! Remarkably, Su Kexin fell faster than Lin Nuo, ultimately catching up to him.

From the standpoint of any anime theory, this actually makes sense. Imagine someone jumping from a building; the protagonist jumps down and surely catches up.

They could even grab the other person’s hand and toss them back up to the rooftop.

Then, they’d get all emotional, replacing the one who jumped.

It’s cliché to death.

And that cliché indeed happened to Lin Nuo.

Su Kexin caught up with him and firmly grasped his hand.

With the fierce wind blowing at the cliff’s edge, Su Kexin’s hair danced in the gale, the wind was so loud that her shouts couldn’t reach Lin Nuo’s ears.

At this moment, Lin Nuo opened his eyes. “Wait, you jumped too?”

“Is this mountain really that high? I haven’t landed yet?”

“Why are you following me? And how did you catch up?”

This is ridiculous.

“Senior Martial Brother, why did you jump down?”

Su Kexin held onto Lin Nuo’s hand, her voice reaching his ears not through the air, but through their hearts.

“I said I jumped down to play. Do you believe me?”

“Uh? I do! But Senior Martial Brother, you have to wait for me! Aren’t we supposed to be together forever?”

“Go back.”

“Why? Senior Martial Brother, where do you want to go?”

“Back.”

“No way!”

The two began to argue, suspended over the abyss, as if they were frozen in mid-air, unable to land.

It felt just like when they had jumped off the cliffs behind Ru Yu Village, taking forever to touch the ground.

Damn it, even death seems out of reach.

“Go back.”

Lin Nuo exerted all his strength and attempted to fling Su Kexin back toward the cliff’s edge.

But Su Kexin clung stubbornly to Lin Nuo’s hand, refusing to let go.

“Senior Martial Brother, don’t think you can shake me off! If you’re going back, we’re going back together!”

“Ugh…”

Lin Nuo felt helpless. Even if he regained his strength and Demon Soul Power, if Su Kexin insisted on challenging him, he still wouldn’t be her match.

Fine, then let’s go back.

In an instant, Lin Nuo waved his other hand, and beneath his feet, a circular wind vortex appeared, like a flying disc, catching both of them as they fell.

“Senior Martial Brother, what are you planning now?”

“Not jumping anymore, let’s go back.”

With that, Lin Nuo used his techniques, and the wind vortex rapidly shot them back toward the cliff’s edge.

“You can let go now; I’m not jumping anymore.”

“No, I won’t let go. I’m worried you’ll suddenly leave.”

“Don’t think too much; if I wanted to leave, you definitely wouldn’t catch up. Stop with these useless things.”

“Useless? Why would it be useless? Isn’t it useful for two people in love to hold hands? Where’s the harm in that?”

Su Kexin was quite stubborn; holding hands was a manifestation of love.

“You… Fine, whatever…”

To be honest, Lin Nuo had disliked Su Kexin’s appearance, since he could never forget that moment when he, like a lost dog, was killed by her. That was the exact version of her he still saw.

But under that skin was another soul; he gradually started to resist her less.

“Senior Martial Brother, why do you keep saying to let it go? You seem so helpless.”

“Why do you think? What can I do? You want what you want, and so it is.”

Lin Nuo made a defeating gesture, not wanting to argue with Su Kexin any longer; she was just stubborn and wouldn’t listen.

“Senior Martial Brother, since we’re not fighting anymore, let’s go!”

“I haven’t thought about where to go.”

“How about going back to Ru Yu Village? Let’s get married there. Isn’t Aunt there settled? We can all be together; that sounds great!”

“Do you think I can go there now? You can, but I can’t.”

Lin Nuo scoffed slightly, covered in Demon Qi, looking like a villain, how much blood was on his hands? At this moment, anyone in Ru Yu Village seeing him would view him as a ferocious beast and hurriedly avoid him.

“Mmm… How would you know if you don’t go? Since Senior Martial Brother has turned around, they will surely forgive you and accept you back. After all, they witnessed your growing up.”

“Some things, even if you turn around, no one will forgive you. You don’t belong to this world; you haven’t experienced its horrors. You’re still seeing things through the lens of your original world. You can forgive, but here, they don’t have memories of you, nor mine of clumsily becoming a hero. Forget it, I won’t go back. I don’t want my mother to see me like this.”

Lin Nuo rejected Su Kexin’s words; he truly couldn’t go back.

Now, he just wanted to find a deserted place to wait to die.

“I rarely ask for help. But now, I’m asking you; just tell the world that I’m dead. Then use your merits to exchange for Ruo’er. Although this is something you’d do anyway, I’m begging you; consider it giving me a part to play.”

Lin Nuo continued.