Free Web NovelChapter 950: Chapter 196: People are Like Lamps, and Life is Like Oil
The scorching sun flying boat left the Lost World and flew out of the "Dead Sea Area".
At an island specially designated for flying boats to dock and repair, Jiang Wang took back the Prime Stone he had "loaned" before bidding farewell to the Monks of Yang Valley and heading towards Huai Island.
It was already the early morning of April 14th.
Accustomed to the dark nights of the Lost World, flying over the star-bright, moonlit Azure Sea felt like "parting the clouds to reveal the moon", suddenly enlightening!
Although this journey was a nine-death-one-life experience, he had, after all, traversed through those "nine deaths" and gained that one "life".
While the journey left him heavily indebted, it ultimately completed his redemption, allowing him to save that foolish girl. He had not failed others, nor himself.
And the experiences in the Lost World, he would never forget for the rest of his life.
The cultivators who fought to the death, those who set aside worldly grudges for a united cause; in the face of threats from foreign races, what kind of spirit could humanity ignite...
Every cultivator who reached the External Building Realm should indeed take a trip to the Lost World, to see what efforts were made for the sake of the Human Race.
The Qingyun Mark appeared and dispersed, tracing beautiful paths in the sky.
He completed the redemption in nine days and returned to the Near Sea on the dawn of the tenth day; during this period, he did not relax for a moment, nor did he waste a breath of time.
It was a race against time, a competition with the ticking seconds.
Even if he were to do it all over again, he had no confidence in achieving the same feats, hence it was already the best he could do.
The End of the World Platform was now close at hand.
It is said that the line of characters left by the ancestor of the Diao Hai Building was now also approaching from afar.
Because the array on the End of the World Platform had already been activated, he could not fly down directly.
He circled in a different direction and then saw on the steps leading up to the End of the World Platform...
Zhongxuan Sheng, Shisi, Jiang Wuyou, Li Longchuan, Yan Fu, one by one familiar figures. freeweɓnovel.cøm
"What are you all gathered here for?"
Jiang Wang, shattering the Qingyun Mark, elegantly descended and suppressing the warmth in his heart, casually asked, "How is Zhu Bijing?"
He knew these friends must have been continuously monitoring his situation, which is why they were waiting here before his return to the End of the World Platform.
Sending him off when he left, welcoming him upon his return, though Tian Ya is far, their loyal hearts reflect each other.
Isn’t that what friendship is all about?
But Zhongxuan Sheng did not speak.
Jiang Wuyou’s eyes were fierce, and she remained silent as well.
Li Longchuan’s face looked unpleasant.
Yan Fu looked at him calmly, hiding his concerns very deeply.
It was as if an invisible heavy hammer had struck his chest.
Jiang Wang felt a strong unease, and forced a smile, asking, "What’s wrong with everyone?"
"Brother Jiang truly shines brightly! Your deeds in the Lost World are well-known throughout the Near Sea, truly impressive. I admire you greatly!"
A young cultivator in black brocade robes with golden edges bowed on the End of the World Platform, "We’ve finally waited for you to complete your mission and return, please take Lady Zhu Bijing away!"
The man smiled brilliantly.
Next to him stood another tall young cultivator with a complicated expression on his face, but one could tell from his aura that his cultivation was also extraordinary.
Jiang Wang did not know these two people, but he guessed they might be the talented young cultivators of the Diao Hai Building.
He did not speak.
The atmosphere on the stone steps made him feel increasingly uneasy.
He hurried up the steps and stepped onto the End of the World Platform.
Zhu Bijing was not bound or held, she stood alone in the middle of the End of the World Platform.
Curled up.
As if asleep.
After Jiang Wang went to the Lost World to cleanse his sins, indeed no one further punished her, but neither did anyone care for her.
There she lay on the End of the World Platform, with a body devoid of all cultivation, barely clinging to life, curled up for nine whole days and nights... Today was the tenth day.
On the vast End of the World Platform, those Black Armor Warriors standing at the edges seemed to fade into the night.
And the frail figure curled up in the center appeared as lonely as the still bright moon on the horizon.
The moon above in the Heavens, brilliantly eternal. The candlelight in the Human World, flickering on the verge of extinction.
"What does this mean?" Jiang Wang asked.
He glanced at Zhu Bijing lying motionless on the ground, then at the people around him, his expression a mix of both crying and laughing, "What does this mean?"
"Jiang Wang, don’t be anxious. The Lord of Hua Ying Palace has specially invited a Medical Practitioner from East King Valley," one of them said. "All might not be beyond salvage. Let the elder have a look."
Jiang Wang had come back, and Ji Shaoqing had no more reason to stop him. Zhongxuan Sheng and the others finally ascended the End of the World Platform.
Approaching Jiang Wang, Zhongxuan Sheng spoke reassuringly.
As his voice faded, a crowd farther down the stone steps parted, and an old man wearing a veiled hat stepped forward. He walked nimbly to Zhu Bijing’s side, knelt partially, and reached out to check her pulse.
Jiang Wuyou, Zhongxuan Sheng, and others had gathered so many at the front of the platform, even obtaining a Medical Practitioner from the East King Valley... What did this indicate?
Jiang Wang tried not to think about it.
On the vast End of the World Platform, aside from the sea breeze and waves, there were no other sounds for a moment.
When the old man from East King Valley opened his eyes, Jiang Wuyou asked, "Elder Su?"
Elder Su moved his fingers away and shook his head.
Jiang Wang stood there, feeling his heart sinking, sinking.
"You are the best Medical Practitioner in the Near Sea Archipelago," Jiang Wuyou continued. "There must be something you can do."
"Perhaps earlier there might have been." Elder Su sighed. "Now it’s beyond the help of medicine or stone."
Zhongxuan Sheng looked at Jiang Wang with some concern and said, "She was once a Transcendent Cultivator, so she must have some underlying strength. Perhaps you could think of another way..."
"Money is not an issue," pronounced Yan Fu.
"If she had been an ordinary person, there might still be a way. But precisely because she was once a Transcendent Cultivator. The one who erased her cultivation didn’t consider her body at all, applying very brutal methods, directly destroying her Tongtian Palace, forever severing her future... Humans can often cling to life robustly because they still have a future," Elder Su explained patiently, knowing the family background of these young people before him.
"An extremely pure vitality protected her life soul. But this vitality was scant and transient, quickly fading. Judging by her physical condition, actually, she had barely held on three days prior, and surviving until now is already a miracle."
"She has been struggling very hard."
Elder Su said, "But a person is like a lamp, life is like the oil, and hers has run out."
A person is like a lamp, life is like the oil, and hers has run out.
Actually, many words spoken, Jiang Wang had not absorbed. He was bizarrely befuddled. During these nine days and nights in the Lost World, he was too hard-pressed, too weary, straining his mind excessively tight.
But he heard that sentence clearly.
"I’ve tried very hard."
Jiang Wang slowly said, "I have great respect for Diao Hai Building, Diao Hai Building gave a reason, and I went to resolve that reason. Diao Hai Building pointed out a path, and I followed that path."
His voice was calm, even placid: "I exhausted all possibilities, used all my efforts. What could be done, I did my best; what couldn’t be done, I endeavored desperately. In my every moment in the Lost World, I was either battling or healing."
"I really tried very hard."
He repeated, then asked, "But why did it still end up like this?"
There was no sorrow on his face, yet it made him seem even more in agony.
He asked Zhongxuan Sheng, asked Jiang Wuyou, asked Elder Su, asked everyone present, "Who among you can tell me... why?"
