Ming Zhi Tian held Yan Li Xue, his body positioned underneath hers.
Yan Li Xue struggled in mid-air, thinking he was trying to take advantage. She attempted to kick him away, but he held her tightly from behind.
Ming Zhi Tian remained silent. He had experienced similar situations before and dared not be distracted, lest they both fall to their deaths.
After an unknown duration, perhaps half a day, with a "bang!" Ming Zhi Tian landed on the ground and coughed up blood. However, he suppressed it, preventing it from splashing onto Yan Li Xue's head, swallowing it instead, and then lost consciousness.
"Ugh..." Yan Li Xue felt dizzy. She shook her head and tapped her temples, and immediately felt much better.
Seeing that Ming Zhi Tian's lower body was pressed against her buttocks, she quickly flipped over and slapped him, "Slap!" hitting his face. He didn't move at all, like a dead person.
Yan Li Xue nudged him: "Scoundrel, get up!"
Then she reached out to check his breathing and feel his pulse, confirming he was dead.
Yan Li Xue couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hands: "You... you're dead?"
The thought that he had died saving her, and not just once but for the second time. Although the first time, she had been afflicted by the Sakura Powder, and he had saved her life by helping her directly, which had made her feel foolish and humiliated, he had still kept her alive.
Yan Li Xue involuntarily felt guilty: "I wanted to die, but you beat me to it? I..."
Yan Li Xue got off him and realized her leg was broken. She stood up, limping. She walked slowly, found a spot with soft soil ahead, and began punching it repeatedly.
Soon, she had dug a deep pit. She dragged Ming Zhi Tian to the pit, then changed her mind: "No, I can't be buried with him."
She then dug another pit. Looking at the two pits before her, Yan Li Xue nodded with satisfaction and looked at Ming Zhi Tian: "It's a benefit for you to be buried beside me."
Just as Yan Li Xue drew her dagger to take her own life, the Longevity Art began to circulate autonomously, and Ming Zhi Tian slowly woke up. He had come back to life.
"Farewell forever, who will remember me, Yan Li Xue?"
Ming Zhi Tian climbed out of the pit and saw this scene. He quickly jumped out, grabbed her wrist, dodged the dagger, and threw it into the pit:
"Don't do anything foolish! I'm not dead yet, you don't need to die with me, it's unnecessary."
"..."
Yan Li Xue wanted to say: "If I were a man, I'd kick you."
Yan Li Xue was stunned at first, then reacted: "You're not dead?! Then why did you pretend to be dead? You made me work for nothing."
Ming Zhi Tian glanced at the two pits on the ground: "I don't know. Even if I were to die, you wouldn't need to dig two pits, would you? Do you plan to cut me into two and bury me in two separate pits?"
Yan Li Xue said expressionlessly: "That one is for myself."
Ming Zhi Tian comforted her: "You're still seeking death? There's plenty of joy to be found in this world, why choose such a way of living?"
Yan Li Xue said: "Living? But no one wants me anymore! Do you know? You don't! My body is so dirty now, I'm ashamed of what's happened to me!"
Ming Zhi Tian said: "Your body is dirty, just wash it off."
Yan Li Xue sneered: "Wash? Even the purest detergent can't wash away my shame."
Ming Zhi Tian suddenly became serious: "I want you!"
Yan Li Xue's brow twitched: "What?"
Ming Zhi Tian began to speak with affection: "I said, I want you!"
Yan Li Xue's delicate body trembled slightly, her pretty face blushed. Although a hint of emotion arose, she still refused: "I don't need your pity, which is born of pity and sympathy!"
Ming Zhi Tian couldn't help but ask: "Am I that bad?"
Yan Li Xue hadn't recovered from his previous words: "Wh-what?"
Ming Zhi Tian repeated: "Am I that bad?"
Yan Li Xue took a step back: "Cultivation at the third layer of Qi refinement, you are indeed quite bad."
Ming Zhi Tian said: "What must I do to be worthy of you?"
Thinking of this question, Yan Li Xue was taken aback. She thought to herself, "Indeed, is he not worthy of me now? He is worthy, it is I who am not worthy of him."
Ming Zhi Tian leaned in and kissed her. Yan Li Xue's eyes widened, completely caught off guard:
"You scoundrel!"