#2637 - The past is gone, there is no if in the world
After many years, Jun Wu Xie stood in front of the entrance to the Primordial Mine Pit once again.
This place was no longer as shadowy as it once was.
Back then, various forces took turns mining Immortal Origin Stones here.
Now, the Primordial Mine Pit had long been sealed.
“This place appears unremarkable on the surface, but that is not the case.
The field here is extremely special, especially inside the mine, where there is a mysterious power deep within, carrying an extremely dense aura of time.”
As the Empress, and having cultivated to the late stage of the Great Emperor Realm, Jing Ya could see the problem with the mine pit at a glance.
However, she could not perceive anything deeper, only sensing a blur.
A wisp of mysterious power obscured her divine sense, shocking her.
This place was too extraordinary, hiding great secrets.
Her husband's visit this time must be for the secret at the deepest part of the mine.
“Let's go in.”
Jun Wu Xie took Jing Ya's hand and walked into the mine pit, heading deeper inside.
Before long, they stepped into the area shrouded in the aura of time.
“The aura of time here…”
As they continued to go deeper, Jing Ya became more and more shocked.
The aura of time was too dense, even she was affected.
The most terrifying thing was that they had not yet reached the core area.
If they reached the core area, to what extent would the power of time be concentrated?
“Husband, what secrets are hidden here?”
“This place leads to an ancient hall, and inside the ancient hall, there is a female powerhouse of the Wudao Realm in slumber.”
“A female powerhouse?”
Jing Ya was shocked when she heard the first part, but for some reason, when she heard the second half, she automatically ignored the first part, and only the words 'Wudao Realm female powerhouse' echoed in her mind.
That was a female powerhouse of the Wudao Realm!
Judging from her husband's appearance, his relationship with this female powerhouse of the Wudao Realm must be quite good, otherwise he wouldn't have come straight in.
“That's right, a female powerhouse of the Wudao Realm, is there a problem?
What's with that reaction of yours?”
Jun Wu Xie was a little surprised. Jing Ya's eyes actually contained a hint of resentment and some uneasiness.
“No… nothing…”
Jing Ya hesitated, but in the end, she said nothing, holding his arm, slightly lowering her eyes, and continuing to walk deeper with him.
Along the way, she no longer spoke, remained very quiet, and kept her eyes lowered, not knowing what she was thinking.
Jun Wu Xie felt her hands holding his arm getting tighter and tighter, coupled with her silence and lowered eyes, it was too abnormal.
“Jing Ya, what on earth are you thinking?”
Jun Wu Xie suddenly stopped and turned her body to face him.
Jing Ya lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly, her alluring red lips quivered, but she didn't speak.
“Raise your head and look at me.”
Jun Wu Xie felt a little inexplicable, pinched her chin, and lifted her face.
“Tell me, what nonsense are you thinking?”
“I…”
Jing Ya hesitated.
“Speak!”
“Husband.” Jing Ya gazed into his eyes, her gaze a little lost, “Do you think there will come a day when my importance in your heart will become less and less…?”
Jun Wu Xie was stunned. What was wrong with her, suddenly having such absurd thoughts.
“What makes you have such an unreliable illusion?”
Jun Wu Xie was really speechless. Jing Ya had always been a very intellectual and elegant woman.
She had always been very confident in herself, but today she suddenly became患得患失, which was nothing like her before.
“There are many women around Husband who are much more outstanding than I am, such as that female powerhouse of the Wudao Realm inside.
She is of the Wudao Realm, what does a little Empress like me count for?
Will there come a day when I am no longer important in your heart, will you no longer care about me?”
Jun Wu Xie was silent for a moment, and then said: “Since we left the Lower Realm together and went to the Upper Realm, every day we have been together, haven't I cared enough for you, haven't I loved you enough?”
“No, no, that's not what I meant…”
Jing Ya hurriedly shook her head, her fingers tightly gripping his arm.
“I thought the relationship between us should be quite deep, and we should trust each other very much.
Your feelings for me don't even have this bit of confidence.
Among your many sisters, you are one who has experienced more with me, we have walked a long time together.
We officially confirmed our relationship, and you have existed as my wife for a long time, right?
I didn't expect that you would still think this way now.”
“Husband, are you angry?”
Jing Ya cautiously tugged at his sleeve.
Jun Wu Xie did not speak, and continued to walk towards the depths of the mine.
Jing Ya held his arm, followed closely, but her eyes never left his profile.
He was angry, really angry.
She could feel it.
“I was wrong, don't be angry, okay?”
Jing Ya apologized in a low voice, her voice soft and weak.
Jun Wu Xie still did not respond, just continued to move forward.
After walking for a while, Jing Ya suddenly pulled him to a stop, tightly hugging his body, and said in a low voice: “Don't be angry, I know I was wrong, Husband can punish me however you want, but Husband, don't ignore me, you can't ignore me!”
“Raise your head and look at me!”
Hearing this, Jing Ya raised her face and gazed at him, her eyes a little aggrieved, a little apprehensive.
“If you ever dare to say such nonsense again…”
“No, I won't say it again!”
Jing Ya covered his mouth with her hand, biting her red lips and gently shaking her head, “I know I was wrong, I shouldn't be willful, I shouldn't speak recklessly, I shouldn't think wildly…”
“Sigh.”
Jun Wu Xie sighed, his attitude softened, gently stroking her face, and said: “Do you know how important you are in my heart, each of you is incredibly important in my heart.
What you shouldn't have is actually inferiority.
You are the Heavenly Dao, you are Nanli Jing Ya, you are my woman!
How can you have an inferiority complex, just because of a female powerhouse of the Wudao Realm, you are inferior?
My feelings will not change because of any external conditions.
You will naturally become more and more important in my heart, and will not change because of anyone.
With your aptitude, as one of my consorts, you will surely step into the Wudao Realm in the future.
Even if you don't have confidence in yourself, you should have confidence in your man!
Got it?”
“Yes, I got it.”
Jing Ya hurriedly nodded.
“If you ever dare to again…”
Jun Wu Xie didn't finish his words, but was blocked by Jing Ya's hand, “I won't dare to.”
A smile appeared on her face as she spoke.
“You, now you're like a little girl, you're really a different person from your usual self.”
“Really?”
Jing Ya adjusted her state and returned to her elegant and intellectual appearance.
“Let's go, this matter is not over yet.
I'll deal with you properly after I've resolved everything!”
Jing Ya's face turned slightly red upon hearing this, and she subconsciously spat lightly.
Of course, she knew what he meant by dealing with her.
…
Arriving at that ancient hall again, the coffin still lay quietly there.
The Flowers of Time on it were gone.
The power of time in the hall was very dense, but compared to the past, it had weakened a lot.
“The female powerhouse Husband spoke of wouldn't be lying in the coffin, right?”
Jing Ya looked at the coffin, holding his arm tightly.
Here, she did not dare to separate from him, otherwise she would be subjected to the erosion of time.
The Emperor Realm powerhouse, although they are no longer affected by the passage of time.
But that refers to the natural power of time, or the power of time released by people with strength lower than their own.
The power of time here was too terrifying.
Unless one could comprehend the Dao of Time to a perfect degree, one simply couldn't withstand it.
“Lord Jun, you've come again.
Is the woman you brought this time also your wife?”
A pleasant, ethereal female voice came from inside the coffin, with a hint of teasing.
“Hello, let me introduce myself, my name is Nanli Jing Ya, I am his wife, one of his deeply loved women.”
Jing Ya said to the coffin.
“Oh, is that so?”
The female voice inside the coffin was slightly surprised, with an 'I don't believe it' tone.
“Of course.”
Jing Ya smiled confidently.
“If that's the case, why was Sister Jing Ya still doubting herself before?”
Obviously, Time had already discerned everything, and had seen everything that happened after Jing Ya and Jun Wu Xie entered the mine.
“Sister is joking, I don't understand what you mean.
That was just my way of acting coquettishly with my man.”
Jing Ya naturally didn't want to admit it, how could she lose to her in words!
“Why does Sister feel like Younger Sister is hostile towards her?”
The voice inside the coffin finished speaking and chuckled, “Younger Sister is probably misunderstanding the relationship between me and Lord Jun.
We are just friends, or rather, comrades-in-arms who will fight side by side in the future, Daoists who pursue ultimate transcendence together.”
“Who can say for sure what will happen in the future.
However, I don't care what kind of relationship you have.
No matter what the relationship is, it can't change my position in his heart, can it?”
“Alas, Lord Jun's methods of taming women are truly amazing.”
Time sighed, the women around him all regarded him as a faith.
Ever since Yue Chenyu came to her.
During this time, she learned everything about him from Yue Chenyu's inner world.
A woman with Chenyu's temperament would actually be so infatuated with him.
Although he had the highest identity and the strongest strength in his previous life.
But having walked this life, after all, I grew up slowly from a small cultivator.
“I didn't expect that even you, Time, would make fun of people.”
“Just because one has existed for a long time, does that mean one should become an old antique with a heart as still as an ancient well?
If that were really the case, then one would lose the meaning of being alive.
I think that the most precious thing on the path of cultivation is to be able to retain one's original self even after witnessing the birth and death of the universe and the changes of time.”
“You are right, I very much agree with that, and this is also the path I adhere to.
If one cultivates for too long, sees too much, becomes numb, becomes indifferent, and one's heart can no longer generate emotional fluctuations, then that is no longer the true self.
The path of the Great Dao should be one where humans control the Dao, not the Dao controlling humans.”
“What a 'Humans control the Dao, not the Dao controlling humans'!
Well said!”
The lid of the coffin slowly slid open, and a brilliant light bloomed from within.
An aura of time, so rich that it was indescribable, surged out along with it.
However, this aura of time did not have the power of erosion.
Obviously, it was the result of Time deliberately controlling it.
A graceful figure walked out of the coffin.
She was tall and slender, and her body was surrounded by the Dao rhythm of time, sparkling and dazzling, like countless fragments of gold dotted in the void, like a sky full of stars surrounding her.
Her appearance could not be seen clearly, as the hazy light of time fragments concealed her face.
She walked towards Jun Wuxie and Jingya.
During the process of walking, the hazy light of gold fragments covering her face gradually dissipated, and her face gradually appeared in their sight.
Jingya's gaze was attracted by her face, and her eyes gradually became amazed, even a little dazed.
How could this woman be so beautiful?
How could there be such a beautiful woman in the world?
She had seen too many women with prosperous immortal faces. Which of her sisters was not a peerless beauty in the world?
However, the beauty of the woman in front of her could no longer be described, especially since she cultivated the Dao of Time, which made her look like a hazy, dreamlike beauty.
This kind of beauty made people feel an unreal sense of illusion.
And it was this sense of illusion that made people feel an uncontrollable sense of infinite beauty in their hearts.
“Snap out of it.”
Jun Wuxie waved his hand in front of Jingya's face.
Jingya immediately returned to reality from that infinitely beautiful and amazing state of mind.
She turned her face to look at Jun Wuxie and smiled elegantly, “Husband, is Sister Time beautiful?”
“Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?
Who was it that was so mesmerized just now?”
Jingya's face turned slightly red and she stopped talking.
Time smiled lightly, “You two are really interesting.”
“Alright, stop teasing us.
How are you recovering now?”
“The recovery is better than expected. Perhaps in a few more years, I will be able to completely bid farewell to this place.
I have been here for endless years, and I am finally about to break free from my shackles.
If I hadn't met you, I'm afraid I would have no hope in this life.
Even with my strength, as long as I had enough time, I might eventually be able to solve the problem.
But that would require too long, and time waits for no one.
Before that day comes, the heavens will be completely overturned, and I will hardly be spared.
God Jun, you shouldn't be here to see me, right?”
“How is Chenyu?”
Although Jun Wuxie did not respond directly, this sentence explained his intention.
He was indeed not mainly here to see Time, but to see Yue Chenyu, and to see how Time was recovering by the way.
“She is very well, and has entered the Emperor Realm.”
“Chenyu has entered the Emperor Realm?”
Jun Wuxie was stunned, and then his face darkened, and his tone became a little colder, “Did you take it upon yourself to accelerate the release of her Dao Fruit power?”
“God Jun, please don't be angry. This matter was not my own decision, but Chenyu's intention.
I know you want her to cultivate slowly, so that she can have the complete Dao Fruit of two lifetimes.
But Chenyu, she wants to help you, she wants to become stronger as soon as possible.”
Time sighed inwardly. That woman gave up the coexistence of two lifetimes of Dao Fruit for him.
If she had two lifetimes of Dao Fruit, and with her aptitude, the collision and fusion of the Dao Fruit in the future would achieve the sublimation and transformation of the Dao to the extreme, and she would be even stronger after entering the Realm of No Dao.
It's just that she gave up, for the man in front of her.
“Can you call her out?”
“No, she is currently in a critical period of deep enlightenment.
God Jun, things have come to this, Chenyu has already made her own choice, and there is no turning back.
One day, when Chenyu's cultivation is successful, she will come to find you.
In fact, you don't need to be disappointed.
Although Chenyu has given up the Dao Fruit of two lifetimes, she has extremely high comprehension in the Dao of Time.
Now, her understanding of the Dao of Time has surpassed the peak of her previous life.
Don't worry, I will share all my insights with her and will personally guide her all the time.
Not to mention anything else, her future achievements will be at least in the Realm of No Dao.
It's just that compared to her with the dual Dao Fruit, there may be some difference in combat power.
God Jun might as well change his way of thinking.
If God Jun had not met me, Chenyu would not have come here to cultivate.
In that case, although she could maintain the cultivation of the dual Dao Fruit, her final achievements would not be higher than what she can achieve now.
It can only be said that she gave up the maximization of benefits that she could achieve in the future after meeting me.”
“Things have come to this, there is no point in saying these things anymore, unless…”
Jun Wuxie felt a little blame in his heart. Why did he ignore this link in the first place?
Time cultivated the Dao of Time, and so did Chenyu.
In this case, with Time's help, Chenyu could quickly release the power of the Dao Fruit with her power, and she herself would not suffer backlash, and she would not have to worry about her body being unable to bear it.
Why didn't he think that she would give up the Dao Fruit of this life and choose to return to the peak of her previous life in the shortest possible time!
If he had thought of this link at the time, and secretly told Time, he would not have come to this point.
However, it is not really impossible to change.
If Time used her divine power to turn time back to that time…
“God Jun, there is no unless.
You may not understand her determination.
When she made her choice, she had already engraved a mark in her own primordial spirit.
Even if time goes back, it cannot be changed.
Unless her primordial spirit imprint is erased.
But in that case, it would damage her primordial spirit.
Because that imprint has been completely integrated with her primordial spirit.
Obviously, she knew that you might ask me to do that, so she eliminated the last trace of possibility.”
Jun Wuxie was silent.
He walked to the coffin and looked inside.
But he could not see Yue Chenyu's figure.
This coffin, on the surface, is a coffin, but inside it is an endless space-time, boundless.
She stood in front of the coffin for a long time.
Time did not speak, and neither did Jingya. They both quietly looked at his back.
At this moment, Jun Wuxie's mood was complicated, and he could not express what he was feeling.
He recalled the process of meeting Yue Chenyu in the lower realm, those scenes.
At that time, she was extremely strong, and she cultivated the way of the sword so hard that her hands were full of calluses.
Such a beautiful and slender pair of hands, the back of the hands looked extremely beautiful, but the palms were covered with thick calluses.
It can be seen how much she valued and how persistent she was in her pursuit of the Dao of this world.
But unexpectedly, she has now given up her long-standing persistence for her own sake.
He didn't know how long he stood in front of the coffin before he turned around and returned to Time and Jingya's side, and said to Time: “When she finishes her retreat and returns to her peak, tell her that I am waiting for her, and let her come to see me as soon as possible.”
“She loves you so much, she will come to you as soon as possible even if you don't say it.”
Jun Wuxie shook his head, “Time, I know you have peeped into her heart.
Even so, your understanding of her is limited.
Therefore, when that day comes, you need to inform me as soon as possible.”
“Okay, I will.”
Time looked at him and suddenly felt a little emotional, “God Jun, you said that if you were as affectionate in your previous life as you are in this life, it would not have caused so many proud daughters of the heavens to die with endless regrets when the heavens were shattered and their bodies disappeared…”
“The past is gone, and there is no if in this world.
Even if powerful people like you and I can turn back time in an instant and return to that era, we still cannot change anything.”
“Yes, it's not that we can't change it, but the karma here is too great, and even you and I can't bear it.
If there were no ultimate transcendents in the world, it would really be just a moment for you and me to change everything.”
“But the ultimate transcendents do exist in reality. Restricted by this, you and I cannot accept that karma, and we are powerless to change all the people or things that happened to us in that era.
All we can fight for is the future that has not yet happened.
Jingya and I are leaving, take good care of your recovery.”
“Well, when I recover to my peak, I will come to you as soon as possible.
Let us advance side by side, destroy powerful enemies together, and fight for a prosperous and eternal world!”
Time watched them leave until they left the ancient mine before returning to the coffin.
