Chapter 5 — Eternal Spiritual Covenant

The smile on his face faded, his handsome eyebrows slightly frowned, as if blaming me that my wishes had nothing to do with him. But in just a moment, he regained his usual casual look: "Maybe." As soon as the words fell, the street under their feet, the surrounding houses, the distant sky... everything began to crack like a broken mirror. Before my consciousness completely left the dream, the arm around my waist suddenly tightened. “Wait for me.” – he said. Next, on my lips, suddenly there was a soft, slightly cold feeling, lightly touching. It's just contact like a dragonfly dousing water, but it makes my heart skip a beat. Stepping out of the secret realm, it's like we've just experienced another life. The cool feeling on my lips has not yet dissipated, but between me and Tieu Hac, the spirit contract has truly been broken. I offer Dragon Heart Grass to the sect master. He saw that I didn't have a spiritual beast by my side, so he told me to freely choose a superior divine beast as compensation. Looking at the series of tall, powerful, and overwhelming spirit beasts, in my mind only the image of a black dog that knew how to wrestle the blanket with me, used its head to rub against me, even said: "Only I... will not hate you." In the end, I did not choose any summoned beast. Seeing that I was depressed all day, the senior sister took me to the mountain to practice. We've been down the mountain for more than a month, and today we're taking a long tea break. In the tea house, a storyteller was waving his hands and mouth, enthusiastically recounting the big story that had recently shaken the world: "It must be said that the demon lord Da Thua Nguyen is truly stubborn! Within just one month, three sects were blood-bathed by him in one night, from top to bottom... there was not a single survivor left!" My heart couldn't help but tremble when I heard it. The desert, which had been silent for more than a month, finally moved again: 【Finally! Demon Venerable recovered all his strength and began to settle accounts with his old enemies!】 【These three sects were the murderers who plotted to seriously injure him, almost losing his life!】 【Actually, the reason Demon Venerable fell into the trap... said it was also out of love.】 【That's right, it was originally written: That year, when he heard that the benefactor who saved his life as a child was still alive, he wanted to find her to repay the favor.】 【He He brought out countless genius treasures, just asking for news about his benefactor, but ended up being tricked by that group of righteous sects into a pre-arranged killing array.】 【Finally, he risked his soul to break free to escape, and the only clue he received... pointed to the direction of Vuc Beast Sect. This is also the reason why he appeared in that place that year.】 After hearing those rumors, my mind suddenly flashed through a sentence that Thien Mo once said: 【When the demon master recovers his strength, he will start the cremation ground.】 Instinct made me raise my head and look at the eldest sister who was packing her luggage. She is the proud daughter of heaven who was slandered by the entire sect, suffered unjust humiliation, perhaps... she was the "only light" of Da Thua Nguyen in the past. As for him letting go in the secret realm... it was just because at that time, my eldest sister and I were on the same team. My chest suddenly felt a feeling of oppression, hard to describe in words. During the following days of training, I was still confused. That day, we accidentally saved a small fox whose whole body was as white as snow, with only a red streak at the tip of its tail, trapped under an animal trap. This little fox seems to be extremely prescient, his wound has just healed. He always followed me closely, occasionally rubbing his head against my leg, his clear, wet eyes filled with affection and supplication. "It wants to form a spirit contract with you." – Senior sister saw what it meant. I looked at the little fox, thinking that we really needed a spirit beast to help with our cultivation, so I nodded. Squat down, I condensed a golden spirit talisman on my fingertips, preparing to place it on its forehead. But before my fingertips touched— A familiar cold aura, carrying absolute pressure, enveloped the entire forest without warning. The surrounding birds immediately fell silent, even the wind seemed to stop. A tall, thin figure appeared in front of me like a ghost, leaving no trace. Da Thua Nguyen wears a mysterious long robe with golden thread, her long black hair freely falls down her back. It was still that breathtakingly handsome face, only this time, in those bottomless eyes, there was only anger. “Haven't I told you before?” He squeezed my wrist and said in a low voice: “This hand—” “Can only be used… to touch me.” Not knowing where I got the courage, a wave of anger rushed straight into my brain: "Now you are no longer my spirit beast!" Raising his head, he glared at him: "Between us, the spirit contract has long been broken, this rule... is naturally no longer valid!" As soon as the words were spoken, I immediately regretted them. The person facing me... is the demon lord who once bloodbathed three sects! I instinctively closed my eyes tightly, preparing to die. But the expected pain did not come, on the contrary, the desert that had always been against me exploded crazily: 【Ah ah ah ah! He's frantic! I knew it right away!】 【What is it? Someone please explain ahead!】 【Idiot! Haven't you noticed yet?! The new woman is the demon's life-saving benefactor!】 【It is the "white moonlight" he has been looking for for hundreds of years! The biggest twist, the deepest regret in the original! It turns out we all guessed wrong!】 【He realized it a long time ago! On the first night the female lead was detained, he transformed into a human to help her regulate her spiritual energy. At that time, he recognized the aura!】 【That's why he tested her in the dream, helped her take Long Tam Thao, got jealous, then chased after him!】 【Yes Thua Nguyen you idiot! Hurry and comfort her! If you're still so fierce, the wife you've been looking for for hundreds of years will be scared away by you!】 I opened my eyes in horror... The person who saved my life... was me? In front of Da Thua Nguyen's eyes, the cold murderous aura around his body had disappeared for some time. He looked at me, a bit of anger and confusion flashed in his eyes. He gently grabbed my hand, covering the whole hand in his palm. The spirit contract that had just condensed, followed his fingers and entered straight into the middle of his forehead. “That's it now.” “So… do you want to try raising me alone in this life?” That sentence filled my ears and was strangely familiar, as if I had heard it thousands of times. Memories that had been sealed away, covered in dust for a long time, began to vibrate at the bottom of my heart. Once mortals enter the path of cultivating immortals, mortal memories will be sealed by heaven and fade over the years. And at this moment, according to his words, according to the warmth from his palm, that seal... inch by inch, it crumbled. I remembered. I once brought a wounded little dog home, devotedly cared for it, and gave it the best medicine and the best food. I hold it and sit by the fireplace, repeating the same sentence over and over again: "Tieu Hac, you must get well soon. From now on, I will take care of you for the rest of your life... okay?" But in less than a few years, his father was murdered by criminals. In just one night, the entire palace was searched, and the house was destroyed. I could not bear the shock so great that I fainted in the midst of the fiery ruins. It was it that dragged its burned body, biting the hem of Elder Tham's shirt, who was training in the mortal world, and would not let go until he died, pulling him to my side. It turns out, everything... from the beginning was not a "plot", not a "heavenly path" at all. It was I who met him first, it was I who first swore to spend my life with him. And he... also used his own way to keep that promise, bringing us from the depths of despair back to the human world. Looking at the person in front of me - all the blades and murderous intent had been removed, leaving only eyes full of insecurity and expectation - I couldn't hold back anymore and threw myself into his arms. I smiled, but my eyes were filled with hot tears: "Okay." “From mortal to monk, I… just want to raise you for a lifetime.” Looking at my red eyes, he tightened his arms, holding me tightly in his chest, as if he wanted to take the whole world into his arms. The deep, hoarse voice rang in my ears, and at the end of the sentence there was a hidden smile: "Not just in this life." He leaned closer, his warm breath brushing past the shell of his ear, the tip of his tongue gently circling the lobe of the ear, then bent down to gently kiss the corner of the tear-stained eye. “In the next life… you still have to raise me.” “In the next life… you are still mine alone.” (Run out of)