Chapter 135: Growing Old Together

“Don’t overthink it, there’s nothing between her and me.”

Seeing Sikong Wangxing’s questioning gaze, Lin Xun couldn’t help but recall Bai Luoxue’s persistence with him and her innocent look when she stuffed her bellyband into his hand.

For a moment, Lin Xun guiltily looked away, not daring to meet Sikong Wangxing’s eyes anymore.

However, Lin Xun suddenly paused in his heart, feeling that there was no need for him to feel guilty.

There really was nothing between him and Bai Luoxue, and even if there were, it shouldn’t be any of her business, right?

But despite saying that, when Lin Xun looked up and saw Sikong Wangxing’s trembling eyes and the delicate way she bit her thin lips, he looked away again.

And this time, Lin Xun’s gaze avoidance was captured by Sikong Wangxing.

Sikong Wangxing recalled the rumors that Bai Luoxue of the Huanxi Sect had been searching for Lin Xun to control him, and the condition for that control was with Lin Xun…

Suddenly, Sikong Wangxing’s small hand clutched her heart again, and a sharp pain throbbed within her chest, even making her breathing a bit hurried.

Doesn’t he already have a woman he likes? Why did he have to be with Bai Luoxue…

“Hey, are you alright?”

Seeing that Sikong Wangxing’s condition was not right, Lin Xun reached out his hand to check her pulse.

“I’m fine.”

Sikong Wangxing dodged Lin Xun’s palm and hugged herself tightly, not letting him touch her again.

But even though the young girl said she was fine, her tears began to fall again.

“Ah, no, don’t cry.” Lin Xun felt a headache coming on. “There’s really nothing between me and Bai Luoxue.”

Lin Xun explained, but the explanation was a bit Pale.

Even though there really was nothing between Lin Xun and Bai Luoxue.

But seeing her silently weeping, Lin Xun knew he had no choice but to explain; otherwise, if she kept crying like this, wouldn’t she dehydrate?

Seriously, is this girl Lin Daiyu? How can she cry so much?

Even if he was the one who made her cry.

“There’s really nothing between me and Bai Luoxue, we are pure! Heaven can—”

“Rumble!” Just as Lin Xun was about to say ‘Heaven is my witness,’ a loud boom echoed from the sky.

Damn it! Lin Xun wanted to curse the heavens!

Turning his head, the young girl’s tears fell even faster.

Lin Xun sat in front of her and gave a soft sigh.

Looking at her profile still stained with tears, Lin Xun couldn’t help but think that if the marriage contract had proceeded normally, one day he would marry her, and then if he had a small disagreement with her, she would sit in the room silently wiping away tears…

Then he would go to coax her, and she would act like a spoiled child, saying she would “never talk to you again.”

Why did that feel a bit sweet?

Crap! Can’t think about that, can’t think about that!

Lin Xun quickly interrupted his own dangerous thoughts; this was truly too dangerous.

“What you have with Bai Luoxue has nothing to do with me.” Sikong Wangxing sniffled and turned her small head away, her tone carrying a hint of stubbornness.

“Then why are you crying?” Lin Xun said with a smile.

“I have nothing to do with you anyway,” Sikong Wangxing said stubbornly with downcast eyes, her small hands haphazardly wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.

“Alright, let’s not talk about that.” Lin Xun changed the subject. “Regarding the marriage contract…”

Hearing about the marriage contract, Sikong Wangxing’s thin shoulders trembled slightly, and her heart rate accelerated once more.

The young girl hugged herself even tighter, as if only by doing so could she protect herself from being hurt again.

“The marriage contract cannot be dissolved for the time being.”

Finally, Lin Xun spoke slowly.

Hearing Lin Xun’s voice, Sikong Wangxing’s eyes blinked a few times, and then she looked at Lin Xun in confusion.

“Don’t look at me like that.”

Lin Xun spread his hands.

“While you were unconscious, I opened our marriage contract to take a look.”

As he spoke, Lin Xun took out the red paper envelope from his robes and pulled the marriage contract out of it. Just by taking it out, a kind of Dao Rhyme began to drift through the cave.

Sensing something, Zhu Ling slightly opened her eyes, but she was met with a small pebble that struck her forehead, forcing her back into sleep.

“This is…”

Looking at the contents of the marriage contract, Sikong Wangxing’s eyes widened.

On it were not only her and Lin Xun’s Eight Characters of Birth, but also a drop of Essence Blood from each of them.

Not only that, these two drops of Essence Blood were even combined by some kind of Spell!

And this Spell was…

“The Qingtian Xuannü Technique.”

Sikong Wangxing blurted out.

Lin Xun’s brow twitched slightly. “I know this Spell is very impressive, but what’s with the name? This is too silly… which author came up with this…”

Sikong Wangxing gave Lin Xun a white look. “The Clear Heaven Mystic Maiden is the ancestor of our Tianji City, and the Qingtian Xuannü Technique is… is…”

“Is what?”

Lin Xun only knew that because of this Spell, he couldn’t dissolve the marriage contract, and his Dao Karma was intertwined with Sikong Wangxing’s, but he didn’t know the specifics of this Magic Formation.

Moreover, Lin Xun didn’t know if it was his imagination, but he seemed to see a faint blush rise on Sikong Wangxing’s cheeks.

“According to the records in the books, the Clear Heaven Mystic Maiden liked a certain man back then, so she created this technique. It only requires the Essence Blood of both parties to link the man and woman. From then on, their Dao will fuse, their Karma will be intertwined, and both parties will like each other more and more, until…”

“Until what?” Lin Xun broke into a cold sweat as he listened.

“Until the two parties unite in a Hundred Years of Harmony.”

“???”

Lin Xun felt as if ten thousand Grass Mud Horses were galloping through his heart, and he unconsciously began to pace back and forth.

He felt very confused right now, as if the characters from In the Night Garden were disco dancing in his mind.

What was with this Formation?

This was way too wrong!

And what was with that Clear Heaven Mystic Maiden? If you liked a guy and couldn’t catch him, you used this kind of method?

Don’t you know that a forced man isn’t sweet?

Seeing Lin Xun’s Pale face and the way he paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, Sikong Wangxing hugged herself tightly, not daring to look up.

“I… I’m sorry.”

After a long time, Sikong Wangxing spoke softly.

“No need to apologize to me, this isn’t your responsibility.” Lin Xun stopped pacing and sat in front of Sikong Wangxing. “Does this Spell affect one’s mind?”

“No.” Sikong Wangxing shook her head. “This Magic Formation mainly relies on the Karma of the Dao. When the Dao Karma of a man and woman are linked, they will invisibly come into contact through many events, and then develop feelings for each other through these contacts.”

“…And what if feelings never develop from beginning to end?”

“If feelings cannot develop, then it proves there is truly no fate or destiny, and one should let go, but…”

“But?” Lin Xun began to panic; what he feared most was a ‘but.’

“But… if the two parties have even a little bit of feeling for each other, that little bit of feeling will become a trigger, continuing to cause a series of karmic events, until…”

Sikong Wangxing raised her Star Eyes:

“Until the two are more deeply involved, their feelings grow deeper, they are no longer separated, and they grow old together.”