Xu Lin was still crying uncontrollably. His eyes were swollen. He was no longer speaking or asking anything, as if silence itself had already given him all the answers. Other than the sobs escaping from his nose, he was completely silent as he looked at Qingxue in his arms—her body cold, her eyes tightly shut.
The silence pierced into Xu Lin's heart. His gaze slowly swept across the surroundings: the food spilled on the ground that Qingxue must have prepared, the broken furniture, the overturned table. Still holding Qingxue in his arms, he began crawling toward the spilled food. He picked it up from the ground and stuffed it into his mouth without stopping, until he suddenly started coughing… and then he began crying again.
" Qingxue , Even if i have sweard to revive you i dont have the strength in my body to even stand up i just want to sleep and lie down with you for eternity...but i cant do it ,for i have to return the karma to your junior sister...but just for tonight let me rest..just fot tonight" Xu Lin said in a calm tone
"Hahahahah" he started laughing
"We paint the world with love, but the world paints us with its indifference toward our helplessness." Xu Lin said in a tired tone
" As i reached out to the world to get the answer of my questions what i got was silence and lonliness" Xu Lin said
Qingxue watched Xu Lin as her soul rested beside him. She saw his helplessness, his sadness, his exhaustion—every emotion laid bare before her. Yet she could do nothing. She could neither console Xu Lin nor speak to fill the silence, because even if she spoke, what he would hear would be nothing but emptiness.
" I cannot let you hear my voice nor can i make you see me , what can i do i have become nothing but a burden for you to avenge me" Su qingxue thought in a tired yet sad tone
The quiet surroundings began suffocating Xu Lin. Qingxue's body in his arms and the logic of what he had to do next collided violently in his mind.
As time passed, his crying gradually stopped. His tears dried, and his eyes became unbearably tired, as if they had suffered annihilation and gained something beyond measure in return. His eyelids slowly closed, and he fell asleep on the ground with Qingxue's body still held tightly in his arms.
Qingxue watched helplessly. Unable to do anything, she too grew tired and sat beside Xu Lin in her soul form.
The next morning, Xu Lin woke up as if there was nothing left in this world worth cherishing. His eyes were cold and exhausted, completely devoid of warmth.
" I should bury qingxue body now that i have nothing to preserver her body anymore as i can build her body again if i get her soul." Xu Lin said in a cold yet calm voice
He began burying her body, but his movements were hesitant. He wanted to hold her longer, to look at her once more, yet he knew that the longer he delayed, the more uncertainty would grow and the lower the probability would become. As he buried her, tears fell again—but this time, he did not cry. He only shed silent tears.
Su Qingxue watched her own body being buried. The image of Xu Lin burying her with such sorrow, while bearing the responsibility to resurrect and avenge her, made him appear increasingly lonely and burdened. That scene was deeply etched into Qingxue's heart.
After burying her body, Xu Lin returned to the room, picked up the spilled food once again, and began eating it.
"Hahah, this is my wife food which i will gonna be eating for the last time i should eat it quickly and start my journey towards ethereal immortal sect." Xu Lin tone sounded neither sad nor lonely—only emptied.
Qingxue watched the pitiful sight of Xu Lin eating the food she had prepared the previous night. She could clearly sense the loneliness and sadness within him, as well as the heavy burden her existence had placed upon him.
After finishing the food, Xu Lin set up a memorial tablet for her, packed all the necessary items, picked up the jade in which Su Qingxue was trapped—unable to do anything—and left the house to begin his journey toward the Ethereal Immortal Sect.
As Xu Lin walked along the forest road, dense trees surrounded him on all sides, though the path ahead remained clear.
" I should save my qi energy as journey is long and i dont know whom i have to fight or when to flee so i should not waste qi energy to fly." Xu Lin thought