Chapter 21: I Believe You

  Another hazard of cold poison is that it can cause temporary blurred vision by coagulating blood, which will not make people completely blind, but the blurred line of sight can also make people feel dizzy.

  Nalan Xixi's body was getting weaker and weaker, she sat paralyzed on the ground, now she couldn't see anything clearly, even if she could see clearly, she had no strength to leave this place.

  At this moment, her mind was in a mess. Dugu Han was still alive... He had saved her. Then, he used his body heat to help her drive out the cold poison. And, he also saw her true face, and he also...

  Thinking of this, Nalan Xianyu felt a bit flustered, but her eyes were full of shyness. She was startled by her own slightly shy emotions. She should want to kill him instead... how could she feel shy?

  In the jungle, several people rushed to the location where the ferocious beast was, but when they arrived, they were stunned.

  Everything has changed here, except for the empty land and a few sparse trees. The shattered mountain rocks have been re-piled to form one small stone hill after another.

  Nangong Jin said faintly: "We will divide our troops into two routes, and meet here at Chen time tomorrow regardless of whether we find it or not."

  "Yes!" The three of them responded in unison, and He Xian and Quan Long immediately took off in a sprint.

  Huo Zhe usually followed Nangong Jin, but seeing Huo Zhe hadn't left, Nangong Jin said: "You go with them."

  Huo hesitated. "But, Master, this forest is treacherous..."

  "Quan Long's body still has injuries, you follow him, if he is slightly different from the norm, I will ask you." Nan Gong Jin said coldly.

  Huò nodded and left, he knew it was just Nángōng Jǐn's excuse, but he couldn't figure out why he didn't let them follow.

  They waited until they were far away, and then Nan Gong Jin turned back, walking towards the cliff. He didn't know what he would see there, maybe she was sitting with Du Gu Han, or maybe they were embracing each other, or maybe... nothing at all.

  He hasn't thought of how he should react to these results yet, and he doesn't want others to see him at a loss.

  At the moment he knew Nalan Xixi was determined to catch up with Dugu Han, and would stop at nothing even if it meant risking her life to prevent him from getting close to the evil beast, he had already been at a loss for what to do, and didn't want to think about it anymore.

  As she slowly approached, Nan Gong Jin's heart tightened with each step. At the edge of the cliff, a white figure sat on the ground, it was her. Du Gu Han was not there, only she was alone, and most importantly, she was still alive.

  Nangong Jin was somewhat flustered by the irrepressible joy in her heart, from what time on, as long as she knew he was still alive, she would be happy like a young man with his first love.

  "Regrettable." A cold voice echoed from a short distance away.

  Nalan Xixi hesitated for a moment, slowly lifting her head, but saw nothing. Was it just an illusion?

  Suddenly, a powerful force pulled her over, a wide and domineering embrace completely enveloped her. Nan Gong Jin held her tightly, almost crushing her. "I really want to kill you."

  Every time he woke up after a disaster, his heart was racing with fear because she was gone. Every time it was like this. Everything seemed like a dream, and her appearance was just a fleeting cloud, waking up, and everything disappeared completely.

  "Jing...... it's you, it's really you." Nalan Xinnuo joyfully stretched out her hand and touched his icy yet handsome face.

  When people lose a certain ability to survive, they will always be vulnerable for a while. As an assassin and the first mercenary of the 24th century, her eyes are her most powerful probe.

  She is like a bird without wings when she loses sight of him.

  Nangong Jin was taken aback for a moment, then pinched her shoulder, looking at her dull and lifeless eyes. She couldn't see him!

  "What's going on!" Nan Gong Jin's tone was anxious and nervous for the first time.

  "I've caught a chill, but it's okay, I'll recover in two days..."

  Nangong Jin heard this and felt a slight relief in his heart, but suddenly, the red spots that had entered his line of sight made him choke again.

  He stretched out his hand and lifted her collar, the white neck with deep or shallow kiss marks dazzlingly impacting his increasingly cold eyes. Suddenly, Nangong Jin noticed the clothes on her body, and for a moment, his heart rapidly cooled down.

  Nalan Xixi didn't know what kind of mark was left on her neck, but she must have known it was Dugu Han's clothes. She hastily explained, "At that time, I was washed down the cliff and onto a tree branch on the cliff wall, where I planted the poisonous cold juniper tree. It was Dugu Han who saved me..."

  Nangong Jin listened quietly, without saying a word, until Nalan Xianyu finished speaking, and he still didn't say a word.

  Although she couldn't see it, Nalan Xixi could feel the chill emanating from Nan Gongyin's body. She grew anxious and continued, "We didn't do anything, he just..."

  "It's just... use your body to give me some warmth, help me drive out the cold poison..."

  Nangong Jin looked at the red mark on her neck, his dark eyes only had an endless coldness, without any extra emotions.

  "Really... I thought he was dead, at that time, I thought it was you, I..." She couldn't see anything, Nan Gong Jin didn't say a word, she couldn't even confirm if Nan Gong Jin was still here.

  "Jing... don't go, I can see nothing, listen to me explain." Nalan Xianyu anxiously felt around.

  "I believe you." Nangong Jin grasped her hand that was searching in the air and said calmly.

  He didn't know what had just happened, nor did he know why she had abandoned him to save Dugu Han from the jaws of evil. He also didn't know why she lied and said they hadn't done anything.

  He didn't want to know more, no matter what happened, he'd rather she deceive herself, and pretend nothing had ever happened. Because, he loved her, and was deeply in love with her.

  Suddenly, he felt a pang in his heart, and her hand was icy cold and rough to the touch. He turned over her hand, and Nalan Xinnuo's palm had a charred wound that was gruesome to behold.

  He subconsciously tightened his grip on her hand and said coldly, "What's going on here!"

  Nalan Xinnuo suddenly remembered, she came back to her senses, and felt around on the ground for her wet clothes. Nangong Jin walked over, just about to ask her something, when he crouched down, Nalan Xinnuo took out a sprig of green from her clothes and handed it to him.

  Nangong Jin stared at the leaf in her hand, on which several small yellow flower buds were densely blooming among the green leaves, and it was almost indistinguishable from the Mihui leaf that had poisoned him last time. But this was a Mihui leaf.

  He knew that the leaves of Miao only grew in the crevices of cliffs, this woman... She herself was almost unable to save her own life, what was she picking Miao leaves for?!

  "Xī nuò......" Nángōng Jǐn swept Ná Lán Xī Nuò into his arms, his eyes reddening for the third time in his life because of a woman.

  The first time was because of Nan Gongyan, the second time was when he thought she had died, and the third time is now.

  He hated this feeling, or rather, he detested it. He detested the fact that he couldn't protect his own woman well enough and also detested the feeling of his woman getting hurt because of him.

  "Don't do this again." Nangong Jin's tone was cold and warning. "From now on, you are not allowed to take such risks for me again, no! No matter who it is, you are not allowed to take your own life lightly, otherwise, I will not forgive you."

  "But I want to hurry up and get these three things, then we can leave here."

  We wouldn't have to be so frightened, we wouldn't have to worry about whether we can survive the next second, and even more, we wouldn't have to worry about whether we can see each other after dawn... The rest of these words, Nalan Xinnuo didn't say.

  Suddenly thought of Nan Gongyan, and then couldn't say the rest of the words. She wouldn't be shaken by Dugu Han's words, but what Dugu Han said was the truth, it was something she originally understood but pretended not to know.

  "Jing..."

  "Huh?"

  "You say that the world is not something that people like us can undertake, then why do you want to seize it?" And why, after seizing the world, would you abandon the common people and only care about one woman.

  You are an emperor, a ruthless overlord. The people you've killed could pile up into mountains, but for that one woman, you'd give up everything. What kind of deep love is this? She just wants to know, simply wants to know.

  "Jiǔ liǔ lián, mí ruò yè, yún zhū dǎn." Nángōng jǐn lightly held her and softly said: "These three things can be made into a medicine called Blood Linglong."

  Xue Linglong can help people with anemia. In Nalan Xixi's mind, a passage flashed by, which was mentioned in a medical book she had read before, saying that anemia is a kind of evil disease, one type is caused by genetic factors, and the other is caused by physiological habits.

  What is meant by physiological inertia is that if the human body loses blood at a fixed time, it will form a physiological habit. Every time it reaches that time, the blood will automatically be discharged, forming anemia.

  But... how did Nangong Yan get aplastic anemia?

  "She... why is she anemic?" Nalan Xianyu didn't know what to call Nan Gongyan. Calling her Nan Gongyan sounded too distant and might make Nan Gongyin think she wasn't friendly enough, but using a more intimate term was also impossible for her to say out loud, since they weren't close.

  Nangong Jin seemed to be surprised that she knew about his illness, and for a moment, he was speechless. After a brief silence, he explained faintly: "This is the reason why I want to seize the world."

  Because she has anemia, he wants to conquer the world? Nalan Xianuo couldn't understand for a moment, but... He even conquered the world, and it was all for her. Dugu Han's words seemed to be really right, she didn't understand how deep his love for Nan Gongyan was.

  Perhaps it's because it's carved in bone and heart, and can't accommodate a second woman anymore?

  Nalan Xinxiao's heart was filled with self-mockery and cold laughter at this thought.

  At this time, Nan Gong Jin said faintly: "Xi Nuo, I'll tell you a story, okay?"