I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 320: Extra Story (5)

"Waaaa——!"

Hui Hui cried her heart out. Although Li Xing felt sorry for her, seeing her chubby face like a bun with eyes almost squeezed shut, she couldn’t help but want to laugh. Compared to the humor of the situation, a bit of pity didn’t seem like much.

"Alright, I’m back now, why are you crying like this? Wipe away those tears, it’s quite inauspicious."

Cultivators are the most superstitious. As soon as Li Xing said this, Hui Hui immediately stopped her wailing and muttered quietly, "Peh peh, nothing is forbidden, great luck and prosperity!"

Li Xing touched Hui Hui’s soft hair bun, looked up at the person in front of her, smiling like a blooming flower: "Hui Hui looks pretty healthy, it seems you took good care of her all these years. How about you, how have you been?"

"I... am fine, err... actually not so fine... I..."

Clearly, he had been longing day and night for Li Xing to come out of seclusion for sixteen years, and now she was right in front of him, yet he couldn’t even say a complete sentence. This was not logical!

It must be because he had been cultivating painstakingly day and night, having not seen anyone for a long time, causing his language function to regress, yes, that must be it!

"All these years, you’ve been striving hard in your cultivation. Without your efforts, I couldn’t have recovered so quickly. Thank you." Reaching the Transcendance Tribulation Stage in just sixteen years would require a great deal of sacrifice, even for someone like him with an Innate Holy Body that even the Heavenly Dao envied.

In terms of sheer cultivation level, Li Xing couldn’t compare to Chu Yunyi. Theoretically, she shouldn’t be able to perceive Chu Yunyi’s realm. But Li Xing was the ruler of the Qianyuan Realm, as long as Chu Yunyi hadn’t ascended, he was still a creature of Qianyuan Realm. With a single thought from Li Xing, all of his secrets could be unveiled effortlessly. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Chu Yunyi lowered his eyes and softly replied, "What need is there for thanks between you and me."

He was already a Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator. Even without ascending, his sensitivity to aura far surpassed others.

He couldn’t understand Li Xing’s cultivation realm at all. Her overwhelming aura was simply astonishing. What surprised him most was that Li Xing was shrouded in a layer of golden light, quite similar to the Power of Merit described in the Jade Scroll. Throughout history, those who could manifest the light of merit were all extraordinary figures.

All signs were conveying a message to Chu Yunyi, that Li Xing had become someone truly beyond reach.

Back then, he had bound their lives together using the Three-Lives Pact as a medium, unafraid to accompany Li Xing to death because it merely affected his own interests. For Li Xing, he was willing to do anything, even die, feeling not a shred of resentment but a secret joy at the prospect of being together for lifetimes with the one he loved.

But now that Li Xing had been revitalized with a promising future, Chu Yunyi hesitated. He worried he wasn’t worthy enough and would hold her back.

The desolation on Chu Yunyi’s face was too obvious, even Hui Hui noticed, giving him a look of exasperated disbelief.

Idiot, isn’t this the time to express the longing and hardships of cultivation over the years, making Li Xing so grateful that she pledges herself to you? Given how well he had treated her over the years, she decided to help him a bit.

"Master, Lao Chu has had a hard time these years. He’s been thinking of you constantly, even during cultivation, he’d split his attention to focus on the Three-Lives Pact. If not for the blessing of the Innate Holy Body, he would have gone into deviation long ago and wouldn’t be standing here perfectly well. For his unwavering devotion, you should take responsibility for him!"

Hui Hui: Big brother, I’ve got no experience in courting a wife either, this is as far as I can help you. Whether you can win the beauty’s heart is up to your fate.

After Hui Hui finished speaking, she nervously watched Li Xing, trying to gauge her reaction, but unfortunately, Li Xing maintained a perfectly indifferent expression. Instead, it was Chu Yunyi who couldn’t hold it anymore.

"No, Ah Xing, I gave you the Three-Lives Pact not to compel you to be mine, but just to let you live."

"You said you wanted to spend the rest of your life with me, does that not count anymore?"

"No, I didn’t mean that! I dream of being with you, but I know I’m not worthy of you anymore..."

Chu Yunyi forced himself to lift his head, looking at his beloved, and spoke with difficulty, "Ah Xing, the Three-Lives Pact cannot be undone, I have no way to remove it, but I promise you, I will never use it as a reason to interfere with your life, even if, even if..."

Li Xing raised an eyebrow, "Even if I throw myself into the arms of another, you can accept that?"

Chu Yunyi’s heart twisted like a knife, no, he couldn’t. If that day ever came, he wouldn’t be able to alleviate a fraction of the heart-rending pain even if he hid to the ends of the earth.