Chapter 5

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I held onto Xie Zhuo’s robe. I was so furious that I was filled with the urge to hammer his head. However, I hesitated. Not only did Xie Zhuo become more annoying than before, but his strength had also become tens of millions of times more terrifying than before.

‘Can I hit him? Don’t I have any self-awareness?’

I thought about it a few times before I finally let go of my grip on Xie Zhuo’s robe. I even straightened out his robe that was wrinkled.

I sat down, suffering patiently but determined to seek revenge in the future. Then, I took a deep breath to suppress the humiliation and stabilize my emotions before I smiled stiffly and asked, “What do you plan to do?”

I believe my fake smile would make him feel greatly dissatisfied.

He did not say anything about my outburst earlier. He sat back down on his seat with a straight back and slowly took a sip of water before he said, “Hit.”

I was stunned. When I recovered my senses, I smacked the table and rose to my feet again. “You want to hit me?!”

Like I said before, no matter what kind of attitude Xie Zhuo showed me, he never once laid a hand on me.

When I heard his word now, I felt shocked, angry, and a little sad as though he had already hit me.

He stared at me silently.

I glared at him as well. After a long time, I finally figured it out.

I could not meet my past self. This meant that he could not meet his past self as well. As such we could only meet each other’s past selves. Then, what could we do to make two people who already had an emotional bond hate each other quickly? Needless to say, one of them had to do something that was absolutely unforgivable.

Hitting and beating someone was a fast and effective way to stir up hatred.

And… I… Not only could I not beat Xie Zhuo now, but I also could not beat the Xie Zhuo from 500 years ago even if he was recuperating from his injuries now.

Moreover, the effect of Xie Zhuo hitting my past self would have a much better effect on our plan. After all, Xie Zhuo, now and then, was very mysterious. What if he was happy to be beaten up by me? That aside, I had to admit I had quite a temper. I was famous for my temper among the immortals in Kunlun. If Xie Zhuo hit my past self for no reason after my past self took care of him for three months, my past self would definitely be angered and fall out of love with him. Would this not complete our mission to destroy our marriage at its source?

All in all, after considering it carefully, letting Xie Zhuo hit me was an effective, albeit crude, method.

Xie Zhuo and I continued to stare at each other. I gradually calmed down and regained my rationality. Then, I straightened my robe before sitting down again. Although I was still angry and felt that Xie Zhuo was truly a demon for coming up with such a terrible plan, I still decided to go along with it for the sake of going back to the present and returning Pangu’s Ax to where it belonged as soon as possible.

‘My past self, I’ll have to wrong you once! Let’s forgive Xie Zhuo for this!’

Finally, I said, “Fine. Go and hit me.”

Xie Zhuo raised an eyebrow, clearly, he did not expect me to agree so readily.

“Move fast. You should go and beat me up now. The sooner we’re done, the sooner we can go back,” I said without any psychological burdens.

Xie Zhuo remained silent for a moment. He lowered his head and looked at the bamboo leaves in his cup before he said tonelessly, “You’re really magnanimous.”

I sneered. “Did the sun rise from the east today? You actually spit out so many precious words to mock me today. Don’t act like you don’t know why I’m magnanimous. If it weren’t for my Kunlun, would I let you beat me up and make myself suffer from this grievance? Just hurry up!”

Xie Zhuo looked at me with his dark eyes before he said slowly, “I won’t hit you.”

I was stunned by how certain his gaze and tone were. I found myself unable to meet his eyes so I quickly looked away. Then, I repeatedly reminded myself that Xie Zhuo and I were already divorced. After adjusting my emotions, I turned back to face him. With my usual attitude and tone, I asked him, “Then, who are you going to hit?”

“Meng Meng.”

“…”

I quickly protested on Meng Meng’s behalf. “What did Meng Meng do wrong? You’ll frighten her to death! She’s just a child now! How can you hit her? Won’t your conscience hurt?”

“Wu Cheng.”

Wu Cheng was my closest deputy in Kunlun’s garrison in the past.

“You…”

I was about to protest and complain again when Xie Zhuo continued to say, “Huan Huan, Li Shu, Gu Chengzi.”

These were all my close friends.

My expression gradually darkened.

Finally, Xie Zhuo said, “And… the Queen Mother of the West.”

Swoosh!

I drew my immortal sword immediately and stabbed the bamboo cup in Xie Zhuo’s hand, nailing it to the table.

Water seeped out of the cup and dripped to the ground.

I stared at Xie Zhuo expressionlessly and said, “You dare?”

He looked at me with no intention of retreating and said, “I dare.”

“Xie Zhuo, I’ve told you many times. The divorce is between us. Don’t involve other people.”

“I’ve never cared about other people.”

Indeed, Xie Zhuo never cared about other people.

It was also one of the fundamental reasons why Xie Zhuo and I quarreled in our 500 years of marriage. He had never paid attention to or cared about the immortals in Kunlun. Hence, in order to destroy our marriage at its source, he could disregard Kunlun’s safety, attack my friends, and even attack the Queen Mother of the West.

“Xie Zhuo, if I weren’t here and aware of this, then there’s nothing I could do about it. However, I am here. I won’t let you succeed if you plan to harm them. Even if you point Pangu’s Ax at me, I will stand in your way with my Shuhe sword.”

Xie Zhuo looked at me for a long time before he asked, “Use your life to stop me?”

“Yes.”

Xie Zhuo lowered his gaze. Who knew what he was thinking, but after a moment, he said easily, “Okay, I won’t go.”

I was stunned. Perhaps, he had given in so easily, it seemed like I made a huge fuss when I nailed his cup to the table.

I found it unexpected that he cared about my life. After all, his recent actions and words clearly indicated he wanted to kill me.

I really did not understand Xie Zhuo at all.

I withdrew the sword on the table and sat back down.

The bamboo table was in a terrible state.

Xie Zhuo sat there silently, no longer touching his cup.

I really did not know how to continue in this kind of atmosphere. In such a short time, I had lost my temper, calmed down, lost my temper, and calmed down again.

However, this matter needed to be dealt with. The longer we delayed this, the more chaotic it would be in Kunlun 500 years later.

I suppressed my awkwardness and said, “Why don’t you just beat me up?”

Xie Zhuo looked up. “No.”

It was obvious I could not change his mind.

“Fine. Then let’s think of another way. Let’s not resort to violence all the time. Let’s use our brains,” I said as I stroked my chin, wracking my brain for a good idea.

After a moment, I said, “Right. We just want my past self to be so disappointed in you that she never wants to see you again, right? Then, just say something hurtful. Say things like, who the hell do you think you are? You’re really ugly. Don’t dirty my eyes. I don’t like you, I like someone else.” Then, I look at him and said, “In any case, my past self is just an innocent little girl. My past self won’t be able to withstand such words. Alright, you should just do…”

Before I could say the word ‘this’, I felt a pang of pain in my heart. The familiar feeling of weakness from earlier overtook my body suddenly.

Then…

“Hmm? Since when did we have a cottage here?”

The voice was very familiar. How could it not be familiar when it was my own voice?

I looked out at the snow forest.

My lips were pale as I muttered, “I’m here… I’m coming, I’m coming. How did I find this place?”

People who had never been in this situation before could never understand my feelings at this moment.

Before I could say anything else, I suddenly collapsed to the ground.

Xie Zhuo reacted very quickly and hugged me. However, the hug lasted for just a fleeting second before he moved and carried me like a sack of potatoes. After that, he directly threw me into my bedroom.

Following that, the door slammed shut, and I could sense Xie Zhuo’s barrier outside.

After a few moments, I felt the pain gradually easing away. As soon as I recovered, I hurriedly brought a mirror out and sneakily held it outside the window. Then, I looked at the reflection.

Xie Zhuo’s snow bamboo cottage and yard were just built last night, but they had already integrated with the snow forest.

I watched from the mirror as my past self carried a bamboo basket, looking left and right before walking to the front yard. The basket was filled with freshly-dug bamboo shoots.

I nodded inwardly. ‘As expected of my skills to look for food…’

“This cottage looks quite good. Perhaps, Xuanqing can build one like this in the future.”

‘Xuanqing…’

I fell into a momentary daze, suddenly I was reminded that I did not always call him Xie Zhuo. I used to call him Xuanqing.

Meanwhile, my past self was still looking at the cottage when Xie Zhuo walked out.

I was quite surprised that he had walked out just like that. He did not even bother to hide his face. My past self’s Xuanqing was still recovering. If he showed up like that, would it not ruin our plan? My past self would become suspicious. At that time, how was he going to pretend to be his past self to deceive my past self?

I could not help but feel anxious as I continued to watch through the mirror.

My past self was clearly stunned. She looked at Xie Zhuo before she turned to look behind her. Clearly, that was the direction where Xie Zhuo’s past self was recovering.

I watched as my past self looked at Xie Zhuo in confusion and asked, “Xie Xuanqing? You, aren’t you… Huh? Your legs! Your legs are fine!”

I watched my past self circle Xie Zhuo happily. Her eyes did not leave his legs at all. She even touched them twice.

“Your legs are fine now? Did you find a spell to heal them?” It was obvious she did not doubt him or feel suspicious at all.

I watched silently. As it turned out, I trusted Xie Zhuo so much in the past.

My past self patted Xie Zhuo’s shoulder. She could barely conceal her joy as she said, “Did you pretend to be injured earlier to surprise me?”

Xie Zhuo looked at my past self silently. He seemed to be hesitating, and after a long time, he finally asked stiffly, “Who the hell do you think you are?”

Me: “…”

My past self: “…”

Subsequently, Xie Zhuo looked at my past self and continued to say, “You are… so ugly. Don’t… dirty my eyes.”

My past self was stunned. It was as though she had seen a ghost.

I thought to myself, ‘Seriously, Xie Zhuo! I didn’t expect you to be so eager to use what you learn so quickly! I simply said those words earlier, they were just examples… You didn’t even change anything and repeated them…’