Chapter 1174: Chapter 1174: Can’t Leave? Isn’t That Perfect?

"Can’t get out? Isn’t that just perfect?" Yu Longting touched my half-dry, somewhat dry hair, his eyebrows maintaining a slight frown of dissatisfaction.

Upon hearing this, my heart fluttered, and my eyes sparkled, "Yeah~ We can live in seclusion here, and every day can be just the two of us~"

This painting is like such a small world, akin to a land of idyllic beauty.

If I could live with Yu Longting, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, such simple and plain days, how joyous life would be.

"You two are truly loving. If Madam Zhao could meet a good partner, no matter how long life lasts, she should live as happily as you do every day." The One-eyed Taoist Nun sat cross-legged, looking at us enviously.

Suddenly, her face seemed like an eroded mound on a plateau, starting to weather from a spot on her forehead and spreading rapidly across her body.

In just a few breaths, she turned into half a skeleton.

Seeing the One-eyed Taoist Nun’s whole body turning into a skeleton, I quickly asked, "What’s happening to you?"

"I was a carefree person, and naturally, I go carefree." The One-eyed Taoist Nun smiled serenely, her voice echoed in the vast empty valley.

She completely sat in meditation, as if attaining enlightenment.

She followed Madam Zhao in her mortal body, surely due to some fateful coincidence.

I don’t know why she built a Taoist Temple in the mountains of the painting, nor why she stayed by Madam Zhao’s side.

I only know that when Madam Zhao left, she seemed complete in her life’s work, finally able to leave peacefully.

My heart was heavy with emotion, and I couldn’t help but reflect, "The mysteries of karmic fate are truly marvelous. I still don’t know this Nun’s name, coming like the wind, leaving like the wind, yet unforgettable."

The mountain breeze blew through my hair and the dust of the Nun’s weathered remains, making the earrings in my ears chime.

Since childhood, I had my ears pierced, so the holes never closed after wearing tea stems for a long time.

Yet, this was my first time wearing earrings; as I touched them, they seemed to be a pair of delicate little wind chimes.

Whenever they chime in the future, I’ll probably think of Madam Zhao.

"The Nun was named Jiu Hua. She used to be a ruthless female Demon Head, and she was also one of the Four Great Protectors of Ten Thousand Poison Hall. When we were young, Yu Qingxiao told me about the past of Ten Thousand Poison Hall." Yu Longting, unconcerned, with a light bulb-like Wuyue beside us, carried me down the mountain.

He also explained to me the relationship between Zhao Sihai and Madam Zhao.

Zhao Sihai and Madam Zhao originally came down together, considered a celestial couple.

Zhao Sihai was a special Immortal Envoy, and Madam Zhao accompanied him as his family member.

Their relationship was initially good, and they founded the Ten Thousand Poison Hall together.

When they recruited various sects from Western Hunan, they attracted many talented people, and Jiu Hua was one of those who submitted to Madam Zhao’s formidable power.

Ultimately, only Jiu Hua followed Madam Zhao till the end.

In ancient times, it was common to have multiple wives and concubines.

Many people offered beauties to Zhao Sihai, and many beauties threw themselves at him.

Zhao Sihai had no concept of monogamy, nor any moral grounds that love was needed to engage in such acts.

He was never one to refuse anyone, thus having many descendants.

Madam Zhao killed most of these descendants, generally with Zhao Sihai’s acquiescence, perhaps from spending too much time in the mortal world.

Zhao Sihai gradually developed a sense of familial attachment, reluctant to see his children killed.

Thus came the aftermath of Zhao Zheng becoming the eldest Miss of Ten Thousand Poison Hall; she should also be Zhao Sihai’s only remaining bloodline.

"It’s said they practiced Immortal Refinement, refining the Three Corpse God, and reshaped the Undying Golden Body, so they differ from a normal flesh body," Yu Longting specially explained to me about eliminating Zhao Sihai’s offspring. "Generally, with such bodies, they shouldn’t conceive, as most children born have flaws, usually personality defects, and if not eradicated, they grow into calamities."

"Different places have different rules, and the basic moral perspectives can be entirely different too." I took a deep breath, hugging Yu Longting’s neck tightly, staring into his handsome face, "I can’t manage much else; as long as our beliefs align, that’s enough. Hey, do you know how Piao Changji managed to send a doppelgänger out of the ancient painting?"