Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times-Chapter 1334 - 994: Deep Affection Falls Short of Lasting Companionship, Changsheng in Peril!
The chaos in the Secluded Valley, by this time, has finally settled.
Everyone stood quietly, watching that bedraggled red figure, step by step, stagger forward...
At this moment, everyone finally understood why Gu Changsheng preferred red attire!
The red clothing was as bright as her brilliance, making it impossible for anyone to look away!
More than that, the vivid red could cover the marks left on her by Fufeng Tianlan and others when they transformed into wolves!
The bloodstains, on the red attire, only left patches of dim darkness, seen indistinctly!
To not do things that would pain loved ones or please enemies, naturally, she wouldn’t wear easily stained clothes. This was a playful saying of Gu Changsheng’s, and this is what she did!
Her bright little face, fair as snow, still glowed with luminous eyes and teeth, a faint smile hung on Gu Changsheng’s face, as she looked at the person standing afar, her lips slightly curled into a gentle smile reminiscent of days past...
No one understood better than her what the appearance of the Red Lotus Karma Fire, Sacrificial Witchcraft, signified!
How many years has it been since someone last used this forbidden witchcraft? Its legends had become mere legends!
But being in it, having truly experienced the sensation of the Red Lotus Karma Fire burning her, Gu Changsheng understood too clearly, she knew the vitality inside her was nearly exhausted...
She didn’t know if, with this scant remaining vitality, she could still walk up to her family, touch them again, feel their warmth...
Her steps grew more difficult, as Gu Changsheng looked at the dazed crowd not far off, she parted her red lips...
"I, Gu Changsheng, unruly and untethered, seemingly sentimental, but I’m inherently cold. In my past and present life, the few I care most about are merely you few. I still have so many things undone; I have yet to watch my son grow up, see my mother awaken, grow old with the one I love, bear him a child or two..."
Upon hearing Gu Changsheng’s words, everyone’s heart couldn’t help but tighten.
Even Gu Taitian, his sophisticated yet weathered face revealed an expression of deep panic, he staggered a step forward, tumbling out from the Gate of Life in the Prison Dragon Formation, fresh blood spurted from his mouth as he murmured desperately, "Why? Daughter, why say these things?"
A sudden bad premonition filled his heart!
This premonition made his heart extremely frightened and uneasy!
Shaking his head, Gu Taitian, always conscious of his meticulous mind, refused to believe his own suspicions, didn’t want to hear his daughter’s near farewell words...
This can’t be true!
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, but thrice is a pattern, right?
So, is this bet, something he will truly lose?
To lose everything he’s ever held onto for past and present lives, at the cost of his daughter?
No! No! Impossible!
He couldn’t accept it!
"Pfft!"
Another mouthful of fresh blood spurted from his mouth; Gu Taitian staggered almost to the ground.
Beside him, the Little Monk Bu Jie, seeing this, showed a contemplative expression on his kindly face, slightly furrowing his brow, as if pondering, yet said nothing.
Gu Taitian left the Gate of Life of the Prison Dragon Formation, and the formation broke without assault, yet within it, Zhou Mu, his black clothing dissipated, stood there with a blank expression, almost soulless, watching the staggering woman approaching, softly speaking...
"What legendary achievements, what ruling the state, these were never what I wanted, all I ever sought was never to become some exalted individual, I only wished to be a common woman, to laugh and scold as I please, a life of indulgence, but, it’s fate that’s pushing me!"
"Such is destiny, the Female Star of the Occupation Room moves, flowers bloom in March in Liuzhou, an encounter on the journey leads to lifelong misstep. Zhou Mu, I, Gu Changsheng, have never regretted meeting you at my lowest, even if you thrust me into the vortex of Great Zhou’s power struggles, I believed I could navigate with ease. I am aloof and idle by nature, but not incompetent. The matters I originally disdained, for you, I would willingly be tainted. The upheaval at the Southern Border, was unforeseen by me, yet leading the personal guards southward was mainly to rescue my son, but also in part for a status that would allow me to stand by your side in the open. But, what I did not expect was, what I encountered at the Southern Border changed everything I knew, my family, my parents. I, Gu Changsheng, in my own pride, have no qualms with heaven or heart, but I failed these two alone. Therefore, even with the Southern Country in hand, even with power throughout the land, the journey north was one I had to undertake. I... haha... I have always been such a cold person, I admired you, yet selfishly took you away on our wedding day, knowing full well the arduous journey north, yet I insisted... Zhou Mu, I, Gu Changsheng, owe you a lifetime of deep affection..."
