Chapter 528 The Cold and Pure Human Buddha Child VS The Adorable and Devoted Demon Cat Emperor [204]
Chapter 528 The Cold and Pure Human Buddha Child VS The Adorable and Devoted Demon Cat Emperor [204]
Yuejia bent over in utter agony, as if her spine had been broken, her head bowed low, her hands hanging limply at her sides. Then she tightly grasped Jiang Xiyu's hand, carefully pressing it against her forehead, and whispered, "I was wrong, I was wrong..."
"I shouldn't have argued with you, shouldn't have made you choose, and shouldn't have kept putting you in such a difficult position..."
"I shouldn't have distrusted you, I shouldn't have said such harsh words to you, and I shouldn't have been so greedy. You can hit me, you can scold me, just don't leave me..."
"Xi Yu, I was wrong, I really... really know I was wrong."
"I just want you to feel the same way about me as you do about Shiga. I never thought you would give your life for me like this. I just want you to choose me, even just once..."
"I don't want this to happen, I just want to be with you..."
Blood-red liquid slid down his side, leaving a chilling and eerie trail.
Yuejia sensed it all very clearly, and he said in a trembling voice, "Weren't you the best to me? Weren't you the one who cherished me the most?"
"Jiang Xiyu, I cried. I'm crying now. You made me shed tears."
"Please coax me, okay? If you coax me again, I won't ask for anything else..." Yuejia gently rubbed her face against Jiang Xiyu's palm, her tears of blood seemingly endless, wetting Jiang Xiyu's hand.
Yuejia choked back tears, forcing a smile: "I'll go back with you. I don't want this body anymore, I won't even become a Buddha. Just look at me one more time, and I... I'll give you everything. I don't want anything else..."
"You can resent me, hate me, lie to me, anything is fine, just don't do this, don't leave me like this..."
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."
Yuejia hunched over, filled with fear, and lowered her head almost in repentance, yet she dared not look again at the blood-stained body before her.
But he longed to hug him, yet someone refused to give him even a little bit.
After a long while, Yuejia seemed to have truly lost his mind in this waiting. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Shijia, as if a dying man had found his last straw, and frantically asked, "Aren't you Buddha? Aren't you all-powerful and savior of suffering? Save him! Save him!"
"I don't care about this body anymore, as long as you save him. I'll agree to anything you ask. You can subdue me, imprison me, or even kill me. I just beg you, please save him!"
"You don't love him, you'd die for him, right? Why won't you speak? Why?!"
Compared to Jiang Xiyu, Shiga looked more like a dead man at this moment.
No, it's a dead soul.
He remained motionless, his eyes filled with despair and emptiness, as if a gust of wind could dissipate him along with the scattered merits.
This isn't the first time.
But the second time, this person was dying in front of him.
The suffering was prolonged, tormenting one until one was utterly exhausted, unable to scream, shed tears, or even cry.
Shiga watched the dissipating merits with utmost tranquility, as if he were soberly watching himself become utterly despondent.
Finally, even the last vestige of thought vanished.
Shiga's soul swayed slightly, and then, unable to hold on any longer, he hugged Jiang Xiyu tightly and buried his head deeply in Jiang's neck.
Chests pressed tightly together, but there was no longer any resonance in the heart; it was quiet, frightening, and excruciating.
Shiga thought to himself, "It must hurt a lot."
It's all my fault. I wish I had come sooner.
It's all my fault. I wish I hadn't said those things.
In that case, you wouldn't be here today, nor would you have become like this.
It's all my fault, I blame myself for being so useless now.
It's all my fault, I blame myself for telling you my feelings.
It's all my fault, I blame myself for falling in love with you.
If it weren't for this, you wouldn't be in such a difficult situation, and you wouldn't have ended up like this with Yuejia.
It's all my fault...
Overwhelmed by extreme pain and remorse, Shiga couldn't help but blame himself, tracing back to the past. With each thought, the desire to destroy himself grew stronger.
He silently asked himself the question, his words breaking into a muffled sob.
Are you leaving?
Take me with you.
Without you, I can no longer find any meaning in staying in this world.
Kitty, take me away...
Please, take me away.
Shiga's soul trembled, like the incense smoke in the incense burner before the Buddha that had been blown away by the wind.
The chanting was intermittent and the echoes of the temple bells seemed to dissipate in my ears.
The heart is no longer pure, and the soul no longer gathers.
Thus, all of this lost its meaning, and only boundless despair and dull pain enveloped him.
Shiga, in his life without birth or death, had never felt so tired and weary.
That compassionate and clear-minded Buddhist heart was now tainted by karma and the blood of a lover that could not be wiped away.
Looking at the blood, Shiga even began to hate himself, to the point that he wished his soul would be scattered.
In this situation, he could neither see anyone nor hear any sound.
All his attention was on the person in his arms, but the person in his arms had already stopped breathing, as if they had taken away his last bit of strength as well.
Therefore, he seemed to be experiencing death as well, and thus could not answer Yuejia's question or make any response.
Finally, the crimson hue accumulated in the sea of clouds could no longer bear the weight, and the drizzle, like hot tears, fell continuously.
People weep, and all living beings grieve.
The world seemed to have sunk into an endless silence.
Only the faint rumble of thunder within the vortex seemed to indicate that Yuejia was unwilling to leave and was about to descend again.
Thunder roared across the sky, and Shiga suddenly raised his head calmly.
He looked at the thunderclap, a strange hope flashing in his eyes.
He hoped that Yuejia's lightning would strike him, so that he could bear the pain he was enduring and leave with him.
The next moment, a thunderclap resounded.
Shiga smiled faintly, as if thanking heaven and earth for their blessing.
He held Jiang Xiyu tightly, and this time, he finally succeeded in using his soul to shield him. He slowly closed his eyes, waiting for death in a very quiet yet frantic manner.
However, the annihilation that Shiga hoped for was ultimately blocked by Yuejia.
Amidst the earth-shattering thunder and the cataclysmic divine punishment, Yuejia, his eyes bloodshot, staggered to his feet. Gazing at the descending lightning tribulation, he desperately suppressed his overwhelming grief, then mustered all his strength to raise his hands and form a hand seal.
Countless bolts of lightning fell, distorted and deathly white.
The golden lotus emerged from the palm of the hand, absorbing all the lightning. Suddenly, the lightning resembled a jade tree in the moon palace blooming on the golden lotus, its countless strands completely frozen.
The next instant, the thunder shattered into rain between heaven and earth.
Amidst the shattered light and the collapsing Heavenly Gate, Yuejia suddenly smiled, tears blurring his pupils, the crimson within them seemingly fading as well.
Millions of years of resentment and obsession, and the emotional attachments arising from people, all seem to end at this moment with the shattering of everything.
The greedy and selfish will eventually find peace.
Yuejia gazed at the floating clouds above the vortex, her eyes seemingly piercing through everything, looking up at the Buddha who looked down upon all living beings from high above.
He used to look down on these gods and Buddhas.
Now, he kneels devoutly, begging Buddha for forgiveness so that he can get his lover back.
He truly couldn't bear to see Jiang Xiyu shed a single tear, let alone the fact that he was bleeding at that moment.
If he had known it would turn out this way, he certainly wouldn't have been so greedy.
He will definitely learn to be compassionate.
Yuejia knelt before the Buddhas, bowed her head and begged, then kowtowed into the dust.
A choked sob faded into the smoke, "I know I am deeply sinful, guilty of greed and anger, with countless evil deeds. I beg the Buddha for mercy, please save him, please save him..."
"I am the one who deceived the gods and Buddhas, and I am also the one with heavy evil karma! I don't care if I am shattered to pieces or reduced to ashes, I am willing to offer everything I have, I only ask for the Buddha's mercy, I beg you, please don't take him away, please let him stay..."
Above the Buddha's light, the compassionate face of the Buddha is hidden among the clouds.
Under the radiant light, in this mortal world forged from blood and tears, the greedy sacrifice themselves for love, while the calm die for it.
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