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Chapter 476 Ascension to Godhood (Page 12)
Leng Xuan was suddenly stunned, staring at the pill before him that was enough to drive any god mad, and then at Si Xiaonan's dying state.
Her heart was breaking, and she shook her head violently: "You risked your life for this... Why aren't you eating?! This is what you deserve! You killed Loki! Eat it!!"
Si Xiaonan gave a bitter smile, a smile filled with endless self-mockery and sorrow, her voice weak yet clear: "I... am not worthy of it..."
"Why?!" Leng Xuan roared, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins and confusion.
Si Xiaonan simply shook her head, tears silently streaming down her dark eyes, mingling with blood, dripping onto the snow and spreading into tiny red dots: "I don't deserve... you to eat... please..."
She pushed the pill forward again, but her arm trembled violently.
Leng Xuan pursed his lips tightly, refusing to speak.
Si Xiaonan seemed a little angry; her breathing became rapid.
Her tone even carried a hint of the authority and obsession that belonged to the "god of trickery" in her prime:
"Leng Xuan! I...I am now...at least half a god of trickery...Do you want me...to force myself on you?! Eat quickly!"
Seeing her worrying about herself even as she was dying,
Forcing himself in this way completely shattered Leng Xuan's heart.
He took a deep breath of the icy air, as if trying to inhale all the pain and despair into his lungs.
He slowly lowered his head and opened his mouth.
Si Xiaonan tried her best to put the pill into his mouth.
However, Leng Xuan's Adam's apple only moved slightly; he did not actually swallow.
With lightning speed, he placed the pill between his teeth and cheek with the tip of his tongue. The pill was cool to the touch, carrying a strange, vibrant fragrance.
Although Si Xiaonan is blind, her senses are exceptionally sharp.
She immediately noticed, and coughed angrily, blood and foam continuously oozing from the corner of her mouth: "Leng Xuan... I may be blind... but I'm not stupid... You haven't eaten! Eat now!!"
Her voice was trembling with tears; she was truly frantic.
Seeing her like this, Leng Xuan completely gave in.
He took another deep breath, a resolute glint in his eyes!
This time, he actually swallowed a pill!
Si Xiaonan clearly heard the sound of him chewing the pill, and finally smiled with relief, a smile as pure as a child who had received the sweetest candy: "Is it good?"
Leng Xuan tasted the lingering strange medicinal flavor in his mouth, shook his head, and said in a slightly choked voice, "It doesn't taste good...it's bitter."
"Although it didn't taste good..." Si Xiaonan's voice grew softer and softer, as if sharing a secret, but it was filled with satisfaction.
"But...this is an elixir of immortality...no matter what injury one suffers...it can heal...and extend life indefinitely..."
The wind and snow seemed to intensify, enveloping the two of them tightly.
Leng Xuan picked her up and continued walking towards the Great Wall, his steps uneven.
Si Xiaonan, held in his arms, was fading away rapidly, like a candle wick burning out.
The power of the "trickery" law that she continuously absorbed and ultimately burned away,
It had already eroded her physical body to an irreversible degree. If the body is not strong enough, one will inevitably face the tragedy of "transformation" originating from the very source of the laws.
"Where...are we..." she asked haltingly, her consciousness beginning to fade.
Looking at the still snow-covered mountains of the northern border, Leng Xuan felt a pang of heartache, yet answered in the gentlest voice, "We've arrived at Changbai Mountain...we'll be there soon..."
Si Xiaonan seemed to believe it, or rather, she was willing to believe it.
She once again gathered the last faint connection to the laws and launched one last "tricky" teleportation.
Space distorted again.
When Leng Xuan regained his footing, he found that they had landed on a much steeper cliff, completely covered in ice and snow.
The cold wind howls here, and there is no sign of human habitation, let alone Cangnan.
This relocation also completely exhausted Si Xiaonan's last bit of essence.
"puff--!"
A large mouthful of black blood mixed with fragments of internal organs spurted from her mouth.
Within her body, countless tiny, dark green runes seemed to burst forth uncontrollably, and her body began to become transparent.
It seemed to merge into the laws of this world; this was true... Dao transformation!
"Leng...Xuan..." With her last shred of willpower, she clung tightly to Leng Xuan's clothes, asking one last question haltingly and persistently, "Have we...arrived...in...Cangnan...?"
Leng Xuan's tears finally flowed uncontrollably, the scalding tears dripping onto her cold cheeks.
He held her tightly, pressed his face against her gradually cooling forehead, and with all his might kept his voice steady and gentle, weaving the last and most beautiful "trick":
"We've arrived... Xiao Nan, we've reached Cangnan..."
"Look, that's the Peace Bridge up ahead. The old man selling roasted chestnuts at the bridgehead just finished a batch. Can't you smell the aroma? The chestnut shells are almost piled up like a small mountain..."
"The 136th Squad's base is right over the bridge. Sister Hongying is probably practicing her shooting in the yard again, and the captain is probably scolding her... Is Old Zhao secretly cooking hot pot in the duty room again? He's probably waiting to eat over there..."
"Look, it's almost dark. The neon lights in Cangnan are on, and the lights on the Heping Bridge are on too, like a rainbow... exactly the same as when we left..."
He meticulously and continuously depicted the place they had once protected together, a place that held the most of their memories, bringing every detail to life.
In Si Xiaonan's dull, unfocused pupils, it seemed that the warm, bustling scene full of human warmth was truly reflected.
On her snow-white face, a radiant smile appeared, one of utter relief and contentment, as if she had finally shed all her burdens, pure as the girl they had first met.
"I...I think...I smell...chestnuts..."
Her voice was as soft as a dream, and the hand that was gripping Leng Xuan's clothes slowly slipped down.
The last breath, like a kite with a broken string, quietly dissipated in the howling north wind.
Her face, radiating a contented smile, was frozen in that moment, as if she were simply lost in a beautiful dream about her hometown.
On the desolate cliff amidst the fierce winds and snow, time seemed to stand still.
Leng Xuan held the body in his arms tightly, which had completely lost its warmth and whose smile was frozen on its face, as if embracing the last warmth of an entire world.
His tears slid silently down her pale, cold forehead, instantly freezing into ice.
But the next moment, a near-mad, desperate light suddenly burst forth from the depths of his eyes!
He carefully, as if handling the most precious and fragile thing in the world, gently laid Si Xiaonan's body flat on the thick snow. His movements were so gentle as if he were afraid of disturbing her peaceful sleep.
Immediately, disregarding his own severe injuries and near death, he abruptly lowered his head and pressed his cold, blood-stained lips against her pale, slightly parted lips.
This is not a goodbye kiss.
But it was... the final "trick"!
His tongue carefully and laboriously pried open her teeth.
He then fed her a pill that he had been hiding under his tongue using a special method, concealing it with his last remaining ability!
The pill was the size of a longan, perfectly round, radiating a soft yet powerful aura of life, with natural Dao patterns flowing across its surface—it was the true Immortal Pill, containing the power of eternal life!
Previously, under Si Xiaonan's urgent pressure,
The pill he "swallowed" was nothing more than a "mind-awakening pill" that he had prepared in advance to deal with the worst-case scenario. It could stimulate his mental potential for a short time, but it was useless for his injuries!
He used his own horrific, near-death condition as a cover-up.
Using the faint energy fluctuations emitted by that insignificant Awakening Pill as a pretext,
It even precisely controlled its vital signs and energy responses, perfectly simulating the illusion of being full of vitality after consuming the elixir of immortality!
He risked everything, using the last ounce of his life to execute this final, and most perfect, act of deception!
He fooled Si Xiaonan, and he fooled her "deception eye" that could see through countless tricks but whose perception was blurred due to her impending death!
"Cough...cough cough..." After doing all this, Leng Xuan suddenly raised his head and coughed violently, with mouthfuls of blood gushing out and staining the white snow beneath him.
His face instantly turned ashen, his eyes quickly dimmed, and the breath of life dissipated rapidly like the receding tide.
But as he looked at Si Xiaonan's lifeless face, a weak yet incredibly tender and... sly smile appeared on his lips with great difficulty and extreme slowness.
"Heh... God of Deception... isn't that hard to fool after all..." he murmured weakly, his voice so soft it was almost swallowed up by the wind and snow.
As if to confirm his words—
hum! ! !
An indescribable, vast, and boundless energy fluctuation, containing infinite vitality and the essence of some supreme law, suddenly erupted from within Si Xiaonan's icy body!
The power of the Eternal Life Pill has dissipated!
A soft and sacred golden-green light instantly emanated from her body, enveloping her entirely and forming a giant cocoon of light!
On the cocoon of light, countless complex and profound life patterns flowed and died like living things!
The meridians in her body, which had withered and shattered due to overexertion,
Under the influence of this eternal life force, it is reshaped and expanded at a visible speed, becoming more resilient and full of vitality than ever before!
The ruptured internal organs were repaired, and the pale skin regained its radiant glow!
Even more shocking is—
Those fragments of divine power, which were originally about to completely dissipate and return to the laws of heaven and earth because of her "transformation into the Dao," seemed to be attracted and integrated by some supreme power.
It surged back wildly, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, rushing into her brow!
Her body floated up on its own.
Floating in the center of the cocoon of light, countless dark green divine runes, representing the origin of the law of "trickery," emerged, intertwined, and were ultimately deeply imprinted into the deepest part of her flesh and soul!
A completely new, transcendent, and truly divine majesty began to slowly awaken and rise within her!
In the history of humankind... the fourth person to truly take that step... a god, is quietly being born on this unknown, icy cliff!
And at the same time.
Leng Xuan, having completed this final deception and gift,
It was as if the last bit of strength to sustain life had been drained away.
The light in his eyes went out completely, and his body went limp as he fell backward, crashing heavily onto the cold snow.
His life force had been exhausted; he was like a lamp that had run out of oil and burned out.
He could clearly feel his consciousness sinking into boundless cold and darkness, and his body temperature rapidly decreasing.
But he felt no fear or regret.
With great difficulty and using the last bit of strength, he slowly and painstakingly crawled toward the figure suspended in mid-air, enveloped in a cocoon of holy light.
Finally, he lay prostrate beneath the cocoon of light, raised his head, and with his already blurred vision, greedily and longingly "looked" at the figure within the cocoon whose outline grew increasingly sacred and whose aura increasingly vast.