Chapter 12 Part 3
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Chapter 12: If I Were Green Emperor (3)
Their actions were swift, and by the time their figures were fully swallowed by the dense fog, only then did people begin to gather before the crack.
Should they enter?
For a while, no one dared to move.
Half an hour passed before a cultivator gritted his teeth and rushed in.
But a strange scene unfolded.
He, who had been walking along a straight line, suddenly emerged from the crack. He stood still.
“Has this road been passed?” he muttered.
The turtle and Zhao Haiya exchanged confused glances, not understanding the meaning of his words. They could only wait.
Then, the change came—faster than expected, at least for Bai Lian.
She heard the sound of rushing water in her ear, but what really caught her attention was Xia Qingqing’s conversation with an unknown presence.
“You shouldn’t have come.”
“This is my choice.”
“You have done enough. Isn’t coming back now a betrayal of your original decision?”
“So you still don’t know what a human is.”
What is a human?
Bai Lian glanced back at Xia Qingqing.
This question was unexpectedly profound. Even Bai Lian, who was born human, didn’t have an answer.
“I will find you!” Xia Qingqing’s voice was firm.
She believed.
Just like last time, she had a “guide” ahead of her.
Suddenly, it began to rain.
The guide held an umbrella for her.
The rain pattered against the umbrella, trickling down the framework with a plop-plop.
But these raindrops were far from ordinary.
They had two sides.
Time seemed to loop here, connecting the beginning and the end of this “Yuan.”
It reflected the figures of Bai Lian and Xia Qingqing as they moved forward.
Walking and walking, they left behind a story that existed in another time period.
It was said that 119,600 years counted as one “Yuan.”
At the beginning of this “Yuan,”
The sea monsters that emerged from the depths of the sea were favored by the world, ruling over all lakes and seas.
In the dark age, an ordinary girl was born into a common family.
She grew up like any other.
She straightforwardly perceived the world.
She experienced the tragedy of a family member being killed by a monster in a way that many others had before.
She too should have died, like countless ordinary people—alone and helpless in her grief.
Because that was the current of the times. That was the wheel of history.
They moved forward, crushing all who fell before them.
When this girl traveled along a river, preparing to jump into the water to end her life,
That unusual experience finally arrived.
“This is not luck, this is fate!”
Water vapor surrounded her from all sides.
Eventually, all the girl could hear was the loud sound of rushing water in her ears.
She was walking down a mountain road, heading toward an unknown destination.
Be it so.
She was tired.
She stopped and thought the river by her side was the perfect place to die. Once she jumped in, there would be no escape.
She slowly walked toward the edge of the cliff.
Her foot was just about to slide down when—
A hand reached out from the side, gripping her wrist firmly.
It was a figure whose face remained unclear.
The girl could barely make out the words he spoke.
“Follow me.”
So the girl followed the man.
They traversed the rugged mountain path, through the wind, through rain, and through heavy snow.
Finally, they reached the confluence of black water and blue water.
The mist cleared.
There stood a towering tree, seeming to support the heavens.
“This…”
The girl wanted to share her awe with the stranger who had led her here.
But when she turned around, he had already vanished.
She thought the experience was just an illusion.
Still, she met Ruomu like this.
After long exchanges, the girl gradually became extraordinary.
She learned from Ruomu why ordinary people’s lives only brought pain.
She wanted revenge.
She swore no one after her would ever have to experience such a “normal” life again.
Let the ordinary truly be normal!
As the rumors said, the girl signed a contract with Ruomu.
She gained some of Ruomu’s power in exchange for her own life.
Ten years later,
The girl held Ruomu’s branch and marched east, crushing the Sea Emperor with unmatched strength.
The flood retreated.
Under the protection of countless people, she established the first great unified dynasty in East Divine Land.
She was kindly referred to as “Green Emperor” for such a monumental achievement.
Many years later, the girl remembered the pact she made with Ruomu.
When everything was said and done, she quietly left the prosperous kingdom.
She roamed across the mountains. After seeing all of East Divine Land, she returned to Ruomu’s side.
Gazing up at the ancient tree, Green Emperor spoke.
She had prepared to sacrifice herself.
But Ruomu gave her a new path.
“I want to see you live the ordinary life you dream of.”
Ruomu said this.
Green Emperor thought she had misheard.
But that was indeed Ruomu’s wish.
“Don’t you need me to be with you forever?”
“No longer needed.”
“Why?”
“I want to know what a human is.”
“?!”
“Someone once said something similar to me…”
The voice faded.
On the final night, Green Emperor lay on a branch of Ruomu, gazing up at the starry sky.
Under the same sky, different brilliance.
The stars tonight seemed especially dazzling.
She decided.
She wanted to live an ordinary life!
It was very late when Green Emperor finally fell asleep.
When she awoke, Ruomu’s power had been taken back.
With Ruomu’s help, she entered the path of reincarnation.
“We should meet again in a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand years.”
“No, we’d better never meet again!”
Go.
Never return.
You are like a gust of wind, blown and gone.
But…
Why are you coming back?
In the pouring rain, Xia Qingqing followed closely behind Bai Lian.
In a place she couldn’t see, Bai Lian received a message from Ruomu.
“Go back. Take Xia Qingqing back.”
“This is not where she should be.”
“She should have lived the ordinary life she dreamed of day and night.”
“If she goes any further, she may never realize her dream.”
Bai Lian stopped.
Bang.
Xia Qingqing bumped into her back suddenly.
“Why did you stop?”
Bai Lian turned around, still holding an umbrella for Xia Qingqing.
“Must we go forward?”
When Bai Lian asked, the rain on the mountain road became heavier.
