Fierce Love: Bringing Wife Home
Chapter 601 - 91: Starting to Doubt Him a Bit

Chapter 601: Chapter 91: Starting to Doubt Him a Bit

She listened to his flute music, as if feeling that all the flowers, grass, and trees in the world withered away.

There was only her loneliness left in the entire world.

It was hard to imagine that a person revered by all, whom even the International Alliance would treat with extra deference, could play such a lonely tune.

However, as his flute music continued, she saw all the birds in the forest flying over.

Butterflies, in clusters, flew over and danced around her.

As the sunrise leapt into the sky from the mountain stream, Gu Xiaoxi raised her hand, and butterflies landed on her outstretched fingers. For a moment, she even felt the urge to dance.

"Do you like it?" Ya put down his flute, turned his head toward Gu Xiaoxi with a happy face, and asked.

Gu Xiaoxi coughed, startling away the butterfly on her finger, to say she did not like it would be a lie.

Girls would all appreciate such a surprising and romantic scene.

It was just a pity that it was not with the person she loved most. She felt very regretful.

"I like it! You’re always so mysterious. What else can you do? Show it all to me, so I can be amazed all at once," Gu Xiaoxi playfully blinked, shooing away the butterflies around her.

Moments later, all the butterflies and birds gathered and circled over her head; after that, Ya waved his hand.

All the birds scattered away.

"If you’re interested in my mystery, I think I need to keep some of that mystery," Ya lifted his chin, proudly stood erect, and walked back to the edge of the cliff.

His figure, under the morning light, appeared even more upright and valiant. Added to his mysterious aura, it made people all the more curious to uncover his secrets.

"Alright, back to the matter at hand. Hurry up and take me to find those two Rat Kings," Gu Xiaoxi was still very worried about the International Alliance. To quickly resolve the major hidden danger, finding the Rat Kings was of utmost importance. As for those lesser rats, without their kings, they’d be quickly eradicated once a bounty was issued.

"Before I take you to the Rat Kings, you still have to pass a test!" Ya said with a serious expression.

Gu Xiaoxi, puzzled, said, "I’ve already made a breakthrough! Surely you’re not saying I have to make another? There’s no spiritual energy available for me to use for another breakthrough now!"

Ya then turned around, shook the jade flute in his hand, and said, "No, it’s not about improving your cultivation. It’s about your dagger!"

"What do you mean?" Gu Xiaoxi raised an eyebrow, "Could it be that my ’Chopping Wind’ can also make a breakthrough?"

"Of course!" Ya took a deep breath and said, "Tell me about your Chopping Wind, and then take out the dagger for me to take a closer look."

Without hesitation, Gu Xiaoxi took out the dagger and handed it to Ya, saying, "I won’t hide it from you, this dagger was made from the Golden Crow Mysterious Iron Chain. It once tied up a Phoenix for six hundred years. By chance, I saved the Little Phoenix. She forged the Xuan Iron into seven daggers with Phoenix Fire and gifted them to me."

Ya received the dagger, nodded, and said, "I really wasn’t wrong, you have truly seen a Phoenix. This dagger is extraordinary, cutting through iron like mud. I think only this item can kill those two monsters."

"This can kill those two Rat Kings?" Gu Xiaoxi exclaimed in surprise. She had heard from Young Master Quan that the two Rat Kings were extremely powerful, and even his bayonet couldn’t kill them.

"Yes!" Ya held the dagger with a serious look, and said, "Tell me the Cultivation Method for your dagger."

Gu Xiaoxi was troubled, "The Little Phoenix directly imprinted the method into my mind. I don’t even know where to begin explaining it. I’m afraid my explanation wouldn’t do justice to the profoundness of the Cultivation Technique."

"Then may I look into your memory?" Ya asked.

Gu Xiaoxi immediately stepped back defensively and said, "You can probe into people’s memories?"

"Only with your consent!" Ya said expressionlessly.

Gu Xiaoxi gave him a once-over, doubtful, "Are you reliable? You act as if you know everything!"

"What if I said that I understand many things others can’t?" Ya’s expression was solemn, his amber eyes looking particularly striking in the morning light.

Gu Xiaoxi clicked her tongue, "Looking at you, you also seem very young. You couldn’t be some old monster who’s lived for many years, could you?"

"I am thirty years old this year, should be about the same age as Young Master Quan."

"Then why do you understand things others don’t know?"

Ya mused for a moment and said, "I was born not knowing who my parents were. I don’t know who raised me. I don’t know where I came from. There are many things I just understand after a single glance. It’s a very strange feeling, one that can’t be fully explained with language—a sense of fantasy."

Gu Xiaoxi, after hearing him, didn’t know whether she should believe him or not.

However, there shouldn’t be anything interesting to see in her memory.

So Gu Xiaoxi closed her eyes and said, "If you want to look, then look! But don’t browse at will. You can only look at the ’Chopping Wind’ technique."

"I’m not interested in your affairs!" Ya rolled his eyes and snorted coldly.

Afterward, he lifted a finger and gently placed it on Gu Xiaoxi’s forehead.

It was but a moment, the images flashed by.

He had entered a fantastical world.

It was a place forged from gold, with clouds billowing and colors blending into the sky, dragons soaring and shaking the heavens, fairies dancing in the air.

Above the majestic Heaven’s Gate, lanterns were strung and drums thundered.

It was clearly a palace prepared for a grand wedding.

A couple descended from the 999-step heavenly staircase, moving step by step towards the supreme throne.

As soon as they ascended, they would receive countless blessings and worship.

Gaining supreme authority.

But, as they approached the last step,

The cry of a dragon resounded, and the bride lifted her veil.

Ya was stunned on the spot; he saw that he was the groom and Gu Xiaoxi the bride.

"I’m sorry, Ya! I can’t marry you because I’ve never loved you!" she said, and before the astonished eyes of the groom, she dropped the red silk in her hand and ran away.

She ran towards the man who came to fetch her on a Flying Dragon, then disappeared from his sight.

At this sight, Ya couldn’t help but step back.

This was his dream!

Why was it in Gu Xiaoxi’s memory?

It was a dream she once had.

And because of this dream, she had those bitter yet sweet feelings towards Gu Xiaoxi.

Why was this segment in Gu Xiaoxi’s memory?

...

Gu Xiaoxi opened her eyes and seeing Ya’s strange expression, couldn’t help but ask, "What’s wrong with you?"

Moments later, she asked seriously, "Did you mess with my memories?"

Of course not!

He had only touched her memory when he saw that segment.

It was as if something had directly drawn him in...

"No! I just saw in your memory, there was a strange place. A place surrounded by Immortal qi, with a 999-step heavenly staircase. And a man on a Flying Dragon?" Ya touched his forehead, wondering why he hadn’t seen the man’s face.

"You’re kidding, right! We’re all ordinary people," Gu Xiaoxi added, "Even if I’m not ordinary now, I couldn’t possibly go to a place surrounded by Immortal qi. A 999-step heavenly staircase? Stop talking nonsense in front of me. Did you peek at my memory and don’t want to admit it?"

Unable to explain what he had just seen, Ya simply said with a grave expression, "I’m sorry! I might have been hallucinating just now. Let’s start over! One more minute is all I need."

Gu Xiaoxi glared at him, biting her teeth, now somewhat distrustful of him.