Ming Zhitian said, "Brother Guo, I have some matters to attend to. Please excuse me, I'll see you later."
Guo Qiang, not understanding, watched him leave in a hurry and then shook his head, "Tsk tsk, youth is wonderful. He has the same spirit as I did back then."
Hai Bubu, Dong Chengjiu, Chen Qi, and Xue Mingyuan rushed to the address Ming Zhitian had given. They found Yan Lixue absent and began searching everywhere, "Lixue! Lixue, where are you?"
"Xue'er! Xue'er..."
"Yan Lixue!... Hey, Yan Lixue!..."
Just then, Ming Zhitian arrived, "Where is Yan Lixue?"
Dong Chengjiu shook his head, "We don't know. Is the address you gave us correct?"
Ming Zhitian said righteously, "Of course."
Suddenly, Hai Bubu spotted Yan Lixue, "She's here!"
The others rushed to the edge of the cliff. Yan Lixue, draped in Ming Zhitian's coat, her hair still messy, said, "Don't come any closer! Or I'll jump immediately!"
Hai Bubu hurriedly said, "Why would you want to give up on life? Come over first, Xue'er!"
Yan Lixue's eyes welled up with tears, "I am no longer whole. I am not worthy to remain in this world. I'm sorry, friends. Thank you for accompanying me all this way."
Knowing Yan Lixue wanted to die, Xue Mingyuan said with some reluctance, "Xue'er, don't die. What will I do if you die? My entire life has been dedicated to having you, and now you tell me you want to die? Before you die, can you give yourself to me? Just once."
Yan Lixue glared, "Shameless! Xue Mingyuan, get lost!"
Hai Bubu directly kicked him away, "Get out of here! I never thought you were such a person. Come near me again, and I'll beat you to death!"
Dong Chengjiu said, "Lixue, what exactly happened? We are all fellow disciples. Can't you come over and talk first?"
Chen Qi nodded, "Yes, Lixue. If you speak of any difficulties, you'll feel better. Come here, we are all waiting for you."
Hai Bubu said, "Don't you remember what we said in the Five Cities of Dihai? We have to go on, but not alone. We can't resist birth, old age, sickness, and death, but our paths end the same. Have you forgotten?"
Yan Lixue gently shook her head, "I haven't forgotten. I also said that as long as you, Hai Bubu, are alive, we will always be good best friends. But... I don't want to live anymore."
Ming Zhitian stepped forward, "Miss Lixue, please don't attempt suicide. Think of your parents, your family, and your cousin, aren't they? And me."
The people Yan Lixue least wanted to see were her cousin Yan Zhonghua and Ming Zhitian. He had blurted them out.
She became furious, "You're the last person I want to see! Get lost!"
Hai Bubu glared at Ming Zhitian, "What did you do to Xue'er?!"
Ming Zhitian quickly waved his hands, "I didn't." "Miss Lixue, please tell me first, why are you seeking death?"
Yan Lixue pointed at him, her snow-white face flushing, "You still have the nerve to ask?"
Ming Zhitian said, "If you think I defiled you, I can cut off my own head. But if your tolerance is only this much, you are not worthy of being a cultivator. Cultivators, cultivators, all strive to achieve immortality. Can you ascend with such behavior? I will only ask one thing, are you still a virgin?!"
Everyone was stunned, not understanding. With Ming Zhitian's words, Yan Lixue, who had been impulsive, hadn't thought clearly. She secretly checked herself and found she was still a virgin, so she temporarily stopped seeking death.
Just as Yan Lixue was about to step back, a loose stone at the edge of the cliff slipped! Yan Lixue's delicate body involuntarily leaned back and fell off the cliff.
Ming Zhitian lunged forward! He grabbed her hand, but she pulled him down with her feet.
They fell into the Luoduo Abyss...
"Lixue!..."
"Xue'er!!..."
Xue Mingyuan said, "There are plenty of fish in the sea. I don't need to pine for just one flower. Fellow disciples, I'll see you at the Five Cities of Dihai."
"Get lost!" Hai Bubu threw a high-heeled shoe at Xue Mingyuan. It hit his head, instantly forming a lump. He tucked his tail between his legs and scrambled away.
Chen Qi asked, "Are we still going to save her?"
Dong Chengjiu sighed, "This place is called Luoduo Abyss. I've heard that some experts who were being pursued by enemies fell in accidentally and never came back. No one dares to go down. Legend has it that an ancient beast lives at the bottom, emitting piercing roars from time to time. It's likely that even if they didn't die from the fall, they became a meal."
Hai Bubu was heartbroken, "Xue'er... your fate is truly bitter..."