That settled it.
Yan Jiuzhi: "..."
His face flushed again as his mind recalled something that made his heart race violently.
He had no rebuttal.
"Do you despise me for being a mortal?"
What?
"No!" How could Yan Jiuzhi possibly despise her? "Absolutely not!"
"A mortal's life is short! If you don't cherish me now, by the time you remember me, I'll be old and dead!"
She could not afford to wait for a cultivator.
Lixi's words were biting indeed, leaving Yan Jiuzhi—who had never considered this matter before—completely stunned.
Perhaps he had simply been subconsciously ignoring it.
After a long while, he slowly peeled back the quilt, placed his hand on the back of her neck, and began probing her innate bone structure inch by inch, carefully examining the bones of her hands and legs one by one.
Without a trace of lust.
Finally, clasping her ankle, the dark ink in his eyes shattered.
Xixi... had neither spiritual roots nor bone structure.
She was truly a mortal.
Yan Jiuzhi suddenly felt as though a bottomless abyss lay right before him, leaving his hands and feet freezing cold.
Side Story 9: Xixi and Jiuzhi's Previous Life Special (Part 4)
Lixi could roughly guess what he was doing. Having transmigrated to the cultivation world, she naturally yearned to practice immortality.
Yet, to her great regret, she seemed to lack the aptitude for it.
An indescribable, complicated pain welled up in her heart, until finally, all her disappointment, sorrow, and resentment... settled into a helple…
Chapter 612