Long Lie was still struggling in the Secret Realm searching for Spirit Plants. Since Yu Luo had some free time, she decided to first go to Black Cliff Prison to get Xiaoxie out. She should have gone right after the Nascent Soul Secret Realm ended, but a trip to the Liang Family had delayed things until now. Afraid that returning to that old place would stir up painful memories, Qingchen went along with her.
Black Cliff Prison lay at the bottom of a valley surrounded by mountains. Standing on the edge of the cliff and looking down, everything within sight was pitch-black resentment, writhing like living things with billions of black tentacles, groping for a way out against the water-clear, glowing blue barrier of the formation. Sunlight, wind, and sound were completely swallowed up. Truly, it was a place forsaken by the gods.
Qingchen gripped Yu Luo's hand tightly, plunging with her into that viscous darkness, and whispered in her ear:
"Don't be afraid, I am here."
"During those hundred-odd years in Black Cliff Prison, there was no alternation of day and night, nor any change of seasons. I often fell into a trance, dreaming of many things from the past. Even now, I still wake up suddenly from dreams, so terrified that everything I have now is just an illusory dream, and that upon waking, there will still be endless darkness."
"It won't be a dream. It's real, and I will stay with you."
Yu Luo smiled bitterly, leaning her head on Qingchen's shoulder, breathing in the faint lot…
Chapter 251