Black Glasses looked at Nangong Jiu and cried out, violently struggling to free his ankles from the entangled vines. He slapped a hand onto Nangong Jiu's shoulder, and in a single instant, the deep forest and vines vanished before their eyes, leaving only a soft patch of grass and Nangong Jiu, her hair completely white, with fine cracks appearing across her face.
Black Glasses pulled her into a tight embrace. "Jiu Jiu, you..." Before he could finish, he felt as though the person in his arms was engulfed in a sea of fire, and flames surrounded his own body as well, scorching his very blood. Bloody tears streamed down his cheeks, falling onto Nangong Jiu's shoulder as the two of them slowly collapsed backward onto the grass. Inside the Bronze Gate, silence returned.
I do not know how much time had passed.
Chapter 61