Chapter 1822 — Tang Zhi's Decision, Part Two
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"Sister Yunyun, have you really made up your mind?" Shen Yushu looked at the resolve in Tang Zhi's eyes, and her heart ached. She had once disliked Tang Zhi, had once cursed her; but now she felt only reluctance to part and deep sympathy.
"Yes, I have decided!" Tang Zhi nodded, speaking firmly and solemnly.
"But... won't you be in terrible pain from now on?" Gu Mengyao asked anxiously. "Isn't it said that harboring love in one's heart leads to qi deviation?"
"Since I have this so-called Hidden Ice Heart and Jade Bone constitution, which is exceedingly rare, how could the people of the Snow Valley just stand by and watch me suffer qi deviation?" Tang Zhi could be shamelessly willful at times. "They want me to carry on their legacy and **reach the peak of the late Heaven Rank. So they will inevitably do everything in their power to solve all my troubles for me."
"That is true. And besides, you are Bingtang's sister and Xiaoxiao's good friend—even if the Snow Valley had no way, the Ice Palace could never stand by and watch you suffer qi deviation. They would surely provide you with the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit!" Gu Mengyao nodded.
"Indeed. So then, what have I to fear?" Tang Zhi said with a faint smile. "The only one I worry about now is Wei Zhao, so..."
"Ah..." Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu sighed in unison and fell silent.
What the women had feared most before was Wei Zhao—if he woke and saw **Tang Zhi who had cultivated the Art of Heartlessness, would he still love her? Even if he did, how could he ever accept the aura of cold aloofness that Tang Zhi now naturally gave off, the kind that made people keep their distance?
Moreover, by then Tang Zhi would have forgotten Wei Zhao entirely. Even if Wei Zhao still loved her, it would only make him suffer all the more!
But since Tang Zhi had already made her decision, the one who would suffer would be Tang Zhi, not Wei Zhao—Wei Zhao would remain forever in her heart. So now Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu no longer needed to worry about Wei Zhao; rather, it was Tang Zhi who could not set her mind at ease about him...
"We will take good care of him..." Gu Mengyao looked at Tang Zhi and said solemnly. "I swear on my life that I will watch over him for you!"
"Thank you..." Tang Zhi smiled faintly. With Gu Mengyao's promise, the burden on her heart was at last set down.
"It is what we ought to do. We will always be good sisters!" said Gu Mengyao.
"Mm! Hehe... All right, enough talk. Time is short—if the people of the Snow Valley find out, it will not be amusing!" Tang Zhi gave a bitter smile, quickly opened the small bottle of Herb of Forgetfulness liquid, then put her finger to her lips and bit down hard...
In truth, before this moment Tang Zhi had not known where she found the courage to bite through her own finger; yet once it was done, it seemed the most natural thing in the world. However much the finger hurt, it was nothing to the pain in her heart. Tang Zhi's finger was bleeding—and was her heart not bleeding too?
But she had no choice. This was the one great thing she could do for him—and the last!
"Sister Yunyun, does it hurt terribly? Why are you crying?" Shen Yushu saw the tears welling in Tang Zhi's eyes and could not help asking.
"Little Shu!" Gu Mengyao gave Shen Yushu a kick. "Have you no heart at all? How much can a finger hurt? She cannot bear to part, that is all..."
"Oh..." Shen Yushu nodded and said no more.
Slowly, Tang Zhi let her fresh blood drip into the small bottle in her hand!