Chapter 1905 — Perhaps There Is Still a Chance
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Beside her, Bing Tang's face fell into a mask of black lines; Xiao Qing merely smiled and said nothing. As for Tang Zhi, at those words her tears came despite herself. In the past, hearing Feng Xiaoxiao say such a thing would have left her mortified; but now... Feng Xiaoxiao's proposal had become a dream beyond reach. Even if Tang Zhi wished it, even if she agreed to it, it could never come to pass.
"Xiaoxiao, listen to me. I may... never be able to be with you all again..." Tang Zhi said, a note of sorrow in her voice.
"Ah! Sister Tang Zhi, what is wrong?" Feng Xiaoxiao asked, startled.
"I..." Tang Zhi smiled bitterly and told Feng Xiaoxiao what she had told Bing Tang.
"Ah!" Feng Xiaoxiao shrieked when she heard. "You gave hubby Wei Zhao the Forget-Love Herb elixir? Then he will not remember you anymore? Then how are we supposed to have a threesome after this?"
"Heh... you can have your fun with Yaoyao and Xiaoshu and the others... I am afraid that once I have cultivated the Heartless Art to its utmost perfection, none of you will like me anymore..." Tang Zhi said, helpless and sad.
For who could love someone whose whole body radiated cold, so icy that a single glance made people shrink away?
"Sister Tang Zhi, is there really no way..." Hearing this, Feng Xiaoxiao grew sorrowful as well.
"None... unless... by then my heart is unchanged, and Wei Zhao... does not dislike me—or rather, is not afraid of this bone-deep chill in me that drives people away. Then perhaps there might still be a chance..." Tang Zhi was only speaking offhandedly, for she knew as well as anyone how slim that possibility was.
"Then... does that not mean I am out of luck too? The art I cultivate is of the ice-cold school as well!" Feng Xiaoxiao was alarmed and asked at once.
"We are not the same. The Heartless Art... can make a person heartless—not only Wei Zhao, but perhaps myself as well," Tang Zhi said with a bitter smile. "They say that in the later stages of cultivation one must not harbor love, or the art breaks and all of it comes to nothing..."
"I see..." Feng Xiaoxiao was thoroughly dejected and full of pity. "Then... what should I do now?"
"Xiaoxiao, what you must do now is work with me—help Wei Zhao forget me. That would be the greatest help and comfort you could give me!" Tang Zhi said. "If... Wei Zhao were to remember me, I truly do not know whether he would come to Snow Valley again and carry me off by force... That would do neither him nor me any good. He still cannot stand against the ancient sects, and I do not want to break my word—this is something I agreed to of my own will with Snow Valley..."
Hearing Tang Zhi's words, the Grand Elder and Xue Li felt their hearts ease at last. These past days Tang Zhi's mother had frightened them half to death; they had lived in dread that the woman might in a fit of temper simply take Tang Zhi and leave, and then Snow Valley would have lost everything. But now, knowing Tang Zhi's own wishes, they were reassured.