kvmb Is Chapter 272 meant to fulfill a wish?
Is Chapter 272 meant to fulfill a wish?
As the soul gradually dissipated in the night, it coalesced into its last clear words, which softly echoed in this soul space: "Love her for me."
Before the words were finished, the wisps of soul light suddenly accelerated, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, and all of them entered Shang Wan's body.
Yuan Xiao rushed over, trying to stop her, but it was too late.
She rushed to the spot where Zhiye had been standing and reached out to touch it, only to find that the originally transparent soul body, like a bubble in the sunlight, silently shattered and dissipated without leaving any trace, simply vanishing into thin air.
Having absorbed all of Zhiye's soul essence, Shangwan's body trembled violently, her eyes closed, and she fell straight down, motionless.
"Zhiye! Shangwan!" Yuan Xiao called out in vain, receiving no response.
She dared not linger any longer; with a thought, her soul swiftly returned to her body.
Yuan Xiao suddenly opened her eyes, her face deathly pale, her forehead covered in cold sweat.
She looked at the crystal ball in her hand, which contained only the lonely, sleeping figure of Shang Wan.
Then, at night, it vanished.
"How could this happen..." she murmured to herself, trembling, her mind in turmoil.
Yuan Xiao summoned a barrier, gripped the crystal ball tightly, and headed straight for Mutian City.
In Mutian City, Xiao Chu's room was empty, and even Di Lin was nowhere to be found.
Yuan Xiao's unease grew wildly like weeds.
Left with no other choice, she had to return to Tiger Lion City once again.
As soon as he returned to his residence, he saw Chi Miao approaching with a worried expression. Her hurried departure and hasty return caught his attention.
"Xiaoxiao, what happened? You look terrible." Chi Miao held her cold hand with concern.
Yuan Xiao handed the crystal ball to him, her voice trembling with tears: "Chi Miao... Zhi Ye... Zhi Ye's physical body has disappeared... Shang Wan doesn't know what happened. He was clearly awake, but now he's fallen into a coma again... What... what happened?"
Chi Miao's expression hardened. He took the crystal ball and carefully probed it with a trace of his perception.
His brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and the expression on his face changed from doubt to shock, and then to a complex sense of heaviness.
He withdrew his senses, looked at Yuan Xiao, and said in a low and slow voice, "Xiao Xiao, I know this may be hard for you to accept, but according to my perception, their souls... have become one."
"United as one?" Yuan Xiao was struck dumb, and the last conversation between the two brothers flashed through her mind.
Zhiye's words, "Love her for me," and the resolute scene of him merging into Shangwan's soul without hesitation.
Could it be... could it be that in order to break the deadlock and allow Shangwan to break free from her obsession and be reborn, Zhiye actually chose to sacrifice himself, dedicating all his soul power and the foundation of his existence to his younger brother?
"Is it to fulfill someone's wishes?" Yuan Xiao murmured, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.
She recalled Zhiye's past gentleness and protection, and Shangwan's ardent yet clumsy persistence. Her heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by something, and she could hardly breathe from the pain.
Chi Miao gently embraced her, stroking her hair, and sighed, "I'm afraid so. Zhiye gave up himself and gave everything he had to Shangwan."
"Will Shang Wan... wake up again?" Yuan Xiao looked up and asked him with tears in her eyes.
Chi Miao shook his head, his gaze returning to the crystal ball: "I don't know. I'm not very familiar with the mysteries of their Blood Demon clan either. I've never seen a fusion like the one you described before. Whether Shang Wan can withstand all of this depends on his own fate."
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Tiger City, at dusk.
The afterglow of the setting sun bathed the training ground in a golden-red hue, and Aoshuang had just finished her patrol mission for the day.
Sweat dripped down his strong muscles, glistening in the light.
He grabbed a leather towel draped over the railing, wiped his face haphazardly, and was about to go back to his lodgings to take a shower and get a good look at his baby eggs.
Just then, a tall figure blocked his way.
Zehui stood there, his sharp golden eyes appearing somewhat solemn at this moment.
"Let's talk," Zehui said, getting straight to the point in a low and serious voice.
Ao Shuang paused, draped the animal skin cloth over his shoulder, and looked at Ze Hui with his gray-blue eyes, raising an eyebrow: "What's the matter that you're so serious about? I don't have time right now, I'm all sweaty, I need to wash up quickly and then go give my egg baby some energy. Let's talk about it at dinner tonight." As he spoke, he tried to walk past Ze Hui and leave.
"How much do you know about your mother's past?" Zehui didn't step aside; instead, he threw out the question directly.
Ao Shuang abruptly stopped in her tracks.
He turned around, and the laziness and casualness on his face receded like the tide, replaced by a hint of surprise and wariness.
"Why do you ask so suddenly?"
He stared at Zehui, trying to read something from the other's face, but Zehui controlled his expression well, revealing no more emotion beyond his seriousness.
Zehui didn't answer, but continued to press: "For example, do you know if she has a partner?"
This question completely stunned Ao Shuang.
He subconsciously raised his hand and scratched his wet, silver hair, his brows furrowing. "Well... I really don't know."
He answered hesitantly, his gaze drifting into the distance as if recalling, "When Yuxue and I were found by her, she was all alone. She taught us to hunt, taught us to survive, but rarely mentioned her own past. I always felt that she probably didn't have a partner."
He paused, his tone carrying a hint of matter-of-fact conjecture: "Otherwise, why would she wander alone? And take in me and Yuxue. If she had a partner, she could probably have her own children, and wouldn't need to pick up these two unknown kids." At the end, he twitched the corners of his mouth, but there was no warmth in that smile.
Zehui's gaze lingered on his face for a moment before he asked, "Have you heard anything from her lately?"
"No." This time, Ao Shuang answered decisively, but her voice was noticeably lower, revealing a suppressed anxiety.
“Yu Xue and I have been looking for her for a long time. Since the day she disappeared, we have searched for almost every place she might have gone and asked many people for help. Even Yun Lang has been helping and has used a lot of his connections, but…” He shook his head, a trace of fatigue and disappointment flashing in his eyes, “not even the slightest bit of news, it’s like she has completely evaporated.”
This answer seemed to be exactly what Zehui had expected.
He was silent for a few seconds, then reached out and patted Ao Shuang's shoulder forcefully. "Okay, I understand," he said in a deep voice. "I'll also assign some people to help you search."