Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 1260: Chapter 923: Together in Life and Death

This makes Gu Changsheng absolutely intolerant!

Damn it!

It’s so unfair!

Gu Changsheng couldn’t help thinking of that elusive shadow. According to the Medicine Immortal Old Man before he departed, that shadow turned out to be a primordial transformative realm—an existence defying the heavens!

Now, it’s difficult for Gu Changsheng not to draw an equal sign between that shadow and the people of Sand Sea!

God’s Bereaved Tribe, favored by heaven; Primordial Transformative Realm, heaven-defying monster!

What the hell!

Gu Changsheng scratched her head and thought, who on earth did she offend? Why is she so plagued by adversities?

She just wants to resurrect her mother, just seeking fulfillment. But how does this fulfillment now seem ten thousand mountains away?

“Your Majesty, are you planning to go to the Far North Godfall Site?” Luoh Yurou heard Gu Changsheng’s words and instantly widened her eyes in disbelief, a flash of shock in her eyes, urgently shaking her head and said, “Your Majesty cannot! The Divine Demise Land is fraught with great perils, Your Majesty’s priceless body shouldn’t be sullied by such dangerous places.”

At this point, a look of regret flashed across Luoh Yurou’s face as she solemnly continued, “Your Majesty should know, in the itinerant world, there is no lack of those with a great accomplishment in cultivation, seeking transcendence, only because that Divine Demise Land holds opportunities for transcendence, they go seeking it…”

“But, those who enter almost never come out again, and there are almost no stories of what the Godfall Site is really like. Your Majesty knows why? My mother says that what she knows of the Godfall Site is that the outer edges are littered with bones, countless who dared to step into the Divine Demise Land lie buried under the sands! Your Majesty, those daredevils who venture to the Godfall Site are all folks with talents akin to gods, who among them aren’t dragons and phoenixes among men with a great accomplishment in martial arts? Yet what was their end? They didn’t come back! So, Your Majesty, dealing with affairs concerning the Northern Mongolian and confronting the people of Sand Sea already requires utmost caution. How could Your Majesty conceive the idea of heading to the Godfall Site? It cannot be done! By any means, Your Majesty must quickly abandon such undue thoughts, lest… lest…”

At last, Luoh Yurou didn’t know what to say, afraid that her words would be inauspicious and violate taboos.

But even as she hesitated, her words’ meaning was unmistakable to the other three present!

Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu exchanged a glance, watching the evildoer’s hand reach over, she curled a smile, slowly placing her hand into his palm, fingers interlocking, and they exchanged a knowing smile, both faces full of calmness.

“Whether traversing mountains of swords and seas of flames, be it the purgatory of karmic fire, it’s my last obsession through past and current life—I must go!” Gu Changsheng said with a smile at the handsome face close at hand, though her face was full of determination.

The past and current life she spoke of was truly her past and current life!

That past life and current life sacrificed its life for her.

That past life and current life nurtured and raised her, yet she never saw it once, never called “mother.”

Gu Changsheng, indebted through two lives, now barely comes so close to hope, how could she give up at the brink of difficulty?

If she gives up, what about her father?

Her father now accompanies a coffin, earnestly hoping that someday the one buried in the coffin may see the light of day again!

However, if even this idea ceases to exist, someone like her father, who is so devoted to the bone, would choose to accompany her mother upon reunion just like this!

Thus, she would become a child with no father or mother yet again!

No!

Absolutely no!

Gu Changsheng shook her head, she will never allow such a situation to occur!

Even if she dies, she will give it a try!

Even if destiny cannot be defied, even if countless plot against her, she will fight on no matter if beauty fades to bones, she wouldn’t hesitate to perish in Sand Sea!

This is what a child must do!

Or else, if she retreats in the face of hardship, how could she have any dignity to stand between heaven and earth?

Zhou Mu looked at the woman in front of him, her expression steadfast yet somewhat somber. Reaching out, he gently pulled her into his embrace, his voice deep and enchanting, much like the magnetic power of the past. “Don’t overthink. No matter what happens, I will always be by your side! Wherever your eyes may fall, I will be there, following you like a shadow!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng naturally knew her own evildoer’s concern for her. She couldn’t help but twitch her nose, a smile rising on her face as she said, “Following like a shadow, as if you can enter the Transformation Realm and manifest your spirit body!”

“As long as I wish, I will always reach the pinnacle of the Transformation Realm!” Zhou Mu responded with a wry smile, his confidence evident.

“Haha!” Gu Changsheng burst into laughter upon hearing this, shaking off Zhou Mu’s arm. “Even if you could, I wouldn’t want it! I don’t want a ghost following me so closely that you would be aware of my every move. What secrets would I have left then?”

“Haha…” Zhou Mu chuckled too, playfully tapping her nose, his face full of affection.

Yan Qingcheng and Luoh Yurou, who were kneeling on the ground, exchanged a glance, a trace of helplessness flashing in both their eyes.

Well, they walked different paths in love than their master. The path of their love was destined not to be recognized by the world and could not be displayed in front of others!

“Enough! Luoh Yurou, I’ve already heard what you said. We will be cautious of the people from the Sand Sea. You can return now. I will issue the decree of marriage for you two, and it will be conveyed from the Capital City of Great Zhou to Liaodong. After that, the fate of you four is beyond my control. You should take care!” Gu Changsheng glanced at Yan Qingcheng and Luoh Yurou on the ground and said.

“Yes.” Yan Qingcheng responded, rising quietly.

Luoh Yurou followed suit and stood up.

They glanced at the food set on the table, thought for a moment, and then, following Gu Changsheng’s intentions, turned and walked toward the secret door.

“Your Majesty!” As they reached the door, Luoh Yurou suddenly turned around, frowning.

“Hmm?” Gu Changsheng asked, perplexed as she turned around, “Is there anything else?”

“If Your Majesty insists on going to the Divine Demise Land in the Far North, then please ensure you acquire the Geomancy Map Fragments that appeared today, no matter what!” Luoh Yurou thought for a moment and said in a low voice.

“Oh? What do you mean?” Gu Changsheng asked, furrowing her brow immediately.

“That fragmented map may very well be real! When my mother was critically ill, she was determined to seek a way to the Sand Sea just to see that man from the past one last time and fulfill a long-held wish. According to my mother, every step in the Divine Demise Land is fraught with danger. If we could obtain that Geomancy Map, many of those dangers could be avoided!” Luoh Yurou and Yan Qingcheng stood at the dark door, frowning. “But, reportedly, that Geomancy Map is in the hands of the Sand Sea Royal Family, unattainable by outsiders! Now that this Geomancy Map Fragments have emerged, whether it’s fortunate or unfortunate is unknown! Even so, as your servant, I still hope Your Majesty doesn’t venture into the Divine Demise Land recklessly—it’s absolutely not a good place, and even the slightest mishap would pose mortal danger!”

Seeing that Gu Changsheng’s resolve to go to the Divine Demise Land remained unshaken, Luoh Yurou spoke plainly, regardless of whether it was disrespectful.

In her heart, if she could dissuade Gu Changsheng from going to the Divine Demise Land, that would be the best possible outcome!

“Alright, I’ll remember! Thank you.” Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng nodded.

“Your Majesty, they clearly have other intentions in sending the Geomancy Map Fragments out of the Sand Sea. Even knowing this trap, why do you still…” Luoh Yurou pondered for a moment and then asked.

“Because of obsession! In the Divine Demise Land, there are things I must retrieve. For that, even if it costs my life, I won’t back down!” Gu Changsheng looked at Luoh Yurou and said solemnly.

After hearing this, Luoh Yurou gazed deeply into Gu Changsheng’s eyes, sighed, then tugged Yan Qingcheng’s clothing and turned to step through the dark door.

The sound of the secret door opening and closing echoed, and shortly thereafter, only Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu were left in the room.

Seeing Zhou Mu’s expression, which looked like he was frozen in fear, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but touch her nose, awkwardly picked up chopsticks, and placed a piece of green vegetable into the bowl in front of him, speaking casually, “Alright, stop sulking! Eating is as important as an emperor! The food is getting cold. We should at least eat a few bites to fill our stomachs; the auction is about to begin!”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mu remained seated, unmoved, only watching the little woman in front of him who continued picking vegetables with her chopsticks, with a slight frown. Then he spoke solemnly, “Changsheng, you needn’t feel guilty.”

Gu Changsheng’s hand paused upon hearing his words, her lips trembling slightly, “What are you talking about? Why would I feel guilty? What do I have to be guilty for?”

“Sigh!” Zhou Mu took her chopsticks, placing them aside, and gently covered her slender hands with his own. With deep eyes, he looked at her and said warmly, “You once asked me if I was afraid to love you. I tell you now, I am not afraid to love you! Whether in fortune or misfortune, having you by my side, my only wish is to share life and death with you, to be together in life and in the same grave in death!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s body trembled, suddenly turning to look at the man so near, her eyes brimming with moisture. After a moment, she spoke slowly, “In the end, it was me, I dragged you into all this! The turmoil of the Four Kingdoms in Liuzhou, the slaughter journey in the Southern Border, and now our northern journey… Evildoer, in the end, it was me, I dragged you into all of this! All of this began because of me! My desires, my obsessions, ultimately, ultimately dragged you to accompany me across the vast world…”

“I am willing!” Zhou Mu raised his hand, gently tracing Gu Changsheng’s furrowed brow, smoothing it, and moved closer, speaking gently, “Given your nature, so fond of handsome men, even with my confidence, I can’t be sure that another man wouldn’t catch your eye. So, if I don’t follow you closely and keep a close watch on you, if someone else were to whisk you away…”