Online Game: Evil Dragon Against The Heaven - 279

Life—why is it so fragile?

Once, he had been indifferent to the passing of countless lives. His own hands were stained with the blood of many, with countless lives perishing under his touch. He had long since ceased to feel anything for the life and death of others. To him, death was merely the inevitable end of life—some sooner, some later.

But now, as he felt the life of the young girl in his arms slipping away, for the first time, he realized how cruel death could be.

If life exists, then why must there be disease? Why must there be death?

His hands unconsciously clenched tighter, producing the sound of bones grinding against each other. He raised his head, his tightly closed eyes facing the sky… In his life, he had only shed tears for his parents, his brother, and Xian’er. No matter what he encountered, he never allowed himself to shed a single tear.

Yet, for this girl, whom he had only known for less than a day, as he held her fragile body that was losing its life, he found it almost impossible to hold back his tears. The pain in his heart was suffocating.

He possessed strength far beyond that of ordinary people, so why were there still so many things he couldn’t do in this world? He had promised to bring her back healthy, but all he could do was watch helplessly as she… fell asleep forever.

She was so kind and pure, like a crystal girl bestowed upon this filthy world by the heavens… yet why was she taken back so hastily?

Holding Chenxue tightly, completely shielding her delicate body in his embrace so that she would no longer be tainted by the impurities of this world, he remained motionless for a long, long time—as if he wished to stay like this forever and accompany her in eternal silence. Perhaps, she truly did not belong to this world, which was why she was so quickly called back to paradise.

Xue’er, if there is a next life, I will use everything I have to find you and keep you by my side, never letting you suffer or be bullied again…

Time passed, second by second. Apart from the sound of the wind and insects, there was only silence. Even the sound of breathing was imperceptible. Every second that passed was like a piercing agony for Ye Tian Xie, as if a thousand arrows were stabbing through his heart. He didn’t know how much time had passed when a timid voice finally broke the silence.

“…Master, are you feeling sad?” Sensing Ye Tian Xie’s emotions, Guo Guo appeared before him and spoke cautiously. Guo Guo could always clearly sense Ye Tian Xie’s feelings, and her emotions would change accordingly. When he was in a good mood, she would take the opportunity to make some mischievous and unreasonable requests. When he was upset, she would wisely choose not to appear… and when he was sad, she would feel the same sorrow.

“Yes… very sad.” Ye Tian Xie lifted his head and looked at Guo Guo, replying softly. His eyes were filled with an unmistakable darkness. The inability to save Chenxue’s life was a heavy blow to him.

“But Master, why are you sad?” Guo Guo asked cautiously.

“Because… Xue’er died. I couldn’t save her.”

Guo Guo floated gently and carefully landed on Chenxue’s body. Her little eyes blinked as she looked at her for a long while, then she said, “But Master, she’s not dead yet… she still has life.”

Ye Tian Xie was stunned, then let out a bitter smile: “When a person completely loses consciousness, it doesn’t mean their body is entirely dead. The process of dying is slow, lasting until all life energy is completely dissipated… The remaining life force in her body is quickly fading away, and there’s no way she can wake up again. This state… is already equivalent to death.”

“Hmm…” Guo Guo raised her little face and looked into Ye Tian Xie’s eyes, which were filled with deep sorrow. This expression—she had rarely seen it before, and it made her feel as though something heavy was pressing down on her heart, making her feel unbearably sad.

“Master, why do you feel sad when she dies?” Guo Guo asked a very naive question.

“ecause when she dies, she can no longer move, I will never hear her voice again, and I will never see her again…It’s just like…if I died, would Guo Guo be sad?”

Hearing this question, Guo Guo blinked her eyes, tilted her little head, thought for a while, and then nodded, “Hmm, I think I would. Because if Master can’t move, can’t talk… no one would buy candy for Guo Guo, and no one would talk to Guo Guo anymore.”

Ye Tian Xie: “…”

“Then, if she wakes up, Master wouldn’t be sad anymore, right?” Guo Guo asked another question that sounded even more naive.

The young girl in his arms still retained her last traces of warmth, allowing Ye Tian Xie to feel her presence… her final presence. He held her tightly and softly said, “If she could wake up, I would be grateful to the heavens for the first time…But Guo Guo, when someone dies, they can’t come back… ever.”

“But… but she hasn’t died yet. She can come back to life.” Guo Guo looked at Chenxue for a long while, tilted her little head, and spoke softly.

“She’s already dead.” Ye Tian Xie shook his head slowly, his heart pierced by pain. Although her last trace of life had not yet dissipated, she would never wake up again… On Earth, this was already death.

“Yiya! Master is a big dummy! Guo Guo said she isn’t dead, so she’s not dead. Guo Guo is the smartest, and wouldn’t say something wrong… Ah! Master, if she can wake up, then you wouldn’t be sad… Why doesn’t Master make her wake up?”

“Because when a person dies, it’s impossible for them to come back to life.” If it were under normal circumstances, Ye Tian Xie  would have been driven to frustration, or even to the brink of collapse, by Guo Guo’s seemingly foolish questions. But now, he stared blankly ahead, mechanically answering Guo Guo’s questions. Chenxue’s death was a devastating blow to him… second only to Xian’er’s departure. Because this time, another person who was very important to him had lost their life right in front of his eyes.

“Huh? But Master can clearly make her wake up. Why are you saying it’s impossible?” Guo Guo’s face showed deep confusion and curiosity, and her expression didn’t seem to be feigned.

“Make her wake up?” Ye Tian Xie’s gaze shifted to Guo Guo, subconsciously repeating her words.

“Yes…Huh? Could it be that Master doesn’t know? Big Sister told me that if it’s an ordinary person, even if they are seriously injured or close to death, as long as there’s a tiny bit of life left, Master can make them better. It’s just… just that it might hurt a little.” Guo Guo recalled for a moment and spoke with great certainty.

Ye Tian Xie was stunned. In an instant, the dead grey light in his eyes vanished without a trace. He grabbed Guo Guo’s body in a hurry, asking anxiously, “Guo Guo… is what you just said true? Tell me… what’s the method? Quickly, tell me!”

“Ahhhh… it hurts, it hurts! Waaah! Master… you’re hurting me… waaaah!!”

Startled by Ye Tian Xie’s sudden and forceful action, and also in pain from his grip, Guo Guo burst into tears with a loud wail. Her tears flowed down uncontrollably without the need for any buildup.

Ye Tian Xie quickly loosened his grip, gently cradling Guo Guo in his palm. After a long moment of helplessness, he spoke in the gentlest voice he could manage: “Guo Guo, it’s my fault. I was careless just now and shouldn’t have hurt you… Don’t cry, okay?”

Every time Guo Guo cried, his comforting words were always just these few simple phrases. Before meeting Guo Guo, he had no experience whatsoever in taking care of children.

“Wuu… wuuu… you bullied me again… bullied me again… Master is the worst, the absolute worst… wuuu…” Guo Guo wiped away her ever-flowing tears with her tiny hands, crying even harder.

“Guo Guo is the best and most obedient. Don’t cry, don’t cry…”

“No, I won’t listen! Master bullied Guo Guo again…” Guo Guo refused to give in, her tearful eyes quickly soaking Ye Tian Xie’s palm.

“Then…I’ll buy Guo Guo a lot of chocolates that are even tastier than lollipops tonight, okay?”

Sure enough, as soon as Ye Tian Xie said this, Guo Guo’s crying immediately quieted down. She sniffled and looked at her master with teary eyes, “Re… really?”

“Mm, of course it’s true.”

“Then… I also want lollipops.”

“Okay.”

“And… and Master has to take a bath with Guo Guo tonight.”

“Alright…”

“And Master has to let Guo Guo hug your neck to sleep.”

“Okay…”

“And I also want…”

“……”

After signing a series of unequal treaties, Guo Guo finally stopped crying. But she was still pouting, her little face slightly red, and her long eyelashes still carried a few tiny, crystal-clear teardrops.

“Guo Guo, quickly tell me, how can I make her wake up?” Ye Tian Xie held Chenxue in his arms, asking anxiously. What Guo Guo said was clear: as long as there was still a trace of life left, she could be revived. In other words, if her life had completely dissipated, and she had truly entered death, then it would be impossible… Although this sounded like a fantasy, Ye Tian Xie chose to believe… because Guo Guo herself was already a being out of a fantasy. She might not know things that even a three-year-old child would, but she knew many things that ordinary people didn’t.

Guo Guo wrinkled her little nose, wiped away her last tears with her small hand, then raised her little face, biting her finger, and after thinking hard for a moment, she slowly said, “…Hmm, I remember now! It’s dragon blood, and dragon essence… both can work!”

“Dragon blood? Dragon essence?” Ye Tian Xie was stunned… What was that? Was it the blood of a dragon and the crystallized power of a dragon? How could he possibly have such things?

“Yiya! That’s right, Guo Guo definitely didn’t remember wrong. Dragon blood is Master’s blood, and dragon essence is Master’s semen… Eh? Master, what’s semen?” Encountering a term she didn’t understand, Guo Guo showed a puzzled expression and looked at Ye Tian Xie with curiosity.

“!@#￥%…” Ye Tian Xie’s expression froze for three full seconds before he lowered his voice and asked, “Guo Guo, who told you this?”

“It was Big Sister, Big Sister told me… but I won’t tell Master her name. Ah, Master, you haven’t told Guo Guo what semen is… Is it something edible?” Curious little Guo Guo looked at him with innocent and expectant eyes, asking persistently.

“…Yes, it’s something you can eat.” Ye Tian Xie answered with a blank expression, silently cursing this greedy little imp.

“Eh? Then is it tasty? Big Sister said dragon essence is a very powerful thing and one drop of dragon essence is stronger than a hundred drops of dragon blood. Big Sister also said that dragon essence can be eaten… Ah! If it’s that powerful, it must taste really good… Master, can Guo Guo have just a little taste of your semen? Just a little, okay… Big Sister said it’s very precious.” Guo Guo, who was curious about all edible things, secretly swallowed her saliva, her eager eyes fixed on Ye Tian Xie.

“……” Ye Tian Xie was about to lose his mind.