TSFLIP Chapter 240

At Hui Tou Cliff, the cold wind whistled relentlessly.

A year ago, Xue Ran had died here, exhausted and defeated, surrounded by the martial arts sects. A year later, the man who should have turned to bones stood at the edge of the cliff, hands behind his back, calmly admiring the finest orchid blooming nearby.

The wind billowed his white robes, making him seem like an immortal ready to ascend to the heavens. Such an elegant and noble man, even if he was more terrifying than the rumors, still drew the adoration of countless women. Over the past year, he had rejected many who threw themselves at him, citing his status as a married man. Those who couldn’t take the hint often paid the price with their lives—not by his hand, of course.

“Do you like that orchid?” he asked, turning slightly. His demeanor was serene, detached from worldly concerns, yet imbued with an extraordinary gentleness—a softness he reserved only for her.

Feng Guang had appeared beside him without warning, yet he showed no surprise as if her return to him was the most natural thing in the world. Sending Guan Yueyue to find her had been a decision he made on instinct, though he couldn’t quite explain why. He simply knew Guan Yueyue would succeed.

And indeed, she had.

Feng Guang’s gaze also fell on the orchid clinging to the cliffside. “If I said I liked it, would you pluck it and give it to me?”

“If Feng Guang likes something, I will personally deliver it to you,” he said without hesitation.

“What if I wanted your life?”

“That won’t do.” He shook his head. “You’d be heartbroken.”

Feng Guang wanted to laugh at his arrogance, but the truth in his words stifled her. Instead, she asked, “Don’t you have any questions for me?”

“Questions? Are you asking if I’m curious about that child?” Xue Ran lifted a hand to caress her cheek, speaking softly. “It doesn’t matter. If Feng Guang didn’t want the child, then so be it. He’s unimportant. What matters is that you’ve come back to me.”

A chill gripped her heart at his indifferent tone. She had thought he might show some human emotion toward his flesh and blood, but she was wrong.

She smiled, though her words were sharp. “Of course not. Why would I ever give birth to my enemy’s child?”

“You’re still upset with me.”

His tone carried the helplessness of a husband facing a quarrelsome wife, oblivious to the depth of her grief over the loss of her loved ones.

Xue Ran pulled her into his embrace. “You mustn’t hold this against me any longer. Everything I’ve done has been for you.”

“For me?” Feng Guang didn’t push him away. Instead, she smiled faintly and asked, “You sought the Elixir of Immortality for eternal life—how is that for me?”

Xue Ran lowered his gaze, his eyes filled with boundless tenderness. “The Elixir of Immortality? I perfected it five hundred years ago. Everything I’ve done since then has been to make sure you could share eternity with me.”

“What… did you just say?”

Without waiting for her reaction, he swept her into his arms and began walking toward the plum tree on the cliff. “Reaching the pinnacle of martial arts or mastering medicine and poison—those were all too easy for me. When I heard no one had ever succeeded in achieving immortality, I thought I’d take on the challenge to pass the time. But even that turned out to be simple.”

Simple?

The effort that cost countless others their lives was dismissed by him as if it were as trivial as picking up a pebble.

He sat down with her on a large rock beneath the plum tree, shielding her from the biting mountain winds so she wouldn’t feel cold.

“That day, Guan, Xia, and Tang came together to kill me,” he continued, his voice calm. “I was already tired of the identity I held at the time, so I let them think they succeeded. Watching the three of them secretly fight over the remaining ingredients for the Elixir was rather entertaining.”