Chapter 1867: Duke Su

*Creak—*

A figure pushed open the narrow door and hurried into the room.

"Yao Qing!"

"Yao Qing!!"

Su Zhiwei saw an aged figure lying flat on the bed, motionless, and her heart tightened instantly!

Her voice began to tremble, and she rushed to the bedside like a bolt of lightning, wrapping her arms around Yao Qing’s body... Only when she felt that faint heartbeat did her tense heart relax slightly.

At the same time,

Yao Qing on the bed slowly opened his eyes.

"Zhiwei... sister..." Yao Qing felt the warmth from her embrace and spoke softly.

"Yao Qing, how do you feel?" Su Zhiwei frowned tightly. "The situation outside has stabilized. Just hold on a little longer, and I will go beg Director Chen to save you..."

"No, no need..."

A complex look flashed in Yao Qing’s eyes... He grabbed Su Zhiwei’s hand and placed it gently on his left chest.

Su Zhiwei was startled, seemingly not understanding the purpose of Yao Qing’s action, but when she felt a heartbeat coming from Yao Qing’s left chest, her whole body shook, and a look of shock appeared in her eyes...

"This is..."

"That Duke Su... she came by," Yao Qing said, his tone filled with an indescribable bitterness.

"She..."

"Gave me her heart."

……

Red Dust Domain, Village.

Dressed in red, she stumbled across the muddy grass. Drops of blood rolled from her hem, staining the grass—which had been painted green by a brush—into a vivid crimson... like scattered petals of red dust.

She did not leave like the other Dukes, but continued to walk through this landscape of red dust, like a traveler revisiting an old haunt...

She walked across the small bridge, over the hills, and stood on the bank where willow leaves swayed, looking at the shimmering lake, her pale lips pressed together.

At the same time,

a figure emerged from behind her.

"Duke Su... why go to such lengths?" Duke Medicine looked at the young girl in red, whose breath was as thin as a thread, and sighed softly. "Your injuries are severe, but with me here, you wouldn't necessarily die... At worst, you would just need to rest in bed for a few years."

"But you gave your heart to that Green Divine Path, severing your life force completely. Even I am powerless to save you now..."

"I appreciate Duke Medicine’s kindness," the girl in red smiled slightly. She sat down weakly and slowly beside the willow tree, her beautiful eyes quietly watching the shimmering lake.

"Even if this broken body of mine were saved, it would be hard to do anything more for this world... Rather than that, it is better to give up this Demigod position."

"Moreover..."

The girl in red gently raised her hand and placed it over her blood-soaked, hollow chest.

In her mind, the figure of a down-and-out scholar slowly took shape... That was the love she had pursued all her life but could never attain, the regret she could not let go of even in death.

"If my heart can help them continue on their journey..."

"Perhaps..."

"It can be considered making up for my regrets."

Watching the girl sitting alone in a pool of blood, with those broken and infatuated eyes, Duke Medicine sighed again.

"Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Trouble you, Duke Medicine... after I die, there is no need for a burial. Just let me stay here," the girl’s gentle voice sounded. "I like it here... although everything here is fake, it is very similar to the place where we first met."

Duke Medicine nodded slightly and said, "Hmm."

Neither of them spoke again.

They just quietly listened to the wind brushing through the willow leaves and the ripples on the lake.

Unknowingly, the blood had stained the earth beneath the girl in red, like a patch of bright and beautiful fallen blossoms.

The girl leaned gently against the willow tree, her eyes closing silently.

I don't know how much time passed.

Two figures flew in from the direction of the village.

"Her aura should be here..." Yao Qing felt the aura of the Prostitute Divine Path, unique to Duke Su, and looked around.

"There."

Su Zhiwei saw the figure under the willow tree at a glance.

Su Zhiwei and Yao Qing walked side by side toward the willow tree, their eyes full of worry and confusion.

If Duke Su hadn't given her heart to Yao Qing, Yao Qing would likely have died of old age by now. Although they didn't know why she did it, they were filled with gratitude toward Duke Su... What kind of person would sacrifice themselves to fulfill a pair of lovers, even when they were mere strangers, or even enemies?

They walked under the willow tree, and just as Yao Qing was about to say something, Su Zhiwei gently held his hand...

"Wait."

"She..."

"Has no breath left."

Yao Qing was slightly startled.

A breeze brushed the willow leaves. A girl as exquisite as jade sat quietly among the fallen blossoms, her head lowered... She was facing the lake, like a statue waiting for something.

An old man in white, holding a polished wooden plaque, walked gently to her side.

"Duke Medicine."

Su Zhiwei recognized the old man; not long ago, they had been fighting in the Red Dust Domain.

Duke Medicine smiled slightly at them. "The two of you, we shouldn't be enemies anymore... I apologize for the previous offense."

Su Zhiwei didn't want to talk to him about that. She looked at the figure in red under the willow leaves and couldn't help but ask:

"Who... exactly was she?"

Duke Medicine did not answer.

He just silently wrote something on the wooden plaque in his hand and then gently inserted it into the ground beside Duke Su... Perhaps years later, when the girl’s body decayed and merged with the earth, this would be the final resting place of her soul.

Even if there was no burial, at least there should be a tombstone.

As Duke Medicine stood up, Yao Qing and Su Zhiwei finally saw the name on the plaque...

It was a very delicate name:

——【Tomb of Su Xiaoxiao】.

……

At the same time.

Chen Ling, who was flying rapidly toward the Red Dust Domain in the Gray Realm, paused slightly.

Thoughts swirled in his mind; he heard everything that had happened to Su Zhiwei and Yao Qing... A look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"Duke Su, huh..."

He looked down at the wound on his wrist. "Well, that saves some blood..."

He hesitated for a moment, then stopped approaching the Red Dust Domain, immediately turning and flying straight toward the South Sea Domain...

*Hum—!!*

The moment Chen Ling turned and left,

in the direction of the Red Dust Domain not far away, a gray divine path shot into the sky, and the mysterious Divine Path Star lit up in the dim firmament!

Prostitute Divine Path, Divine Path Self-Verification!

The moment this divine path appeared, Chen Ling guessed who had initiated the self-verification... He looked toward that direction, a look of gratification appearing in his eyes.

"Finally, you've reached this step..."

"Congratulations..."

"Qingyan."