The Psychic Girl

Chapter 117 Starry Wishes

The man's face was pale, yet he had a pure and clear expression like a banished immortal. Although he looked so weak that he seemed to be about to disappear in the next second, there was a smile of relief and satisfaction in his eyes.

The closer I got to his face, the stronger that familiar gaze became.

Ye Lianxi looked at him and for the first time she felt a sense of regret.

"do we know each other?"

She asked carefully, not sure if she should expect an answer.

With long black hair spread out in front of his eyes, the man looked at Ye Lianxi, not daring to shift his gaze even a little, for fear that she would disappear in the blink of an eye. Her beautiful face at the moment was reflected in his pair of crystal yellow pupils.

[Know each other? What does it take to know each other?

He watched her alone in the darkness for tens of thousands of years, witnessed her birth to the destruction of her entire consciousness, watched her fall into reincarnation, suffered in every life from the love affairs with others, and even gave up his entire life of practice for her!

But I could never get even one chance, a chance to interact with her life, a chance to be qualified to stand by her side and protect her.

From the beginning of the story until now, she has never known of his existence, and she can't even leave his name!

Does this count as knowing each other?

The man suddenly shook his head in self-mockery. He was already going to disappear, so why bother dreaming?

What if she knew? It would only disturb her and cause her troubles...

"...Know each other? Never..."

His heart felt like it was bleeding. Those eyes that once looked at him from a distance of tens of thousands of light years, now seemed so close, yet... became even farther away than before.

Ye Lianxi believed it, she had no reason not to believe it.

In her opinion, he had no reason to lie to her.

“Do you know what these spirits are?

How did they... and you become like this? You are the only one who is still conscious here, can you tell me?"

[She is doing well now. She said she is now a psychic. She still has a chance. My efforts have not been in vain...]

He wanted to lift his wrist that was controlled by the chain to touch Ye Lianxi's face. That was a dream he had never pursued in his entire life, a long-cherished wish that he had spent all his energy on but still failed to fulfill...

His eyes flickered slightly. He had always just silently glimpsed her beauty. But at that time, how could he, who was so miserable, have the qualifications to touch her?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but lower his head.

Turning to look at the stone pillar behind him, the man pointed at the towering tree with cracks all over it, connecting the water and the sky.

The leaves of the tree have completely fallen, and the branches have been broken and submerged in the black water. Its bare appearance now reflects its true name - the Pillar of Hell.

"The Dark Pillar... is dying. If it wants to survive, it needs a constant supply of energy, although that is just a drop in the bucket compared to the speed at which it is decaying."

For some reason, the pillars supporting the entire underworld have been in an unstoppable decline, and the decline is getting more and more severe. This decline had already begun when the man reached an agreement with the pillars...

In order to delay the collapse of the underworld, over the past hundred years, the Underworld Pillar has had to find ways to absorb all the spiritual energy and energy it can get from the outside.

"All the spirits you see are attracted by it from the outside world. It can create the illusions they expect from the deepest memories of the spirits."

After knowing the truth of what happened here, Ye Lianxi opened her mouth in surprise.

"What! A spirit that has been drained of its spiritual energy will completely disappear from this world! That will not only harm them, but it won't solve the problem at all!"

The voice soothed Ye Lianxi softly, and there was infinite tenderness on his pale and disheveled face.

"The duty of the Underworld Pillar is to maintain the stability of the Underworld. We can't blame it... It just wants to survive by instinct. Moreover, once the Underworld Pillar collapses, the spirit world will fall into chaos, and the evil spirits trapped in hell will use this opportunity to escape. At that time, both the spirit world and the human world will no longer be peaceful..."

"What about Hades? Isn't he the greatest ruler of the underworld?

Doesn't it know what's going on here? Is there no way to make up for it?"

"The Little Prison Heaven is a space deeper than hell. Just like people on the ground don't know what kind of life exists underground, what does the existence of these lives mean to people on the ground?

Even Hades doesn't know how things come about and how they will end. There are some things that even the Creator can hardly fathom.

Are you here to rescue these spirits?"

Facing the man's question, Ye Lianxi nodded suddenly.

"The spirits that disappeared here in the past can no longer be saved, but what you see now is that they are just trapped in the beautiful dream given by the Nether Pillar and have lost themselves. I can temporarily interfere with the influence of the Nether Pillar. As long as you use the sound of the bell in your hand, you can lead them away.

That bracelet is a holy object, you must keep it well, it may be able to save you at a critical moment."

Does he also know about the psychic bracelet? Ye Lianxi looked at him and continued to ask.

"What about you? You're still tied up with chains...what are you going to do?"

The iron chain was the chain of oath that Mingzhu transformed with his spiritual energy. Ye Lianxi's spiritual power was far less powerful than Mingzhu's, and she was simply unable to cut it, even though Mingzhu was no longer the same as before, like an old man in his twilight years.

The man chained with iron chains was covered in scars. He looked as if he had gone through a long ordeal, with only his skinny skeleton barely supporting his body.

His voice was filled with fatigue and weakness, and his consciousness was being consumed bit by bit.

"Me? I want to stay here...

Unlike them, I had an agreement with the Dark Pillar. For the sake of someone I want to protect, I have given up my freedom. I am just a consciousness. Even if I disappear, the world will only lose a memory and an obsession...

Before, Mingzhu always said things that I found difficult to agree with. Now it is about to die, and it has not had the strength to talk to me for a long time. On the contrary, I sometimes miss what it said, because now I begin to understand what it meant.

Someone has to stay with the Underworld Pillar until the end. The collapse of the underworld cannot be stopped, but with the power of my spiritual consciousness, I can at least delay it for some time... I have no regrets anymore. Now I can make myself disappear without reservation.

If the underworld is gone, the gates of hell will open wide, and both the living world and the spirit world will be in trouble. Where will the person I want to protect have a stable life? Since I want to protect her, I should protect everything in this world that is worth protecting. All the beauty should be seen by her.

I hope my reincarnation will understand this feeling one day...

If possible, can you grant me one last request?"

Ye Lianxi floated lightly above the water, looking down at his dry face and said with reluctance.

"I promise you any request."

Although he is not a spirit, Ye Lianxi now agrees to his request more like a friend rather than a psychic.

She knew that the man was beyond saving. Even if there was a way to cut the chains that bound him to the agreement with Mingzhu, he would soon disappear... He could help her without hesitation. If there was something she could do for him, she would feel a little comforted!

After getting Ye Lianxi's affirmation, the man revealed a touching smile. I don't know if it was because he knew he was about to disappear, but that smile was particularly heartbreaking.

“Thank you…thank you…

I am just a ball of consciousness. Even if I disappear, no one will remember me. Even my reincarnation will not know that I once existed... Can you help me look at the stars in the sky more often in the future? I want someone to remember it..."

[If that person is you, that would be the best... The love of the stars has always been humble, from the sky to the dust, always hidden under the dazzling light of the moon, its wish has always been just to hope that you can notice its existence! ]