Chapter 293: Death to prove one’s ambition
Liu Xunyi sat at the edge of the Cliff of Forgetfulness for three whole days.

During these three days, Liu Xunyi stayed awake and did not eat or drink. He just stared silently at the bottomless cliff, thinking about something over and over in his mind.

He is not afraid of death, but is weighing the pros and cons.

After a rare moment of calmness and careful thinking, Liu Xunyi suddenly discovered that after the disaster in Hexi, Luo Tianjin and him were not "reconciled as before". On the contrary, Luo Tianjin knew that Jueqing Valley and Xianwang Mansion had long-standing grievances, but still sent him "deep into the tiger's den". Knowing that the Jueqing Valley group would encounter all kinds of difficulties, he still "placed high hopes" on him, as if he was testing him.

To test Liu Xunyi's courage and loyalty.

If this trip fails, Liu Xunyi will most likely be completely abandoned by Luo Tianjin and will never be reused again.

Liu Xunyi had gone through so much hardship and finally made it to this day. At this critical moment, if he lost Luo Tianjin's trust, all his previous efforts would be wasted and he would fail. This ending was something Liu Xunyi could never accept.

But what does jumping off a cliff mean? Liu Xunyi also knows it clearly, which is why he is entangled, hesitant, and weighing the pros and cons repeatedly.

On the first day, the weather was fine and the air was clear. Liu Xunyi sat on the ground, still about ten feet away from the edge of the cliff. He looked suspicious and blank.

The next day, the weather was hot and cold, rainy and sunny. Liu Xunyi was three feet away from the edge of the cliff. His facial features were grim and he looked restless.

On the third day, the wind was blowing and the rain was heavy, the sky was dark and the ground was gloomy. Liu Xunyi lay on the edge of the cliff, less than half an arm's length away from the abyss, his sword-like eyebrows slightly knitted, as if thinking about something.

The next morning, the wind changed and the clouds moved, the haze dissipated, the sky was clear and the spring mountains were smiling.

When Tang Cong and Pan Yuyin arrived at the Cliff of Forgetfulness, Liu Xunyi was already sitting on the edge with his calves dangling in the air, looking preoccupied with a complicated expression.

"Brother Liu, you have been sitting here in meditation for three days. We... should go back."

Pan Yuyin looked at Liu Xunyi's motionless back. For some reason, a feeling of sadness and loneliness suddenly surged in her heart. She bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth, suppressed the waves in her heart, and called softly: "Brother Liu, Master Xiao has made up his mind and will never give in. Why are you doing this?"

"Master, let's go!" Tang Cong complained, "I thought you would be able to impress the Heartless Valley Master if you stayed here for three days. But I didn't expect that woman to have a heart of stone and was not moved at all..."

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

"Ouch!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a slight sound behind him. Then, Tang Cong felt a pain on the back of his head and couldn't help but let out a cry of pain. He reached out to touch it and found a big swelling on his head.

"Who threw stones at me?"

"it's me!"

Under Tang Cong's angry gaze, Chang Wuhui walked slowly towards him as if he was taking a leisurely stroll in the garden.

"Why did you plot against me?"

"I'll teach you a lesson! Next time when you're on someone else's territory, don't speak without restraint and say nonsense."

While he was talking, Chang Wuhui had come close to him and said sternly, "Liu Xunyi, the three days are up, have you thought it through?"

Tang Cong glared and said, "What qualifications do you have to give orders here? Don't take chicken feathers as your authority. Where is the Lord of Jueqing Valley? Call her out!"

"The Valley Master has no time to deal with such trivial matters, so he sent me to ask." Chang Wuhui snorted, "The Valley Master said that if Liu Xunyi still doesn't dare to jump off the Forgetful Cliff today, I will personally escort you out of the Jueqing Valley."

Hearing this, Tang Cong and Pan Yuyin simultaneously turned their gazes to Liu Xunyi, their eyes filled with solemnity.

"Where is Master Xiao?" Liu Xunyi asked without turning around, "Will she come?"

"No." Chang Wuhui answered very straightforwardly, "Liu Xunyi, although you and I have different positions, we have known each other for a while. I kindly advise you to go back! Legends are just legends after all, no one needs to take them seriously."

"A thousand-foot-high wall is helpless, a thousand-foot-deep abyss is hard for a wild goose to return. Not to mention you, even if a bird falls from here, I'm afraid it will break its wings and be smashed to pieces."

Suddenly, Mei Zichuan's voice sounded from a distance. She led the timid Bao'er and walked slowly towards Wangqing Cliff.

"Boy, do you remember what you promised me?" Mei Zichuan asked seriously, "If you die, who will take me to see Huaying?"

At this moment, Mei Zichuan tightly grasped Bao'er's little hand, not daring to let go for a moment. Bao'er, full of curiosity, kept approaching the edge of the cliff, staring at the bottom of the cliff with a pair of innocent eyes.

"Don't worry, Senior Mei. If I die, Tang Cong and Miss Pan will definitely take you to find Granny Taohua." Liu Xunyi said with a wry smile.

Hearing this, Tang Cong and Pan Yuyin's faces changed, and they said in unison: "Are you really going to jump off the cliff?"

Chang Wuhui also showed a strange look on his face, and said suspiciously: "Liu Xunyi, you are not joking, are you? Don't think you can deceive the Valley Master's sympathy like this..."

"Mom, will I really die if I jump from here?" Baoer suddenly interrupted. He pointed to the endless abyss surrounded by floating clouds and said in a childish voice, "Baoer, you won't die if you jump down."

"Why?" Mei Zichuan asked back with eyes full of doting.

"Mother, look at those thick clouds?" Baoer explained with a proud look on his face, "Baoer's body is small and light. If I fall from here, I will definitely be caught by those clouds. Then, Baoer will be able to fly like the gods in the stories, haha..."

Looking at Baoer's innocent smile, Mei Zichuan couldn't help but raise a smile of pity at the corner of his mouth.

"My dear, do you know what is beneath the thick clouds?" Pan Yuyin said gently, "It is a bottomless abyss. The clouds can catch Baoer, but they can't catch Brother Liu."

"why?"

"Because Brother Liu is too heavy!" Tang Cong evaded the question unhappily.

Bao Er pouted and argued, "How do you know there is a bottomless abyss under the clouds? There are so many clouds blocking it, and you can't see it..."

Baoer's unintentional words made Liu Xunyi's eyes suddenly light up.

He quickly looked down at the bottom of the cliff, but could only see a few feet away. Further down, the fog blocked his eyes and he could not see anything. As for how deep it was under the fog, no one knew. In an instant, the problem he had been thinking about for three days seemed to be solved.

Seeing Liu Xunyi's strange expression, Tang Cong said anxiously: "The Lord of Jueqing Valley once threw a stone, but there was no echo at all. It shows that he is unfathomable. You can't really..."

"Brother Chang!"

Liu Xunyi waved his hand to interrupt Tang Cong, and turned to Chang Wuhui and said, "If I encounter misfortune, Master Xiao, can you tell Tang Cong and Miss Pan the answer as promised, and let them report back to the Xianwang Mansion on my behalf?"

"This..." Chang Wuhui thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay."

Liu Xunyi raised his eyebrows and asked suspiciously, "Can you make the decision?"

“Although I cannot make the decision, I know the Valley Master’s character very well.” Chang Wuhui said, “As long as you dare to jump off the Forgetful Cliff, the Valley Master will keep his word.”

"Well then! Can you please tell Valley Master Xiao to keep her word? As for the Cliff of Oblivion... I will just jump off it."

"what?"

When Liu Xunyi said this, everyone was shocked.

"Boy, if you fall to death and turn into a ghost, don't blame me for speaking without thinking!" Mei Zichuan said coldly.

"Everyone is responsible for their own actions!" Liu Xunyi chuckled, "If I really die here, I can't blame anyone!"

Chang Wuhui looked at Liu Xunyi in disbelief and said hesitantly, "Have you...thought it through?"

"Life and death are determined by fate, success and failure are determined by heaven!" Liu Xunyi said self-deprecatingly, "If I fail to accomplish this, the Palace Master will be extremely disappointed in me. By then... there will be no point in living."

"you……"

"Tang Cong, Miss Pan." Suddenly, Liu Xunyi's expression changed and he said seriously, "If something unexpected happens to me, please tell the mansion master for me and say that I, Liu Xunyi...have been unkind to him..."

"The Sect Master risked his life for the Xianwang Mansion, how could he be 'unworthy' of the Mansion Master?"

In response to Tang Cong's confusion, Liu Xunyi just smiled bitterly and shook his head without answering.

"Liu Xunyi, you...are you really going to jump?"

"If God doesn't kill me, I'll have a hard time dying. If God kills me, I'll die without regrets. I, Liu Xunyi, believe I have nothing to regret, so why not give it a try? Haha..."

Liu Xunyi slowly straightened up, his figure standing on the edge of the cliff like a steel gun, his expression relaxed and his eyes open.

"Liu Xunyi!"

"Brother Liu..."

"Master, you can't..."

Before he finished his words, Liu Xunyi suddenly turned around, and amid exclamations, he leaped forward without hesitation and melted into the abyss in the blink of an eye.

"Master!"

"Brother Liu!"

The sudden change made Tang Cong and Pan Yuyin feel their minds go blank. They subconsciously flew to the edge of the cliff, looked up and down, cried to the sky and the earth, and sobbed in agony.

They originally thought that this was just Liu Xunyi's way of provoking them, but unexpectedly he actually jumped off the Cliff of Forgetfulness.

Unfortunately, everything happened too fast, and when they realized it, it was too late to regret.

At this moment, Tang Cong and Pan Yuyin were complaining bitterly and regretting. Mei Zichuan sighed and lamented. Only Baoer stared at the figure disappearing in the mist with a pair of curious eyes, with an indescribable look in his eyes.

As for Chang Wuhui, he was dumbfounded and dumbfounded. He stared blankly at the empty cliff and said in astonishment: "Liu Xunyi...actually jumped down..."

"What do you mean?"

Tang Cong stood up angrily, grabbed Chang Wuhui by the collar, stared at him with a pair of bloodshot eyes, and said angrily: "The Lord of Jueqing Valley said that a good person will not be hurt if he jumps down. The Lord is a chivalrous man, upright, and willing to endure humiliation for the country and the people. If even he is not a good person, then there are no good people in this world! If the Lord can't come back alive, the Xianwang Mansion will definitely raze Jueqing Valley to the ground!"

"Hmph!" Chang Wuhui's face darkened, and he struggled to shake off Tang Cong's grip, angrily saying, "Liu Xunyi is fanciful and stupid! He jumped off the cliff by himself, he deserved to die, it's not a pity to die, what does this have to do with Jueqing Valley?"

"You want to deny it?"

"enough!"

Seeing that Tang Cong and Chang Wuhui were incompatible and the situation was getting worse, Mei Zichuan suddenly shouted coldly, instantly extinguishing the arrogance of the two.

"Where is Valley Master Xiao?" Mei Zichuan said in a deep voice, "Now that Liu Xunyi is dead and Huaying is no longer in the valley, it's time for me to leave!" After that, she looked at Tang Cong and Pan Yuyin and urged them, "Since Liu Xunyi has already jumped off the cliff, it's useless for you to regret. Why don't you take me and Bao'er to see Huaying at the Xianwang Mansion as soon as possible!"

"But the Sect Master..."

"Either you jump down and accompany him, or follow Liu Xunyi's will and finish the job." Mei Zichuan scolded impatiently, "The dead cannot be resurrected. Now that things have come to this, there is no need to say more!"

After saying that, Mei Zichuan took Baoer's hand and left the Cliff of Forgetfulness first, and Chang Wuhui followed closely behind.

As for Tang Cong and Pan Yuyin, they looked deeply at the vast clouds with despair in their eyes, hesitated again and again, and finally turned away in a trance with staggering steps.

……

(End of this chapter)