vrcanaries Chapter 238 I can definitely do it!
Chapter 238 I can definitely do it!
At this time, Gu Xulin's arms, neck, and even his entire upper body were tightly tied up with medical gauze and bandages by Xi Yan, looking like a half-finished mummy.
Hearing Xi Yan's pointed question, Gu Xulin was silent for a moment before speaking in a hoarse voice, "I understand."
The meaning of Xi Yan's words was very clear, and Gu Xulin had no choice but to understand. He finally understood that Xi Yan's arrival, choosing him as the host, and even asking him to do all this was for the opportunity to conclude a divine covenant with Xuan Sang.
Since he failed to kill Shousui and even became friends with Shousui, don't blame Xi Yan for deciding to change the host.
Gu Xulin understood that now, Luo Tingyu was the new choice that Xi Yan could place his hopes on.
He suddenly felt tired. In order to cooperate with Xi Yan in bandaging the wound on his chest, he had to sit up straight instead of lying on the floor against the wall so that Xi Yan could wrap the bandage around his shoulders and back to tie it tightly.
Unconsciously, he had maintained this posture with his back straight for a long time, until he felt exhausted. Gu Xulin sat back against the wall again. His body suddenly relaxed at that moment, just like a frustrated soldier on the battlefield.
Gu Xulin couldn't describe the feeling in his heart at this moment. The bitterness and pain surged and accumulated like waves, and finally evolved into an emotion that made him so uncomfortable that he wanted to cry but was powerless to cry. It was like he had fallen into the abyss and no matter how hard he struggled, he could not escape.
He originally thought that he was a little different to Xi Yan, otherwise how could he be chosen to be his host? But in the end, he found out that he was just a chess piece that could be discarded.
Gu Xulin raised his palms to cover his eyes and couldn't help but smile at himself. He should have understood long ago that in this doomsday game, he was just an insignificant character from beginning to end.
He shouldn't have dreamed of becoming the "protagonist" in the play, let alone of getting anything other than life!
Xi Yan looked at Gu Xulin, who was lowering his head. He held his hand in front of his forehead, and most of his face was covered by his palm. The corners of his eyes were gradually moistened. Gu Xulin, who was huddled against the wall, seemed to have lost all his strength. He was like a deflated ball, lifeless.
Seeing Gu Xulin like this, Xi Yan didn't know why he felt a little sorry for him. But he knew he couldn't be soft-hearted. Since he couldn't respond to Gu Xulin's love, he shouldn't give him even a little hope.
Xi Yan withdrew her gaze from him, then picked up all the remaining medicines and bandages on the ground and put them back into the first aid kit.
Seeing that Xi Yan had packed up the medicine box and seemed to be preparing to leave, Gu Xulin raised his drooped eyelids slightly. He subconsciously stretched out his right hand and reluctantly grabbed Xi Yan's wrist, just stopping the other party from getting up.
Xi Yan raised her eyes along the hand that was grasping her wrist and looked at Gu Xulin in confusion. He did not speak, but just looked at the host with a questioning look in his eyes, as if silently asking what the other party wanted to do?
Gu Xulin suppressed his emotions. After a moment of silence, he looked up at Xi Yan and said, "Give me a chance to win you over. Apart from taking Shousui's life, tell me, what else can I do for you? What should I do?"
He also understood that opportunities had to be fought for by himself. Since Xi Yan was willing to make such a huge effort to have the opportunity to sign a divine covenant with Xuan Sang, and even risked misunderstanding by Xuan Sang, why couldn't he use every possible method and make every effort to make Xi Yan turn around and look at him and pay attention to him?
Otherwise, he really wouldn't be reconciled.
Xi Yan frowned and glanced at the unusually persistent host. Gu Xulin's hand on his wrist was gripped extremely tightly and with unusually great force, as if he would not let go unless he gave an answer.
Xi Yan was silent for a while before she said to Gu Xulin, "Then you should try your best to survive first."
"After changing the host, the host contract between us will be terminated, but the abilities you once possessed will not be taken back. They are obtained through your own hard work in cultivation, and even I cannot take them away. Moreover, even if you don't have the system, you can still continue to practice according to the cultivation method I taught you, but it will be slower and there will be no more resource rewards."
Xi Yan was stunned at the pair of slightly red eyes that appeared when Gu Xulin raised his head. His long and curled eyelashes, soaked with tears, appeared even thicker, black and shiny like crow feathers, making Gu Xulin's serious expression appear inexplicably pitiful.
Xi Yan paused for a moment before continuing, "If you can advance to the 'Ninth Heaven Realm' in the future and take me back from others, then I will give you a chance to compete with me in a divine covenant. Of course, I won't take advantage of you. If you can do all of this, I will suppress my cultivation to the same level as you and then compete with you separately."
When Gu Xulin heard this, his eyes lit up instantly. He looked at Xi Yan with an uncertain expression and asked, "Are you serious?"
"When have I ever lied to you?"
Xi Yan thought that with Gu Xulin's stubborn character, he would not be able to leave without some lies. And if Gu Xulin stubbornly stayed here and waited for death, then his deal with Luo Tingyu would be in vain.
In this case, Xi Yan thought of picking out a few conditions that Gu Xulin wanted and setting them as goals for him so that he could regain hope of living.
Anyway, even if Gu Xulin could achieve the first of the two conditions, the second one would be absolutely impossible.
Because in the Phantom Clan, no matter who you are, you can only have the privilege of changing the host once, and even if you regret it later, you can't change it back, and you can't unbind from the host by yourself. Only when the host dies, the contract between the system and the host will be invalidated.
And no matter what the reason is, after changing the host, the system master god has to start all over again. This behavior of choosing to start over halfway through cultivation is not worthwhile for them, the phantom gods.
Therefore, even if they have the privilege of changing hosts once, most of the Phantom God Clan basically regard this privilege as a useless existence, and generally no one with a brain would use it. Even if they want to use it, it will not succeed if the original host does not agree to sign the replacement contract.
Gu Xulin's reasons were somewhat special. Even if he himself was unwilling, he could not resist Luo Tingyu's coercion and Xi Yan was forced to make the choice for him.
After hearing Xi Yan's promise, Gu Xulin immediately agreed impatiently, "Okay!"
"Remember what you said today," Gu Xulin looked at Xi Yan with hope in his eyes, "I can definitely do it!"
Seeing that his eyes had regained their former luster, Xi Yan couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips and revealed a faint smile.
Human beings are so easily influenced, deceived or exploited by others just because of a lie.