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Chapter 1041 Saving One Person

Bai Jian's words really stumped Meng Zhe. If it were the past, he would definitely make a decision for Song Jiang without hesitation, but this time he hesitated. What if Song Jiang didn't want to live as a half-human, half-demon? After all, he had made choices for him a thousand years ago and a thousand years later, and had caused all his pain. But this time...what right did he have to make a choice for Song Jiang again?
Seeing Meng Zhe's hesitation, Bai Jian sighed and said, "We must make the decision as soon as possible... After all, this person is only a mortal now. If we delay any further, I am afraid that I will be powerless to save him."

In fact, whether it was Baihu a thousand years ago or Mengzhe today, they have always been decisive. Even in such a difficult situation back then, he still made choices for Qinglong without hesitation and helped him choose a way to continue living. The reason why Mengzhe is indecisive now is because the situation is different now. The reason why Song Jiang resolutely chose to unlock the seal of Suzaku on the Xuanwu boulder must be that he was determined to die. This forced Mengzhe to doubt for the first time whether his original decision was right or wrong...

In the past, Meng Zhe only considered the pros and cons, but never thought about the feelings of Qinglong and Song Jiang, let alone which of the two outcomes, life or death, they desired more... For ordinary people, being alive is naturally better than being dead, but for Qinglong and Song Jiang, the meanings of life and death are completely different.

Qinglong suddenly turned from a revered god into a demon, and has been trapped in the Sky-Repairing Stone with this infamy. He cannot tell the truth to anyone, especially to his best brother Baihu, but the other party joined forces with outsiders to kill him for the so-called justice of heaven.

If it were someone else, they would definitely hate and resent him, but Qinglong would only say a few words to express his feelings. In his heart, he never really resented Baihu's choice. Because he was once one of the Four Saints and knew the responsibilities of being one of the Four Saints, he understood and agreed with Baihu, and at the same time, he felt even more sorry for his good brother. He had to make the decision to kill his good brother under such a difficult situation, and at the same time, he had to do everything he could to help his good brother preserve his soul and fight for a chance to be reborn in the future. How could Qinglong hate Baihu, such a fellow brother?
But the thousand years of restraint have changed Qinglong's mentality. He has lost his former fighting spirit and is extremely disappointed with the greed and selfishness of the people in the world. Even if he is given a new godhood and body to return to the Four Saints, he only wants to retire to Cangshan and never appear in the world. But if his existence is a hidden danger that threatens the people, Qinglong will still be willing to sacrifice himself to keep the peace in this world as he did in the past.

Back to Song Jiang, before he met Meng Zhe, he was just an ordinary person, living an ordinary life, struggling for money and food every day. Even though he had few relatives since childhood and his only blood relative avoided him as much as possible... he was still grateful and never resented the hardships that life had given him.

Later, he saved Meng Zhe by chance, and his world was completely changed. But none of this mattered, and he could accept it calmly, except for his inexplicable life experience. It turned out that the suffering he had endured over the years was so long, so long that it would be like this for all his lives... miserable. And all of this was just to occupy a place for others and preserve a body. How could Song Jiang accept such a truth calmly?
But Song Jiang still didn't hate Meng Zhe. Maybe it was because Song Jiang was originally a part of Qinglong, so he still possessed all of his qualities in his subconscious. Of course, the most important point is that in the process of getting along with each other, they gradually became close friends who shared life and death. He understood Baihu's difficulties and understood that he had given his all to preserve Qinglong's soul... He was also pleased that Meng Zhe was willing to try to separate Qinglong's soul for his own safety a thousand years later, but unfortunately he failed in the end.

Now that Song Jiang knows the whole truth, he can't figure out why this person is himself and not someone else? But he still can't hate Meng Zhe. He even wants to end all this with his own death, but he didn't expect Meng Zhe to be unable to do it at the critical moment. Because in Song Jiang's heart, even if it is the Azure Dragon God, Meng Zhe will still kill him for the sake of his responsibilities and the safety of the people, let alone his own little body? But unexpectedly, Meng Zhe really hesitated this time.

In fact, Meng Zhe knew very well that if he just let Song Jiang die of his injuries, all the crises would be solved, but at the same time, the spirits of Song Jiang, Qinglong and Xuanwu would disappear together... Meng Zhe did not expect that after thousands of years of twists and turns, he would finally have to face the same problem.

If he could choose, Meng Zhe would rather be the one they chose, so that he wouldn't have to make such a difficult decision. It is said that gods care about the people of the world, but few people know that they also have human nature in their bones, and there are people and things in their hearts that they value very much and cannot give up easily, otherwise there wouldn't be so many gods in this world who eventually fell into the devil's way.

It was such a seemingly "simple" choice, but Meng Zhe thought about it from dusk till dawn. He finally chose to heal Song Jiang. No matter what, he wanted to give Song Jiang a chance to be reborn. Although the risk was huge, once the evil spirit took over Song Jiang's body, the world would never be at peace... But Meng Zhe had chosen the latter between "saving one person or saving all living beings" before, so this time he wanted to choose to save one person.

When Song Jiang woke up, it was already a week later. He looked at the strange man in front of him who was continuously supplying spiritual power to his body, and asked, "Excuse me... who are you?"

After hearing this, Bai Jian slowly opened his eyes and said with a smile, "If you don't wake up, I will almost be unable to explain to Lord White Tiger."

When Song Jiang heard the other party mention Meng Zhe, he knew that it must be the expert he had found to save him, so he slowly stood up and said with great effort, "How is Meng Zhe's injury? Has he recovered his human form?"

At this time, a familiar voice came from behind Bai Jian, "You still have time to care about me... Don't you know your own worth? How dare you go to find Yang Jian alone?!"

Song Jiang looked over and saw Meng Zhe standing next to Bai Jian with a scruffy face. It was obvious that he hadn't taken care of his appearance for a long time. This was rare for Meng Zhe, who was always very proud and had some mysophobia...