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“Yangbei.” He lightened up and spoke. “I remembered!
Spiritual energy can hold a soul to the body” His eyes started to
sparkle as he spoke. “What if. What if I give you my spiritual
energy? Then, I can keep your soul attached. And then. Then, you
can stay with me! Even longer than your lifespan!” Luxian’s voice
became louder, hopeful, and as cheerful as how I had remembered
him. Luxian inherited the ancient demonic bloodline gave him an
extremely long lifespan and an unimaginable amount of spiritual
energy, so he thought that giving some of it to me won’t hurt much.
I knew where this was going. I agreed with Luxian’s
statement, but I knew, as time passes, more spiritual energy would
be required to keep the soul attached. The more spiritual energy
used, the weaker the donor would become.

Back in my bed I was about to decline, but then, I hesitated.
A thought came to me, a foolish thought that lead to my regretful
decision. I thought to myself: “If I accepted the plan, what would
I lose? Nothing. I would get to stay with Luxian, just like how we
wanted to.” Dark things started growing within me. “That would be
great” I accepted Luxian’s offer. Those words later tasted like
poison.
The first ten years passed in a blink of an eye. Every day,
I woke up with Luxian by my side. He kissed me gently, despite the
fact that my face was no longer young and beautiful. Luxian would
walk to the main palace while I stayed in my room during the day,
resting. My body had not stopped aging. Luxian would return from
work in the evening, looking tired or unhappy at first, and lightened
up after he had seen my face. Luxian would cook us dinner. It was