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“Now, he had at last seen himself: a ghost tied to the hidden bones, fooling himself and others, laboring under the mistaken belief that he still belonged to the land of the living.”
― Priest, 太岁 [Tài Suì]

“Hua Cheng said quietly, "Your Highness, I understand your everything.

"Your courage, your despair; your kindness, your pain; your resentment, your hate; your intelligence, your foolishness.

"If I could, I would have you use me as your stepping stone, the bridge you take apart after crossing, the corpse bones you need to trample to climb up, the sinner who deserved the butchering of a million knives. But, I know you wouldn't allow it."

(...)

However, Hua Cheng only replied, "To die in battle for you is my greatest honour."

Those words were like a fatal blow. The tears in Xie Lian's eyes could no longer be restrained, and they came pouring out.

Like he was hanging on the thread of his life, he pleaded, "You said you would never leave me."

However, Hua Cheng replied, "There is no banquet in this world that doesn't come to an end."

Xie Lian bowed his head and buried it deep into his chest, his heart and throat in constricted agony, unable to speak.

Yet soon after, he heard Hua Cheng say above him, "But, I will never leave you."

Hearing this, Xie Lian's head shot up.

Hua Cheng said to him, "I will come back. Your Highness, believe me.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]

“Born into this world, you rise early and retire late–how could you dare to snatch a moment's leisure?”
― Priest, 太岁 [Tài Suì]

“You blame me for not blocking that selection card, right? That's fine... that's all fine, go ahead and blame me if you want. Anyway, you've never hesitated to throw a tantrum when you were mad at me." He softly deliberated with the corpse: "Ge will smash this damn place for you and take you home, and then you'll come visit me in a dream, okay?”
― Priest, 太岁 [Tài Suì]