“So, you’ve been deceiving me all along, haven’t you?” She trembled as she lifted her gaze, only to find that her senior brother’s once-familiar face now seemed terrifyingly foreign.
<...After returning to Tiangongfang, Shi Liuli received Xu Yinglian.
I heard that this Phoenix Fairy not only became a Taoist partner with Chang Geng, but also had a very deep relationship with him.
At that time, Chang Geng was going to be the headmaster of Kunlun, which was known to the whole cultivation world. The headmaster was a first-grade golden elixir, and the headmaster's wife was a second-grade golden elixir. Everyone exclaimed that Kunlun was simply invincible.
Unexpectedly, one day, Kunlun announced that Chang Geng had left the sect and established his own faction, which greatly surprised all the other forces.
Considering Chang Geng's importance, if he really wanted to leave the sect and establish his own, Kunlun would have to keep him even if it meant begging him to do something... But Kunlun's attitude was too strange, giving people the feeling of "peaceful divorce" and "mutual understanding", and no one was confused.
There are also rumors claiming that Chang Geng did not go out to establish a sect, but to rebel... This statement is even more absurd, just as outrageous as "the prince did not want to be the emperor and rebelled against the court."
Shi Liuli was originally not interested in Kunlun's affairs. After all, the entire Tiangong Workshop was in a mess because of Jingyun's defection.
But now that I have calmed down and thought carefully about the strange things, the more I think about it, the more I feel something is wrong.
She carefully looked at Elder Qiongying opposite her. Although she was dressed in white, without any pearls or makeup, she had an otherworldly and breathtaking beauty that amazed Shi Liuli.
Xu Yinglian was also examining Shi Liuli, thinking that since Dong You had found a Taoist partner, he had matured very quickly, and was now a completely different person from his previous unruly and coquettish self.
After adjusting his mind for a moment, Shi Liuli slowly asked:
"Qiongying has come all the way here, do you want me to calculate Chang Geng's whereabouts?"
"That's right." Xu Yinglian nodded and said, "Can I ask for your divination?"
Shi Liuli remained calm and threw the coin.
Sure enough, when it comes to the "Long Autumn Sky", the hexagram results are a mess.
This gave Shi Liuli an instinctive, bad premonition, but she remained calm and asked Xu Yinglian:
"Chang Geng...does he have any other identity?"
"What do you mean by 'other identities'?" Xu Yinglian was confused at first, but he was very smart and soon guessed part of the truth. "You mean, his real identity is not Qiu Changtian, so fortune-telling cannot reveal it?"
Shi Liuli was hesitating whether to tell her or not, but she didn't expect that the other party was so sharp and guessed the result directly.
Then she thought that Qiu Changtian might be the same as the Master of Taiyin Sword... Thinking of this, she became upset and didn't even bother to answer Xu Yinglian's question.
Seeing her silent, Xu Yinglian frowned and said:
"I really don't know what other identities he has. If I use 'Qiongying Daolu' to search, can I find it?"
"It's hard to say." Shi Liuli said perfunctorily and made a fortune.
Are Qiongying's Taoist partner and my husband the same person?
…
"What do you mean?" Xu Yinglian stared at the copper coin.
"I can't figure it out." Shi Liuli put the copper coin back into his sleeve, brushed the hair on his face behind his ear, and said slowly, "According to my speculation, before he became 'Qiu Changtian', he should have had another identity... Do you understand?"
"The target location of the astrological calculation depends on the target's inner cognition and who he thinks he is. And now, Chang Geng has obviously abandoned this identity and no longer considers himself to be Chang Geng. Therefore, the name 'Chang Geng' has also cut off the possibility of pursuit."
"What do you mean?" Xu Yinglian's face turned ugly. "He thinks I am Chang Geng's Taoist partner, but he is no longer Chang Geng, so his relationship with me as a Taoist partner... is also over? So 'Qiongying Taoist Partner' cannot be calculated?"
"I think there should be only this one answer." Shi Liuli said calmly.
Xu Yinglian stood there in a daze, and for a moment he felt that his faith in the Tao was shaken.
"Ying Lian, calm down, Ying Lian!" Feng Lan in the sea of consciousness shouted loudly, finally awakening her from her trance. "These speculations are only one-sided words from this Dong You, and may not be credible."
"That's right." Xu Yinglian said repeatedly as if grasping a life-saving straw, "When we met in Baicheng before, if he really wanted to break up with me, he should have just slipped away without any scruples. Why did he lie to me so much? It's obvious that he didn't want me to be sad after knowing the truth! Senior brother still has me in his heart!"
Feng Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that her faith in Taoism had become stable again.
In fact, according to Feng Lan, that only proved that the other party felt guilty, but it could not prove that he still had feelings for her. However, Xu Yinglian obviously could not accept this matter, so she did not want to bring it up and could only pretend to be stupid.
In addition, apart from the inaccuracy of the calculation itself, is there a possibility that Elder Dongyou is lying?
Feng Lan keenly noticed that the other party never directly stated it, but deliberately induced Xu Yinglian to think in this direction, and then said "I think it should be", but is it actually true? If it is not, she can also shirk and defend it later. This statement obviously left a way out for herself, making it difficult for people to believe the truth in her words.
Forget it. Now that Xu Yinglian’s determination is wavering, let her calm down first.
After saying goodbye to Shi Liuli, Xu Yinglian left Penglai and wandered aimlessly in the East China Sea.
"So what are you going to do next?" Feng Lan asked.
"I don't know." Xu Yinglian shook his head blankly, "I should... continue to look for him."
Her eyes quickly became firm again:
"No matter what, unless Senior Brother explains it to me personally, I will never believe that he can be so ruthless!"
Even though he experienced great changes in his life, the stubbornness and determination in Xu Yinglian's character remained unchanged from beginning to end.
Xu Yinglian returned to Kunlun to recuperate, so let's not talk about it for now. Shi Liuli sent her away, and then sat in the hall, motionless.
Liang Ruohua and Shi Qing came over and called her several times, but she always evaded and responded perfunctorily. It seemed that she was absent-minded at the moment, and no one knew what was going on.
Shi Liuli sat there like this for the whole night. The next morning, Shi Qing went outside to get a basin of hot water and brought it over for her to wash her face and wake her up.
After using the towel, Shi Liuli finally regained some spirit and said:
"Shi Qing..."
Somehow, her voice seemed to tremble.
"What's wrong?" Shi Qing asked quickly.
"Go..." Shi Liuli's lips trembled for a moment, and he uttered the words with difficulty, "Go to my bedroom and burn all those daily necessities."
"Are they all burned?" Shi Qing asked in surprise, "But, isn't there still Senior Brother's..."
"I asked you to burn them all." Shi Liuli pressed his hand to his face in pain and said hoarsely, "Just pretend that he has never been a disciple of Tiangongfang in the future."
Shi Qing didn't understand what was going on. She just thought that Jingyun was so desperate that she gave up on herself because she couldn't find Jingyun. She was also worried that she would regret it later, so she went to her room quietly and collected all her bedding, clothes and other personal belongings. However, she did not cast magic to burn them. Instead, she moved them to the room in the backyard where miscellaneous items were stored and hid them.