72 Chapter 72

I still like you so much.

Pei Xueyan would absolutely never meditate here.

Her heart had already quietly changed.

Unable to sit still in the hall, he found the futon too hard to sit cross-legged on and too uncomfortable to kneel on, so he simply lay down with his head on the futon and stared blankly at the beams of the roof.

At the time of the divorce, she was in great pain and did not want to separate at all.

But if she doesn't separate, she will only suffer more in the future because her hopes will be dashed.

Heaven knows, she went to the Taoist temple thinking that the people there were all celibate and would never do anything wrong, but she never expected to run into him.

It was like finding a lifeline; they could now run wild without any worries.

What's more, while she called him a "filthy lecher," she was secretly overjoyed. No matter what, after everything happened, she would have an excuse to curse him, humiliate him, and then find a reason to be with him.

That's how little girls are. As they think about their thoughts, they feel more and more happy, and the corners of their mouths unconsciously turn up, and they burst out laughing.

Jiang Qiye was naturally unaware of these things. That night, he was so infatuated that he lost all interest in cultivation.

After the divorce, she wasn't around, so he would just space out for a while.

Now, I'm spending half of my day daydreaming.

That day, when she took the initiative to throw herself into my arms, I was incredibly excited and overjoyed.

Watching her lying there in a daze outside the palace, I also became lost in thought.

Pei Xueyan felt uncomfortable lying on the floor, so she went straight to the bed.

I don't know if it was just my imagination, but I thought I could smell his scent in bed, and that's how I fell asleep peacefully.

Jiang Qiye knew she loved to eat and sleep, so he specially brought her food in the evening.

I didn't expect her to have already gone to sleep.

When she returned during the day the next day, she was actually practicing her skills very properly!

In the evening, they went to bed early and slept soundly.

This situation was too novel. For the past two days, he had been trying to figure out what she was thinking and hadn't dared to disturb her. He never expected that she would actually be keeping regular hours and focusing on her cultivation.

I must come early tomorrow to get to the bottom of this.

To my surprise, when I arrived early in the morning, the hall was completely empty.

After a long while, when he heard the door being pushed open, Jiang Qiye quickly sat cross-legged and pretended to close his eyes and rest.

Pei Xueyan wasn't annoyed to see that he had taken her usual seat. She found a futon not far from him, sat down, and closed her eyes to cultivate.

This hall seems to have a real spiritual energy; it's especially comfortable to practice in.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, neither of them spoke.

Pei Xueyan couldn't hold back any longer and questioned her with a hint of coquettishness, "You said you loved me, that you were in love with me, but you didn't say a word when I came over. I don't believe in any of that mutual love."

Jiang Qiye slowly opened his eyes. "Then what do you want me to do?"

"I'm not going to ask you anything. Do whatever you want. You wouldn't understand anyway."

"I!" He didn't know how to refute it, and kept saying that he didn't understand.

He doesn't have many worries in that area, but at least he's still a normal person.

It's as if they think he's an idiot.

"What? You can't refute this now?" Pei Xueyan pouted, her tone softening. "You haven't come to see me these past two days. I can't see any reason why you value me."

"When I arrived, you were either cultivating or resting, so how could I disturb you?"

"Excuses, excuses!" Pei Xueyan was uncomfortable sitting, so she knelt on the cushion, fiddling with her fingers and muttering, "Even now that we've met, you don't seem particularly happy."

"Then what constitutes happiness?"

Pei Xueyan stood up, walked a few steps to him, and straddled his lap without a word, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck, her nose almost touching his chin: "Like this, like this! This is what happiness is..."

As soon as I sat down, I could clearly feel something hard and stiff.

She paused for a moment, then chuckled softly, "That's possible? I didn't do anything."

He let her hold him, his palm unconsciously covering her slender waist: "Always like this."

"Huh?" Pei Xueyan deliberately twisted her body. "Are you a pervert? You've been doing this all along."

“No.” Jiang Qiye looked at her and answered honestly, “I mean before, when it met you, it was like this, not now.”

Pei Xueyan threw her head back and laughed, thinking he was a really silly man, and quietly asked, "You don't know what this is, do you?"

Jiang Qiye pulled her close, his arm around her waist, and said calmly, "What do you think?"

"Let me explain. If you act like this when you see me, it means you've harbored lustful thoughts towards me all along, but you've been forcibly suppressing them with magic."

"Well, Jiang Qiye, I never imagined that you, who appear so cold and aloof, are actually filled with lewdness and depravity—"

His head was already buried in her neck, and with a gentle tug, most of his clothes were pulled down.

Pei Xueyan felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, and when she regained consciousness, she unconsciously began to move.

She tilted her head back, feeling all the blood rushing to her head, almost as if it were about to explode.

"Good brother, let's go to bed." She looked up, panting, her voice full of pleading.

Unexpectedly, he gently shook his head and refused directly: "No, the last one is unfinished."

The last time it wasn't over at the Taoist temple, it was clearly interrupted by his ignorant and insolent disciple, what does it have to do with her!

Pei Xueyan was so shaken that she became disoriented, and her soft sobs grew louder and louder.

I'm about to die!!

I was just thinking that the Heavenly River Palace was quiet and secluded, and that no one would disturb me, so I could even shout freely.

Unexpectedly, that damned, familiar voice came sneakily from outside the door again.

"Grandmaster, Grandmaster, are you in seclusion? I brought Miss Xue back a few days ago, have you seen her?"

Which of the two of them dares to say they saw it?

Everyone assumed that Li Guan had come here to find his runaway fiancée.

No one expected that he was kindly offering the sect leader's wife to him.

They suppressed the sounds in their throats, lost in each other's breath, and had no time to respond.

Seeing that no one responded in the hall, Li Guan's tone became even more respectful and ingratiating: "Grandmaster, Xue Lian looks somewhat like Madam. If you've seen her, you might as well take a look. I've already had someone bring her back."

Jiang Qiye finally understood what he meant; he had come to claim credit. He casually tossed out a piece of the Heart Sutra from a distance.

Li Guan excitedly accepted it and immediately ran away!

The hall was once again filled with a low murmur.

He had been with her for so long that Pei Xueyan had become limp and weak, leaning against his shoulder.

He instantly pressed her down onto the prayer mat, pressing him tightly against her without separating them even a fraction of an inch.

I don't know how much time passed, but it finally ended.

She lay panting on the floor, her head resting on a cushion, her whole body weak and unable to move a single finger.

He certainly doesn't feel tired, and even if he is, he'll pretend to be nonchalant.

It was as if he had just taken revenge on her out of hatred, even more valiant and swift than when he killed Black Yama with his twin swords.

He finished his breathing exercises in no time, sat down beside her, gently brushed his fingers through her sweaty hair, and asked softly, "Are you tired?"

Pei Xueyan raised her snow-white foot and gently kicked him in the waist. "Get out!"

I hate his pretentious attitude the most.

If it weren't for the exhilarating feeling she had just experienced that made her feel incredibly comfortable, she would have loved to scold him and humiliate him.

Make him feel utterly ashamed!

After the storm ended, one person closed his eyes and pretended to be engrossed in cultivation, while the other, with his hair disheveled and one thigh exposed, lazily leaned to one side.

This situation is indeed a bit eerie.

After what seemed like an eternity, she was finally picked up and placed on a slightly softer bed.

My back suddenly pressed against the bedding, which felt much more comfortable than the cold, hard floor.

Before she could even catch her breath, she was tormented for almost half an hour.

That bastard had an incredibly strong libido; if she hadn't begged for mercy with tears in her eyes, he would have taken it seriously and it would have gone on and on.

It's clear that men aren't truly aloof; they just pretend.

He lowered his head and tried to kiss her to comfort her, his technique steady and improving with each kiss.

Pei Xueyan hummed softly as she was kissed, completely wide awake. With her bright eyes wide open, she curiously looked at him and asked, "What does it feel like when you kiss me?"

"Um?"

"You won't feel any excitement or your heart will pound, so kissing me is no different from kissing pork, is it?"

Jiang Qiye: "..."

She was really curious!

"Don't be like this," she said, lying down and still clinging to his hand, acting coquettishly. "You haven't told me why you're so hard? Didn't you used to dislike me? Why are you like this? Could it be..."

ah?

She sat up, her eyes wide: "You weren't faking it! You've been lying to me all along!"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and punched his chest hard.

How could there be such an extraordinary woman in the world?

Jiang Qiye grasped her wrist and slowly said, "I don't know when it started, maybe it was when you and I fought and you were injured."

Aside from blushing slightly and breaking out in a light sweat, he remained calm afterward.

Since she was curious, I decided to tell her the truth.

"Many times, the human body is not under the control of the mind. I know what it is, but I don't know why. Every time I forcibly suppress it, it only causes more pain. Later, you left, and it disappeared. I think, maybe it just liked you."

Pei Xueyan lay back down beside him, casually draping one leg over his chest, her fingers circling in circles. "And now?"

"Um."

"What do you mean by 'um'? Don't avoid the question."

"I just found that being with you is like finding an exit from a black hole, feeling completely refreshed, like taking a bath..."

Pei Xueyan sneered, pointing her finger at his taut abs: "I knew you were a little lecher! Humph!"

Jiang Qiye was neither annoyed nor did he speak; he simply watched her quietly.

After a brief silence, he asked, "Is this what you meant by getting married and engaging in sexual activity in the illusion?"

“Yeah, that’s right.” Pei Xueyan looked at him smugly and said, “I wasn’t lying to you, was I? You just really like doing this to me.”

Jiang Qiye lay there, slightly lost in thought.

He seemed to suddenly understand.

Once a person understands what they truly want and what they truly love, even if it's just an illusion, or even something they've experienced in hell, it will be unforgettable and etched in their memory.

How could one easily forget such a delicate, vibrant, and beautiful woman before one's eyes?

"I see."

Pei Xueyan was biting his pectoral muscle when she heard this. She looked up, her eyes full of confusion: "What do you understand?"

"I think I understand why I was willing to pass on my cultivation to you in the first place."

Pei Xueyan's curiosity was immediately piqued. She leaned closer to him and asked, "What? Tell me quickly."

"Feelings. That's probably why my master cut off my emotional roots."

"And now?"

"What?"

Pei Xueyan looked at him, her eyes becoming somewhat serious: "If I were a weak woman whose cultivation had been crippled, and I asked you for my cultivation back, would you give it to me?"

He didn't change his mind that quickly, and of course, in such an ambiguous and tender atmosphere, giving a direct answer would really be inappropriate.

"Now, I'll probably keep you by my side forever."

"Oh, so you don't know how." Pei Xueyan pressed her face against his chest, not showing much sadness, and said softly, "What should I do? I still like you so much."