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Mingyu decided to go out for a walk, as her body would be ruined if she didn't keep active.

Mingyu slowly walked to the wall where his sword was hanging. The silver sword still retained its brilliance no matter where it was.

She raised her hand to take the sword away, but accidentally pulled the wound. The pain made Mingyu break out in a cold sweat, but she felt her heart hurt even more.

I didn't see clearly when I was on the grassland because of the blood loss and my head was dizzy. Now I hold the scabbard and examine it carefully. I found that there was such a deep pit and a scratch.

Mingyu gently stroked the scabbard, as if afraid of causing secondary damage to the already damaged surface, and felt a little sad.

"Is there any way to remedy this?"

"I'm afraid it's difficult."

He just murmured softly, but no one responded. Mingyu turned around in surprise.

Gu Qingyun, the girl who had been taking care of Mingyu these days, walked in, poured herself a glass of water smoothly, and sat down, with a youthful air that only belonged to a teenager.

"Your scabbard has too many patterns on it. If you recast the surface and hammer it with fire, you won't be able to retain any of the patterns on that piece."

Mingyu sighed. She knew it, which made her feel even more heartbroken.

"Aren't you practicing swordplay right now? Why are you here so suddenly?"

Although he said he was taking care of the fish, Gu Qingyun didn't stay here all the time. He usually only came to see Mingyu in the morning, noon and evening. The rest of the time he was either helping with farming or practicing swordsmanship.

"be lazy."

Very good, and you say it with confidence.

Seeing Mingyu looking at him with amusement, Gu Qingyun defended himself: "If I get caught by Master, I can just say I came to take care of Senior Sister. That shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Letting Gu Qingyun stay here and be lazy, Mingyu looked around the room again.

There were quite a few personal belongings in the room, and it didn't look like an uninhabited place.

"Is it okay for me to live here?"

"Hmm?" Gu Qingyun didn't understand. She thought it was Master's advice to persuade Senior Sister to live in Xinghe Valley. "Don't worry, there's plenty of food."

"No, I'm asking the owner of this room. Does he mind me moving in like this?"

Gu Qingyun had his elbows resting on the table, half leaning limply on the edge, but he sat up straight when he heard this.

"Senior Sister, were you really captured by the bad guys? Didn't you come back?"

"What?" Mingyu didn't understand what she was saying.

"This is Master's room." Gu Qingyun seemed to know something extraordinary. "Master always said that you were captured by bad guys. I thought he was lying to me and would not let me leave the valley at will."

What did Gu Pingyuan tell her? Why does it feel different from Gu Muxing’s version?

As Gu Qingyun was speaking, Mingyu began to observe the room carefully.

Before, she didn't dare to rummage through the items in the room, fearing that the original owner would mind. But if it was her master's room, would she be able to look around?

Mingyu was a little curious and took off the old-fashioned mask.

Inexplicably, Mingyu felt that through these items, he had a new conversation with his master and got a glimpse of the young Gu Shuqi.

"Master won't let us touch anything here, saying that Master Uncle will chop us with his sword when he comes back."

Mingyu couldn't help laughing. This was obviously Gu Pingyuan's style.

"Master wouldn't do that." Mingyu put the mask back in its place. "But you have to put the things back where they belong, otherwise Master won't be able to find them."

When she was a child, she was spoiled by her master. There was nothing in the mansion that she could not touch, and her master often had to spend all day looking for things.

"What about Uncle Master? Senior Sister, you are so badly injured, why hasn't Uncle Master come back to check on you? Is he still fighting with Master?"

Mingyu was stunned and looked at Gu Qingyun. The other party should be younger than Gu Muxing, and had some innocence that Mingyu had long lost.

"I understand." Seeing Mingyu didn't say anything, Gu Qingyun understood, "Master didn't tell Uncle Shi from time to time."

Gu Qingyun acted as if she understood everything: "Master is just childish."

"I can tell Master what you said." Gu Muxing walked in and rolled his eyes at Gu Qingyun. "Gu Qingyun, if you slack off again, I'll watch you practice alone."

"Hey, I'm just taking care of my senior sister." Gu Qingyun gave the reason he had thought of before.

Gu Muxing doesn't buy it.

"You can just fool the master with this. She can even get out of bed. What is there for you to take care of?"

Gu Qingyun was deflated and looked at Mingyu with a bit of resentment, as if blaming him for getting out of bed.

Gu Muxing urged, "Hurry up and go."

Gu Qingyun reluctantly followed Gu Muxing away.

Before leaving, Gu Muxing turned around and "scolded" Mingyu, saying, "You've just recovered from your injury, so don't keep walking around."

Gu Qingyun muttered outside: "I can look after my senior sister."

Gu Muxing didn't tolerate her: "Go away."

Mingyu was the only one left in the room.

Mingyu was flipping through the books on the bookshelf, the pages of which had already turned yellow.

The handwriting on it was very similar to her master's, yet somewhat different. Mingyu was shocked to realize that she hadn't seen her master's handwriting for a long time.

Ever since her master passed away, she rarely entered his study. Now the Witch Hall has changed hands, and she wondered where the items in the mansion had gone.

Mingyu flipped through the notes left by his master and was surprised to find that his master had been to many places when he was young, all over the world. The objects in the room should have been brought back from that time.

Then why did the master leave here and go to the palace?

Mingyu felt a little tired. She wasn't fully recovered yet, so she shouldn't walk around. She took her master's notes and returned to bed.

When passing by the mask, Mingyu remembered Gu Qingyun's question, which she had not yet had time to answer.

Mingyu gently stroked the mask, as if touching a time in which she had no part.

"Master already knows about it. He has always supported my decisions."

Emperor Dewen finally gave the master respect and secretly sent him away with high-standard etiquette.

But she knew that the master didn't care about these things. He cared more about whether the weather would be good tomorrow.

…

Mingyu discovered that she seemed, seemingly, to be under house arrest.

After being able to move again, Mingyu thought about leaving. It was a mess outside and he didn't know what was going on.

But she found that she couldn't get out.

First, her luggage was taken away. Except for her sword, all her money and other things were taken away.

Gu Muxing's original words were: "Your medicine and meals don't cost money?"

That makes sense.

But Mingyu still found one of her luggage, her horse, or rather, Yu Tongan's horse.

Gu Muxing's original words again: "It followed me. Can you prove that it is yours?"

She can't.

Mingyu stroked the horse's neck, but the horse was eating grass carefreely.

"Xiaohong, an old horse knows the way. Although you are still young, you are a good horse. Don't you know the way?"

Of course Xiaohong ignored her.

That was the second problem, she still didn't know where she was.

Mingyu looked around and found that Xinghe Valley was not a valley, but was halfway up the mountain. However, it was considered a deep forest in the mountains.

Even if she could figure it out, she would need a horoscope, which she didn't have.

There are not only witches like them in the Galaxy Valley, but also ordinary people, such as Gu Shayun who treats Mingyu. However, they are the same and live in seclusion.

Perhaps Gu Muxing had told them, and they were unwilling to tell Mingyu, so when asked, they just tried to change the subject by asking, "Have you eaten?"

The breeze blows through the hair, bringing coolness.

It's almost summer.

"Why are you touching my horse?" Gu Muxing walked closer, folded his arms and looked at Mingyu.

Very good, it has become Gu Muxing’s horse.

During this period, Mingyu couldn't tell who was bigger between her and Gu Muxing.

Mingyu put down her hand. She shouldn't touch someone else's horse without the owner's consent.

"Can I deliver a letter?" Mingyu asked sincerely.

"Who is it for? The man with a belly full of black water?"

Is she talking about Yu Tongan?

"right."

Gu Muxing frowned: "Why send it to him? He's your lover?"

It was Mingyu's turn to frown. What was Gu Muxing thinking?

"You are defaming someone's innocence."

Gu Muxing relaxed his frown and refused decisively.

"That won't work."

Mingyu asked tentatively, "What if I say yes? Can I give it to you?"

"Even less so."

Mingyu sighed.

Gu Muxing didn't understand: "Why do you always want to leave?"

"So what am I doing here?"

"Help me watch over Gu Qingyun as he practices martial arts, and help me till the fields after he recovers."

Mingyu laughed.

Gu Muxing raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "Do you look down on farmland?"

"No, it's just that I don't have the confidence to do it well." She knew very little about sowing, fertilizing, pests, etc. If she did it on her own, she would not get any harvest within three to five years, and the fertile land would be wasted.

But she still had some things that worried her.

"I know some herbs, you know."

Gu Muxing nodded. He had seen her abilities in Sulou County.

"I also know some martial arts. Although it's a bit risky, if it involves hiking through mountains and forests, I can still go out."

Gu Muxing's face darkened: "Then I'll ask Gu Qingyun to follow you closely."

"Gu Qingyun can't beat me."

It's not a question, it's a certainty.

"I told her to practice." Gu Muxing cursed softly, "Is it so good out there? How can you treat your savior like this and still leave? Isn't it all about giving your body to someone?"

Moral pressure has emerged, and Gu Muxing will be in big trouble in the future.

Ming fish are like evil adults, and are obstacles in the lives of young people.

Mingyu crossed his arms with a smile, but finally, under the pressure of the word "savior", he wanted to speak out.

"Didn't you say I was too mixed with worldly things?"

Gu Muxing looked at Mingyu. These were the words he had said to Mingyu in Sulou County.

"But I grew up in this world, and I'm just an ordinary person. I can't let go, and I can't leave."

Mingyu withdrew his smile and turned serious. "I still have things I promised to do, and others have not fulfilled their promises to me. I still have things to do when I go out."

Gu Muxing looked at her silently, then spoke.

"You know my agreement is useless."

She knew that Gu Pingyuan was the one who didn't want her to leave.

"Once you've figured it out, go talk to the master. If the master doesn't want you to leave, I'll do whatever it takes to make you stay."

After Gu Muxing finished speaking, he turned around and said something as he left.

"Xiaohong is my horse, don't try to ride it away."

The smile returned to Mingyu's face.