Chapter 8 Hmm! I think he really likes being treated like that by his wife. ...
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The sword immortal Shen Changyi suddenly appeared in the world three years ago. He single-handedly killed dozens of evil dragons and defeated the Demon Realm Lord who was rumored to have hundreds of souls and thousands of spirits, leaving only a remnant soul left and forcing him to flee in defeat. He was well-known in the Mingzhou Sect and even in the entire cultivation world.
Shen Changyi is different from the Ming Zhou Sect. He is like the totem of the mythical beast that the demons worship. He is an immortal who can only be admired from afar and enshrined on a high platform. In addition, he is taciturn, powerful and mysterious, so every word he says is regarded as the truth.
The sect leader listened to what Shen Changyi said and realized that the total time in the past three years was not as long as today.
Looking at the close relationship between Li Shanglu and Shen Changyi, she secretly said in her heart that they are indeed a family with a deep blood relationship, so they can have nothing to worry about.
In the past, Shen Changyi was like a cloud or a mist floating in the sky, without any worries and could disappear at any time, but around Li Shanglu, he seemed to become visible and tangible.
"Master Sword Immortal," the Sect Master's lips curved up, a gentle glimmer in his eyes, "I am truly delighted to see you like this."
His Highness and his wife both looked up at her with some confusion.
The sect leader was happy to see Shen Changyi being bullied?
Seeing them staring at him with strange expressions, the sect leader coughed lightly and said in a gentle voice, "I mean, I'm very happy that Master Jianxian's cousin can come to Ming Zhou Sect. Don't worry, Ming Zhou Sect will definitely treat your relatives well."
Xie Du stared at the Sect Master in confusion, feeling even more upset. It was clear that Li Shanglu had offended his master in such a way, yet the Sect Master was actually happy about it.
In his opinion, the sect leader should severely reprimand this woman and tell her how absurd and ridiculous everything she did was. If it weren't for Shen Changyi, the world would have been in chaos long ago, and countless people would have been brutally killed by the evil cultivators. Such a person should be respected by his wife.
After hearing her words, Shen Changyi slowly bowed to express his gratitude.
"Absolutely not." The Sect Master quickly stood up and raised his hand to signal for others to help him up. "For the matter of exorcising the demon, I will have to trouble the Sword Immortal Master. What we can do is just a trivial matter."
Li Shanglu rarely comes across such occasions. Everyone is polite and every word is spoken with extreme tactfulness. But surprisingly, she does not reject what the sect leader said. This person makes her feel very comfortable.
Probably the eyes.
She could easily tell whether there was any malice in the other person's eyes, but the sect leader looked at her with pure kindness, as if he treated her as his own family.
Anyone who can become the sect leader is indeed extraordinary. A young man like Xie Du is still far from being qualified to be the sect leader.
After saying goodbye to the sect leader, Shen Changyi took Li Shanglu to visit the sect.
In the main hall, Xie Du finally vented all the complaints he had been holding back.
"Sect Master, Li Shanglu is Master's wife, not some cousin. She forbad me to reveal her identity to Master. Furthermore, she's very likely to be connected to the demonic cultivators, which could harm Master..."
Upon hearing this, the Sect Master's expression paused slightly, then he picked up his teacup and spoke slowly, "Master's wife forbade you to speak out, so why did you still say it?"
It turns out that this is the wife of Shen Changyi who is far away in his hometown in the legend. No wonder.
Xie Du suddenly choked and opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
"Du'er, regardless of whether she is truly connected with the demonic cultivators or not, at least she hasn't done anything right now. You shouldn't be so prejudiced against her."
After the words fell, Xie Du's body stiffened for a moment, and his face gradually turned pale. "Yes."
The Sect Master sighed helplessly and decided to personally advise him. "Besides, can't you see that the Sword Immortal doesn't care about her offense at all?"
Xie Du was stunned for a moment, recalling carefully.
Does the master not care at all? Why does he feel like he has no choice but to endure such a fierce wife?
"fool."
The Sect Master put down his teacup and thought of Shen Changyi's red ears and docile appearance at that time. He couldn't help but chuckle, "Master Sword Immortal wasn't offended today. On the contrary, I think he really enjoyed being treated like that by his wife."
Xie Du: “…”
Mom, how can you see things that others can't see.
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The sect leader arranged for people to quickly tidy up their accommodation in half an hour.
Shutong Pavilion, located in the twelfth peak of Mingzhou Sect.
This place is remote and quiet, very suitable for meditation and practice.
Li Shanglu stood under the eaves, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
Wooden beams crisscross the ceiling, and the latticed windows on all four sides are densely latticed. The light gaps between the purlins are picturesque. The corridor is built around the lake, and at the end stands a chess pavilion with carved beams. Pushing the door open, you will see jade bricks so white that they seem to reflect people's shadows. There are freshly picked pink peach blossoms in a white-glazed porcelain vase. The desk is tidy, and there are sword racks everywhere. The master's attentiveness can be seen everywhere.
As she looked at it, she tilted her head to look at Chen Changyi beside her and said sinisterly, "I can tell at a glance that this place was prepared for you a long time ago. I've never lived in such a nice house in my life. It's really thanks to you."
The main hall of the sect leader seems much simpler in comparison.
Seeing that she liked it, Shen Changyi silently glanced around and memorized the general appearance of the room's furnishings in his mind. After returning home, he would also save some money to transform their house into something like this.
The two men walked into the pavilion, looked around for a long time, walked up the sandalwood stairs to the second floor, passed the training room and study, and walked further in, when they suddenly stopped.
The entire Shutong Pavilion only has one bedroom and one couch.
Li Shanglu's mouth twitched slightly, and he turned to leave. "Something must have gone wrong. I'll go ask the Sect Master."
However, Chen Changyi leaned slightly to the side, blocking her path. A hint of crimson tinged the tips of his ears as he whispered, "We are only staying here temporarily. We shouldn't trouble the Sect Master any further."
"How can that be possible?" Li Shanglu asked without hesitation, "Whose cousins live together?"
Shen Changyi was silent for a moment, then quietly retorted, "You're not my cousin."
"On the surface, yes."
Seeing that Li Shanglu was determined to go find the Sect Master, Shen Changyi had no choice but to say, "I will only practice in the back mountains and won't rest. A couch will be enough for me."
After hearing this, Li Shanglu gave up.
She had indeed rarely seen Shen Changyi sleep. It seemed that all immortal cultivators were like this, not needing to eat or sleep. They were trying to learn to be immortals before becoming immortals.
Admiring her new house, Li Shanglu's mood became better and better, and he even looked at Shen Changyi with a more favorable attitude. "Aren't you busy exorcising demons? Why aren't you going yet? Let's go."
Chen Changyi lowered his eyelashes and clenched his fingertips, "Hmm."
Li Shanglu never really needed him, and he had been used to it before. But ever since Li Shanglu told him not to leave her side, he thought that Li Shanglu might need his presence a little bit.
Now it seems that it might be an illusion.
He was still of no use to Li Shanglu.
As he stepped out of the door with his boots on, he suddenly heard Li Shanglu's bored and lazy voice behind him.
"Don't be gone too long, come back early."
Shen Changyi's body paused for a moment, and after a while, he turned around, with a glimmer in his eyes.
"Um!"
In a blink of an eye, the sun sets in the west and the tired birds return to their nests.
The Shutong Pavilion was still brightly lit with candles. Li Shanglu had enough free time to finish reading a whole book, drink two pots of tea, and even trim all the flowers and plants in the attic.
Shen Changyi hasn't come back yet.
Isn’t he very powerful? Isn’t he the best in the world? Isn’t he the Sword Immortal of the Ming Zhou Sect?
Does it take so long to exorcise the demon?
Li Shanglu slammed the book in his hand on the table, took a long breath, and got up from the couch.
It's a crappy book, it's better not to read it, it's full of crap praising Shen Changyi's deeds of eliminating demons.
She wanted to see what Shen Changyi was doing. He must have returned to the outside world and was enjoying himself so much that he didn't want to go home and see her again.
After coming out of Shutong Pavilion, before I had gone far, I saw a few young disciples running past me in a hurry.
"Hurry up and report to the Sect Master that something has happened to the Sword Immortal!"
Hearing this, Li Shanglu was stunned and subconsciously blocked the young disciple's way.
The other person hurriedly stopped and almost knocked her away. "Hey! Why are you blocking the road? Get out of the way. I have something urgent to do."
Li Shanglu frowned and asked, "What did you say happened to Shen Changyi just now?"
The young disciple opened his eyes wide, pointed at her and said, "Don't be rude. How can you call the Sword Immortal Master by his name?"
Li Shanglu pinched his forehead and had to reorganize his words, "What's wrong, Master Sword Immortal?"
The young disciple then remembered his important matter and quickly said, "Master Sword Immortal has been summoned to the duel arena by Elder Teng Xu. Go and see for yourself."
Duel stage.
It sounded like fun, but she had never seen Shen Changyi duel with anyone.
Li Shanglu asked along the way and found the so-called dueling arena.
The audience was crowded and bustling with people. It seemed that those who practiced Taoism never slept.
On the stage, Shen Changyi stood on the east side, and on the west side was Elder Teng Xu. The two stood facing the wind, their clothes fluttering, and under the moonlight, they really had a bit of immortal air.
"What should we do? How could Elder Tengxu take his anger out on the Sword Immortal? Has the Sect Master been invited?"
The younger disciples all looked towards the duel arena with worry. Li Shanglu quietly blended into the crowd and asked excitedly, "What happened? Is anyone going to fight the Sword Immortal?"
"Yesterday, during the demon exorcism, Elder Tengxu's younger brother was killed by a demon cultivator. He was extremely grief-stricken and ran into Master Sword Immortal on his way back from the funeral. Master Sword Immortal was originally responsible for exorcising the demon cultivator, but he blamed Master Sword Immortal for returning a day late and insisted on dragging him onto the duel stage."
From the young disciples' chatter, Li Shanglu quickly understood everything.
One day late.
It was because she kept Shen Changyi for one day.
Li Shanglu was stunned for a moment, and his leisurely mood of watching the show disappeared in an instant.
Instead, there was an indescribable rage.
She squeezed through the crowd to the front and heard Teng Xu's angry accusations.
"If you hadn't returned a day late, he wouldn't have died! What kind of sword immortal are you? How dare you bring your loved ones back to the sect? You can reunite with your family, but what about me?"
Shen Changyi stood there quietly without saying a word.
Seeing his expression, Li Shanglu became even angrier. He knew what he was thinking at a glance.
He must be thinking that it was all his fault for not coming back in time, and that he didn't write to the sect to inform them of his late return. Anyway, this idiot must have taken all the blame on himself!
Li Shanglu took a deep breath and climbed up the duel arena railing in no time.
Suddenly, the surroundings fell into silence, and everyone looked at the thin figure in the audience in shock.
On the duel stage, Shen Changyi looked at her in surprise and subconsciously protected her behind him, "Shang Lu, why are you here?"
Li Shanglu pushed him away and stared coldly at Teng Xu opposite him, "What did you just say?"
Teng Xu frowned and said in a deep voice, "Get out! This is a duel arena, and swords have no eyes!"
"You blame your brother's death entirely on others' inability to help him. People like you are the most despicable and shameless. Why don't you avenge your brother yourself? Don't you want to, or can't you?" Li Shanglu sneered, his eyes cold, every word dripping with sarcasm. "Oh, I see. You simply can't do it. You're a coward who only knows how to stab your own people!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone gasped and became silent.
Teng Xu's eyes widened, and he was so angry at this woman who came from nowhere that he couldn't even speak. However, Li Shanglu didn't intend to let him go.
"I'm telling you, it was me who forbade Shen Changyi to come back yesterday. He's also a human being, and he has his own family. You're not the only one with him. What does your brother's death have to do with us?
Even if he didn't die yesterday, he might be killed by other demon cultivators tomorrow. After all, your brother is here to eliminate demons and defend the Way? Are you still blaming Shen Changyi for not killing all the demon cultivators in the world? Then what's the use of a waste like you! "
Teng Xu's whole body was shaking violently, his eyes fixed on her, but he couldn't utter a word. After a while, dirty blood spurted out of his throat and he fainted.
"Elder Teng has fainted, take him away quickly!"
The young disciples below the stage climbed up one after another to move Elder Teng away, their tones strangely filled with relief.
Li Shanglu snorted lightly, brushed off the dust on his clothes, and turned to look at Shen Changyi.
The cool moon was like water, and he stared at her in a daze.
"What are you looking at? I simply can't stand him." Li Shanglu calmly climbed down the railing. Seeing that he was still stunned, he urged him, "Why are you staring blankly? You don't really think it's our fault, do you?"
Shen Changyi finally came to his senses and shook his head gently.
Even if there are thousands of mistakes, they are only his.
Phytolacca is never wrong, never wrong.
He just suddenly felt that—
In this life, only Shang Lu will protect him.
The author has something to say:
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Chen Changyi: The feeling of being moved... Why do I feel moved every day?
Li Shanglu: Let’s check for heart disease.
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