68 Mirage Mirror (VIII)
◎Tied a bow◎
“……?”
Li Jintang didn't understand what he meant. She tilted her head slightly and moved her gaze to the place where he had just applied the medicine. She quickly tied a bow on it with her belt.
This time it was Xie Changyan's turn to be speechless. He lowered his eyes to look at the exquisite yet dazzling bow, his expression instantly becoming somewhat complicated. "Why do you have to tie it..."
"If you don't like it, just tie a new one yourself." She stood up, smoothed the wrinkles on her hem, and pointed outside. "I don't know how Master Qi is doing. I'll go see him. You should get some rest."
His eyes dimmed slightly when he heard that. The candle flame trembled in the wind, and the candlelight swept across his face, but could not illuminate his eyes.
Seeing that he didn't answer, she just said nothing happened, gently opened the door and walked out.
The moment the door closed, he was alone in the empty room again. The boy's eyelashes trembled slightly, and his gaze drifted to the ribbon tied with a bow, his expression a moment of loneliness.
"Master Qi..."
Hearing her voice, the man who had been standing facing the window with his hands behind his back immediately turned around and smiled at her. "Tang'er, the backlash in the illusion can easily cause harm without being noticed. You should come over and let Senior Brother take a look."
Li Jintang was slightly stunned and couldn't help feeling a little guilty - he had been waiting here alone for so long, and the first sentence he said was about his concern for her.
"I'm fine, but you..." She said halfway, her eyes fell on the bandage on his wound, and she paused and said: "You..."
Qi He followed her gaze, lowered his eyes, coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "I can take care of this minor injury, no need to trouble you, young lady."
The tourniquet was wrapped tightly, not letting out a single drop of blood, and a knot was tied at the intersection using spiritual power.
"Wrap it three times in one direction, and then use spiritual power to tie it up. This will make it a better bandage. Remember?"
The girl, who was only as tall as her waist at that time, tilted her neck and nodded solemnly.
"I remember."
She was in a trance for a moment, then came to her senses and sneered in her heart.
Daddy even said that it was a bandaging method he invented himself, but now it seems that he was just bragging!
"I'm sorry for making you wait for so long. It's my fault. I..." Li Jintang was speechless for a moment. Thinking of how it was the man in front of him who saved him from the man in green that day, he didn't know how to repay him.
Qi He saw the guilt on her face and hurried forward. He raised his hand hesitantly, then seemed to be unsure where to put it. He stammered, "Junior sister, you don't have to apologize. This is not your fault..."
He never knew how to comfort others, and he looked flustered and a little embarrassed.
"Junior sister, why are there two missing belts?" Qi He lowered his head and heard the rustling of footsteps outside the door. Suddenly, he understood. He didn't know where he got the silk ribbon and needle and thread from, half-knelt down and helped her tie the belt back on the hem of her dress. His movements were so gentle, yet so unyielding.
He raised his eyes slightly, tenderness shimmering in his dark eyes, "It's okay, I'll help Tang'er tie it."
Li Jintang had not expected him to do this. He pressed his shoulder and pushed him away, leaving the needle and thread and silk ribbons scattered on the ground. "It's just two pieces of belt. I dare not trouble you, Master Qi."
Qi He paused, his gaze cast towards the young man leaning against the door behind him, his breathing suddenly stagnated - yes, how could he be so tactless towards his junior sister just because he was jealous of an outsider?
His face turned blue for a moment, then he suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself hard, his eyes full of regret. "It's my fault. I have no right to control what Tang'er wants to do with her things."
Li Jintang was stunned by his series of actions and didn't notice the person coming from behind. He stumbled and said, "It's not that serious. You don't have to be like this."
A sneer suddenly sounded behind her. She was startled and turned around to see that the boy's face was even paler than before, and his body was as thin as paper, as if he would fall down at any moment. It seemed that those elixirs had no effect on him at all.
"Xie An," her heart sank as she rushed to his side, her skirt brushing against his lowered arm, "Why did you come out?"
He looked at her with his eyes downcast, without saying a word, and then as if inadvertently raised his hand, letting the belt float in the air illuminated by the candlelight.
Li Jintang half-pushed and half-shoved him out and pushed him into another room.
"Didn't I tell you to rest here?" she said with a hint of reproach in her tone.
Xie Changyan curled his lips and said nonchalantly, "It's just a trivial injury. Miss Li, instead of wasting time on this, you should pay more attention to your good senior brother."
She sighed and looked at him helplessly, "Xie An, why have you been acting so strangely lately?"
His expression changed, and he retracted the smile that was frozen on his lips, "What's so strange..."
Before he could finish his words, there was a sudden muffled sound, like the sound of something falling. Li Jintang turned around and saw that the door of the room opposite had been blown open by the wind at some point, and the person who was sitting upright on the chair tilted his body and fell straight down.
"Brother Qu?!"
She ran over in shock, not waiting for the person behind her to finish what he was saying. She half-knelt down, supported his shoulders with both hands, helped him up, shook him gently a few times, and said, "Brother Qu, Brother Qu..."
"He's just a piece of shit. Even if you shout until your voice is hoarse, he won't respond." A basin of cold water was suddenly poured on her. Xie Changyan was looking down at her condescendingly.
Li Jintang was startled, then asked cautiously, "What does this mean?"
"His soul is trapped in the mirror, and what remains here is just an empty shell." Qi He walked over at some point, his smiling eyes resting on her, and said softly, "Others may not want to explain further, but if Tang'er still has questions, I can answer them."
"..." Xie Changyan glanced at him, a hint of sarcasm flashing across his face.
Li Jintang only heard the first half of the sentence. After steadying the man against the wall, she hugged her knees and suddenly stood up. "So, aren't Brother Qu and the other four in danger? Master Qi, do you have a way for me to go in? I want to save them."
Qi He's expression suddenly changed upon hearing this: "No! If anyone wants to go, it should be me. How can I let you take such a risk?"
"You're injured, how can you go?" She immediately refused, saying, "Where's that fragment? It will definitely allow me to get in."
"Tang'er, I can't let you go no matter what." Qi He grabbed her wrist, wanting to say something but stopping himself, his voice lowering: "Otherwise, I will be sorry for the spirits of Master and Madam in heaven..."
She didn't hear the second half of his words clearly. She just turned her wrist, trying to break free from his grasp. Suddenly, she heard a mocking voice: "Miss Li, if you keep on wasting time, you might be able to collect their bodies when you go in."
"I see that Mr. Xie looks good. Why don't you go?" Qi He sneered, deliberately provoking him.
Li Jintang was afraid that the two would have a big fight here. Her eyes turned and fell on the glowing fragment on the ground. She immediately bent down to pick it up and entered the illusion before Qi He could react.
"Junior sister!" Qi He stretched out his hand quickly, but the fragment lost its luster and fell to the ground.
His hand, suspended in the air, seemed to be frozen, and it slowly dropped after a long time. Then he turned his face away, and the look in his eyes seemed as if he wanted to gouge out the heart of the person in front of him.
"City Lord Qi, what do you want from me?" Xie Changyan looked at him indifferently and said slowly, "It's probably too late to accompany your junior sister now."
"You still dare to mention her?!" Qi He strode forward and grabbed his collar uncontrollably. He wanted to push him against the wall, but suddenly he felt his fingers burning, and the flames had already shot up along his sleeves.
He let go of his hand and stepped back in a daze until his back hit the table hard, the candlelight flickered a few times, and he fell to the ground.
"I originally thought you had some genuine feelings for my junior sister, but I didn't expect you to be so heartless that you could watch her die!" Qi He gasped, his fingertips trembling violently. "If anything happens to my junior sister, I will make you pay with your life, even if it means risking my own!"
"Why is the City Lord so angry?" Xie Changyan raised his sleeve and lit the candle, bathing the room in a brilliant yellow glow. "Forgive me for not understanding the meaning of these words, but if you're talking about courting death, I'm sure the City Lord still underestimates Miss Li."
"You don't admit it, right?" Qi He groped for the edge of the table, endured the pain in his back and stood up. A faint smile suddenly crossed his lips. "That person in green is you, right?"
Just one sentence made the young man who was just speaking sarcastically with ease stunned for a moment, but he quickly recovered his nonchalant expression and looked up coldly.
But even in that split second, Qi He sensed his panic. He laughed heartily and said, "To obtain the puppet talisman, you even threatened my junior sister's life. Unfortunately, she was kept in the dark. After escaping that day, the first thing she thought of was to check on you. But if she knew about this, Master Xie, you can only guess, would she still treat you this way?"
Xie Changyan's expression finally changed. His phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and his five fingers unconsciously clenched into fists. When he released them, spiritual power that could cut through the darkness had already gathered at his fingertips.
Really? Then it wouldn't matter if she remained in the dark forever. That way, she wouldn't... hate him.
"Why, do you want to kill me?" Qi He's smile did not diminish at all. "It's just you and me here. If I die, guess who did it, little junior sister?"
"unless……"
He stepped forward again, but this time he didn't touch her. He just stopped a few steps in front of her and said, "You don't have any true feelings for her."
Xie Changyan opened his eyes, the spiritual power at his fingertips faded away, the restored darkness covered his face, and there was an unshakable coldness in his eyes.
"But that's impossible," Qi He's frown suddenly relaxed, and his smile deepened. "I'm very familiar with her. It's impossible for you not to be attracted to a woman like my junior sister."
"Crash"
Several cracks suddenly appeared on the fragments, followed by a crisp sound, and they broke into countless small fragments, reflecting the pale face of the young man.
It actually broke...
Impossible, it's just a broken mirror, it's broken, there's no way she'll be in any trouble...
A figure flashed by, and the two men retreated at the same time, and then a groan was heard.
"Thank you, brother?"
Qu Lingfei covered his arm and struggled to stand up, but fell back down again, his lips pale as paper. "I... I'm with my junior sister, aren't I?"
Xie Changyan frowned slightly, walked forward, casually raised his hand and pulled him up, his eyes sweeping over him.
"Haven't you seen my master...Tang'er?" Qi He grabbed his arms and spoke in an anxious tone.
Qu Lingfei was shaken a little by him. After recovering, he asked in surprise, "Atang also... went in?"
"She was the one who disrupted the Mirage Mirror Formation and accidentally replaced you." Xie Changyan glanced at him and his gaze fell back on the shattered mirror.
Qu Lingfei's body shook violently upon hearing this, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood in horror. "They are in danger, I, I have to go back to save them..."
"What can you do if you go back?" Xie Changyan coldly poured a basin of water over him. "If you don't want another person to die, stay here and treat your injuries."
What's more, if the Mirage Mirror is broken, only the people inside may be able to get out. If people outside want to get in... I'm afraid they will lose half of their cultivation and still be unable to force their way in.
Ever since the mirror shattered, his tense palms had not relaxed for a moment, and when he lowered his eyes, even his eyelashes could not help trembling.
He knew that he couldn't stop her. This person had low cultivation and was timid, but he loved to show off and always wanted to meddle with insignificant people.
But he had already given in again and again. The black jade was carried by her, which could protect her safe departure no matter what.
【Author’s words】
I haven't written anything for two weeks during the finals week, and my stockpiled manuscripts are almost used up. I'll have to write every day for future updates, so I might be a little slower (for my fingers).
Babies, take some medicine and go, I will definitely try my best to ensure updates [poor]
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