Chapter 95 Parting is Difficult
Si Yao rushed forward like a madwoman.
I opened the box with trepidation. Under the moonlight, the crystal shone with a dazzling brilliance.
Si Yao held her breath; the box contained a Destiny Stone!
"This..." Si Yao couldn't believe it. Wasn't her destiny stone destroyed by Li Ye that day?
The area right now...
Si Yao examined it closely and found that it was different from the previous one.
"I have plenty of time to spend with you..."
The voice of Li Ye from that night instantly echoed in my mind.
That night, he probably wanted to say that if Si Yao still wanted to perceive her past life and future, he could accompany her to Wuzhou again.
However, Si Yao declined at the time.
Unexpectedly, during the few days after Li Ye disappeared that night, he actually went to Wuzhou and personally brought Si Yao a Destiny Stone.
He said he had plenty of time to spend with her.
However, when he returned, it was also the time for her to say goodbye to him.
Si Yao sat helplessly at the table, unable to hold back her sobs.
She clutched the fate stone tightly to her chest, as if she were holding Li Ye tightly, as if this could fill the immense emptiness in her heart.
Unfortunately, he is no longer here.
He is no longer here.
The lingering pain of losing him swept over her like a violent storm.
Even after she had shed all her tears, she still had to face reality.
Faced with the reality that she would never have Li Ye again.
Or perhaps, before this, Si Yao had never truly possessed that man.
Her heart was ashen, her face pale, and she looked like a walking corpse.
There are still ten days until the seventh day of next month.
Since Li Ye left, Si Yao has almost always locked herself in her room.
Tang Che and Yu Ke, who were also staying in the guest house, began to sense that something was wrong, so the master and apprentice knocked on Si Yao's door.
They muttered about where "Xiao Yezi" had gone, and wondered why Si Yao was hiding and refusing to see anyone.
However, Si Yao dismissed them with a few irrelevant words.
"Knock knock knock—"
Not long after, there was another knock on the door.
Si Yao said impatiently, "Yu Ke, you're doing this on purpose, aren't you? I'm in a bad mood today. If you provoke me again, don't blame me for yelling at you!"
"Si Yao, it's me."
Qianxi's voice came from outside the door.
Not long after, Si Yao's door opened.
As soon as Qianxi entered the room, she saw Siyao huddled in a dimly lit corner.
Her hair was disheveled and her face was streaked with tears, which startled Qianxi so much that she hurriedly closed the door and rushed to Siyao's side.
What's wrong with you?
Qianxi was astonished, staring wide-eyed at her friend. "Aren't you getting married soon? Why are you crying here?"
When Si Yao saw Qian Xi who had rushed over from the Hehuan Sect, she finally broke down and rushed over to hug Qian Xi, crying loudly.
This action terrified Qianxi even more.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?"
Si Yao cried uncontrollably, her voice trembling with sobs, almost unable to breathe, "Why...why...why am I so heartbroken after he really left?"
Qianxi frowned: "Who? Who are you talking about?"
Si Yao continued to sob uncontrollably, “He…he’s so good at letting go, he’s so…he’s so heartless…no, he was never heartless towards me!”
Qianxi was so anxious that she kept patting Siyao's back, comforting her while saying, "Alright, alright, I've come all this way. If you're having any troubles, please tell me, okay?"
Si Yao cried uncontrollably. Finally, she came to her senses, her eyes blurry with tears, "Qian Xi... I've lost him..."
Qianxi's eyes darted around quickly, and her mind raced in a few moments. "The one you're talking about is..."
It shouldn't be Jiang Cifeng. When Qianxi arrived at Tianchen Island, she saw that the main island was being decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, as preparations were underway for Si Yao and Jiang Cifeng's wedding.
She instantly realized what was happening and stared at Si Yao in astonishment. "You mean your apprentice? He...where did he go?"
"Gone...gone..." Si Yao covered her eyes with her gauze sleeve, her shoulders still trembling uncontrollably.
"Wait, I still don't quite understand..." Qianxi's mouth went dry with anxiety, "You're about to marry Jiang Cifeng, and your apprentice got jealous, had a big fight with you, and ultimately left you, is that what you mean?"
"He's no longer my disciple. He's returned to being himself, and there will be nothing more between us from now on." Si Yao's voice was extremely hoarse. "I've lost him forever..."
"Si Yao, you..." Qian Xi stroked Si Yao's hair, "Are you having a master-disciple romance?"
Si Yao froze, wanting to say something, but then lowered her head.
"What our Hehuan Sect forbids the most is not dual cultivation between master and disciple, nor is it about how many people one can consume on the path of cultivation." Qianxi took a deep breath. "What we forbid the most is that we cannot develop true feelings."
“Yes…” Si Yao moved her sleeve away, propped herself up, and leaned against the wooden carving in the corner.
She paused for a moment, "When I first joined the Hehuan Sect, my master told me the same thing. We cultivators of the Hehuan Sect should cultivate with multiple cultivators to improve our cultivation, instead of hanging ourselves on one tree."
She remembered that her master once said that if one falls in love with only one person, and the relationship breaks down, it will disturb one's Dao heart. No matter how many people one cultivates with in the future, it will be difficult to obtain purer essence to improve oneself.
Now, it seems that her relationship with Li Ye has "broken down," right?
Upon hearing this, Qianxi said, "Since you already knew, but still... Sigh! Siyao, I never thought you would fall for your disciple! You two spend every day together, are you always in bed together, and over time, feelings have developed?"
Si Yao: "......"
Even at this hour, Qianxi still couldn't hide her curiosity.
"Look at you, your eyes are swollen like peaches! I never imagined you were so infatuated with him! Who else in our Joyful Union Sect is like you!"
Hearing this, Si Yao shook her head and smiled bitterly, "I have always been different from you. The Jade Maiden Scripture I practiced from the very beginning was wrong."
She recalled, "Before I met him, I searched for a partner for dual cultivation many times, but I never succeeded."
Speaking of this, she thought of Qingfeng Stream and the night she first met Li Ye.
That night, he had countless wounds on his body, and the blood seeping out stained his robes.
Immersed in water, his demonic bones were broken, and he was on the verge of death.
At that time, Si Yao was only thinking about saving him, and she reached out her hand to him to help.
Li Ye had already pulled Si Yao into his arms.
It wasn't until the two rolled into the grass and their figures intertwined that Si Yao realized that Li Ye was the first man she had ever accepted in her Jade Maiden Sutra.
"Only him, and only him... Most others wouldn't be able to do it."
As soon as Si Yao finished speaking, Qian Xi's eyes widened again, "Sure enough... you two had already hooked up a long time ago."
Seeing Si Yao's distraught appearance, she clicked her tongue twice and said, "Alright, alright, where did your disciple go? I'll go and drag him back for you, then lock him in a cage and torture him day and night, how about that?"
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of hope rose in Si Yao's heart.
She really hoped that Qianxi could do it, that she could bring Li Ye back and keep him by her side forever.
However, his identity is not simply that of her apprentice.
He was the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm, and he has returned to being himself.
She couldn't control his life, and of course, she didn't want to, nor could she.
"He went to a place you don't know, and you can't catch him."
Si Yao stood up weakly, staggered to the table, and placed her hands on the table. "There's no chance for me and him anymore, no chance at all..."
Qianxi came up behind her, trying to help her out.
Si Yao turned her face away. "I'm fine now. I'll have a good cry in front of you. I'm all right."
She poured Qianxi a cup of tea, and then poured one for herself. After drinking the bitter tea, Si Yao sighed and said, "The next thing to do is to marry Jiang Cifeng. Once this is over, I want to travel the world."
Qianxi was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding the meaning behind Siyao's words, and nodded, "It would be better if you could let go. Jiang Cifeng is also a good choice. There are many benefits to becoming his Daoist partner."
“But…” Qianxi thought for a while before finally saying, “Don’t get emotional again this time.”
Si Yao shrugged. "No."
Qianxi's arrival finally helped Siyao emerge from her grief.
She carefully hid the Destiny Stone that Li Ye had brought back for her from Wuzhou into her storage ring, and also buried her turbulent emotions of the past few days deep in her heart.
Next, she had things to accomplish.
The wedding ceremony with Jiang Cifeng is fast approaching, and Jiang Cifeng will come to see Si Yao every day in the next few days.
Because of the previous incident involving Mo Yun of the Wind Sword Sect and Luo Rongrong of the Joyful Union Sect, several elders of the Joyful Union Sect harbored some prejudice against the Wind Sword Sect and even Jiang Cifeng.
But now that he is about to become Si Yao's Daoist partner, and he is frequently visiting the Hehuan Sect's guest courtyard, Su He and Qu Sui are gradually changing their opinion of Jiang Cifeng and sincerely hope that Jiang Cifeng and Si Yao's wedding ceremony will go smoothly.
Outsiders always thought that Si Yao would be extremely excited about marrying Jiang Cifeng, but she was very calm and indifferent towards Jiang Cifeng.
The entire Tianchen Island is almost finished being decorated, and red candles are burning in the guest courtyard of the Hehuan Sect.
Si Yao stared blankly at the mountain of newlywed clothes and jewelry.
A moment later, the door creaked open, and Jiang Cifeng, dressed in wedding attire, pushed it open and entered.
Si Yao looked back and, in a daze, she recalled the days she had passed through Yunshui County several months ago.
At that time, in order to save Han Niang, who was to be forcibly married by the "River God" of Yunshui County, Si Yao accompanied Han Niang as the bride, and Li Ye accompanied Lin Xuan as the groom.
On that same day, as she sat in front of the mirror doing her makeup, she turned around and saw Li Ye, dressed in his wedding attire, push open the door and enter.
At that moment, Li Ye walked up to Si Yao. The two people in the mirror stood facing each other, like a perfect couple who were about to get married.
But times have changed, and the person before me is no longer the same.
"This wedding dress fits me perfectly. Have you tried yours on?"
Jiang Cifeng said to himself, "We will be getting married in a few days. If it doesn't fit after trying it on, I will have someone make alterations."
Compared to when he first met Si Yao, Jiang Cifeng was indeed much gentler.
Si Yao was really not used to this, but when she thought about the bits and pieces of their past lives, she felt it was understandable.
“No need to change it,” Si Yao said. “It’s just a formality. Once you successfully overcome your tribulation, we will both regain our freedom.”
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