Chapter 398 The Holy Son of Miao Territory is Bewitched by the Villainous Cult Leader (36 chapters)
He couldn't ignore the hurt Shao Pingyuan had suffered over the past two years just because of his slight liking for him.
Moreover, he didn't think Shao Pingyuan liked him that much. If he really liked someone, why would he treat the person he liked like this?
Ding Baiyu didn't understand.
He felt that Shao Pingyuan's feelings for him were merely driven by possessiveness, not genuine affection.
"Senior brother, why? Why can't you be with me? Did you really never like me at all? Not even a little bit?"
Ding Baiyu has never been good at lying, so he bluntly said, "I did like you, but no amount of liking can compare to how you ignored my cries, crippled my martial arts, and imprisoned me for two years."
"Not to mention, I don't like you much to begin with. Maybe it's not even liking you. At most, it's just the care of a senior brother for his junior brother."
"And you, Shao Pingyuan, ask yourself, is your feeling for me really just simple liking?"
Shao Pingyuan was very emotional. He reached out to embrace Ding Baiyu, but Ding Baiyu dodged him by turning to the side.
"How can it not be liking? Senior brother, I like you, I've liked you for a long, long time. How could you think I don't like you?"
Ding Baiyu sighed. He knew that with Shao Pingyuan's personality, he would never admit that his so-called "liking" was just possessiveness.
"Even if you really like me, I, Ding Baiyu, can't accept your love! Your love is suffocating, especially after everything that's happened. Do you think I would really not hate you?"
"Since you keep saying you hate me, why don't you kill me instead of saving me?" Shao Pingyuan grinned. "Senior brother, admit it, you still like me."
Ding Baiyu remained unmoved by this.
"I saved you because you are my junior brother, Shao Pingyuan. You know I treat all Peach Blossom Valley disciples this way, as long as they do something unforgivable."
"Furthermore, it's because you are now the master of Peach Blossom Valley. Peach Blossom Valley is getting worse year by year. Besides me, you are the only one who can support Peach Blossom Valley. My martial arts are ruined, so the burden of Peach Blossom Valley naturally falls on your shoulders."
"As the master of my Peach Blossom Valley, you cannot die."
Shao Pingyuan smiled, though the smile seemed forced. "Then, senior brother, what if I stop being the master of Peach Blossom Valley? Peach Blossom Valley is Master's life's work, and I know you won't allow it to decline. So, as long as we remain the same as before, how about I become the master of Peach Blossom Valley?"
"Are you threatening me?" Ding Baiyu narrowed his eyes, and even the beauty mark under his right eye seemed to carry a hint of coldness.
"Shao Pingyuan, what makes you think I'll be threatened by you? I won't force you to become the Valley Master of Peach Blossom Valley if you don't want to. I'll just take Peach Blossom Valley to join the Sun-Holding Sect. I believe Sect Master Gu will be happy to take over."
He was telling the truth.
Ding Baiyu hated being threatened the most, and Shao Pingyuan was well aware of this, but he still did it anyway.
Actually, there's nothing wrong with the Sun-Holding Cult; at least Shao Pingyuan can't afford to offend them.
Shao Pingyuan looked terrible. He suddenly smiled and said, "Senior brother, I was just kidding. Peach Blossom Valley is where we grew up. How could I possibly abandon it?"
"Then you'd better keep your word. I will leave Peach Blossom Valley. I hope you can manage Peach Blossom Valley well, so that our master will not be angry to death if he knows in the afterlife."
"Senior brother is leaving?"
Ding Baiyu nodded. "I'm no longer the Valley Master of Peach Blossom Valley, so it's a good time for me to go out and explore. Come to think of it, I haven't really seen much of the outside world yet. Junior Brother shouldn't stop me, right?"
Shao Pingyuan remained silent for a long time before finally speaking in a hoarse voice, "Senior brother, can you not leave? I know I was wrong. If you leave because of me..."
Ding Baiyu interrupted him, "It's not because of you. Peach Blossom Valley is my home. I won't leave. I just want to go out for a walk."
Just as Ding Baiyu understood Shao Pingyuan, Shao Pingyuan also understood Ding Baiyu.
He knew that no matter how he tried to persuade her, Ding Baiyu wouldn't stay, and if he pressed her too hard, it might lead to irreversible consequences.
In the end, Shao Pingyuan agreed.
That's good, at least there's still a possibility for him and his senior brother.
Ding Baiyu: Don't even think about it, there's no chance for us.
The eavesdropping dog darted into the bushes with a whoosh, and only after Ding Baiyu left did it climb back into the guest room where Gu Shixian and Yu Sheng were.
888 flicked its forked tongue and said, "Sheng Sheng, you were right. Ding Baiyu won't be with Shao Pingyuan. He's decided to leave Peach Blossom Valley, and Shao Pingyuan actually agreed."
Gu Shixian was shocked that 888 could speak, but only for a second.
Anyway, his wife is a cultivator, so what's wrong with her having a talking pet snake? Isn't that normal?
Fortunately, there were only Gu Shixian and Yu Sheng in the room. If there were other people, they would definitely be scared to death by 888's sudden speech.
"How strange. How could someone as stubborn as him agree to let Ding Baiyu leave?"
"Although he is stubborn, Ding Baiyu is not someone to be trifled with. If you push him too far, he would rather die than be imprisoned by Shao Pingyuan. How could Shao Pingyuan really let him die?"
The two had been fellow disciples for many years and naturally knew each other well. Therefore, after Ding Baiyu rejected him, Shao Pingyuan knew that it was impossible for them to be together.
Rather than letting things escalate to the point where they can't even see each other anymore, it's better to go along with Ding Baiyu. At least they can still see each other in the future, and perhaps there's even a chance they can reconcile.
That's what Shao Pingyuan thought.
Unfortunately, Ding Baiyu was the exact opposite. He didn't want to get entangled with Shao Pingyuan anymore.
888 nodded as if it understood but not quite. As a system, it didn't really understand human emotions. At most, it could only guess what Yu Sheng and its main god were thinking.
After all, it had spent so much time with Yu Sheng, and its main god was a love-struck fool, so its thoughts were even easier to guess.
"Master Gu, Holy Son, are you there?" Ding Baiyu's voice came from outside the door. After Yu Sheng opened the door, she saw Ding Baiyu waiting outside with a bundle on his back.
Yu Sheng feigned ignorance, looking at the bundle on his body with surprise. "Valley Master Ding, are you going out?"
Ding Baiyu nodded. "I need to leave Peach Blossom Valley for a while, so I came here specifically to say goodbye to you two. I have already informed everyone in Peach Blossom Valley that you are honored guests of Peach Blossom Valley and can stay as long as you wish. You can rest assured about that."
"Then I won't disturb you two any longer. We'll meet again in the martial world if fate allows!"
Ding Baiyu waved to the two of them and left without looking back.
Not far away, a figure stood under a peach tree, staring straight in the direction Ding Baiyu had left, completely unaware that his fingers had peeled a piece of bark off the tree.
888 glanced in Shao Pingyuan's direction and clicked his tongue softly.
Go ahead and try to peel off the bark of every peach tree in Peach Blossom Valley, Ding Baiyu won't turn back.
They know you're watching, so they're even less likely to turn around.
It wasn't until he watched Ding Baiyu's figure gradually disappear into the distance that he realized that he and his senior brother had ultimately come to this point.
As Ding Baiyu walked out of Peach Blossom Valley, he stretched and looked back one last time at the place where he had lived since childhood. He waved his hand as if to say goodbye.
Perhaps he will come back in the future, or perhaps he will never come back.
Let's take one last look; maybe this is the last time we'll see it.
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"Hey, Holy Son, what was that sickly Valley Master doing here just now?" The two little girls chattered, looking curiously towards the direction outside Peach Blossom Valley.
"He came to say goodbye, saying he was leaving Peach Blossom Valley."
“Speaking of leaving Peach Blossom Valley, Holy Son, when are we leaving? There’s nothing in Peach Blossom Valley except peach blossoms. It’s much more comfortable to sit in a carriage.”
The two girls had barely finished speaking when Gu Shixian gave them a strange glare.
Gu Shixian: (｀へ′) Two brats, disturbing his and his wife's time together again.
"Sect Leader Gu, is your eye twitching again? Should we let the Grand Elder take a look?"
The elder, who was suddenly called out, looked at the two young girls in shock, and then met the gaze of his sect leader. He was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly, "Don't bother this old man. Why don't we leave quickly?"
Now there's not even any melon to eat, all I can do here is watch Shao Pingyuan break down.
"Then... let's go."
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