Chapter 145: The aroma of tea and the words of love
The Heart Demon Mirror was taken to the Treasure Pavilion by Xie Chengjin.
The place was surrounded by barriers and mazes, and if it weren't for the few people in power within the Xie family, no one else would even be able to find the exact location of the Great Treasure Pavilion. Xie Yanyu had secretly learned about it and knew where it was, but she couldn't enter.
However, Xie Chengjin kept his promise and still poured a basin of blood into the Heart Demon Mirror every day.
Xie Yanyu just needs to wait for the Heart Demon Mirror to take effect.
When the mirror lights up and takes effect, Xie Chengjin will take the things out of the treasure house.
Therefore, the days became leisurely.
She didn't need to think about the Heart Demon Mirror anymore, and she didn't really want to follow the plot for the time being.
But it’s not like there’s nothing else to do—
Now that she has returned to the Xie family, she starts thinking about the Zheling Ruler again.
If you get the Soul-Breaking Ruler and ask for the jade token from Li Xun, you will be able to rebuild your spiritual roots.
But Xie Chengjin had promised to help her get the Zheling Ruler, but there was no progress.
He is very busy with official duties and has been leaving home early and coming back late these days.
Xie Yanyu sent him another message and found out that the Zheling Ruler could not be taken out now.
In the Xie family's treasure house, there are many treasures that are used to support the barrier between the human world and the demon clan.
There is a large formation and countless small formations at the bottom of the moat outside Tiandu.
Previously, a crack had appeared in the barrier between the demon world and the human world, and the center of the formation was also cracked, so it had been absorbing spiritual energy from the riverbed. Even though it was later repaired and the entire sealing formation was reinforced by Xie Chengjin and Helan Wei, the spiritual energy between the formations at the riverbed has always been chaotic.
After that, the Xie family used the Soul-Breaking Ruler to maintain the stability of the spiritual power at the bottom of the river, almost binding it to those formations. Even if the things were in the treasure pavilion, they were like being fixed and could not be picked up at all.
Xie Yanyu held the communication talisman.
She thought for a moment, then sent him another message: [So, we have to wait until the spiritual energy at the bottom of the river stabilizes before we can retrieve the Zheling Ruler?]
Someone came back: [Yeah.]
Xie Yanyu seemed to be thinking about something.
After a while, she thought of the engagement jade pendant with Li Xun.
The jade pendant can suppress all the surging spiritual power. She had retrieved it from the bottom of the river before. Putting it back now should be able to stabilize the spiritual power at the bottom of the river.
Think of this.
She held the communication talisman and wanted to tell Xie Chengjin that she had a way to solve this problem.
However, before the message was sent, Xie Chengjin sent another one: [I have something else to do. Catching the demon, I can't use the communication talisman from now on. If you have anything else to do, please go find my attendant.]
This person rarely speaks like this on weekdays.
When Xie Yanyu saw him reply with a "hmm", he thought he would not speak again. This was because he was really taciturn, rigid and cold. It was normal for him to just reply with a "hmm" or not reply at all.
Now I have to explain it one more time.
As if she was afraid that she would think too much if she couldn't find him.
She looked at the message and tilted her head.
I knew he wouldn't reply, but I still sent the message I had just edited.
*
The engagement jade pendant is on Xie Yanyu.
She planned to go to the outskirts of the city and put the things at the bottom of the moat.
When leaving the house, he happened to meet Helan Wei.
She hadn't communicated with him much these days.
Although he promised to fulfill his promise last time, he still had a forbidden spell to be lifted.
Therefore, he would go to the Xie family elder early in the morning every day to remove the curse. The process of removing the curse was divided into several days. The initial process took less time, as magic could remove most of it. However, the remaining part was very difficult to break, requiring not only magic but also other methods. It was very time-consuming, so he had to stay with the elder for almost the entire day.
Xie Yanyu hasn't seen him these days.
When I saw him today, I found that his cultivation had recovered.
He must have used the Enlightenment Talisman, and could "see" some things. When he saw her leave, he asked aloud, "Where are you going?"
Xie Yanyu said: "Outskirts of the city."
Helan Wei asked again: "What are you doing?"
Xie Yanyu said, "Go to the bottom of the moat."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the man tilt his head.
Even with the Mingxin Talisman, his eyes were still blind, and his black eyes were slightly dull. Sometimes, looking at him like this would give people the illusion that he was pitiful.
He asked her again, "Are you going alone?"
I asked several questions back and forth.
Xie Yanyu looked at him again and found that he was standing in front of her and had no intention of moving away.
The expression on his face was perfectly normal, his usual nonchalance, and the questions he asked seemed casual. But for some reason, Xie Yanyu had a feeling that as long as she didn't ask him to go with her, he would remain there, asking her more questions until she did.
Some look like vines.
In the past, it was a fierce and persistent entanglement.
He looked gentler now, as if he had returned to the way he was when she first knew him, but his casualness was fake, and his gentleness was also fake. The vine seemed to have become softer, and when it wrapped around people, it no longer used such a fierce method, but climbed up her ankles little by little, and then wrapped around her whole body tightly.
Xie Yanyu thought about it and simply didn't answer him, skipping the questioning part.
She asked directly, "Will you come with me?"
Helan Wei's eyelashes twitched.
Naturally, he didn't stand in front of her anymore, but made way for her: "Let's go."
Xie Yanyu: "..."
She glanced at him, said nothing, and walked forward.
However, just as she took two steps forward, he grabbed her wrist.
His hands were beautiful, slender and well-proportioned, looking like a piece of jade, but there were some calluses on his finger bones that were invisible. But when he touched her, she could feel the slightly rough touch, which was itchy.
He first grabbed her wrist, and soon, noticing that she stopped, he moved his hand down a little, covering the back of her hand, and then he forcefully pressed his fingertips into the gaps between her fingers, pushing them open little by little, and then made a gesture of interlocking their fingers.
Xie Yanyu turned to look at him.
Then I saw a natural expression on his face, as if he didn't realize that he had just done something a little too intimate. "The Enlightenment Talisman has little effect on me. It can only allow me to see the general outline of some things."
Xie Yanyu never thought it would be like this.
She asked, "So you still can't see clearly?"
Helan Wei hummed nonchalantly: "Hold my hand, otherwise I can't see the road clearly."
But rather than saying that Xie Yanyu was holding him, it would be more accurate to say that he was tightly wrapped around her like a vine.
Because her hand was not using any strength and was just moving forward, as long as he let go, he would not be able to maintain the hand-holding posture, but he held her hand tightly, with his knuckles touching hers, so it looked very intimate.
Waited outside the mansion.
The carriage stopped outside and when she lifted the curtain, she found that she was not going alone at all.
There was another person in the carriage——
Only a vague outline can be seen.
But it was enough to recognize each other.
Her black hair is as smooth as silk, her face is pretty, and her eyes are as gentle as spring water.
It was her attendant.
Helan Wei's face darkened instantly.
The other side.
When Shen Lang saw him, his eyelashes moved slightly.
Lower your eyes again,
Seeing him holding hands with Xie Yanyu, that gentle expression finally couldn't be held back.
*
You can't go to the bottom of the moat at any time.
You have to wait until early morning every day before you can go down.
Therefore, when they arrived at the outskirts of the city, the group went to the inn first.
Although this place is populated and quite lively, there is only one inn, so I stayed in the same inn I stayed in last time.
I asked for three upper rooms.
But no one stayed in his room—
Shen Lang went to find Xie Yanyu.
I don’t know what happened, but this time when I returned to the Xie family, the Xie family’s demon-killing formation was strengthened again.
No one knew what Xie Chengjin knew or what method he used. This time, Shen Lang couldn't even bypass the formation or enter Xie's house. So these days, he couldn't even follow Xie Yanyu and could only send her messages, but she only replied sporadically.
Now that she was out, he could follow her again.
If he couldn't see her again, he would go crazy. He wanted to keep looking at her and following her.
Helan Wei was also in Xie Yanyu's room.
He was blind, so the Mingxin Talisman was of little use to him. He could only see vague outlines of things, so he couldn't read the words in the book. Xie Yanyu promised to fulfill her promise and treat him better, so he took the book and asked her to read it to him.
But I don't know why.
The content of this book is a bit strange. It is a book about magic.
She could learn some things while reciting it, but this seemed to be a mental method created by a certain immortal master for his fellow Taoists. It sounded like a love poem or words of love, and it was a bit sentimental.
When reading something too ambiguous, Xie Yanyu would pause.
Then I looked up at Helan Wei,
The other person seemed to be listening attentively, without any distractions, with his eyes half-closed and his fingertips tapping lightly on his knees.
Noticing she stopped, he looked at her with his lifeless eyes, looking a little bewildered. He said to her slowly, "Why did you stop? Is there something wrong?"
Xie Yanyu: "..."
Xie Yanyu felt that he did it on purpose, but he acted innocent.
She could only bite the bullet and read out the very ambiguous words.
It was a mental method, but it seemed as if she was saying some sweet words of love to him.
Chen Lang was beside him.
He made the bed for Xie Yanyu and began to help her tidy up the tables and chairs in the inn.
Hearing Xie Yanyu's mental method, his amber eyes became very gloomy. Occasionally, he would glance over there and see Helan Wei tilt his head towards him, with the corners of his lips curved up in a very slight arc. It was clearly intentional, but it seemed gentle, as if he was bathed in a spring breeze.
Brothel style.
The veins on Chen Lang’s forehead throbbed.
He lowered his eyes, hiding the distortion and viciousness in them, and walked over to Xie Yanyu. His tone was very gentle: "Make the bed and pack the clothes. Read to Master Helan. Are you thirsty?"
I'm a little thirsty.
Regardless of anything else, at least during this period of time, he is always the most appropriate and considerate.
Xie Yanyu found that she had become accustomed to being served by him and felt very relaxed. She nodded: "Somewhat."
Shen Lang smiled gently: "I'll make tea for you."
Meticulous and detailed.
Considerate and gentle.
Even Shen Lang took out the teapot and the spiritual tea, and then asked carefully: "Do you want to add salt? You prefer this taste."
He even knew her favorite flavors by heart. Therefore, all he had to do was ask her a question, and Xie Yanyu would nod. He would then expertly take out the spiritual tea, add salt, and then add water to the teapot, controlling the ratio of tea to water to be just right, perfectly suiting her taste.
It was nothing for Helan Wei to ask her to study, but when compared to him like this, it seemed a bit inconsiderate and ignorant. The difference between them was immediately apparent without a word.
soon.
The aroma of tea filled the room.
Xie Yanyu was reciting, perhaps wanting to drink tea, and occasionally glanced at Chen Lang, and his tone slowed down.
Helan Wei lowered his eyelashes.
After a while, he suddenly said, "Read it later. I'm going to make tea."
Xie Yanyu responded.
This mental method was indeed very powerful. After reciting it for so long, she actually felt that she could slightly control the flow of spiritual energy in her body. Because of her bones, most of the time, the spiritual energy in her body was chaotic and reversed.
She read silently without having to read it out loud, and then turned a few pages.
But before I could watch for long, I suddenly heard a "pop" sound -
The tea set was broken.
The scalding tea spilled out, splashing onto Shen Lang's hands. Xie Yanyu looked over and saw that Shen Lang's slender, white fingers had turned red. The man, usually gentle and gentle like spring water, was now somewhat displeased. He said to Helan Wei, "Master Helan, if you have any objections to me, you can tell me directly. Why did you deliberately throw the tea? She studied for you for so long, and she still needs tea to quench her thirst."
As soon as the words fell.
Helan Wei's fingertips paused.
He didn't even touch the tea, so how could he have fallen?
As if realizing something, he glanced at Chen Lang and then tilted his head in the direction of Xie Yanyu.
Xie Yanyu also turned his gaze towards him.
Then she saw Helan Wei "looking" at her.
He still looked somewhat superior and did not apologize to Chen Lang.
Xie Yanyu didn't really need to drink tea, he just felt a little thirsty, but he also felt that Helan Wei's behavior was inappropriate. This person was used to looking down on others and had always liked to make things difficult for Shen Lang and ridicule him with harsh words -
But Shen Lang was just making tea for her.
Shen Lang has always had a good temper, at least in front of her.
She paused and opened her mouth to speak.
But the next second.
Then he saw that Helan Wei's eyes were a little moist.
However, immediately afterwards, Helan Wei lowered his eyes and hid the tears in his eyes.
Then he raised his chin, maintaining his superior attitude. He did not deny spilling the tea, and sneered at Shen Lang, saying, "I just know you're familiar with her taste, and I wanted to learn how to brew this tea from you. Why do you have to speculate about me with such malicious intentions?"
——The posture is arrogant.
But if you are misunderstood, you will appear more vulnerable if you adopt such an attitude.
...want to learn how to make tea?
Xie Yanyu had sensed that he had lowered his profile somewhat these days, but it was still hard to imagine someone as high and mighty as him learning how to make tea from others. Her previous words were stuck in her throat, so unexpected that she didn't know what to say next, feeling lost.
Because she liked strong tea, Chen Lang made tea for her and made the tea very strong.
At this time, the tea was dropped and spilled on the ground.
Therefore, the tea aroma in the room became stronger, almost to the point of being overpowering.
Every breath he took was filled with the rich smell of tea, and Xie Yanyu felt a little dizzy.
I feel dizzy.
In the end, she simply said nothing, opened the door, walked out, and went downstairs to get some fresh air.
*
For a while.
Only Chen Lang and Helan Wei were left in the room.
That was the moment her footsteps faded away.
The quiet atmosphere just now was torn apart.
Both of them showed very grim expressions. Helan Wei sneered and took the first step.
With a thud.
The spiritual power suddenly hit Chen Lang.
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