After the sect competition ended, the news of Qi Yao's marriage reached Wuya Peak. Gu Sui Han heard that his second uncle was going to Chaohua Palace to attend the wedding banquet. Wanting to know whether his master would leave, he went to Linyuan Palace, but heard some unfamiliar voices outside the palace.
"Qi Yao is already married, have you ever considered starting a family?"
"No."
"Then the answer I'm waiting for..."
"An Yanxiang, you haven't forgotten to tease me."
"How can you call it a joke? I'm sincere. If you didn't take it seriously, why would you stay in seclusion for two hundred years just to avoid me?"
"Are all you men so confident?"
"What?"
"Another version I heard was that I couldn't stand Master's matchmaking between me and my senior brother, so I went into seclusion to seek quiet time."
"That's a joke, of course. Why would you run away for such a small matter?"
"So why would I run away just because of a word from you? I'm in seclusion only because I've hit a bottleneck in my cultivation. If I don't focus on overcoming it, it's hard to make progress."
"Ha, it turns out we were overthinking it, but that's okay. I don't understand your Wuya Sect's techniques, but Qi Xiao said that you're stuck at the 'Spiritual Wisdom Awakening' stage and can't enter the 'Seven Emotions Dyeing' stage. Is it because you lack emotions?"
"So what?"
"I can help you gain something, isn't it just about emotions? I'll give you as much as you want, and you can spend it as much as you want. But if you absorb even a tiny bit, perhaps I can help you unlock the realm of 'Seven Emotions Dyeing'. Do you want to give it a try?"
"So what do you want from me?"
"I want you to give me all your feelings, even if they are as weak as a candle flame, and the light of that candle flame should only illuminate me, and not share it with others."
"You are quite overbearing."
"Love is like this, Qingmang, give it a try."
"We'll talk later. My apprentice is waiting for me outside."
Upon hearing this, Gu Suihan hurriedly took a few steps back, but Master Qiongju had already walked out, followed by a baby-faced young man who looked about the same age as him, but he knew that this was An Yanxiang, the master of Wuwei Peak, who was several hundred years older than him.
The other party glanced at him indifferently and left Linyuan Hall. Master Qiongju walked up to him and asked, "What do you want from me?"
"Disciple would like to ask Master if he has plans to go to Chaohua Palace? Is there anything he needs us to do?"
"No. Just practice on your own."
"good."
"Anything else?"
Gu Sui Han felt a little surprised. The master who had danced with him with swords under the moon before was clearly not so cold-blooded. How come he seemed like a different person after not seeing him for a few days?
Is it because of that person just now?
He asked tentatively, "Master, are you willing to agree to the Wuwei Peak Master's promise?"
"That's not your concern."
He looked at her cold face and recalled her tenderness at that time, and his mood became more complicated.
Was it because Master wanted to reconcile with the Wuwei Peak Master that he turned cold towards him? Was he about to lose his only light? What if... what if he could take his place?
"Master." Gu Suihan pinched his palm secretly and said, "Disciple can do it too."
"What?"
"If he can do it, so can I." After saying the most difficult words, his expression became much smoother. "What's more, I'm a better fit. My realm is also stuck at 'Spiritual Wisdom Awakening'. Like Master, I aspire to enter 'Seven Emotions Dyed' but cannot find the right way. It's better for me to walk alongside Master than for the Wuwei Peak Master to be an outsider. So what if he's full of emotions? He doesn't understand our Wuya Sect's techniques and only knows how to forcefully indoctrinate Master. I'm afraid that would suffocate Master."
"You are my apprentice." Qiongju reminded him.
"That's why it's more convenient. And Master, we're not going to become Taoist companions. We're just discussing learning and exchanging ideas about cultivation together. Isn't that a reasonable thing for a master and a disciple to do?"
Gu Suihan put on his most harmless smile, hoping to infect the other party. Master Qiongju looked at him for a long time and said, "Then let's give it a try."
In the following days, Gu Suihan searched everywhere for books related to emotions. The "Seven Emotions" must be triggered by the most intense emotions. Friendship and family affection are gentle and long-lasting, only love and hate can give strong stimulation. He would blush from time to time while reading story books, and he didn't dare to use many tricks on his master.
And the longer they were together, the weirder it felt to him. The master he loved and who gave him warmth seemed to exist only in the past. In those caring words of comfort and in those exhilarating battles, he often had to rely on memories to evoke his most genuine feelings for his master.
Twenty years passed like this, and neither of them had achieved a breakthrough in their realm. However, Qiongju had changed from his initial passive response to occasionally taking the initiative to care about Gu Suihan. After all, this disciple did not have the same sense of aggression as other men, and being with him was only comforting.
When Shen Qingmang woke up again, he saw Gu Suihan painting Qiongju. He looked serious and considered carefully before each stroke of the pen. She looked natural and did not feel impatient at all for maintaining the same posture for a long time.
She shrank as if she had been electrocuted, and found that she could not condense into a solid body this time. She could only barely transform into a ball of light that no one could see.
So she could only watch their joys and sorrows.
Could this be what happened in their previous life? In some corner not mentioned in the original novel, had they already fallen in love?
Then, wasn't it true that all the love she received was stolen from Qiongju?
Shen Qingmang couldn't bear to look at it any longer, but he couldn't leave the human body and move around independently. Fortunately, a new customer arrived before the painting was finished.
Qi Xiao rushed in, not caring about what they were doing, and said, "Master is injured!"
Qiongju stood up immediately, and Gu Suihan also hurriedly dropped his paintbrush.
"Isn't he in seclusion? And he's only a step away from ascending..."
"Elder Wujiu found Master collapsed on the ground in Shenxin Gorge. He hasn't woken up yet. Come with me!"
"good!"
Shen Qingmang followed Qiongju and rushed to Wendao Peak with them. When she saw the sect leader lying on the bed with a face as pale as gold paper, her heart was broken.
It seems that she woke up too late. The tragedy in the original novel happened again. The sect leader was seriously injured for unknown reasons while in seclusion to overcome the tribulation. He was in a coma for a whole year. After waking up again, he was still very weak. He was sent to the sanatorium in the deepest part of Wendao Peak by his disciples for seclusion and cultivation. The protective shield they set up can ensure that the sect leader is completely free from external interference, and it also has the effect of imprisoning the inner demons and preventing him from going astray. Unless the person in the shield wants to take the initiative to walk out, no matter how big the incident is, it will not affect him.
Shen Qingmang didn't finish reading the original novel, so he didn't know whether Yun Xuzhou came out of seclusion after Qiongju's death, but he would know all this sooner or later, and he would definitely be sad.
She turned her gaze to Qiongju. This cold beauty also showed grief on her face at this moment. After discussing with several senior brothers, they began to take turns on duty to take care of the master.
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