"Master really cares about me."
Shen Qingmang suddenly raised his head and met Gu Suihan's clear eyes.
"Are you pretending?"
"Disciple is indeed a little weak, but not unconscious." He sat up from the couch and said with a smile, "Disciple just wanted to verify whether Master has feelings for me."
Shen Qingmang supported himself on the edge of the couch, slowly straightened up, and stared at him coldly. "So? What conclusion do you want to draw?"
Gu Suihan immediately realized that the atmosphere was not right, put away his smile, and said pitifully: "Master, I was wrong. I shouldn't have tested you and made you worry in vain."
"Gu Suihan, you really know how to take advantage of my trust." Shen Qingmang wiped his eyes and gritted his teeth, "Pretending to be innocent, pretending to be pitiful, how many times have I noticed something was wrong and you've deceived me, but you've been lying to the end! Why do you keep the most innocent and pitiful things hidden in your heart?"
"Master, what are you talking about..."
Shen Qingmang's eyes flushed red as she stared at the man in front of her, her anger boiling. Just now, as he lay on the couch, she couldn't help but recall the scene of him losing his soul in front of her. How painful and agonizing must he have been at that moment? Why had he confessed his reincarnated identity but not told her about this?
If she had known that he had sacrificed so much for Qiongju, she would have confessed her identity early on to avoid his misunderstanding. Now that their relationship was entangled, how could she make things clear?
"Master..." Gu Suihan rolled off the couch and quickly knelt on the ground. "Don't be angry, I was wrong. I will never joke about your feelings again!"
"Get up right there! Who told you to kneel?" Shen Qingmang took a deep breath. "Gu Suihan, stop wasting your time on me, no matter what kind of thoughts you have. If you really care about me, just stop hanging around in front of me."
"Master?"
"I'm telling you the truth. We did have a relationship before, but it was definitely not the kind of teacher-disciple relationship you think it was." She said with a determined heart, "It's because every time I see you, I'm so sad that I want to die. Seeing you makes me feel bad, so please, let me go? Don't torture me anymore."
"What on earth happened..." Gu Suihan's expression was even uglier than when he was lying on the couch pretending to be sick.
Shen Qingmang tossed him a small medicine bottle. "Here's your medicine. Heal your wounds. Now we're even. I don't owe you anything anymore. Don't come looking for me again."
After saying that, she disappeared from the spot. Gu Sui Han chased after her and fell heavily to the ground, looking very embarrassed.
Shen Qingmang set up a barrier outside Yushu Hall, forbidding anyone to enter without her permission. She also set up a barrier around the hall while teaching Hao Xin and Si Rong. She was determined not to see Gu Suihan again. She knew this would be cruel to both of them, but only a sharp sword could cut the Gordian knot.
Let them end this illusion smoothly and explain everything to each other outside. Gu Suihan only has memories of his previous life now, so he tends to get stuck in a rut. But once he escapes the illusion and regains all his memories, he will know that everything she said is true.
After all, he himself had vaguely mentioned that her personality was very different from Qiongju's.
She was worried every day, waiting for An Yanxiang's revenge, but the other party did not take any action. She couldn't help but go to Wuwei Peak to test it twice. The first time she returned empty-handed, and the second time she learned that the other party had left Wuwei Peak for a long time.
She couldn't fathom Fengpi's train of thought, so she had to look elsewhere. In her free time, she began researching various defensive formations, seeking ways to strengthen the Taichu Sect's mountain-protecting formation. After Si Rong and Hao Xin had laid a solid foundation, she let them pursue their own interests and stopped teaching them daily, determined to seek a solution outside of the impasse.
However, when she tried to leave Taichu Sect, she found that there was a fog outside and she could not get out. It seemed that the end of the universe was at the foot of the mountain.
The end?
Could it be that this illusion is restricted to the Taichu Sect?
The fantasy world of the Love Audition Platform was created by her, and the background of the story was recorded in her diary when she was in high school. At that time, she was under great pressure in school, and to relieve the pressure, she simply fabricated a utopia to give herself a place to breathe.
When she was building this female-dominated empire, she focused on the court, describing how various forces fought against each other and how she, as an emperor, resolved them one by one to gain the respect of the people from all over the world. The harem was nothing more than an insignificant background for her. She just randomly stuffed a few young men from aristocratic families in it and designed them all as tools for her to play games with court officials.
So in the illusion, the stories everyone experienced in the harem seemed like a child's play. Instead, the stories that happened when she and the queen toured around the country were more interesting. She once drew detailed maps of each county in her diary, and they were also displayed very realistically in the illusion.
Back to the present, was this illusion confined to the Taichu Sect created by her or Gu Suihan? Why is it so similar to reality, and why has it also experienced past and present lives?
The emotional barrier amplifies a monk's pessimistic view of love, reflecting their deepest fears. So is she afraid of being loved as a substitute, or is Gu Suihan afraid? What is he afraid of?
"Is this my illusion?" She reached out and touched the mist, but the part of her hand that passed through the mist lost feeling, as if it didn't exist.
"Am I destined to be trapped in the Taichu Sect, watching history repeat itself? Could it be that my fear of the same events unfolding again has shaped this illusion?"
She stood behind the mist, lost in thought.
At this moment, Gu Suihan's door was knocked open by his junior fellow students again. When Si Rong saw him, he was surprised and said, "Big Brother, how did you lose so much weight? You were already thin enough before, but now you look like a bamboo pole!"
"What happened this time?" Gu Sui Han looked at her impatiently.
Si Rong took a step back. "This time it wasn't me who wanted to come to you, it was Ah Xin."
Hao Xin touched his nose, looking a little uncomfortable. "Um... Senior Brother... can I fight with you?"
Gu Suihan said nothing.
He continued, "Among my peers at Wuya Peak, no one can beat me. I find that rather boring. But Master said you're very powerful, and I've never fought you. Can we have a sparring match?"
"When did she say that?"
"That's right... one time Ah Si asked Master why he didn't let you attend the class..."
Si Rong interrupted, "Big Brother, I finally mustered up the courage to ask this time!"
"Then Master said that because you have already learned a lot of magic, she doesn't need to teach you like she taught us, so you don't have classes with us. Now I have learned most of what Master taught, so I should be qualified to fight you, right?"
Hao Xin looked eager to try.
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