"Have you learned everything that Master taught you?" Gu Sui Han asked.
"Of course!" Hao Xin said proudly. "I'm much smarter than Ah Si. She still only has a vague understanding."
"Hey! Master even praised me for my progress!" Si Rong said unconvinced.
"Then let's fight." Gu Suihan drew his wooden sword, and Si Rong jumped back in fright. "No, no, no, I'm not going to fight with Senior Brother. I'm still..."
Hao Xin pulled her behind him. "Big Brother is talking about me. Don't join in the fun. Go hide somewhere else."
Si Rong looked around and jumped onto the wall.
Both of them used swords as weapons, and the fight was very intense from the beginning. Si Rong wanted to scream several times, but was afraid of disturbing the two people fighting, so he had to cover his mouth. Later, he simply bit a finger to prevent himself from shouting.
"Senior brother looks thin, but his sword moves are very sharp." Hao Xin said.
"You still have the leisure to comment. It seems I'm not trying hard enough." Gu Sui Han's sword-drawing speed suddenly increased.
Si Rong loosened her fingers, blushing and whispering, "Why does this sentence sound so much like something from a storybook I've read before..."
Hao Xin was thrown off balance by the opponent's intensive attacks. He strained his expression and carefully observed a way to break the deadlock. After a moment, Gu Suihan said, "You're much more civilized than before."
"What do you mean before?" Hao Xin was puzzled. "Have I ever fought with my senior brother before?"
Seeing that the atmosphere seemed to have relaxed considerably, Si Rong interrupted, "Big Brother, have you also seen Ah Xin when he first started fighting? Master said he was like a little gangster, and fighting him every day helped him change many of his bad habits."
"Tiantian..." Gu Sui Han raised his sword again and approached Hao Xin's neck directly. He quickly dodged sideways and then launched an attack without giving in.
"Brother, you always use water spirit to suppress me. Do you really think I have no way?" Facing the blizzard that was approaching the door, Hao Xin raised his sword and knocked it lightly. The fierce blizzard instantly lost its momentum and began to dance tenderly.
Gu Sui Han suddenly stopped all movements.
"What's wrong, senior brother? Are you stunned?" Hao Xin put down his sword and asked.
"Is this also... what Master taught you?"
"yes."
"She taught you too... She hasn't forgotten anything, nor has she become a different person. She's just lying to me..."
Shen Qingmang pondered in front of the fog for a while, and suddenly an epiphany struck him.
What's the best way to overcome fear? Not to avoid it, but to face it head-on! She had always wanted to escape, to solve the problem in reality. Why couldn't she just ask it directly in the fantasy world?
Her biggest fear was that Gu Suihan loved Qiongju deeply, and his feelings for her were based on the fact that he thought she was Qiongju. If he knew that she had occupied his master's body, he might hate her... However, she never asked him if that was the case.
She'd been too afraid of a positive answer, but then she thought, so what if it was? He'd liked Qiongju in the past, but she was dead. It was hard for a mortal to love just one person for a hundred years, but a cultivator's life was so long, it was normal for him to love many people. If he could let go of Qiongju and fall in love with her, wouldn't that be a happy ending for everyone?
She shouldn't hide from him or avoid him. She should take the initiative to approach him and see if he would like the real her!
Shen Qingmang had come to terms with it, but someone else couldn't. As soon as she smiled, she felt the earth shake and her consciousness gradually became blurred.
In the last second before falling into darkness, Shen Qingmang’s thought was: This is definitely not an illusion controlled by me, otherwise why would I be so passive!
Tick, tick, tick...
When she opened her eyes again, she heard the rhythmic sound of water dripping, as if it was counting time...
She lifted her heavy eyelids and found herself in the dim Linyuan Palace. The sound came from a huge water bell in the back hall of Linyuan Palace.
What's going on? Has she returned to her previous life? Or has An Yanxiang taken action beforehand?
She climbed up from the couch, put her feet on the ground, and just as she stood up, she fell back down. She felt like all the strength in her body had gone, and she couldn't feel the flow of spiritual energy.
Shen Qingmang cursed, unable to contain her frustration, "An Yanxiang, you bastard! You're up to it again! If you're capable, don't lock me up! I'll slice your kidneys and roast them!"
"Master actually has a day when he speaks like this."
A figure suddenly appeared in the front hall. As he pushed aside the bead curtain and walked into the back hall, Shen Qingmang confirmed that he was not hallucinating.
"Sui Han? Why are you here? Are you locked up too? Or are you here to rescue me?" Shen Qingmang asked anxiously.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Master. I'm not imprisoned, and I don't plan to rescue you."
"So what's the situation outside? Has Anyan Township colluded with the enemy again, sparking a war? Is the Sect Leader okay? Are the enemies attacking? Second Brother, Second Brother..."
"Master, you are thinking of so many people, why don't you look at me in front of you?" Gu Suihan walked in front of her, with his hands on both sides of her body. His long hair swept across her neck, making Shen Qingmang so itchy that she subconsciously shrank her neck.
This action somehow angered her again. Gu Suihan's expression darkened and he grabbed her chin. "Don't hide, Master. There are only two of us here. Look at me!"
"Why am I hiding? What's wrong with you?" Shen Qingmang stared at his red eyes. "Is there something wrong out there? What time is it now?"
"None of this matters, Master."
"It's not important!" Shen Qingmang couldn't help but swear again: "The most important thing is to quickly protect the mountain gate. We can talk about it later if you have anything else!"
After saying that, she pushed him away and staggered out. When she arrived at the front hall, she found strange patterns everywhere and thought to herself that something was wrong.
As expected, she was still trapped in Linyuan Palace.
"Is it Hao Xin who did this again? This shouldn't be the case. I clearly..."
"Don't think about my junior brother, Master." Gu Suihan followed slowly. "I did it."
"Huh? Are you kidding?" She approached him and carefully observed the expression on his face. "You're kidding me, aren't you?"
"How dare a disciple lie to Master? It's Master who has been lying to him all along," Gu Suihan forced a sly smile. "You're the one lying. You said you died, that you've become a different person, but why do you still remember the same moves from your previous life? You said you figured it out yourself, and now you're saying you're not her. How could two completely different people figure out the same techniques?"
"What..." Shen Qingmang didn't understand what he was saying at all, so he could only mumble: "My identity is very complicated. Let me think about how to explain it so that you can completely believe it. It's really difficult to explain it clearly here..."
"Master, are you going to lie to me again?" Gu Suihan said, "You only gave me one night of warmth, and then there was endless indifference and rejection. What did I do wrong?"
Shen Qingmang's pupils trembled.
What one night? One night what?
"What happened between you and Qiongju?"
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