In the past, he would not have cared about these unfounded rumors, but today, for some reason, he felt disgusted after hearing them and punished Qi Yao to write a self-criticism. As expected, Qi Yao cursed and left reluctantly.
That day, he heard Gu Suihan's heartbeats several more times. When he was near a lot of people, their heartbeats would reach his ears, but they would be affected by his attention, sometimes strong and sometimes weak. He couldn't help but pay attention to Gu Suihan, so he naturally heard a lot.
This wasn't right, he told himself repeatedly. Eavesdropping on others' thoughts was despicable. Even if he harbored ill intentions towards his master, he hadn't done anything excessive. His master had taught him to judge a person by his deeds, not his heart. He shouldn't judge someone like that.
What's more, no matter what happens to Gu Sui Han or An Yanxiang, as long as Junior Sister doesn't care about any of them, none of them can cause any trouble.
He comforted himself and breathed a sigh of relief.
But in the next few days, he still couldn't help but think about it over and over again, worried that his junior sister would fall into someone else's trap because of her soft heart.
After the sports meet, many more people paid attention to the junior sister. An Yanxiang even openly put aside his affairs at Wuwei Peak and came to Wuya Peak to listen to her lectures.
He couldn't help but come to her class. When he saw An Yanxiang's eager eyes, he suddenly thought:
Maybe the master is right. It would be most reassuring if he could take care of her himself.
When he realized what he had just thought, his thoughts suddenly stopped, and there was a void in his ears and heart.
It took him a long time to regain his senses.
She trusted him and respected him so much, but he had other thoughts about her?
What's the difference between him and her apprentice?
In order to prove that he and she were just communicating normally about teaching, he gave her a copy of his teaching experience. However, he could deceive her but not himself.
So he simply stayed away from her life completely and only secretly followed her movements.
She suddenly went into seclusion, and after coming out, she encountered a sect competition. Not long after, she took her disciples to Chaohua Palace to attend Qi Yao's wedding banquet, and stayed there for several months. When she came back, everything was different.
He discovered something unusual when she came back one day to ask him a question. When she saw his attire, she complimented him on the beautiful jade hairpin he was wearing.
He curled his lips in gratitude, and then he heard her inner voice: "I wonder what the effect would be if Sui Han was worn as a hairpin? I think white jade is the most suitable for him. Oh... how wonderful it would be if Lianlizhi could transform into a white jade hairpin?"
Twining branches... He knew what that was. How could his junior sister and his eldest disciple pick the twining branches together?
He couldn't figure out what he was feeling at that moment, but he didn't show it on his face and continued to communicate with her as usual.
After she left, he picked up the book on the table, but he couldn't concentrate on reading it.
Every word turned into "连利", stinging his eyes.
I wish to be a pair of wings in the sky and a pair of branches on the ground.
He lost his junior sister.
Maybe he should take a step back, watch her from afar, bless her, and clear away the rumors about her, so that at least one of them can be happy.
But he didn't expect that fate would play such a trick on him.
Two hours ago, he was clearly still talking to her, and all she was thinking about was the new disciple-recruiting conference he was discussing with her.
Two hours later, everyone saw that the Peak Master's Order on Gu Sui Han's waist had turned into the Sect Leader's Order, which meant that the former Sect Leader had either ascended to heaven or fallen.
Her realm has not yet reached the standard for ascension, so it can only be the latter.
He felt his soul split in two. The rational half told him that the most urgent task was to stabilize the situation. Tomorrow was the disciple-recruiting conference, and no matter who the leader was, it had to be held normally.
However, the emotional half dominated his body.
He ran out of the hall and looked for Shen Qingmang everywhere.
No matter where she was, as long as she... as long as she was still breathing, he would definitely find her! He just had to follow the sound of her heart.
But why is it that in such a huge Taichu Sect, her presence is everywhere, but her heartbeat cannot be found anywhere?
She seemed to be everywhere, yet also seemed to have vanished into thin air.
He finally thought of the most terrifying possibility.
The Taichu Sect has been enjoying more and more spiritual energy recently.
Her tired eyes.
That was a dying man, burning his soul.
She saved the entire sect through sacrifice.
But why? Why did she end up in the situation she was trying so hard to avoid? She was clearly terrified of pain, terrified of repeating the same mistakes, and wanted to change everything.
She obviously doesn't need to sacrifice...
He bumped into Gu Sui-han, who was also in a state of disarray, and both of them searched everywhere but to no avail.
"Master will not die. She must have disappeared temporarily due to some unavoidable reasons." Gu Sui Han said in a hoarse voice.
His rationality regained the upper hand, and he said to him, "There must be no mistakes at tomorrow's disciple recruitment meeting. I will assist you."
"No, this is Master's responsibility. She will definitely come back. She is the most responsible person. How could she abandon such a big thing?" Gu Sui Han was a little incoherent.
"She has entrusted the responsibility to you. You won't let her down, will you?"
He calmed Gu Sui Han down with just one sentence.
The disciple-recruiting conference went smoothly, and everything in the Taichu Sect was normal. In the eyes of others, the Sect Leader looked like a role model of young and promising people.
Only a few people in Wuya Peak knew how crazy Gu Sui Han was in private.
He collected all the items left by Shen Qingmang, even the hair on the bed, and used them as a medium to try all the summoning techniques, just wanting her to come back.
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