Shen Qingmang glanced at the bright sun overhead and said, "When did you develop the habit of taking a nap?"
"Arong doesn't know what to do..." Si Rong's face showed guilt. "I can't quite understand the manual on cultivation techniques that Master gave me."
"Then there's no need to look at it."
"Master, I was wrong!" Si Rong quickly apologized: "I will go study it right away!"
Shen Qingmang smiled and said, "I'm not saying this out of anger. Starting tomorrow, I will personally teach you."
"Really?" Si Rong couldn't believe it.
"Of course it's true. Do I need to swear an oath as a teacher?"
"No, no, no, no need..." Si Rong excitedly ran to the wall and shouted, "Ah Xin! Master didn't ignore us! Master is here, come out quickly!"
There was no movement from the other side for a long while. Si Rong muttered softly, "Maybe he ran away again. Master, I'll tell him when he comes back!"
"Okay. Have you had lunch yet?"
"I've eaten."
"Oh." Shen Qingmang felt a little regretful and patted her head. "Okay, go back and rest. You're still growing, so it's okay to sleep in a little."
"Uh-huh!"
Shen Qingmang returned to Qiongzhi Hall and rested for a while, then got up to prepare for class. Fortunately, with her previous experience, she quickly arranged the courses for the next month.
She only taught Si Rong and Hao Xin, taking two days off every ten days. During these two days, she would go to various places in the Taichu Sect to collect medicinal herbs. Gu Suihan had not appeared in front of her for a long time, and she didn't know what to feel.
Becoming strangers like this might be the best outcome, but she couldn't suppress the lingering longing in her heart.
Sometimes she couldn't help but daydream while in class, recalling how Gu Suihan had helped her supplement the content in class so that her junior classmates could better understand it.
Originally, in a class like this, Sui Han would be her best helper. Their relationship wasn't purely teacher-student from the beginning, but rather relatively equal. All her objections to this relationship were actually invalid in front of him.
If he had told her from the beginning that he was also reborn and not a young and ignorant child, would she... fall in love with him sooner?
But it's no use saying anything now.
The medicinal herbs with healing effects in "Taichu Materia Medica" are distributed in all five peaks. Shen Qingmang visited the other four peaks before finally arriving at Wuwei Peak.
But after she stepped into Wuwei Peak, before she got close to the place where medicinal herbs grew, she came across Anyan Township.
"Junior sister, you are a rare visitor." An Yanxiang looked at her with a smile. "What brings you to my Wuwei Sect?"
Shen Qingmang looked at the harmless boy and slowly raised the corners of his lips. "Don't call me Junior Sister. I'm not your Junior Sister."
An Yanxiang frowned slightly. "Green mango?"
"Your beloved junior sister has been killed by your own hands, An Yanxiang." Shen Qingmang said word by word.
"What did you say?" An Yanxiang's pupils trembled. "Qingmang, you've been in seclusion for two hundred years. Did you encounter any difficulties or cause your true energy to go astray?"
Shen Qingmang stared at him for a long time, and found that the disbelief on his face was genuine, and suddenly he came to his senses.
It turns out that he didn't know Qiongju that well, and couldn't tell the difference between her and Qiongju at first glance. In reality, she was suspected by him, most likely because she carried out drastic reforms after becoming Qiongju, and her behavior patterns were too different from Qiongju's.
But she was determined to tear off the mask and would not give up halfway.
"Master Fengchun, you are truly affectionate. Even your Taoist name is in memory of Qiongju. But... do you think you truly love her?"
An Yanxiang's baby face was tense and he said nothing, but the look in his eyes when he looked at her finally showed a bit of vigilance.
"In my opinion, you only love yourself. You don't love Qiongju at all, or rather, you only love the one you imagine her to be."
"You are not her...where did you hide her?" As An Yanxiang finished speaking, a ball of faint blue spiritual fire instantly ignited in his hand and attacked her.
Shen Qingmang scoffed and easily extinguished the flames. The two of them engaged in a fierce struggle, this time with a ruthless attack, forcing An Yanxiang to retreat step by step. Finally, leaning against the tree trunk, she slowly slid to the ground, panting and laughing, "Junior sister, don't scare me. Who else can defeat me besides you?"
"Look, I told you before. You don't love her at all. You don't even understand her." Shen Qingmang looked down at him. "A lunatic like you, it would be the worst possible fate for anyone to be favored by you."
An Yanxiang still smiled and said, "This is a huge misunderstanding. I will protect the one I love with my life."
"Oh, how touching." Shen Qingmang clapped his hands twice, expressionless. "What a sentimental supporting actor! You can cut this sentence out and use it as the highlight of your character. But I hate crazy critics the most. Affection is not an excuse to cover up your perversion."
"What are you talking about?"
"Yes, you loved her deeply, so much so that you would die for her. But weren't you the one who caused her death? You destroyed her home, disregarding her will, only thinking of imprisoning her so you could complete your revenge. Even if she hadn't broken free from the magic circle and you had succeeded in your plan, don't you think she wouldn't seek revenge on you after learning all this?"
"What are you talking about?" An Yanxiang stopped smiling and frowned more and more.
"My dear senior brother." Shen Qingmang crouched down, pinched his chin, and stared into his eyes. "Don't understand? Let me explain. The world we're in now is a time in the past when someone sacrificed their immortal path. Before that sacrifice, you paralyzed the elders with a spell, imprisoned your young disciple Qiongju, and colluded with external enemies to attack the mountain gate, intending to destroy the entire Taichu Sect."
An Yanxiang was stunned.
"You almost succeeded." Shen Qingmang sneered. "The Sect Master is seriously injured and in seclusion, and you see the rest as useless. But you underestimate Wuya Peak. They have protected the Taichu Sect for generations. Listen, Master Qi Xiao… was the first to plunge into the abyss, activating the mountain protection formation. However, his aptitude was limited, and his cultivation wasn't strong enough to activate it. So, after Qiong Ju broke through the formation, he sacrificed himself to activate it."
"Ha, ha, how is that possible?" An Yanxiang stared at her coldly: "She would never do such a stupid thing."
"If you were so sure she would do nothing, why did you try to imprison her?"
"I...you are telling lies. I never did it."
"Yes, you're innocent now." Shen Qingmang stood up and rubbed his fingers. "You're still living in this world, pretending to be affectionate, touching countless onlookers. But she will never come back, in this life, forever and ever, her soul will be scattered and reduced to ashes. This is the result of your deep affection, this is the result of your selfish love."
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