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The man's voice was low and pleasant to the ears, with a hint of tenderness. Yan Zhu raised her eyes to glance at the half-sitting Qing Xuan and said, "Have you figured out something?"

Qingxuan shook his head: "The yarrow bead can only trigger a prophecy when it comes into contact with something related to it. For example, the purification bead you gave me last time, and since then, no disaster-related events have occurred."

Yan Zhu continued, "So you pretended to be struck by lightning?"

Qingxuan nodded: "This is an opportunity for those behind the scenes, but there is another layer. Although my cultivation has been promoted to the Divine Lord level, I still need to experience the Purple Thunder once more to be truly tempered and reach the Divine Lord realm."

"I see."

Yan Zhu suddenly realized that every step this man took was perfectly planned and under his control.

She is still worried about him, how self-indulgent.

Yan Zhu: "Does the Heavenly Lord know about the Thunder Punishment? And does he also know that you replaced Hong Le and went to the human world?"

Qingxuan hummed, then suddenly remembered something and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to recognize me at first sight. I wonder where I gave myself away?"

Yanzhu recalled the day when she first met "Hongle" in the human world. The scent of cold plum blossoms lingering around her nose was very familiar to her.

She looked at the man and said, "Nothing, I just cheated you. I didn't expect that the God King wouldn't forbid cheating."

Qingxuan: "..."

"You're new to Fangcun Mountain. Wait until after dinner and let Yanzhi take you around. I need to lie down for a while."

Yan Zhu was suspicious: "Are you really okay?"

She had just made a rough check and found no hidden injuries, but it was possible that this bastard was trying to hide it from her again.

Qingxuan lowered his head and smiled: "I said I would not lie to you again, and I will not break my promise. The reason I don't leave this place is that the person behind the scenes has not yet appeared, and I still need to wait and see."

I see.

Yan Zhu: "Okay."

Just as she was about to turn and leave, Qingxuan's deep voice came from behind her: "I'm sorry for intentionally dragging you into the Black Crow Clan's calamity, whether it was the purification beads before or keeping you in Fangcun Mountain recently. Whether you survive this calamity or not, I will always remember this kindness."

Yan Zhu was stunned for a moment. She rarely heard Qingxuan's frank words, which seemed like kind words before his death.

She turned around and looked at the man on the warm jade bed: "I said, as long as it doesn't mean you want to kill me, I'll help you if I can."

The two looked at each other with completely different expressions of indifference. Qingxuan's expression was mixed with a bit of complexity, while Yanzhu's expression was more of tenacity.

Qingxuan smiled again and said, "My parents will be a little welcoming, so just treat them as your own family."

Yanzhu nodded, and the next second she finally understood the extent of the man's "passion" in his words.

——

Dongfang Ye pulled Yan Zhu to sit down and introduced with a gentle smile: "This table of food was all made by Qingxuan's father. Come and try it and see if it suits your taste."

Yan Zhu was immediately flattered: "Thank you, Uncle Jian, for bothering you."

Qing Jian snorted and pretended to be dissatisfied: "Why are you being polite? We have been urging Qingxuan to bring you here as a guest for a long time, but this kid just hid you away. It was only when you were in danger last time that Madam found an excuse to go to Yanzhu, your god, to meet you. Otherwise, wait--" Now that the disaster has come, they will never see each other again.

"Why are you poking me?"

Before Qing Jian could finish his words, Dongfang Ye nudged him with his elbow, so he didn't finish the second half of the sentence.

"Azhu has finally come here, don't mention those nonsense."

Dongfang Ye spoke calmly, looking at Yan Zhu with a look of warm satisfaction in his eyes: "I heard from that brat that you are fasting now, you can try the saltiness. Besides, these ingredients are obtained from the wilds by absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, and are rich in spiritual energy. It's okay even if you eat too much."

After he finished speaking, he added in a low voice, "Qingxuan and his father cooked the meal together."

Yan Zhu smiled sincerely, "Thank you, Aunt Ye, Uncle Jian."

In front of the stranger, the woman was visibly embarrassed. She recalled that more than a year ago, her second form had picked up Qingxuan and brought him back to the lonely land. It also took her original form a long time to get familiar with the man.

Qing Jian seemed to notice Yan Zhu's reservedness and said, "Just treat it as your own home."

The more Dongfang Ye looked at him, the more his smile grew: "He has a good personality and is handsome."

At this moment, Qingxuan, who was far away on the warm jade bed in the cave, used his spiritual sense to turn around. Hearing this, he couldn't help but smile. Is she well-behaved?

These two words have nothing to do with Yanzhu's second form. In her original form, her temper became worse and her personality became stubborn after her cultivation level improved. However... what remained unchanged from beginning to end was her inherent toughness and soft-hearted nature.

When he heard his mother say "I wonder which boy will get the good deal", the man's smile froze, and then he pressed his lips together, his expression unclear, like the clouds and mist in the mountains, and it was impossible to see the man's eyebrows clearly.

On the other side, Dongfang Ye served a bowl of soup to Yan Zhu, who quickly thanked him and took it: "Thank you, Aunt Ye, I'll do it myself."

Dongfang Ye then made a face towards Qing Jian, who then smiled: "How is my kid's cooking?"

After a simple greeting, Yan Zhu didn't know what to talk about. She just answered the questions asked by the other party. The woman looked indifferent and nodded: "Qingxuan's cooking is quite good."

In fact, she was worried. She didn't know if Qingxuan's parents would immediately turn hostile if they knew that Qingxuan was not only responsible for three meals a day, but also had to take care of the lonely environment and was ordered to do work by her every day. How could they be so friendly?

Yan Zhu was a man of few words, but Qing Jian became more talkative under Dongfang Ye's gaze and began to talk non-stop: "Oh, that brat of mine has been used to having smooth sailing since he was a child, and has never encountered any setbacks. In addition, the Heavenly Dao has bestowed upon him the companion artifact, the Yarrow Pearl, which can predict the past and the future. He is used to planning and controlling things.

Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, this kid is too deep-minded and seems to be cautious in every step. There is no emotion between us when we get along with each other, otherwise it would not be that for so many years, the only people around him who are close to him are us, the clan members who grew up with him, and the Heavenly Lord. But in fact, those who are familiar with him know that he has a good nature.

But he's so close to the Heavenly Monarch that others can't befriend him, and be honest with him. Ever since that kid ascended, every time he comes home, he's the one he talks about most: you. He talks about the taste of the food, the flowers he grows, the pets he keeps—all of it is done by him personally."

Dongfang Ye placed Yan Zhu's favorite dishes in front of her and said, "Don't just listen, eat the dishes."

Yanzhu glanced at the dishes and an inexplicable emotion surged in her heart. Since her mother left, apart from Qingxuan, it was the two elders who put her favorite dishes in front of her.

Yan Zhu smiled and picked up her chopsticks, slowly savoring the delicious food, lowering her eyes to hide her mixed emotions.

Although the three of them might have some purpose, she could feel that Qingxuan's parents did look at her with some loving kindness, just like the look her mother had given her back then. So at this moment, she was longing for this long-lost, ordinary feeling of home.

Yanzhu looked up at Qingjian, who was speaking eloquently. It seemed that the other party's enthusiasm touched her, and the tension of her recent trip to the human world slowly relaxed.

Qing Jian, who was sitting opposite him, was telling Qing Xuan about his childhood. He was a mischievous child, always telling people's fortunes with yarrow beads. His fortunes ranged from small matters like missing chickens and ducks in the family to big matters like which elderly person was about to pass away...

Yanzhu listened to Qingjian's chat with great interest, she found it very interesting. She didn't expect that Qingxuan, who was usually calm and composed, could also be naughty and playful sometimes. She felt that life was magical.

But all this hustle and bustle made the man on the warm jade bed feel a little uncomfortable. He waved his hand to call Yan Zhi over and said, "Tell my father to eat more vegetables and talk less."

Suddenly thinking of Yan Zhu finally relaxing in front of the two of them, he looked at Yan Zhi again and said, "Forget it, let them talk."

Qingxuan focused his spiritual awareness elsewhere, continuing to wait and see. He never expected his father to suddenly say something shocking the next second: "Yanzhu, what do you think of...my boy as a Taoist companion?"

Qingxuan and Yanzhu: "..."

Apart from his beautiful appearance and slender figure like a pine tree, he cannot become her Taoist partner just because he lied to her repeatedly, even if it was a white lie.

But Yan Zhu couldn't openly tell the other person's parents, so she could only pretend to be slow and asked blankly: "What does Uncle Jian mean?"

Qing Jian said hurriedly, in a tone of striking while the iron is hot: "That brat looks okay. Although he is not a priest in the divine world, this is probably because he himself does not have such ambitions. I will definitely let him make progress and obtain the position of priest in the future.

Moreover, the men of our Black Crow clan adhere to the clan rules of monogamy, and are committed to one person for life. That boy has decent cooking skills, is good at housework and cooking, and is a family man. He has had many romantic relationships since he was a child."

Before he could finish his words, Dongfang Ye nudged him with his elbow again, "Are you digging a hole for your son?"

Qing Jian quickly said to Yan Zhu, "He has a lot of romantic interests, but that boy is so slow to react. He always calmly rejects them all, saying they are not suitable! He won't consider them! Until he met you, Yan Zhu, I mentioned this to his mother, and he never said these six words.

We can see he put a lot of thought into it, but because of some concealment, he mistook that thought as compensation for your guilt. Coupled with...some unknown factors, he must have said a lot of things against his will, as if he had no mouth.

Yan Zhu thought to herself that no one knows a child better than his parents, but was that just a lie?

Yan Zhu thought about the day of the Jindan thunder tribulation when the man stood in front of her and said that everything was because of the "agreement". She wondered if he was speaking against his will?

But these have nothing to do with her. If a person often says things against his will, then his fellow Taoist will have to guess something every day. Wouldn't that make him exhausted?

My mother once said that if you want to love someone, you must first love yourself. One-sided efforts cannot last long.

Yan Zhu smiled and said, "Uncle Jian, you're worrying too much. Qingxuan is honest in his actions and behavior, and is a friend worth making friends with."

The word "friend" seemed to have a loud bang, and the faces of the two people opposite him suddenly froze.

Qing Jian patted his chest in grief, "What a useless thing."

Qingxuan, who was far away in the cave, had a dark expression on his face. His fingers curled up slightly, and his thin lips moved slightly. He repeated Yanzhu's two words with a certain degree of restraint, "Friends..."

The man's mind echoed with Haotian's question:

—Are you really not going to give yourself a chance? If the God of Purification and the Demon King, your ex-fiancé, rekindle their old love, you will never have a chance again.

——Although the God of Purification has promised me that he will not have anything to do with Zhongli Ye, matters of the heart are indescribable and are the most uncontrollable things in the world.

Several voices came to his mind, and Qingxuan suddenly felt a slight pain between his eyebrows. He instinctively raised his hand to suppress it. Just as Qingjian said, his habits since childhood made him accustomed to control and calmness, but until he met Yanzhu, she was the unknown, the variable, and the existence he dared not gamble with.

The Black Crow clan practiced monogamy, but his father only said the first half of the sentence. The second half was: if one of them died, the other would not live. If he unfortunately perished in a clan disaster, would he want her to accompany him?

He didn't dare to think about it, nor would he gamble.

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