Fu Changling didn't say anything, he just stared at Qin Yan blankly.
Qin Yan rarely smiled at him. His memory of him smiling could be counted on one hand, and smiling at Fu Changling was almost nonexistent. Now, when he smiled, it was gentle and restrained, like a bright moon and a gentle breeze, a true gentleman.
Ordinary people should breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this.
No matter what the past was, once someone forgives you, you should let go. But the moment Fu Changling heard this, he felt an indescribable dull pain spread across his heart. He calmed down and sat quietly. Qin Yan waited for his response. After a moment, when Fu Changling didn't say anything, he said, "If there's nothing else, I'll go to Lanyue Palace."
"You won't mind."
Fu Changling suddenly spoke up. Qin Yan hadn't expected him to say that, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Fu Changling raised his head, looked at him quietly, and said seriously, "You can't say you don't care if you don't know what happened. If you haven't experienced it at all, don't understand it, then you're not that person. You haven't endured that person's pain, nor have you experienced that person's despair. You can't, and you don't have the right, to say you don't care on their behalf."
Fu Changling said, his voice trembling a little: "You don't know how much he cares about you. He won't let it go. If you knew what he's been through, you wouldn't be able to let it go either."
As Fu Changling spoke, he felt somewhat bewildered. He himself could not figure out what he meant by "not being able to let go".
He only knew that facing this strange and calm Qin Yan, he actually felt more terrified than facing the Sui Yan Demon Lord who pointed a sword at him and tried to kill him.
This fear made him unconsciously tense up, and his hands, gripping the bed sheet, trembled slightly. Qin Yan looked at him and realized that Fu Changling was like a taut string. If he continued talking, the string might break. So he remained silent, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "Maybe."
"After all," he said slowly, "the person you are talking about is not me."
Qin Yan's reminder made Fu Changling realize his own loss of composure. He forced a smile to cover up his previous nonsense: "I just remembered something else and my thoughts got messed up. Please don't blame me, Senior Brother."
"No problem."
Fu Changling didn't dare to think about anything else. He threw off the quilt, stood up and asked, "Master, are you going to open the Xuanji Secret Realm tonight?"
"Um."
"Then I'll go too." Fu Changling stood up and put on his clothes. "I got the formation, I know it best."
Qin Yan hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."
Fu Changling put on his clothes. He was still a little weak, and his steps were a little unsteady, but Qin Yan did not let him rest. The two of them walked to the Moon Arch Gate. Fu Changling was about to fly his sword when he heard Qin Yan say, "I'll take you."
Fu Changling was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Qin Yan put his fingers together and the Pillow Snow Sword jumped out, stopped at the feet of the two men, and expanded a circle. Then Qin Yan turned around, pulled out half of the scabbard of the White Jade Sword, and handed it to Fu Changling.
Fu Changling couldn't help but smile when he saw the half white jade scabbard. He reached out and grasped the half scabbard, and a familiar touch came up.
He followed Qin Yan and stood on the Pillow Snow Sword. Qin Yan seemed to be taking care of him because he was feeling uncomfortable after just waking up, so he flew slowly. Fu Changling looked at the back of the person in front of him, and his heart, which had just been sour, calmed down again.
The moonlight fell on the person in front, like silver snow covering his body, and it was full of light. Just looking at the back, Fu Changling felt an indescribable satisfaction.
He suddenly felt that he had been a little ridiculous. In fact, when he came here, he had no connection with his previous life. His relationship with Qin Yan in his previous life was definitely not a happy one. Whether it was the Fu family or Jiang Yebai, they were both insurmountable obstacles between them. In this life, he had to cherish the present.
He didn't have to dwell on the past, nor did he have to worry about Qin Yan's casual words about letting go.
If you like someone, you liked him in your previous life, and you will like him again in this life. Just like Qin Yan now, even if they just met for the first time in this life, he looked at this person's back quietly and saw his gentlemanly demeanor, and he would feel that whether there was a previous life or not, he would have taken this person into consideration.
The same is true for Qin Yan.
In his previous life, he liked Fu Changling.
Fu Changling couldn't help but pursed his lips. Looking at the back of the person in front of him, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He quietly moved his eyes away, but couldn't help but move them back.
He didn't know where his confidence came from, but he felt that Qin Yan in this life would also like Fu Changling so much.
The moment he thought of this, Fu Changling couldn't help but say, "Senior Brother, Senior Brother."
"Um?"
"When did you know that Shen Xiufan was mine?"
"I had doubts during the written test, but after meeting you at Lingshan, I was certain."
Qin Yan didn't hide it, and Fu Changling was a little surprised: "Why do you suspect it's mine?"
When Qin Yan heard him ask, he looked at him with some disdain and said directly: "Taste."
"You know me so well?"
Fu Changling took a small step forward. He tentatively pulled Qin Yan's sleeve and stepped forward, saying, "Brother, since you knew it was me so long ago, why did you let me enter Hongmeng Heavenly Palace?"
"If I don't let you in, don't you think of other ways?"
"Of course I'd think about it," Fu Changling said honestly. "Even if it's just for the Moonlight Grass, I have to come. But, Senior Brother," Fu Changling looked at him with bright eyes, "you let me in because I saved you at Lingshan and moved you?"
Qin Yan was speechless, as if he didn't know how to respond. Fu Changling's smile widened. "You didn't give me up in front of the Jinguang Temple. Are you feeling a little bit sorry for me?" Fu Changling said, pinching his index finger with his thumb.
"Fu Changling," Qin Yan finally spoke, "Don't think too much."
"I don't think too much about it," Fu Changling waved his hand, pursed his lips and smiled softly, "Brother, don't worry, I know you are a shy person, I really don't think too much about it."
Qin Yan glanced at him coldly, frowned and said, "I won't support you. I have my reasons. Don't think too much."
"I understand," Fu Changling nodded. "This is your responsibility as a senior brother to your junior brothers. You are so kind to everyone. Don't worry, I don't think too much."
Qin Yan knew he was just being perfunctory when he said this, but he didn't know how to dissuade him. After hesitating for a while, he finally said stiffly, "Whatever you say."
"Brother, don't be so serious," Fu Changling teased him, "We are all brothers, smile at me more. You look so beautiful when you smile..."
Qin Yan had a cold face and said nothing. He flicked his sleeves and directly patted Fu Changling to the ground of Wenyue Palace.
Fu Changling fell straight into the ground, startling everyone in the Wenyue Palace. Qin Yan put away his sword and landed gracefully from mid-air. At this time, people were coming and going in the Wenyue Palace, and it was obviously very busy. Xie Yuqing and several other disciples were guarding the door. Seeing Qin Yan and Fu Changling, she looked at him with a bit of surprise and asked doubtfully, "Junior Brother Shen, what are you doing..."
"stand up."
Qin Yan kicked Fu Changling, who immediately propped himself up and put on a lively smile on his muddy face. He said to Xie Yuqing, "Senior Sister, good evening. Don't be surprised if I just pissed you off."
Xie Yuqing nodded and turned to look at Qin Yan. Qin Yan stepped forward and saluted Xie Yuqing. Fu Changling stood up and brushed off the dirt on his body.
"Is it convenient to go in now?"
After Qin Yan greeted Xie Yuqing, he looked inside and asked directly. Xie Yuqing shook his head: "The Palace Master has already led the elders, the head of the sect, and the head of the family to open the Xuanji Secret Realm inside, and asked us to guard it outside."
Qin Yan nodded. He was extremely confident in Jiang Yebai.
"Then I'll come along."
After Qin Yan finished speaking, he stood at the door with Xie Yuqing. Fu Changling listened to their questions and answers, then turned around and looked around.
He had been to the Moon Palace in his previous life, and it had been rebuilt to a near-perfect scale. However, the Moon Palace back then was vastly different from the one he saw today. He remembered it as a cold, icy place covered in snow year-round, but the Moon Palace today was lush with vegetation, and the courtyards were filled with flowers and plants in an orderly fashion, clearly meticulously tended.
Fu Changling looked at the flowers and plants, raised his head and said to Qin Yan, "Brother, I'm going to take a walk in the garden."
Qin Yan looked up at him, Fu Changling gave him a look, and Qin Yan said, "Go."
Fu Changling smiled and walked slowly towards the backyard.
Wen Yue Palace was now encircled by a barrier, and all the powerful Yun Ze had gathered there. He didn't dare to spy too directly, so he strolled around the backyard under the pretense of admiring the flowers.
After Fu Changling left, Xie Yuqing hugged the sword and said calmly: "I heard that you encountered a demon cultivator today and saved Yun Yu Mingyan and Shen Xiufan."
"Um."
"Yun Yu Mingyan is fine, he was knocked unconscious by someone with a knife. It seems your junior brother is being targeted, so be careful."
"good."
Qin Yan nodded. Xie Yuqing was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "You seem to like him quite a lot."
Qin Yan paused, looked up at Xie Yuqing, and frowned: "Why do you say that?"
"You don't care so much about other people."
Xie Yuqing said it directly, and Qin Yan laughed helplessly: "You can see it now."
"I've known you for many years."
Xie Yuqing held the sword and looked at the flowers and plants not far away: "I thought I understood you quite well, but now I suddenly don't understand you anymore."
"oh?"
"I initially thought you didn't like Chen Xiufan." Xie Yuqing turned to look at him, his clear eyes gazing at him as if he could see through everything. "Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
"I just suddenly felt," Qin Yan lowered his eyes, "that running away is not the solution. Some things would be better with him around, and I shouldn't let my emotions get the better of me."
"You seem to have been through a lot."
"Indeed." Qin Yan lowered his voice: "I had some good fortune outside."
"Why are you helping Fu Changling cover up?"
Qin Yan was somewhat surprised by Xie Yuqing's unusual talkativeness. This senior sister, like him, practiced the Way of Unfeeling, but had reached the realm of Unfeeling earlier than him. She rarely engaged in such conversations. As far as he could remember, he and Xie Yuqing had rarely discussed such personal matters.
But when Xie Yuqing asked, he didn't hide it and said directly: "He has some identities that should not be known to others."
"He's your friend?"
"He is an innocent man."
Xie Yuqing understood by now that Qin Yan would always uphold fairness, even with strangers. She nodded, hesitant, as if about to say something. Qin Yan, seeing her hesitation, took the initiative and asked, "Sister, why are you asking so many questions about Ah Yan today?"
Xie Yuqing pursed her lips. It was difficult for her to say this, but after holding it in for a while, she finally said, "If you have any difficulties, you can tell me."
Qin Yan was a little surprised when he heard this. Xie Yuqing turned around with the sword in her arms and said stiffly, "I am your senior sister after all."
Qin Yan didn't say anything. He looked at the courtyard in front of him, and in an instant he remembered the raging fire in Hongmeng Palace in his previous life, and the sky full of white flowers on the day of his disciple's funeral.
He looked at the tall, cold-faced woman in front of him, lowered his eyes, and after a long moment, he spoke in a low, hoarse voice: "Senior Sister, don't worry. I'm not in any trouble. It's just that my mood has changed after traveling. Before, A Yan didn't pay much attention to the people around him, but now I want to take care of them more, take care of the courtyard for Master, tell him not to drink too much, give more lessons to the younger brothers and sisters, and take them out for training. Also," Qin Yan raised his head and looked at Xie Yuqing. His face was still cold, but his eyes were much softer, "accompany Senior Sister to practice sword more often, so that Senior Sister won't be bored."
After hearing this, Xie Yuqing's movements became a little stiff. He didn't look at Qin Yan, but just said, "You've talked a lot."
Qin Yan knew that she was uncomfortable, so he didn't say much.
As the two chatted, Fu Changling wandered into the backyard. He observed the terrain and, following his memory, found the perfect spot to view the main room. Arriving there, he glanced around. Seeing few people around, he leaped onto a large tree. From the tree, he could see the scene inside. Inside, seven Hongmeng Heavenly Palace elders formed a circle, and a small sphere hung in the air. This sphere was the Xuanji Secret Realm.
The small ball rotated slowly in the air, emitting a faint light. Directly below it was a special formation, which was connected to the light of the small ball and flowed slowly like water.
Fu Changling understood immediately that the Xuanji Secret Realm was almost in a half-broken state and could collapse at any time. To enter the Xuanji Secret Realm now, he had to rely on external forces to support the internal situation of the Xuanji Secret Realm.
Fu Changling observed the fluctuations of spiritual power in the Xuanji Secret Realm. It was relatively calm at first, but not long after, the small ball began to vibrate. There must be a struggle inside. The seven elders immediately changed the seals in their hands to calm the small ball down.
Fu Changling glanced at the seven elders and observed their expressions. All of them had serious expressions and cold sweat on their foreheads.
However, one of them was sweating more than the others. He was the Dao Sect elder, True Lord Yuqiong.
Fu Changling's face turned slightly cold.
In the previous life, after the Karma Prison Qi Channel was opened, many Yunze cultivators fell into evil under the temptation of evil cultivators. This True Lord Yuqiong was one of them.
So, did this True Lord Yuqiong collude with the demon cultivators after the Karma Prison Qi Channel was opened, or is he now an undercover agent of the demon cultivators?
Fu Changling couldn't explain it clearly. He observed the posture of True Lord Yuqiong. The seven elders were guarding the Xuanji Secret Realm together. Logically, the spiritual power used by everyone should be about the same, but True Lord Yuqiong's spiritual power was obviously lost faster than others.
He frowned, seeing that the Xuanji Secret Realm was spinning faster and faster. This meant that a huge change had occurred in the secret realm, caused by excessive fighting. Even though he didn't know what the change was, he knew that at this moment he had to let the cultivators inside retreat as much as possible. But what was preventing the cultivators inside from retreating?
Fu Changling hesitated for a moment, then flipped his hand and formed a seal. He raised his hand and launched it towards True Lord Yuqiong. Disturbed by his actions, True Lord Yuqiong was immediately thrown back. At that moment, a massive surge of spiritual energy erupted from the Xuanji Secret Realm, knocking everyone away. The three sect leaders and the four family heads were ejected from the Secret Realm, falling to the ground and vomiting blood. Fu Changling, taking advantage of the chaos, transformed into a beam of brilliant light and entered the Xuanji Secret Realm directly.
As soon as he entered the Xuanji Secret Realm, he saw that the sky was collapsing and the earth was cracking. Huge rocks kept falling from the sky, and the ground was shaking violently, tearing apart the town where he once lived. There was no place for anyone to stand.
Fu Changling flew his sword towards the seal, and from a distance, he saw a burst of brilliant light rising into the sky. Leaning closer, he saw Jiang Yebai standing alone in the center of the formation, his sword embedded in the seal. Under his sword, the formation slowly sank into the seal. A beast-like sound emanated from beneath the seal, and hands repeatedly broke through the barrier and rushed up, attempting to disrupt Jiang Yebai.
Hundreds of people surrounded him. The barrier around Jiang Yebai was crumbling and he was obviously injured. Those people seemed to be ready to break through the barrier and rush over to eat Jiang Yebai clean.
Seeing this scene, Fu Changling took out the elixir from the bottle without saying a word. At the same time, he pushed the Spirit Gathering Tower in his hand forward. The spiritual energy of the entire Xuanji Secret Realm surged towards the Spirit Gathering Tower. Fu Changling carefully controlled the flow of spiritual energy while closing the golden fan and pressing it to his lips. He hummed a word in his mouth, and golden runes whistled towards Jiang Yebai and stuck to the barrier around Jiang Yebai. Jiang Yebai glanced at Fu Changling and saw who was coming. He shouted: "Protector!"
He didn't need to say anything, Fu Changling was already prepared. He stopped the sword in the air, and quickly swiped the golden fan across his hand. Blood beads rolled out from his palm. Fu Changling clenched his fist, put the golden fan to his lips, and began to chant.
The blood fell and formed a formation in the air. The people below seemed to realize something and rushed towards Fu Changling. Fu Changling's formation took shape very quickly. The moment these people rushed up, the blood formation under his feet instantly expanded and smashed straight down!
Jiang Yebai closed his eyes and pressed down the sword in his hand. Spiritual energy surged towards him, and his sword was sealed into the formation inch by inch.
The wind was howling wildly around. Fu Changling stood high in the sky and felt that the crack in the sky was getting worse. He could not see Jiang Yebai in the vortex of spiritual energy. He could only feel flying sand and rocks, and flames rising from all directions.
Fu Changling glanced up.
The Xuanji Secret Realm is about to collapse.
The seven sect leaders were all shocked out of the Xuanji Secret Realm. Such a big commotion naturally alarmed the outside world.
Qin Yan and Xie Yuqing exchanged a glance. Xie Yuqing stepped forward and said respectfully, "Seniors, do you need any help?"
"Not yet."
True Lord Yuqiong spoke urgently. Upon hearing this, Qin Yan didn't hesitate. He quickly drew his sword and directly split the door open. Then, along with everyone else, he set his eyes on the rapidly rotating Xuanji Secret Realm. He glanced at the people in the room, his expression suddenly changed, and his usually calm tone couldn't help but rise: "Where's my master?!"
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