Chapter 52 Chapter 52 The sound of the piano is lingering and the love is endless.
It was afternoon when Jiang Yan returned to Hehuan Sect from the town.
Zhenren Hehuan and the others had already returned. In front of the gate of the courtyard, before they pushed open the door, they could hear the voices of the master and his three senior brothers and sisters talking and laughing.
Jiang Yan gave a look to his personal guard, who bowed silently, retreated quietly and hid in the dark.
Jiang Yan exerted a little force and pushed open the heavy gate.
Three people in the courtyard came here following the reputation, with expressions of surprise.
"Yeah, it's Yan'er."
"Yan'er is back."
"Why are you leading two horses? Where did you come from?"
Jiang Yan called each person over obediently, and after saying hello, he replied, "These are the horses I raise. The one with thicker mane is called Zhuiyue, and the one that is a bit bigger is called Zhuifeng."
Yan Yushan sighed, "What a handsome horse! You can tell at a glance that it is worth a lot of money."
Fan Yang was itching to see this: "Junior brother, you want to raise two horses?"
"Um."
Jiang Yan nodded, touched the heads of the two foals that came towards him, and stroked their mane.
A faint smile suddenly appeared on his usually cold face, and it was obvious at a glance that they had a close relationship.
Seeing this, Fan Yang gave up the idea of asking Jiang Yan to buy one.
A gentleman does not take away what others like.
If it was an ordinary horse, it would be fine, but now his junior brother has a harmonious and close relationship with the main pet Zhuifeng Zhuyue, so he naturally cannot do something that will offend others and make his junior brother embarrassed.
He Huan Zhenren walked around the horses twice and asked, "Yan'er, there is no stable in the courtyard. Where should they be kept?"
Jiang Yan had already thought of a solution.
"I will ask someone to build another small courtyard near the master's courtyard. In addition to the stables, we will also expand the fields and build a greenhouse suitable for growing herbs."
The other three people: "..."
The stables are fine.
Even if you want to move out, it's no problem to live in a separate yard.
Anyway, this mountain is so big, and the Hehuan Sect is sparsely populated, so one courtyard is enough for each person. The reason why they gather together is just that Hehuan Zhenren likes to be lively.
The junior disciple has a quiet personality and likes quietness. If he lives alone, he can have a yard to practice swordplay without being disturbed. He doesn't have to run around in the bamboo forest every day and endure the frequent stares from passers-by and the harassment from suitors.
The problem is——
"Disciple, we are in the Hehuan Sect." Hehuan Zhenren asked sincerely, "When will you have a partner? When will you start dating?"
Jiang Yan: “…Uh.”
He Huan Zhenren sighed, "Stop raising horses. Become a sea king and raise fish! Consider this as a request from your master."
How can I let Master speak like this!
Jiang Yan immediately said: "Master, don't panic. This is not difficult. I can do it."
All three of them were stunned.
He Huan Zhenren was overjoyed: "Disciple! Are you serious? Donkeys are not allowed to be your disciples!"
"I would never dare to deceive Master. Since this is Master's request, I will do it."
The young disciple was very well behaved, with a serious attitude. He raised three fingers and promised: "Although I have never raised fish, only wolves, and now I have to raise horses...but I swear to Master that I will take good care of the fish in the pond."
Three people: "..."
Jiang Yan asked filially, "Master, Senior Brother Fan, Senior Sister Yushan, what kind of fish do you like? I'll have someone dig a pond and buy some fish fry. When they're fat, you can catch them and eat them."
Three people: “…………”
This is not the fish!!
Jiang Yan asked again: "By the way, what were you discussing just now?"
The discussion was so heated that it could be heard outside the house.
He Huan Zhenren: "You came back late, I'm afraid you don't know. I don't know which bastard sword cultivator destroyed the bamboos in the Green Bamboo Garden. They were cut all over the ground. Yan'er——"
Jiang Yan suddenly felt guilty: "Master, it wasn't me!"
He Huan Zhenren looked at him strangely: "I didn't say it was you, why are you so anxious to deny it?"
Jiang Yan: "...Because, because that's where I often go to practice sword skills, and I'm afraid the sect will blame me."
"Who hasn't passed through the Green Bamboo Garden? Who hasn't talked about love in the Green Bamboo Garden? How can I blame you just because you often go there to practice sword?" Master Hehuan waved his hand and said indifferently.
Jiang Yan let out an "Oh" in relaxation.
Yan Yushan comforted him, "Besides, we all know it can't be you."
Jiang Yan asked curiously: "Why?"
Yan Yushan said as a matter of course: "According to eyewitnesses, they were a pair of sword-cultivating lovers. When they escaped, they hugged each other and flew away on their swords."
Fan Yang: "It's impossible for Junior Brother to have a partner, so of course it's not you."
Jiang Yan was suddenly speechless.
What an impeccable reason.
…
In late March, the grass is green and the birds are singing.
Jiang Yan's detached house was built at an astonishing speed.
He claimed to the public that he had asked the shopkeeper of Yuyuan Chamber of Commerce to invite skilled craftsmen. In fact, most of the people who came to help the Immortal Lord build the house were idle Tianlang Guards.
Jiang Yan was originally worried that his talent would be wasted, but Song Hua told him not to worry.
"Since I'm free anyway, I might as well come and help the Immortal Lord and earn some extra money. If I get a word of praise from the Immortal Lord, I can go back and get a reward from the Young Master."
Song Hua said calmly: "In order to help the Immortal Lord build a small courtyard, they almost had a fight in private."
Jiang Yan: “…”
Not really. Really not.
Song Hua also regretted: "Time is too short, otherwise we should build it better for the Immortal Lord, but it's still a bit crude."
Jiang Yan walked around the yard. His first reaction was, “What a huge yard!” His second reaction was, “You call this shabby?”
There are carved beams and painted rafters, red pillars and carved rafters. In the front courtyard, there is a scene every three steps and a painting every five steps, providing infinite scenery in the limited space.
There are houses for different purposes. To the east is the place for practicing swords. After walking a few steps along the stone road, you can see the stable where Zhuifeng and Zhuyue are fed.
The backyard is a large cultivated medicinal field and several greenhouses, with a utility room built next to it. Jiang Yan's favorite little straw hat is hung in the most conspicuous place.
On the day of the move, Master Hehuan and others came to his courtyard to eat and took a walk around the courtyard. They were shocked on the spot.
Fan Yang said: "Yan'er, Senior Brother knows that you are rich, but I didn't expect you to be this rich."
Jiang Yan laughed dryly twice.
Yan Yushan looked into the pond in the courtyard and saw a bunch of fat fish swimming happily.
"Yan'er." Yan Yushan asked solemnly, "Can I eat it?"
Jiang Yan knew that his master would like it, and nodded vigorously: "Okay!"
The fish specially prepared are all edible and delicious!
Yan Yushan laughed happily twice and pulled Hehuan Zhenren to the waterside to fish.
Hehuan Zhenren sat on the shore fishing, his expression both happy and sad.
"This is not the fish that Master wants!"
Fan Yang blurted out: "It's all about eating, just a different way of eating it."
“…”
The three people who were fishing stopped suddenly and looked back at the same time.
The little junior brother stood behind them, holding the bait obediently, his eyes clear and innocent.
Everyone's eyes met.
Jiang Yan was stunned for a long time, and tentatively raised the bucket in his hand: "...Do you want bait?"
Fan Yang: "Junior brother is still as pure as ever."
Yan Yushan: "Your dirty jokes are too subtle, no decent person can understand them!"
He Huan Zhenren: "Ah!!"
Jiang Yan still looked confused.
…
Spring day, May 19th.
Jiang Yan and Gu Jingyun communicated through a two-way mirror and learned that the other party was on the way to Nanzhou and would soon arrive in Nanzhou.
"What are you going there for?" Jiang Yan asked.
"The Palace Master of Nanzhou Ziyun Palace is my aunt. It's her birthday, so I have to visit her." Gu Jingyun said, "I also have to go to Qingfeng Valley."
"Are you hurt?" Jiang Yan asked anxiously.
"No, don't worry." Gu Jingyun comforted, "I asked Qingfeng Valley to develop an antidote for me. I heard there was some progress, so I went to take a look."
The young master's parents were poisoned by the demons and have not yet been detoxified. They need to lie in the ten thousand year old black ice to prevent the poison from spreading.
Jiang Yan knew this.
He said seriously, "I am also good at potions. If you need anything, feel free to contact me."
Gu Jingyun did not shy away from him and replied with a smile, "Okay."
…
May 20th.
Nanzhou, Ziyun Palace.
Ziyun Palace is located on the edge of a cliff. It has jade-like buildings, high eaves, and orchid palaces, like the residence of immortals. It does not appear too magnificent, and every brick and tile is low-key and exquisite.
When the Purple Cloud Palace Master received the message from his disciple, he was slightly stunned, then nodded and asked the disciple to leave.
"I understand. Let him wait in the inner hall."
Wei Zhiyan put away the zither and walked slowly towards the inner hall.
She was wearing a purple palace dress, and her face looked to be in her early thirties, with a very good figure. Behind her were two girls in pink clothes, holding light gauze in their hands.
Wei Zhiyan stepped into the hall and immediately saw the handsome young man standing in the hall.
He was tall and slender, with a handsome face. His black hair was tied into a high ponytail, with the ends hanging down, making his back and waist look straighter, and his height and legs longer.
His profile was even more perfect, with a very clear jawline. In the interweaving of light and shadow, he turned his head when he heard the voice, and the glance over made the two girls following Wei Zhiyan almost stunned.
"Aunt." Gu Jingyun raised his lips and smiled, holding the sword and performing the salute as a junior.
Wei Zhiyan waved away his disciples.
"Why are you here?" She sounded a little surprised.
"Today is your birthday." Gu Jingyun said.
Wei Zhiyan's expression remained unchanged: "For those who cultivate immortality, every year is the same as every day. When do they ever care about their birthdays?"
Gu Jingyun changed the subject: "Actually, I have something to ask you."
"I knew it. No one would come to see you for no reason." Wei Zhiyan glanced at him and walked to the attic room nearby.
There was an open view, and from the railing one could see the mountains and clouds. In the middle of the attic was a low coffee table, with soft cushions on both sides and a few piano tables on the side.
Wei Zhiyan brushed her sleeves and sat down, then raised her chin and said, "Sit down, what are you standing there for?"
Gu Jingyun sat down as he was told, and made and poured tea for his aunt. His movements were smooth and elegant.
"How's your piano practice going? Let me see." Wei Zhiyan held the teacup, unmoved.
"Then please give me some advice, Palace Master." Gu Jingyun stood up.
The Jiuxiaoqin was placed on the piano table. Gu Jingyun tuned the strings and asked softly, "What does the Palace Master want to hear?"
"I will obey whatever you ask of me."
"good."
Gu Jingyun closed his eyes slightly, he flexed his fingers and played the strings, thinking of Jiang Xianjun who was far away in Xizhou.
It was love at first sight.
After spending a long time together, we fall in love and it's hard to suppress our feelings.
Jiang Yan, who would tremble with shyness when he touched his ears.
Jiang Yan, who was like a blockhead and didn't understand the confession.
Jiang Yan, who had an unspoken understanding with him in the bamboo forest and worked together to wield the same sword.
Jiang Yan stuffed the clay figurine into his palm and said he would help him break the prophecy and tear off the theory of destiny for him.
“…”
The piano music is lingering and the love is deep.
Until the end, Gu Jingyun put his hands on the strings and slowly opened his eyes.
"This is what I asked my aunt to do." He said calmly.
Wei Zhiyan remained silent for a long time.
She is a music practitioner - or rather, the entire Ziyun Palace is made up of music practitioners - and she knows the sound of the piano very well.
The emotions and words that Gu Jingyun wanted to convey, not to mention him, any disciple of Ziyun Palace could hear them clearly.
Wei Zhiyan asked: "Do you have a lover?"
"Yes." Gu Jingyun said frankly.
Wei Zhiyan hesitated for a long time and guessed: "You want me, as your elder, to go and ask for marriage on your behalf?"
My sister and brother-in-law were seriously injured and unconscious, but marriage cannot be achieved without three matchmakers, six betrothals, three letters and six ceremonies. If we want to become a Taoist couple, we cannot worship the air when we worship our parents.
Gu Jingyun: “…”
He said helplessly: "I haven't expressed my feelings yet, and marriage is still a long way off."
Wei Zhiyan snorted in disdain and asked, "If you didn't ask me to be a matchmaker, then what are you doing here?"
Gu Jingyun said: "He is a sword cultivator and likes to play the flute in his spare time. Ziyun Palace is known as 'the most famous flute in the world comes from Ziyun'. I want to ask for a piece of cold dragon jade for him."
"Cold Dragon Jade is extremely precious and is the best jade material for making flutes. Even inner disciples of our sect are not allowed to use it casually. I only have three or five pieces."
"So - I come to ask you. Auntie won't help me?"
"...When did you learn to act like a spoiled child? That's inappropriate." As she said this, Wei Zhiyan's voice became visibly softer.
Gu Jingyun poured tea for her.
"I'll trade something with my aunt."
Wei Zhiyan: "Tell me about it."
Gu Jingyun: "Auntie can take 30% of the profits of Yuyuan Chamber of Commerce in the next ten years."
"Only in Nanzhou?" Wei Zhiyan asked.
"The whole continent."
“…That’s a big deal.”
"And this is a gift." Gu Jingyun took out a box, placed it on the coffee table, and pushed it forward.
"What is it?" Wei Zhiyan opened the box and her eyes focused.
Gu Jingyun smiled and said, "It seems that my aunt's disciple is about to advance recently? This is to celebrate her advancement to the Nascent Soul stage."
Wei Zhiyan remained silent.
Her youngest disciple is now at the peak of the Golden Core stage, and has been trying to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, but is just one step away... However, because she had suffered internal injuries and her spirit was damaged, it would be several times more difficult for her to shape her Nascent Soul than for ordinary people.
Wei Zhiyan was worried that if her enemies knew about this, it would become her disciple's death, so she kept it a secret, and it was a top secret of her master.
There were only two items in the box: one was the Netherworld Secret Jade, which could be melted to build the zither, and the other was the top-grade Nurturing Infant Pill, which could repair the soul and help the cultivator condense into a Nascent Soul.
"Young Master's Heavenly Wolf Guards are omnipresent. What else can be hidden from your eyes?"
Wei Zhiyan closed the box and sighed.
Gu Jingyun: "Aunt, you are joking. I just found out by chance."
"Who would believe you?" Wei Zhiyan also took out a box and said, "There are two pieces of cold dragon jade in it. Take them. Use my name and go to find Elder Qin to refine a jade flute for you."
Elder Qin is the top weapon refiner in Ziyun Palace, and the items can exert their greatest effect in her hands.
"Thank you." Gu Jingyun accepted it without hesitation.
Wei Zhiyan sighed, "Only one top-grade infant-cultivating pill can restore her soul to its original state. I have been searching for it for a long time but still can't find it. As I love my disciples, I don't need anything else. As long as you have the pill, I am willing to exchange it with you."
Gu Jingyun said gently: "Aunt, treasures have a price, but love is priceless."
Wei Zhiyan was stunned for a long time.
"Love is priceless..." She murmured in a low voice, chewing on this sentence again and again. "I never thought that you are also a romantic person. I even discussed with my sister whether you would practice the ruthless way like other sword cultivators in the future."
Gu Jingyun shook his head.
He said flatly: "The ruthless way is not practiced by even dogs!"
Wei Zhiyan: “…”
What on earth did this child go through?
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