Ji Yun, who was watching the spirit fish swim with great interest, heard a whooshing sound.
"Wu Nian? Are you here to see Yue Xi?"
Li Wunian chuckled and said, "Yes, I just came out of seclusion."
Li Wunian then strode into the house, taking three steps at a time, just in time to run into Zuo Xintao who was about to leave.
"Uncle Zuo!" Li Wunian greeted him.
"No need for formalities. Your senior master has left. You should keep Yuexi company."
Ji Yun didn't go in to watch the two best friends chat; he was drooling over the spirit fish.
I've already tasted it last time. This kind of food, nurtured by nature, is the most delicious. It can't compare to anything in real life.
"Yuexi, help your teacher catch three fish. We'll eat fish later."
"good."
Yuexi grabbed three spirit fish from mid-air and stunned them.
"Master, I'll help too."
Yuexi said happily, "I'm so happy to have more spirit fish to eat!"
Li Wunian's eyes lit up: "I want one too, I want one too! I've never eaten this spirit fish before."
"Alright, you wait."
Ji Yun began to set up the platform in the original location.
Ji Yun skillfully placed the prepared fish on the grill, turning it over constantly and sprinkling it with various seasonings.
Soon, the aroma of fish filled the air.
Yuexi and Li Wunian watched intently from the side, their mouths practically watering.
"Wow, it smells so good!" Li Wunian and Yuexi exclaimed as they gathered around.
Finally, the grilled fish was cooked through.
Ji Yun handed the grilled fish to the two of them, "Try it, what do you think?"
Li Wunian and Yuexi took the grilled fish and began to eat.
Yuexi asked vaguely, "Master, would you like some wine?"
"No, you were drunk that day." Ji Yun was a little scared.
Yuexi said with a hint of grievance, "Okay."
Li Wunian said, "Junior Sister Yuexi, can you tell me how you met your master?"
"..." Yuexi looked up at Ji Yun.
Seeing that Ji Yun didn't react, he then said, "It was because Master suddenly entered my sea of consciousness, and we got to know each other while chatting."
"Hmm? Anything else?" Li Wunian asked, puzzled.
"And I am also able to see through Senior Brother Lin's character thanks to Master."
"I remember you used to like Senior Brother a lot. What kind of person is Senior Brother? I didn't see through him."
Yuexi put down the fish and suddenly laughed: "I was so naive before. I thought my senior brother was the best to me. But then I found out that he was just as good to every beautiful woman. Gradually, I stopped feeling anything for him."
Li Wunian pondered for a moment: "Perhaps this is the real senior brother? He is gentle and refined in his dealings with others."
Yuexi shook her head: "No, Senior Brother Lin already has many fairies. He didn't even react to Jiang Xueqin from Ningxiang Pavilion that time. He's too promiscuous when it comes to feelings, which is what I don't like."
Li Wunian thought for a moment and said, "That's right. Yuexi is such a good person, how could she be with such a promiscuous person? I support you."
Then Li Wunian asked, "What kind of person does Yuexi like?"
Yuexi thought about it carefully: "I don't know."
"Cough..." Ji Yun almost choked on a fishbone.
At the highest point of the main peak, Yuexi and Jiyun were sitting on the ground enjoying the breeze, their clothes rustling in the wind.
Ji Yun looked down and saw that everything around him was shrouded in mist, as if he were above a sea of clouds.
"It's very comfortable here."
"Can I hear a story about Master?"
Ji Yun felt a sharp pain from being poked by a stone and quickly moved closer to Yue Xi: "Then let me tell you a story, a story about the celestial realm and the mortal world."
"Okay, Yuexi, listen up."
"There was a fairy named Mu Yao, who was the sister of the Heavenly Emperor. One day, on a whim, she suddenly descended to the mortal world and met a scholar. The two gradually developed feelings for each other and got married."
Later, the Heavenly Emperor discovered that his younger sister had secretly descended to the mortal realm and married a mortal, violating the Heavenly Laws. Enraged, he ordered the scholar to be executed.
Mu Yao relentlessly pressured the scholar, and in the end, the Heavenly Emperor, out of consideration for kinship, spared him. However, he suppressed Mu Yao in a mountain and set up a restriction that could not be broken by anyone below the level of a Heavenly God.
Afterwards, the scholar wept and wailed in front of the mountain, vowing to embark on cultivation, reach the realm of a god-king, and rescue his wife.
Fearing that her husband's cultivation would not go smoothly and that something unexpected might happen, Mu Yao gave her natal item to the scholar, asking it to protect him.
Having lost her natal treasure, Mu Yao could no longer live forever.
Later, the scholar joined a sect to begin his cultivation. After three thousand years, he had reached the realm of a god-king and had already taken up a post in the celestial realm.
Mu Yao waited bitterly for three thousand years but her husband did not come to save her. She grew old and haggard, but she still firmly believed that the scholar would come to save her.
She persisted for a thousand years, and finally died in the mountains.
A very, very long time passed.
Passersby gradually saw the words Mu Yao had carved on the cliff face.
I long for you but cannot see you; I am filled with trepidation and anxiety, for my heart is heavy with worry.
I miss you, but I cannot see you. A thousand words cannot express my feelings.
I long for you, but cannot see you; the evening snow falls brightly, and I have waited for a thousand years.
I long for you, but cannot see you; my black hair has turned to snow, and it is impossible for us to meet again.
My name is Mu Yao, but I cannot find you, so my soul returns to this place.
This was a work by Ji Yun, created on the spur of the moment based on a sudden inspiration from Yang Jian's mother, which he then drastically modified.
He turned his head to look.
A tear slid down Yuexi's fair face.
Her voice was a little hoarse as she said, "In the end, Mu Yao never saw the scholar come to save her..."
Ji Yun asked, "Do you think their relationship is a tragedy?"
"I don't know. I only know that Mu Yao loved that scholar, but I don't understand why the scholar didn't save her in the end. Master! This story is not good."
Yuexi turned her head away.
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