It was clearly daytime.

It's sunny.

But looking at a corner of the Que Terrace.

It was brightened a little by a woman's smile.

That is the feeling of the owners of those pairs of eyes, either stealing glances or looking directly at one another.

The Taoist Couple Ceremony is still going on and is nearing its end.

Not far away from the secluded mountains.

It was also bustling inside a restaurant.

but.

However, there was one person who didn't fit in with the excitement of the city-wide celebration.

Zhao Rong had no expression on his face at this time.

His smile had been fading since just now.

Zhao Rong supported his chin with both hands, staring motionlessly at the corner above the water curtain. The tea in the cup next to his arm was still full, but it had already gone cold.

All the scenes just now happened in front of Zhao Rong.

Scene after scene.

At the beginning, an unexpected little girl in a pink skirt ran over and hugged Qingjun.

At that time, he was making up some melodramatic stories in his mind with a sense of humor.

For example, that little girl is Qingjun’s child, and he is the child’s father... Well, it seems like they have only been separated for half a year, but the child has grown so big?

But he didn't enjoy himself for long.

The young man in white clothes and carrying a sword came.

The young man with a sword on his back whose face he couldn't see clearly looked familiar to him, but he immediately became jealous.

I don’t know what the young man with the sword on his back said to Qingjun.

It actually made Qingjun laugh!

Zhao Rong suddenly felt inexplicably unhappy.

Ever since he awakened his memories of his past life, he has never seen Qing Jun smile!

Zhao Rong felt sad.

After that, every move of the young man with a sword on his back made him suspicious.

Damn it, why doesn't this guy leave? Why is he still hanging around Qingjun?

Something is wrong.

Why is Qingjun still talking to him?

hateful!

How come they are so close?

If Su Xiaoxiao dared to do this, Zhao Rong would definitely spank her...

Zhao Lingfei actually kept a normal distance from Jiang Chebai, but in his eyes, they seemed close no matter how he looked at them...

Zhao Rong stared at the water curtain without blinking.

I felt very jealous.

Although he had not met Qingjun yet, he had not received Qingjun's reply.

But Zhao Rong still arrogantly regarded Qingjun as his concubine.

“Puff~”

Gui couldn't help it.

Zhao Rong said with a straight face, "What are you laughing at?"

"Ahem, nothing."

It has transformed into a sword spirit and is in a special soul state, located in Zhao Rong's brow chakra. It can see Zhao Rong's heart lake, but cannot see into Zhao Rong's mind and thoughts.

Normally, when Zhao Rong communicates with it, it is just like speaking in his heart with his mouth closed, which is different from his thoughts.

Although Gui also had several forbidden secret techniques that could help him see into other people's minds, he could only use them at this moment.

But it will not use it recklessly, because the thoughts in the human heart are extremely complicated. Not to mention whether it can immediately find the useful thoughts that others are thinking at the moment, the huge amount of information alone will be too much for its spirit to bear.

"Puchi!" Gui laughed again.

Zhao Rong said word by word: "What are you laughing at!"

He returned without saying anything and was very happy.

Although it cannot read minds, because of its special soul, it can see the colors of Zhao Rong's heart.

This is a special perspective of the soul, which can roughly know other people's emotions through the color of their heart.

Gui looked at the color in Zhao Rong's heart again.

Haha, wasn't it blue just now, which symbolizes happiness? Why has it changed to this color now?

Wow, I've never seen this color before.

How strange.

Gui coughed and said seriously, "Zhao Rong, you've turned green."

"..."Zhao Rong.

…

In the secluded mountains, on the Wangque Terrace.

The Taoist Couple Ceremony has come to an end.

Cheng Guilu and Lu Yaoer rode on colorful auspicious clouds and left leisurely amidst the flying petals, grand music and everyone's blessings.

However, the people who participated in the ceremony did not go down the mountain immediately.

Instead, he waited on the Wangque Terrace.

Being able to hold a Taoist Couple Ceremony on the secluded mountain is a high standard that is rarely seen in hundreds of years.

Even the Xinran Sect, a major sect in the northern part of Wangque, felt that it was in great glory.

He also lent Youshan Mountain to the lady of Xinran Sect, and allowed everyone who went up the mountain to take home a purple flower.

You should know that it is not allowed to pick the purple flowers that are blooming all over the mountain without permission, even for the owners of the private houses on the mountain.

Therefore, although a purple flower seems to have no use other than viewing, it symbolizes the connections and status of the recipient.

At this moment, everyone is looking forward to it.

A group of beautiful female officials in purple slowly climbed up the Wangque Terrace. They walked gracefully and charmingly, and in various different postures.

They stood at the entrance of Wangque Terrace, and everyone who left could receive a purple flower.

People were queuing up slowly.

Concubine Zhao Ling was of a calm and quiet nature, and was in no hurry to go down the mountain, so she waited slowly at the back.

After chatting with Zhao Lingfei just now, Jiang Chebai felt that he had become closer to her, and he had some thoughts hidden in his mind, so he stayed behind and waited with Zhao Lingfei.

Seeing this, Zhao Lingfei frowned slightly and asked, "Brother Jiang, aren't you in a hurry to leave? I heard that the Sikou Mansion has a lot of affairs."

"No hurry, today is a day off."

Concubine Zhao Ling nodded slightly without saying a word and no longer looking at him. She stared at the beautiful court lady in front of her who was handing out purple flowers.

Today she came to attend this Taoist couple ceremony.

Except that one of the protagonists of this ceremony was Senior Sister Lu who was on good terms with her.

The main reason was that her teacher, Mr. Bai in Xiaoyao Mansion, asked her to get a purple flower to take back.

Not long.

Finally it was their turn.

Jiang Chebai stepped forward and took a purple flower handed to him by the purple-robed female official.

But when it was Concubine Zhao Lingfei's turn to step forward, as luck would have it, the purple flowers in the purple-robed female official's tray were gone.

Seeing this, Jiang Chebai's heart moved and he raised the hand holding the flowers, but before he could move, an ethereal voice sounded.

"Fairy, please wait a moment."

After saying that, the purple-robed female official turned around and walked to an inconspicuous but exceptionally brilliant flower tree. She raised her hand and casually picked a fresh scarlet purple flower, then handed it to Concubine Zhao Lingfei.

Zhao Lingfei took it, looked at it, thanked her, and left with Jiang Chebai.

The purple-robed female official stood where she was, watching Zhao Lingfei's departing back with a smile on her face. Not long after, the female official behind her handed her another full plate of purple flowers. She turned around, took it, and continued to distribute it.

Jiang Chebai and Concubine Zhao Ling were walking down the stairs of Wangque Terrace together.

He caught a glimpse of Concubine Zhao Ling lowering her head and gently stroking the petals of the purple flower, so he handed the purple flower to her, "Junior Sister Lingfei, this is for you."

Concubine Zhao Ling glanced at it, shook her head slightly, and did not take it.

Jiang Chebai said helplessly: "I am a layman, I only know how to appreciate swords, it is useless to spend money on them. If you put them in my hands, I will throw them away after I go down the mountain. It is better for you to take them."

Concubine Zhao Lingfei remembered that Qian'er seemed to have told her before that she wanted to come to Youshan to appreciate the purple flowers.

Qian'er was undergoing a trial this time and missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go up the mountain, and the purple flower in her hand was to be given to Mr. Bai.

Concubine Zhao Ling thought about it, thanked him, and casually took the purple flower from Jiang Chebai.

The two of them walked down the Wangque Terrace and went down the mountain.

…

Inside a busy restaurant.

Zhao Rong stared at the two blurry figures on the water curtain that were about to disappear from his sight.

After seeing the man with the sword on his back hand something to Zhao Lingfei, who took it.

Zhao Rong, who had been motionless until now, suddenly stood up.

He picked up the tea and drank it all, not even leaving the tea leaves...

Zhao Rong lowered his head, gently placed the teacup, covered the tea lid, and stood there in silence for three breaths.

He put down a spirit stone, and the next second, he left quickly without looking back.

Leaving behind was a group of curious guests and the waiter who was staring at the spirit stone on the table in a daze.

Gui glanced at the color of Zhao Rong's heart, a little confused, "Where is Mr. Zhao going? Don't do anything stupid. We met that person on the river last time. He is a Jindan sword cultivator..."

The sword spirit paused for a moment, and bewitched again, "How about we put up with him for a while, go to Nan Xiaoyaozhou to train for ten or eight years, and then come back to get back at him?"

Zhao Rong uttered two words lightly.

"Shut up."

…

Jiang Chebai went down the mountain with Zhao Lingfei.

Just now, when Concubine Zhao Ling took the purple flower, he felt relieved and happy.

But.

At this time, he was paying attention to Zhao Lingfei out of the corner of his eye and found that she was looking straight ahead all the way and did not turn her head to look at him.

and.

And kept a distance from him that made him feel uncomfortable.

This distance is like a chasm.

He wanted to cross over, even if he was just a little bit closer.

But Jiang Chebai was a little afraid.

He got into some kind of tangle on his way down the mountain.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the exit at the foot of the mountain, Jiang Chebai wanted to slow down his pace, but the woman next to him was still walking very fast, so he had to keep up.

Jiang Chebai suddenly became anxious and worried.

He knew Zhao Lingfei's personality: she was aloof, arrogant, quiet, and devoted to her spiritual practice.

Because in a sense, he is also one of them...at least he used to be.

So he understood that except for a very small number of people who were truly cold, most of them were cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and the coldness was only because they had not met the right person.

Once you fall in love with someone, it will most likely be for your whole life, and there will be no room for anyone else.

According to his observation, there seemed to be no trace of other men around Zhao Lingfei, and she never mentioned any man other than her teacher during casual conversation.

But not having it now doesn’t mean not having it in the future. It’s better to be safe than sorry.

What if I suddenly meet him like him?

Besides, what on earth was she thinking? They seemed to have known each other for a long time...

Zhao Lingfei didn't know that Senior Brother Jiang, whom she had met no more than ten times in her memory, had so many thoughts, and she was concentrating on getting down the mountain.

Because of today’s trip to Youshan.

The red color all over the mountains and the happy look of Senior Sister Lu in her wind robe made her vaguely recall a night that was also full of red.

Concubine Zhao Ling slightly narrowed her narrow eyes like autumn water and looked straight ahead.

A woman in white walked through a forest of dazzling flowers that looked like a wedding gown.

At this moment, there was a strange scene above the lake of her heart.

It turned out to be a lotus pond.

If he could take a look at it, he would definitely praise it as being half as good as it was back then...

With such a strange vision in his heart, he must be the embryo of the greatest sword immortal in the world throughout history.

But.

At this time, the lotus pond was in a special state. Looking around, there was no water but only silt. However, there was a green lotus in the pond that still stood there in high spirits, untainted by dirt, without vines or branches, and standing tall and pure.

This strange sight of one half withered and the other half full of vitality makes the blooming green lotus look extremely charming.

Without a source of fresh water, the great meaning of the Confucian saint's poem "clean and clear but not evil" is lost.

If you look closely, you can find that there are two flying swords hidden in the lotus pond in the heart of the lake.

A dazzling sword is hidden in the enchanting green lotus.

One of them was dull in color, half inserted diagonally into the dirty mud.

At this moment, the green lotus moved without wind, swaying slowly...

Zhao Lingfei's pace became faster and faster, getting closer and closer to the exit at the foot of the mountain.

finally.

Zhao Lingfei and Jiang Chebai walked through the gate and out of Youshan.

At the foot of the secluded mountain.

Many guests have left, but many are still staying.

Or they may bring servants with them, but the roads are congested, or they may chat with acquaintances in groups of three or four, preparing to discuss a place to go and reminisce about the past.

As soon as Zhao Lingfei and the other person walked out, they attracted a lot of people's attention.

Most of the people around were monks from Duyou City, and they could roughly guess their identities by looking at their attire.

Moreover, their five senses are sharp, and anyone who is attentive can tell who the young man and woman are from just a few words.

Concubine Zhao Ling took a quick glance and immediately found Ning Ying and her companions from Taiqing Mansion who were waiting for her. She didn't even say goodbye to Jiang Chebai and walked straight towards them.

However, the looks from her companions in Taiqing Mansion were somewhat strange, and Ning Ying even raised her head slightly and pointed in the direction of Jiang Chebai with her pointed chin.

Seeing this, Concubine Zhao Ling shook her head calmly and ignored them.

Behind.

Jiang Chebai saw the woman leaving without saying goodbye, and felt lost.

He looked around quickly.

He didn't see the little girl in the pink skirt who looked troublesome at first glance, and the ambiguous looks from some people made him feel hot in his heart.

Jiang Chebai instantly released the restriction on Han Chan behind him.

The cicadas' chirping sounds delight the birds.

The tremor can be heard dozens of meters away.

"Junior Sister Lingfei, please stay!"

Everyone looked at him sideways, and the noise gradually stopped.

Ning Ying chuckled.

Among the crowd, a young Confucian scholar who had arrived long ago stared silently, clutching the jade token at his waist.

Very tight.

The woman, one of the two people who attracted everyone's attention, took a few steps and then stopped.

"Brother Jiang, is there anything important?"

Jiang Che's teeth trembled slightly, "There is indeed something very important that I want to tell Junior Sister Lingfei."

Zhao Lingfei's back was silent for a moment, then she turned around and faced Jiang Chebai.

Eyes met.

Zhao Lingfei stared into his eyes and asked seriously, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Chebai walked forward and stopped three steps in front of Concubine Zhao Lingfei.

He took a deep breath and stared at the woman who was almost as tall as him.

Jiang Chebai's eyes were sparkling.

There was no talking for a moment.

at this time.

The only sound on the field was the cicada's joyful cheers, echoing all around.

"Brother Jiang, what's going on?"

She still looked calm.

Jiang Chebai suddenly took off the sword behind him.

Horizontal.

Placed in front of Concubine Zhao Ling.

Jiang Chebai said in a sonorous and powerful tone, "Junior Sister Lingfei, Han Chan likes you."

As soon as these words came out.

His arms, body, and voice all trembled along with the sword.

Among the crowd who had been watching quietly, there was a sudden uproar.