Li Pinyue easily defeated her opponent, earning a standing ovation.
"The Li family of Pengzhou has produced yet another genius!"
"Perhaps she will be at the top of this year's list of heroes."
"The Li family truly knows how to raise their children well."
Various exclamations of praise were heard incessantly.
Li Zengqing enjoyed the compliments from those around her, but didn't say much.
Li Pinyue tossed her spear aside and stepped off the stage.
She calmly walked through the crowd, ignoring the envious or jealous gazes of others, and arrived at the location of the Li family in Pengzhou.
"Mother, Father."
Li Zengqing and Wu Xilan nodded in satisfaction.
"elder brother."
elder brother?
Her shout stunned many people.
The only person she can call "brother" is Li Mingke, right?
Where is Li Mingke?
There have been rumors that Li Mingke did not leave the island and is probably dead on the island.
But now Li Pingyue suddenly called out "brother," who exactly is she calling?
The woman in the light blue dress stood up and patted Li Pinyue's head.
"The moon is wonderful!"
Li Pinyue smiled faintly.
"I'm so proud of you, but you can't call me 'brother' anymore, you have to call me 'sister' now!"
"Yes, sister!"
Li Pinyue was incredibly well-behaved in front of her.
Those around were so shocked that their jaws dropped onto the table.
The young woman in the light blue dress was actually Li Mingke?
Isn't she a man? Why is she suddenly wearing women's clothes? Is she a transvestite?
Li Mingke pulled Li Pinyue to sit down next to him affectionately, and then poured her a glass of her favorite grape juice.
"Take a rest, Moon, you must be exhausted."
She took out a handkerchief and wiped the light sweat from Li Pinyue's forehead.
"Thank you, sister!" Li Pinyue tilted her head back and drank the whole glass of juice.
"Mingke, give Yue'er a few of the snacks on your table. She just used up a lot of energy."
The crowd stirred.
The head of the Li family called the woman "Mingke"!
Is there another person in the world named Mingke?
She really is that good-for-nothing young master, Li Mingke!
The news quickly reached Luan Hua and Jin Yun's ears.
"Oh? That person is Li Mingke?" Luan Hua revealed a playful expression and said to Jinyun Immortal Venerable, "Jinyun, your little disciple has suddenly turned from a man into a woman!"
He laughed heartily, "Jinyun, do you have some kind of special fetish? Do you like raising little girls? What method did you use to change the sex of your little apprentice? Why are you hiding such a good thing? Show it to me!" After saying that, he laughed again.
Jinyun Immortal Venerable rested his head on one hand, quietly watching the people in the middle of the discussion, his gaze deep.
"What she does is her own right, and I have no right to interfere."
"By saying that, you make yourself seem like a dutiful and magnanimous master!" Luan Hua sneered.
He flicked his sleeve, stood up, and strode towards the Li family's direction.
He Banjian felt the emptiness beside him, his heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively reached out to hold on.
“Luan Hua…”
What is he going to do!
Luan Hua noticed He Banjian's unease and reassured him, "It's alright, I'll be right back."
He Banjian wanted to say something more, but he had already left.
Jinyun Immortal's eyes turned toward the two of them, but after blinking, they turned back.
"Li Mingke?"
A tall figure dressed in black loomed above Li Mingke, and she suddenly felt her vision darken before looking up.
"Demon Lord." She bowed.
"Hey, why bother with all this formalities? We're already so close!" Luan Hua waved his hand.
Who knows him?
Li Mingke gritted his teeth.
"May I ask what brings the Demon Lord here?"
She endured it in front of everyone!
"Can't you come if there's nothing wrong?" His tone was very familiar.
As if possessed, he reached out his right hand and touched her face.
Here we go again!
Li Mingke reflexively tilts his head.
She wondered to herself: Did the Demon Lord have some strange quirk? Several times when they met, he wanted to touch her face.
Luan Hua's hand was hit by an apricot.
Li Pinyue instinctively wanted to draw her spear, but quickly changed her mind, grabbed a few apricots from the fruit plate, and threw them at Luan Hua.
Luan Hua also noticed her, "This young girl is so young, but she has quite a temper. She was just exchanging a few words with your sister."
The two were on the verge of exchanging blows.
Li Zengqing stepped in to save the day.
"My Lord Demon Lord, my daughter is naughty, please don't be offended."
Although she appeared very polite on the surface, she was already angry inside.
Since she already has Lin Banjian, why is she looking for her daughter?
The already bad impression has now dropped even further.
“Lord Li, it’s been 17 years since we last met!” Luan Hua said.
Li Zengqing chuckled lightly, "Demon Lord, you really have a bad memory. It's not 17 years, it's clearly 18 years!"
Eighteen years?
"I remember it very clearly; it was raining extremely hard then, and it was definitely in June, but it's only mid-May now."
Li Zengqing replied, "The Demon Lord is busy with affairs and works hard every day. It is common for him to not remember accurately. It was definitely in May."
She paused for a moment, then added, "My daughter just celebrated her eighteenth birthday a few days ago."
Li Mingke was born on June 18th; they were talking about the night of her birth.
Normally, she would turn 18 a month later, but Li Zengqing said her birthday was in May and had already passed.
"But I remember it was June."
Luan Hua does not believe that her memory is declining.
But Li Zengqing's words made him begin to doubt himself:
“Before my daughter Mingke was born, I specifically asked someone to do a divination. The divination said that my daughter's fate was full of hardships and that she had to be raised as a boy from childhood until she was 18 years old in order to turn misfortune into good fortune. She celebrated her birthday a few days ago, and only then did I dare to let her wear girls' clothes again. How could I joke about my own child's life?”
Li Zengqing's words were like a powerful medicine, so persuasive that even Luan Hua began to waver.
Everyone knew that Li Mingke was favored, and Li Zengqing's explanation was so perfect that everyone began to believe it.
"I see. So, she'll be wearing women's clothes from now on?" The Demon Lord's lips suddenly curled into a smile.
“…Yes.” Li Zengqing couldn’t understand him.
"Excellent! Excellent!" Luan Hua suddenly clapped, and everyone was puzzled as to why.
He turned to Li Mingke and said, "Do you know that your master has taken on another disciple?"
Li Mingke was a little angry. What did it have to do with him whether her master accepted disciples or not? He came to ask her with a sly smile, he was definitely trying to sow discord!
“Of course I know,” she said.
"You already know! Aren't you very sad now?"
Li Mingke asked, puzzled, "Why are you sad?"
"Of course it's because... oh, right, you don't know yet, do you? The person sitting at the highest point over there is his new apprentice—"
The name rolled on his tongue for a moment before finally uttering: "Lin Banjian."
"..." Li Mingke frowned, "How is it?"
"Don't you know? She was his fiancée in a past life." He suddenly moved closer to her.
"So what if I know, and so what if I don't?" Li Mingke tilted his head back without changing his expression.
"That's the person he cherishes most. From now on, there's no place for you in his heart!" Luan Hua's voice suddenly rose, and Li Mingke even felt as if he was breathing fire onto her face.
She didn't know why he was so agitated.
The matter between the master and disciple should be resolved by the two of them themselves. Why should an outsider like him meddle?
Wasn't she your wife in a past life?
Her words were like ice thrown into a fire, instantly extinguishing the flames.
She pulled out her fan and used the handle to push his head back. "Why are you here instead of trying to please your wife?"
"Shouldn't she be heartbroken to see you treat other women like this?"
Luan Hua fell silent.
Li Mingke suddenly felt a strange sense of exhilaration, as if she had discovered a peculiar pleasure. She opened her fan and covered half of her face with it.
“Your wife should indeed be heartbroken. After all, you made vows of eternal love in your past life, and in this life, it took you so many years to find her. No, it shouldn't be called finding her; it should be that you met her by chance! You loved each other so much in your past life, how could you have missed each other for so many years in this life?”
"Oh, by the way, I heard that the fairy is an orphan in this life, and her life story is even more tragic than her previous life. Her talent for cultivation is not particularly outstanding either. If you hadn't missed so many years, how could she be so miserable? If you had been by her side from the beginning, even without the love of parents, the fairy wouldn't be so pitiful. If you had developed your potential earlier, perhaps her name would be on the list of heroes this time!"
"By the way, Lord Demon Lord, may I ask you a question?"
"What will you rely on to find a wife? It can't be her face, can it? What if she has a different face in this life? Won't you never find one and end up alone?"
Li Mingke felt the person in front of her suddenly turn blood red in their eyes, followed by a powerful palm strike towards her.
She instinctively closed her eyes.
"Demon Lord!" she heard her mother cry out in alarm.
But she wasn't hurt in the slightest.
A person stood in front of her.
"Stop, Luan Hua."
Jinyun Immortal Venerable pressed down on the person opposite him.
"Li Mingke is my man."
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