In the days since returning to the Immortal Sect, there has always been a strange atmosphere between Li Mingke and Immortal Venerable Jinyun.
After returning, Immortal Venerable Jinyun apologized to her.
"I'm sorry, I suddenly saw an old friend at that time, and in my haste, I left without saying goodbye."
"It's alright. You are my master. Do whatever you want. Don't worry about me."
Am I some special person? I'm just a cheap disciple that the sect leader pleaded with him to give me!
Li Mingke inwardly mocked himself.
The two looked at each other in silence.
Since then, the two have barely seen each other. Immortal Venerable Jinyun stayed in his Rui'ai Pavilion and rarely came out, and no one knew what he was doing. Li Mingke didn't want to disturb him, so he stayed in his Cuilang Pavilion and flipped through the book "Nonsense Heart Method".
The contents of the book seemed to have been written specifically for her, and every step went very smoothly. When she entered her sea of consciousness again, she found that the original six stars had increased to eight, each one shining and intertwined together.
"It seems I've improved again."
As soon as she entered, the beads flew to her side one by one, circling around her. Li Mingke could even sense their "pleasant" emotions.
She controlled her consciousness, released the stars, and used her mind to perceive everything in the outside world.
Every star that passed by could be vividly perceived in her mind. The footsteps of ants in the cracks of wood, the intricate veins on leaves, the frequency of butterfly wings—all were exceptionally clear in her mind.
Eight stars flew out in all directions, and she couldn't wait to use her abilities to explore everything in the narrow passage, experiencing a sensation completely different from what she usually felt with the naked eye.
A star streaked across Rui'ai Pavilion. Li Mingke didn't dare to go in. After all, the strength of Immortal Venerable Jinyun was undeniable, and she dared not show off her limited skills in front of an expert. If she were discovered, things would be terrible! So she only circled the house once before leaving.
But she soon discovered a new secret place, a courtyard very, very close to Rui'ai Pavilion. What was even more peculiar was that, despite it being summer, the courtyard was full of plum blossoms.
Don't plum blossoms only bloom in winter?
Li Mingke was puzzled, and she was absolutely certain that within a certain area near Rui'ai Pavilion, there was only the courtyard where Immortal Venerable Jinyun lived. In the past, when she had any questions, she would go to Immortal Venerable Jinyun for answers. If there really was such a large courtyard, how could she not have discovered it?
But surprisingly, there really is such a courtyard.
Fearing he might have made a mistake, Li Mingke directed another star to fly to that courtyard.
An extra courtyard actually appeared out of nowhere!
She lost control of one of the stars, and it grazed the wind chimes hanging under the eaves, making a crisp "ding-a-ling" sound. Startled, she immediately retrieved all the stars.
Eight stars sank into the depths of his consciousness, but the surface of the sea rippled. Li Mingke patted his chest, his chest still heaving, his heart pounding violently.
Oh my god! She just made a sound by accident, and Master will definitely find out!
She guessed right.
Jinyun Immortal Venerable was cleaning his sword in the house, planning how to break into the demon's lair and snatch He Banjian back, but in the blink of an eye, he suddenly heard a melodious wind chime.
Moreover, the sound didn't come from anywhere else; it came from Shuying Pavilion!
"Half-sighted!" He hurriedly got up, not even caring that Tatakawa had fallen to the ground.
Due to the paralysis of his muscles caused by great excitement, he almost staggered as he pushed open the door and rushed to the front of Shuying Pavilion in a few steps.
If outsiders could see him, they would find that the Immortal Venerable Jinyun was standing in front of a large open space, with nothing in front of him except a few stones and a few trees.
But in fact, this was a seal he placed.
He sealed up the place where Lin Banjian had lived. He was so pained by losing her that he wouldn't even allow outsiders to peek at it.
This seal can only be opened by him or Lin Banjian himself. For so many years, he has not wanted to touch it, always hoping for a great miracle to strike him. He longs for the day when a graceful young girl will walk out of the courtyard next door again, smiling and calling him "husband," her beautiful, delicate eyes filled with nothing but him.
But as day after day, year after year passed, he gradually realized that such fantasies were nothing but daydreams.
But just now, it was as if the world had collapsed, light and shadow had mixed, reality and fantasy had intertwined, and everything had broken free of its original trajectory, bursting wildly toward the impossible.
He heard the bell of "prayer," and Heaven finally showed mercy, responding to his long-cherished wish.
"Half-seen!" His hands trembled as he pushed open the courtyard gate. Everything in the courtyard was the same as when he sealed it, with large swaths of plum blossoms blooming in a season that did not belong to them.
"Half-sighted, is that you back...?" Although he was excited, he restrained his extreme joy and tried his best to call out to the person deep in the flower bushes in his gentlest voice.
No one responded to him.
The moment the seal was placed, everything in the courtyard was frozen in time, and time ceased to exist.
That's why that ringing of the bell was so precious.
The sound means someone is coming.
"Why don't you come out? I'm Jinyun, your fiancé..." Although he was anxious, he still called out cautiously.
"Yes, yes, you probably don't know me in this life. What's your name in this life? How did you come to the First Line of Heaven?"
His response was still silence.
"..."
He finally sprinted forward, peeling away the drooping branches and brushing aside the obstructing petals.
But there was no one there.
"Yes, look at me, you must be very tired after coming here. How could you be resting in the yard? You must be resting inside!" He couldn't wait to push open the door.
He searched almost inch by inch, leaving no corner unchecked, even lifting up the semi-transparent window screen, afraid of missing anything.
But reality disappointed her.
"No... nowhere..."
His hand gradually fell to his sides, and he slumped dejectedly into a chair.
"Is Banjian playing hide-and-seek with me? Stop hiding, come out, okay? I don't want to play this game anymore."
...
"Half-sighted naughty boy, come out quickly, I have something fun for you."
...
"Half-Seeing, are you there...?"
He lowered his head.
"So you still resent me?"
His shirt was soaked, and tears streamed down his face like a broken string of pearls. A handsome man's tears always softens the heart, but at this moment, no one saw his sorrow; the one he clung to for pity was unaware of his heartache.
"Wind chimes..."
He untied the wind chime that had driven him mad and examined it closely until his eyes ached.
"Half-sighted, did you touch this wind chime with your hand back then?" His hand traced the delicately carved patterns on the wind chime inch by inch. "Or did your hair accidentally brush against it?" He imagined her standing by the window, his eyes filled with longing.
He hung the small wind chime on his waist, and it jingled with every step he took.
“This wind chime has a warmth and a breath of life.” So he carries it with him at all times to alleviate his increasingly severe dryness over the years.
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