Chapter 43: I can't live like this anymore!
Shen Yunzhou's cave was so cold it could freeze your chin off, but his heart felt like it was burning with fire, making him restless.
Practicing swordsmanship is the best way for him to calm his mind.
He drew his natal spirit sword, attempting to shatter those chaotic thoughts.
Starting stance.
The sword tip trembled slightly, but the scene of Xie Chen approaching Fang Li before the illusion array shattered flashed uncontrollably through his mind.
So close!
Swish! With a single slash, the force increased by three times, and the icy sword energy plowed a deep trench in the ground.
He turned around and spun his sword.
Fang Li's words, "Senior Brother Ji! My Superman!" were buzzing in my ears again.
Superman? Ji Qianqiu is that guy who only knows how to use brute force!
*Swoosh!* The sword energy went out of control again, sweeping across the cave wall and leaving a deep sword mark, from which frost spread.
The more he practiced, the more anxious he became, and the more anxious he became, the more chaotic his practice became.
Xie Chen's gentle smile, Ji Qianqiu's arrogant roar when breaking the formation, and Fang Li's expression of disdain or fear towards that flower... all sorts of images intertwined and churned, causing his blood and qi to surge and his spiritual energy to rampage through his meridians!
"Shut up! Get out of my way!" he roared, his eyes flashing with icy blue light as he thrust forward with a fierce strike! He wanted to release all his frustration, bitterness, and anger with this single sword strike!
Boom—!!!
An extremely sharp and icy sword light shot out from the sword!
The sword light, like a wild horse, instantly broke through the cave's restrictions, deviated from its intended trajectory, and transformed into a dazzling blue stream of light, shooting straight towards Yi Xing Peak!
After Shen Yunzhou unleashed this sword strike, he immediately sensed something was wrong! His expression changed drastically!
But it was too late!
The out-of-control sword beam was incredibly fast, crossing the distance between the mountains in the blink of an eye!
Yi Xingfeng and Fang Li were looking at the "Crimson Flame Bone Tempering Flower" on the table and the note that read "For you" with worry.
"Tongzi, this thing... should I really keep it? It's creepy just looking at it." She poked at the crimson petals, and a burning stinging sensation came from her fingertips.
[Host, I suggest sealing it up! This is Senior Brother Shen's clumsy... uh... kind gesture? Or wait for Senior Brother Ji to arrive and ask him how to cure this poison? Maybe we can find a new use for it? (⊙﹏⊙)」]
Fang Li rolled her eyes, about to complain.
Sudden!
Boom!!!
A loud bang came from outside the courtyard without warning! The entire courtyard shook violently! Teacups on the table rattled and jumped around!
Fang Li was startled and suddenly got up and rushed out the door!
The outer wall of the courtyard had collapsed in most of its length!
Brick and stone fragments were scattered all over the ground, and dust filled the air! A huge gap appeared, and through the gap, the faint silhouette of Lengyou Peak could be seen in the distance.
Outside those ruins, a figure stood frozen in the swirling dust, his hand gripping his sword taut.
His face still wore that perpetually icy expression, but his shifty eyes betrayed a panic that he couldn't hide.
Fang Li stood in the courtyard, covered in dust. She looked at the collapsed wall, then at the culprit, opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word for a long time.
The two stared at each other across a pile of broken bricks and tiles.
"Seriously, officer? Sending poisonous flowers isn't enough, you want to resort to physical exorcism?!"
Shen Yunzhou heard this thought echo in his ears, and his Adam's apple bobbed.
He wanted to explain, but his lips seemed frozen, and he couldn't squeeze out a single word.
His gaze swept quickly across the appalling ruins of the wall before shifting to Fang Li's dusty, confused face.
That's it! That was his only thought.
An apology? An explanation? That he lost control because he was thinking about her and Xie Chen while practicing his sword?! No, he absolutely can't say that! But he's never learned how to apologize to anyone in his life!
In the end, he just kept a straight face and uttered two words stiffly: "...mistake."
Fang Li: "..."
She looked at Shen Yunzhou's "I'm cold, I'm calm, I haven't done anything" attitude, but in reality, his toes were probably digging themselves out of shape. Then, recalling the highly poisonous "Crimson Flame Bone-Tempering Flower" from earlier…
Senior brother, your mistake... is a bit of a waste of the yard!
【Host! Host! Quick! Take a screenshot! Senior Brother Shen's massive social death scene! His aloof image is collapsing! This is a rare black history! (≧◇≦)】 The system excitedly squeaked in her mind, simulating various photo-taking sound effects.
This is too big a commotion! It can't be kept secret anytime soon!
Almost instantly, the news that "Senior Brother Shen of Lengyou Peak lost control while practicing his sword and cleaved down the courtyard wall of Fang Li, the newly promoted junior sister of Yixing Peak, with a single sword strike!" spread throughout the entire sect at lightning speed!
"Have you heard? Senior Brother Shen, he..."
"Hahaha! Really? You're going to chop down someone's yard wall?"
"Sending poisonous flowers and chopping down walls... what is Senior Brother Shen trying to do?"
"So this is how Senior Brother pursues girls... in such a unique way?"
Xiao Tao practically flew to Fang Li's courtyard first. Seeing the mess and the two locked in a stalemate, her eyes widened. She covered her mouth to stifle a laugh, then sidled up to Fang Li and whispered gossip, "Senior Sister! Senior Sister! Tell me! What happened? Is Senior Brother Shen enraged for a woman? Is it love turned to hate? Is he going to destroy her because he can't have her?"
Fang Li gave her a push, both amused and exasperated. She glanced at the culprit still standing stiffly outside the courtyard, whose ears seemed slightly red, and helplessly rubbed her forehead: "...If I said it was all a misunderstanding, would you believe me?"
Xie Chen appeared not far away, fanning himself with a folding fan. Seeing this scene, a meaningful smile appeared on his lips. He chuckled and whispered to Mo Yun beside him, "Senior Brother Chen... has been quite adorable lately." The teasing in his tone was undisguised.
Mo Yun shook his head helplessly, looked at the ruins, then at Shen Yunzhou with his cold expression and Fang Li with her lifeless look, and sighed.
Upon hearing the news at Tianyuan Peak, Ji Qianqiu was first stunned, then burst into earth-shattering laughter, pounding the ground with his fist: "Hahahaha! Shen Yunzhou! Hahahaha! Did he ruin his brain from practicing swordsmanship? Sending poisonous flowers wasn't enough, he went straight for demolishing the house?! Fang Li! I told you to come to our Tianyuan Peak! Our peak courtyard is sturdy! It can withstand demolition!"
Even above the clouds, the blurry figure seemed to move slightly.
Ye Wuyang's gaze swept over the collapsed wall, over Shen Yunzhou, whose face was expressionless but whose ears were slightly red, and then over the conspicuous "Crimson Flame Bone Tempering Flower" that Fang Li had placed on the table...
The corners of that eternally indifferent mouth seemed to curve into an almost imperceptible, extremely tiny arc.
Although it returned to normal in the next second.
Fang Li stood in front of the ruins, looked at Shen Yunzhou in the air who was trying to appear calm but was actually panicking, then looked at the poisonous flower in the house that was emitting an ominous aura, and finally raised her hand to cover her eyes, letting out a long, weak sigh.
This is unbearable.
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