As night deepened, the courtyard in front of the mountain remained bustling with activity.
The back mountain is quiet and secluded.
Qin Shou and Wen Qing walked along the stone path amidst the flowers, with a bright moon hanging in the sky behind them. The soft moonlight poured down from the heavens, passing through the petals and settling on their shoulders, blurring the hem of their skirts that were being lifted by the evening breeze, creating a dreamlike scene.
"My little darling, how have you been lately?"
"Are there any adversaries down the mountain that require your master's intervention?"
Qin Shou's gentle voice touched Wen Qing's heart, and her eyes unconsciously reddened. She shook her head.
"No, thank you for your concern, Master."
"No?"
Qin Shou chuckled, "You climbed the mountain at thirteen, and spent twenty years under your master's care. How could the worry in your eyes escape his notice?"
"Master, we know how powerful you are."
Upon hearing this, Wenqing smiled playfully.
She reigned as Empress of the Great Duan Dynasty for forty-two years, wielding immense imperial power. Only in front of her master would she reveal her girlish side.
“Master, I have some worries, which stem from the immortal sword you bestowed upon me.” Wen Qing said, then sighed and slowly said, “A few months ago, a turmoil broke out on the shores of the North Sea. Three cities and more than seventy villages along the coast were all sacrificed by a great demon king at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm who had set up an array to conceal the secrets of heaven. Zhang Duan went to quell the rebellion, but he never expected that the great demon king would successfully ascend to the Demon Emperor Realm by relying on the blood sacrifice array and a small portion of the North Sea’s fortune.”
Zhang Duan was no match for the enemy and suffered heavy losses. The army that went to quell the rebellion also suffered more than half casualties. Fortunately, I arrived in time and had no choice but to use the immortal sword that my master had given me to slay the demon enemy.
Although the chaos has been quelled, I worry that the immortal sword is too precious and might one day fall into the public eye, attracting the covetous eyes of those with ulterior motives. Therefore, after much thought, I still wish to return it to you, Master.
Wen Qing took out a celestial sword that shimmered with crimson light.
Qin Shou took it, imprinted a new soul mark on it, and then handed it to Wen Qing.
"A sword may be valuable, but it depends on what you compare it to!"
"In my heart, even a thousand immortal swords could not buy you a life free from worry."
"So keep this sword safe. I've imprinted a new soul mark on it. I can't guarantee it will be incredibly powerful, but at least against cultivators in the early stages of the Integration Realm, it will be your lifesaver."
"Remember this: if one day you find that discarding your sword guarantees your safety, do not hesitate."
Qin Shou gave him a thousand and one instructions.
Unable to refuse her warm offer, I changed my mindset and accepted it with a smile.
"I know, Master cares about me. If I encounter an invincible being, I will obediently submit, seize the opportunity to escape, and then seek Master's help to avenge me."
"You're a promising student." Qin Shou nodded, smiling broadly. "However, you're wrong about one thing. You can seek your master's protection, but don't try to persuade him to avenge you. It's not that your master is afraid of trouble, but it's that endless cycles of revenge only lead to more trouble."
Qin Shou changed the subject, "However, you can tell me his name, and my master can curse him day and night on the mountain, guaranteeing him endless joy and pleasure."
"Hey, Master, if curses were effective, I would be invincible long ago."
Wenqing stuck out her tongue.
"Hmph, you're no match for him, but what kind of person is Master? Master possesses a secret technique that has the power of a curse."
Qin Shou arrogantly raised his head.
"Okay, okay."
Wen Qing smiled and didn't take it seriously.
"But Master, what's the current situation with Junior Sister? I asked Little Fatty, and she said Yi Cheng has been sleeping for a long time."
"It's nothing serious, you'll be fine after some sleep."
Qin Shou did not tell Wen Qing the specifics because he was also unsure of the situation and did not know what Yi Cheng would be like after waking up, so he relieved Wen Qing of her worries.
"All right. "
With a gentle nod, she looked up at the night sky, where starlight surged, like a brilliant Milky Way woven from fine sand, flowing dreamily and breathtakingly beautiful.
"After looking around, this is still the most beautiful place."
Wenqing suddenly spoke softly.
As the evening breeze swept by, memories of past laughter and joy echoed in her ears. She remembered sitting on the swing in front of the mountain, urging her senior brother to push faster... and her junior sister when she first came to the mountain, her adorable clumsiness, her lazy and gluttonous nature, which often made her sigh and laugh at the same time... Especially when teaching her to read, Wenqing felt like her head was about to explode, but she still explained things to her gently and carefully.
"If you like living up in the mountains, you can always move back here."
Qin said in a low, melancholy voice.
The night was deep, and the dew on the flowers dampened his clothes. At this moment, the immortal under the moon suddenly appeared unusually aloof.
Wen Qing glanced sideways at the familiar silhouette bathed in moonlight. She had always wondered how her master could be so beautiful.
In the past, my mother only described my junior uncle as "cute" and "well-behaved," but never mentioned that my master was so stunningly beautiful.
“Master, I am now the Empress of a nation. Although I do not covet power, like Zhang Duan, we both have our own responsibilities. We need to protect our millions of people.”
However, Zhang Duan also said that now that the internal troubles have been eliminated and the external threats have subsided and the dynasty is at peace, he will find a suitable successor, step down from the throne, and live in seclusion with me to seek immortality.
"If I move up the mountain sometime, Master, please don't complain about how noisy I am."
Her eyes were warm and her eyebrows curved.
Upon hearing this, Qin Shou's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands, exclaiming, "Excellent!"
Heaven knows, every time Qin Shou checks Xiao Xuan and Yun Anran's status on their friend list, his heart aches, fearing that one day his little lover will end up like those two, either being chased and beaten, or on her way to being chased and beaten.
Although Lingzhou is not far from Yunzhou, the two states are separated, and there are always some unexpected events that are hard to guard against.
That's good. As long as Xiao Qing'er cultivates by his side, he is confident that he can protect her.
"Ah! The moon is so beautiful tonight!"
Qin Shou raised his eyes and sincerely praised him.
........
"Little Fatty, can you give me back that little mouse?"
On the front mountain, Xiao Xuan coaxed the little fat boy gently, asking her to return the little mouse she had knocked unconscious from his bellyband.
Little Fatty naturally shook his head and refused; how could he return food that had already been put in his pocket?
"Oh no! Black Rabbit and I agreed to fry it and eat it. We've never eaten a baby mouse before!"
"No, little chubby sister! That's a treasure-hunting mouse! I went through so much trouble to find it, you can't deep-fry it!"
"What is a treasure-hunting rat? What is a 'four-nothing'?"
"It's a spirit rat that can lead me to find treasure."
"Okay, I understand. Then I won't blow it up. When Yicheng wakes up, Yicheng and I will take it treasure hunting. Yicheng loves treasure hunting."
“..............”
Xiao Xuan was taken aback for a moment. "Little Fatty, how about I trade you a hundred boxes of Hundred Flower Cakes?"
"not good."
"Those two hundred boxes?"
"What's wrong with you, Siwu? Your sister already said we're family. Family things aren't divided into 'yours' and 'mine.' Your pastries are mine, and the little mouse is mine too. Why should I trade with you?"
Little Fatty stared with wide eyes.
"Holy crap!"
Xiao Xuan was greatly shocked by this. He patted Xiao Pang's head because Xiao Pang in his eyes didn't seem like the kind of fish who could argue such a thing.
"So, Siwu, when you go home, have someone deliver those two hundred boxes of pastries to me, or I'll tell Yicheng that you bullied me and even stole food from the pigs she raises."
"Did you steal food from the pigs your junior sister raised?"
Xiao Xuan suddenly stared at the chubby boy with a pleading look.
"Little Fatty, if you don't give me back the treasure-hunting rat, I'll tell Junior Sister that you stole food from her pigs."
"I...I didn't."
The little fat boy looked panicked, puffed out his little mouth, and after holding it in for a long time, he suddenly burst into tears.
"Sister, Grandpa Changsheng, Siwu is bullying me!"
......
"Junior brother, come here quickly and have a match with your senior brother at the same cultivation level."
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