Chapter 53 Immortal Lord 053%
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When in the flower garden, Qu Yaoyao found many reasons for the death of these flowers.
She always believed that human nature was not bad. Perhaps the person who killed these flowers was unintentional, or perhaps a disciple playing nearby accidentally injured these delicate flowers with spiritual power. She thought about many things, but she only forgot that this was the Wangxu Chengyu Palace, the territory of the Qingxi Immortal Venerable. Who would dare to deliberately destroy his flowers?
Only him.
The culprit for the flowers' destruction was so obvious, yet Qu Yaoyao couldn't think of him. If Xie Qingxun had explained the cause of the destruction, she wouldn't have been so angry. But his aloof, indifferent attitude left Qu Yaoyao feeling sad and disappointed.
Yes.
Even though she knew that he had destroyed the flowers, Qu Yaoyao couldn't do anything about him. She could only sulk at herself, angry at her own uselessness and cowardice, and collapsed on the couch in exhaustion.
When Xie Qingxun returned to the room, Qu Yaoyao was lying on the icy jade bed in the same position as before, motionless.
Xie Qingxun closed his eyes and pretended not to see her. He pulled down the heavy curtains in the room. The white curtains separated the outer hall from the inner room, and he could not see Qu Yaoyao. Xie Qingxun did not feel that his mood had improved, and he leaned back on the golden chair.
Just a little girl.
Xie Qingxun pressed his forehead and closed his eyes to rest, gradually regaining his senses and no longer paying attention to Qu Yaoyao.
As soon as he calmed down, he saw the white curtains in the inner room being lifted layer by layer. Qu Yaoyao walked to the outer hall with red eyes. Xie Qingxun thought she was coming to admit her mistake, so he glanced at her and closed his eyes again, deciding to leave her alone.
Qu Yaoyao didn't give him this opportunity.
She was hungry and came out to find something to eat. Fortunately, Di Shu had told Gu Tianci about it long ago, and soon Gu Tianci came over with dinner. He hadn't expected Xie Qingxun to return to his room at this time. Seeing that he was resting, he asked Qu Yaoyao beside him, "Do you want to prepare another portion for Master?"
He had only prepared one dinner and had no idea that the two had just had an argument in Chengyu Hall.
Qu Yaoyao took the tray from him, said thank you politely, and said softly, "He doesn't want to eat."
Xie Qingxun heard it and his fingers hidden in his sleeves moved slightly.
He really didn't want to eat. Even if he hadn't been arguing with Qu Yaoyao, he wouldn't have touched the food. But not eating was one thing, and Qu Yaoyao making the decision for him without even asking was another. What annoyed him most was that she had been eating in the outer hall before, but now she was carrying a tray back to her room.
She didn't want to see him, or even talk to him or be in the same room with him.
Just like a drop of water falling on the surface of a calm lake, this realization caused ripples in Xie Qingxun's mood, which had just calmed down.
He was not a good person. He was always vindictive and would do anything to get what he wanted. If he was not comfortable, he would not let others feel comfortable either. So he said to the people in the room in a cold voice: "Either come out to eat or go eat outside. The place where I rest is not your dining hall."
This was a bit harsh, as Xie Qingxun's original intention was to get her out.
He was used to being high and mighty, and did not realize that Qu Yaoyao was not one of his subordinates who were extremely resilient and shameless. She was a girl, the little girl he had called her many times, and she could not bear such harsh and merciless words.
Qu Yaoyao came out.
As Xie Qingxun wished, she took the food to the outer hall, opened the door and walked out in front of him.
Qu Yaoyao would rather sit outside the door and eat than see Xie Qingxun. Her ruthless attitude of severing ties with him made Xie Qingxun furious, and his temples throbbed.
Bang--
Xie Qingxun slammed the door shut. He was afraid that if he saw her again, he would strangle her to death.
Although Keren could no longer see, the faint sobbing sounds outside the door could not be stopped. Qu Yaoyao wiped her eyes with her sleeves. She sobbed and stuffed mouthfuls of food into her mouth, trying to choke her sobs with the food. She just blinked her eyes and tears fell down her cheeks to the ground.
They were so affectionate with each other last night, how come they became like this today?
Qu Yaoyao couldn't figure it out, and neither could Xie Qingxun.
Her sobbing gradually became uncontrollable and turned into soft sobs. The girl in the pink dress was crying sadly while holding a plate of food. Anyone who saw it would stop in their tracks.
"What's going on?" Gu Tianci quickly noticed the movement here.
Just as he was about to go over, Di Shu jumped down from the tree and stopped him, shaking his head and saying, "Don't worry about it."
Although he felt a little reluctant to watch, he knew very well that it was hard to say whether Qu Yaoyao would get into trouble at this time, but something would definitely happen if they went there.
Sure enough, just as Di Shu finished speaking, the door behind Qu Yaoyao opened.
Xie Qingxun came out with a cold face, looked down at Qu Yaoyao and asked, "How long are you going to make trouble?"
Qu Yaoyao didn't want him to see her cry, so she turned her head away and rubbed her cheek with her sleeve, still refusing to pay attention to Xie Qingxun. This time, Xie Qingxun was really angry, lowering his eyelashes and chuckling. He suddenly bent down and pulled Qu Yaoyao up, letting the food roll and break on the ground.
"Qu Yaoyao." He pulled her in front of him and said in a cold voice, "Have I been too indulgent towards you lately, causing you to forget who you are?"
He pinched her cheek with his fingers and forced her to look at him, his eyes dark and full of hostility. "Just for a few broken flowers, are you planning to ignore me forever?"
Qu Yaoyao had never thought about it this way.
She didn't hide her emotions. She would show her love and vent her sadness, and then she would slowly digest and adjust her emotions. But Xie Qingxun didn't give her time to adjust. He didn't like her crying. Even if he killed the flowers, he still wanted Qu Yaoyao to smile at him and be close to him immediately. Qu Yaoyao couldn't do that, so Xie Qingxun got angry.
"I just want an explanation." Qu Yaoyao finally spoke.
She didn't ask for much. From beginning to end, she didn't even think about asking Xie Qingxun to apologize. She just wanted to know why and why those flowers died.
But Xie Qingxun was not one to explain. A quarrel between two people with different personalities and values was bound to end badly. Xie Qingxun still maintained that cold and arrogant demeanor, speaking ruthlessly, "What do you want me to explain?"
"Explain why you killed those flowers?"
"They are my flowers. If I want them to die, they must die. Why should I explain to you?"
What Xie Qingxun said was partly correct, but he separated himself and Qu Yaoyao too cleanly, which even made Qu Yaoyao feel his contempt for her.
His attitude made Qu Yaoyao feel like she was just a plaything in his hands. When he was happy, he would lower himself to coax her, but when he was unhappy, he would just throw her away with a casual "Who do you think you are?", which was ruthless and cold-blooded.
Qu Yaoyao's face gradually turned pale.
She looked at Xie Qingxun in front of her. She had felt that she was very close to him before, but now she suddenly felt that what she had seen before was all an illusion and she had never recognized him at all.
"I'm sorry." Qu Yaoyao suddenly began to apologize.
Her eyelashes were wet from crying, her hair was stuck to her cheeks, and she looked disheveled. She trembled slightly as she apologized to Xie Qingxun, "I was wrong."
"I didn't know myself well enough, I thought, I thought you..."
Qu Yaoyao couldn't continue speaking. Her tears fell on the back of Xie Qingxun's hand. She cried and said, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't care about you and shouldn't have taken you to heart."
It is because you care that you want the people you care about to care about the things you care about. Love is mutual respect.
Xie Qingxun's words directly plunged her into the abyss. The funny thing was that it was not until this time that Qu Yaoyao confirmed that her sadness at the moment was due to her love for Xie Qingxun.
She couldn't help but think of Chong'an's word-by-word advice to her, and finally took his question seriously: "I like it."
Qu Yaoyao admitted that she liked Xie Qingxun, so she cried and said to Xie Qingxun: "I thought, I thought you didn't hate me, I could love you."
But she was wrong. It seemed that just as Chong'an said, this man had never cared about her.
"I'm so sad."
The palace gate echoed with the little girl's fragile cry. She whispered, "I'm really sad."
I feel sad for falling in love with someone I shouldn't like.
“…”
At the end of that night, Qu Yaoyao cried so hard that she was unconscious and didn't remember how she returned to her room.
She only vaguely remembered that when she was crying the most, Xie Qingxun suddenly hugged her in his arms. He held her very tightly, and Qu Yaoyao struggled desperately. The two of them fought to the death in this shackle and struggle, and finally Qu Yaoyao gave in due to exhaustion.
"I've lived in loneliness for tens of thousands of years, and I've been through the Shura Hell several times. I believe I've become indifferent to fame and fortune, and no one can shake my emotions."
At the end of her consciousness, Qu Yaoyao heard Xie Qingxun's low voice. He questioned her, "Why do you always manage to stir up my emotions with these little things?"
It began to seep into his bones and blood bit by bit, causing him constant pain.
"Qu Yaoyao."
A low laugh was heard, and Xie Qingxun said word by word: "You are indeed wrong, but I also lost."
What do you mean she was wrong and he lost?
When Qu Yaoyao woke up, her eyelids were swollen and she had a terrible headache that kept her awake for a long time. The door opened, and it wasn't Xie Qingxun who came in. Instead, it was a tall girl in a yellow dress who came in after lifting the veil. Seeing Qu Yaoyao awake, she was stunned for a moment, then sat down beside the couch and said, "Are you awake?"
Reaching out and touching Qu Yaoyao's forehead to make sure she was not sick, the girl in the yellow skirt smiled and said, "You should have seen me last night. My name is Huang Ying, and I am the youngest disciple under the master. You can call me..."
Huang Ying tilted her head and thought for a moment, then looked at Qu Yaoyao and smiled, "You can call me Aying."
Qu Yaoyao's eyelashes trembled and she looked up at Huang Ying.
Even though she was in a bad mood, she still had to be polite. Looking at the cheerful and smiling girl in front of her, she obediently called out, "Aying."
Huang Ying's smile was dazed for a moment, as if she hadn't heard Qu Yaoyao's words clearly. She leaned closer to her and asked, "Call me again."
Qu Yaoyao looked at her in confusion, but still obeyed and called out again, "Aying."
Huang Ying smiled.
Her beautiful face was somewhat bewitching. She raised her hand and rubbed Qu Yaoyao's head with a smile, coaxing the child, "Jin'er's name sounds so nice."
Qu Yaoyao was stunned by her familiar and bold action, but her name was not Jin'er. She thought Huang Ying didn't know that her name was wrong, so she took the initiative to say, "My name is Qu Yaoyao."
"So your name is Yaoyao." Huang Ying's eyes were narrow and long, with a smile in them, reflecting Qu Yaoyao's face clearly. She lowered her eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I called you the wrong name just now."
"It's okay." Qu Yaoyao didn't care at all and stared at her eyes for a few more seconds.
She thought she knew why Xie Qingxun accepted Huang Ying as his disciple.
Because Huang Ying's eyes weren't a normal color, but a pale red gold, a color very similar to Xie Qingxun's when his murderous aura overflowed. It wasn't until she met Huang Ying in person that Qu Yaoyao understood the reason behind Di Shu's light-hearted remark about being sacrificed because the villagers disliked her, and she inexplicably felt a pang of guilt towards her.
Last night when she said she envied Huang Ying, she had no idea what she had been through. How could there be so many easy things in this world?
"Yaoyao, are you hungry? Get up and eat something." Huang Ying was very enthusiastic towards her, but not too respectful.
She was not like Di Shu and the others, who called her Madam Yao with some caution. She just said "Yaoyao" lightly, casually and naturally, which made Qu Yaoyao feel very comfortable.
While she ate in silence, Huang Ying sat beside her, chin in her hand, staring at her. Her gaze was undisguised, and Qu Yaoyao looked up several times to meet her gaze. A little embarrassed, she asked, "Do you want to eat?"
Huang Ying pinched a piece of cake from her plate, took a few bites and looked at her again.
Qu Yaoyao couldn't stand it anymore and asked in a low voice, "What are you looking at?"
Huang Ying raised her finger and pointed at her eyes, "They're swollen."
"Have you been crying all night?"
The commotion in the palace last night was so loud that Huang Ying naturally knew what had happened. Di Shu had repeatedly warned her not to bring up the incident in front of Qu Yaoyao, but Huang Ying brought it up anyway, even asking curiously, "Is Xie Qingxun particularly aggressive when he loses his temper?"
"Looking at you like this, you must have been scared by him, right?"
Qu Yaoyao couldn't answer this question. For a moment, she felt that Huang Ying was gloating.
"How pitiful." Huang Ying shook her head and didn't want Qu Yaoyao to answer anything.
After she said this, she went out, leaving Qu Yaoyao alone in the room. Qu Yaoyao felt even more depressed because of her words. She forced herself to stuff a few more bites of food into her mouth. She rubbed her eyes and lost her appetite.
It hurts a little.
Qu Yaoyao's eyelids were swollen, and rubbing them felt painful and astringent. She blinked and squeezed out a few tears.
As her vision blurred, the door was pushed open again. Huang Ying saw her movements and made a sound of "tsk". She hurried forward to stop her, "Stop rubbing. Do you still want to use your eyes?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a cool cloth bag was applied to her eyes. Huang Ying walked behind her and fiddled with it for a while, then ruffled her hair and said, "It's done."
Something was tied to Qu Yaoyao's eyes, blocking her vision.
"What is this?" She raised her hand to grab it, but Huang Ying held her hand again. Huang Ying explained, "This is a medicine belt Mo Xuanxiao made especially for you. It's coated with cooling and swelling-reducing herbs. Wear it obediently, and your eyes will be less swollen in a short time."
It turned out that she had just left to help her find medicine belt.
Qu Yaoyao was honest, unable to express her feelings. She said softly, "Thank you."
"You don't have to thank me, but you can't cry anymore." Huang Ying leaned over to look at her face closely, gently pressing the eye where the medicine was placed, and said casually: "I am also following orders. If Xie Qingxun comes back and sees you still crying, I guess we will all be in trouble with you."
Last night, when Xie Qingxun left, he told them to keep an eye on her. Perhaps because he was concerned about Qu Yaoyao being a girl, he specifically told Huang Ying, "Coax her well."
But how to coax a girl? She has no experience.
Huang Ying kept saying that this was a difficult matter, but in the end, Qu Yaoyao kept her in the room for a whole day. Later, she took off the bandage for Qu Yaoyao and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her swollen eyes. "It's much more beautiful now."
Qu Yaoyao felt a little embarrassed and quickly replied, "You are prettier than me."
Huang Ying sneered, as if she was used to hearing such compliments, and showed no joy.
"Are you afraid to sleep alone at night?"
Seeing that it was getting late, Huang Ying thought Qu Yaoyao should rest. She stretched her body, moved her fair and slender neck and asked, "Did Xie Qingxun come back to accompany you every night before?"
Qu Yaoyao didn't understand why she kept calling him Xie Qingxun so brazenly, showing no respect for her master. While she was stunned, Huang Ying said, "If you're scared, I can stay with you."
"No need." Qu Yaoyao is not a real child, so why would she be afraid of the dark.
If we talk about being afraid of the dark, Xie Qingxun is more afraid of it than she is. Thinking of Xie Qingxun, she drooped her eyelashes and subconsciously avoided the topic, but she felt that Huang Ying's words were a bit strange.
Why did she want to stay with her? Didn't she want to tell her that Xie Qingxun would not be coming back tonight?
Thinking that she hadn't seen him all day, Qu Yaoyao couldn't help but ask, "Xie Qingxun...where did he go?"
"I thought you wouldn't ask."
Huang Ying showed a disappointed look, but still replied: "He left after leaving your place last night. It seems that he went to the lower realm. As for where he went, I don't know."
Qu Yaoyao looked at her seriously, "You really don't know?"
Why did she feel that Huang Ying knew?
Huang Ying gave her an ambiguous smile, then suddenly leaned over and tapped her forehead. "Guess?"
Qu Yaoyao rubbed her forehead in pain, her soft and gentle appearance was so soft and sweet that it was easy to deceive. "I can't guess."
"If you can't guess, then don't guess. He will come back eventually."
“…”
Qu Yaoyao clearly said that she was not afraid at night, but Huang Ying still decided to stay with her.
At night, Qu Yaoyao tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. She turned sideways to look at the window and found that Huang Ying was leaning against the window and was also awake, staring at the moon in the sky in a daze.
Why do they always like to stare at the moon?
"Aying." Qu Yaoyao called softly.
Huang Ying came back to her senses and looked at her. Her golden and red eyes looked a little strange under the night sky. "What's wrong?"
Qu Yaoyao said, "I can't sleep. Can you go out for a walk with me?"
Huang Ying was too lazy to move, but when she met Qu Yaoyao's clear gaze, she tutted her tongue and complained, "You're such a bother."
Having said that, she jumped down from the windowsill, took the robe from the screen and handed it to Qu Yaoyao.
Qu Yaoyao dressed obediently. She also felt that she was a bit troublesome. After thinking for a while, she said, "Why don't you go and have a rest? I can go out for a walk by myself."
Huang Ying didn't appreciate it at all, instead she looked down on her, "Why are you so long-winded?"
Qu Yaoyao didn't dare to say anything and followed her out obediently.
Feeling depressed, Qu Yaoyao just wanted to take a walk, but before she knew it, she had reached Chengyu Hall. When she saw Chengyu Hall, she couldn't help but think of the dead flowers. She bit her lip and walked forward.
"Where are you going?" Huang Ying grabbed her.
Qu Yaoyao said, "I want to go see them again."
Since death is inevitable, let them return to their roots and return to the soil.
Huang Ying uttered an "oh" and stopped trying to stop Qu Yaoyao. She simply said in a calm voice, "You can't get in."
Wow——
As Qu Yaoyao approached, a light blue barrier appeared near Chengyu Palace, blocking her way.
Huang Ying already knew that Chengyu Hall had set up a barrier. She crossed her arms and explained, "Xie Qingxun set up a barrier here the night he left. Now, apart from him, no one else can enter Chengyu Hall."
Qu Yaoyao placed her hand on the barrier. Perhaps considering her coming, the barrier set up by Xie Qingxun had no offensive power, so Qu Yaoyao could lean on it at will.
Two days passed like this, and Xie Qingxun still didn't show up.
During these two days, Huang Ying had been with her constantly. She didn't sleep with her at night, preferring to lean against the window and gaze at the moon. Qu Yaoyao felt she was uncomfortable sleeping like that and invited her to come up and sleep with her. Huang Ying had simply raised an eyebrow, looking at the cushioned, jade-covered bed and saying, "I don't want to freeze to death."
"It's not cold." Qu Yaoyao said that the cold air from the ice bed would not seep into the quilt.
Huang Ying still ruthlessly refused, touched her face and said: "I'm afraid she will be angry if she finds out."
"Who?" Xie Qingxun?
Huang Ying didn't say anything else.
On the third day, Qu Yaoyao couldn't bear to see Huang Ying sleeping curled up by the window, so she asked her to go back to her room. Huang Ying counted on her fingers, but this time she didn't refuse, nodded, and walked away.
After she left, Qu Yaoyao was finally able to stay alone in the room.
Without the other person's voice, the room was quiet. She sat on the couch for a while, looking down at her pendant. She missed Chong'an, but the current situation made her too embarrassed to call him out.
After thinking about it, Qu Yaoyao took out the Kunlun Stone and let her spiritual consciousness enter it to practice.
All the words he said now were empty words. Only when he had real ability could he become strong. Because he didn't know when Xie Qingxun would return, Qu Yaoyao didn't stay in the Kunlun Stone for too long. After coming out, she felt refreshed and her body was emitting a faint light.
It seems that his cultivation has improved again.
Qu Yaoyao raised her hand and tried to gather spiritual power. It had grown from the size of a thumb to the size of a fist.
As her cultivation improved, Qu Yaoyao's days of boredom finally eased, and a smile appeared on her lips. Every time she emerged from the Kunlun Stone, she would be overwhelmed with energy and unable to sleep, so she simply dressed and went out again.
These past few nights, she would go out for a walk every night and pass by Chengyu Hall every night.
Tonight was no exception. She walked slowly, carrying a lantern, intending to stand outside the barrier to take a look at the flowers within. However, to her surprise, the barrier near Chengyu Hall seemed to have dissipated. She tentatively raised her hand to touch it, but her fingers didn't touch any obstruction and passed directly through.
How could the barrier suddenly disappear?
Qu Yaoyao was puzzled when she heard rustling sounds coming from inside the hall door, as if there were also faint fluctuations of spiritual energy. As her cultivation level improved, her hearing also increased, and she noticed that there was someone in the hall.
Who could it be?
Qu Yaoyao's mind flashed with Xie Qingxun's face, and she hesitated, lantern in hand. She felt she should leave, but another voice told her not to. The spiritual energy in the hall was fluctuating strangely.
Qu Yaoyao thought of the withered flowers that she hadn't had time to put away, and finally gently pushed open the door...
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