Chapter 54 Immortal Lord 054%
The courtyard of Chengyu Hall is very large.
When the palace door opened, what greeted Qu Yaoyao was not darkness in the courtyard. Instead, there were some tiny glowing unidentified objects floating in the courtyard, filling the courtyard and dispelling some of the darkness.
……What's this?
Qu Yaoyao stood in front of the door and tentatively raised her hand to grab it.
A few glowing objects fell into her palm. She gently fiddled with them with her other hand and found that they were some fine powder, hard and pure white, like sugar grains.
Are they sugar?
Before Qu Yaoyao could study it carefully, someone nearby shouted coldly, "All of you, get back here."
Swish——
The powder floating in the air seemed to be sucked up by some force, carrying the specks of powder in Qu Yaoyao's palm with it. Qu Yaoyao subconsciously followed the powder inside, and eventually reached the flowerbed. She saw a white shadow hidden among the withered branches.
Xie Qingxun has been squatting here for a long time.
The water from his hair dripped onto his body, leaving him drenched and pale, his chin stained with a light dust. He tried again, finally gathering the unruly powder. Before he could even pick up the white porcelain bottle from the ground, some powder slid out from between his fingers, followed by more and more, and with a thud, it exploded around him.
Xie Qingxun's eyelids twitched, and the desire to destroy them emerged in his heart but was suppressed by him.
It was hard to control his murderous rage, but at this moment he felt someone approaching, and he looked up coldly.
Qu Yaoyao had already guessed it was Xie Qingxun, but when she met his gaze, she still panicked for a moment. She subconsciously stepped back and was about to apologize and leave when Xie Qingxun tensed up, frowning slightly and asking, "Why are you here?"
Seeing that his eyes were no longer so scary, Qu Yaoyao calmed herself down and replied, "I can't sleep, so I'm just taking a walk."
"You just came here for a stroll?" Xie Qingxun's tone was indifferent, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Qu Yaoyao lowered her head. She didn't hold grudges, but that didn't mean she had a bad memory. She could still clearly recall their quarrel that night. She apologized in a low voice, "I'm sorry. I'll leave now."
Having said that, she turned and was about to run.
Xie Qingxun's tense expression relaxed, "You are not allowed to leave."
"Qu Yaoyao, have I given you permission to leave?"
He spoke too hastily and his tone was too cold, so Qu Yaoyao had to stop.
Perhaps realizing he had frightened someone again, Xie Qingxun pressed his forehead hard and suddenly stood up. Qu Yaoyao had her back to him, and thinking he was going to attack again, her shoulders trembled slightly and her body tensed.
Xie Qingxun stood behind her. His wet clothes made his body temperature cold. He was silent for a moment and walked forward to grab Qu Yaoyao's hand, interlocking their fingers and holding it tightly in his palm.
Facing Qu Yaoyao's surprised gaze, he opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice, "Since you are here, help me save these flowers."
Qu Yaoyao was forced to follow him to the flower garden, thinking she had misheard.
The flowerbed was the heaviest, a shimmering mass of white powder, floating above the withered flowers. Its dense mass resembled a galaxy of stars. In the center of the flowerbed stood a large jade basin filled with a small amount of soil. The dirt surrounding the basin was uneven, and a white porcelain vase sat atop it.
"Take it." Xie Qingxun stuffed the white porcelain bottle into Qu Yaoyao's hand.
The usually dignified and clean Immortal Venerable, now completely wet, squatted down in the mud without a care in the world. He opened his hands and sucked the powder back again, controlling it to fall into the jade basin.
"Watering." Xie Qingxun looked at Qu Yaoyao.
Qu Yaoyao was still a little dazed and tightly grasped the white porcelain bottle in her hand. Her movements were a little slow, and by the time she opened the bottle cap, the powder had slipped out of Xie Qingxun's hand again.
Looking at the powder scattered in the courtyard again, Qu Yaoyao was a little at a loss. She apologized to Xie Qingxun again, "I'm sorry..."
Xie Qingxun looked at her expressionlessly, his pupils dark and his emotions difficult to discern. He stood up and walked towards her.
Qu Yaoyao thought that Xie Qingxun would be angry and would grab her collar and mock her coldly like he did that night. She closed her eyes in fear, and suddenly found that what she thought was over that night was not over in her heart.
"I don't want to hear these three words again." The touch on her chin was cold, and Xie Qingxun raised his hand and pinched her chin.
He still had his own pride and arrogance, which would not allow him to be the first to admit his mistake. But when he raised his head to Qu Yaoyao's face and saw her moist and watery eyes, those stubborn insistence began to crack, and he could no longer pretend to be calm.
"Are you... afraid of me?" Xie Qingxun's voice was low and hoarse, and he raised his hand to touch the corner of Qu Yaoyao's eyes.
Qu Yaoyao had tried her best to hold back, but when Xie Qingxun touched her eyes, she gently closed her eyelashes and a tear rolled out. Her nose felt sore, and she tried to turn her head away, but Xie Qingxun controlled her, so she could only choke back, "I hate you."
I hate your indifferent attitude that night, I hate that you just left without saying anything to her, and I hate even more that you came back and acted like nothing happened, with a look of indifference and impatience on your face.
"If you don't want to see me, just say so."
Qu Yaoyao cried more and more aggrieved, "I don't know what you are thinking and I can't guess your thoughts. What does it mean for you to be like this now? How do you want me to face you?"
Should I pretend nothing happened and smile at him like he did, or should I confront him with a cold face like he did?
This good-tempered little girl had never had any disagreements with anyone, and that night was the only time. She wasn't as careless as Xie Qingxun, nor could she bottle everything up. If she wanted to live, she had to live clearly, not in a muddled way.
Seeing Qu Yaoyao crying, Xie Qingxun's disguise was completely shattered.
Faced with the pitiful little girl crying, he could only hug her in his arms. However, Qu Yaoyao refused to let him hug her. She kept pushing him away and struggling, but in return Xie Qingxun hugged her even tighter.
Their current state seemed to be back to the night they had the quarrel.
"Listen to me, Yaoyao." Xie Qingxun pressed his hand on the back of Qu Yaoyao's head and explained in a low voice: "I never said I didn't want to see you."
Xie Qingxun left his palace that night, not to escape somewhere else to relax, but to the desolate sea in the netherworld. Huang Ying told him that there was a kind of sea soil deep in the desolate sea that could bring plants back to life. Although he didn't know if it would work, he went anyway.
The desolate sea is so vast that it is extremely difficult to find sea soil in the deep sea. These days, Xie Qingxun has been floating in the desolate sea. As soon as he finds the sea soil, he immediately rushes back to the fairy ruins.
"Do you see that powder floating in the air?" Xie Qingxun's voice softened, a hint of weakness in his voice. "That's the sea soil I brought back from the desolate sea."
This also explained why he was soaking wet and cold.
At this moment, Qu Yaoyao leaned in his arms, feeling the dampness and coolness of his body, and a small patch of dampness on the front of her clothes. She listened quietly to Xie Qingxun's explanation, then looked up at him, "Why are you looking for Hairang?"
Xie Qingxun's expression froze. He wanted to maintain his dignity, but was ultimately defeated by Qu Yaoyao's gaze. He said dejectedly, "I want to save those flowers."
"Didn't you say that if they died, they were dead?"
Qu Yaoyao brought up the past and asked, "You said you wanted them to die and they died, so why are you trying to save them now?"
"Because of you." Xie Qingxun did not cover it anymore.
As Qu Yaoyao's pupils widened, he finally asked, "If I say that I didn't destroy those flowers on purpose, would you still believe me?"
Xie Qingxun was so busy every day. He knew that Qu Yaoyao was taking care of the flowers, so why would he be so idle as to deliberately destroy them? If he hadn't overheard the conversation between Gu Tianci and Di Shu that day, if he hadn't learned from Di Shu that Qu Yaoyao was having a great time in Xingyang Sect and hadn't asked about him for a moment, if he hadn't found himself missing her, how could he...
"I'm sorry." Xie Qingxun uttered three words softly.
Since he has already given up the so-called face, he might as well lower his posture a little more.
After Qu Yaoyao had apologized to him so many times, his simple apology couldn't salvage anything. Xie Qingxun rested his chin tiredly on Qu Yaoyao's shoulder and said softly, "The water in the desolate sea is really cold. Can you forgive me?"
Qu Yaoyao's heart was very soft. Knowing how much Xie Qingxun was afraid of water, she almost wavered.
She held onto Xie Qingxun's collar tightly, and she still had a few things to ask, "Since you didn't destroy it on purpose, why didn't you explain it to me?"
He even said so many harsh words.
Xie Qingxun sighed. Thinking back on it now, he felt that he had lost his mind that day. Hugging Qu Yaoyao tightly, he simply buried his face in the crook of her neck, his cool breath bathing her neck as he softly uttered a few words: "The Earth is here."
"What?" Qu Yaoyao was stunned.
Xie Qingxun said, "I have been an Immortal Lord for hundreds of years, and I always keep my word. Do you want me to explain the cause of death of a few broken flowers in front of your disciples?"
"They are not broken flowers!" Qu Yaoyao became anxious again.
Xie Qingxun quickly tried to appease them, "They didn't break, I broke them."
Qu Yaoyao was somewhat satisfied, and she could probably understand Xie Qingxun's reasoning. She couldn't help but complain, "You're just trying to save face and end up suffering."
Although Xie Qingxun didn't quite agree with this, he still accepted it.
Qu Yaoyao continued, "Like you said, those flowers were originally yours. Even though I took over later, they are still your flowers. You have the right to decide their life or death. But you shouldn't..."
She sniffed and said sadly, "You shouldn't be so mean to me."
"I was really scared and sad."
She complained repeatedly, "I feel like I'm in your heart, as if I can come and go at your command, as if... I'm not important at all."
Xie Qingxun was silent for a moment, then leaned over and kissed Qu Yaoyao's eyelashes. He whispered again, "You are important."
How could it not be important?
Even if it was because he cared about Qu Yaoyao, he would be so upset by her word "hate" and lose his mind when he saw that she didn't want to pay attention to him. He was a domineering person. When they didn't know each other well enough, the more Qu Yaoyao resisted him, the more he would become stronger.
"I was wrong." Xie Qingxun apologized again.
He kissed the corner of Qu Yaoyao's eyes, then the corner of her lips. Qu Yaoyao tilted her head slightly and refused to let him kiss her. Xie Qingxun didn't care, but just silently curled the corner of his lips and asked her, "Can you forgive me?"
Qu Yaoyao had never experienced such a thing before, and she didn't know whether she should forgive him immediately or leave him alone.
After all, all the misunderstandings were explained. Qu Yaoyao thought for a moment and said, "Let me think about it."
She was still afraid that if she forgave him too easily, Xie Qingxun would change his attitude next time.
Xie Qingxun seemed to know what she was feeling awkward about. He hummed softly and stopped pestering her. He took her hand and said, "Can you help me plant flowers now?"
"Yaoyao, these flowers will really die if we don't save them."
Qu Yaoyao curled the corners of her lips and hummed in a cold manner.
“…”
Sea soil grows in the sea and is extremely light and unsuitable for land, so it floats in the air.
In order to save these dead flowers, it is necessary to mix sea soil into the soil of the dead flowers, and then water them with water from the desolate sea to blend them together, so that these dead flowers can be reborn.
The sea soil was difficult to control. After Xie Qingxun tried several times, Qu Yaoyao finally managed to pour the sea water onto the sea soil. She started stirring it with her hands. Xie Qingxun frowned when he saw it. "Dirty."
Qu Yaoyao glanced at him and said, "You're dirty too."
I don't know which part of the desolate sea Xie Qingxun went to, but the seawater on his body was hard to dry, and droplets of water dripped onto the ground from time to time. He squatted beside Qu Yaoyao, his snow-white clothes were clearly stained with mud, but he raised an eyebrow and said, "You are dirtier than me."
"Really?" Qu Yaoyao tilted her head to look at him.
Taking advantage of Xie Qingxun's unpreparedness, she picked up her muddy hand and wiped it on his left cheek. She smiled and said, "This makes you dirtier than me."
Xie Qingxun's smile froze. He didn't expect Qu Yaoyao to be so bold. He raised his hand to wipe it, but ended up scratching his cheek.
"Qu Yaoyao!" Xie Qingxun's tone was cold.
He had such a handsome face, usually clean and ethereal, but now it was covered in dirt, which looked abrupt and a little funny, causing Qu Yaoyao to laugh.
She was not afraid of Xie Qingxun's cold face at this moment. She even reached out and touched Xie Qingxun's nose. The black spot on the tip of his nose made Qu Yaoyao laugh again. She said innocently, "It turns out that beautiful people can become ugly when they get dirty."
"Xie Qingxun, you are so ugly now."
No matter which face it was, no one had ever attacked his appearance. This was the first time Xie Qingxun heard someone say he was ugly. He raised his eyelids and said, "No matter how ugly I am, you are still my wife."
As he spoke, while Qu Yaoyao was not in a hurry to react, he swept his fingers across the black mud and smeared it on the girl's face in front of him. Qu Yaoyao's eyes went dark, and when Xie Qingxun withdrew his hand, her whole face was also black.
"!!!" Qu Yaoyao was furious, waving her black hands and rushing towards Xie Qingxun without thinking.
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After a lot of hard work, by the time they successfully poured the soil on the dead flowers, the sky was already slightly bright.
The sea soil mixed with the land soil finally settled down under the branches. Qu Yaoyao sprinkled the sea water from the white porcelain bottle on the withered flowers. When she saw the withered flowers emitting a faint light, she ran over and pulled Xie Qingxun's sleeve, "Look, they are glowing."
The withered flower is still a withered flower, but it has lost its previous lifelessness. The little bits of light seem to be trying hard to absorb vitality.
Xie Qingxun lazily leaned on the steps, wiping the dirt off his cheeks with a handkerchief. He saw Qu Yaoyao smiling with a dark face and a mouthful of white teeth, and with a curved lip corner, he pulled her aside to sit down and put the handkerchief on her face.
"Huang Ying is still somewhat useful." Xie Qingxun finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Qu Yaoyao wiped her face clean and asked curiously after hearing what he said, "Did Huang Ying tell you this method?"
She really knew where Xie Qingxun had gone.
Xie Qingxun didn't reply, as if he had suddenly lost all his strength. He leaned against Qu Yaoyao, closed his eyelashes, and repeated, "The sea water is really too cold."
He was so afraid of water, but in order to save Qu Yaoyao and other flowers, he would rather dive into the deep sea to collect sea soil.
In order to collect sea soil, one must immerse the whole body in water. In the dark and cold environment, Xie Qingxun almost lost consciousness for several moments and fell into an endless nightmare from ten thousand years ago.
"Yaoyao." Xie Qingxun said softly, "Hold me."
Qu Yaoyao was stunned for a moment. Seeing Xie Qingxun's body go cold, she reached out to hug him. She remembered the time when they were in the desolate sea and said in a softer tone, "Do you want to change your clothes?"
Xie Qingxun didn't say anything and eventually fell into a nightmare.
There was endless darkness and the damp cold water spread to the knees.
Beneath the clanging chains, Xie Qingxun heard someone crying. The person whispered to him, "Don't be afraid. He will come to save us."
"He will come."
"He will definitely come..."
But, will it really come?
Xie Qingxun was trapped in darkness. He raised his hand and touched his shoulder blade. After confirming that he was in a nightmare, he smiled softly.
"He won't come." Xie Qingxun said coldly.
There was a frost in his eyes. He knew that the man couldn't hear him, but he still replied word by word: "Even if you wait for hundreds or thousands of years, even if they torture you to death, he will not come to save you."
No, or rather, he was the first person to be tortured to death.
Ding ding, ding ding——
The heavy chains kept clashing in the darkness. Even though Xie Qingxun was awake, he couldn't stop the harsh sounds from reaching his ears. Some people were crying heartbreakingly, some were laughing mercilessly, and some were struggling on the ground, gasping for breath, refusing to die despite the torture.
Xie Qingxun pursed his lips and was about to close his eyes to calm down when his clothes were gently pulled down. Someone asked innocently in his ear, "Can you tell me what the world outside is like?"
Xie Qingxun's face gradually turned pale. He kept repeating in his mind to wake himself up, and then he heard the man whisper, "Have you seen the light?"
……Light.
He has not seen the light.
No, he had already escaped from here and touched the light.
Xie Qingxun's thoughts were torn between two extreme emotions. Memories from ten thousand years ago flooded into his mind frantically. As a basin of cold water was poured on him, his consciousness sank into deep darkness.
Yes, he grew up in darkness, how could there be light there?
Xie Qingxun's lips curled up, and just as he was about to let himself drift away into the darkness, someone gently touched his cheek, flicked his eyelashes, and leaned over to his ear and asked, "Xie Qingxun, are you asleep?"
Qu Yaoyao didn't know whether Xie Qingxun was asleep, but she could feel that his body was getting colder and colder.
Worried that he would freeze over and turn into an ice sculpture, she hugged him even tighter and said, looking at the sky, "If you haven't slept yet, wake up and see, it's daybreak."
“The sunrise is beautiful.”
A gap appeared in the darkness, just like the accident ten thousand years ago. Xie Qingxun narrowed his eyes and looked up at the sky, asking, "What is that?"
"The sun is rising." Qu Yaoyao hugged him.
Seeing Xie Qingxun's dazed look, she explained again: "The sun is out, this is light."
"Your favorite light is out."
【That is the light, that is the sky.】 That is where you are supposed to fly.
Xie Qingxun's dark pupils turned back to their true color, a rich red gold that was even more dazzling than the sunrise in the sky. He looked at the sunrise and smiled softly, "Light."
“So this is the light.”
He leaned weakly against Qu Yaoyao and slowly tightened his grip, saying, "I've caught it."
Once again caught his light.
The author has something to say: There were a few discordant parts in the previous title, so the editor asked me to change it. You can just glance over the changes, the content remains unchanged.
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