Chapter 64 Immortal Lord 064%
“…”
Qu Yaoyao had a nightmare.
After seeing Qu Yushu off during the day, she was exhausted and went to bed early. She dreamed of the tragic scene of the Longya Mountain family being wiped out.
The ground was littered with corpses and blood. Pairs of dirty hands grabbed her ankles and wailed. Even more terrifying was that she saw Xie Qingxun in her dream. The man was dressed in white and stained with blood. He smiled sinisterly at her and strangled her neck without any warning.
"Ah——" Qu Yaoyao woke up in fright.
She was sweating profusely, and the violent movement of getting up caused the whip wound on her back to come, and the pain woke her up instantly.
It was late at night, and the bedroom was dark with only Qu Yaoyao's unstable breathing as the sound could be heard.
"Xie Qingxun..." She whispered the name, hoping to get a response.
In the past, no matter how late it was, Xie Qingxun would always light the candles in the house when he returned. The bright light was warm and dazzling, waking her from her sleep several times. Seeing her wake up, Xie Qingxun would just come over and cover her eyes, then lower the curtains and coax her back to sleep.
Later, Qu Yaoyao couldn't help but complain, "I know you're afraid of the dark, but I'm a grown-up and I'm here with you in the bedroom. You don't have to light so many candles every night when you come home."
Xie Qingxun replied slowly: "I'm doing this for your own good."
At the time, Qu Yaoyao didn't understand. She simply thought Xie Qingxun was afraid of the dark, afraid of shadows, and wanted to bully her. It wasn't until she woke up from a nightmare today that she realized Xie Qingxun's purpose in lighting the lamp. No one wants to stay in the dark, and no one wants to wake up to see a room filled with darkness.
Hugging herself with her knees around her, Qu Yaoyao was frightened by the nightmare and felt a little uncomfortable. She really hoped that the candle in the house would suddenly light up, and Xie Qingxun would come in with a warm lamp and lift the curtain. She said insincerely, "Did I wake you again?"
Unfortunately, the candles in the house had not been lit for a long time, and Xie Qingxun had been so busy lately that he had not been seen. Even when he occasionally came back, he would not light the lamps. The two of them had very little time to spend together.
What has he been busy with recently?
Qu Yaoyao got down from the bed and lit the candle on the table. The bright warm light illuminated the room, but it did not warm her heart.
After hesitating for a moment, she picked up the clothes on the screen and put them on, deciding to go to Chengyu Hall to see him. She knew he was very busy, so she only took a look and left, and would never stay to disturb him. She just...
I miss him a little.
Because of that nightmare, Qu Yaoyao felt a little panicked. Even though she knew it was just a dream, she still wanted to go see him. It seemed that only by seeing him could she feel at ease.
Wangxu was very quiet late at night, with clouds and mist lingering around the palace, and the corridors were empty.
It was early summer, and the nights were a bit hot. Qu Yaoyao was sweating because of a nightmare, and now she was only wearing a thin outer robe and still didn't feel the cool breeze.
After arriving at Chengyu Hall, it was brightly lit and very quiet inside, with no one guarding outside.
Seeing the light in the house, Qu Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief and knocked on the door and said, "Xie Qingxun, are you there?"
The house was quiet and silent.
Xie Qingxun was a very vigilant person, always fond of setting up various forbidden barriers in his territory, and anyone who trespassed would die. Qu Yaoyao had also suffered in this way before, but since some time ago, these forbidden barriers seemed to have lost their effect on her, allowing her to roam freely in the delusion.
Di Shu wasn't guarding outside at the moment, so she knew there was a forbidden barrier inside. She didn't dare to barge in, so she could only knock on the door again and ask, "Are you in there?"
"Don't ignore me."
It shouldn't be like this. Although their relationship these days hasn't been sweet, she hasn't made Xie Qingxun angry, so it's impossible for him to ignore her.
Worried that something might have happened to Xie Qingxun inside, Qu Yaoyao knocked twice more and said, "If you ignore me, I'll go in."
A faint breeze rustled the leaves, but otherwise, there was no sound. Qu Yaoyao, unable to wait for Xie Qingxun's response, pushed open the door with all her might, only to find it empty, with no sign of Xie Qingxun.
He is not in Chengyu Hall?
Qu Yaoyao tentatively touched the air around her and saw a thin light blue wall exposed. It was obvious that the defensive barrier in the hall was open.
He was clearly not in Chengyu Hall, so why did he keep the lights on and the defensive barrier open all night? Did he suddenly go out for something, or did he want to create the illusion that he was in the hall?
Qu Yaoyao pursed her lips and walked out, feeling increasingly uneasy.
Coincidentally, just as she closed the palace door, Di Shu jumped down from mid-air. Seeing her there, he was slightly stunned, "Madam Yao?"
"Why are you here?"
Qu Yaoyao stood in front of the palace door and straightened her collar. "I'm here to find Xie Qingxun."
Di Shu's eyes flashed, and he hung the scythe in his hand on his waist and said, "Master is in meditation in the hall, and no one is allowed to disturb him."
He had just noticed some movement in the east and chased after it, sickle in hand, not realizing Qu Yaoyao had already entered and exited. He also didn't know that the barrier Xie Qingxun had set up was useless against her. Seeing her standing there with her clothes neatly gathered, he assumed she had just arrived.
Qu Yaoyao's eyelashes trembled twice. After the heat subsided, she stood in front of the Chengyu Hall on the high steps, and felt the cool wind blowing her whole body cold.
"You mean, Xie Qingxun is in the hall?" She stared at the ground seriously.
The smile on Di Shu's face froze. He was sensitive enough to sense the hidden meaning in Qu Yaoyao's words. He laughed dryly and said, "Madam Yao, what are you talking about?"
"Could it be that you have already gone in and found that Master is not in the temple?"
Hearing the probing tone in Di Shu's words, Qu Yaoyao's expression remained unchanged. Her fingers clenched in her clothes tightened slightly, and she shook her head and said, "I didn't go in. I just shouted a few times outside the hall, but he ignored me."
I see.
Di Shu's heart was at ease. "Master has entered a state of meditation, so naturally he can't hear Madam's voice. It's getting late. What's the matter with Madam coming here?"
Qu Yaoyao said: "Nothing, I just couldn't sleep late at night and wanted to find him to talk to me."
"Since he's busy, forget it."
Qu Yaoyao was about to leave, and Di Shu did not stop her. He just looked at her back with a bit more inquiry, then looked at her and then at the closed door.
The steps to Chengyu Hall were long and numerous. To dispel Di Shu's suspicions, she slowed her pace and didn't look back, but she was a little absent-minded. She didn't know why Di Shu lied to her, nor could she figure out where Xie Qingxun had gone. As she descended the steps, one after another, it seemed as if there was no end in sight, making her increasingly uneasy.
Suddenly, a cool breeze blew. This cold breeze was different from the summer night breeze, making people feel cold in their feet and numb in their scalp.
In just a blink of an eye, a figure in white appeared at the bottom of the empty steps. His black hair fluttered slightly and his luxurious white robe fell to the ground. The man was tall and straight, half of his body was hidden in the shadows, and his skin was pale and cold.
"Xie Qingxun!" Qu Yaoyao's eyes lit up when she saw the man's face clearly.
The high-level stairs of several hundred units seemed to shrink in an instant. Qu Yaoyao quickly ran to the bottom of the stairs, opened her arms and hugged his waist tightly, buried her head in his arms and sobbed twice: "Where have you been?"
Xie Qingxun's arms hung down at the sides of his clothes. His right hand, hidden in his sleeves, held a jade fan stained with blood, and he was about to raise it reflexively.
The fragrance of lotus permeated her nostrils, and the cold embrace gradually gave way to warmth. Qu Yaoyao was so surprised to see him that her sensitivity decreased. She sniffed while hugging him and said, "I just had a nightmare. I'm so scared."
Xie Qingxun's scarlet-gold eyes slowly faded as he felt the warmth emanating from Qu Yaoyao. After a while, he finally raised his left arm, placed it on her hair, and stroked it downwards. His voice was still cold, yet it was softened with a deliberate effort, sounding a bit ghostly. "What are you afraid of?"
"I'm afraid..." Qu Yaoyao looked up at him and suddenly stopped talking.
The moonlight was dim, casting a shadow over Xie Qingxun, blurring his features. It wasn't until she got closer that Qu Yaoyao noticed how pale his skin was, and on his delicate, jade-like chin, there was a stain the size of a small fingernail.
"What is this?" Qu Yaoyao didn't think much about it. She raised her finger and touched his chin. She thought it was mud that he accidentally got on her chin. It was not until it got on her fingers that she realized the rich, dark color was blood!
Tick-tock, tick-tock——
There was a sound of water dripping onto the ground.
Qu Yaoyao looked down following the sound and saw a small pool of blood on the ground. Blood was dripping from Xie Qingxun's right sleeve. Hidden under her rich lotus fragrance was an increasingly pungent smell of blood.
Only then did Qu Yaoyao notice that Xie Qingxun's sleeves and hem... were covered in blood.
“…”
Xie Qingxun was injured.
Unlike the minor injuries last time, this time his body was covered with scars of varying sizes, some of which were so deep that the bones were visible, and he also had serious internal injuries.
Because his outer robe was soaked with blood, Qu Yaoyao thought the blood was Xie Qingxun's own. Xie Qingxun did not explain this, but leaned against her and said weakly, "Don't tell anyone else about this."
"Then can you tell me where you went last night?"
Xie Qingxun seemed to be thinking for a while, then asked, "Do you want to hear a lie or the truth?"
"Of course it's the truth!" Qu Yaoyao looked at him angrily.
Xie Qingxun smiled with his lips curved. The blood-stained corners of his lips matched his pale and handsome face, which was full of bewitching beauty. Even though he was seriously injured, he could still keep a straight face and tease Qu Yaoyao, "Of course, the truth cannot be told."
"What about the lies?"
Xie Qingxun said, "If it's a lie, it means I fell into Pei Ziyi's trap and escaped from the Ruins. I was attacked by several people, and because I was distracted thinking about you, the enemy took advantage of the opportunity. I almost lost my life and had to escape seriously injured."
Qu Yaoyao stared at Xie Qingxun's face seriously. She couldn't see any flaws on his face. She scratched her head and said, "Why do I feel that your lies are quite true?"
"Which one is true?"
"Everything is true." Seeing Xie Qingxun's lips twitching slightly as if to smile again, she quickly added: "Except for the part where you were distracted by thinking about me."
"I see that you are clearly using me as a cover because you are not strong enough. Don't even think about asking me to take the blame for you."
Xie Qingxun hummed calmly: "Yaoyao is really smart."
"So is this a lie or the truth?" Qu Yaoyao was a little confused by his attitude.
Xie Qingxun refused to give her a direct answer. He motioned for her to lean forward and whispered, then he suddenly raised his arms to wrap around her neck, bit her earlobe softly, and whispered in her ear, his warm breath on her face: "What do you think?"
Qu Yaoyao couldn't guess.
Xie Qingxun laughed deeply, his voice hoarse from his injuries, but the sound was pleasant and alluring. While Qu Yaoyao was distracted, he turned her face and suddenly kissed her lips, like a beautiful demon sucking the essence of human beings, sucking her in with all his might.
After the kiss, he carelessly kissed away the moisture on the corner of Qu Yaoyao's lips, rubbed her hair to comfort her, "It's okay, you can guess slowly."
Qu Yaoyao felt uncomfortable because of his teasing. Seeing his pure and teasing attitude, she quickly pushed him away and ran away.
It was already bright outside, and before she knew it, Qu Yaoyao had spent the entire night with Xie Qingxun.
Although she acted relaxed when facing him, the heavy burden on her mind did not lessen, especially after she came out. Di Shu came to remind her again that she must never mention what happened last night in front of outsiders.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." Qu Yaoyao agreed seriously.
She didn't know that even though she had promised them everything, Xie Qingxun still cast a silencing spell on her. Of course, if she didn't mention it to anyone else, she would never discover the spell.
Wandering aimlessly in the ruins, Qu Yaoyao went to Chengyu Palace out of boredom and found that the bloodstains on the ground had disappeared. If Xie Qingxun had not been lying in the bedroom at this moment, she would have suspected that she was dreaming last night.
The fragrance of flowers was so rich that only the most sensitive could detect the faintest hint of blood. Qu Yaoyao walked into the flowerbed to tend to these precious flowers, her thoughts drifting far away. She couldn't imagine how much blood Xie Qingxun had shed to emit such a pungent bloody scent.
It's just not right.
Qu Yaoyao suddenly thought of how Xie Qingxun often absorbed her snow lotus energy, causing even the most concentrated blood energy to emit a lotus fragrance. How could this be...
"It's too tragic. You didn't go into the house to see it. If you had seen it, you probably wouldn't have been able to eat."
"Is it that serious? I heard something big happened outside..."
Several disciples passed by in the corridor, and Qu Yaoyao vaguely heard the words "Ten-Step Herb Garden." Her eyelids twitched, her intuition telling her something bad was about to happen. Just as she was about to follow them to inquire, she saw Mo Xuanxiao passing by.
"Mo Xuanxiao!" Qu Yaoyao waved to him.
One of them was on the high porch, the other standing in the flowerbed. Their gazes were misaligned, one looking down, the other looking up, which was unbecoming given their status. Qu Yaoyao paid no attention to this. She tiptoed to grab the high railing, looked up at him, and asked, "Is there something wrong with the Ten-Step Herb Garden again?"
Mo Xuanxiao lowered his eyes and looked at her.
Meeting Qu Yaoyao's bright eyes, he bent his knees and squatted to minimize the height difference between them. This time, he told her concisely, "Someone died in the vanilla garden again."
And more than one died.
It was even more brutal than the bloody massacre at Longya Mountain.
The author has something to say: Don’t try to guess where this article is going, you can’t guess OWO (I’m so confident)
The foreshadowing has been sufficient, and now it’s all about the conclusion of the first volume. When this volume is over, you will probably be able to guess why Xiao Xie was so cruel as to sacrifice Yaoyao.
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