Chapter 8
If we were to start from the beginning, this whole thing would be incredibly confusing.
Sheng Ningyu and Xie Qianjing went ahead as planned. After what happened that day, the people in the inn knew a little about what had happened to the two of them, and most of them felt sorry for them. In addition, Sheng Ningyu was well prepared and found the right time, so no one stopped them.
After leaving the inn, Sheng Ningyu felt much more relaxed.
Neither of them was in a hurry. They walked along the way, resting from time to time, and passed five or six days peacefully.
After passing through the last grove of trees ahead, you will have completely traversed the Vast Heaven Realm.
Sheng Ningyu looked at the person beside her and asked again, "Are you sure you don't need to prepare some disguise pills?"
Xie Qianjing only took one pill, and after leaving the inn, he gave her all the remaining disguise pills.
Xie Qianjing shook his head: "No need to waste your time on me. Fellow Daoist Sheng needs a disguise pill to cover his tracks on his way to Linghuanwu. As for the Chu family, I have already thought of a way to avoid them."
As he spoke, he slowed his pace, turned around to look at Sheng Ningyu beside him, and then lowered his eyelids, his eyelashes like the wings of a dying butterfly, gradually obscuring the light in his eyes.
"After passing through the woods ahead, I will head west towards the Great Wilderness Mountain. Fellow Daoist Sheng's desired destination, Linghuanwu, is on the east side. Since we are going to different places, we should part ways."
Whether it was just her overthinking or not, Sheng Ningyu felt that Xie Qianjing's tone was rather...strange when he mentioned the word "separation"?
Having not interacted with others for so long, after waking up, her perception of other people's emotions was often only superficial. Therefore, Sheng Ningyu couldn't tell whether Xie Qianjing was happy or unhappy at this moment.
wrong.
Why should she care whether he's happy or not?
Before Sheng Ningyu could think, Xie Qianjing suddenly said, "Fellow Daoist Sheng, won't you change the branch?"
Sheng Ningyu shook her head: "No change."
Xie Qianjing: "After using it for a few days, it's probably a bit worn out and not sharp enough."
Sheng Ningyu: "I still won't change it. I'm a very sentimental person."
It's unclear what words offended Xie Qianjing, but he suddenly lowered his eyes. The curve of his lips didn't change much, but the smile in his eyes faded slightly, and his usually gentle and spring-like face was now as if covered with a layer of frost.
This person is really...
As Sheng Ningyu pondered, she couldn't help but chuckle, which drew a glance from Xie Qianjing.
"What are you laughing at, Fellow Daoist Sheng?"
"I laugh at your amusing name." Sheng Ningyu smiled, holding the withered branch in her left hand, and leaped in front of Xie Qianjing. She gestured to the ground, "Qianjing is a woman of great wealth, and Young Master Xie is young, fair-skinned, and handsome. He truly lives up to the title of 'a woman of great wealth'."
There was one more thing that Sheng Ningyu kept to herself.
Not only her appearance, but her temperament is also just like that of a wealthy young lady.
They need to be pampered and coaxed.
Take the Chu family matter for example. He had a grudge against the Chu family. The day she mentioned the name "Chu family," he had to look up at her.
She wouldn't allow anyone to say a single good word about her.
As Sheng Ningyu pondered, a thought suddenly struck her.
That's really strange.
She knew perfectly well that she wasn't a good-tempered person. Apart from practicing swordsmanship, she had almost no patience for anything else, and others always let her have her way. But ever since she met Xie Qianjing, she seemed to be under a spell, and naturally chose to appease him.
Xie Qianjing lowered his head and smiled slightly: "What if I really am?"
Sheng Ningyu paused, then slowly stopped walking.
Taking advantage of the fact that the two were about to part, Sheng Ningyu simply grabbed Xie Qianjing's sleeve and carefully examined him from head to toe.
His clothes were simple, yet they draped over him like flowing clouds. His face was pale and lacked color. A gust of wind fell into his affectionate eyes, and it seemed as if a galaxy was surging within them. When he met her gaze, it was no longer the pure innocence of their first meeting, but rather like the last fleeting glance of a Bodhi lotus before it was consumed by flames.
The more they struggle, the more moving it becomes.
As Sheng Ningyu sized him up, Xie Qianjing stood firmly in place, his posture submissive, offering no resistance whatsoever.
Only after Sheng Ningyu had observed for a while did he speak, asking softly, "What did Fellow Daoist Sheng see?"
Unseen by Sheng Ningyu, wisps of red mist rapidly surged inward from outside the forest.
That's fine too.
Xie Qianjing thought that he finally had a reason to kill her.
Xie Qianjing thought this, but his body did not move. He let Sheng Ningyu turn around, raise her hand and lightly point in front of his eyes, then take a few steps back, put her hands behind her back, and smiled with her eyes as crescent moons.
"I can see that, Xie Qianjing, your eyes are truly beautiful."
Her tone was sincere, and her face showed pure praise, but she was extremely wary inside.
Even though there was no murderous intent in the room, Sheng Ningyu still sensed an extremely strong killing intent.
The feeling was indescribable, and Sheng Ningyu casually put her hands behind her back.
This would allow her to support her body and also make it easier for her to get away immediately.
For some reason, Xie Qianjing stood still for a long time.
The young man was tall and slender, with a cool and aloof air about him. His lowered gaze and silent demeanor made him as dignified as snow.
A breeze suddenly blew from both sides of the path, making the fallen leaves swirl and creating a cool breeze.
Sheng Ningyu's smile froze, and her inner alarm bells went off. But just then, she heard Xie Qianjing speak.
Do you really think my eyes are still 'beautiful' now?
Sheng Ningyu: "...?"
After thinking for so long, is this all the question I have?
Sheng Ningyu paused for a moment, then said sincerely, "Personally speaking, my favorite kind of eyes are naturally those that are clean and clear, like glass..."
Xie Qianjing's lips remained curved.
He already knew this.
She had said the same things countless times in the past.
She used to love praising his eyes, comparing them to glass, stars, gems, and everything beautiful and pure in the world.
"But just now, I think I've developed a new kind of liking."
Sheng Ningyu tilted her head back, looking at the sunlight filtering through the branches of the roadside trees and onto her body. The sunlight was sparse and shallow, yet it was still very touching.
"Compared to pure clarity, being covered in clouds and ignited by raging fire, who can say it isn't a magnificent sight on earth?"
Sheng Ningyu raised her hand and caught a falling pear blossom. She turned her head and raised her eyebrows, her tone light and natural, "For example, eyes like yours are beautiful in themselves, so no matter when I see them or what my mood is, I will always like them."
She was too close just now, so close that his image was clearly reflected in her still bright eyes.
Xie Qianjing's extremely shallow breathing was disturbed for a moment, but it quickly returned to calm.
She's always been like this.
Every word she uttered was perfectly timed, always finding its place in the heart, filling that void, making one so happy that they wished they could keep her by their side, day and night.
Even when she's saying the most insincere things, she can make them sound so genuine and cheerful that people lose themselves in the conversation and can no longer distinguish between truth and falsehood.
Xie Qianjing thought, I must never trust her again.
The red mist that had enveloped the trees on both sides suddenly dissipated.
The murderous intent dissipated.
Sheng Ningyu tried for a long time without any results, and was completely baffled. She even began to doubt whether her perception was wrong.
Surely he didn't actually have murderous intent just now, and the reason it dissipated was because he praised Xie Qianjing's eyes?
This is outrageous.
Sheng Ningyu spoke jokingly, her gaze searching Xie Qianjing's face: "You're so handsome, and you have some strange abilities, could you really be an old monster over five hundred years old?"
She deliberately asked incoherent questions, as if she were just making things up, but Xie Qianjing raised the corners of his mouth and perfectly avoided all her traps: "If we calculate by human years, I am indeed not young."
Sheng Ningyu: "..."
So it's possible that he's over two hundred years old?
So the person in front of me is older than me, but I previously regarded him as a junior?
Sheng Ningyu's thoughts raced, and when she suddenly realized what was happening, she met Xie Qianjing's smiling eyes, and her lips twitched slightly.
Good, at least she's sure now.
This is a mindset and attitude that a junior cannot easily possess!
At the same time, a ghostly aura and eerie wind swept in!
A note from the author:
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Mingyue (cat stretching out paw): Let me test the waters a little!
Xie Qianjing (smiles slightly): She complimented my looks, so I won't do anything yet.
Inner Demon: I've already said our Inner Demon section doesn't cater to those obsessed with romance! So annoying!!!
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