Did Brother Ziqing feel that he was no longer worthy of him after becoming a cultivator? Or...had he already set his sights on He Jingjing, who had also come to the secret realm?
Zhou Yuanyuan was confused when she recalled that an hour ago, Wen Ziqing was having a great conversation with He Jingjing in her yard.
If Wen Ziqing knew what Zhou Yuanyuan was thinking right now, he'd definitely cry out in injustice. When had he ever been so close to He Jingjing? Wasn't it He Jingjing who was always talking to herself?
"Yuanyuan, I told you I'll come back to you when I'm strong enough." Wen Ziqing's mind was a little confused. He felt he should follow Zhou Yuanyuan, but the words changed their meaning as they reached his lips.
"Yuanyuan, I..." Wen Ziqing's expression was filled with pain. He felt as if his soul had been split. One part of him just wanted to be with Zhou Yuanyuan, no matter where. The other part of him just wanted to stay here and cultivate, pursuing the pinnacle of his life.
"Brother Ziqing, are you really not going to come back with me?" Zhou Yuanyuan was very disappointed. Before meeting Wen Ziqing, Zhou Yuanyuan had thought of several scenarios, even considering the possibility that Wen Ziqing was seriously injured. The only thing she hadn't expected was that Wen Ziqing would not want to leave.
No! No, her brother Ziqing would not be willing to stay here. Here, there is no Zhou Yuanyuan.
"Xiaoyu, take a look..." Zhou Yuanyuan was just about to ask Xiaoyu to see if Master Baopu had manipulated Wen Ziqing. In the world of cultivation, all sorts of tricks and secrets were hard to guard against. Zhou Yuanyuan would rather believe that her brother Ziqing had been brainwashed by Master Baopu than that he hadn't chosen her.
Suddenly, Hu Sanniang's cry for help echoed in Zhou Yuanyuan's heart: "Master, save me."
Hu Sanniang? Zhou Yuanyuan was shocked.
"Master, help~!" Hu Sanniang's voice sounded again in Zhou Yuanyuan's sea of consciousness.
Zhou Yuanyuan's face changed drastically.
Since leaving the Trial World, Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't seen Hu Sanniang. She'd been so busy lately, with one thing after another, that even her time for cultivation had been squeezed in, and she'd long forgotten about Hu Sanniang. Of course, this was also due to Hu Sanniang's usual lack of concern. Hu Sanniang's presence wasn't strong. She stayed by Zhou Yuanyuan's side, not daring to compete with Xiaoyu for her affection, and she'd always quietly done what she was supposed to do.
"Xiaoyu, didn't you place Hu Sanniang's true form in the Black Bear Demon's Cumulus Mountain?" Zhou Yuanyuan recalled Xiaoyu's earlier words and reaffirmed them. When Xiaoyu had thrown Zhou Yuanyuan and Hu Sanniang's true form out of the Trial World, she had specifically found the Black Bear Demon's Cumulus Mountain for Hu Sanniang. Cumulus Mountain was enshrined in a formation and was the Black Bear Demon's territory. Given Hu Sanniang's long-standing friendship with the Black Bear Demon, the Black Bear Demon should have taken good care of her.
Zhou Yuanyuan had just left the trial world and had directly improved her cultivation by a significant level. Zhou Yuanyuan thought Hu Sanniang would be the same as her, after all, in the Chaos Pearl's trial world, anyone who could pass it, whether human or demon, would receive corresponding benefits.
Hu Sanniang hadn't contacted Zhou Yuanyuan for so many days, and Zhou Yuanyuan always thought that Hu Sanniang was too busy with her advancement.
Unexpectedly, at such a critical moment, Zhou Yuanyuan received Hu Sanniang's distress signal.
Could it be that the Black Bear Demon dared to harm her? Or had she encountered another powerful demon? Zhou Yuanyuan was a little anxious.
"Master, please save Hu Sanniang!" Xiaoyu, who was in Zhou Yuanyuan's sea of consciousness, also heard Hu Sanniang's cry for help. Hu Sanniang had always been well-behaved and respectful in front of Xiaoyu. In addition, Hu Sanniang's ancestors had some friendship with Xiaoyu, so in Xiaoyu's heart, she always treated Hu Sanniang as her own descendant and loved her.
"Brother Ziqing, I have something to do right now. I'll come back to you after I finish what I'm doing." Zhou Yuanyuan was afraid that if she was late, something might happen to Hu Sanniang, so she stopped arguing with Wen Ziqing. She hurriedly took out a communication talisman and handed it to Wen Ziqing, saying, "Brother Ziqing, if there's anything urgent, you can ask Xiaohe to come find me."
The person had already been found, and Wen Ziqing was now safe, but Hu Sanniang was crying for help. It was conceivable that Zhou Yuanyuan would choose to take care of Hu Sanniang first. Besides, there was still Zhou Xi in the trial world. Since Wen Ziqing was unwilling to leave, Zhou Yuanyuan didn't have the time to waste with him. It was better to save whoever she could.
Wen Ziqing didn't know Zhou Yuanyuan meant "something" and thought his choice had angered her. Seeing Zhou Yuanyuan handing him a paper crane, he accepted it. Wen Ziqing didn't have a storage bag, so he just placed the crane on the table.
Zhou Yuanyuan glanced at the paper crane on the table and felt very sad. Brother Ziqing didn't want to go back with her, so did he even hate the things she gave him?
Zhou Yuanyuan was so upset she didn't even want to say anything. She turned and walked out the door, immediately entering the Chaos Pearl's trial space. As a Jindan cultivator, Zhou Yuanyuan didn't even have a flying sword or any other means of transportation, so she had to let the Chaos Pearl do the heavy lifting.
The Chaos Pearl had received Xiaoyu's notification. After Zhou Yuanyuan entered the trial world, the Chaos Pearl immediately switched to stealth mode and flew south with a whoosh. Hu Sanniang's cry for help came from the south.
Wen Ziqing saw Zhou Yuanyuan walk out the door and quickly chased after her. He knew Zhou Yuanyuan was in a bad mood, but he didn't want to leave here, just to become stronger. Was his choice wrong?
When Wen Ziqing reached the door, Zhou Yuanyuan was nowhere to be seen. He stood there in a daze, feeling a deep sense of emptiness. Zhou Yuanyuan's disappointed look as she left lingered in Wen Ziqing's mind, haunting him for a long time.
After a long time, Wen Ziqing turned around, slowly walked back to the cushion where he had just practiced, and sat down cross-legged again.
He wants to practice, he wants to become stronger, he wants to go back to Zhou Yuanyuan as soon as possible, he doesn't want to see his little girl unhappy...
Gradually, Wen Ziqing immersed himself in his cultivation again. The feeling of spiritual energy entering his body was incredibly pleasant, so refreshing that it made Wen Ziqing forget everything else. After the spiritual energy circulated through his meridians for an unknown number of cycles, Wen Ziqing felt his body lighten, and his soul involuntarily floated out of his body, suspended in mid-air, "observing" everything below.
He saw the sky-blue quilt on the bed, the long mahogany table in front of the window, and the small scratch on the left front leg of the mahogany armchair next to the table. He saw the tall white magnolia tree outside the yard, and the emerald green bamboo forest outside the "Green Bamboo Cottage"...
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