Chapter 54: Nan Liujing's defense was broken, and Nan Liujing choked with sobs...
Nan Liujing choked up and kowtowed repeatedly: "Master, I really know I was wrong. Please give me another chance, please don't abandon me..."
Li Youyang's eyes were cold. "Master Nan, why are you doing this? When Lord Youyang was alive, you complained that he was always restricting you. Now that he's dead, isn't living freely what you wanted?"
Nan Liujing shook his head. "After Master left, I realized that all I had done was for Master to acknowledge me, to be proud of me, to see me. From the beginning to the end, all I cared about was Master."
Li Youyang looked at Nan Liujing and smiled, "So that's how it is! So the answer that has been puzzling Lord Youyang is so ridiculous."
Nan Liujing was stunned for a moment, then clenched his fist silently: "Master..."
Li Youyang raised his eyes and gazed into the distance. "Until his death, Lord Youyang could not understand why the disciple he taught so wholeheartedly had become like that. He thought he was unfit to be someone else's master, but now he realizes it was because he was too harsh on his disciple. He was always worried that his already outstanding disciple would become proud and complacent, so he was too stingy with praise, but he didn't expect that this would lead to the disciple's misunderstanding."
"Master, it's not like this..." Nan Liujing subconsciously grabbed Li Youyang's wrist, "Master..."
Li Youyang broke free without leaving a trace and said coldly, "Youyang Divine Lord's death wasn't unjust. Sect Master Nan, one can't always make the right move, but one must never repeat the same mistakes. Youyang Divine Lord's death is a lesson for both you and him."
Before Nan Liujing could say anything else, Bei Liyuan came over with breakfast. "Master, I made some porridge for you, Fang Fang. Would you like to try it? Sect Master Nan is here too. I'm so sorry I didn't prepare a portion for him."
Nan Liujing lowered his eyes.
Bei Liyuan added, "I was confused. Sect Master Nan has already practiced fasting. Unlike Master, he is currently unable to establish a foundation due to his physical limitations."
Nan Liujing clenched his fists.
Bei Liyuan placed the food on the table in the room and said softly, "Master, I will come and clean up after you have finished eating."
Li Youyang nodded.
Bei Liyuan looked at Nan Liujing as he left the room: "Sect Master Nan, I have a few words to say to you. Can you please move?"
Nan Liujing followed Bei Liyuan to the cold spring in the back mountain.
Nan Liujing said coldly: "Say what you want to say."
Bei Liyuan directly summoned the immortal sword: "Let's fight."
Nan Liujing didn't move: "Why, you want to use the same trick again?"
Bei Liyuan laughed, and Nan Liujing frowned: "What are you laughing at? You have always been good at acting."
Bei Liyuan slashed forward with his sword: "Nan Liujing, you only care about your own pain. After seeing Master, you just blindly ask for his forgiveness! Ask for love! Force him to recognize you again! Accept you! Have you ever thought about what Master has been through, what kind of injuries he has suffered?! Have you ever cared for a moment whether he is in pain? And how much pain he is in?!"
Nan Liujing said solemnly: "Because it is my fault, I want to make amends..."
"Make up for it?! Nan Liujing, you've truly been spoiled by Master! That's why you're so shameless as to come before Master and continue to ask for things under the guise of making amends!"
"I didn't!" In a rage, Nan Liujing hit Bei Liyuan with a palm, and Bei Liyuan was seriously injured and vomited blood.
Bei Liyuan wiped the blood from his lips and said, "Nan Liujing, I envy you. I can't imagine how much one person loves another person to allow that person to trample on that person's sincerity so recklessly and still beg for it back! I also pity you. I pity you for not knowing how to cherish, for wantonly trampling on the sincerity that hurts you deeply. Nan Liujing, you deserve this outcome because of your own actions."
"Shut up!"
Bei Liyuan laughed: "Nan Liujing, don't appear in front of Master again. Ask yourself, are you worthy?"
Nan Liujing's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Don't force me to kill you!"
Bei Liyuan laughed: "How many times have you said the same thing? I still say, you! Dare!?!"
Nan Liujing said coldly, "How important do you think you are to Master? Besides, it's already like this, what else should I be afraid of?"
Nan Liujing raised his hand and Bei Liyuan closed his eyes.
"stop!"
A formation protected Bei Liyuan, and Li Youyang and Fu Guangjun arrived at Bei Liyuan's side at the same time.
Li Youyang looked at Nan Liujing with cold eyes: "Master Nan, Chengyan Palace does not like to have outsiders, please leave before dusk."
"Bei Liyuan was the first to take action."
Li Youyang said coldly: "Master Nan, do you want me to say it a second time? My master is dead, so please don't bother me anymore!"
Nan Liujing clenched his fists: "Master means that he will never go back with me."
There was already some impatience in Li Youyang's eyes.
Nan Liujing laughed in sorrow, "Okay, I understand. Since Master has decided to live as Lord Chengyan, then there's no need for me to force him. If it were Lord Youyang, I would naturally be respectful. But if it were Lord Chengyan, it would be a completely different story. Elder Li, we'll meet again."
After a sound, he flew away on his sword. Li Youyang actually felt a little chill. He suddenly felt that Nan Liujing seemed more unfamiliar to him than a hundred years ago.
Thinking about this, he looked at Bei Liyuan with displeasure in his eyes: "Why did you provoke him? What's your cultivation level? What's his cultivation level? Aren't you asking for a beating?"
Bei Liyuan lowered his eyes: "Disciple doesn't like him."
Li Youyang rubbed his brows and said, "Go back and copy the difficult and complicated book a hundred times."
…
Late at night, Nangong Liuchu returned in a panic, holding the Thousand-Leaf Lotus. "Master, I finally found it. Should I give it to Sect Master Nan?"
Li Youyang said coldly, "Feed the fox spirit."
Nangong Liuchu uttered an "oh" and noticed on his way back to his room that the light in the study was still on. Curious, he walked over and saw Bei Liyuan copying a book of difficult and complicated characters. "Was he punished by the master?"
Bei Liyuan hummed.
Nangong Liuchu: ...
"How can you be so happy after being punished?"
Bei Liyuan hummed again.
Nangong Liuchu: ...
Then his eyes lit up: "Have you solved Nan Liujing? Tell me how you solved it quickly."
Bei Liyuan put down his pen: "Brother, if you have time, please help me copy it, a hundred times."
Nangong Liuchu took out a pen and said, "As fellow disciples, we should share the same hardships."
"I'll come and help too." Lie Wushuang walked over.
The two stood up: "Big Brother."
Lie Wushuang nodded, and the three of them started copying together.
When Li Youyang got up at night, he happened to see the three of them copying together, and his eyes softened a lot.
…
In Guanhe Sword Sect, Nan Liujing leaned against Li Youyang's coffin and whispered softly, "Master, I will never let you leave."
The next morning, Nan Liujing ordered people to prepare the betrothal gifts and went to the Li family in person.
Patriarch Li was flattered: "Master Nan, what are you doing..."
Nan Liujing bowed and said, "Not long ago, I met Youyang and fell in love with him. Today, I have come to propose marriage and wish to become his Taoist partner."
The head of the Li family:...
"Master Nan, are you sure you're talking about Li Youyang?"
Nan Liujing ordered his men to put down the betrothal gifts: "That's right."
Patriarch Li looked troubled. "If it were anyone else, it would be easy to say, but my son Youyang is engaged to the Chu family..."
Nan Liujing took out a letter and handed it to Patriarch Li: "The Chu family's letter of withdrawal of engagement."
Patriarch Li took it, having come prepared: "But how did my son offend Sect Master Nan?"
Nan Liujing: "No, I did fall in love with him at first sight. I really want to become his Taoist partner and protect and love him in this life."
Patriarch Li was stunned: "This..."
Nan Liujing added, "From now on, the Guanhe Sword Sect will grant the Li family an additional twenty inner disciples every ten years."
Patriarch Li hurriedly said, "Since Sect Master Nan is so sincere, I will accept this marriage proposal and will inform Youyang later."
Nan Liujing's eyes darkened. "I'd like to trouble Patriarch Li to accompany me to Yunshan Sect immediately."
Patriarch Li was stunned for a moment, then doubts grew in his heart as he asked again, "Master Nan, are you sure Youyang didn't do anything to offend you?"
"no."
Chen Feng smiled awkwardly. "Liu Jing is just such an impatient person. Patriarch Li, please don't be offended. Patriarch Li also knows that since the previous sect leader passed away, Liu Jing has been guarding the coffin and has not come out. Now he finally has some other thoughts, and he hopes that Patriarch Li can fulfill them."
Patriarch Li smiled and said, "Well, since Sect Master Nan has come in person, it's just a trip to Yunshan Sect. It's nothing serious. Let's go."
…
After Nan Liujing left, the style of Yunshan Sect felt much softer. Fu Guangjun asked Li Youyang several times to dissolve his Taoist partnership with Bei Liyuan, but after being rejected, he stopped mentioning it and just spent a lot of time staying with Li Youyang.
That day, Li Youyang was engrossed in reading a travelogue when a disciple walked in and said, "Elder Li, the head of the Li family has arrived at the main hall. Sect Leader Luo invites you over."
Li Youyang frowned slightly. What was he doing here?
When they arrived at the main hall, before he could even open his mouth, the head of the Li family said with a smile, "Youyang, what great joy! Sect Master Nan has just proposed to our Li family, asking for you to marry him. Your father has already agreed. You must correct your past bad habits and serve Sect Master Nan well in the future."
"Propose marriage?"
Patriarch Li nodded: "Why? I'm so happy!"
Li Youyang looked at Nan Liujing with cold eyes. Nan Liujing elegantly picked up the teacup and said softly, "Youyang, I will definitely pamper you, love you, and protect you in the future."
Li Youyang was so angry that he laughed. He really didn't expect Nan Liujing to do this: "I don't agree to this marriage."
Patriarch Li was immediately annoyed. "Li Youyang, marriage is a matter of life and death. It has always been the parents' decision and the matchmaker's words. You have no right to disagree. Besides, Sect Master Nan is truly at the pinnacle of the immortal realm. He is the only one who doesn't want you. How can you disagree?"
Li Youyang said coldly, "I have already found a Taoist partner."
"What?!"
Realizing his loss of composure, Patriarch Li coughed twice to cover it up: "When did it happen?"
"Not long ago."
Patriarch Li looked at Nan Liujing with an awkward expression: "Sect Master Nan..."
Nan Liujing put down the teacup and said softly, "I know about this."
Head Li:? ? ?
Nan Liujing continued, "Back then, Youyang and his disciple Bei Liyuan became Taoist companions in order to escape my pursuit. They were not truly in love."
"Master Nan, what you said is a bit funny. How do you know whether Master and I are truly in love?"
Bei Liyuan walked in and bowed to Patriarch Li. "Patriarch Li, my Master and I became Daoist companions in a hurry, and I was unable to inform the Li family in time. However, I have sent a message to the Bei family to prepare a generous gift and go. It should be almost time."
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