Chapter 67 Chapter 67 "Be obedient, I'll dig out a new...
Gu Zhi was stunned.
For the first moment, he seemed almost calm, his eyes slowly turning to her, "...Jiaojiao?"
She lowered her head and said nothing.
She never expected that Li Xuanbai would report this matter to Gu Huaijin under such circumstances.
It happened in the Bodhi Pavilion, in front of Huide, Heng Qingnan and Heng Huang.
What? He wanted to break up with Gu Huaijin in front of so many people because of her?
When he spoke again, Gu Huaijin's voice was no longer normal and trembling slightly. He came over and held her hand.
“…Bright.”
His hands were so cold.
She suffocated for a second and raised her head. She saw Huide and Heng Qingnan looking at her gloomily and unfriendlyly from behind the bead curtain. Heng Huang's expression also gradually changed. Song Yaojie was shocked and put the sword she had drawn back into the scabbard.
She was extremely embarrassed for a moment, took a breath, and took a step back.
But he grabbed her hand and pulled her back to him step by step without saying anything.
There was a faint red in Gu Huaijin's eyes, and his eyes were surprisingly bright. The gazes of the people around him were like knives cutting into him, but he didn't care at all. He just looked into her eyes without blinking.
But her voice was still gentle, "...Jiaojiao, what's going on?"
"What's going on?" Li Xuanbai laughed and took her other hand in front of everyone in the Bodhi Pavilion. "You haven't heard yet? Everyone on this mountain knows. Are you the only one who doesn't know?"
Gu Zhi lowered his eyes, remained silent, and listened quietly.
Li Xuanbai held her arm and pulled her to his side. "Why? She hasn't told you yet? I thought you two had a good relationship."
Nan Qiong Shuang never dreamed that he would be so unscrupulous, so unscrupulous that he didn't care about involving her.
Did she really want to provoke him in front of so many people? Even though Huide's murderous intentions towards her were obvious to everyone?
The two of them made a big fuss because of her. These two people are of noble status, but what about her? What good can she get?
She hated it most in her life when someone dragged her down for their own pleasure. She struggled to twist him away: "Let go."
Unexpectedly, when she moved, her other hand was held even tighter. She almost felt pain. When she looked up again, she met Huide and Heng Qingnan's eyes. Gu Huaijin's expression was no longer like that of a normal person. She had gotten to know him these days. He looked like he had lost his mind and was on the verge of losing control. She didn't know what he would do in the next second.
She hurriedly coaxed him, "Huai Jin." At the same time, Li Xuanbai was pulling her from the side, pulling her two steps away.
The hand she held with Gu Huaijin was hidden under their sleeves. She couldn't help but stroke the back of his hand with her thumb like coaxing a child, looking into his red eyes and calling softly, "Huaijin, Huaijin, Huaijin."
Her eyes were saying, Huaijin, don't be angry, I have something to say.
Gu Huaijin finally knew vaguely where he was and took a breath, but he felt dizzy as if he had fainted and staggered.
He stumbled, and Nan Qiongshuang was instantly pulled to Li Xuanbai's side. She was pulled sideways and only managed to stand steady by relying on Li Xuanbai's arm. Li Xuanbai half-hugged her to his side, and her eyes looked at him sadly.
Gu Huaijin laughed tremblingly, "How dare you..."
Nan Qiongshuang glanced around and suddenly realized that a circle of beads belonging to the two of them had floated up beside her. She looked behind the curtain and saw Huide and Heng Qingnan looking at her coldly. She hurried forward a few steps and held his hand again, "Huai Jin!"
Gu Huaijin finally stopped, his chest heaving frighteningly. He looked at the person who suddenly stood in front of him, breathing lightly and rapidly.
She looked at his dark, almost blurry eyes, and slowly and with difficulty, she wrote a word on his palm.
insanity.
Gu Huaijin's eyes finally became clear again for a moment. He was sweating profusely and swallowed dizzily to moisten his throat.
The reason why she was with Li Xuanbai just now was to find out for him whether he had brought any poisonous insects with him today?
She still cared about him, and she still had something to say.
Gu Huaijin's head hurt so much that it felt like it was about to explode, so he closed his eyes.
Huide, the boss, was furious. "What?! You've been making a fuss all day long over this woman for the past few months, and now she's even using the beads in my Bodhi Pavilion! How can I keep this woman any longer?!"
Li Xuanbai smiled and pushed Gu Huaijin's hand away from hers. "Hey, don't be angry, Master. We'll be going down the mountain soon. How long can we bother you?"
Gu Huaijin looked at Li Xuanbai's smug expression and couldn't believe it for a moment.
Just now, when I wanted to save someone, I asked him about it, but he refused to answer and put all the blame on me.
Now that she was fine, he actually had the nerve to pull her to his side. He knew the elders above were watching, knew they were jealous of their rivalry and had long been murderous, knew she was the most vulnerable between the two of them, the most humble, and yet, he didn't even care about her safety, only caring about competing with him for her?!
He was truly insane. How could someone in this world be so shameless?!
Gu Huaijin forced himself to breathe steadily, his eyelashes slightly moistened, and he closed his eyes.
Gently, let go of your hand.
Don't bother with this frivolous child, she will be embarrassed.
We’ll settle any accounts later, until I kill you.
Huide: "Have you two prepared the documents for leaving the mountain?"
Li Xuanbai: "It's finished." He smiled and glanced at Gu Zhi, "It just hasn't been handed to our Young Master yet. We originally agreed to tell him later."
Gu Huaijin's face turned as pale as a ghost and he closed his eyes.
Huide: "Okay. Send it as quickly as possible and get it approved as soon as possible. I never want to see this woman on the mountain again."
Gu Zhi nodded silently.
Li Xuanbai smiled again and said, "When we get married, Master, will you come down the mountain to attend the wedding? You should leave a table for the people on the mountain, and you should also invite our Young Master."
Gu Huaijin opened his eyes for a moment and stared back at Li Xuanbai.
Seeing that look, Nan Qiongshuang's heart skipped a beat. She had just managed to appease the man and coax him into temporarily enduring it in front of everyone, but with just two words, this guy wiped out everything she had done.
Is he really crazy?! Does he really not care about anyone except himself?!
She wished she could cut his neck with spider silk right there. She gritted her teeth and glared at Li Xuanbai. Turning around, she saw Gu Huaijin trembling again. The look in his eyes was exactly the same as the day he lost control and pressed her on the couch. Her temples pounded. He wouldn't want to interrogate her here, would he?
In his... that way?
She said anxiously, "Huai Jin."
Gu Huaijin didn't respond.
She said, "Huai Jin, I'll go back to my room after I see you leave the stage after the competition, and I won't watch anymore."
Gu Huaijin remained unmoved and looked at Li Xuanbai.
She was stuck in the middle, feeling like she was almost being swept away by the surging waves beside them. Tired but helpless, she went up and held Gu Huaijin's hand.
He finally responded, looking down at her woodenly.
The two people's folded hands in their sleeves slowly tightened. She looked into Gu Huaijin's dark eyes and said softly:
"Be good, I'll find a new fan."
At that moment, it was as if the two insects suddenly matched the invisible signal in the vast universe.
Gu Huaijin lowered his eyes.
"Fan?" Huide turned around and asked Song Yaojie. Song Yaojie was confused and shook her head suspiciously.
Li Xuanbai: "What fan? Oh, where did you take my fan?"
Gu Huaijin weakly held onto the corner of the table and rested for a long time exhausted.
For a long time, his face was pale, he didn't look at her, his voice was so low that it seemed like a whisper:
"Okay, then you promised me."
Then, unable to hold on any longer, he almost staggered out, leaving behind only his back.
Another sentence: "Come back soon."
*
After leaving the Bodhi Pavilion, she breathed a sigh of relief, rubbing her brows. Li Xuanbai steadied her and let her lean against him. She suddenly stood up and moved away from him.
Stare at him and tell him to get lost with your eyes.
Li Xuanbai was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "I beat Heng Huang twice to vent my anger on you, and you're looking at me like that?"
She was too lazy to answer and simply pulled aside the sandalwood bead curtain outside the Bodhi Pavilion. She saw a group of mountain disciples kneeling on the ground outside. Gu Huaijin stood among them, looking around, seeming to be in a very difficult situation.
Li Xuanbai grabbed her and stopped her from coming any closer.
She asked, "What's going on up ahead?"
Li Xuanbai hugged his shoulders and snorted coldly without answering.
She rolled her eyes at him, then looked at Yi Haichuan standing beside her: "Brother Yi, what's going on up there?"
Yi Haichuan cupped his fists and said, "Just now there was a huge quarrel in Bodhi Pavilion. When the disciples on the mountain heard that the eldest brother had resigned the position of Young Master, they all came from the competition arena, begging the eldest brother to change his mind and stay on the mountain."
The people kneeling on the ground whimpered softly:
"Young Master is the pillar of our Tianshan Mountain. Please, Young Master, take charge of the mountain-guarding jade tablet." "The Master is in seclusion. I beg the Young Master to take over the command of the entire mountain."
"Young Master, please stay on the mountain."
Gu Zhi was surrounded by the crowd, standing out from the crowd. His eyes, which had been slightly reddened by her words, were still red, but he had replaced them with his usual friendly expression.
"Everyone, please stand up. I just said some angry words today. Elder Huide also did not allow me to retreat. Why do you have to do this? Please stand up."
But the crowd refused to give in and knelt on the ground. Some even crawled over to him on their knees, hugged his legs and cried.
Gu Zhi was helpless for a moment, unable to move, standing there, not knowing what to do.
Li Xuanbai sneered, dragged her arm and walked around from the side, deliberately leaving his back figure in Gu Zhi's eyes. Wherever he passed, the underground disciples avoided him in panic, and no one dared to block his way.
Nan Qiong Shuang laughed in her heart. It turned out that the situation on the mountain was so interesting.
Gu Huaijin had been causing a stir in the mountain these days because of his affairs with her. Unexpectedly, even with the entire mountain gossiping about his private affairs, he was still so popular. He had just had a fight in the Bodhi Pavilion and said he wanted to quit. As soon as he left, all the disciples in the mountain blocked his way outside the pavilion.
As for Li Xuanbai, everyone avoided him and was terrified of him. When they saw him coming from afar, they all fled without waiting for him to speak.
What kind of people did she offend?
Li Xuanbai grabbed her arm and refused to let go. She staggered and staggered. After taking only two steps, she felt a gaze from behind hitting her back, almost piercing her.
She closed her eyes and felt her body go numb. She knew that someone was looking at her, but she didn't dare to look back. She could only take two quick steps.
Li Xuanbai was about to show off in front of Gu Huaijin, but when he saw her suddenly walk faster, he was dissatisfied for a moment, "Why are you walking so fast? Are you trying to run away?"
Nan Qiong Shuang thought of the bad things he had done in the Bodhi Pavilion, turned around to glare at him, and walked forward without looking back.
Li Xuanbai smiled: "Are you angry? Because I didn't say I would save you in Bodhi Pavilion?"
She laughed. Not because of this incident, but if you look closely, even if she was angry about this incident, it wasn't unreasonable.
What's more, there was something else that made her even more angry.
She glanced over coldly and said, "Let me ask you, when you were making such a fuss in Bodhi Pavilion today, did you ever think about my situation?"
"Ah, I thought about that." He hugged his shoulders and tapped his fingers on his arm. "Maybe they all want to kill you even more. But no matter, we'll be down the mountain soon."
There's no point in going down the mountain.
She laughed, "Then have you ever considered that if you two go up to compete, I'll be alone on the stage, with Yi Haichuan next to me, who's not sure when he'll be on stage. Heng Huang is jealous, Heng Qingnan is not good at protecting his daughter, and he's unhappy about it. Song Yaojie and I have a grudge, and Huide has already poisoned me."
Li Xuanbai sneered.
"I know you've long disliked Gu Huaijin. But did you have to deliberately provoke Gu Huaijin in front of Huide and Heng Qingnan, in front of so many important figures in the mountain, just to please yourself? - Knowing that I was already struggling on the mountain?"
He laughed, "He didn't accept my challenge. You can't beat him with one stick."
"He didn't confront you in person because of me!"
Nan Qiongshuang shook his arm away, not wanting to look at him again, and hurried forward.
Someone who acts without scruples truly only cares about themselves. Previously, he was willing to help and protect her, but now it seemed like it was just something that was convenient for him to do. Furthermore, it allowed him to play the hero.
If he really wanted to save her, and it cost him something, he would remain silent. Only when it was convenient for him to do so would he do it with full enthusiasm.
She sneered.
Nan Qiongshuang didn’t care whether to save her or not.
However, if he really ruined her good fortune and forced her to have few good days even if she stayed in the mountains, she would take him away even if she became a ghost.
"No, is it that serious?" Li Xuanbai glared at her. "Who else would dare to touch you? Are you really angry about this? If you're angry because I didn't save you, just say it."
"Be angry, don't be angry. I don't care whether I live or die. But you shouldn't involve me in this just for your own momentary pleasure."
As she spoke, she had already returned to the martial arts training grounds. Who knows how many rounds were already underway on the ring. The disciples on the viewing platform roared with cheers, and a candied haws cart was pushed up and down the stairs. She said, "If you want to provoke him, I don't mind. But you have to provoke him in Bodhi Pavilion? He..."
When she turned around, the person was gone. From a distance, she saw that Li Xuanbai had already stopped at the entrance of the martial arts arena, confirming the schedule with the disciples guarding the place. Not only did he not hear her, he didn't even look at her.
She always prided herself on having a good temper, but now she couldn't help but feel dizzy.
"What's wrong?" Li Xuanbai approached nonchalantly, as if he hadn't taken anything she said to heart. "It's almost my turn. I've had bad luck today, and I drew a few bad lots."
Nan Qiong Shuang stood there, shaking with anger for the first time since she came up the mountain.
Li Xuanbai: "Why aren't you talking? If you have nothing else to say, I'll go wait in the audience."
Nan Qiongshuang forced herself to close her eyes and nodded.
Li Xuanbai snapped his fingers beside her ear and said, "Don't forget to snap for me."
Nan Qiong Shuang laughed out loud, opened her eyes, and said with a dim gaze: "Okay."
*
Heng Huang has a special characteristic.
If you mess around, you will be in trouble.
Sometimes, she didn't fail to notice this characteristic of hers.
But even if I'm unlucky, I still have to do whatever I want.
Sitting on the martial arts viewing platform, she deliberately found a secluded place to avoid her old-fashioned father who was always puffing and glaring, and hid under the shade of a tree with her beloved maid Jin Ping.
Jin Ping handed her a gleaming crossbow. "Miss, this is the famous crescent crossbow on our mountain. It can fire continuously or in bursts. It can shoot far and accurately. Miss, please try it."
Li Xuanbai had already entered the arena. She didn't recognize the person across from her, but the way his legs trembled and his spine weakened just by standing in front of Li Xuanbai made it impossible for him to be Gu Zhi.
It just so happened that there was only Li Xuanbai. Even if he was beaten to death, he was beaten to death.
The giant drum in Taichung was struck, and the sound of the drum shook the world. Li Xuanbai hugged his shoulders and looked coldly at the person opposite him as he bowed to him, clasped his fists, and drew his sword.
Heng Huang held up a small, exquisite telescope and said, "Tsk, he didn't even bow before taking action. This guy is really arrogant. I'm going to shoot him in the knee with an arrow and make him kneel down properly."
In the distance, Li Xuanbai calmly drew out his sword, a slightly bluish sword light was held in his hand, and six unclear beads swirled around his body. Without a trace of hesitation, he went up, swung the sword, flew into the air and kicked, kicking the opponent's sword several inches away.
Zhuzi took the opportunity to rush in, avoiding the opponent's sword, and hit the opponent's joints accurately with a few bangs.
The disciple opposite immediately knelt down.
Li Xuanbai stood tall and proud, opened his palm lazily, and the beads instantly slipped into his palm.
The victory was unsurprising, and everyone on the martial arts stage showed little interest.
Heng Huang: "Tsk." He raised his bow, aimed at his knee, and shot an arrow with "whoosh".
The arrow suddenly seemed to have a spirit, and it pierced through the air accurately and quickly, passing through the crowds of people on each level of the martial arts viewing platform, and headed straight for Li Xuanbai's knees.
Heng Huang and Jinping raised their hands and shouted: "Yeah! Talented, truly talented. Just one arrow——"
Suddenly, a strange, tiny, black, white, dry and sticky substance was poured over her head, filling her collar.
She trembled and looked down.
"Who is eating melon seeds on my head!!!!"
On the stage, the arrow flew accurately towards Li Xuanbai and landed at his feet.
Li Xuanbai showed little interest. He picked up the arrow and threw it toward the first row of the martial arts viewing platform. "Hey, you guys playing pot-throwing, you've thrown it onto the stage. Be more restrained."
Heng Huang stood where he was, clutching the shawl tightly in his palms, looking at the face of the person sitting on the stairs one step higher behind him, and shivered for a long time.
The disciple was terrified: "We were just cracking some sunflower seeds and were about to pour it out when the girl suddenly raised her hand and slapped us away."
Jin Ping stroked her back, "Miss, calm down, calm down. The next match is between Master Gu and Master Li. If we start a fight now, won't it delay important matters?"
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