Chapter 83 Chapter 83 Gradually, everyone in the mountain was no longer afraid of him.
That fire should have been the only hope for survival in this deadly situation.
The fire did not eventually break out.
After the Half-Calamity Sign landed, the mountain was hit by the heaviest rainstorm in three years. It not only extinguished the forest fire caused by the Nine-Light Reverse Wheel, but also nearly caused a flash flood.
Gu Huaijin was busy all day preparing for the rain and gathered all the people in the mountain to a high place.
Muxueyuan was the highest courtyard among all the courtyards on the mountain, so he opened the gate and allowed many disciples to stay there.
There were many colorful tents in the yard, with dozens of people living in them, all of them were male disciples. Nan Qiongshuang was almost trapped in the house and couldn't get out.
Once she left the house, dozens of people, hundreds of eyes, stared at her.
However, everyone on the mountain is afraid of her now.
Once, feeling inspired, she decided to go to the kitchen and make a bowl of osmanthus wine and iced milk. As she stepped out of the room, everyone in the courtyard, sitting or standing at ease, rose to their feet and saluted. Suddenly, a wall of white rose before her eyes. Then, looking around, she saw nothing but dark, bound hair, heads bowed in obeisance. The courtyard was filled with solemn silence.
She was so embarrassed that she took her foot back as soon as she stepped over the threshold.
Later, at night, Gu Huaijin came to her room to talk to her, and she told him what had happened.
Gu Huaijin was silent for a moment: "Some time ago, something happened to you, and I was not in a good mood."
Nan Qiong Shuang laughed dumbly: "Even the other elders' disciples bow and scrape when they see me. What on earth have you done? I'm just..."
"Nothing but that? What do you mean by nothing but that?" His tone was not very good when he mentioned that period of time.
Nan Qiong Shuang smiled and shook her head and stopped talking.
"Jiaojiao, let me ask you, were you really not behind that wall on the day I went to Shuyuzhai?" He sat down beside her and held her hand.
"I'm really not here," she said softly. With so many people around, she spoke very carefully. "I don't know what you're talking about. After I fell down the waterfall, I got lost in the woods. I don't know how I got there, but I ended up at Famen Temple. But even after I got there, I didn't know how to get back, so I went to worship Buddha."
Gu Huaijin combed her hair and listened quietly.
"You really didn't go to Senior Sister's Shuyuzhai?"
"Why would I go to her place? She gave me that pearl flower. She also arranged a broken bowl for my farewell banquet. And when I fell into the underground palace and you tried to save me, she was furious. If I go to her place, will I be able to come back alive?"
The flickering candlelight illuminated half of Gu Huaijin's face.
Now, he is not as gentle as when we first met. His expression is always a little stern, and when he lowers his eyes and doesn't speak, he is a little scary.
She touched his face: "Are you okay, Huaijin?"
He closed his eyes and rubbed her palm, acting like a little animal, still without saying a word.
These days, he gradually became a little aloof and only obeyed her in front of her. The other elders couldn't even speak clearly when they saw him.
He doesn't speak.
Don't say anything, it means I'm not well yet.
She said, "Okay. Aren't you back?"
He held her in his arms, put his arms around her shoulders in the candlelight, buried his head in the crook of her neck, and sniffed deeply.
The hair on her neck stood up a little: "Don't..."
Lately, he has always been like this, like a human liking a cat, so he sniffs the cat from head to tail with a bit of affection and a bit of teasing.
She felt itchy when she sniffed it.
The lights were on in the room, and the silhouette could be seen from outside. She couldn't stand the itch anymore, so she pushed him away and said, "Go away. There are so many people outside... Stop messing around."
Recently, because there were too many eyes watching from outside, he had moved out of her room and only came to talk to her late at night.
Originally, during those days, he thought she was dead and was so scared that he lost his mind and couldn't even sleep.
After finally finding the person, the yard was full of strangers and I didn't even have the freedom to say a word.
He whispered, "When the flood subsides, we'll go up to Yao Peak immediately."
"Can I go first?" She touched his face. "This place is full of men. They greet me like mowed crops. I feel uncomfortable."
"You have to get used to it, Jiaojiao." He rubbed her palm and sighed, "If I don't show courtesy, it will hurt you. I have finally figured it out."
"If you're too good-tempered, you won't be respected. If you sit in this position, you must use both kindness and authority. Being blindly kind will only hurt yourself." He sighed, "If I hadn't tolerated Heng Huang's rampage from the beginning, you wouldn't have encountered this."
She blinked and scratched his eyelashes: "Okay."
He rubbed her lips. There were too many people outside, so he didn't even dare to kiss her. His voice was very tired. "I wanted to challenge Hengshan. But now there are mountain torrents and the Nine Stars Reverse Wheel..."
"We can't start a war now." She should be the one saying this.
"But this matter cannot be let go like this." He smiled, and now his smile was no longer gentle. "I will force Huang Shangshan. I will do whatever Jiaojiao wants to do with him."
"I deal with her?" She was stunned. "She is Sect Leader Heng's only daughter. What can I do?"
"'What can I do?'" He murmured and repeated, "She is Heng Qingnan's only daughter, and you are my wife."
In the candlelight, her eyelashes trembled and she touched his soft lips.
He closed his eyes, held her hand and stroked it.
"Treat her the same way she treats you. Don't show any mercy."
"You want me to whip her?" She was startled.
"Why not?" Gu Huaijin lowered his eyes and murmured, "This time I almost hurt you... And it's not just this time. With all the previous verbal humiliation, plus today's account, it wouldn't be too much to ask her to pay with her life."
If she paid with her life, Hengshan and Tianshan would inevitably sever their ties. Now that she had all the Yin-Yang Keys, if she wanted the Mountain Guarding Jade Plate, she could get it at any time. Everything was within her reach, so she must not cause any more trouble.
"Don't pay with your life." She frowned, "But I don't know how to whip."
"I'll teach you a few tricks."
He answered so quickly, almost without thinking.
A few days ago, he was still such a gentle gentleman, and was even willing to accompany Heng Huang to travel in the mountains.
He has really changed. She touched his face and eyebrows again.
He closed his eyes obediently, letting her touch him, and said gently: "I'll teach you how to beat her all over without killing her."
Nan Qiongshuang's hand trembled.
How come this person is...
He opened his eyes: "What's wrong?"
"It's okay." She was afraid that the situation on the mountain would really change drastically, so she wanted to change the subject. "There are only men here. Can I go to Chaoyao Peak first?"
He was silent for a moment. "I'm not free right now. If you want to go up, you'll have to go by yourself first."
"Can."
"Jiaojiao isn't afraid?"
Of course she wasn't afraid. But Chu Jiaojiao seemed like she should be afraid.
She didn't say anything.
After a long while, he was exhausted and sighed deeply:
"no."
He waved his sleeves to extinguish the candles on the wall, and the room was dim for a moment. He pressed down and sucked her lips deeply: "Don't leave me here alone."
*
Ever since that day he found her and they met again, she found that he had completely changed.
In the past, he was gentle and considerate to everyone, but now, it seemed that his kindness was only for her.
When facing other people, his eyes were cold and distant. He would beat them when they deserved to be beaten and punished when they deserved to be punished. There was no room for negotiation.
Even when he faced off against the hot-tempered and highly respected Yan Nantian at the mountain meeting, he stood with his hands behind his back and looked at him coldly, then nodded slightly, and continued to do what he wanted.
Gradually, everyone in the mountain was no longer afraid of him.
Shortly after Song Yaojie left, he settled everyone on the mountain and directed their evacuation, while at the same time he divided his attention to seal off Shuyuzhai.
The secret room behind the wall was soon discovered, and Huide's death was exposed. Combined with Song Yaojie's disappearance, Song Yaojie was quickly convicted of murdering her master.
It is said that Gu Huaijin sent people to search for Song Yaojie on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain, saying that she was going to be sent to Lianleitai because she had killed the elders of the mountain.
However, although Song Yaojie was to be punished for the murder of Huide, he showed no grief or mourning over Huide's death. He buried him hastily and silently, and even refused to allow him to enter the cemetery where the elders were buried.
Now, all matters in the mountain are decided by Gu Huaijin alone, and the elders dare not even say a word of opposition or dissatisfaction.
Huide died silently. The man who had once been so powerful and had been riding on Gu Huaijin's neck for more than ten years didn't even have a tombstone after his death.
As for Li Xuanbai, Gu Huaijin discovered that he had disappeared long ago, and the elders' disciples reported to the meeting in the mountains to find out his whereabouts.
Gu Huaijin stopped them alone and refused to check.
From then on, no one on the mountain dared to mention the three words Li Xuanbai.
All those who had ever hurt her or made fun of her behind her back were eliminated one by one by him.
He was busy day after day, and his expression was always the same, stern and tense, rarely smiling.
She couldn't bear to see this either, so she held his face in her hands and comforted him at night: "Be happy. I'm not dead, why are you doing this?"
He simply said, "Jiaojiao, there are some things I've just figured out. Before, I was obsessed with protecting you from others, but I didn't realize that instead of protecting you, it would be better to eliminate all those who would harm you."
He sighed, "I was too kind-hearted and caused you to suffer. Blame me."
Soon, the rain stopped, the mountain torrents receded, and the flooded areas on the mountain began to be repaired. The disciples moved out of his courtyard.
He immediately moved back from his room and held her day and night without letting go - he would not let go of her once he got hold of her before, and now it was even worse, he would stick to her no matter what he did.
Whenever he came back, he would hold her in his arms and sniff her carefully under his collar until she felt so itchy that she couldn't stand and pushed him away.
He hugged her from behind and said, "In a couple of days, Heng Huang will come up the mountain. When you finish beating her, we'll go up to Chaoyao Peak. I'm really fed up with the mountains now."
She tilted her head and nuzzled his head, which was buried in her neck. "Master Heng loves his daughter like his life, and he flies into a rage at the slightest provocation. What on earth did you use to bring Heng Huang up the mountain?"
He closed his eyes and kissed her ear: "That's not something you should worry about."
She sighed. His sniffing made her feel itchy again. She shrank her neck helplessly. "You haven't seemed very happy since I came back."
He laughed, and paused at the side of her cheek, his eyelashes scratching her face. "How can I be happy? How can I be happy?"
She turned her head to look at him. Gu Huaijin lowered his eyes and took her lips, biting them gently between his teeth: "Tell me, how can I be happy? You want me to be happy after something like this happened to you? As long as Heng Huang is dead, I won't be happy for a single day."
Their moist lips stuck together, and her body gradually became weak. Gu Huaijin refused to let her go, and she struggled to utter the words into his lips:
"If you really kill her, there will be chaos on the mountain. Yin-Yang Key..."
"Don't worry."
That day, when she was picked up by Gu Huaijin, the first thing she did was to rush back to her room and put away the earrings and the Yin-Yang Key without letting Gu Huaijin see them.
If Gu Huaijin took the Yin-Yang Key to open the Star Pavilion and took out the Mountain Guarding Jade Plate, Wu Dao would force her to take action tomorrow.
She didn't want to act right away. Gu Huaijin treated her well. Those who had given her trouble on the mountain were either dead or gone. She felt like she was on vacation here.
Since the key is in her hand, it is up to her to decide when to take action and whether to take action.
Ever since Wu Dao found her, he has been following her side, watching her put the Yin-Yang Key into her sleeve.
But, here's the interesting thing.
Wu Dao doesn't know what the Yin-Yang Key looks like.
She told Wu Dao that the small earring was a token of love she had secretly placed inside Li Xuanbai's clothes. Therefore, it was a private jade pendant that Li Xuanbai had placed on her desk at some point, and the patterns on it vaguely matched the jade pendant on Nong Shan Yue.
Wu Dao is a fat and strong vicious dog that will never let go once it bites. His body is as strong as rock tendons. He can finish three large bowls of rice, but he only has one and is not very smart.
There were water ripples on the Yin-Yang Key, and Nong Shanyue's jade pendant had twin dragons in it. She rambled on, saying that twin dragons emerged from the water and the abyss transformed into a dragon, and at the same time she scolded him for having a pig brain.
Wu Dao probably also realized that his brain was not working well - at least his brain could still let him realize this, and Nan Qiong Shuang was very relieved - he was scolded a lot but had no evidence, so he scratched his head and planned to eat some walnuts to replenish his brain.
Now, with the Yin-Yang Key in hand, Gu Huaijin loves her, and all those who want to harm her on the mountain have been cleared out by Gu Huaijin. When she is on the mountain, no matter who she meets, the other party has to bend their knees and call her "Miss Chu".
Nan Qiongshuang really enjoys this kind of day, where she can attack or defend.
A few days later, Gu Huaijin returned to the yard in the afternoon, holding a whip, and pushed open her door. He saw her lying on the couch covered with a silk quilt, taking a nap, and sat beside her couch.
She was a light sleeper, and woke up as soon as he came in. She turned over and asked drowsily, "...Huai Jin?"
When she opened her eyes, she saw Gu Huaijin holding the handkerchief she had placed beside her pillow, putting it under his nose and sniffing quietly. She laughed helplessly, "What on earth are you smelling all day long?"
The seven-black fragrant wood is poisonous. Gu Huaijin had fallen in love with her a long time ago, and she had already collected the jewelry made of the seven-black fragrant wood.
He said, "Can't you smell it yourself?" and held the handkerchief to her face.
She sniffed it hard and asked, "What does it smell like?"
"I can't put it into words." He put the handkerchief under his nose again. "It's just your smell."
She blinked.
She had heard many times in recent days what she tasted like.
Wu Dao laughed in her ear for a while. "This man, during the days you weren't around, he slept with the smell of your clothes every night. What a pervert. He won't sleep even when I sleep with him. I'll tire myself out if I stare at him."
Nan Qiong Shuang was silent for a while, then went to hold his hand: "Are you really okay, Huai Jin?"
Are you really not sick?
"What will happen to me?" He calmly put her handkerchief into his sleeve. "Are you awake? Do you want to sleep a little longer?"
She sat up: "It's okay not to sleep, but it's boring. Why are you back so early today?"
"Heng Huang will be going up the mountain in a couple of days. I'll teach you how to use a whip."
"Whip?" Did she really want to whip Heng Huang?
Gu Huaijin took out the soft whip, which was a reed whip commonly used by beginners. She smiled when she saw the whip. It was something she had learned when she was seven years old.
Do you really want her to fight?
If she really hit him, she might accidentally kill him.
She went to hug him: "You fight for me, Huaijin."
Heng Huang's identity is sensitive. If she is beaten lightly, she will be unwilling, but if she is beaten too hard, it will be a big deal. When Heng Huang comes back, he will exaggerate the situation and cause another storm.
Anyway, Gu Huaijin would not let her off easily. Let him do it. After all, he is the young master of Tianshan. Even if Heng Qingnan blames him, he can do nothing.
Gu Huaijin was stunned: "I actually thought about doing it for you. But if I did it...it would be too heavy, and I'm afraid she won't be able to hold on."
She rubbed her forehead against his chest and smiled faintly: "I can't bear it."
Gu Huaijin was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Jiaojiao, you can't be so kind. When you become the headmaster's wife in the future, you must toughen your temper, otherwise..."
Kind.
Nan Qiong Shuang laughed, cupped his face and kissed him: "Go ahead. I don't like using knives or guns either."
As for Gu Huaijin, no matter how bad his mood is, he will kiss you for a while first if you try to kiss him.
He held her, closed his eyes and sucked on her lips, gently scratched her jaw with his thumb, and rubbed her lip beads with his lips.
"Besides," she gasped from the kiss, "you asked me to practice martial arts just to give her a couple of whips. Who should suffer, her or me?"
He laughed and bit her lips: "Lazy. We live like this every day."
"I don't want it. My arms are sore and my legs hurt."
He smiled helplessly and scratched her chin, "There's really nothing I can do about you."
Two days later, Heng Huang was forced up the mountain. However, Heng Qingnan also came up with him, his face sullen, as if he wanted to take charge of his daughter, with a strong intimidating look.
Heng Qingnan stood in front of the martial arts hall, his face sullen, his hands tucked into his sleeves. Nan Qiongshuang, upon seeing his expression, knew that pushing this difficult task onto Gu Huaijin was the best option.
Gu Huaijin was not afraid at all. He stood under the scorching sun, rolled up his sleeves calmly, opened his palm, and calmly took the nine-section whip handed to him by Yi Haichuan. The iron whip reflected the sunlight and was dazzlingly bright.
Heng Huang stood opposite her and knelt on one knee unwillingly.
Today she wasn't wearing her usual brightly colored clothes, but a dark one. The pattern on her dress was intricate, gilded with gold and silver, and the hem of her crepe was embellished with a circle of obsidian. Her steps were like lotus flowers, so gorgeous that it was hard to look away.
Most people in the world who like to wear black have one idea in mind: even if they bleed, it won’t be noticeable.
Nan Qiong Shuang hugged her shoulders, stood in the shadow under the eaves and watched with a smile.
It is said that the Hengshan Sect agreed to let Gu Huaijin go up the mountain to be punished this time, and it was not Heng Qingnan but Heng Huang who agreed.
When Heng Huang saw Nan Qiongshuang leap from the waterfall that day, no matter how arrogant she was, she knew she had gotten herself into trouble. If she didn't step forward and allowed Heng Qingnan to protect her, the entire Hengshan Mountain would be in turmoil because of her momentary willfulness.
So she thought about it in her room for three days, and then took the initiative to find her father and said that she wanted to go to Tianshan to calm the anger of Master Gu.
As the daughter of the head of Yishan Sect, there is absolutely no reason for her to be a coward. She will shoulder all the responsibilities that she should bear without any complaints.
Gu Huaijin lowered his eyes and opened the nine-section iron whip. The whip fell to the ground with a clang. He lashed it on the ground, causing gravel to fly.
Heng Qingnan: "Young Master, we agreed before that if you were to punish my daughter, you would only give her three lashes."
Gu Huaijin nodded: "Don't worry, Master, I won't hit you more than once."
Heng Huang knelt on one knee in the middle of the open space in front of the martial arts hall, with his head held high. The gold and jade hairpins on his head gleamed in the sun.
"Stop talking nonsense and fight!"
Gu Huaijin swung the nine-section whip in the air suddenly. There was a whistling sound in the wind. The nine-section whip twisted and swirled like a snake, biting Heng Huang from all directions, and dust flew all around.
Her body twitched suddenly, she bit her red lips tightly, and said nothing.
Although it was just one whip, it was done skillfully, so it hit three or four times.
Heng Qingnan was furious: "Master Gu!"
Gu Huaijin tied the red rope under the handle and asked calmly, "What's wrong? It's just a whip."
Heng Qingnan put his index and middle fingers together and pointed at the tip of his nose, his beard trembling: "Gu kid...!"
"Alright, Daddy, stop talking nonsense!" After a whip came down, Heng Huang's forehead was covered with big beads of sweat, and the veins in his temples were slightly popping out, but he still smiled, "With just him, can he really kill me? Hit me quickly, I don't have time to play with you!"
Gu Huaijin sneered and whipped him twice more.
The nine-section whip moved so fast that no one could see its trace. Nan Qiongshuang was standing under the eaves and could feel the wind hitting her face, almost cutting off her hair.
Even the tiles on the roof were affected, shattered and smashed to the ground.
Gu Huaijin used 100% of his strength in those three whips.
Nan Qiong Shuang stayed out of it, smiling and thinking that it would be difficult for her to endure these three whippings.
After three lashes, two bloody marks were left on Heng Huanglian's face, and blood was flowing down.
He supported himself on his knees and struggled to stand up. His joints were shaking all over, his face was pale, and he looked like a broken kite.
His expression remained arrogant, "Is that all? Have the accounts between the two mountains been settled?"
Gu Huaijin glanced at her feet and saw that although her spine was straight, there were already a lot of blood dripping from her feet. He lowered his eyes and folded the nine-section whip in half and put it away.
He glanced at Nan Qiong Shuang, who was hiding in the distance, motioned her over, and asked gently, "Is it all right, Jiaojiao?"
Heng Huang felt so disgusted when he saw his concerned look that he almost vomited.
Nan Qiong Shuang smiled and nodded slightly.
Gu Huaijin clasped his fists towards Heng Qingnan and Heng Huang and said, "I apologize for the offense. Please leave the mountain immediately."
Heng Qingnan: "Even if you ask me to stay, no one from the Hengshan Sect will ever set foot on your Tianshan Mountain again in this lifetime!"
Gu Huaijin nodded: "Then, have a safe trip."
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