Don't be mean to her
A light snow fell, the wind was gentle, and the air was chilly. Ever since that morning, when he'd made the decision that had frightened Sheng Liang so much that his fur instantly stood on end, Jiang Jingyuan hadn't practiced cultivation since then. At first, thoughts of cultivating immortality frequently surfaced in his mind, and he felt a constant sense of trepidation. Later, his mind was completely empty.
She no longer walked in a hurry, no longer walked around all day with a thick book in her arms, stopping and starting to look at people and then read books, and no longer forced herself to practice at will and in panic.
Since then, the question Jiang Jingyuan often pondered was what she wanted to do most. What was the thing she truly loved and wanted to do?
With a new question in mind, Jiang Jingyuan went out into the world, walking amidst the hustle and bustle of the crowd, trying and searching.
She also had more time to go to the palace, quietly watching Jiang Jingjian, and taking the opportunity to torture Jiang Weiji. She also urged Xu Qinglin, Xu Xianlin, and Zhao Ningyu to work harder.
Oh, yes, when she was too bored, she would go to Yan Rugui and ask him to find some interesting things to help her pass the time and stop her from thinking too much. But he couldn't come up with anything interesting, so it was boring.
morning.
Jiang Jingyuan slowly opened his eyes and did not rush to get up to eat, exercise or practice.
She lay there quietly, listening to the chirping of insects and birds, the rustling of the wind, and the distant voices of people outside the window.
Before he knew it, he had fallen asleep again. When he woke up, Jiang Jingyuan got up and ate something slowly before going to the palace to visit Jiang Jingjian.
"You..." The red-haired little fox looked confused and awkward. He walked over slowly and cautiously and asked tentatively, "Shall we go back to the mountain?"
Jiang Jingyuan paused for a moment, didn't answer, and just said, "If you want to go back to the mountain, I will take you back."
The little fox remained silent with a complicated expression on his face.
Jiang Jingyuan walked around it and headed towards the door.
“Hey!”
The little fox turned around in panic and called out to her. Jiang Jingyuan looked back and saw the little fox smacking his lips and saying, "Well, I'd better not go back for now. I'll wait until you're ready to go up the mountain and then we can go back together."
Jiang Jingyuan was silent for a moment, without commenting, and said "hmm", then turned around and walked out the door.
The little red fox was left alone to struggle, its two front paws unconsciously tapping the floor.
In the palace.
When Jiang Jingjian cautiously raised his head and glanced at him for the umpteenth time, Jiang Jingyuan couldn't help but speak: "What do you want to say?"
Jiang Jingjian suddenly stopped moving, his face looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Ahem..." Beside him, Jiang Weiji raised his sleeve to cover his mouth and coughed twice, seemingly nonchalantly. With his back to Jiang Jingyuan, he looked up, his eyes frantically urging Jiang Jingjian.
Jiang Jingjian: “…”
Jiang Jingjian's face was still full of confusion. Jiang Weiji immediately glared at him with a look of disapproval.
After a moment, Jiang Jingjian finally closed his eyes and sighed softly. He looked at Jiang Jingyuan who was not far to the side. He wanted to ask seriously: "You..." But then he turned cautious and asked: "Are you not busy recently?"
Jiang Weiji pricked up his ears instantly, listening attentively to Jiang Jingyuan's answer.
However, Jiang Jingyuan just said "hmm" and said, "I'm not busy anymore."
It was so plain and there was no emotion in it.
Jiang Weiji: “…”
Jiang Weiji immediately used his eyes to urge Jiang Jingjian frantically: "Be more ruthless, ask directly, ask quickly!"
"Why don't you ask yourself..." Jiang Jingjian gritted his teeth in his heart, with a faintly twisted smile on his face.
He took a deep breath silently, looked at Jiang Jingyuan calmly, and asked again: "Aren't you planning to go up the mountain again?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Jingyuan glanced at him and asked, "Are you looking forward to seeing me go up the mountain?"
"You know that's not what I meant." Jiang Jingjian said helplessly. Thinking that he had already asked, it wouldn't hurt to ask a few more questions, he simply asked directly, "How come you have so much time to run around lately? Aren't you cultivating?"
Jiang Jingjian had already asked her that, so she couldn't just give him a perfunctory answer, could she?! Jiang Weiji silently and slowly turned sideways to listen carefully to Jiang Jingyuan's answer.
Jiang Jingyuan closed his eyes and sighed softly. He raised his eyes and looked at the two of them. His voice was full of seriousness and calmness: "Well, I won't cultivate immortality anymore."
Well, I don’t want to cultivate anymore… well… well? Jiang Weiji’s eyes widened instantly, and he turned around to look at her, unable to contain his astonishment. “You, you…”
"I won't practice Taoism anymore." Jiang Jingyuan looked at him and said seriously again.
I heard it right, I heard it right, I heard it right... Jiang Weiji's mind went blank for a moment, and then his eyes went dark.
His eyes darkened, then brightened up again with strength, and Jiang Weiji screamed in a trembling voice:
"Jiang Jingyuan! You're trying to trick me to death!!!"
"Why are you being so mean to her!" Without waiting for Jiang Jingyuan's reaction, Jiang Jingjian glared at him and said unhappily, "Don't be mean to her."
Jiang Weiji turned sideways in shock, raised his finger and pointed at himself, saying in disbelief, "I was mean to her?" His face was filled with grief, almost spitting blood, and he said in a trembling voice, "She was going to trick me to death... I really believed your evil Jiang Jingyuan..."
"You were going to die anyway, so you're a bit freer now..." Jiang Jingjian squinted his eyes at him and sneered, "Why don't you just live in the shrine now?"
Jiang Weiji shut up, and in a daze, he slowly sat down on the chair next to him.
Jiang Jingyuan also looked at him and slowly added: "Don't forget, it was you who proposed it back then."
Jiang Weiji clenched his hands and lowered his head in a daze. However, after a moment, he suddenly raised his head and looked at her expressionlessly, "Don't even think about ordering me around anymore!" He sneered at her again.
Jiang Jingyuan: "???"
"Then I will throw you back to your Dongling." Jiang Jingjian said unhappily.
Jiang Weiji turned his head and glared at him, then pulled the corners of his mouth together and said, "Ha!" He said stubbornly, "It's better than working for you for nothing!" He then said firmly, "The ancestors of the Jiang family would never allow this."
"Re-refine! Re-refine!" Jiang Jingjian shouted.
Jiang Weiji ignored him and looked at Jiang Jingyuan, gritting his teeth and saying seriously, "Jiang Jingyuan, I'll tell them all about you even if I die..."
Jiang Jingyuan: "..."
Jiang Jingyuan was helpless and sighed softly. Finally, he said, "I said it at that time. This is inevitable." He added, "Don't argue. I have my own pace."
Jiang Weiji had a blank expression on his face. "You better not be lying to me."
"Absolutely not." Jiang Jingyuan assured, "I will definitely become an immortal."
Being able to embark on this immortal path already foreshadows the inevitable result of becoming an immortal - the world, mind, and behavior are all prophets of one's own soul.
"You'd better really survive." Jiang Weiji said, "Hehe," "Otherwise I will definitely go and dig up your grave."
Jiang Jingjian slammed the table and stood up, glaring at him and said, "I'm going to go dig up your Dongling first."
"It's been dug up." Jiang Weiji looked at him expressionlessly, pulled the corners of his mouth and said.
Jiang Jingjian's movements and expression froze instantly.
He caught a glimpse of the girl not far away, shut up, and sat back silently.
…………
This afternoon.
Jiang Jingyuan had a simple meal, washed up, walked around the troubled little red-haired fox, and went straight to the bed that he had been thinking about for a long time even though they had not seen each other for several hours.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Jiang Jingyuan was about to move in when he suddenly paused, turned to look at the little fox following him, and said with emotion, "I've discovered that what I want to do most is actually dream."
The little fox was caught off guard by what he heard. It took him a while to react before he slowly opened his mouth and asked, "Ah...w-why...?"
However, Jiang Jingyuan had already fallen into the bed and waved his hand casually at it, "Quiet, quiet, get out."
Sheng Liang: “…”
The confusion and complexity in the little fox's heart disappeared in an instant. He held his breath in frustration and tiptoed out.
Jiang Jingyuan felt very sleepy and slowly closed his eyes.
Sleep, sleep, very sleepy, very sleepy... Jiang Jingyuan was drowsy. The fatigue that he had not noticed during the day - or when he was awake, all came rapidly from the darkness.
Jiang Jingyuan felt himself sinking deeper and deeper, his consciousness becoming increasingly blurred and hazy...
Just when she thought she was about to fall into a complete sleep, she suddenly woke up.
Jiang Jingyuan frowned impatiently, straightened the quilt, stretched his hands and feet, and then closed his eyes quietly.
Fatigue and sleepiness surged up in Jiang Jingyuan, and her consciousness became hazy. She felt that she was about to sink into the state of sleep, but suddenly, she woke up again.
“???” Jiang Jingyuan was at a loss.
Why can't she sleep!
Jiang Jingyuan immediately reviewed her condition just now. That's right, she was about to fall asleep easily. Because she promised not to practice Taoism anymore, she didn't even practice introspection again... But how could she not fall asleep so easily?
"Did I sleep too long this morning?" Jiang Jingyuan thought to herself, "No, that's only a short time..." She couldn't fall asleep in the afternoon when she was feeling groggy and sleepy, right?!
Jiang Jingyuan's sleepiness was interrupted several times, and he felt irritated and unhappy. He tossed and turned in his arms, holding the quilt, trying to find the feeling of falling asleep.
After a long pause, Jiang Jingyuan couldn't help but think, "Did I really sleep too long this morning and now I can't fall asleep?" But then, he thought to himself, confused and impatient, "Even if I wasn't tired originally, I'm tired now after being interrupted so many times just now..."
To the point that she couldn't fall asleep, and when she woke up she felt tired and wanted to rest.
Jiang Jingyuan was lying on his side, hugging a piece of the quilt, bored and dazed.
Before I knew it, my breathing and blinking became clear and obvious.
And before I knew it, my blinking, my breathing, and my entire being became... indescribable, gone?
Jiang Jingyuan was unconscious and lying on his side.
I was in a daze, my mind was blank - or rather, I even forgot about my mind.
The indoor scene in front of him suddenly became blurred bit by bit, and slowly twisted like a whirlpool. Jiang Jingyuan stared at it in a daze, without any reaction at all.
Suddenly, the scene in front of my eyes accelerated, and the scene quickly became blurred and distorted.
In an instant—in an instant—
It was very, very short, so short that I couldn't find the right words to describe it.
The scene before my eyes changed suddenly.
Sunlight streamed through the window lattice. The bamboo and wood house was dark, a lightless, gentle haze. I lay on my strange yet familiar bed, still as usual, hugging the quilt and lying on my side, quietly watching the scene ahead.
“??!!”
She was startled and jumped up instantly!
A strong sense of panic and fear surged into my heart.
In an instant, the scene before her eyes shook and changed as she jumped up and down in fear.
In the blink of an eye, she appeared in a darkness where illusion and reality overlapped and shifted...
Endless darkness.
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