Chapter 129 129 Didn’t he stare at her all night?
It's really hard to say hurtful words to a pair of eyes like that.
But Su Xiaoyuan only tells lies besides the hurtful truth.
Her tongue froze in her mouth, turning to stone.
The man seemed completely oblivious to her abnormality. He clasped her fingers even tighter, a smile flickering in his eyes. "I'm asking knowingly, but I'm still asking anyway. If you wanted to leave me, how could you have formed a soul bond with me?"
Su Xiaoyuan couldn't look him in the eye anymore, so she looked away, pretending to look at the scenery outside the car: "Where are we going?"
Before I knew it, it was daybreak. Morning mist filled the mountains and forests, and the mountains seemed to be covered with a layer of gauze. The morning breeze brought the gurgling sound of mountain streams and the chirping of birds.
Ling Yuexianzun didn't dwell on the previous question any more: "Go to the sect temple to burn incense for Master."
After a pause, he continued, "Are you sleepy? Close your eyes and take a nap. Tell the car to go slower."
Su Xiaoyuan shook her head: "Go back to sleep."
Ling Yue Immortal Master said "Okay" and gently stroked her fingers.
About a quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of the temple.
The sect's temple is located on Sect Leader Shen's Qianbi Peak, facing her Feiwen Palace in the distance.
The two men got off the chariot, walked through the heavy jade-wood gate with thousand-year-old patterns, and entered the solemn main hall.
There was no swirling smoke inside, only dozens of memorial tablets arranged in order, which could be described as simple.
Even the spirit stone lamp on the tribute table was lit by Immortal Master Ling Yue after they entered.
The two of them picked up incense respectively. Su Xiaoyuan followed his example and bowed, then inserted the incense into the incense burner on the desk, and the ceremony was completed.
She thought that Ling Yue would say a few words to her master's spirit tablet, or at least stand silently for a while to express his grief, but who knew that he pulled her out of the temple before the incense was half burned.
Su Xiaoyuan looked at the man's profile and felt more and more that she knew very little about him.
There is no time to learn more.
She only has ten days left.
The doubts she had felt when she saw his red-dressed figure on the Falling Star Platform just now would occasionally surface, but were then suppressed by her.
The man's voice pulled her back from her thoughts: "Where do you want to go back to?"
Su Xiaoyuan was stunned for a moment before she understood what he meant. They had officially become Taoist couples and could live together openly. She could also choose to live in Wuji Palace without having to worry about other people's opinions.
However, she had never thought about this problem at all.
"If you're not used to living in Wuji Palace," Ling Yue Immortal Venerable said considerately, "you don't have to move."
Su Xiaoyuan shook her head: "Let's just live in Wuji Palace. Such a beautiful garden won't go to waste."
The man arched his brows, then warily straightened his mouth corners before a smile formed: "Okay."
Su Xiaoyuan's heart suddenly ached, and she couldn't help but say, "Brother... Actually, you can laugh. I'm not afraid anymore."
Ling Yuexianzun's expression was a little tense. He stared at her blankly for a while, then smiled faintly, "Okay."
"Can you take me home first?" Su Xiaoyuan asked, "I have a class soon and I forgot my schoolbag."
Immortal Master Ling Yue naturally had no objection. He sent her to her residence, and after she picked up her schoolbag, he sent her to Feiquan Peak for class, and then returned to his Wuji Palace.
Although outsiders were not allowed to witness the bond ceremony between the two today, the news had already spread like wildfire within the sect. Wherever she went, she could feel all kinds of gazes, some curious, some admiring, and even some in awe.
Su Xiaoyuan had no time to care about other people's eyes. It seemed like there was a time bomb in her head, clicking non-stop, waiting to blow her into pieces when the deadline arrived.
Ruan Mianmian thought she was still worried about her master's prediction and comforted her, "Xiao Yuanzi, don't take that to heart. Daoist Master Wuxuan's mind has been muddled since his ascension tribulation. Look how broken his star chart is. How could his predictions be accurate? You and your brother-in-law will definitely be together forever."
Su Xiaoyuan gave a forced smile: "I know."
What she was worried about was not the prophecy of Taoist Master Wuxuan. Even without that prophecy, their fate would have been doomed.
However, that absurd idea popped up in her mind from time to time, which made her a little concerned.
Intellectually, I know that there is no point in pursuing the truth, but emotionally, I still want to find out.
After holding it in for the entire class, she couldn't help but speak: "Kaishan, you are knowledgeable and experienced. Do you know what a general high-level puppeteer looks like?"
Ruan Mianmian had no doubts: "My mother doesn't like to use puppets, but my third aunt has two. I heard that they were made by the disciples of the Yanshi Sect's old master. They look just like real people."
"Similar to my puppet?"
"That's far from it," Ruan Mianmian said heartlessly, "How can any puppet compare to yours? Yours is almost a spirit."
She poked Yu Yingchun's arm with her pen: "Ah Chun, your family is rich. Have you ever seen a puppet like the one in Xiao Yuanzi's family?"
Yu Yingchun also shook his head.
Ruan Mianmian said: "After all, it is the Immortal Lord's personal puppet, it must be different from the ordinary ones outside."
Su Xiaoyuan's suspicions grew even more intense. "Why would such a powerful puppet be hiding in the warehouse? I have a feeling the owner isn't telling the truth. It's a shame I don't know where he went. It would be great if I could find him and ask him."
Ruan Mianmian: "What's wrong? Do you suspect there's something wrong with your puppet? Why don't you just ask the Immortal Venerable? Isn't that his puppet?"
Su Xiaoyuan suspected him, but she couldn't tell her bestie the truth, so she just said vaguely: "It's not convenient to ask him..."
Yu Yingchun said carefully: "Is Xiaoyuan looking for someone? Maybe I can help."
"Right! Why didn't I think of that!" Ruan Mianmian slapped her thigh. "Achun's family has a line that does just this. They have branches on every continent. Ask him to help you find one."
Su Xiaoyuan thanked him and said, "I wonder how long it will take to find someone?"
If it's been more than ten days, don't bother.
Yu Yingchun said: "As long as the person is still in the fairy world, there will be news within three days."
Ruan Mianmian raised an eyebrow: "So slow! Are you not capable enough?"
Yu Yingchun said hurriedly, "Three days at most. If we're quick, we can find it within a day."
Ruan Mianmian: "You must take Xiao Yuanzi's matter to heart!"
Yu Yingchun: "Of course, I'll give the order right away."
As he said this, he took out a magic weapon and sent a message to the deacon at home, ordering him to find the person before sunset tomorrow.
After class, Su Xiaoyuan thought that she had little time left to spend with her best friends, so she went to the cafeteria with them to have dinner. Then she went back to her residence to pack some things and went to Wuji Palace.
There is an obvious benefit after forming the soul contract. All the protective arrays on the top of Dragon Ridge Peak are open to her, and there is no need for Ling Yue Xianzun to open them specifically for her. Therefore, she can move freely within the Dragon Ridge Peak and go wherever she wants.
But when the cloud car was about to land, she saw a man in white standing alone outside the sword formation. The last ray of setting sun cast a blue shadow on the snow, and his red hairband fluttered in the evening breeze.
Su Xiaoyuan thought again of the many dusk puppets standing at the door waiting for her to return home in the evening.
This is a liar, she reminded herself, but her heart still felt sore and soft.
She jumped out of the car and suddenly ran into the man's broad and warm arms.
Ling Yue Immortal Venerable put his arms around her and asked, "Are you cold?"
"It's not cold at all." Su Xiaoyuan was wearing that precious cloak, and there was also a cold-resistant formation in the cloud car, so she didn't feel the coldness of the wind and snow at all.
The man nuzzled her nose with his. "Your nose is frozen. We should build a winter palace at the foot of the mountain, or choose another mountain you like."
Su Xiaoyuan was startled and quickly said that it was not necessary.
Ling Yue Xian Zun said, "I have already drawn several sets of pictures. They are in my study. It's late today, and tomorrow is a day off. Let's pick some together."
Su Xiaoyuan didn't expect him to act so quickly, so she nodded and agreed.
Ling Yue Immortal Venerable led her hand through the sword formation. Su Xiaoyuan unconsciously glanced at the sharp sword blades above her head. The man immediately realized: "Isn't this formation too scary? I'll set up a new one tomorrow."
Su Xiaoyuan quickly shook her head again: "It's okay, I don't usually look up for no reason."
His caution made her feel a little uncomfortable.
The two walked hand in hand to the front of the main hall. Ling Yue Immortal Venerable said, "The main hall is a bit deserted and uncomfortable to live in. It needs to be renovated before the wedding. It should be decorated to your liking. I've called the deacon to go with you tomorrow. You can give him your instructions."
Without waiting for her to refuse, he added, "It's late today. I'll take you to see the library and the storeroom tomorrow."
He pulled out two jade tokens engraved with runes from his sleeves. "These are the tokens for the library and the private vault. You can use them at will for anything you need. If you want to view the books and the vault, just ask the deacon for the catalog."
Just as Su Xiaoyuan was thinking about how to politely decline, he had already stuffed the jade token into the Qiankun bag at her waist and said, "Second Senior Brother is in charge of the spirit stone mines and other businesses under my name. If you're too lazy to manage them, just leave them as they are. If you do want to, just tell me and I can take them back anytime."
He paused and said, "When you need spirit stones, you can go directly to the counter and use your own talisman to withdraw them without going through Second Senior Brother. I will ask someone to bring the account book tomorrow. You can check it anytime if you want."
Su Xiaoyuan hurriedly said: "No, no, I have money."
She has more spirit stone than she can spend in several lifetimes, and she has no interest in accounting.
However, Ling Yuexianzun's words reminded her that she had to send a message to Manager Zhao of the Yunyu Sect's shop tomorrow to confirm the matter of the inheritance.
Ling Yue Immortal Venerable looked at the vast open space behind the palace and said: "There is really nothing worth seeing here. You can build whatever you want in the future."
There was nothing much to see, so the two of them returned to the side hall.
Immortal Master Ling Yue had already dismissed all the faceless puppets, and the water birds, bees and butterflies seemed to have fallen asleep. The garden was quiet, with only the sounds of flowing water and fish swimming in the pond.
As soon as the garden door was closed, the man hugged her from behind, turned her face over, and used the tip of his tongue to carefully outline the gap between her lips.
Although there was no one around, after all, they were in an open-air garden. Su Xiaoyuan was a little nervous and begged softly: "Brother, please go inside..."
Before she could finish her words, her feet felt light, and when she reacted, she was already being carried sideways.
The beaded curtain closed behind them with a swish sound like a curtain of rain.
Su Xiaoyuan suspected that he had used some kind of magic like Apparition, and fell on the bed after a moment.
"You and I are already Taoist companions," the man pressed half his body against her, rubbing a breath from her body with familiarity, and looked into her eyes, "It's time to change the name."
Su Xiaoyuan asked blankly, "What should I change?"
"Think about it yourself." He suddenly increased the strength in his hands. Su Xiaoyuan hissed softly, feeling that the light gauze dress was about to break under his hands.
"Dao...Dao Companion?"
The man sneered and bullied her on the other side: "Think about it later."
Su Xiaoyuan's mind went blank.
There is only a pair of best friends around her. Most of the time when they are in the mountains, they call Yu Daoyou "Achun", and when they are in close contact, they call him "Xiao Que'er". This definitely cannot be applied to Immortal Master Lingyue.
She thought for a moment: "What's the name? Tingyun?"
“It’s already been used by someone else.”
Su Xiaoyuan's heart moved. Is he jealous of the puppet?
"Who are you thinking about?" He raised his head, picked up her belt with his long fingers, and stared into her eyes.
Su Xiaoyuan felt like she was being stared at by a cold-blooded animal, and her heart began to tremble violently.
She's so jealous, but it doesn't seem like...
She shook her head: "Nothing."
"Don't concentrate," the man said maliciously, moving down her neck, sucking and biting, "Keep thinking."
Su Xiaoyuan boldly tried to test it out: "What about the courtesy name? Call it a more intimate one..."
Before she could finish her words, she was bitten hard and fiercely several times, and her waist arched unconsciously.
"Think about it again." The man said coldly.
Well, jealousy or not is not a criterion for judgment at all, Su Xiaoyuan secretly complained.
Suddenly, an idea struck her, and she tried to address him using the mortal world's way of addressing him: "Husband?"
The man hummed lightly to show his consent, but not only did he not let her go, his actions became even more violent.
Su Xiaoyuan couldn't help but worry. Secretly, she didn't want to complete the mission so quickly. First, the puppet's matter hadn't been fully investigated. Second, she hadn't arranged her funeral. Third, she couldn't bear to leave this world and her friends behind.
Although she didn't want to admit it, she was a little reluctant to part with this fraudulent immortal.
She tried to push him away: "Not today, I'm so tired... I want to take a shower and go to bed..."
The man bent his fingers, and she couldn't help but tremble violently.
"It's already like this," he whispered in her ear, "isn't it hard to give up halfway?"
Su Xiaoyuan bit her lip and was speechless. After being coaxed by him and enjoying herself twice, he took her to take a bath, washed up, changed her into pajamas, and then carried her back to bed.
When she said she didn't want to, he really did nothing but held her in his arms and kissed her eyebrows, eyelids, nose tip, cheeks, lips, and chin.
These kisses were free of lust, as if they were just bubbles of happiness overflowing from the bottom of my heart.
Su Xiaoyuan had a lot of things in her mind, but she couldn't help but fall asleep peacefully in his gentle kiss.
She was woken up by the heat in the middle of the night. She felt drowsy and unable to move, as if she was entangled by a snake.
No, it's definitely not a snake.
There's no way a snake's body could be that hot.
She struggled a bit but couldn't move. She pried open her eyelids and suddenly met a pair of eyes.
The look was both hot and cold, like burning ice, or cold fire, reflecting the faint light of the spirit stone night lamp, and it felt completely inhuman.
Su Xiaoyuan's heart beat to her throat, and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on her back: "Brother...you...you didn't sleep?"
Immortal Master Ling Yue did not correct her address. He slightly loosened his grip on her arms and legs, and his eyes softened. The creepy inhuman feeling he had given up a lot.
"I'm not sleepy yet. I want to see more of you." The man said softly.
"What time is it?"
"It's still early, go back to sleep." He kissed her eyelids.
Just as he finished speaking, he heard the crowing of pheasants from somewhere on the hilltop.
Su Xiaoyuan: Help!
He hadn't been staring at her all night, had he?!
There was no trace of embarrassment on Ling Yuexianzun's handsome face. "It's almost dawn. I'll get up and prepare breakfast. What would you like to eat?"
Su Xiaoyuan: "Anything is fine..."
"In that case, I'll see what happens."
Half an hour later, the sky was bright. Su Xiaoyuan drank the Poria cocos and jade powder porridge cooked by her Taoist companion, feeling a little uneasy.
No matter how much you like someone, you wouldn't stare at them all night long.
And the look in his eyes made her feel uneasy for no reason. It was not just love, it was more like a dragon staring at her treasure.
Even the way he wrapped his arms around her was similar!
"What's wrong? Is the porridge not to your liking?" the man asked with concern.
As if he noticed her discomfort, he tried his best to act nonchalant, as if he had only noticed it casually, but was not staring at her without blinking.
Su Xiaoyuan shook her head: "No, it tastes very good..."
"Then drink more."
Fortunately, Immortal Master Ling Yue also had his own things to do, so after breakfast he went to Dongxuan to meditate and practice.
Su Xiaoyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At noon, her communication mirror suddenly rang.
She quickly picked up the phone, it was Kaishan.
"Xiao Yuanzi, Achun's people have found the store owner!"
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