Hearing the "OK", Xie Changji lowered his eyes slightly. He felt like something in his heart was gently put to rest, and he finally felt a little more at ease.

Hua Xiangwan leaned against him, letting him wash her, thinking carefully about the future.

Xie Changji was heartbroken and said...

That also means that the Sword of Questioning Heart has no one to inherit it. If the Ghost Spirit is born, there will be no second Xie Yunting to seal it.

The ghost spirit came from the realm of life and death, and the Sword of Questioning the Heart was its greatest enemy. Now that Xie Changji had broken his heart and changed his path, no one else must know about it.

She couldn't figure out exactly what kind of cultivation method Xie Changji was using, so she simply asked directly, "If you don't cultivate the Sword of the Heart now, what are you cultivating?"

"Repair the sword of affection."

"Aren't you a playboy?" Hua Xiangwan found the name funny and shook her head.

"Love does not refer to love between men and women. The Sword of the Heart seeks the Way of Heaven, hoping to escape from the mundane world, observe the world from the perspective of Heaven, and observe the laws of the world. The Sword of the Affectionate Heart is the opposite, seeking the Way of Humanity."

"humane?"

"Use human heart to understand the desires of the world, and then control human desires and make them part of the laws of the world." Xie Changji explained, "The Sword of the Heart is far away from human desires, and the Sword of the Affectionate Heart uses this as a sword."

"So," Hua Xiangwan understood a little, "You staying with me is also a way of practicing Taoism?"

“You are my way.”

Hua Xiangwan said nothing. She was thinking about the heart-breaking scene she saw in his memory.

For a cultivator in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, his Dao Heart was completely shattered, and his cultivation could no longer be maintained, and it all dissipated. After it dissipated, his lifespan also came to an end, and he should have turned into a pile of dry bones long ago.

But he suddenly became obsessed and gave birth to a heart of Tao. This heart of Tao had been hidden in his heart for many years and was strong and unyielding. So in an instant, his spiritual power gathered again and he went straight into the stage of overcoming the tribulation.

Hua Xiangwan lowered her eyes, and although she had some guesses, she still spoke: "Then what is your Dao heart?"

"you."

"What if I die?"

Hua Xiangwan asked suddenly, Xie Changji thought for a moment and said, "I don't know."

Hua Xiangwan was speechless for a moment. It had been rare since ancient times for someone to change his mind and it was also unheard of for someone to take the path of a person.

She thought about it, lowered her eyes, and thought for a long time before asking, "Since you have already changed your route, why didn't you say so earlier?"

"I don't want you to make a decision based on this."

He scooped water and poured it over her head. She closed her eyes and Xie Changji rubbed her hair: "You don't want me to pity you, and I don't want you to pity me either."

"So that doesn't mean you're making a decision now?"

Hua Xiangwan chuckled. Xie Changji wiped the water from her eyes with a handkerchief and said calmly, "You know it in your heart."

She slowly opened her eyes and looked at the calm young man in front of her. He was completely different from when he exploded last night. He was so calm and steady that he seemed to have no emotions at all.

Such eyes seemed to be able to see into the deepest part of a person's soul and make people tremble. She didn't dare to look directly at them. After thinking for a while, she looked away.

He washed her hair as if nothing had happened. Hua Xiangwan saw that he looked calm. Her eyes casually moved to him, and then through the layers of ripples, she saw that his state was completely different from the expression on his face.

She was stunned for a moment, then realized something and raised her eyebrows.

Xie Changji pretended not to notice what she was looking at, cleaned her up, and then stood up to leave, saying calmly, "It's done, I'll help you..."

Hua Xiangwan didn't wait for him to finish, she took the initiative to put her hands around his neck, pressed him into the bathtub, and said with a smile: "Are you leaving just like that?"

Xie Changji looked back at her, his handsome face as always. Hua Xiangwan felt itchy inside and took the initiative to move forward: "Daojun, do you want to..."

Before he finished speaking, Xie Changji threw his seal and Hua Xiangwan froze in place. Xie Changji stood up calmly, found a towel to wipe off the water, changed into a robe, and said calmly: "You have just formed a bond, and your golden elixir is still recovering. You need to meditate to digest the spiritual power. Don't act rashly."

As he said this, he turned around and took the person out of the bathtub. Looking at Hua Xiangwan's angry eyes, he wrapped her in a bath towel, quickly wiped off the water, and put clothes on her one by one as if he was playing with a doll.

He was dressed neatly, and there was nothing unusual about him. Hua Xiangwan saw his calm expression and thought about what she had just seen in the water, so she couldn't help but provoke him: "Are you not capable of that?"

Xie Changji paused for a moment, then tied the belt around her waist tightly, saying calmly, "Don't just remember to eat and not to be beaten."

Hua Xiangwan was reminded of this and suddenly remembered what she had shouted in a hoarse voice at the end, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Xie Changji helped her put on her clothes and dried her hair before he released the spell and walked out: "Come out, I'll help you get your spiritual power in order."

Hua Xiangwan originally just wanted to tease him, but he didn't respond and she found it boring, so she followed Xie Changji into the room, and they each took a futon and sat down cross-legged.

"Your golden core is half broken, how do you circulate your spiritual power?"

As soon as Hua Xiangwan sat down, Xie Changji started asking questions.

Now that the topic was brought to light, Hua Xiangwan had nothing to hide and told the truth: "I have two golden pills."

"Two?"

Xie Changji frowned. He remembered that she should have only one golden elixir back then.

Seeing that he was puzzled, Hua Xiangwan smiled and said nonchalantly, "One of them belongs to my mother. She saw the future of Hehuan Palace during the calamity and interrupted her calamity to save my life. After I absorbed all her cultivation, I was actually unable to bear so much spiritual power, so I dug out her golden elixir and sealed all her cultivation in this golden elixir. Then, with the help of my master, I hid it in my body, and it became a 'hidden elixir' that no one except me could detect."

She spoke calmly. Xie Changji lowered his eyes. After a moment's hesitation, he took her hand and only asked, "Where's your mother?"

She took away all of Hua Ranyan's cultivation and cut open her golden elixir. Logically, Hua Ranyan should not have been alive in this world, but now there is a "Hua Ranyan" living well in Hehuan Palace.

He didn't ask before because he knew that this was a secret of Hehuan Palace and she wouldn't tell him. But now that they had talked to this point, there was nothing wrong with asking.

"It's my master." Hua Xiangwan answered truthfully, "My mother died back then, but she was the pillar of Hehuan Palace and the biggest source of fear for the Hehuan Palace's foreign enemies. Even if she failed to transcend the tribulation, as long as she was alive, she was the support and hope of the disciples of Hehuan Palace. So my master took her place and announced to the outside world that my master was dead and my mother failed to transcend the tribulation."

"So, your golden elixir is indeed broken."

Xie Changji understood the situation and spoke in a slightly solemn tone.

Hua Xiangwan couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "Have you been fooled so many times that you can't even tell whether the golden elixir is broken or not?"

"But I hope it's a lie."

Xie Changji raised his eyes and looked at the person opposite him. Hua Xiangwan didn't say anything. After a moment, she held Xie Changji's hand, placed it on her chest, and smiled particularly brightly: "If you feel sorry for me, then practice cultivation with me more often. By then, let alone a golden elixir, maybe I can directly enter the tribulation and ascend directly?"

Xie Changji's eyes dropped to her chest. She moved a little too much, pulling her clothes open a little, revealing the end of a knife scar.

He looked at the scar on her chest, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to wait for another time. He held her hand and said, "Let's merge our spiritual powers first."

Hua nodded to Wan and closed her eyes.

The two people's minds were in harmony, and they both gained a lot from this dual cultivation. Xie Changji was one level higher than her, so she got a great advantage.

Xie Changji worked with her to circulate the spiritual power into the meridians throughout the body. After everything was done, Hua Xiangwan felt much more comfortable.

Her half-broken golden elixir was clearly glued together, and the originally dull shell also had some luster.

Hua Xiangwan opened her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. Xie Changji also opened his eyes and looked at Hua Xiangwan's expression with a much softer look in his eyes.

Just as he was about to say something, he heard Ling Bei's voice from outside the door: "Young Master, there is news."

Hearing this, Hua Xiangwan glanced at Xie Changji, who reached out to help her, and they both stood up and walked out the door.

It was already late at night, and Hua Xiangwan realized that a whole day had passed. Ling Bei was standing outside the door, and when he saw Hua Xiangwan and Xie Changji coming out, he couldn't help but glance at Xie Changji.

Hua Xiangwan knew what he was thinking, so she waved her hand and said, "Go ahead."

"Just now, spiritual rain from cultivators in the Tribulation Crossing Stage fell from the direction of Mingluan Palace."

After hearing this, Hua Xiangwan understood and laughed: "Ming Huo has entered the Tribulation Period?"

“Probably.”

Ling Bei nodded: "Qingle Palace has been in action overnight, and Wen Rong has already led people to Mingluan Palace."

"I didn't want to go when I was bearing the thunder tribulation before, but now I want to go," Hua Xiangwan shook her head, "Qin Yunyi is reluctant to go."

"Mingluan Palace was well hidden before." Ling Bei said with some apology, "We didn't find out any information either. We only knew that Minghuo absorbed the energy of Yinyang Sect's people and then escaped and disappeared. It was only after the spiritual rain fell that we knew he was in Mingluan Palace."

"It's not your fault."

Hua Xiangwan didn't say much. She knew in her heart that if Qin Yunshang hadn't been the second young master of Mingluan Palace and had not been secretly entrenched in Mingluan Palace for many years, she would not have been able to get this information.

"So what do we need to prepare now?"

Ling Bei felt more at ease when he saw Hua Xiangwan's calm expression. Hua Xiangwan smiled and said, "I'm injured, what do I need to prepare? There's an extra person in Mingluan Palace who has to go through the tribulation period, but it has nothing to do with us. Just eat and drink as usual."

"As for the Wugu Sect..."

"What happened to the Wu Gu Sect?" Hua Xiangwan showed curiosity, "Hasn't it been fine all along?"

Ling Bei was stunned for a moment, then he understood what Hua Xiangwan meant and said respectfully, "Yes, I will investigate the assassination right now and catch the murderer behind it for you, young master."

"Um."

Hua Xiangwan nodded, then remembered: "Where is Senior Sister Hu Mian?"

"In..." Ling Bei hesitated for a moment, then said slowly, "In the underground palace."

Hua Xiangwan paused, and Lingbei explained, "We stored the coffins of our brothers and sisters in the underground palace. Sister Humian went into the underground palace this morning after I confirmed that the Wulong Sect had been cleared up, and she hasn't come out yet."

Hua Xiangwan didn't say anything. Lingbei was a little worried: "Should I go and persuade her..."

"No need." Hua Xiangwan shook her head. "Leave her alone. She will come out of it on her own when she thinks it over. No one can persuade her."

Lingbei responded, and Hua Xiangwan waved her hand: "Go do your work. Also," Hua Xiangwan remembered something and called Lingbei, "Has Lingnan been practicing well recently?"

"He's still practicing," Ling Bei laughed when she mentioned Ling Nan. "He cries every day, but he's still very hardworking. Although he's not as good as you, young master, when you were young..."

Ling Bei felt something was wrong when he said this. After thinking for a while, he just said, "But it's already very good."

Hearing this, Hua Xiangwan nodded and felt a little relieved.

When Ling Bei saw Hua Xiangwan, he didn't ask any other questions and bowed and left.

After Lingbei left, Hua Xiangwan stood there, and Xie Changji finally spoke: "You took good care of Lingnan."

"If she's not good," Hua Xiangwan laughed after hearing what he said, "how can I be worthy of my senior brother and sister?"

As she said that, she turned to look at Xie Changji: "I still have something to do, you take a rest first, I will go take care of it."

"good."

He did not try to persuade her to stay. Hua Xiangwan smoothed his clothes and said gently, "It's good to meditate when you have nothing to do. Everyone is practicing, so don't fall behind."

"Um."

After comforting Xie Changji, Hua Xiangwan turned around and went to the library, where she began to look for all the books related to Yunlai's way of cultivation.

She had read most of these books before, and now she read them again.

After reading it, she thought about it and finally contacted Kunxuzi.

"Young Master Hua?"

Kunxuzi was a little surprised that Huaxiang Party would contact him on its own initiative. "It's so late, you..."

"How exactly does Xie Changji train the Sword of Affection?"

Hua Xiangwan spoke directly to the point. Kunxuzi was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said, "You...what did you say..."

"He changed his mind and said, 'I know,'" Hua Xiangwan interrupted him and asked directly, "He said that he would cultivate the sword of affection and take me as his path, but Elder Kun, no one in this world would take people as their path. If he took me as his path, what would happen if I died? Let's take a step back, even if I was alive, what would he do if I was a bad person? Would he join me in doing evil and crooked things?"

"Don't get excited yet." Kunxuzi listened to Hua Xiangwan's words, and his tone became much more relaxed.

Hua Xiangwan frowned: "You seem relieved? What are you relieved about?"

"I thought you were here to return the goods," Kunxuzi said honestly, rather sadly, "It's not easy for you to get him back to the Tianjian Sect now, but if you just care about him, then it's easier to do."

Hua Xiangwan: “…”

She knew that Kunxuzi was unreliable, but she didn't expect that after so many years, this old man was still so ridiculous.

Kunxuzi listened to her silence, sorted out his words, and explained: "He said that he takes you as his way. I have also looked up a lot of information on this matter. In fact, strictly speaking, he does not take you as his way, but takes love as his way."

"What do you mean?"

"Changji has been slow to react to things since he was young. He practiced the Sword of the Heart too early and was extremely talented, so before he met you, he had almost no feelings for the world." Kunxuzi said, analyzing carefully, "But in fact, Changji is just slow, not heartless. He just doesn't know what his emotions are. And you happen to be his only clear emotion. You can say that you are the biggest connection between him and this world, so he needs to understand this world through you and absorb all emotions from you. If one day, you... uh, I mean if," Kunxuzi made an assumption, "if you leave, but his feelings for the world are not limited to you, his 'feelings' for the world are still there, then he can still live well."

"That is to say," Hua Xiangwan thought, "if I can make him have the same protective feelings towards this world, his Dao heart will still exist."

"That's right." Kunxuzi responded, "The lineage of the Affectionate Sword is to try your best to experience all the emotions in the world. Only by experiencing them can you understand them, and even more so, you can control them."

Hua Xiangwan didn't say anything. After thinking for a moment, she said slowly, "I understand."

"Then..." Kunxuzi hesitated, still a little worried, "What are you going to do..."

"I agreed to let him stay." Hua Xiangwan said.

Kunxuzi immediately became happy: "That's good, that's good. When do you plan to have a child?"

Hua Xiangwan was silent for a moment, then cut off the communication with Kun Xuzi with a dark face: "Elder Kun, it's too late, go to bed early."

As he spoke, the sound transmission jade token turned dark.

After waiting for a while, Hua Xiangwan breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking about it, she stood up, picked up the lamp out of habit, and walked to the glacier in the backyard.

It was a bit cold on the glacier, and the cold wind slowly calmed Hua Xiangwan down. She lowered her head to look at the figure below the glacier and said slowly, "Yi Chen, I'm here to see you again. A lot of things happened today, and I'm a little confused."

"I wiped out the Wulong Sect, and I did it very cleanly. Now no one thinks that Hehuan Palace has the ability to destroy the Wulong Sect. Wen Rong is the biggest suspect." She spoke softly with a smile on her face, "Ming Huo has now broken through to the Tribulation Stage, and Qin Yunyi wants to protect him. If Wen Rong insists on killing him, Qin Yunyi may not be able to stay in Qingle Palace due to new and old grudges. As long as they fight, it will be my chance."

"I am the only one in Hehuan Palace. Even with Xie Changji, I am not sure enough - you wait a little longer."

She said this and fell silent.

After a while, she added, "There's one more thing I'm going to tell you. Don't be upset."

"I plan to let Xie Changji stay," Hua Xiangwan lowered her eyes and looked at the ice surface, "I know you don't like it, but he has nowhere to go now, I have to find a way out for him."

After saying this, Hua Xiangwan fell silent.

Xie Changji's words "You know it in your heart" echoed in her mind. She didn't dare to think too much. She squatted down and stretched out her hand to cover the ice: "Yi Chen."

She couldn't help but repeat: "I'm sorry."

There will be no response from those beneath the ice.

She couldn't feel any temperature either.

She felt the ice was so cold that it hurt, so she finally withdrew her hand.

"You should have a good rest first. I'll come to see you another day." She seemed to be talking to a living person. "Soon."

As she spoke, she turned around and saw a person standing on the grass not far away.

The young man in white clothes holding a lantern looks as cold and quiet as a solitary pine tree and a long moon.

She was stunned for a moment, then she reacted and thought that maybe she had been outside for too long, which led to him coming to look for her.

She walked up to the shore with her skirt lifted, and said a little embarrassedly, "I was a little bored in the library, so I came here."

Xie Changji listened to her words and looked at her calmly. His gaze was obviously as cold as ice, but Hua Xiangwan didn't know why. She always felt that he was trying hard to restrain something, which made his gaze carry a bit of indescribable aggression and oppression.

Hua Xiangwan couldn't help but cough lightly when he looked at her, reminding him to reply.

Xie Changji finally spoke up: "Why don't you come back?"

Hua Xiangwan pursed her lips and said nothing. Xie Changji answered for her: "I'm used to it."

"He's here alone." Hua Xiangwan knew that he was unhappy, and she lowered her eyes to look at the ground, but she didn't give in at all, "I have to come and keep him company."

Xie Changji didn't say anything. After a moment, he just said, "Go back."

As he spoke, he raised his hand, pulled her over, and led her back with the lamp in hand.

The two of them walked quietly in the yard, and Xie Changji spoke in a low voice: "You said you wanted to be the Demon Lord because you wanted to resurrect him."

"yes."

"There are so many people in Hehuan Palace, why is it him?"

Hearing this, Hua Xiangwan pursed her lips and said slowly: "Because he is a merman."

Xie Changji turned his head, and Hua Xiangwan explained: "The soul of a mermaid is different from that of an ordinary person. He originally parasitized his soul in the Jade Sea Pearl. As long as the Jade Sea Pearl is still there, he may be resurrected. Wait until I get the Demon Lord's Blood Order. The Demon Lord's Blood Order has the cultivation and skills of the previous Demon Lord. It is said that the Demon Lord has a skill that can restore the soul of a mermaid. I haven't even found the souls of the others, so I can only get the Demon Lord's Blood Order first and resurrect him."

"Would you be happy if he survived?"

Xie Changji listened to her words with a calm expression.

Hua Xiangwan smiled: "Of course."

"Then if he's alive," the two of them walked into the room, and Xie Changji turned to look at her, "you and I wouldn't owe him anything, right?"

Hua Xiangwan stood there in a daze. Xie Changji put down the lantern and walked up to her.

"I'll help you."

He spoke softly, unbuttoned her clothes, and looked at her seriously: "When you revive him, take this jade pearl."

Hua Xiangwan said nothing, she just looked at the person in front of her quietly.

At this point, his gaze was finally exposed no longer, and it was completely offensive.

She was pressed against the door by him, and when she groaned, she finally realized that it was not an illusion. She reached out and hugged his neck, unable to resist asking, "What did you want to do when you first met?"

"Fuck you."

He lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "In front of him."

Hua Xiangwan sneered and was about to speak when she saw Xie Changji gently tuck her long hair behind her ears: "But I held back."

"I was not there when he died two hundred years ago. It was my fault," Xie Changji said with a slight gasp, "but when he comes back to life, if this bead is still there -"

He didn't say anything else. He lowered his head and kissed her, entangled with her.

Hua Xiangwan hugged him tightly, leaving him no chance to make a sound.

All patience will be repaid double, Hua Xiangwan experienced this deeply that night.

Then, looking at the sky which was turning pale, she couldn't help but discuss with him: "Xie Changji, we should communicate in advance in the future. Don't always hold it in. It's not good."

"It's okay," Xie Changji kissed her earlobe, "I'm very happy like this."

"What I mean is," Hua Xiangwan clenched her fists, unable to bear it any longer, "this is very bad for me!"