Hearing this, Xie Changji lowered his eyes slightly.

She is indeed different from when she was young.

At the age of eighteen, Hua Xiangwan wished that her lover would only have her in his eyes and his heart would be filled with her without any hesitation.

But now she hopes that the person she loves can soar into the sky like an eagle, even if he is far away from her, she will be happy with it.

He looked at the woman in front of him, feeling the charming charm that the traces of time left on her body brought out. Seeing that he didn't say anything, Hua Xiangwan took the initiative to pull him up and said happily: "Let's go and see Sui Wen and the others."

Seeing Hua Xiangwan's insistence, Xie Changji did not refuse. To him, if they had agreed to end the relationship, it would be best if they had no connection at all, but if they insisted on being involved, he would not object.

The disciples of the Sky Sword Sect fled in droves at last, but none of them suffered any serious injuries. When Hua Xiangwan led Xie Changji to the window, they heard Sui Wen using the Jade Transmission Tablet to brag to other disciples of the Sky Sword Sect about how heroic he was on the battlefield. Changsheng, who was holding a bag of melon seeds next to him, was flirting with other disciples with disdain and talking down to him.

A group of disciples were chattering, and it seemed very lively. Hua Xiangwan stood at the door, but did not go in immediately. He coughed a few times as a reminder. Everyone else turned around and saw Hua Xiangwan and Xie Changji. Their eyes lit up: "Shang Jun! Grandmother!"

Upon hearing the title "Grandmother Master", Hua Xiangwan couldn't help but look at Xie Changji. Xie Changji looked calm and said, "You don't have to call me Lord. I'm just the Young Lord of Hehuan Palace now."

"ah?"

It was obvious that no one had received this news. Sui Wen scratched his head, not quite understanding: "Then... the headmaster didn't tell me."

Xie Changji was a little surprised by this. He frowned slightly and asked, "Master?"

"Yes," Sui Wen said in bewilderment, "When Hehuan Palace was surrounded the day before yesterday, you didn't give the order and we were worried. Suddenly, the leader sent a message to us, asking us to help the Lord to protect Hehuan Palace."

Xie Changji's expression changed slightly when he heard these words. Everyone looked at him quietly and asked in confusion, "Shang Jun?"

Xie Changji didn't say anything. After a long time, he just nodded. Seeing that he didn't ask any more questions, Hua Xiangwan took the initiative to ask about the situations of all his disciples. It was as if everyone had never seen the scene when he was possessed by a demon. Everything was the same as before.

After making sure that the disciple was fine, Hua Xiangwan left with Xie Changji.

The two of them walked along the corridor. Hua Xiangwan held his hand and said happily, "You guessed wrong, didn't you? These disciples don't mind at all. You will always be the supreme ruler in their hearts."

Xie Changji said nothing. He walked on the road. Hua Xiangwan held his hand and said softly, "They all admire you and love you. Your leader, Kunxuzi, they all care about you..."

"Why are you telling me this?"

Xie Changji stopped and turned to look at her. Hua Xiangwan was stunned, but Xie Changji's eyes knew clearly: "Are you afraid that I will become possessed?"

Hua Xiangwan didn't respond immediately. She paused for a moment and smiled.

"I'm afraid that the two hundred years of snow and wind in the world of life and death are too cold," she raised her hand to brush her hair, tucking it behind her ears, and said softly, "You've chilled your heart."

When he was young and hadn't thought anything through, he lost everything he had and his loved ones. After that, he entered the realm of life and death and spent two hundred years in the company of killing and the pill of despair.

God didn't even give him the chance to understand this world, as it was cut off early.

Xie Changji said nothing, he just looked at her quietly.

Seeing that he hadn't said anything for a long time, Hua Xiangwan raised her eyebrows and said, "I'm speaking so frankly, and you don't even say something to move me?"

"What about you?"

Xie Changji only asked, Hua Xiangwan was stunned, and then heard Xie Changji ask: "Then don't you feel resentment in these two hundred years?"

Ordinary people who had experienced what she had experienced would have become extreme and narrow-minded, but she was always sober, never angry with him, never resented him, and could distinguish right from wrong, taking revenge when necessary and complaining when necessary.

Hua Xiangwan listened and smiled softly: "I am different from you. I have someone to accompany me."

As she spoke, she turned her head and looked towards the courtyard, her eyes gentle: "Although I encountered many bad things along the way, Yunshang was with me, Xue Zidan was with me, and there were also Master and Elders... I was not alone. And the most frightening thing in this world," Hua Xiangwan turned her head and looked up at him under the light. The light fell into her eyes, and she spoke softly, "is being alone."

After hearing this, Xie Changji suddenly understood why he felt that the realm of life and death was not a good place.

He lowered his eyes and thought carefully. Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Hua Xiangwan took the initiative to pull him over and said happily, "Let's go. If you want to talk about the past, let's go back to the room and don't stand here."

Xie Changji was dragged back to the room by her, and he didn't say a word all the way. He was always silent, and Hua Xiangwan didn't care. It was not until the two of them lay on the bed and Xie Changji was still lying quietly that Hua Xiangwan finally realized something was wrong.

She stood up, looked down at the young man in a single shirt, staring at the bed curtains, and asked in confusion, "Xie Changji?"

"Um?"

Xie Changji listened to her question, looked down and responded.

Hua Xiangwan looked at him and asked cautiously: "What are you thinking about?"

Xie Changji paused, as if he felt that this topic should not be discussed any further.

Hua Xiangwan poked him with her finger: "You...you be different, I'm scared."

"I just want to know," Xie Changji lowered his eyes, "who accompanied you and how they accompanied you."

Hearing this, Hua Xiangwan breathed a sigh of relief. She lay down sideways, supported her head, and looked at the person who was not sleeping on the bed.

"If you want to ask, just ask directly. Why are you sitting there in silence?"

"If you don't tell me if I ask, I'll be even more unhappy. It's better not to ask." Xie Changji spoke frankly and in a flat tone. There was no complaint in his tone, but Hua Xiangwan inexplicably felt guilty when she heard it.

She coughed lightly and said generously: "I can't say things that will affect others, but I can still say these things."

Xie Changji didn't quite believe it. He turned to look at her. Hua Xiangwan quickly said, "If you don't believe me, ask me."

"What's going on between you and Qin Yunshang?"

"We've been playing together since we were young," Hua Xiangwan said casually, "Her mother was originally the Saint of Tianji Palace. Tianji Palace has a special status in the Western Territory. It tells fortunes and tells divinations, and basically stays out of the world. It's said that it's under the jurisdiction of Hehuan Palace. But just like Dao Zong, Qingle Palace can't control Dao Zong, and we can't control Tianji Palace either. However, even though we can't control it, our friendship is there, so her mother and my mother were close friends before she got married, but few people know about this. Later, her mother was killed by Qin Fenglie. She was deceived by sweet words and left Tianji Palace to marry in Mingluan Palace. After she got married, her health was not good. After a few years, Qin Fenglie fell in love with Qin Yunyi's mother and had an affair with Qin Yunyi. Qin Yunyi's mother was the eldest daughter of the Sword Sect. Her cultivation, status and appearance were not inferior to Yunshang's mother. So not long after Qin Yunyi followed her mother back to the palace, Yunshang's mother died. After Qin Yunyi's mother was promoted to the position of the legitimate wife, she became the young master, and Yunshang became a concubine instead. "

"Later, people from all the palaces and sects came to study in Hehuan Palace, and she followed them. My mother asked me to take good care of her, but Qin Fenglie actually didn't get along with my mother. In order not to cause trouble for her, I went to meet him secretly, and we became familiar with each other. Hehuan Palace was her second home, and she was familiar with all the senior brothers and sisters in the palace. Later, she fell in love with the second senior brother, and it was me who helped her to pursue him. You also know what happened afterwards. Something happened in Hehuan Palace. After Wangxiu died, she wanted to leave the Western Territory, but I persuaded her to leave in the end."

"What did you advise her to do?"

"Help me." Hua Xiangwan smiled. "I want revenge and I also want to resurrect my brothers and sisters, so I asked her to stay and work for me in Mingluan Palace. In exchange, I will resurrect Cheng Wangxiu and make her the Palace Master of Mingluan Palace."

Xie Changji was silent, looking at the bed curtains, as if thinking. Hua Xiangwan leaned over and asked flatteringly, "Anyone else want to ask?"

"Where's Xue Zidan?"

Xie Changji blurted out, and Hua Xiangwan froze instantly.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Xie Changji turned around and said in a light tone: "Inconvenient?"

"no."

Hua Xiangwan coughed lightly, not daring to look at Xie Changji, and said frankly: "What's the inconvenience? It's all in the past. He's just a doctor."

"How did you get to know each other?"

Xie Changji didn't let her evade the question. Hua Xiangwan knew immediately after hearing it and asked for a long time that he was waiting here.

She had a headache, so she simply lay down and sighed as if she accepted her fate: "It's a long story. Xue Zidan used to be a drug addict. He was raised by his grandfather since he was a child. His grandfather was the leader of the Medicine Sect and a living Bodhisattva who saved the world with a hanging pot. But he was different. He was obsessed with developing various poisons since he was a child. His grandfather always disagreed with him making poisons, but the more his grandfather stopped him, the more rebellious he became. He fought with his grandfather for many years, one poisoning and the other saving people, until the Medicine Sect was in turmoil, and his uncle Xue Ran used his poison to poison his grandfather to death."

Hearing this, Xie Changji turned around and Hua Xiangwan smiled bitterly: "He and his grandfather have been fighting for so many years, and in the end, he still developed a poison that his grandfather couldn't cure. The Medicine Sect was divided into two factions, and Xue Ran's position was actually not stable. After he assassinated Xue Zidan's grandfather, he sent people to hunt him down, hoping to kill him before his grandfather's people could react. Fortunately, he was smart and escaped all the way. At the critical moment of life and death, he happened to meet me who went to the Medicine Sect to seek medical treatment."

"And then?"

"Then I brought him back to Medicine Sect. He took over his grandfather's power and pretended not to know how his grandfather died. Xue Ran saw that he was young and ignorant and the cost of killing him was too high, so he let him go and let him continue to be the young master. I stayed in Medicine Sect... to seek medical treatment."

"And then?"

"Then..." Hua Xiangwan became a little vague at the end, "Then he treated me and I learned how to make drugs from him. Maybe it was because I was too pretty, so he told me to try it together while he was treating me. Then... two lonely, destitute, desperate people, just, anyway, they almost got together."

"Why aren't you together?"

Xie Changji's face showed no emotion, but Hua Xiangwan's heart was beating fast. She answered honestly, "Well... I was learning how to make poison, and one day I discovered... the poison that He Huan Palace drank that day..." Hua Xiangwan said with some difficulty, "It was extreme bliss."

After hearing this, Xie Changji understood.

Even if Xue Zidan did not mean it, the poison he made became the culprit for the disaster in Hehuan Palace. So no matter whether Hua Xiangwan was attracted to him or not, she could not be with him.

"Then I couldn't be with him, so we separated. He felt guilty after knowing this. He felt that his grandfather was right and that he shouldn't have learned to make poisons, so he changed his career and became a doctor wholeheartedly. At that time, I went to the Medicine Sect not only to seek medical treatment, but also to get their Soul-Fixing Pill, which is the Medicine Sect's most precious treasure. It just so happened that I was afraid that he would be implicated in the future, so I used him to steal the Soul-Fixing Pill back, and staged a scene of us becoming enemies, and successfully escaped."

"After that, he continued to be my doctor, saying that he wanted to redeem Hehuan Palace. Later, he found out that I was planning to revive Hehuan Palace. You said that since there were so many people, one more or one less of his grandfather wouldn't make much difference, so he decided to follow me."

Hua Xiangwan quickly summarized what happened next and looked up at Xie Changji carefully.

Xie Changji listened to her words, thought for a moment, and asked, "What do you want the Soul-Fixing Pill for?"

"Just..." Hua Xiangwan gritted her teeth and said, "Save Shen Yichen's body."

"So you met him not long after you came back from Yunlai?"

When this question came up, Hua Xiangwan felt like she was about to suffocate.

She suddenly regretted being honest with Xie Changji. He was like a blank sheet of paper, so she could be honest with him easily. But she had a lot of problems.

She swallowed, turned over with her back to Xie Changji, and said anxiously, "I'm asleep."

Xie Changji didn't say anything. After a while, he dragged her to his side, forced her to stand up straight, and turned over to press on her.

Hua Xiangwan raised her hands to cover her face: "I'm asleep, I'm really asleep."

Xie Changji said nothing. He pulled her hands apart and placed them at his sides, then lowered his head and kissed her lips.

After a while, Hua Xiangwan hugged his neck, looking a little aggrieved: "It's all in the past, I've confessed and let it go, why are you still angry?"

Xie Changji grabbed her hair, forced her to expose her throat, and bit it like an animal: "I'm not angry with you."

"Don't try to fool me!" Hua Xiangwan gritted her teeth, "I know better than you whether you are angry or not!"

Hearing this, Xie Changji raised his rather deep eyes and looked at her: "I'm angry with myself."

Hua Xiangwan was a little confused. Xie Changji raised his hand and placed it on her scar, then buried it in her neck and said in a low voice: "Xue Zidan knows about this scar."

"He's a doctor, of course he knows." Hua Xiangwan was confused and didn't understand what he was struggling with.

"It would have been better if we hadn't separated back then." Xie Changji spoke softly, with a hint of regret and self-blame in his voice.

If they had not separated back then, she would not have this scar, and there would not be anyone who knew about the scar.

Hua Xiangwan couldn't answer him. She just looked at the lanterns swaying in the courtyard, thinking vaguely -

It’s Xue Zidan.

It must be Xue Zidan who is harming her!!

Hua Xiangwan wrote down the matter of questioning Xue Zidan in a small notebook.

But when she woke up the next morning, she was overwhelmed by trivial matters and had no time to find trouble with Xue Zidan, so she gave up.

The news that Zhao Nan had come to Hehuan Palace spread quickly, and along with it came the news that Wang Chun, the elder of Mingluan Palace, had passed away.

Less than two days after Wang Chun's death, the other elders and people of Mingluan Palace also fled. Then the news that Qin Yunyi absorbed Wang Chun's cultivation spread everywhere.

When Hua Xiangwan heard the news, she knew the time was almost ripe. Two days later, Qin Yunshang happily rushed to the study: "Ah Wan!"

Hua Xiangwan was looking at how to allocate the training secret realms in Qingle Palace to the disciples. When she heard the voice, she looked up and saw Qin Yunshang's expression, and she knew the result: "Good news?"

"Chen Shun is dead."

Qin Yunshang spoke, and Hua Xiangwan was not surprised. She just asked, "How did he die?"

"The news just came from Mingluan Palace. After Qin Yunyi digested Wang Chun's cultivation, she seemed to have climbed two levels and reached the same level as Chen Shun. Then, she took advantage of Chen Shun's inattention and killed him! Now Qin Yunyi is the only one left in Mingluan Palace. Hurry up and go there before she finishes digesting Chen Shun!"

After hearing this, Hua Xiangwan thought for a while, looked for more information, and after repeatedly checking the information, she finally confirmed the news.

"Lingbei." Hua Xiangwan put down the letter in his hand, looked up at Lingbei standing beside him, and ordered, "Let the disciples prepare, and borrow the spirit boat from the young master. Tomorrow, come with me to Mingluan Palace."

Ling Bei waited for this for a long time, then immediately suppressed his excitement and responded, then turned around and walked out.

Hehuan Palace suddenly became busy, and at this time, in Mingluan Palace, Qin Yunyi dragged the bloody sword and walked step by step to the altar.

She collapsed on the table exhausted and put her hands on it.

The incense used for summoning was emitting green smoke in the room. She panted softly, and soon she heard a gentle voice coming from behind her: "Young Master Qin, do you want to talk to me about something?"

Hearing the voice, Qin Yunyi turned around and saw a young man wearing a mask, holding a folding fan, and with a gentle expression.

She stared at him coldly and smiled slowly: "Demon Lord, you are here?"