18 Love Knot
Yun Ruchen straightened his back slowly, his eyelashes trembling as he looked over. He pursed his lips, then opened them again, bewildered. Were his parents about to write him another letter? His micro-expressions were amusing, like a small animal, feeling guilty yet observing the situation. "I... don't like it." He had barely finished speaking when shouts echoed from the next room. Yun Ruchen saw Feng Jingluo, seemingly expressionless, and raised his lips in a scornful smile. "Twelve!" With his hands on his knees and leaning forward to avoid Yun Ruchen's obstruction, Jiang Chen looked at Feng Jingluo and asked, "Why fight for a moment? If he gets a Earth-grade spiritual treasure, you and I can snatch it back without spending a penny." Feng Jingluo shook his head, not explaining why. Someone like the Shangyu Kingdom's prince didn't deserve this jade pendant. Bai Yuge rubbed his fingertips. Years of sword training had inevitably led to repeated wounds on his hands. While cultivators often relied on spiritual elixirs to aid them, scarring was inevitable, but it was still somewhat rough. His eyes inadvertently swept over Yun Ruchen's slender, plump fingers and his face, which exuded a casual and vibrant vigor. This jade pendant really suited him better than his own. Bai Yuge suppressed the momentary melancholy that surfaced in her heart, lowered her head and whispered, "I still have some spirit stones here." Xu Mobai couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth and shook his head teasingly. Was this a case of loving someone and loving their family, or was it just out of reach? He couldn't overshadow Bai Yuge at this moment, so he kept silent and stopped Jiang Chen from speaking. "No need." She didn't need spirit stones very often, so she had quite a few. Feng Jingluo liked to look directly into the eyes when speaking to people, never avoiding their gaze. The moment Bai Yuge raised her eyes, his gaze would pierce through her clear eyes, dragging his consciousness downward like a deep pool. He clenched his fists and hastily dodged, covering his mouth with his fingers and coughing softly as if choking. Yu Zizhi clasped his hands. One hundred and twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones were already worth far more than an earth-grade spirit treasure, even if it was the work of Wen Xuanqing. Although he was rich, he couldn't waste it so recklessly. But if he gave up, Yu Zizhi would feel embarrassed. He sat down, glanced at Yu Jun subtly, and snorted, "Let them go this time." This matter is not over! The jade pendant will eventually belong to Feng Jingluo. Sun Mingshan personally delivered it to her and cautiously instructed, "Although I am not worried about your safety, people like the prince of Shangyu Kingdom are annoying even if they don't bite. Please be careful." Feng Jingluo nodded. Jiang Chen held the spiritual medicine in his hands. Seeing Feng Jingluo casually handing over the token and spirit stones, he couldn't help but feel envious. Feng Jingluo noticed her gaze and said, "You should stop researching strange things...
Yun Ruchen straightened his back little by little, looking over with trembling eyelashes. He pursed his lips and then opened them blankly, wondering if his mother and father were going to write to him again.
His micro-expressions are very interesting, like a little animal that is guilty and observing people's words and expressions.
"I... don't like it." Just as he finished speaking, shouts came from the next room. Yun Ruchen saw Feng Jingluo, who seemed to have no expression, and raised his lips to smile contemptuously.
"twelve!"
With his hands on his knees and his body leaning forward to avoid Yun Ruchen's obstruction, Jiang Chen looked at Feng Jingluo and asked, "Why bother arguing for such a short time? If the Earth-level spiritual treasure falls into his hands, you and I can snatch it back without spending a penny."
Feng Jingluo shook his head without explaining the reason. Someone like the prince of Shangyu Kingdom was not worthy of this jade pendant.
Bai Yuge rubbed his fingertips. He had been practicing swordsmanship for years, so it was inevitable that his hands would repeatedly show some wounds. Although practitioners often used spiritual medicine to help them avoid scars, they were still somewhat rough.
His eyes inadvertently swept across Yun Ruchen's slender and plump fingers, and her face that was casual and full of vitality.
This jade pendant really suits him better than mine.
Bai Yuge suppressed the momentary melancholy that surfaced in his heart, lowered his head and said softly, "I still have some spirit stones here."
Xu Mobai couldn't help but smile and shook his head in a teasing manner. Was this considered loving someone and loving their dog, or was it something that was out of reach?
He couldn't overshadow Bai Yuge at this time, so he didn't speak and stopped Jiang Chen who was about to speak.
"No need." She didn't have many opportunities to use spirit stones, so she had quite a bit of them.
When Feng Jingluo talks to people, he likes to look directly into their eyes and never avoids their gaze.
The moment Bai Yuge raised his eyes, his consciousness would directly meet her clear eyes, like a deep pool dragging his consciousness down.
He clenched his fists, dodged in panic, covered the corners of his mouth with his fingers, and coughed a few times as if he was choking.
Yu Zizhi shook hands with his fingers, and one hundred and twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones were already far more valuable than an earth-grade spirit treasure, even if it was the work of Wen Xuanqing.
Although he is rich, he cannot waste it so recklessly.
But if he were to give up, Yu Zizhi would feel that he had lost face.
He sat down, glanced at Yu Jun vaguely, and snorted, "Let them go this time." This matter is not over yet!
The jade pendant ultimately belonged to Feng Jingluo. Sun Mingshan personally delivered it to her, cautiously instructing her, "I'm not worried about your safety, but people like the Shangyu prince are annoying, even if they don't bite. Please be careful."
Feng Jingluo nodded.
Jiang Chen was holding the elixir in his hand. Seeing Feng Jingluo casually handing over the token and the spirit stone, he couldn't help but feel envious.
Feng Jingluo noticed her gaze and said, "If you don't study some strange and bizarre elixirs, you won't end up penniless."
Jiang Chen disagreed. He put the elixir box into his storage ring and put his hands on his hips with a rather proud look on his face. "If you only research ordinary elixirs, how can you be worthy of the name of a genius?"
Pointing his thumb at himself, he said, "One day, I will be able to research a pill that can make a person immortal with just one pill."
Feng Jingluo chuckled lightly, not pouring cold water on him. "Wen Xuanqing wishes to become an immortal with a weapon, but you choose to become an immortal with an elixir. It really complements each other."
Jiang Chen was surprised, "Where did you hear the news?" She only knew that Wen Xuanqing disappeared to research higher-grade spiritual treasures, and had never heard that she wanted to refine a divine weapon.
"I just happened to hear that." Feng Jingluo said, "If you're destined to do so, you could research together. Perhaps combining the elixir and the artifact will produce a special effect."
Jiang Chen held his chin, thinking.
Several people walked out of the room. Yu Jun was already standing in front of the aisle fence, one hand on it, waving a fan, his eyes passing through the crowd and accurately falling on Feng Jingluo's face.
Behind them, Yu Zizi showed no anger, but just glared at them sinisterly.
Jiang Chen still wanted to feed him the alien pill. She exchanged glances with Xu Mobai and lowered her head to touch her nose.
Xu Mobai raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't let me take the blame later."
Yu Jun only took a glance and then looked back at the crowd below.
Several people walked down the stairs and left.
The distinguished guests naturally did not have to go through the crowded front door, they walked out from the other side.
Xu Mobai said, "I'm sure that guy will come to my house soon."
The night was dark, and the stars dotted the night sky like a chessboard. Feng Jingluo looked up at the sky. In Yun Ruchen's eyes, he didn't know whether the stars in the sky were brighter or her eyes.
"tonight."
She tilted her head, half smiling, as if she found what was about to happen amusing.
"He'll be here tonight."
"Why?"
"A man of presumptuous ambition cannot wait a night for revenge."
Jiang Chen muttered a few words quietly, and when Feng Jingluo's gentle gaze appeared in her eyes in the night, she pretended to turn around casually.
The group returned to the mansion amidst the sound of conversation.
After Xu Mobai and Jiang Chen said goodbye to her, they left while talking in low voices.
Bai Yuge fell behind by a few steps and had already been sent to the door of his house, so he could not continue to follow him.
He opened his mouth and only said, "Go to bed early."
He still didn't understand what Yun Ruchen said, that he shouldn't treat her as the moon in the sky, but as an ordinary person.
Come to think of it, he had actually been watching her from behind and rarely had the chance to walk side by side with her.
Not to mention talking to her face to face, fortunately, to outsiders he seemed taciturn and his smile was distant and cold, so no one knew the tangled emotions in his heart.
Yun Ruchen pushed open the door, and the two of them walked through the outer courtyard and into the inner courtyard. He was planning to go back to his room to rest, but was stopped by Feng Jingluo.
She walked to the stone table and sat down, raised her hand to call Yun Ruchen over, took out the teapot, poured tea into the cup, and pushed it to the edge of the table.
He walked over and sat down. In the darkness of the night, the wind blew a lingering feeling, making the two of them look like hermits living in the mountains like idle clouds and wild cranes.
"There are so many people these days, and it's noisy, so it's inevitable that the young master will be neglected."
Yun Ruchen laughed, "I'm not a child, why do I need you to take care of me all the time?"
Picking up the teacup, the rippling water reflected the smile in her eyes, "I'd better watch, lest the young master has someone kidnap him again."
Yun Ruchen felt embarrassed and tried to hide his emotion by drinking tea.
A pure white and lustrous jade pendant was pushed in front of her eyes, and her drooping eyelashes immediately lifted up.
"I can't take it. It's too expensive." Yun Ruchen curled his fingers and rubbed them, turning his head away, the curve of his neck sinking into his collar.
"You gave me a handkerchief, and now..." he said, "I haven't returned the gift."
"The lotus suits the Young Master very well." There was no extraneous emotion in her eyes, only pure admiration. "Pure and white."
His gaze dropped from his eyebrows to his lips, and his cheeks immediately turned red as if burning, making his black pupils dodge in panic.
"I think I'd rather hang this jade pendant around my waist." He picked up the jade pendant, which dangled and swayed before being passed to Yun Ruchen. "Don't reject me."
Through the gap in the hollow carved lotus, Yun Ruchen saw her eyes flashing behind the jade pendant.
He took the jade pendant in his palm and felt a warm and cool touch, which made his palm seem to be a little warmer.
Yun Ruchen suddenly regretted that his storage ring only contained some useless books, and there was not even anything for him to return the gift.
He really wanted to go back to his clan and find an item in his mother or father's private storehouse to give as a return gift.
He took off the ordinary jade pendant from his waist and put on this earth-level spiritual treasure.
His fingers stroked the knot, and the light green color wrapped around his fingertips. His hands were graceful and more eye-catching than the jade pendant.
When Yun Ruchen raised his hand, he happened to see the other party looking at his hand. He had no intention of offending him, but such a pure look made him more flustered than any offense.
"I've delayed Ruchen's rest for a while. I believe the people will be here soon."
Looking outside the wall, there was silence all around.
After Yu Zizi left the auction, he found an opportunity to inform the accompanying guards and ordered them to hire some people at a high price to cause trouble for Feng Jingluo and others.
Although she is famous, money is ultimately what attracts people.
On one hand, Yu Zizi was willing to hire him at a high price, and on the other hand, Feng Jingluo was generous twice, so many people in Qinzhou City had already been tempted.
Figures flickered in the night, a group of people rushing here without any prior arrangement. Feng Jingluo was still drinking his tea leisurely, not wanting to spare a glance for those people.
Before they could get close, a white figure flashed and appeared on the roof of the outer courtyard.
The silver sword emitted a hazy white light under the moonlight, and the white clothes fluttered. Then the sword flew out, and there seemed to be thousands of silver lights wrapped around it, intercepting the intruders in the distance.
The sword light stirred up a strong wind, blowing her hair. Bai Yuge fell from the roof tiles and hung in the air. She swung the sword, and the bright moon in the sky seemed to be attracted.
Yun Ruchen only felt that the moon was brighter, with a faint light shining down, illuminating Bai Yuge's figure, which was blurry, like a jade sculpture in the fog.
The scream was only brief, and Xu Mobai appeared, carrying the figure that fell to the ground and leaving.
Jiang Chen also walked out slowly, but because she was separated from the house, Yun Ruchen couldn't see her searching the body for valuables.
Bai Yuge didn't look towards the courtyard. As he fell, his eyes swept over the corpse.
"A bunch of brainless idiots, they are greedy for money and want to separate people." Jiang Chen squatted on the ground and withdrew his hand in disgust.
"If you ask me, it would be better to rob the prince and save us from trouble."
Xu Mobai landed, his toes touching the ground. "Please, can you not let me do all the dirty work alone?"
Bai Yuge didn't say anything. He frowned and looked into the distance. There was someone standing on the roof. Although far away, he could still feel the dangerous aura flowing around him.
"Don't go out when you are exposed to dust." After finishing the tea, Feng Jingluo stood up and jumped, landing on the roof and facing the man from a distance.
The visitor walked in the air as if taking a leisurely stroll in the garden, observing their expressions while waving a fan as if enjoying the scenery.
"What? After the prince, the princess also wants to cause trouble for us?" Xu Mobai asked.
Yu Jun ignored her, her eyes fixed on Feng Jingluo, "I came here for you."
Putting away the fan and tapping his chin, Yu Jun smiled and said, "I guess you knew I would come a long time ago."
"There aren't many young people I'm interested in, and you're the one I'm most satisfied with."
"I heard that you appeared in Qinzhou City, which happens to be not far from Shangyu State, so I rushed here to meet you."
She spoke succinctly and directly from the heart, "Would you be willing to return to Shangyu with me?"
Yu Jun added, "Don't worry about Yu Zizhi. He will be sent to a neighboring country to marry soon. He won't be a bother to you anymore."
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