Chapter 76 076 Wrong Path
Chapter 76
Kong Fan's fingers, which were supporting Yingji's lower back, moved slightly.
Greed is running rampant.
He looked into Yingji's eyes and slowly leaned down. When Kongfan was about to kiss her, Yingji suddenly climbed onto his shoulders and used the force to spin up.
Kong Fan saw Ying Ji's red veil fluttering past him. His arms were empty. Kong Fan raised his eyes and looked at her.
Yingji reached out her hand and gently touched Kongfan's brow with her fingertips. She smiled and said, "Monk, you must control yourself."
Kong Fan frowned, then smiled helplessly and shook his head.
Yingji raised an eyebrow and looked toward Wangu Mountain. The smile in her eyes slowly faded, replaced by a determined look. She said casually, "The more troubles I encounter, the more I want to succeed."
Kong Fan looked at her.
The sunset glow draped over her like a fierce battle robe.
Kong Fan slowly lowered his eyes and twisted the Buddhist beads with his fingertips again and again.
"Are there new difficulties in the Sky-Tearing Formation? Why are you so worried?" Ying Ji asked.
Kong Fan shook his head.
Yingji suddenly bent down, came close to Kongfan, and said, "So you still want to persuade me not to refine the demon."
Kong Fan looked at her cheek approaching him, speechless.
"Speak." Yingji urged.
Yingji suddenly frowned and felt annoyed.
She was determined to continue on this path she had chosen, no matter what. Even Kong Fan couldn't stop her. She was determined, but she still hoped to gain Kong Fan's approval.
They had been through so much together, didn't he still understand her persistence?
Kong Fan stared at the resolute expression in Ying Ji's eyes for a long moment in silence. He placed a kiss on Ying Ji's slightly furrowed brows, then asked, "Ah Ying, if I activate the Sky-tearing Formation first, allowing you to practice, will you give up refining the demon?"
"cannot."
Kong Fan slowly closed his eyes.
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Yingji had originally made plans with Jianfeng, but now that Jianfeng was driven away, she needed to rethink her plan. She also needed to prepare a wake-up talisman. Having experienced the nightmare vine before, Yingji was on guard this time to avoid being haunted again. After all, compared to the nightmare demon, the nightmare vine's spells were much weaker.
Yingji fell asleep when it was almost dawn.
It was almost noon when Yingji woke up groggily, rubbing her stomach. She hadn't quite come to her senses yet, but her brows were furrowed in disgust as she realized she was hungry.
—She hated the necessities of being mortal.
Yingji opened her eyes and finally realized that she was not woken up by hunger, but was awakened by the fragrance.
Smells so good.
For a moment, she couldn't tell what the aroma outside was.
Was it done by Kong Fan?
No, this strong aroma of wine and meat doesn't sound like something he made.
Yingji leaned forward, opened the window, and looked out into the courtyard. She saw Kongfan's back, arranging dishes on a wooden table.
She opened her mouth to call Kong Fan, but paused, slowly frowned, and looked at his back in silence.
Only after the twelfth dish was placed did Kong Fan turn around, coughed lightly, and spoke calmly, "I found some delicious food. Ah Ying, come and try it."
Yingji didn't move and continued to look at him with a frown.
Kong Fan's eyes flickered as he glanced at the exquisite dishes on the table before saying, "Come and try some."
As if he suddenly remembered something, Kong Fan raised his hands hanging by his side and began to twirl the Buddhist beads.
Yingji wanted to roll her eyes speechlessly, sneered, and said unhappily, "Aren't you bored again and again?"
Kong Fan paused in his twirling of his Buddhist beads. He opened his mouth, about to offer some explanation, but swallowed his words back. He sighed deeply, and said rather dejectedly, "Where did I get caught?"
As he spoke, his voice changed and he returned to his original appearance.
He is not Kong Fan at all, but Jian Feng.
With a "bang", Yingji closed the window directly.
Jianfeng made a "tsk" sound and turned to look at Kong Fan in the shadows, feeling depressed and helpless.
Kong Fan smiled, his expression seemed to say - I told you that you would be found out.
After a while, Kong Fan pushed open the door of Ying Ji's room. He didn't go in. He just stood at the door and said, "Come out and eat something. Jian Feng has already left."
Yingji glanced at the topographic maps piled on the table, then stood up and walked towards Kongfan. Kongfan saw that she looked unhappy, so he took her hand and walked to the table.
Yingji looked at the food on the wooden table. Each dish was not only exquisite but also somewhat unfamiliar. She didn't recognize many of the dishes and had never eaten them before.
Kong Fan gently pressed her shoulder, asked her to sit down, and handed her the chopsticks. He sat down opposite Ying Ji, picked up his chopsticks, and said with a smile, "I'll be doing you a favor and trying some of the cuisine of the twelve countries."
Yingji raised her eyelids and looked at him, seeming a little puzzled.
"The most famous specialties of each of the twelve countries are all here." Kong Fan explained.
Yingji then looked at the food on the table again. Without Kongfan's explanation, Yingji knew it was Jianfeng who brought it.
From yesterday afternoon to today noon, Jianfeng traveled to all twelve countries?
"So free." she said.
Kong Fan nodded in agreement and said, "Maybe it's because last time he asked me what my favorite food was, and I said I didn't have one. So he wants you to try different things and find your favorite."
Yingji was silent for a moment, then repeated, "So free."
Kong Fan nodded in agreement again.
Yingji wanted to say something more, but after a moment's thought, she swallowed her words and picked up her chopsticks to eat. She tasted each dish carefully, savoring the flavors of the food.
She used to always be annoyed by having to eat and rarely actually enjoyed the food.
When she had tasted the twelfth dish, Jian Feng appeared quietly, came to her side, and asked with a smile, "Which one is the best?"
Yingji resisted the urge to chase him away, but ignored him, pretending he didn't exist and continued eating.
Jianfeng didn't ask any more questions, but just watched her eat.
After a while, Yingji discovered that Jianfeng had moved the dishes. She was puzzled, but after thinking about it for a while, she was stunned.
——Jianfeng took the food that she had only tasted a bite of and didn't eat anymore away, and placed the dishes that she had eaten a few more bites of in front of her.
Yingji suddenly felt a little choked.
After a pause, she swallowed what she had in her mouth, looked up at Jian Feng, and said seriously, "We saved each other before, and we're even now. Can't we just have no contact or involvement in the future?"
"No." Jian Feng shook his head. "Have you forgotten our plan? My soul body is the most suitable for stealing. Your invisibility talisman is completely incomparable to my natural advantages."
"I can get what I want without you." Ying Ji refused coldly.
"Why? I haven't done anything wrong to you!" Jian Feng felt a pang in his heart. "I know, you originally had a crush on me, right? Suddenly you found out that I was your long-lost brother, and you couldn't accept it for a while!"
"Cough." Kong Fan choked on his tea and stared at Jian Feng with complicated eyes.
Yingji turned around and looked at Jianfeng in disbelief, asking, "No wonder you didn't live long."
Jianfeng talked to himself, deliberately angering Yingji, and nodded seriously to Yingji: "Being lovers is no different from being siblings. Both can stay together forever. Hahaha."
Yingji looked around, bent down, picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at Jianfeng, who laughed and hid.
Kong Fan poured himself another cup of tea and drank it slowly.
He glanced at Jianfeng who was jumping up and down, then looked at Yingji who was looking angry, and Kongfan's gaze gradually softened.
Bajiao, who was sleeping in the room, was woken up. She stretched, got up and walked out of the room. When she saw Jianfeng, she subconsciously raised the corner of her mouth, wanting to learn magic tricks from him. Suddenly remembering Yingji's words, Bajiao's face suddenly became serious and she shouted: "You come to bother the princess again, I will beat you!"
As he spoke, Bajiao transformed into a tiger, jumped up, and rushed towards Jianfeng, waving his tiger fists.
Jianfeng was stunned for a moment before he began to dodge.
"Hey, hey, hey, stop it! Have I been bad to you, you little heartless person!"
"Okay, okay, I've made peace with your princess!" He didn't want to hurt Basho, so he had no choice but to defend against Basho's powerful punches.
Yingji couldn't help laughing when she saw Bajiao waving his fist to drive Jianfeng away.
"This tea is good." Kong Fan poured a cup of tea for Ying Ji, "It was also brought by Jian Feng."
"I won't drink his food, and I won't eat his food." Ying Ji glanced at the delicacies on the table and stood up to leave.
Kong Fan took her hand and handed the chopsticks back to her. He said, "Eat first, then get angry."
Yingji raised her eyebrows and glared at him.
Kong Fan smiled and looked at her.
After a while, Yingji took the chopsticks handed to her by Kongfan in a bad mood and ate in silence.
"Jianfeng has been wandering alone for three hundred years, and he's so happy to have a younger sister." Kong Fan asked, "Aying, aren't you happy to have a brother like this?"
Yingji didn't say anything.
"He was just Jian Feng. He no longer considered himself Xue Zhong Jian. You can naturally forget his identity before his death."
"He's just a friend you make and someone you can talk to."
Ying Ji smiled cunningly, looked at Kong Fan and said, "Jian Feng has become my brother, you seem very happy?"
Kong Fan looked away as if nothing had happened, looking at the stubborn weeds swaying in the wind, and said softly, "Of course I'm happy that you have a family."
Although he didn't look at Yingji, Kong Fan knew she was looking at him.
He tightened his grip on the Buddhist beads. He was thinking, was this considered a lie? Probably not...
Well, not really.
"Kong Fan." Ying Ji called him.
Kong Fan's heart tightened, fearing that she would ask more questions. But Ying Ji only asked when he would return to Puja Temple.
"I have to go back tomorrow for something. You wait for me to come back before going to Wangu Mountain." Kong Fan said solemnly.
Yingji took a bite of a sweet, soft cookie she couldn't name and said, "You're not willing to help me, so what's the point of waiting for you to come back?"
Kong Fan was speechless.
Of course, he didn't want Ying Ji to get the poisonous spider fruit, because if she got the poisonous spider fruit, the next target would become the Bodhi Pill.
But he couldn't let her get hurt.
Ying Ji didn't want to make things difficult for Kong Fan. She said, "The Sky-tearing Formation is very important. You don't have to stay by my side all the time. I have things that are important to me, and you have yours. If we each work hard and achieve our own success, wouldn't that be great?"
Kong Fan looked into Yingji's eyes and remained silent.
She didn't know if it was just Yingji's imagination, but she felt that Kong Fan's gaze was filled with sadness. It wasn't just at this moment, but lately, Kong Fan had always given her an inexplicable feeling of worry and sorrow.
Kong Fan lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes obscuring the emotion in them. He repeated, "Wait until I come back."
He added, "If there's any special situation, let Jianfeng accompany you."
"Okay." Yingji said casually.
Kong Fan knew that she didn't listen and shook his head helplessly. Before returning to Pujia Temple, Kong Fan found Jian Feng and told him that he would be away for a while and asked him not to leave Ying Ji for the next few days.
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Kongfan hurried back to Puja Temple.
He arrived at the morning class and saw Kong Jing teaching in his old seat. Kong Fan listened for a while and then left with peace of mind.
When he turned around, he saw Master Daozhen smiling at him from a distance.
"Master." Kong Fan walked up to Master Daozhen.
Grandmaster Daozhen said, "You've asked Kongjing to do a lot of things for you recently."
"Junior brother, you have excellent wisdom and understanding, and are worthy of cultivation," Kong Fan said calmly. He wasn't being lazy and handing the position over to someone else, but rather, he was looking for a qualified successor for himself and for Phuka Temple.
Master Daozhen looked at Kongfan for a long time before turning around and heading towards the lotus pond.
Kong Fan followed his master's footsteps in silence.
The two people arrived at the lotus pond. The Bodhi tree, which had been quiet until now, began to shake with joy the moment Kong Fan arrived.
Kong Fan looked at the Bodhi leaves on the tree for a long time.
He asked, "Is Master disappointed with Kongfan? Do you feel like they think Kongfan has gone astray?"
Kong Fan has always known the rumors in the temple.
Those rumors of disagreement, regret, and anger.
He was once worshipped as a Buddha, but now he is tainted by the mundane world.
The bodhi leaves on the tree are shaking.
"Your own answer is the most important." said Master Daozhen.
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