Chapter 173, Chapter 9: The Blind Girl in the World of High Martial Arts
Her voice remained gentle, with a slight panting from the battle.
Xu Qingzhou subconsciously looked behind her.
There, the members of the demonic cult lay scattered on the ground, the white snow and green grass intertwined, creating a strange and magnificent scene.
But the man was nowhere to be found.
"And him?"
Yu Wanwan blinked, her tone as relaxed as if she were talking about the weather.
"He's dead."
Xu Qingzhou was startled again, and murmured the same thing over and over.
"Dead?"
"Um."
Yu Wanwan nodded, her expression somewhat regretful.
"It's a pity, though, only a fragment of his spirit died."
It is said that a cunning rabbit has three burrows.
That bastard is incredibly cunning; he has countless ways to save his life.
No one knows how many escape routes he has or how many ways he can escape.
However, being able to kill one of his demigods and destroy one of his avatars is still a good outcome.
"So what are you thinking?"
She didn't dwell on the issue, but brought the topic back, not allowing him to avoid it.
Xu Qingzhou remained silent, his Adam's apple bobbing, a hint of hesitation in his voice.
"you……"
Yu Wanwan listened quietly, without urging him, patiently waiting for him to continue.
Xu Qingzhou suddenly felt a dryness in his throat, as if something was blocking it.
He cleared his throat, then lowered his eyes and slowly voiced his concerns.
I didn't dare look at her expression.
"Xiao Wan, do you... think my cultivation level is too low?"
His voice carried a barely perceptible hardness.
He never doubted her feelings for him.
That feeling of powerlessness, that feeling of powerlessness that almost drove him crazy.
Ultimately, it stems from his lack of self-confidence.
She was so dazzling, so dazzling, that he often worried about her.
Am I really worthy of her? Am I really... able to keep her?
These uncertainties and insecurities have been lurking ever since I started dating her.
Until this time, she was completely ignited by that man.
Like a maggot clinging to his bone, it constantly gnawed at his Daoist heart.
Xu Qingzhou pursed her lips, anxiously awaiting her answer.
Yu Wanwan's smile faded, her brows furrowed, and her face was full of confusion.
"Are you misunderstanding something about me?"
"I don't!"
Xu Qingzhou hurriedly spoke up to explain, afraid that she would misunderstand that he was questioning her.
"I just..."
I'm afraid I'm not good enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with her.
Yu Wanwan didn't give him a chance to finish speaking, interrupting him gently.
"Xu Qingzhou, there are some things I will only say once, so remember them well."
Xu Qingzhou's eyelashes trembled, and after a long while, she gave a soft "hmm".
"I got to where I am today, standing in this position, not to find a big tree for myself to take shelter under."
Her voice was steady and gentle, with an inexplicable certainty, each word striking Xu Qingzhou's heart clearly.
"Moreover, when it comes to large trees..."
Yu Wanwan paused for a moment, then a familiar, slightly languid smile returned to her lips.
"I am the big tree that people want to climb up."
These were words that were arrogant and unrestrained to the point of being outrageous.
But when she said it in that light, airy tone, it sounded like she was stating an undeniable fact.
No, it's not just like that, it's a fact.
Yu Wanwan raised her hand and patted his tense arm.
"Not many people can climb my tree, you are the first, so cherish it."
She leaned forward slightly, close to his ear, her gentle breath brushing against his earlobe, sending shivers down his spine.
"Dare to go outside and find other crooked trees..."
She deliberately slowed her tone so he could hear her more clearly.
"I'll kill you, hang you from this big tree of mine, and make you the best fertilizer!"
[...]
【Wanwan, don't you think he needs comfort, not threats, right now?】
Although it doesn't really understand how other people date.
But that's definitely not the case!
"..."
Xu Qingzhou also had some reservations.
All feelings of inferiority, insecurity, and uncertainty vanished under her chilling warning.
Looking at her profile so close to mine, I saw a sly smile in her empty eyes.
He seemed quite satisfied with the effect he had created.
Xu Qingzhou was silent for a moment, then suddenly chuckled softly.
A slight tremor ran through my chest, and the gloom that had been hanging over my heart vanished completely.
He reached out and pulled her into his arms, resting his chin on the top of her head, inhaling the faint scent of herbs on her body, his voice tinged with a sigh.
"Alright, I'll only rely on you, my big tree. If one day I run out of nutrients, I hope... you'll take good care of me?"
Yu Wanwan leaned against him and nodded in satisfaction.
"Good awareness."
Before they could enjoy their intimacy for long, a faint groan came from the side.
"Hmm..."
Zhuang Xinyue, who had been forgotten under the tree, slowly awoke.
Xu Qingzhou then remembered that he had important business to attend to and quickly released Yu Wanwan.
"Her poison..."
"It was solved a long time ago."
Yu Wanwan waved her hand.
"I just casually pulled that thing out during the fight."
"..."
So, she was fighting so fiercely that the world was collapsing, yet she still had time to save people?
Yu Wanwan walked to Zhuang Xinyue's side and felt her pulse.
"He lost too much blood and will need to recuperate for a while."
With a flick of his wrist, he took out several silver needles and pricked several acupoints on her body.
Once her breathing had calmed down, he took out a porcelain bottle and handed it to her.
"It replenishes qi and blood. Take one pill daily for seven consecutive days."
Zhuang Xinyue clutched the porcelain bottle and weakly thanked her.
"Thank you, Valley Master Zhen."
Yu Wanwan simply smiled.
"Where is Chen Liuyun?"
Zhuang Xinyue's face suddenly turned extremely pale, and her breathing became quite disordered.
"Don't mention that traitor again."
She closed her eyes, her voice as cold as ice, filled with the pain of being betrayed by the person she trusted most.
"He personally handed me over to those demonic cultists, and the poison I was given back then... was also administered by him."
Yu Wanwan was slightly taken aback, and Xu Qingzhou was also surprised.
"How could that be? Young Master Shen's feelings for Miss Zhuang..."
He suddenly realized something halfway through his speech.
Xu Qingzhou glanced at Yu Wanwan and saw her nod before turning around and walking to the white-clad man lying in the snow.
He pursed his lips and lifted the mask off the man's face.
The man's face was gradually revealed until the mask was completely removed.
This person was none other than Shen Liuyun!
The two exchanged a glance and suddenly understood why Zhuang Xinyue's poison could not be cured.
They also understood why the Demonic Church knew their whereabouts so well.
He just didn't understand why that man, who clearly had such great strength, didn't just kill Zhuang Xinyue directly, but instead used such a roundabout method.
After glancing at Zhuang Xinyue, Xu Qingzhou ultimately asked nothing and went to check on Chen Liuyun's condition.
After a moment, he shook his head with a solemn expression.
"It's hopeless."
Yu Wanwan was not surprised.
Wanqichao was never someone easy to deal with.
It is likely that from the moment he was born into this world, Shen Liuyun's soul was already devoured.
I just don't know how long he's been here.
According to Zhuang Xinyue, he was the one who poisoned her, which at least means that he arrived before she and Xu Qingzhou.
Yu Wanwan sighed as she glanced at Zhuang Xinyue, whose eyes were filled with a mixture of love and hate.
"Miss Zhuang."
She spoke softly.
"The Shen Liuyun you see is no longer the same person he used to be."
Zhuang Xinyue suddenly looked up, a faint light flashing in her eyes.
Soon, that glimmer of light dimmed again.
“Valley Master Zhen, there’s no need to comfort me. I’m not that fragile.”
"It's not a consolation."
Yu Wanwan's tone was gentle and calm.
"The real Shen Liuyun is probably long dead. The person with you has always been the villain who possessed his body."
Zhuang Xinyue was stunned.
"Possession? That's not... something from a storybook..."
"no."
For Zhuang Xinyue, this truth was even more cruel than Shen Liuyun's betrayal.
But she has the right to know the truth.
"Possession is something that even a Celestial Realm expert can do."
"If you don't believe me, you might as well go back and ask Alliance Leader Zhuang."
Yu Wanwan was unaware whether Zhuang Xinyue had asked the Alliance Leader Zhuang.
All that is known is that shortly after they returned, the Shen family held a funeral for Shen Liuyun.
On the day of the funeral, Zhuang Xinyue, as Shen Liuyun's deceased wife, helped carry his coffin.
After Shen Liuyun's burial, the leader of the Zhuang Alliance issued a hero's decree, summoning martial arts figures from all corners of the land to discuss the campaign against the Demonic Sect.
As the young master of Wuliu Manor, Xu Qingzhou naturally had to attend.
Yu Wanwan did not go.
She wasn't interested in that.
Xu Qingzhou didn't force her. He arranged everything in the valley properly and made sure she didn't need to do anything herself in the short term before leaving the Valley of Death.
Three days after he left, a guest arrived in the Valley of Death.
"Tsk, even in this situation you're still not going back. Looks like that little guy is quite important to you."
If Xu Qingzhou were here, he would definitely recognize that this person was the man he had seen in the Cosmic Sea.
Qin Huai, the director of the Time and Space Administration.
Yu Wanwan was squatting in the herb garden watering the plants, and she didn't even look up when she heard this.
"Upgrade complete?"
"Of course, when have I ever made a mistake in my work?"
Yu Wanwan chuckled, picked up the small water bottle, and precisely avoided the herbs before returning to the center of the courtyard.
"I wonder who was almost assimilated by the small world back then."
"..."
Qin Huai choked, his face darkening as he threw the small ball of light he was holding at her face.
"Would you die if we didn't talk about this?!"
Yu Wanwan raised her hand and caught the ball of light accurately, examining it closely for a while.
Are you sure there's no problem?
It feels quite different from the system of his Time Management Bureau.
Qin Huai rolled his eyes and sat on the stone bench with his legs crossed.
"This thing isn't a system I created, so of course it's different!"
Their core structures are different, and their functions are also different.
If they are the same, wouldn't that mean they are products of his management bureau?
Yu Wanwan didn't quite understand this either.
Hearing him say that, he nodded and casually flicked the ball of light away, letting it return to Xu Qingzhou.
"Alright, you can get lost now!"
It perfectly embodies the ruthless and heartless characteristic of using and discarding things after use.
"..."
Qin Huai cursed under his breath.
"Knowing you guys is the worst thing that could have happened to me in my past life!"
Yu Wanwan simply smiled and remained silent.
He didn't linger, getting up while grumbling.
A shallow vortex appeared in the air. Before stepping into the vortex, Qin Huai paused and looked back.
"I rarely get to go to the virtual world, are you really not coming with me?"
Yu Wanwan lowered her eyes and fiddled with a flower beside her.
"Let's wait a little longer."
"Tsk."
Qin Huai rubbed his hair in annoyance, reached into his sleeve, pulled out a watch, glanced at it a few times, and tossed it to her.
Upon catching the watch, Yu Wanwan paused for a moment, then looked up.
"My wife Qin made this little gadget on the spot. It can stabilize the soul, but it can only last for about ten years."
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