Chapter 113 It was just a sword; once it's lost, it's lost.
The trouble Shen Yingxue was referring to was naturally Li Xiao.
For some reason, Yu Qingzhou vaguely felt that these words were clearly directed at her.
Especially when two deep gazes swept across his neck, Yu Qingzhou almost subconsciously raised his hand to touch the side of his neck.
He was immediately taken aback, and a faint stinging pain shot up where his fingertips had touched, something he hadn't noticed before.
When was it?
After much thought, the only option seemed to be that one night...
In fact, Yu Qingzhou's memories of that time were not very clear. Firstly, due to his serious injuries and the invasion of miasma, his consciousness was already blurred and he was in a daze.
Secondly, he really didn't want to keep such a bizarre experience in his heart, as thinking about it would only increase his shame.
But Shen Yingxue's seemingly casual glances at him were like an invisible hand, quietly and gently lifting the veil covering that memory.
Yu Qingzhou instinctively wanted to block it with her hand, but then felt that it would be like trying to hide something obvious.
If his senior sister's glance was truly casual, his overreaction would make him seem guilty.
Just as he lowered his hand, his senior sister's voice rang out again.
"How could you not have noticed that you were injured in such a place until now?" As she spoke, the woman raised her hand and gently touched the spot where Yu Qingzhou was throbbing with pain.
Although her fingertips were slightly cool, the places they touched instantly ignited a blazing heat like a wildfire.
The flames reached deep into Yu Qingzhou's eyes and heart.
The young man's eyes trembled slightly, and for a moment he forgot to avoid suspicion, letting the hand slowly move up from his neck and gently land on his cheek.
He murmured something that sounded like a sigh or a sigh of pity.
"How can we feel at ease with our junior brother's carelessness?"
Shen Yingxue's voice was soft, just loud enough for the two of them to hear, like a private conversation between lovers.
Although others could not hear what the beautiful woman, known for her decisiveness and ruthlessness, was whispering to her junior brother.
However, the intimacy between the two was obvious to all.
—The saying goes, "Do not look at what is improper."
Most sensible people have already looked away, pretending not to have seen it.
Some people were disgusted by such reckless behavior in broad daylight, but both the sects these two people belonged to and Shen Yingxue herself were notoriously difficult to provoke, so they reluctantly suppressed their dissatisfaction.
The disciples of the Hidden Immortal Sect were the most pleased to see this happen.
Although no one dared to joke about Senior Sister Shen openly, they all discussed in private that the Demon Realm wasn't entirely without merit.
Having walked a life-or-death journey, one's mindset will indeed change.
Like Senior Sister Shen this time, after disappearing for a while and then coming back, she suddenly realized her feelings.
Someone else whispered in admiration, "As expected of Senior Sister Shen, she's no slouch when it comes to fighting. Didn't you see that Senior Brother Yu was completely at a loss? Haha, if these two get married in the future, Senior Brother will definitely be completely under Senior Sister's thumb."
"Will we even need to wait until then?"
"That makes sense."
"..."
Yu Qingzhou heard all of these teasing remarks.
He has excellent hearing, and he always lets the unintentional remarks made by his disciples about him go in one ear and out the other.
But today, for some reason, I'm a little concerned about it.
Perhaps it's because the other protagonist of the topic is right beside you.
Or perhaps it was Shen Yingxue's unexpected intimate actions that caught Yu Qingzhou completely off guard, leaving him unable to calm down for a long time.
Could it be true, as those people say, that Senior Sister suddenly changed her mind because of some experiences in the Asura Domain?
Logically speaking, Yu Qingzhou should have been pleasantly surprised.
— But he didn't.
And then he suddenly remembered that he had lost the gift his senior sister had given him.
"What's wrong?" Shen Yingxue looked at Yu Qingzhou and asked bluntly, "Why do you look at me like you want to say something but can't?"
Yu Qingzhou hesitated for a moment, but still recounted her previous experience in detail.
Even if it's not mentioned, the fact that the sword is missing will be discovered sooner or later.
Rather than living in fear and passively waiting for the truth to be revealed, it's better to take the initiative to confess and strive for leniency.
Most importantly, Yu Qingzhou felt that her senior sister, as the one who gifted the sword, undoubtedly had the right to know.
"Actually, it's like this..."
Yu Qingzhou recounted the entire incident of the attack that night, and when he spoke of how the attacker had snatched the sword from his hand, he was so ashamed that he could hardly lift his head.
It was both guilt for not being able to keep the gift from my senior sister safe and shame for losing to the attacker.
I thought my senior sister would blame me for this.
Unexpectedly, the other party simply said casually, "It's just a sword, it's gone if it's lost."
Upon hearing this, Yu Qingzhou's heart skipped a beat.
It's hard to imagine how his senior sister could say such a thing, because Shen Yingxue has always been someone who cherishes and loves swords extremely, to the point that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she's addicted to swords.
When she presented the sword back then, Shen Yingxue didn't say anything.
However, Yu Qingzhou later heard some things from her master, such as how her senior sister went alone to a monster's lair in order to find a suitable material, and almost died inside.
After resting for only a few days after returning home, he immediately went into seclusion again, working tirelessly day and night.
The purpose was to deliver the gift I had prepared to Yu Qingzhou before she went down the mountain for her training...
How did Yu Qingzhou behave when she solemnly accepted the gift?
The young boy, about thirteen or fourteen years old, held the sword in both hands, seemingly so excited that he almost cried.
He murmured a vow that he would always remember his senior sister's teachings and never let her down.
The master coughed awkwardly twice. He had come to see his youngest disciple off after hearing that he was going down the mountain for training, but in reality, it seemed a bit superfluous.
Yu Qingzhou then respectfully bid farewell to his master.
When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, the boy couldn't help but look back.
The long stone steps behind us stretched endlessly into the clouds, as if leading straight to the sky.
In the vast expanse of white, he seemed to catch a glimpse of a blurry black shadow, which vanished in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this, Yu Qingzhou felt a strange emptiness in his heart. Since being taken in and brought to the mountain as a child, the farthest place he had ever been was the small town at the foot of the mountain.
And what follows is a journey I must take alone.
Fortunately, she still had the sword given to her by her senior sister to keep her company, so she wasn't too lonely.
Later, as he grew older and gained more experience, Yu Qingzhou acquired several rare swords and no longer needed to rely on seeing objects to remind him of people to boost his courage. However, his favorite sword was still Tingyun.
Tingyun was the name Yu Qingzhou gave to that sword.
The clouds were ethereal and unpredictable, much like his senior sister, who wandered aimlessly, her life uncertain.
Perhaps someday... I can pause for a while, just for myself.
Choosing such a name can be seen as a little secret of Yu Qingzhou's mind.
After completing her training period, Yu Qingzhou returned to the mountain and nervously told her senior sister, whom she had been longing for, about the name of the Tingyun Sword.
They both hope the other person will find out and fear that the other person will find out.
In the end, nothing happened.
"Not bad." Shen Yingxue said those two words and then fell silent.
Yu Qingzhou stood there blankly.
Is that all...?
It has to be said that the boy was somewhat disappointed.
Just as Yu Qingzhou turned to leave, Shen Yingxue suddenly called out to the boy again, gently instructing him: "Now that you've given it a name, take good care of it, just like you would your family."
Yu Qingzhou paused for a moment, then nodded solemnly, and then saw her senior sister smile.
By then, Yu Qingzhou had already seen many beautiful women and scenery, some demons and some humans, some old and some young, each with their own unique charm, and they all ended up together...
But none of them could make him so captivated that he couldn't take his eyes off the girl in front of him.
But now, the same person has said those words to him.
How could Yu Qingzhou not feel secretly alarmed?
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