Chapter 44: Soul Contract (Part 3) “In my heart, he is with someone else…
Late at night, at the gate of Taoyuanju.
Qu Wanqing, Zhou Mingran and Xu Shuguan walked hand in hand, chatting and laughing about the interesting things that happened tonight.
Yun Bujin and Xu Feihuai were carrying large and small bags and walking slowly behind them.
"Hey? Senior Brother Jiang?" Qu Wanqing bumped into Xie Rangchen, who was holding Zhu Ciying. "And Junior Sister Yingying."
She stretched out her "hmm" and said, "You smell so much of alcohol, have you been drinking, brothers?"
"I had a drink with my junior sister."
He was tall and muscular, and picking up Zhu Ciying was like a piece of cake for him.
Zhou Mingran looked at his beloved junior sister leaning steadily on Xie Rangchen's chest, one hand still clutching his collar, and shook his head helplessly.
"I'll take Yingying back to the house."
She stepped forward to take over, and Xie Rangchen also felt that it would be more appropriate to hand the person over to her for settlement, and cooperated very well with Zhou Mingran's handover work.
However, they didn't expect that the biggest variable would come from Zhu Ciying.
“…Senior Brother.”
Zhu Ciying frowned unhappily and sighed.
Her hands held Xie Rangchen tightly, refusing to let go.
The young man's heart felt like it was gently scratched by a cat's claws. When he came to his senses, he had already hugged the girl back into his arms. He even considerately lifted her body up and let her head rest on his shoulder so that she could sleep better.
Zhou Mingran felt numb all over.
Qu Wanqing patted her shoulder and said, "Senior Sister, please stop looking. Senior Brother Jiang left a long time ago."
Xu Shuguan: "Junior Brother Jiang is gentle and reliable, perhaps this is not a bad thing for Junior Sister."
"I'm not happy." Zhou Mingran showed a deathly smile on his face, "So Ji Feibai, don't even think about sleeping tonight."
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Xie Rangchen put her on the bed and tucked in the quilt for her.
He wanted to get up and leave, but he didn't expect that his clothes had been pressed under Zhu Ciying at some point. Instead of distancing himself from her, he was pushed one step closer to her by the force.
The girl's face was rosy, her eyelashes were like small fans, and her red, plump and moist lips were less than half a little finger away from him.
Xie Rangchen's eyes were fixed on her lips.
The protruding Adam's apple on the neck rolled up and down.
The "ding-ling" and "ding-ling" sounds of silver bells in his ears seemed to burst his eardrums.
The ringing of the bell was a silent warning to him.
He closed his eyes, took out his clothes, stood up, and his tense breathing eased.
He lowered his eyes to look at the silver bell on Zhu Ciying's wrist, then raised his hand and gently stroked it.
In the dark room, Xie Rangchen stopped and laughed at himself.
He is too naive.
He actually thought that by following his desire to protect Zhu Ciying and seducing her into forming a spiritual bond with him while she was drunk, he could solidify his conscience.
He only now realized that his Dao heart wanted much more than this.
Xie Rangchen returned to his room and did not sleep all night.
Early in the morning of the second day, Yun Bujin and others packed up their things one after another and prepared to set off to return to Shaoyang Sect.
Six people gathered around a table to eat breakfast.
"Why isn't Junior Sister Yingying here?" Qu Wanqing glanced at the empty seat. "Could it be that she's still hungover from last night?"
Xu Feihuai: "Senior Brother Jiang is not here either."
"Ah!" Ji Feibai screamed, "Why did you step on my foot? Zhou Mingran, are you sick? You didn't let me sleep last night, and you stepped on my foot for no reason this morning..."
Zhou Mingran said nothing, just smiled kindly.
Ji Feibai: "Who stole her spirit stone?"
"Don't worry." The spirit bird swallowed a peanut and touched its bulging belly. "The little fairy is fine."
She just doesn't want to see anyone.
Zhu Ciying really doesn't want to see anyone now, especially Xie Rangchen.
She was drunk last night and actually mistook Xie Rangchen for her senior brother from her previous life! She was being petty towards him and even called him "Xie Tiantian" like a scoundrel.
He was even forced to sign the Soul Contract!
Zhu Ciying knocked his head in frustration.
This time she really had no face to see her senior brother.
But the mistake was hers, so she had to find Xie Rangchen, apologize to him first, and then make things clear with him to terminate the soul contract.
She finally mustered up the courage and just opened the door when she saw Xie Rangchen outside who was about to knock on the door.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment, and the two sides stared at each other for a few breaths.
Zhu Ciying closed the door with her backhand, but Xie Rangchen's hand was faster than hers and pressed the door panel.
"Are you planning to lock me out again like last time?"
He was talking about what happened on Penglai Island.
Zhu Ciying laughed dryly and raised three fingers to swear: "Brother, I promise I will never drink again!"
Xie Rangchen: "Hmm?"
You can't avoid the fifteenth day if you can't avoid it. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhu Ciying finished his words in one breath: "Brother, I'm sorry. I drank too much last night. I didn't mean to be angry with you or frame you for bullying me. I also didn't mean to nickname you Xie Tiantian."
"Also, I feel extremely guilty and uneasy about forcing you to form a soul bond with me. I'd appreciate it if you could agree to release me from the bond!"
Xie Rangchen raised his eyebrows: "Force me?"
"Yes, that's right..." Zhu Ciying said half in self-mockery, "Could it be that you were the one who took the initiative?"
The young man smiled and said, "It's me."
Zhu Ciying: “?” Is she still drunk?
"Let's go in and talk."
"I brought you breakfast."
"good……"
The hot breakfast was placed on the table, and Xie Rangchen served a bowl of corn porridge to Zhu Ciying.
"Thank you, Brother."
Seeing that she had no intention of picking up her chopsticks, Xie Rangchen thought for a moment and spoke, "I was afraid you would forget what happened last night when you woke up, so I came to your house this morning to explain it to you."
"Before we formed the bond, I told you that the soul bond between us was for protection, not for love. If one day you meet a man you love, the bond will not bind you."
Zhu Ciying held the porridge in her hand, and the memories of last night suddenly burst out in her mind like a flood, breaking through the shackles and surging endlessly.
——"My original intention in forming a pact with you was to protect you, not to engage in romantic affairs."
She remembered that this was indeed what her senior brother had said.
But she did not feel happy about this sentence last night. Instead, she felt a little lost in her heart.
She clasped the porcelain bowl tightly and asked, "Brother, why would you do this?"
Xie Rangchen said, "I practice the Way of Inquiring into the Heart."
I don’t know when…
"Protecting your safety is part of my heart."
Ask your heart, ask your heart, ask your heart.
Have a clear conscience.
What else doesn't Zhu Ciying understand?
"I understand, brother."
"I will work hard to become stronger so that you don't have to worry about my safety any longer."
Xie Rangchen paused while picking up the food.
He didn't mean that...that's all.
"One more thing."
Zhu Ciying drank a mouthful of porridge: "What?"
Xie Rangchen: "Just now, your oath was intercepted. Heaven didn't hear it, so it doesn't count."
After the battle with the big monster, Zhu Ciying felt very intuitively that his senior brother was very strong.
I originally thought that he might not be able to break through the Dharma Image Stage, but now he is at least in the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
There are more or less some ways to hide the truth from Heaven during the Tribulation Period.
The corners of her lips curved with joy.
The corn porridge this morning was so sweet, almost sickly sweet.
But she likes to drink a little.
"Thank you, Brother."
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Yun Bujin and Xu Feihuai carried large and small bags of luggage onto the flying boat.
Xie Rangchen and Xu Shuguan helped Ji Feibai board the flying boat.
"Miss Yu, Miss Zhou, Miss Qu, you must come to Sixiang City often in the future!" Yao Taotao hugged them one by one.
"Si Xiang City is so fun, we will definitely come to disturb you and City Lord Yan again!" Zhou Mingran said.
"Yes, yes, maybe when we come back, you and City Lord Yan will have a child." Qu Wanqing said, "Then we can take him out to play and teach him magic!"
Yao Taotao blushed and said, "How can it be that fast?"
On the flying boat, Yun Bujin shouted down, "It's getting late, everyone, let's get going!"
"knew!"
"Goodbye, Madam Yao. I wish you all the best."
"Goodbye, girls!" Yao Taotao touched the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
Zhu Ciying was the last one to board the flying boat. Before leaving, she said a few words to Yao Taotao.
"Madam Yao, my surname is Zhu, and my name is Zhu Ciying. I went to the mansion to inquire about the situation before, and I had to use a false name."
Yao Taotao: "Congratulations, Miss."
"Since I have formed a spiritual bond with him, I might as well take this opportunity to examine my own heart."
"You are very important to him!"
Zhu Ciying paused: "I know."
"In my heart, he is different from others."
No one knows except Xie Rangchen:
All the light in her soul came from him.
Yun Bujin and Xu Feihuai chanted the spell at the same time, and the spirit stones burned and turned into a continuous stream of spiritual power, supporting the flying boat to take off and move forward.
Xu Shuguan lay on the edge of the fence, overlooking Sixiang City.
"Without the support of the Red Jade, the Four Elephants City will no longer have the four seasons."
The little world she had created seemed to be crumbling from within.
"But this doesn't affect their lives, does it?" Zhu Ciying pointed to a busy area and said to her, "Look, everyone has their own things to do. Sixiang City is actually no different from other cities."
"That's true." Xu Shuguan put his hands to his mouth and shouted at the shrinking city below, "Goodbye, Sixiang City—"
The secret base he built for fun in his childhood became a homeless shelter one day in the future. Xu Shuguan felt more or less proud of it.
On the seventh day, the flying boat arrived at Shaoyang Sect.
After saying goodbye, everyone went back to their own residences.
Zhou Mingran raised his arms and stretched, naturally exuding a sense of relaxation as if he were back home.
The spirit bird nestled on Xie Rangchen's shoulder and slept soundly.
Zhu Ciying looked gloomily at the long mountain road and steep stone steps in the distance.
Feijue Peak.
The study of Master Yuyin.
Zhu Ciying told Master Yu Yin everything he had learned from the big monster without hiding anything.
The Demon Lord Shuo Heng is violent, bloodthirsty, and brutal.
His name has been a nightmare to the world of cultivation for three hundred years.
The demons under his command refused to give up and wanted to help him revive.
The cultivation world has no idea what stage they are at now.
If he leads 100,000 demons to invade again, the world of cultivation will be defenseless and become a prey to be slaughtered.
Yu Yin Zhenren: "Yingying, you did a great job. If you hadn't gotten the information about the Demon Lord's resurrection, the loss to the cultivation world would have been immeasurable."
Zhu Ciying: "Master, what should we do next?"
"This matter is of great importance, and I cannot make the decision alone." Master Yuyin said, "I must discuss it with the Sect Master and the elders before making a decision."
On that day, Shaoyang Sect held a meeting of elders.
Everyone was present in the meeting hall except Elder Yu Boying who was punished.
Three days after the meeting began, the cultivation world held another alliance meeting of the major sects.
This opening lasted for seven days.
Seven days later, the news that the Demon Lord Shuo Heng was about to be resurrected spread throughout the four islands and thirty-four continents.
Each sect has successively sent some inner disciples down the mountain to eliminate demons and monsters, but their real purpose is to find out the progress of the Demon Lord's resurrection.
In the past two days, the cultivators of Shaoyang Sect have been practicing even harder.
Cheers echoed from the competition arena day and night, the training room was already full with reservations for next year, pills in the alchemy room were piled up like a small mountain, and sparks flew as the medicine practitioners hoeed the ground.
Everyone was so busy that no one was around.
Qu Wanqing and Xu Feihuai swing their swords three thousand times every day;
Yun Bujin heard that because he pinched the seal too quickly, all ten fingers cramped up.
Xu Shuguan locked himself in the room and studied the formation day and night;
Zhou Mingran and Ji Feibai had one-on-one sparring every day, and Ji Feibai went home injured every night.
On the other hand, Xie Rangchen.
When Zhu Ciying came to his yard, he was still lying on the couch and sleeping.
What time is it? Are you still sleeping?
If you use this free time to practice well, you might be able to ascend to heaven!
Unable to bear it any longer, she woke up Xie Rangchen.
"Senior Brother."
"Get up and practice sword fighting!"
Xie Rangchen sat up and yawned.
Zhu Ciying was almost moved to tears.
Is senior brother finally going to make a comeback?
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The author has something to say: Zhu Ciying [question mark]: Sometimes I am really curious why my senior brother in the previous life was diligent and hardworking in guiding his fellow disciples in their cultivation, but Xie Tiantian just gave up?
Master Qingwei: Is it possible that he is just a nobody and his diligence is just an act... [rolling eyes]
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