Chapter 171
The feeling of beating someone up and then running away was so refreshing. Nan Yan ran away without even looking back.
Jing Wuyan, who was left standing, watched her disappear from the scene, thinking unwillingly in his heart. For the first time, his slightly red face showed a depressed, embarrassed and confused expression. Were the conditions he proposed not superior enough? What could her senior brother bring to her? Why was she unwilling to agree to him?
A rare feeling of annoyance and annoyance welled up in Jing Wuyan's chest. Could it really be because of his age?
But there are countless cultivators of the same age as him in the world of cultivation, including her senior brother. Why can her senior brother do it but he can't?
His appearance was not ugly, and could even be said to be quite good-looking. In the past, many female cultivators in the upper realm had recommended themselves to him just to have a moment of romance with him. Why did she refuse?
Jing Wuyan's eyes dimmed and he let out a breath. He just straightened up and it seemed that something hurt. His expression stiffened inexplicably. He felt a faint pain in the place where she kicked him.
Jing Wuyan gritted his teeth, feeling somewhat resentful but helpless. He couldn't just catch that little girl and beat her up, right? He wondered if her small body would be enough for him to torment her.
When his emotions and physical discomfort had all calmed down, Jing Wuyan turned around and was about to leave when the fat shopkeeper beside him came over with a smile on his face, "Fellow Daoist, please stay. Your wife just took the bracelet from our store and hasn't given you the spirit stone yet. Take a look..."
Although the words were not finished, the meaning was very clear. When Jing Wuyan heard the word "Madam", his originally wrinkled brows relaxed slightly. In view of the fact that what the person said was very much to his liking, Jing Wuyan took out a few spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them over without hesitation. Although there was no expression on his face, it was obvious that this person was in a good mood today.
On the other side, Nan Yan jogged out of the store, but unexpectedly ran into her senior brother head-on when she turned a corner, and then was picked up into his arms.
Nan Yan didn't know what this man's eyes were like. He was able to catch her in time at such a sudden speed. Wasn't he afraid of mistaking her for someone else?
However, Nan Yan also hugged Senior Brother's thin waist, a happy smile appeared on her rosy face, and her eyes sparkled, "Senior Brother."
The eldest senior brother couldn't help but smile faintly.
He used his hands to steady her body as she fell backwards, but when he looked down he saw that she was running breathlessly and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. He took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the sweat off her forehead.
"Why are you running so fast? Is someone chasing you?"
As he spoke, he raised his head and glanced behind her unconsciously.
Nan Yan grabbed his collar with both hands, a faint smile flashed in her eyes, and her clear eyes reflected the other person's figure, "No one is chasing me, it's because I miss you and want to see you soon, so I can't wait to rush over."
"Brother, do you miss me?"
Nan Yan has always liked to say nice things to please people. After all, saying nice things doesn't cost any money, and it's nice to say a few nice words to make people happy. After all, the truth doesn't sound good.
Sure enough, although the eldest senior brother didn't show any emotion when he heard this, he felt inexplicably happy and tender in his heart. He reached out and pinched the little junior sister's cheek.
"If I didn't want to, I wouldn't have recognized it was you at first glance. Yanyan, don't walk so rashly in the future. It's easy to fall and get hurt."
As he spoke, he took the little sister's fingers again and clasped them tightly, "Okay, let's go, we have bought everything, we should go back."
On the way back, the little sister was still excitedly telling him about how she met a rich idiot in a store today. The idiot flirted with a pretty female cultivator on the street, and was finally hit in the crotch by the pretty female cultivator. His expression was distorted with pain, and he looked so miserable...
The eldest senior brother listened to the younger junior sister's vivid description and thought of the painful area. He felt uncomfortable just thinking about it. Then he saw the eager look that the younger junior sister occasionally cast under him, and he felt an inexplicable chill down his spine.
Does his junior sister have any bad ideas?
Feng Jixue quickly changed the subject, his voice slow and gentle, then took his junior sister's hand and returned to the courtyard.
The eldest senior brother has always been very considerate in doing things, especially for this marriage, he made all the preparations, he personally selected the wedding gown and wedding dress, and bought every piece of clothing and jewelry according to the preferences of the younger junior sister.
Back in the house, the little sister was naturally curious. She looked at the bright red wedding dress that was hung up. The dress was embroidered with a popular pattern of the day, with a pair of golden butterflies fluttering among the flowers, shining brightly. Under the light, one could even see the golden butterflies flapping their wings, as if they were alive and dancing in the bushes.
Nan Yan's eyes showed obvious joy. The robes in the world of cultivation were somewhat different from wedding dresses in the mortal world. She held the wedding dress and put it on with great joy.
When she came out from behind the screen, she clearly saw that her eldest senior brother looked a little dazed, staring at her, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Nan Yan turned around in front of him, her face looking even whiter and more charming in the bright red wedding dress, her dark and smooth hair drooping on her shoulders, her eyes seemed to be filled with a pool of clear spring water, and then she threw herself into his arms, tilted her head and smiled coquettishly.
"Brother, do I look good?"
The eldest senior brother was knocked back by her. He lowered his head, staring at the beautiful face so close to him. Suddenly, he felt his heart beating rapidly, and an incredibly soft emotion was fermenting in his chest.
He subconsciously bent his waist and kissed the corner of her eyes. Her warm lips fell on her eyelashes as thin as cicada wings. When she trembled, she gently rubbed his skin, very lightly but very itchy. There was a tingling feeling that uncontrollably penetrated deep into his heart.
The senior brother slowly tightened his grip on her waist, and a gentle smile appeared on his face unconsciously, "You look very beautiful, a little more charming than usual..."
The elder brother relaxed his gaze, and reached out to gently press her head, pressing it tightly against his chest, so tightly that Nan Yan felt a little uncomfortable. Then he relaxed his strength a little, "Yan Yan, believe me, no matter what happens in the future, we will be a legitimate couple. No matter what happens, I will stay with you and protect you for the rest of my life."
After hearing this, Nan Yan was stunned for a moment before coming back to her senses. Then she couldn't help but giggle. She naturally wrapped her arms around his neck, then stood on tiptoes and gave him a sweet kiss.
Lin Qingshuang on the other side naturally also heard about the two people's marriage, and she didn't understand why this matter was brought forward so long. According to her memory from her previous life, the time when the two people got married was even after the sect competition, but why did it change so quickly now?
It happened so fast that she even didn't know what to do. She said that she and Senior Brother Feng had completely drawn a line in the sand and would not interfere with each other from now on, but deep down she still hoped that Senior Brother could pay more attention to her. How could she not have a little bit of resentment and resentment towards the man whom she loved to death in her entire life?
She once thought that her rebirth was a blessing from God, but now she realized that she had always been under the control of that man. Although he helped her to be reborn and to cultivate, that man never paid any attention to her from beginning to end, and was even too lazy to say a word to her. He looked down on her and treated her completely as a cultivation tool.
Lin Qingshuang really didn't understand why everyone liked the little junior sister. The eldest senior brother liked her, and even the mysterious man was probably the same. Last time when Su Nanyue was accidentally injured in the market, the man's obvious expression of heartache and guilt, and his attitude that targeted the eldest senior brother for no reason, all showed that the man also had a special liking for the little junior sister, but on what basis?
She was really unwilling to accept it. Why was it that the people she cared about, whether they were people she liked or people who had ulterior motives towards her, all cared about her junior sister without exception?
Why can't anyone care about her?
The world of cultivation also emphasizes auspicious days and all things are appropriate. The wedding day was the ninth day of June, and the whole sect was filled with joy. To be honest, their sect of bachelors had not experienced such a happy event for a long time. Now that they think about it, the last big happy day was the day when the sect leader succeeded to the throne.
But that was nearly a hundred years ago. On weekdays, disciples concentrated on their cultivation and did not dare to slack off. If they slacked off even a little, they would be punished by the eldest senior brother with a sword. They had long forgotten what the jade liquid, spiritual fruits and spiritual food at the wedding banquet tasted like.
Now that the eldest senior brother was going to form a covenant with the younger sister, the two of them could be considered a couple that had finally gotten married. Naturally, everyone in the sect was congratulating them and sending their blessings. It was also the first time that the fellow disciples saw what the eldest senior brother looked like when he wasn't slashing people with a sword while looking stern.
It turns out that Senior Brother is so cool and pure in red. The bright red wedding gown cannot hide Senior Brother's outstanding temperament. There is a clear and transparent feeling between his eyebrows that can see the sun through the clouds. It is true that people are different.
Alas, why don’t they look so good in red clothes?
Especially the flirtatious Second Brother, who was dressed more flamboyantly than anyone else, meticulously from head to toe, with countless sachets and purses hanging around his waist. He just had a playboy temperament and looked like someone who deserved a beating. How could he be as popular as the First Brother?
The hair of the junior sister was specially combed by an ordinary woman from the mountain. This was in accordance with the customs of the mortal world. The sect was full of young sisters, and the uncles and senior brothers would not do such things. Naturally, the preparations for the day of the contract had to be grand.
雀繞花枝琉璃鏡裏映出了那張秀美精致的面龐，細眉彎彎好似天邊升起的月牙，小師妹的臉頰還塗了層薄薄的胭脂，淡淡的紅意暈染着眼尾，如同凡間的新嫁娘一般梳妝打扮。
小師妹被人牽引着去了精美莊嚴的殿堂，往常莊嚴肅穆的清心殿突然就變得熱鬧起來了，殿內甚至還系了紅綢，真正宛如凡世間描繪的那種仙樂渺渺的神仙天宮。
殿堂之上的是三位師尊師長，但不齊全，畢竟還有不少宗門長老處于閉關之中，殿堂下方是師尊這一派系的同門師兄師弟們，南嫣眼尖，一眼就瞧見了坐在主位下方的林清霜，只是瞧着面色明顯不大好。
看上去有些失魂落魄的樣子，一個人靜靜坐在那裏，目光直直地盯着不遠處那道身長玉立的身影，手中的杯盞被擰得死緊，手背青筋都浮現了，周身的氣質也愈發冷了，甚至身旁都無人敢去靠近。
南嫣沒在她身旁看到鏡無延的身影，也那人不知道跑哪去了，不會這麽輕易就放棄了吧？
南嫣将這些不重要的事情全都抛到腦後，一擡頭便看到另一邊朝着她走過來的大師兄，跟他穿着一身同樣的鮮紅喜袍，赤色纏金絲的腰帶束着精瘦的腰身。
不是溫潤也不是疏冷，鮮紅的袍服将他往日的清冷氣息硬生生的遮掩了不少。
讓那尊冰雪似的仙人染上了一絲俗世的煙火氣息，眼尾眉梢透着淡淡的紅意，一不留神被女兒家唇邊的濃烈胭脂迷了眼。
修真界的結契雖與凡間的婚禮相似，但又略有不同，不必行跪拜之禮，但男女雙方需要有契書，将彼此的名字以靈力刻在殿外的契石之上，只有過了這關，兩人才算是真正的道侶，名正言順的一對夫妻。
南嫣不太清楚這結契具體是怎麽做的，她只是被風寂雪牽着手，一步一步地走到殿堂中央，然後朝着高位之上的師尊長輩們遞了茶。
做完這些事情，南嫣又忍不住偷偷瞧了眼身旁的大師兄，二人四目相對，南嫣下意識朝他眨着眼睛，細碎的光影落進眼裏，眼波流轉，皎然生輝，笑起來格外好看。
大師兄牽起了她的手，捏了下她的手心，然後溫聲安撫着，“別怕，我會引導着你，不會有危險的，慢慢放開你的心神，不要抗拒我，知道了嗎？”
小師妹柔順點了點頭，垂在頰邊的流蘇墜飾随着動作輕輕晃動了兩下，顯得格外輕盈。
大師兄瞧得心軟，唇邊也露出一絲笑意，他緩緩擡起她的手掌，緩慢而溫和地調動周身的靈力将身旁的小師妹籠罩其中。
南嫣明顯能感覺到那是大師兄身上獨有的氣息與靈力，那些力量附着在她周身，如春風化雨一般緩慢又試探着想要湧入她的身體，南嫣見狀便閉上眼睛，放開了心神，将大師兄聚攏過來的靈力一一吸納融入自身。
随着兩人氣息彼此纏繞交融，最後融為一體，那塊一直存放在殿外的契石也散發出一團耀眼明亮的光芒。
眼看着那契石上的光芒由弱到強再到極盛璀璨，偏偏就在契成的那一刻——
大師兄微帶些涼意的手掌輕緩溫柔地撫上她的眉心，南嫣感受到那指尖上的摩挲，嘴角彎了彎，然後睜開眼睛。
一擡眸便瞧見她家大師兄的目光直直地望着她，那眼神含了些複雜的情緒，烏黑的眸子倒映她的面容。
這讓南嫣隐隐覺得有些奇怪。
不過也沒多想，她下意識地朝着對方露出一個笑容，只是這次卻沒有像往常一樣得到她家大師兄的回應。
她心中疑惑，正想問他怎麽了？是不是結契出現了什麽問題。
然後就瞧見她家大師兄有些不自然地避開了她的視線。
風寂雪輕蹙着眉，眼睫微垂了下，猶豫了半晌，最後才心緒複雜着說了句，
“嫣嫣，對不起。”
話音剛落，還沒等南嫣反應過來，他手指瞬間凝出一絲靈力，重重按上她的眉心。
南嫣毫無防備，那一瞬間只感覺眉梢一陣劇烈刺痛，像是被一根鋒利的銀針用力刺破皮膚一樣，一滴鮮血滴落了下來。
“嘶……好疼！師兄你在做什麽？”
這陣突如其來的刺痛讓南嫣眼眶瞬間紅了，讓她下意識地揮開了他的手掌，捂着眉心往後退了一步，整個人也因為後退的速度太快，一不小心就跌倒在了身後的高臺上。
豔紅的嫁衣在半空中劃出一道翩跹的弧度，頰邊的流蘇墜子也随着動作劇烈的晃動起來，她目光驚疑地盯着眼前的師兄。
契石上的光芒退散，結契儀式也被徹底中斷。
殿堂內的衆人皆是不明所以，目光迷茫又疑惑地望着殿堂中央的兩人，私下裏小聲議論着。
“怎麽了，發生了什麽事？”
“不知道，大師兄為什麽中止了結契儀式？”
……
南嫣更是不解，那一下摔得不輕，頭上的發髻都散開了，她一擡頭便看到對面大師兄手心凝聚的一小團眉間血，臉色頓時變得有些蒼白。
她不知道大師兄這是在做什麽？
南嫣目光有些難以置信地望着眼前的大師兄，饒是她再不懂得結契的儀式，也知道絕對不是大師兄那樣的做法，于是臉上露出的表情更加蒼白不安了。
“大師兄，你在做什麽？”
大師兄在她往後跌倒的時候就想伸手去扶她起來，可是一想到待會還要發生的事情，只能硬生生地将心頭翻湧的情緒忍下來了，然後将那滴滴落的血液保存完好。
風寂雪緩慢對上嫣嫣的視線，唇色忽然變得有些寡淡，他輕吐了一口氣息，語氣複雜又艱難地解釋着，“嫣嫣，對不起，有一件事情我一直都沒有告訴你，我中了情蠱。”
情蠱？
南嫣聽到大師兄的聲音，表情怔了怔，總算回過神來了，終于有了反應。
她目光落在他手心的那一小團血液上，眼中忽然閃露一絲不安的神色，“什麽意思？什麽是情蠱？大師兄，今日不是我們結契之日嗎？你為什麽要跟我說這些事情？”
她說這話的時候喉嚨裏已經帶了些沙啞了，但是硬撐不讓自己發出哽咽的聲音來。
風寂雪嘴唇動了動，這才看向她解釋道，“嫣嫣，中了情蠱的男子會不受控制地喜歡上自己第一個見到的女子。”
他聲音低低的，隐約帶了些回憶，“你還記得一年前下山降妖的事情嗎？當時我在林中追逐一只幻妖時誤入了一座魔修洞府，不小心被蠱蟲咬中，出來時就見到了你，一開始我并不知曉自己身中情蠱，直到後來清虛秘境中，我才發現這件事情。”
“你現在明白我的意思了嗎？”
南嫣聽到這話好似終于反應過來。
她目光落在對面那人身上，有些不敢相信，可是又想到大師兄前段時間故意疏離她的事情了，是不是從那時候起，大師兄就已經知道自己身中情蠱的事情了。
所以，才會在那段時間對她忽冷忽熱？
原來大師兄對她的喜歡一直都是情蠱的原因嗎？
想到這裏，南嫣眼裏積蓄已久的眼淚也終于忍不住落下來了。
她心中滿是不甘，情緒有些激動地望着他，“難道師兄的意思是，你對我的喜歡全是情蠱的原因嗎？這怎麽可能呢？我不相信，你騙我！你對我那麽好，你那麽喜歡我，怎麽可能全是一只情蠱的原因？”
風寂雪終究是沒忍住上前将她扶了起來，手指輕輕擦拭着她臉上的淚水，聲音低低道，“我不知道，嫣嫣，我現在已經不知道自己對你的喜歡到底是受情蠱的影響，還是出自我本心，但是我現在必須将情蠱解開。”
聽到這話，她心中的情緒總算平複了許多，手指緊緊抓着他的手掌，滿含期冀跟委屈，“你要解開情蠱的話我可以陪你的，可是……你為什麽不早點告訴我，為什麽要在今天？你不知道今天是我們結契的日子嗎？你這樣對我，不知道我會難過的嗎？”
風寂雪身子微微僵了下，根本不敢對上她的視線，最後還是将視線挪了回來，定定看了她好一會兒，聲音低低地說了句，“嫣嫣，對不起，情蠱只能在結契的時候，以心上人的眉間血才能解……”
這話說完以後，南嫣臉色煞白如紙。
她的眼淚怔怔落下來，有些難以置信地望着眼前的人，眼裏盈滿了說不清道不明的難過情緒，墨色的發絲有些淩亂地散在臉頰上，整個人都散發着一股悲傷的氣息。
“所以你跟我結契，只是為了解情蠱？”
風寂雪目光直直對上她的眼神。
那一瞬間，只覺得心髒仿佛被一只無形的手掌用力攥緊了似的，呼吸有些微窒。
他手指微顫地握緊了她手指，語氣中有種難言的着急，“不、不是你想的那樣，我是真心想要跟你結契的。”
Feng Jixue soothed her emotions, "Yanyan, believe me, no matter what the result is after the release of the snake, what I said before is sincere and counts."
"The bond between us will not be invalidated. I will always protect you and watch over you as I did before. There will be no change in our relationship."
Nan Yan shook her head and tears rolled down her eyes again.
There was an expression of indescribable collapse on her face, and her voice was choked with sobs, but she still held his collar tightly and refused to let go, "Then why don't you give up on being a love-slave now? Let's honestly complete the bond ceremony, and I'll pretend that nothing has ever happened between us, okay?"
"You can't abandon me just because of a love pig, brother. I can feel that you really care about me. A love pig won't do anything. It won't become an obstacle between us."
Her eyes were full of tears and her voice was obviously hoarse from crying, which made people feel pity for her for no reason.
After she said this, she looked at him extremely anxiously, afraid to miss any expression on his face.
Feng Jixue was stunned. He looked at Nan Yan crying in front of him, and a thought suddenly popped up in his mind: what would happen if he didn't untie the snake? But as soon as this thought came up, Feng Jixue was awakened by himself.
No, he has already done this.
If he doesn't get rid of the love snake, he will be controlled by the snake for the rest of his life, and it will be impossible for him to be with his junior sister sincerely. This will become a knot in his heart forever.
Nan Yan was still crying. She cried with grievance and sadness. She carefully buried her cheek in his chest. What was originally a good bond-making ceremony had become like this. "Brother, don't treat me like this. Give up those messy things and let's start over, okay?"
Feng Jixue felt increasingly conflicted.
He really didn't know how to respond to her.
Perhaps sensing his hesitation, Nan Yan hugged him even tighter, "Brother, we are only one step away from becoming a real couple, please don't treat me like this..."
Feng Jixue took a deep breath and slowed down his tone, "Yanyan, don't be like this. I said, even if you untie the love pig, our relationship will not change."
He finally reached out and pried her wrists apart, but the more he struggled, the tighter Nan Yan held on, until in the end she left several long, thin red marks on his back.
"No, no, I don't want it... Feng Jixue, you liar, you have been lying to me from the beginning to the end, tricking me into forming a bond with you, how could you treat me like this?"
Her tears fell uncontrollably. She started crying and accusing him, and ended up begging him aggrievedly, "I've already promised you that you won't care about all this, why won't you give in? Senior Brother, please don't bully me like this..."
Feng Jixue's eyes flashed with reluctance, and he felt a little distressed, but he finally suppressed the discomfort in his heart and said in a low voice, "No, Yanyan, I must untie the love bond, otherwise I can't be with you without any grudges."
After he finished speaking, he let the person go completely.
At that moment, there seemed to be some silence in the hall.
Nan Yan stood there stiffly, just staring at him blankly, watching as a barrier formed around him, blocking her out. She wanted to get closer but was repelled by the barrier.
Nan Yan bit her lip, enduring the tearing pain in her heart, and stared intently at the barrier surrounding him. When she wanted to rush forward regardless, she was held down by several senior brothers and sisters beside her.
"Okay, Junior Sister, we know you were wronged this time, but these are just small matters. Do you really want Senior Brother to be trapped by this knot in his heart forever?"
There were voices of discussion all around, and some scolded her for being immature. "Yes, little sister, please stop making trouble. Senior Brother is a love-sick person, and there is nothing we can do about it."
"If you don't understand the meaning of love, I'm afraid that Senior Brother's cultivation will stagnate in the future. Can you please stop being so willful?"
"That's right, it's just a love pig. Senior Brother himself said that after the love pig is untied, the contract between you and him will still be valid. Why are you so persistent?"
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Nan Yan listened to these discussions and her tears rolled down her face like beads from a broken string. She cried until her face turned pale, but her heart was not moved at all. She even found it ridiculous.
Obviously, it was their good senior brother who deceived people in the beginning, but why did she become the unreasonable one in the end?
Is it because Feng Jixue promised that he would be responsible for her no matter what the outcome after the release of the snake? But does she care about that belated responsibility?