Chapter 178

Of course Nan Yan knew that Lin Qingshuang was acting, wasn't she acting too? Since this Senior Sister Lin wanted her to misunderstand, of course she had to cooperate. She wasn't some kind of considerate little sister, so when she was in a bad mood, she would naturally find someone to vent.

Jing Wuyan himself would lose control of his emotions when facing his love rival. Even a person like him would be unable to control himself, let alone her who is just a little girl with little practice.

She was cheated so blatantly, even though she had insisted on jumping into the trap, even if she was fooled, she would only vent her anger on others.

Who made him run into the muzzle of her gun? He should not waste such a good opportunity.

Lin Qingshuang beside him finally had a chance to speak, but what she said only "stimulated" her junior sister even more. "Junior sister Su, you were too impulsive today. I just wanted to spar with you, not to hurt you as you think. If I really wanted to kill you, why would I keep giving in to you? And why would I let you hurt me in the end?"

"Besides, this is a matter between us. Why should we drag others into our affairs? You and Jing Wuyan are close, and so are I. Why do you have to be so aggressive and make everyone angry?"

The calmer and more rational Lin Qingshuang's voice became, the more it seemed that her junior sister was being unreasonable and making trouble.

Sure enough, Nan Yan became even angrier after hearing this. Her chest was heaving with anger, and tears kept welling up in her eyes. She bit her lip to hold back her tears, then raised her eyes and stared at Jing Wuyan in front of her and asked, "Close? What kind of close relationship can there be between the two of you? How close can you be to her?"

Lin Qingshuang beside him turned pale. After hearing this, he frowned again, covered his chest, and said helplessly to the little junior sister, "Junior sister Su, it's not what you think. It's true that he protects me, but that's just..."

Before he could finish his words, Nan Yan decisively interrupted him. She turned her head, her eyes sparkling with tears, and it was obvious that she was really angry, "Shut up, did I talk to you?"

Lin Qingshuang's expression froze and her face turned cold.

Nan Yan's eyes were slightly red. After she finished scolding Lin Qingshuang, she turned around and stared at Jing Wuyan. She became more and more angry as she spoke, "Why don't you say anything? Are you feeling guilty? Jing Wuyan, what do you mean now? Are you trying to protect her in front of me?"

Jing Wuyan glanced coldly at Lin Qingshuang who was standing beside him. The coldness that flashed in his eyes made Lin Qingshuang's expression suddenly freeze, and the words he wanted to say were blocked in his throat.

She clenched her fingers, her heart obviously unwilling, but now she still had to rely on the resources obtained by Jing Wuyan to improve her cultivation, so she couldn't confront him so blatantly.

After hearing Nan Yan's words, Jing Wuyan frowned slightly, but then slowly relaxed. He now knew what Yan Yan was angry about. She thought that he rushed out to stop her attack to protect Lin Qingshuang and to go against her. This idea also gave him a headache for a while.

Although part of it was true, could it be that this silly girl really couldn't see at all that the person he was protecting from the beginning to the end was obviously her.

Do you really think that a cultivator in the middle stage of the Golden Core is so easy to kill? Lin Qingshuang was indeed hit by her palm for a moment, but it was just a fluke, and she only suffered minor injuries.

If the sword had really stabbed through, Lin Qingshuang would have fought back, and the Jindan cultivator would have tried his best to counterattack. Not only would she have been injured, but in the eyes of outsiders, she would have deserved her punishment and asked for her own death.

Because not only did she disregard the friendship between fellow disciples and acted ruthlessly towards this senior sister, but she also refused to give in even when the senior sister kept giving in. This situation was disadvantageous to her no matter what.

If he tried to stop her, Yanyan would misunderstand him. If he didn't try, he would see her get hurt, and then he would be in a dilemma. Thinking of this, Jing Wuyan's eyes turned a lot colder.

He didn't expect that the woman had grown some brains after her rebirth, but she didn't use this brain on cultivation, but instead used it to harm her own junior sister.

Jing Wuyan exhaled lightly, his eyes fell on the person below. When did he protect Lin Qingshuang? The person he was protecting was obviously her.

I don't know what has provoked this girl today. Normally when she bullies him, her mind works very fast and she can find opportunities to torment him in roundabout ways. Why does she become so impulsive and irritable when facing her senior sister?

Jing Wuyan lowered his head and looked at Nan Yan. After sorting out his thoughts, his emotions became more stable and his black eyes became calmer and more rational.

He reached out and stroked Nan Yan's face, trying to soothe her emotions with a calm tone, and said in a low voice, "I'm not protecting her. The person I'm protecting has always been you. Yanyan, don't be impulsive, okay? Think about it carefully, can you really kill her? You're so smart, you should be able to figure it out quickly, right? I won't lie to you."

"You can be angry with me, and you can lose your temper with me, but that is a matter between the two of us. It has nothing to do with other irrelevant people. I don't want others to interfere between us, and I don't want you to resent me because of it."

"Yan Yan, calm down first, okay? Don't get yourself into trouble because of impulse. My concern for Lin Qingshuang is limited to the transaction, not what you think. Can't you feel it? Who is the person I care about most in my heart?"

Jing Wuyan's tone was always neither too light nor too heavy, and he analyzed things very thoroughly. He really had the ability to soothe people's emotions.

Nan Yan bit her lip. After hearing this, tears flashed in her eyes. She was secretly upset in her heart. She had originally decided to throw a basin of dirty water on these two people. As long as this bastard showed the slightest difference in attitude, she would catch him and not let him go.

But this bastard's explanation was so reasonable, so reasonable that she couldn't find any dissatisfaction at all.

Moreover, this person's emotions are so stable. He doesn't feel angry at all even though she humiliated him like this. Instead, he has always been in such a stable state. If she continues to act so unreasonable, her image will probably collapse.

Nan Yan gritted her teeth secretly, thinking to herself, it seems that she can only look for another opportunity. She just doesn't believe that she won't be able to catch his little trick in the future.

So after listening to his explanation, Nan Yan's emotions finally calmed down. She pursed her lips, as if she knew that her behavior today was too impulsive. But the fight had already happened, what else could she do? It was impossible to turn back time and pretend that nothing had happened.

So Nan Yan stopped talking and just lowered her head, tears falling silently one by one. The knuckles that were originally pinched in her sleeves were pinched so tightly that they turned white. She looked like she was so sad and wronged that she couldn't control herself.

Jing Wuyan frowned and saw the man with his head down. He stroked and pinched her chin with his slender fingers and gently lifted her face up. She happened to meet a pair of eyes that were slightly red from crying. Her face was pale, but her lips were bloodshot and red from being bitten. She looked particularly pitiful and adorable.

Being looked at like this, Jing Wuyan no longer had any confused thoughts in his mind. He reached out and grabbed the person, gently stroking her cheek with his fingertips.

Feeling that Yanyan's body was a little stiff, and then she couldn't stop trembling after relaxing, Jing Wuyan also realized that something was wrong at this moment.

His brows furrowed even more tightly, and he directly put his arms around the waist of the person in his arms. Now he was too lazy to care about what Lin Qingshuang was thinking beside him, and took Yanyan back to his room.

In fact, he watched Lin Qingshuang provoke Yanyan today and watched the two of them fighting just to see how strong this girl was. After all, her cultivation had improved a lot in the past few days, and with him watching by her side, he would not let her be in danger.

But he didn't expect that Yanyan's mood today was a little unstable. She was overly stimulated and was so foolish that she was fooled by others. She even wanted to kill Lin Qingshuang by relying on her own ability. Not to mention whether it was possible, when did she become so impulsive?

Jing Wuyan pulled Nan Yan to sit on a chair nearby. Seeing that she was crying so hard that her tears were almost dried up, he did not ask her anything in a hurry. Instead, he poured her a cup of warm spiritual tea and handed it to her.

Nan Yan pursed her lips and took a few sips of the tea to calm her mind. The expression on her face seemed not so sad anymore.

Wait until you are sure that your sweetheart's emotions have finally calmed down.

Jing Wuyan then put down the cup, and then pulled the person next to him to sit directly on his lap, and then asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? What happened today? You are not in a good mood. Who bullied you, huh?"

When Jing Wuyan said this, his palm was still touching her head, stroking it gently, and his voice was soft and steady, which was an obvious protective gesture.

It would have been fine if he didn't ask. As soon as he asked, Nan Yan's expression immediately became more aggrieved. Perhaps the accumulated emotions in her heart had nowhere to vent. Nan Yan pursed her lips and pushed away his hand. There was a faint sob in her throat again, "Don't touch me! You are completely useless. You can only say these empty words. Can you really protect me? They are all bullying me, blatantly bullying me. What did you do?"

As she spoke, her eyes were filled with mist again. She bit her lip stubbornly, trying not to let the tears fall, but it was obvious that she could not control her emotions. "You used to deal with me without hesitation. You threatened me and bullied me as you wanted. But now, you don't even have the ability to help me fight back! Are you only going to be ruthless to me? Is it because I am powerless to resist and weak and can be bullied?"

南嫣說完這句話後，眼淚也終于忍不住掉了下來，鏡無延的手指倒是停住了。

他低着頭，黑眸靜靜瞧着懷裏哭泣的人，感受到這丫頭滿腹怨氣的情緒，他也算是有些明白了，這是要和他算賬的架勢了，鏡無延一時有些頭疼。

沒辦法，這事也怪他自己，誰讓他從前對她的時候确實是兇了些，倒是沒想到這丫頭這般記仇，到現在還記着從前的事情。

只不過她嘴裏說的“他們”，還是讓鏡無延稍稍皺了下眉，他不知道今日還有誰惹她不高興了，直到腿上的人因為掙紮的幅度太大，原本被遮在領子下的肌膚隐約露出一些明顯的痕跡。

鏡無延臉色瞬間變了下，他按着嫣嫣的肩膀不讓她掙紮亂動，手指熟練的解開她胸前的衣襟，看到她脖子上那些被咬破皮的傷口，好幾處，一直從脖子延伸到胸口。

鏡無延的眼裏閃過淩厲殺意，眼神也終于冷了下來，他昨晚碰的時候很克制，別說蹭破皮了，吻得稍微重些都舍不得，懷裏的人都會不滿生氣，那些傷口，明顯是被其他人咬出來的，在這個宗門裏，這種時候，除了她的好師兄，還有誰敢對她做這種事情。

鏡無延的臉色瞬間猙獰了下，他真是對那男人太過放心了，覺得他照顧了嫣嫣那麽久不會做傷害她的事情，可是人嫉妒起來确實會失去理智。

他也似乎理解了為什麽嫣嫣今日會變得這樣沖動了，很明顯是被吓着了。

想到這裏，鏡無延按着她的肩膀的手又改為摟着，直接将人腦袋按進胸口，下巴輕蹭了下額頭，緩着聲音安撫着，“對不起，是我的錯，是我沒有保護好你，往後我不會再讓人欺負你，別哭了好不好？從前也是我的錯，是我混賬，有眼無珠，要不然你咬我出氣好不好，只要你能解氣，怎麽咬都可以。”

南嫣手指從袖口裏伸出來，緊緊揪着他胸前的衣襟，眼淚蹭到他的脖子上，聲音哽咽，又氣又惱，“誰要咬你出氣了，你當我是狗嗎？跟你一樣喜歡咬人嗎？還有你皮糙肉厚磕壞了我的牙怎麽辦？”

話雖然是這麽說沒錯，但南嫣還是難掩心中氣悶，忍不住一口咬上了他的脖子，嘴裏嗚咽兩聲，聽得鏡無延有些好笑，摸着她的腦袋哄，“咬重點，再重點也沒關系……”

這話聽得南嫣心中氣憤，越咬越覺得怨忿不甘，她又呸的一聲，一口吐了出來。

然後擡起頭，那雙被淚水沖洗過的眼珠格外幹淨，瞳孔烏黑，含着幾分認真，就這麽直直地盯着他，“我問你，倘若林師姐是真的想要殺我，你會不會先幫我殺了她？”

鏡無延微皺了下眉，低頭對上她的視線，沉默了一瞬，才冷靜的回複道，“嫣嫣，我與她之間只是交易，我需要她幫我解除封印，別的什麽關系都沒有。你不用這樣試探于我，嫣嫣，她不會殺你，我也不會讓她有機會殺你，你別害怕，相信我好嗎？”

相信你才有鬼了，那麽明顯的殺意還要她做到視而不見嗎？即便林清霜今時今日不對她動手，往後找到機會也必定是要給她致命一擊的，畢竟對方都已經将她看作是心魔了，心魔不除，她往後怎麽突破飛升？

于是南嫣不死心，面上顯露不甘，語氣裏隐隐含了幾分固執，非要從他那裏讨要一個答案出來，“我信你，可是你也得告訴我，如果有一天，我們對上的話，你會不會毫不猶豫的幫我殺了她呢？”

她就是故意問這個問題，就是要讓他陷入兩難的境地，她與林清霜之間的矛盾已經不可能緩和，早晚都會有那麽一天的。

其實仔細想想，鏡無延費盡心思幫助林清霜重回人世，目的就是讓她飛升上界幫他解除封印，自然是不可能輕易殺了她的。

否則他做的那些事情豈不是全都白費心機了，可他若是不肯，那她自然也有理由抓住這點不放了，畢竟林清霜對她的殺心不是假的。

聞言，鏡無延的眉頭果然皺得更緊了些，這個問題對他來說确實有些為難，他暫時還不能随意打殺林清霜，甚至還要靠着她的靈力來滋養乾坤镯，畢竟這個修真界，像她一樣的變異冰靈根少之又少，他等不了那麽久了。

鏡無延眸眼深黑，定定落在懷中人身上，深呼吸了一口氣後，眉頭又緩緩松開，認真道，“不會有那麽一天的，我不會讓她有機會傷害你的，嫣嫣，你相信我好嗎？”

南嫣故意沉默着不說話。

很明顯是對這個答案心懷不滿了。

兩人之間的氣氛再一次凝固了。

鏡無延也察覺到了她情緒上的低落，薄唇抿得緊了，也許是知道自己這個答案有些不合适，他心中一時間也有些沉悶，隐隐有些煩躁。

鏡無延伸出手指捏了捏她的手心，正要開口時，卻又聽她冷不防問了句，

“如果我一定要殺了她呢？鏡無延，你會阻攔我嗎？還是會選擇對我動手呢？”

南嫣說這句話的時候很冷靜，擡眸凝視着他，眼裏閃過認真。

鏡無延手上的動作一頓，沉默半晌，他輕輕開口，“嫣嫣，你很難殺得了她的，她如今的修為比你高，修煉的速度也比你快，你跟她動手只會讓自己吃虧而已，別做這種傷害自己的事情好嗎？”

南嫣眼眶微紅，明顯不甘心，她盯着眼前的人，繼續放狠話，“我總能找到機會的，我可以下藥偷襲，我可以使各種手段，她能讓我上當受騙，我自然也能以牙還牙對付她……”

“嫣嫣！”鏡無延的聲音重了些，捏着她的下巴，正對着她的眼睛，表情明顯也嚴肅了不少，“不可以耍這些陰私手段，更不可以做這些以後自己都會心虛後悔的事情，到時候吃苦受累的只會是你自己。”

他訓完人也知道她說的是氣話，畢竟這丫頭連只妖獸都沒弄死過，又怎麽可能真如她說的那樣，眼也不眨地殺死自己的同門。

只是修士飛升時都有問心劫，倘若問心無愧時還好，可若是心中有愧，這輩子都不可能飛升了，只會在雷劫中飛灰湮滅。

鏡無延說完又拍了拍她的後背，聲音放低了安撫，“好了，嫣嫣，我們不說這個話題了好嗎？你今日是受了驚吓，所以才會胡思亂想，在我這兒休息一會兒好不好？我會陪着你。”

聞言南嫣卻是伸手推開了他，幾乎是壓抑着胸腔內的情緒，将原本外露的情緒被收斂得幹幹淨淨，聲音低低的，

“我不在你這兒休息，我要回去了，你讓我一個人先靜一靜。”

說完這話南嫣轉身就往外走。

鏡無延表情微變，下意識地伸手去握她的手腕，卻被對方有意避開了，他便知道她這次是真的在意了。

這個反應讓鏡無延眸色暗了暗，看着那丫頭毫無停頓離開的背影，他心中隐隐湧出一股無力的煩躁感。

他已經很久沒有過這種感覺了，仿佛事情脫離了掌控，讓人陷入了某種困境。

林清霜的蓄意挑釁，還有嫣嫣不肯善罷甘休的态度，雙方不肯退讓，倘若這兩人真的對上了，他到底要如何才能解決這次的問題？

他只剩下不過百年的時間，百年之後，這具身體的靈力會逐漸枯竭，他會再次陷入沉睡，下一次醒來還不知要等到何時？倘若不能趁着這段時間幫林清霜飛升上界，青幽神域的封印還不知何時才能解開？

可是……嫣嫣那邊要怎麽辦？

鏡無延想着，胸口莫名有些沉悶發堵，倘若他真的陷入了沉睡，或者是消失不見了，那個臭丫頭只怕不出幾個月的時間就會将他忘得一幹二淨，他又如何能等得起？

這邊鏡無延心中如何糾結煩躁，南嫣是不會在意的，她在意的就只有一個，那就是她跟林清霜之間肯定是要有一個決斷的。

而且應該是不止她一個人這麽想，就連林清霜心中也是這麽想的。

畢竟這輩子的林清霜有不少依仗，又占盡先機，而她這個小師妹跟大師兄鬧翻之後就失去了庇護，若是再跟鏡無延發生争吵的話，就真的沒什麽人能夠顧得住她了。

所以，若是某一天林清霜真的對她下死手的話，死的也不過是她一條小命罷了。

而鏡無延與林清霜之間的關系也不是三言兩語說得清的，兩人可能是互相成就，若是她倆真的發生争執，鏡無延或許會偏幫她，但也決不會置林清霜于死地。

所以這次林清霜挑起沖突時，她也正好将計就計，如今兩人之間勢如水火，必定是要有個結果的，就是不知道那狗男人最後會選擇幫誰了。

這邊南嫣剛走出庭院，就在不遠處的青石浮山旁看到了刻意等着她的林師姐。

She looked calm, with a slightly pale complexion. Perhaps he had expected her to come out of Jing Wuyan's courtyard, so he was not surprised to see her.

Nan Yan glanced at her face, not feeling the slightest bit of guilt, but the two of them had already completely fallen out, so there was no need to be polite anymore.

As soon as she walked over, Lin Qingshuang walked towards her calmly. There was no one around, so Lin Qingshuang stopped pretending and said coldly with a blank expression, "Junior sister, you are young, but you are really good at coaxing men. What, it's not enough to seduce senior brother, now you want to snatch the people around me?"

Every word in these words revealed a trace of contempt. In her opinion, this little junior sister simply had no self-respect and self-love. As a cultivator, she did not concentrate on her cultivation, but instead used her beauty to flirt with male cultivators to obtain various resources and benefits. How was she different from those ruthless female cultivators in the Hehuan Sect?

In the past, she had hooked up with Senior Brother Feng and refused to let go. Now that she has separated from Senior Brother Feng, she immediately turned to another man. Such an unbridled and wanton attitude shows that she has a despicable character.

It's not that she couldn't see it, but in just these few days, this little sister's cultivation has improved a lot. It is conceivable what happened between her and Jing Wuyan in these few days.

It's nothing more than not following the right path and abandoning those unorthodox practices of the Hehuan Sect. She doesn't care who Jing Wuyan likes, except Su Nanyan.

So, she came here on purpose to provoke her.

"But you may not know that the relationship between me and Jing Wuyan is much closer than you think."

Nan Yan didn't care about her scolding. This level of attack couldn't hurt her. But she was good at making people angry and could make them grit their teeth.

"So what? Are you jealous, Senior Sister? I coaxed them around and around, making them dizzy and obediently crawling at my feet like a puppy. Even my eldest senior brother, whom I worship as a god and whom I have always wanted, is like this..."

She doesn't steal or rob, and being able to coax people is a kind of ability, right? There is nothing shameful about it, so why should you look down on her?

Besides, didn't she often coax Jing Wuyan into giving her all kinds of spiritual plants and herbs? Why did it become an unclean position for her?

Nan Yan smiled and threatened, "If I persuade them to kill my sister, will you still talk to me like this?"

Lin Qingshuang's expression turned cold indeed. Anyone who heard such words would be unable to control the murderous intent in their heart.

The person she longed for but could not get was like an object to be discarded at will when he was next to her. How could she not hate him?

She stared at Nan Yan for a long while before she sneered, "You can try and see if Jing Wuyan will kill me for you? You may not know that the relationship between him and I is something you will never be able to achieve in your lifetime. Even if I wanted to kill you, didn't he still let me go today?"

Nan Yan's expression didn't change.

Lin Qingshuang added, "Do you really think he cares about you? If he really cares about you, why would he defend me in front of you? If you don't believe me, you can try again next time and see if the person you like is particularly worried and anxious when he defends me."

After saying this, Lin Qingshuang sneered, probably because she didn't want to hear any more irritating words coming out of that mouth. She lowered her head to glance at Nan Yan, then turned around and left.

Nan Yan was too lazy to pay attention to her. If she was really the junior sister in the original plot, she would probably be so angry that she would jump to her feet. But she didn't feel anything at the moment. Jing Wuyan didn't care who it had to do with her, as long as she could torture him.