Li Wan Heng Jin
"It's very suitable for building a wooden house. If you want, Ari, I can build it for you."
A-Li looked up at the towering sacred peach tree with joy, shook her head and said with regret, "It is indeed a wonderful thing to live under such a magnificent and beautiful sacred peach tree, but the wooden house is built in a fixed way, which will definitely damage it. Forget it. Thank you, A-Cha."
"Don't I understand you? If I just ask, I'm sure I can alleviate your concerns."
"How?"
"There's a magical tree called the Cang Guan on Wanhua Fairy Mountain. It grows rapidly on moonlit nights. When the moonlight is at its brightest, it can reach tens of meters in a single night, with its branches growing several times thicker. It's also very resilient; even a stump can sprout new branches. Xie Xie is often troubled by the Cang Guan's overgrowth, blocking the sunlight from the grass and flowers beneath it. He goes up the mountain every day to cut down the Cang Guan, using the wood to build shelters for the immortal beasts. The greatest feature of cabins built with Cang Guan wood is that they don't require nails or rivets to secure; the planks fuse together firmly."
"Even so, the sacred peach tree will still grow. Building a wooden house on the tree will definitely restrict the growth of the sacred peach tree branches, right?"
"No, Xie Xie said he's observed the wooden houses built by Cang Guan, and that the Cang Guan wood will automatically adjust its length and layout according to the growth of the tree. If after a long time, the layout of the wooden house changes and you don't like it, you can cast a spell to dismantle it and rebuild it at any time. In short, your concerns will not come true."
The more Li Wan thought about it, the more she looked forward to it. In her joy, she did not forget to flatter Cha Suxun, so that he would have more motivation to go to Qie Xie to ask for Cang Guan.
"My Ah Cha is truly the smartest person in the world. Nothing can stop you. What would I do without you?"
"I will always be yours. You never have to worry about being without me. Ah Li, you said such nice things to coax me today. How big a cabin do you want?"
The intimacy between the two made Heng Jin reveal a subtle envy. Heng Jin, who was beside Yuan Li, said, "At that time, I was extremely envious. I envied the friendship between you and Cha Suxun, envied your unrestrained and lively laughter, envied that he could receive praise from the people he cared about, and envied so much... But I had suppressed my emotions for so long that I didn't even dare to show them too much. It was your free and easy and lively attitude that pulled me out of the mental cage that bound me."
Yuanli still didn't believe that she was Li Wan, and she was too lazy to argue with him at this time. She simply pretended to understand Cha Suxun's past.
After coming out of the second scroll, Heng Jin immediately took her into the next scroll. They were all boring and ordinary little things, but Heng Jin, both inside and outside the scroll, enjoyed it very much, and his smile became more and more obvious when he was with her.
It’s another full moon, and we meet in the clouds to drink and compete.
After the competition, she was always excited and happy every time she had a good fight, but now she was in a bad mood. She grabbed a pot of Tu Tu wine and drank half of it.
"Don't drink so quickly. Is there anything bothering the Demon Lord?"
"Um."
"Didn't the Demon Lord teach me that when I have troubles, I shouldn't keep them bottled up inside, but rather talk about them? I wonder if I'll be lucky enough to hear the Demon Lord confide his troubles to me for the first time tonight?"
She looked up at him, hesitated to speak, and then moved her gaze back to her toes.
"You know so many of my secret troubles. Even if I had all the courage in my body, I wouldn't dare tell anyone what you told me. Besides, I've always kept my mouth shut, you know. So, I'm a very reliable person to confide in, you can rest assured."
"It's not that I'm worried about you, I just can't say these words to a living person. It makes me, a great Demon Lord, seem so easily defeated. I won't hold it back. I usually say these words to my furry friends. Holding them in my arms and stroking their soft fur makes me feel at ease."
After listening quietly, Heng Jin put away the wine and food and took her to the highest point of Penglai Fairyland. After sensing the entire Penglai Fairyland, he said, "Apart from the fairy beasts and elves, there are no other living people here. Please sit down."
After she sat down, Heng Jin transformed into a smaller version of its original form under her puzzled gaze, about three times her size. It lay beside her, placing its full-fledged wings close to her legs.
Yuanli was stunned by his behavior and the beauty of his original form.
"Why not touch me? I know my feathers aren't beautiful enough. Just treat me as an ordinary white bird or animal. Isn't it said that touching soft and smooth fur will make you feel at ease? My fur may not be as comfortable as that of a round-haired animal, but it should feel pretty good. I know that I was not born as beautiful as other phoenixes with colorful feathers. My ordinary white color makes me look like an alien."
"You are very beautiful, more stunningly beautiful than any other phoenix, and no ordinary white. Your white feathers are shimmering with a pale golden sheen, and there are these colorful floating lights. It is so beautiful that I can't find the right words to describe it."
"Do you have other Phoenix friends?"
"No, but I have seen other phoenixes in picture books, so it's not a lie to say that you are more stunningly beautiful than any other phoenix."
Li Wan has loved all kinds of exotic beasts since she was a child. When faced with such a rare beast like him, she was even more eager to touch its feathers, but this was Emperor Hengjin, and she really didn't dare.
Men and women should not touch each other, and besides, she is engaged. She doesn't want Cha Suxun to be jealous or unhappy, so she will definitely not touch him.
But after hearing what he said just now about his inferiority and grievance, Li Wan was a little afraid that he would misunderstand that she didn't touch him because she thought he was not handsome enough.
Therefore, she briefly explained: "I don't touch it because I don't dare."
"There's nothing to be afraid of. I just hope you can get rid of your boredom and be happy. Touch me. I'm your best friend. Or are you afraid that Cha Suxun will be unhappy if he finds out?"
"You seem to care more about whether A-Cha will be unhappy than I do. Often, you ask, 'Does the Emperor also like Cha Suxun?'"
"Also? You like Cha Suxun very much?"
"He's my fiancé. Of course I like Cha Suxun very much. I've liked him since I was a child."
Speaking of Cha Suxun, a smile finally appeared on her face.
"Is it a romantic love? Or is it a love that you treat him as your fiancé because you're engaged?"
Li Wan said jokingly, "Your Majesty, why are you asking so many questions? You don't really like Ah Cha, do you? You shouldn't cheat on a friend's wife, and you shouldn't cheat on a friend's husband either, Your Majesty. Ah Cha and I are destined to be together. He swore an oath to the Netherworld Stone that he would only marry me in this life. Give up on that idea, Your Majesty."
"I like women, not men."
"Okay, okay."
"real!"
"Okay, okay, really."
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Yuanli asked Hengjin, "Are you already in love with Demon Lord Liwan at this moment?"
"Well, it's hard not to like a woman as bright as the sun. But at this moment, I can still suppress my affection and am not greedy. I clearly know that Li Wan is close to me only to compete with me to improve her martial arts and to understand my moves in case of need in the future. If I didn't have the title of Heavenly War God, Li Wan, who is dedicated to serving the people of the Demon Realm, would not waste her time and energy to make friends with me. Even if the reason is not true, Li Wan's sincerity is real."
"I don't want to watch this boring, time-consuming, mundane thing anymore."
"Every little thing in the past is the most important happy time for me. Before I heard you say this and saw your reaction when you looked at these memories, I didn't believe that you really didn't like me anymore."
When he said this, it was as if his soul had been drained out. His shoulders drooped in despair, his eyes were lifeless, and he smiled helplessly.
"But why, Yuan'er, why don't you like me anymore?"
"Whether you believe it or not, instead of continuing to dwell on these love affairs, it's better to go to Floating Butterfly City and solve the mystery."
"The mystery of Floating Butterfly City must be solved, but the love between you and me must also be clarified. I always pester you and annoy you, torturing each other. It would be better to make things clear once and for all. This is the principle you taught me, isn't it? I just want to clear up the misunderstanding. Yuan'er, I am more wronged than Dou E. How can I sever the fate of renewing this life by being jealous of my past life? If you don't agree to continue reading, I will keep pestering you. I will never let go of this relationship even if I die."
"you!"
"I mean what I say. Without my spell, unless you recover all your memories, you will never be able to leave this illusion I created. I am happy to spend the rest of my life with you here."
"Okay, okay! I don't even know how many years it's taken to finish looking at each painting. I'll skip the common ones and quickly go through the important ones."
As Heng Jin cast the spell, all the scrolls revolved around them, and dazzling white light penetrated from the gaps between adjacent scrolls. As the scrolls spun faster and faster, the dazzling white light gradually invaded their vision, and Yuanli closed her eyes tightly, unable to bear it.
Strange memories began to emerge in their minds, and they looked at Heng Jin and Li Wan's past like outsiders.
Countless ordinary past events like the first three scrolls flashed before her eyes like a kaleidoscope. In these daily interactions with friends, the four words she said most often were "my A-Cha".
The love and jealousy in his eyes gradually surged, and Cha Suxun soon noticed this.
Therefore, as time went on, Cha Suxun appeared more and more often for various reasons when the two of them were together.
He began to study harder and practice harder. No matter how difficult the magic or martial arts the Heavenly Lord gave him, he would practice them day and night when he couldn't see her.
In order to better protect the people, quell the war, and always be one step ahead of her, so that she can always maintain the possibility of meeting him so that she can improve her martial arts.
After a hundred years of training by her, Heng Jin always appeared to be emotionally rich and smiling in front of her. He no longer spoke in a concise manner, but would also take the initiative to share tactics and strategies with her and answer her questions.
Compared with Heng Jin that Yuanli met, and even Wen Yici from the mortal world, they were completely different people.
Until he discovered that she was distressed by the ministers forcing her to marry Cha Suxun as soon as possible.
He was unwilling to satisfy his greed of just being friends, and at this moment he could no longer restrain himself.
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