Lover’s Curse. The destined one. The curse has not been lifted.
Xuanji couldn’t understand how these things were linked together. She remembered meeting Sifeng in Sea Bowl Mountain, his face covered by the half crying half smiling mask. Is that the reason for the lover’s curse? At that time, Ruo’Yu wanted to say something but stopped, for this? What is the spell that can make the mask cry and laugh? If the curse is not lifted, what kind of repercussions will be experienced?
She heard Liu Yihuan’s words and ran out first in a hurry, flying towards Ge’ermu with her sword, only to find out after a while that they hadn’t followed her, so she had to go back again. She saw Liu Yihuan stepping on a huge stone sword as wide as a person, and Ting Nu was sitting in front of him with the wheelchair, just right. With such a big sword, it’s difficult for Liu Yihuan to control it easily but it flies slowly.
Seeing Xuanji doubling back, he raised his brows and cried out, “Why are you coming back? You go first! If afraid we won’t be able to snatch him back!”
Xuanji hesitated for a moment before saying: “You …… tell me first, the mask and the Li Ze Palace …… in the end what is going on?”
Liu Yihuan sighed happily, “It’s not surprising that the kid is always arrogant and will definitely not tell you the truth. Bearing the difficulties alone. I tell you, the Palace of Li Ze has a dead rule, once you enter the door of this sect, you are not allowed to go out, let alone marry. In order to show compliance with this deadly rule, everyone wears a mask, only allowed to take it off in the palace. In other words, those who can see their real faces are their own people. For Li Ze Palace, one of our own can only be a fellow disciple.”
Xuanji remembered how frustrated and frightened Sifeng looked when his mask was broken by a demon four years ago. She couldn’t understand it at the time and had argued with the Palace Master for a long time. In the end he said that he wouldn’t punish Sifeng …… but it didn’t work out that way, he was still punished and put under some kind of lover’s curse.
“So when he was seen by you little ghosts under the mask, which is the same as treating outsiders as your own people. I’m not sure who was at fault. No matter whose fault it was, he had to be punished. In the first place, it is not a serious punishment, at most a confinement, a few words of reprimand, or a couple of beatings. The Grand Master likes him and must be thinking of him. Who knew that you, an unconscious girl, had to quarrel with others, and as a result, the Grand Palace Master was so cruel that he decided not to return to his homeland for eternity. That is the heaviest punishment, do you understand what that means?”
Xuanji’s heart thumped and shook her head blankly.
It means that he has abandoned everything from that moment on. There is no hometown to go back to. From then on, he is a floating and lonely duckweed person.”
Her heart felt as if something had stabbed her hard, at first it didn’t hurt but slowly the pain began to eat away at her heart and bones, so much so that she almost had to bend over. All of this, he did not say, he always smiled faintly, full of concern to accompany her. She also used to take it for granted, as if he should have been with her since he was born and cannot leave. The day he made such a determination, how much courage was needed? To give up his homeland forever, to give up everything he once had. …… Who was it for? For what?
So he looked at her that night with such sad eyes, so he said he wanted to be absolute, so he said he could not regret it in the future, so he …… made a bitter joke, saying he was not a duckweed.
She regretted it too much, covering her face tightly with her hands wondering whether she should smash her wooden head or stab herself to death with a sword.
Liu Yihuan saw her tears overflowing from the crevices of her fingers, heart could not bear it, softly sighed, “If you feel sorry for him …… have this feeling of remembrance, his love is not in vain.”
Ting Nu suddenly whispered, “Love or ruthlessness …… feelings of things, how can they be seen from the surface. You are an old man, how much do you know.”
Liu Yihuan glared with his eyes and said angrily, “Why don’t I know! At least I’m a quite good-looking half-immortal! I’ve been with more women than you’ve ever seen, so how could I not know?”
That’s ridiculous! Ting Nu shook his head, not bothering to talk to him about such frivolous things.
“Xuanji, the so-called lover’s curse was prepared for the disciples of the Li Ze Palace who had abandoned their homeland to disobey their orders,” Ting Nu said quietly. “Actually, the intent of the spell is very simple. It tells those who have chosen an outsider that since you think the outside world is better than your home, you have to go through a test. If the people outside treat you as well as your family does, or even better, then the spell will naturally be lifted and the mask will become a moot point. If people outside treat you badly, you will feel uncomfortable in your heart and naturally react on the mask when you feel bad, so the mask will show a crying face. It is a reflection of your heart, which is beyond your control, even if you deceive yourself.”
Xuanji put down her hand, her face was wet with a crystal teardrop hanging on her eyelashes, staring at Ting Nu in a daze, choked and said, “Then … Sifeng regrets it? He, he feels that we treat him badly …… his heart is sad? But I’ve already taken off that mask …… why ……”
Liu Yihuan frowned and said: “Stupid! Although the Kunlun sacred wood is a sacred wood, how can it be more powerful than the real gods! If you want to pick it, even the mask made of diamond jade in the Heavenly Court can be picked, let alone a small sacred wood! Anyone can undo the curse but not you! You do not treat him with sincerity, how can the curse be lifted just by your own advantage? I say, Little Phoenix should go back and confess his mistake to Li Ze Palace, there is still room for redemption, otherwise, if this goes on, he will sooner or later die from the lover’s curse!”
His words were too straightforward, causing Ting Nu to glare at him but he just ignored it. This pair of children, tossing and turning, no one can get a result, it is time to give a push, otherwise they will be bored to death without understanding what is going on.
If he had said these things to herself before, Xuanji would only treat it as nonsense and not understand it but after a trip to Buzhou Mountain, she met Shen Tu and Yu Lei, she vaguely recalled something and she also understood that in her past life she must have had a certain special status.
But Si Feng said, past lives are past lives and can not let past lives affect the mood of this life. The most important thing is to have a happy life right now. So, the past life and she have nothing to do with each other. She doesn’t want to find out and she doesn’t want to be disturbed by it.
“Who says I’m not sincere?” She said suddenly, as if a child who had been robbed of her beloved, flushed, anxious and annoyed, with tears on her face. “I am sincere! I love Sifeng, I don’t want to separate from him! How can this feeling be fake?”
Liu Yihuan sneered, “Good! You are sincere! Then let me ask you, what is Zhong Minyan?”
Xuanji’s mind seemed to be struck by a thunderbolt, making her dizzy. She trembled and said: “What did you …… say ……”
Liu Yihuan said, “Why, I mentioned him suddenly, your heart is guilty? Let me ask you, which one is more important to you, Zhong Minyan or Yu Sifeng?”
This is an odd question that she has never thought of, just like someone asking: which is more important to you, your mother or your father? She said sharply, “How can I compare this? Both are important! They are both the most important people to me!”
Liu Yihuan smiled, “Yes, you have so many ways out. But he gave up all his options for you, and you still say you are sincere?”
Seeing the look on Xuanji’s face, Ting Nu knew she was disturbed. The fact is that her heart was empty and she has no talent in the matter of passion. Forcing a confession out of her at this time is undoubtedly difficult for even a strong man. He said in a low voice, “Stop talking! Are you proud to be involved in such a childish matter?”
Liu Yihuan muttered, “Fine! I am not nosy! I watched Little Phoenix grow up, so I can count as half a father. What kind of father would want his son to fall head over heels for a woman who doesn’t even like him?”
“How do you know what the truth is? And how do you know she doesn’t like Sifeng? Do you have to make a big deal out of it before you can say you like it?”
Ting Nu is very sharp and very deadly, although he speaks a bit awkwardly but the eloquence is actually excellent, Liu Yihuan rubbed his nose, muttered, “Anyway, I do not see it …… young people nowadays ah ……”
“Everyone has their own destiny. You should think about how to deal with the future arrests in the heavenly realm instead of worrying too much about other people’s affairs. Do you really think that they do not pursue the matter of the eye of heaven?”
Liu Yihuan’s face was ashen at his words and he finally had to waved his hand and admit defeat, “You’re good! I’ll shut up and never say anything again!
Xuanji suddenly said softly, “I’ll unlock the lover’s curse for him, no matter what, I won’t let him die. If …… if he dies …… I will not live either!”
This is a decisive statement, there is not a trace of hesitation in the tone of voice. The two looked at her and did not say anything more.
Regarding emotions, everyone has their own destiny…In fact, these words are not false. Liu Yihuan touched his nose, concentrated on Yujian, never interrupting again.
The three of them soon arrived at the Ge’ermu, Xuanji saw that Liu Yihuan has been controlling such a large stone sword and did not know how he would carry it after he came down, who knew that he tapped on the sword twice, and the thing actually flew away on its own.
He looked back and saw Xuanji looking dazed, so he smiled smugly and pointed to the sky and said wildly: “This is my exclusive horse, its waiting in the sky, as soon as I blow the whistle, it will run over.”
Although Xuanji didn’t believe it at all but this person had a Heavenly Eye and he seemed to have a relationship with Li Ze Palace, some weird behaviors are not worthy of surprise.
Liu Yihuan pushed Ting Nu and let go of him to walk forward, while turning back, “If you keep being dazed, Sifeng will be snatched away by the Deputy Palace Master, just wait and cry!”
Xuanji rushed after him and wondered, “Why do you think it’s the Deputy Palace Master? Will the Grand Palace Master not blame Sifeng?”
Liu Yihuan tutted, lowered his voice and said mysteriously: “That’s easy, as soon as I saw that Deputy Palace Master’s strange appearance, I knew he was not a good person!”
It turned out to be an unfounded blind guess …… Xuanji remembered the conflict between herself and the Deputy Palace Master on Fuyu Island. The actual aura of murder in his body, stern and fierce, completely different from the calmness of the Great Palace Master. Later, for some reason, he gave in and released Sifeng. Although Liu Yihuan is talking nonsense but it is not impossible. It is possible that the Deputy Palace Master instructed Ruo’Yu to secretly kill Sifeng.
“If he dares to touch one hair of Sifeng, I will …… I will ……”
“What’s the matter?” Liu Yihuan asked, feeling that the world would not turn chaotic.
Xuanji said sternly, “I will smash him into ten thousand pieces!”
The girl’s angry words, originally can not be true but her special status was known to these two people. So, listening to her teeth gnashing ruthlessly, their hearts are a bit cold and she felt a little awe-inspiring. Ting Nu frowned slightly, remembering something and finally, sighed softly.
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