Although the Torture Sparrow had been removed from Chu Lei’s body, but he still felt heavy, like he had gone three days and three nights without sleep, and traveled over countless mountains, his whole body was exhausted. Finally, he reluctantly accompanied for two cups of wine, and then Linglong and Xuanji will sent him back to rest.
After helping Chu Lei to sleep, Linglong held Xuanji’s hand and walked towards the atrium, as if she had something to say. Xuanji’s heart was inexplicably a bit apprehensive, seeing her walk to the railing and stare fixedly at a Laurel tree[1] in the courtyard. The moonlight was like silver, and Linglong’s face had a faint soft glow under the silver glow, a calm and gentle expression she had never seen on Ling Long’s face before.
“Xuanji, will you look down on me?” She suddenly asked in a low voice.
Xuanji was stunned and said sharply, “How could I? Why are you asking this?”
Linglong said softly, “Actually, it doesn’t matter if you look down on me, I abandoned my parents to follow a man. If people hear this, they will say that this girl has no self-respect at all and will look down on me.”
Xuanji shook her head and said, “Why should I look down on you? You’re doing what you like, and …… you haven’t abandoned your parents either. The people who don’t understand the situation are talking nonsense …… and we have nothing to do with it.”
“You will say such childish things.” Linglong laughed and touched her hair, “I like the way you don’t care about anything. That’s good. I always thought about it in a mixed way. I was so fond of him that I wanted to see him every day, and I had to have him with me to feel comfortable. However, I was afraid that other brothers and sisters from the sect will gossip behind my back, and I was always worried that the elders will say that I am a girl who does not respect herself and hangs out with men all the time. So I was hot and cold to him, and in the end, he was unhappy and I didn’t know what I wanted in the end. What I want in the end, is it the two of us happy, or to preserve Chu Linglong, the good reputation of this name?”
Xuanji gently called out, “Linglong ……”
Linglong laughed: “But now I understand it. It is true that people’s words can be fearful, but the fear of loss is even more terrible. He can risk his life for me, so what’s a little bit of human talk? Xuanji he saved my life. Yes, I’m willing to pay him back.”
Xuanji couldn’t say anything, she could only nod her head for a long time before saying, “You and Sixth Brother are like this, I am very happy. I just like it when we are happy and staying together all the time.”
Always together, just like when we were little, we laugh and joke, no one will leave, no one will die. She is like a person who has been alone for too long, eager to protect this kind of warmth, and no one can take it away without being destroyed. There are some things in the world that are worth guarding with life, and what is ridiculous in the eyes of others may be the greatest treasure in the eyes of another.
Seeing her talking about things in such a serious manner, Linglong couldn’t help but laugh, and push the strands of hair behind her ear for her, and teased her gently, “Where is Sifeng? Is he in your eyes? Isn’t he special?”
Xuanji laughed in her heart, flushed and speechless for a while. After a long time, she said, “I don’t think as much as you. I don’t care what others say or do, whether they laugh or are sarcastic,or even look down on me. All in all, I must be with him. Who will take him away from me? My Bēng Yù will not be polite.”
She waved Bēng Yù around a bit, rather like a loyal dog protecting its master. Linglong took Bēng Yù, took it out and took a closer look, and compared her Duàn Jīn with it. She felt that one had a bright golden light, and the other silvery faint, each with its own characteristics, but after all, Bēng Yù has a more spiritual quality, not the same as usual weapons.”
Linglong sighed enviously, and said, “It’s great, that you can use Bēng Yù. First Brother told me that there is a sharp blade other than Duàn Jīn, called Bēng Yù. I asked my father for it, but he didn’t say no, he said it depended on the fate, but I really couldn’t use it, and my father was disappointed. Now that you can use it, Father must be extremely happy.”
Xuanji opened her mouth to tell her about the origin of Bēng Yù and Ding Kun, but when the words came to her mouth, she suddenly realized and hurriedly changed the topic, “Let’s go to the banquet first, otherwise Uncle Dongfang will punish you with wine later, and you will be drunk and pass out.”
Linglong nodded and took her hand, and the two of them walked back together. A breeze blew in the direction of Xuanji’s long hair, and a pink spot behind her ear came out. Linglong made a sound and touched it with her hand, laughing, “There are mosquitoes on the island, regardless of summer and winter?”
Xuanji flushed suddenly, and hurriedly covered it with her hand, and said, “No … its not a mosquito bite … we, lets go.” Afterwards, she even behaved like a coquettish little daughter, begging her not to ask.
It was the first time Linglong saw Xuanji with this kind of delicate look, her heart felt funny, thinking about it, she suddenly understood what it is. She also blushed a little, and secretly whispered, “He, he really dares to be so courageous.”
Xuanji was drowning in embarrassment, her fingers twisted her belt, and her soft long hair danced slightly in the evening breeze. This timid appearance was really shocking.
“You …… should not tell anyone!” She grabbed Linglong’s hand and begged quietly, “Good sister, don’t tell anyone.”
Linglong smiled and nodded, “Look at you, little girl, who has always been like a child, and Sifeng who has always been gentle. I really can’t see it.” After speaking, she snorted and said, “Look at Little Six. Courageous, but in fact, very boring.”
Xuanji couldn’t help being stunned, and she didn’t know whether to call her bold or nonsense. After half a day, she also said, “In fact, Sifeng is sometimes quite boring.”
Under the moonlight, both of their faces were a little red, and they looked at each other for half a day, then they each laughed out loud. They both thought it was fun to speak boldly like this, so they went back hand in hand.
When they returned to the hall, Dongfang Qingqi and Liu Yihuan were having a good time. Both of them were a bit unruly, and after drinking, they actually got along quite well. Ting Nu quietly eats his food, while Téngshé next to him wants to climb up the table and stuff all the dishes in his mouth. Zhong Minyan and Yu Sifeng had a lot to talk about while they were drunk, and they didn’t even notice that Linglong and Xuanji were back.
Linglong heard that her soul was embedded by Ting Nu’s magic. She was grateful, but she never had the chance to thank him in person. This would be a good time, so she leaned in to talk to him. After chatting, she found him to be elegant and gentle. Among the men she knew, Zhong Minyan was flamboyant and not very stable; although Yu Sifeng was stable, he was aloof and arrogant, and had nothing to say; First Brother was not as knowledgeable as he was; Father and the other elders were not young, and would not talk to her if they had nothing to say. Seeing that Ting Nu was so gentle and elegant, she suddenly had countless good feelings, and just kept talking about fun things.
Seeing that Téngshé’s eating was really ugly, she was so embarrassed that she couldn’t help but pull him back, seeing that his face was covered with rice and vegetable soup, she had to wipe him with a handkerchief and said, “How can a god eat like this? How do you not know how to use chopsticks? Do you think everyone in heaven uses their hands to grab food?”
Téngshé originally wanted to grab the food with his hands and eat it.When he heard her say this it was a matter of the face of the gods, he had to change to chopsticks and stuffed his mouth with food, complaining vaguely, “If the food in heaven was half as good as the food below, I wouldn’t be like this. Not to mention me, even Ying Long and Emperor Bai, when they see such delicious food, they will not be able to resist snatching it with their hands.”
In order to save face, he dragged Emperor Bai and Ying Long down with him. Xuanji shook her head as she heard it, and when she saw vegetable soup on his face, she couldn’t help holding his hand, and immediately fixed it. Later, she didn’t feel like his master, but like his nanny.
Dongfang Qingqi laughed loudly and said, “Xuanji, you have to let him be! Eat, you should be lively and happy. Let him do it! You also come to have a drink, today to identify the demon, you have the most credit.”
When everyone heard him mention the transforming demon, they all stopped talking. Dongfang Qingqi sighed, “Unfortunately, we let him get away. Alas, the reputation of the Fuyu Island for hundreds of years, but the problem is the tiger we raised, I did not find that Ouyang is a demon early ……”
Zhong Minyan heart has always had a knot, and he couldn’t help but ask, “Island master, that day …… that Brother Ouyang …… he ……” when the words reached the lips, he did not know how to ask.
Dongfang Qingqi understood his meaning, said, “He is naturally a human. After the incident, I also regret, but it does not help. I could only order people to bury him in the back of the mountain, regularly sweep the tomb to offer fresh fruit. If you want to pay your respects, I will have someone take you there tomorrow morning.”
Zhong Minyan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a bitter smile, “It’s …… all my own fault.”
Dongfang Qingqi laughed: “At a young age, you always have to suffer more. In the future you will understand, during youth when there is more frustration, it is actually a very good experience. Those who have smooth sailing can’t get this valuable experience even if they ask for it.”
Linglong said, “Uncle Dongfang, you are not talking about me, are you?”
Dongfang Qingqi laughed loudly, and all the people in the room also laughed with him.
“Old Brother Chu has two flowery girls, really let people envy.” He shook his head and lamented, and suddenly thought of himself married for many years, but no children In the end, his wife also had that kind of incident, this human happiness, the joy of family, he in this lifetime will not be able to experience.
The people laughed and joked until the moon was up in the sky, then they withdrew from the banquet and went to their respective rooms to rest.
Yu Sifeng drank too much and he was a little unsteady when he walked. Zhong Minyan on the side was still muttering to go back and continue drinking and talking til the next morning, Linglong didn’t wait for Yu Sifeng to nod in agreement, but already knocked him on the head with a chestnut and said angrily, “What are you talking about drinking? Go to bed now!”
Zhong Minyan was so drunk that his eyes were squinting, he grasped Linglong’s hand with a smile and mumbled, “Will you sleep with me?”
Linglong’s face turned red, spat on him and shook off his hand, “You’re dreaming! Get out of here! Don’t make people look at you like a joke!”
She saw that Zhong Minyan was really drunk, so she had to drag him along with her. She suddenly remembered Xuanji and turned her head to see, Yu Sifeng was walking in front of her and Xuanji followed behind him, the two of them silent. She couldn’t help but freeze, then she turned to think about Zhong Minyan’s drunkenness and forgot to worry about the two of them.
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[1]: Laurus nobilis is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous smooth leaves, in the flowering plant family Lauraceae.
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