It was a hot summer night. The starlight was like snow, but it was impossible for it to be cool. Ye Hongyu's face was as pale as snow, and her voice was as cold as ice. However, it made people feel as if she was not in the guest house by the lake, but in a snowy winter.
"I won't die, so you won't be in trouble. I just need time to cultivate."
Ning Que thought it was true, but he did not know what amazing cultivation secret she had taken from the Divine Hall. He said softly, "Cultivating alone is cultivation, and so is cultivating with each other. If you encounter any bottleneck, you may want to discuss it with me. Maybe it will help you."
Ye Hongyu said coldly, "Will you be so kind?"
Ning Que said calmly, "Cultivating with us can be a win-win situation."
Ye Hongyu said calmly, "You said that even Chen Pipi did not dare to humiliate me with such obscene words. I did not expect you to be such a boring person."
Ning Que was startled and said, "How was my previous words obscene?"
Ye Hongyu looked into his eyes quietly and did not find a trace of shame or embarrassment. She thought that the Cultivating with them was a secret in the Divine Hall's teachings. Did this guy really not know?
However, she had seen too many shameless and cold-blooded acts of Ning Que in the Tianqi Mountains in the Wilderness. She would not believe it. She said, "You are a student of the Headmaster of the Academy. Why do you want to steal from me?"
"I said I don't want to steal anything from you. I just want to study with you."
Ning Que paused and said with a smile, "Alright, I do want to learn something from you. Although the Academy has everything, there are no classics about Divine Skills."
"You know Divine Skills."
He stared into her eyes and said, "I saw your golden light by the Daming Lake."
Ye Hongyu said, "Divine Skills are a secret of Haotian Taoism."
Ning Que said, "Sangsang is the successor of the Divine Priest of Light. She is qualified to learn Divine Skills. However, the Great Divine Priest of Light died too early, so she did not understand many things."
Ye Hongyu frowned slightly.
Ning Que said, "What are you worried about? Are you afraid that your disciple will starve to death? Are you afraid that Sangsang will become the most powerful young man in West-Hill? "
Ye Hongyu said, "Are you trying to provoke me?"
Ning Que said, "Yes."
Ye Hongyu said, "Since I know it is a provocation, why would I agree?"
Ning Que smiled and said, "Because you are the most powerful Tao Addict. Are you worried that Sangsang will surpass you?"
Ye Hongyu said expressionlessly, "I never worry about something that will never happen."
Ning Que asked, "Then why didn't you agree?"
Ye Hongyu thought for a long time and asked, "What will you give me in exchange?"
Ning Que answered seriously, "Rent."
Ye Hongyu looked at him quietly and said, "I still underestimated you."
Ning Que asked, "How shameless?"
Ye Hongyu nodded.
Ning Que turned around and walked out of the room.
Ye Hongyu looked at his back and suddenly said, "You can't listen. She can't tell you."
Ning Que stopped, looked back at her and said seriously, "I swear by the Headmaster's character."
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Ning Que felt it was a pity that he could not find out Ye Hongyu's secret and gain some benefits from it. But he believed that as long as the Tao Addict continued to live in Chang 'an, he would find a chance.
Lying on the big bed, he held Sangsang's snow-white and ice-cold feet just like he had done in the past ten summers, enjoying the cool summer that only he could enjoy.
"I don't understand why she agreed, but this is a good opportunity. Among all the people I have met in the West-Hill Divine Palace, only this woman can make me admire her. It doesn't matter how much you cultivate the Divine Skill. I believe that you can get rid of the cold disease in your body faster."
Sangsang felt her feet itch, so she rubbed them and gently hummed.
Ning Que looked at the silver starlight outside the window and listened to the sound of cicadas. He suddenly felt the feet in his arms warm up, but his mind was calm and peaceful. He thought that he had traveled with the Calligraphy Addict and now lived with the Tao Addict. Long Qing might be dead, and the Flower Addict might come for revenge. Maybe he could turn the enemy into a friend, and then he would have a relationship with the three addicts in the world. It would be a good story.
While he was feeling proud, the silver starlight outside the window suddenly turned into the heavy snow in front of the red wall in Chang 'an in winter. He thought of the woman with black hair like a waterfall and picturesque eyes in the snow, and he could not help feeling lost.
Sangsang had always been able to sense his subtle emotions since she was a child. After a moment of silence, she sensed that Ning Que's mood was a little strange. She asked curiously, "What are you thinking about?"
Ning Que pinched her little feet and said, "Nothing."
He thought that it was a little helpless for a life that was difficult to even fantasize about.
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No matter what the reason was, Ye Hongyu agreed to cultivate Divine Skills with Sangsang. Although Sangsang's talent and potential in Divine Skills had long been recognized by the Great Divine Priest of Light and the Great Divine Priest of Revelation, she had spent the first 15 years of her life cooking, washing vegetables, and cleaning tables. Her theoretical understanding of Haotian Taoism's Divine Skills was very different from that of the Tao Addict.
Sangsang nervously walked into the secluded residence. Then the room, which had been quiet for a long time, gradually became bright, and a solemn atmosphere spread with the wind. Fortunately, it was a midsummer day, so it was not too conspicuous.
That night, Ning Que and Sangsang had a serious discussion in bed for a long time. After confirming that he really did not have the talent to cultivate Haotian Taoism's Divine Skills, he decided to respect the Headmaster's character. From then on, he did not ask Sangsang or try to peep.
When Sangsang walked into the residence again, he stood in the courtyard where several plum blossoms were planted, waiting quietly. The plum blossoms naturally would not bloom in summer. The old twigs had a special kind of beauty, just like his mood at this time. Although he did not gain anything from this matter, it was also good if Sangsang could gain something.
That night, Ye Hongyu was eating a bowl of white rice. Suddenly, she looked up at Ning Que and said, "Do you know how talented your little handmaiden is in cultivation?"
Ning Que shook his head and then nodded. He said, "I know it is very talented, but I don't know exactly how talented."
Ye Hongyu said calmly, "Very talented. So talented that if I were you, I would be so ashamed that I would hit a pillar when I thought that my handmaiden's cultivation talent was so much higher than mine."
Ning Que laughed happily and said, "When I take a bath, no one sees me naked. I am still chaste. Why would I play the game of hitting a pillar like those women in the yamen?"
Ye Hongyu looked at him and suddenly said, "When this matter is over, I will definitely kill you, even if it causes a war between the West-Hill and the Tang Empire."
Ning Que gasped and said with emotion, "So I am so important now?"
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Studying the Divine Skill with Sangsang did not bring much change to Ye Hongyu's life. She still stayed in the guest room for a long time. She was still focused and even a little crazy in her cultivation. Under the sunlight, she stared at the sword torn from the paper in a daze. Occasionally, she would walk out of the guest room and murmur to the sky in the courtyard. She stroked the bent old plum and seemed to be lost in thought.
Her face became paler and her eyes became brighter. She looked more haggard, but she was still focused and determined. Ning Que, who was watching from the side, finally understood why she was called the Tao Addict.
Only the words "addicted to cultivation" could describe this young Taoist priest.
Naturally, Ning Que thought of the people in the back of the mountain of the Academy and the saying "Life is like a question". He thought of himself climbing the old library, entering the back of the mountain, understanding Talisman Taoism, and even earlier meditating on Calligraphy Taoism. He thought that they were all the same and could not help but feel sad.
He suddenly walked to Ye Hongyu who was beside the plum tree.
"Although cultivation does need to be crazy, it is not right to blindly cultivate. I have some experience. If you relax a little, you can see the sky beyond the pot."
Ye Hongyu turned around and looked at him calmly. She said, "Where do you get your pride and confidence to judge that I have not passed the test you mentioned in the past ten years of cultivation?"
Ning Que said, "But you can at least try again now."
Ye Hongyu said sarcastically, "How? Take me to the old Taoist temple to worship? Or take me to enjoy the scenery in Chang 'an like how you took Mo Shanshan? Or do you want to cultivate together? "
Ning Que was slightly embarrassed. It was not because of the word "dual cultivation", but because she mentioned the Calligraphy Addict. After he calmed down, he looked at her and said seriously, "Let's fight."
Ye Hongyu's eyes brightened when she heard this suggestion. For a Tao Addict like her, this suggestion was in line with her temperament. She smiled and said, "Do you dare to fight with me?"
Ning Que said honestly, "Your state of cultivation has dropped a lot, and you have been mentally exhausted these days. If I want to defeat you, this seems to be a good chance."
Ye Hongyu said after a moment of silence, "The line between life and death is the line in my mind."
Ning Que said, "Same here."
Ye Hongyu said, "Do you really believe that I am weak?"
Ning Que looked at her eyes quietly and said, "Maybe your lower state of Seethrough is just an illusion. But if I don't sweep a house, how can I sweep the world? I don't even dare to challenge you … "
Speaking of this, he smiled and closed his mouth. He said in his heart, "If I don't even dare to challenge you, who is injured and has dropped a state, how can I challenge that powerful enemy?"
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The talisman paper flew in the quiet courtyard. The Great Spirit attached to it silently turned into the majestic Qi of Heaven and Earth, stirring up a gust of wind in the courtyard.
A green belt danced in the wind, like a refined sword, or a fish swimming freely in a transparent lake.
The willow tree behind the white wall of the guest house shook, and the shadow gathered and scattered. The ripples on Yanming Lake were dense, like Chen Pipi's face when facing the wind.
The wind stopped.
The plum tree in the courtyard had long been broken into thousands of broken branches, crushed into a straight line by the two powerful auras. It was on the green slate in the courtyard, neither west nor east.
Ning Que was on this side of the plum line, and Ye Hongyu was on the other side.
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