After Yang Tie spoke, a smile appeared on Gu Qing's face, but her gaze was still extremely heavy. She spoke in a light voice, "Senior Brother Yang, we have known each other for many years. I'm very clear of your character, and the matter I want to ask you has nothing to do with the Profound Sect. It only concerns you personally."
Yang Tie didn't say anything. Silently, he looked at Gu Qing, waiting for her to finish.
"What I want to ask is, what do you think of our future?" Gu Qing repeated her question.
This time, Yang Tie fell silent and didn't answer.
Gu Qing took a deep breath and said Slowly, "Senior Brother Yang, although you've never mentioned it before, I know that you almost became dao companions with the Purple Sky Path's Perfected Lord Bi Huan.
"It seems like it wasn't just dao companions, but … a couple like Aunt Zhen 'er and Emperor Yan?"
Yang Tie nodded slowly and looked at Gu Qing calmly. "That's right."
Gu Qing probed, "Was she the one who suggested the two of you separate?"
Yang Tie smiled and replied calmly, "Yes, Sister Shaolan has a strong personality and is very competitive. I'm giving her too much pressure."
Upon hearing this, Gu Qing sighed inwardly.
For most people, marrying a descendant of the Celestial Sect of Wonders was a hundred benefits and no harm. Nowadays, there were countless cultivators from all over the world who were fighting to the death for it.
But for some people, the successor of Xuanmen Tianzong was too dazzling, and he was getting more and more dazzling.
Even Gu Qing herself, as the rising star of the royal bloodline of the ancient dynasty, after becoming Yang Tie's dao companion, she could foresee that she would be completely enveloped by Yang Tie's radiance from now on.
If they really got married, there would be no more Perfected Lord Qing Yang, Gu Qing, but only Dao Venerate Tian Tai's wife, Madam Yang.
But compared to Fang Shaolan, Gu Qing's personality was more gentle. She was trying hard to convince herself to accept this.
Gu Qing looked at Yang Tie and asked in a soft voice, "Senior Brother Yang, do you … still miss her?"
"I have no interest in investigating your past, your thoughts, and your private affairs. However, this matter is an exception, because it also involves me." Gu Qing calmly replied, "No matter what your answer is, I can accept it. I won't be hysterical. No matter what decision you make, I can understand and face it calmly."
"I'm not a child. If there's really no hope, I can pick it up and let it go. I won't get entangled."
"But I have to do my best to fight for it. I have to understand that I cannot be muddle-headed."
Yang Tie looked at Gu Qing before him. Slowly, he shook his head and said, "No, Junior Sister Gu, this is indeed something you have the right to know. After becoming acquainted with you, I've often thought about these things in my heart. Even if you didn't ask, I would have told you everything after I sorted out my thoughts."
Hearing that, Gu Qing quietly listened to Yang Tie. Yang Tie looked up at the sky and said, "You're right. I've always been thinking about sister Shaolan."
"Back then, I did my best to persuade her to stay and fight for her, but she was determined. I could only respect her decision."
"Over the years, my cultivation has gradually increased, and I've experienced more and more things. I've gradually become indifferent to many things. Or rather, I can use a different mood to face things and look at things from a different angle."
"But in the end, I still can't let go of her." Yang Tie's expression was slightly sad, but he was still calm. "Junior Sister Gu, you're very outstanding. You and sister Shaolan are both outstanding. Today, I'll say something frivolous. If I can form a bond with you and be with you for the rest of my life, it will also be a blessing for me."
Although Gu Qing admired Yang Tie, Yang Tie was steady and polite. Frivolity was not fated with him. He never crossed the line, nor did he give any ambiguous hints that would cause Gu Qing to misunderstand. When he interacted with Gu Qing, whether it was him or his master, Xuanmen Tianzong, they all saw her as a possible dao companion. It was far from the point of marriage.
Yang Tie looked at Gu Qing and said sincerely, "If we really reach that step in the future, it would be my fortune to be able to marry you."
"But my feelings for sister Shaolan and my feelings for you are ultimately different." Yang Tie looked at Gu Qing's bright eyes. Slowly, he said, "You're not anyone's substitute, nor are you anyone's backup. You're unique. If we really get together, I promise to be loyal to you. I won't even have anything to do with sister Shaolan."
"It's just that such a union would be for us to know each other and stay together, not love each other."
When Gu Qing heard this, a relaxed and bitter smile appeared on her face. "That's right, I had this feeling from the very start. You've never acted out of line before. Even if I wanted to lie to myself, I couldn't."
"Although you say that, I know that between us, we will at most stop at the level of dao companions."
"If not for the existence of True Monarch Bihuan, we might still be fated to be husband and wife."
"But as you said, even if we're husband and wife, we're still husband and wife, not husband and wife who love each other. I just don't know, if not for that True Monarch Bihuan, or if you and I met first, would our feelings be different?"
Yang Tie paused for a moment, then continued, "Just now, you asked me how I see the future, but I haven't answered you yet."
"Because there are some things that I haven't thought through before, and I don't know how to tell you. But today, I realized that I still didn't understand you well enough. Junior sister Gu, you're far more outstanding than I knew. It's also because you've enlightened me that I've gradually become more resolute about the future."
He looked at Gu Qing and said softly, "I'll go see sister Shaolan and talk to her one more time."
"Lying is a kind of harm, and so is rejection. But I still don't want to lie to you. If I've made you unhappy, I'm very sorry."
"But as a man, I have my own responsibilities. Actually, I'm already very ashamed that you were the one who asked first and not me. I've held you back these past few years."
Gu Qing shook her head. "Senior brother Yang, you're too serious. If we're talking about holding you back, it's me who held you back. Because of my existence, you've been in a dilemma. All these years, discussing dao with you, I've benefited a lot. Almost all of them were one-sided. And when it comes to karma, it's also my own wishful thinking."
She raised her head and looked at Yang Tie. "I'm very happy that you can tell me everything clearly today. I'm really very happy."
The white-clothed girl smiled. "Senior brother, I wish you and True Monarch Bihuan can be reunited, and have a good ending."
Yang Tie looked at Gu Qing's watery eyes and said softly, "Thank you for your blessings, junior sister Gu."
Gu Qing smiled and said, "The seniors and fellow daoists of the Purple Sky Path should be arranged in the guest house at the south of Longevity City. Senior brother Yang, go quickly."
Seeing that she wasn't willing to turn and leave, Yang Tie nodded. "Junior sister Gu, take care."
Gu Qing looked at Yang Tie's departing figure and the smile on her face gradually faded. Her eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and she couldn't suppress her sorrow.
Yang Tie could clearly sense the fluctuations in her emotions. His gaze revealed traces of pity and pity.
Feeling Yang Tie's footsteps gradually slow down, Gu Qing bit her lips. "Don't turn around, don't turn around … If you turn around, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself and I'll cry in front of you …"
She couldn't suppress the sorrow in her heart, but Gu Qing only felt her body stiffen. She couldn't suppress it, and she only wanted to look at that purple-clothed youth one more time.
Yang Tie's footsteps stopped. He didn't turn around and listened to her motionlessly.
Tears finally flowed down Gu Qing's face, but she lowered her head and didn't make a sound.
"Junior sister Gu, I'm sorry." Yang Tie sighed silently and took another step forward. This time, he directly broke through the void and disappeared instantly.
Since I can't give you a promise, the more gentleness I have now, the more hurt I'll be in the future.
Maybe if he went to look for Fang Shaolan, he would still run into a wall and return. However, he couldn't make Gu Qing wait for him because of this. That would be an insult to Gu Qing.
In another area of Longevity City, Zhu Yi was currently conversing with Gu Cheng, a Dao Integration Realm expert from the Ancient Royal Dynasty. Their gazes were intentionally or unintentionally glancing in the same direction. After a glance, they retracted their gazes again.
Gu Cheng sighed and said, "Perhaps, this is good for both sides."
Zhu Yi said, "For such matters, as long as we let nature take its course, it's actually fine. Human feelings are the most delicate things. Although we can make do and slowly get along with each other, making do is a kind of helplessness and compromise in itself."
Gu Cheng didn't continue this topic. "I wonder when your master, the master of the Mystic Gate, will arrive?"
Zhu Yi answered, "Master will arrive at the same time as Eldest Senior Brother."
Gu Cheng nodded silently. The Ancient Royal Dynasty actually had some uncertainties about Lin Feng's arrival, the gathering of his personal disciples, and the grand invitation of fellow Daoists from all over the world.
This time, apart from the engagement of Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhen 'er, there would also be a Dharma Assembly for the younger disciples. Furthermore, there would also be a grand Elixir Conference jointly organized by Xuanmen Tianzong and the Ancient Royal Dynasty. Gu Jun, Gu Cheng, and the others from the Ancient Royal Dynasty were all aware of these matters.
However, Lin Feng had informed them in advance that there were other matters to be discussed together. They didn't know the specific contents, so Gu Jun, Gu Cheng, and the others kept guessing in their hearts.
As the date approached, more and more people gathered in Lifelong City. Even Shi Tianhao, who was originally in the battlefield in the void, returned from Konghai the day before the ceremony, rushing to Lifelong City.
However, what made others concerned was that the person who stirred up the storm back then, the youngest disciple of the Mystic Gate's Master Lin Feng, the controversial Son of Youhuang Tianhai, Grand Luo Youdu, had never appeared.
Ever since the matter of entering the sect back then, the Zenith Heaven Immortal Sect had never appeared again. There were cultivators who were familiar with the successor of the Celestial Sect of Xuan Men who asked about it indirectly. In the end, it turned out that none of the younger disciples of the Celestial Sect of Xuan Men had seen this Ninth Uncle-Master, Ninth Uncle-Master.
However, after so many years, everyone gradually got used to it. If it wasn't for the fact that the personal disciples of the Mystic Gate's Master had come out in full force, the crowd wouldn't have had any hope of seeing the true body of the ninth disciple of the Mystic Gate's Master.
Compared to Grand Luo, what was truly awkward was that the most important figures of the ceremony, Lin Feng and Xiao Yan, had not appeared until the day of the ceremony.
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