This was indeed a very ordinary family banquet. The woman's cooking skills were very ordinary, and the dishes were also not very rare. There was only a plate of dried tofu, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, a plate of sliced bacon, a plate of peanuts sprinkled with fine salt, two bowls of brown rice, and a pot of inferior wine. In the dark room, Fang Xing and the woman sat opposite each other. They silently finished this meal and drank the pot of inferior wine. The woman stood up and cleaned up the plates and used a coarse earthen cup to brew a cup of tea for Fang Xing. Then, she gracefully sat beside him and looked at each other without saying a word.
"Did you specially come to find me?"
After a long silence, the woman smiled lightly, revealing a face that could not be concealed by her coarse clothes.
Fang Xing shook his head with a smile and said, "Actually, I didn't know you were here!"
The woman nodded. After a moment of silence, she softly asked, "I've heard about you. Where have you been these past few years?"
Fang Xing smiled and said, "I've only wandered around!"
The woman's gaze fell on him with some concern. She hesitated and said, "Why … why do I feel that your aura …"
Fang Xing raised his teacup and took a sip. He said, "Crippled!"
The woman's hand trembled and the sole of her shoe fell to the ground. She almost looked at Fang Xing in shock and said, "How could this be?"
Fang Xing, however, was too lazy to answer. He giggled and said, "What about you? Why would the great female Celestial Ye Guyin live in seclusion here? "
Hearing the two words "female Celestial", the woman became silent. After a long time, she sighed.
"My Taoist Heart is destroyed!"
After a long time, she softly said, "After you left the Pilgrimage Mountain, many things happened. So many cultivators from the Divine Prefecture were encouraged by you and Senior Sister Li to work hard in cultivation. But I don't know why, when I first went to the Divine Prefecture, so many people humiliated me and bullied me. I gritted my teeth and endured it. But after you broke the Pilgrimage Formation, everything started to develop in a good direction, but my Taoist Heart became unstable. At that time, I was already half a step away from the Golden Core Realm, but no matter how hard I tried, I could not form my Golden Core. Instead, the more I cultivated, the more unstable my cultivation became. When I was anxious, I even showed signs of Qi Deviation!"
She softly bit her lips and was silent for a long time. Then, she softly sighed and said, "I don't know what went wrong. I asked my teacher, but he was helpless. He only said that my Taoist Heart was unstable and it would be very dangerous to continue cultivating. In the end, he gave me a way, and that was to become a mortal and live in the mortal world for a few years. Maybe I can find my Taoist Heart. So I can of my life. Of of the Celestial Celestial Elders. and I came. Celestial Celestial.
"You've gotten used to it?"
Fang Xing asked with a smile.
Ye Guyin smiled bitterly and said, "I couldn't get used to it at first. Even though I lived in the Ice Sound Palace and had countless people serving and taking care of me, I still got used to it. Later on, I gave up everything and treated myself as a village woman. I lived here alone and gradually got used to it!"
"Yes, you'll get used to it eventually!"
Fang Xing nodded and did not speak for a long time.
When they finished drinking a cup of tea, night had already fallen. Fang Xing put down his teacup, flicked his sleeves, and stood up.
Ye Guyin also stood up and looked at the night sky outside. She hesitated for a moment and said, "It's getting dark. Let's leave tomorrow!"
Fang Xing turned to look at her. He pondered for a moment, smiled, and walked out of the door.
Ye Guyin's body trembled, and she cried out involuntarily, "You still won't forgive me?"
Fang Xing turned around and said with a strange expression, "No …"
Ye Guyin's eyes seemed to be a little bitter. She smiled bitterly and said, "Then why won't you even stay for a night?"
Fang Xing's expression became even more strange, "I haven't fed my donkey yet …"
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Ye Guyin, who was blushing, went to tidy up the room. Fang Xing walked slowly to the courtyard and chopped a bunch of grass that Ye Guyin had left to feed the pigs. He threw it to the donkey that was at odds with him from time to time, and then returned to the room. Ye Guyin had already tidied up the woodshed, but she planned to let Fang Xing stay in her room while she stayed in the woodshed. Fang Xing went into the woodshed without any explanation.
The night sky was bright and the stars were sparse. The darkness shrouded the land, and it was terrifyingly quiet.
Fang Xing lay on the bed with his arms as a pillow. His body was covered with coarse cotton cloth, and he felt warm under the sun.
After an unknown period of time, an illusion appeared in front of his eyes.
A fairy in white descended from the sky. Her skin was whiter than snow and flawless. Half of her slender and beautiful legs were covered by the white dress, but they were faintly discernible in the hazy light. Her crystal clear and flawless feet stepped on the void and walked towards him lightly. It was as if she was leaning on him like a veil. Her beautiful face looked at Fang Xing, and her gaze was gentle as she moved closer and closer to Fang Xing.
"Is it worth it?"
Fang Xing opened his eyes and looked at the person in front of him.
"Do you know why my Taoist Heart is not stable?"
The woman's eyes were blurred as she gently moved closer to Fang Xing. She seemed to be talking in her sleep, but she was so sad that she could not control herself. "After the Pilgrimage Ceremony, the Northern Region of China was in chaos. No one could tell what the situation was like, but in short, it started to develop in a good direction. The Nan Zhan cultivators have gone through many hardships, and finally, we have our own hope. You should know the remnant disciples of the Taishang Daoism, right? They have helped the Great Snow Mountain a lot, and we finally have a foothold, allowing the Nan Zhan cultivators to have a foothold. Because of this, there was once a senior scholar from the Northern Divine Mountain who resisted the pressure from the Huangfu family and wrote a list of the 36 Sages who made great contributions in the process of Nan Zhan establishing the Divine Prefecture … I was also included in the list, but I was always troubled by this reputation … Junior Brother Fang, I'm sorry … At that time, I could have also gone up the mountain to fight, but in the end, I chose to stand by and do nothing … I've regretted it for many years …"
Fang Xing was slightly stunned. "Just because of such a small matter, your Taoist Heart was destroyed?"
Ye Guyin giggled. "It just made me understand that I'm far from being as proud as I thought …"
Fang Xing did not speak, but for the first time, he felt that this long-legged lady was not so annoying.
"Let's not talk about this. When I returned to Nan Zhan, Master once said that if I really want to understand the True Dao of the Mortal World, forge a Mortal Heart, and master the True Meaning of the Mortal World, I should find a mortal to marry and live a peaceful life, but I can't bear to do that …"
Ye Guyin slowly leaned on Fang Xing and said in a low voice, "You're also a mortal now, so everything is just right!"
Fang Xing smiled slightly and was about to speak, but Ye Guyin covered his mouth. "Don't make me feel embarrassed!"
Fang Xing did not speak anymore. Wouldn't he be embarrassing her if he continued to speak?
The gentle white light gradually faded, but there was a faint moaning sound in the woodshed.
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After an unknown period of time, the movement in the woodshed gradually subsided, and only a faint fragrance filled the room.
Suddenly, the room shone brightly. Ye Guyin, whose body was crystal clear, pointed out a ball of light and illuminated the woodshed. She looked at Fang Xing in shock, then lowered her head to look at herself. Her brows were tightly furrowed, as if she wanted to say something.
Fang Xing sighed softly and said, "Do you understand?"
Ye Guyin bit her lips and nodded slightly. She said, "How did this happen?"
Fang Xing put his hands behind his head and laughed bitterly. He said, "Although my Taoist foundation has been damaged, the changes in my body brought about by cultivation are still there. Back then, someone built a ninth meridian in my body outside of the eight extraordinary meridians. With the existence of this ninth meridian, when I had cultivation in my body, the Yin and Yang fusion would feed back to my female body. However, now that I have no cultivation in my body, it's like an unfilled abyss that will extract the source of the other party's Taoist foundation. I could still control it when I had cultivation in the past, but now, I can no longer control this ninth meridian. You have cultivation, but you can only sense it slightly and can bear the loss. If you were a mortal woman, I'm afraid she would have lost her life by now!"
Ye Guyin frowned tightly. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she said, "If that's the case, your cultivation …"
Fang Xing laughed bitterly and waved his hand. He said, "This method won't work!"
Ye Guyin did not speak anymore. She pinched her fingers, and the light gradually dimmed. In the room, Fang Xing's breathing suddenly became heavier.
"… You don't have to restrain yourself. After all, I still have cultivation. Tonight, you can do whatever you want …"
"Sigh …"
Fang Xing sighed. After a while, he suddenly cursed, "Damn it, then I won't hold back!"
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Fang Xing stayed in the farmhouse around the Great Snow Mountain for almost half a year. He worked from sunrise to sunset every day. He chopped firewood, cut grass, weeded, hunted, and helped Ye Guyin with some farm work. When he was free, he would talk to Ye Guyin. However, he avoided all the people he was familiar with and the principles of cultivation. Every time, he felt that there was nothing to talk about. Instead, he felt that this woman, who was originally high and mighty, seemed to have changed into another person. Her calmness in the day and her craziness at night always made Fang Xing feel an unreal sense of alienation.
After half a year, he knew that he could not stay any longer. Ye Guyin's plump face had already become a little thin.
Moreover, he also felt an indescribable sense of disgust towards this kind of peaceful life.
This kind of bland and dull life was really not suitable for him …
To put it bluntly, it is still because you are a proud person. You look down on yourself, so your Dao Heart naturally cannot be stabilized. To put it bluntly, you still care about your pride. Actually, it is useless to use the method that you think is correct to compensate me. I did not think that what you did was wrong in the first place, so naturally, there is no need to talk about whether I forgive you or not. The one who cannot let go is not me, but you. Speaking of which, it would be good if you were more thick-skinned, and there would not be such an inner demon. However, if you really cannot be thick-skinned, then do more things that suit your heart. Otherwise, you will not be able to find your Dao Heart even if you live here for a hundred years. I'm leaving, take care! "
In the early morning, Fang Xing led the green donkey and set off again. Ye Guyin, who was dressed in purple, sent him off at the entrance of the courtyard.
Once again, Fang Xing headed towards the northwest of the Chu Region. For some reason, he felt a little homesick.
"The Ghost Smoke Valley has not been taken care of for a long time. It should be full of weeds, right?"
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