The words' Overlook Abyss' were written on the small plaque hanging above the pavilion.
The wind blew over from the sea and the blue sky stretched endlessly. Miao Yi leaned against the railing and gazed into the distance.
Sitting in the pavilion with one leg, Yan Beihong noticed that Miao Yi was lost in thought for a long time. He waited for a while, but Miao Yi still didn't move. Yan Beihong looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he tried to strike up a conversation. "This is such a good place to cultivate!"
Miao Yi snapped out of his daze and realized that Yan Beihong had been following him all this time. He asked curiously, "Big Brother Yan, have you been following me all this time?"
Yan Beihong shook his head. "I saw that you were in a daze, so I was worried that you might accidentally go to the wrong place. I wanted to warn you."
Miao Yi chuckled. "You're exaggerating. I'm not a three-year-old child. How could I possibly go to the wrong place?"
Yan Beihong stood up and walked over to him. He placed a hand on his shoulder and sighed. "Since you can't let it go, and they've already found you, why don't you reunite with them?"
"It's enough that I know they're living a better life than I am. I can't help them much anyway, so there's no need to trouble them." Miao Yi sighed.
Dowry! Fairy Hong Chen, who was standing on top of the pavilion, flipped her palm and took out a storage bangle. Realization dawned on her!
"Little Brother, I think you're overthinking things …"
Miao Yi didn't seem to want to say anything more. Seeing that Yan Beihong was still trying to persuade him, he quickly said, "Big Brother Yan, I want to be alone for a while."
"..." Yan Beihong was speechless. In the end, he patted Miao Yi's shoulder. He knew that Miao Yi was still in a daze and needed some time alone. Without saying anything else, he turned around and left.
Not long after Yan Beihong left, a few other participants walked over, pointing out the surrounding scenery. When they saw Miao Yi in the pavilion, they all came over to greet him and introduce themselves.
Miao Yi wasn't in the mood to entertain them. After a while, he left as well.
Walking alone outside the Western Constellations Palace, Miao Yi eventually stumbled into a forest. Before he knew it, the sky had already darkened, so he laid down on the grass. Resting his head on his arms, he gazed up at the starry sky. Just like that, his mind was in a mess for the rest of the night. As a cultivator, it was rare for them to be in such a dangerous situation, as they could easily be attacked.
The next day, the sky had just begun to brighten. The Western Constellations Palace towered between the sea and the sky, hovering between light and darkness. It was still filled with stars, as if it were a dream.
A red dress stepped on the fallen leaves, rustling through the thin mist until it got closer. Only then did Miao Yi jump up in shock. When he saw the beautiful woman quietly staring at him from within the hazy mist, he couldn't help but be stunned. 'Fairy Hong Chen!'
Miao Yi quickly looked around, but didn't see anyone else. His gaze fell on Fairy Hong Chen again, a little confused. He didn't know why she was here. Perhaps she was here to enjoy the scenery or watch the sunrise or something, and bumped into him.
Miao Yi cupped his fists and bowed, then turned around to leave.
"Miao Yi!" Fairy Hong Chen called out softly as her gaze followed him.
Miao Yi's entire body trembled. He froze on the spot, unable to move an inch. He slowly turned his head around, his eyes filled with shock. How did she know his identity?
Miao Yi watched helplessly as Fairy Hong Chen's fairy-like figure slowly approached him. He was at a loss as to what to do. In the end, they stood face to face. Only now did Miao Yi realize how beautiful this woman was. Every part of her body was perfect, but he was in no mood to appreciate it. His eyes were filled with bewilderment.
"Is Fairy calling for me?" Miao Yi asked with a strong sense of calm.
"Don't tell me there's another Miao Yi here?" Hong Chen smiled faintly and said, "Yue Yao's brother!"
Miao Yi was left speechless. Hong Chen asked, "You don't want to acknowledge me because you think that Yue Yao is in the Realm Beyond Heaven, so it would be easy for her to find you in the Celestial Nation. Why didn't I look for you? "
Miao Yi dodged the question and asked in return, "How did Fairy know of me?" The underlying meaning behind his question was, "How did you know I was Miao Yi?"
"I happened to be standing on top of the pavilion yesterday and overheard the conversation between Yan Beihong and Miao Yi!" Hong Chen calmly explained. Seeing the surprised look on Miao Yi's face, she added, "Yue Yao doesn't know, and I don't intend to tell her either."
Miao Yi was silent for a moment, then asked, "Then why did you come looking for me? It shouldn't have been by accident, right? "
Hong Chen sighed and said, "I don't care why you don't want to acknowledge them. Don't hate Yue Yao. Some things aren't as simple as you think. I'm just here to tell you something about me. "
About you? 'Don't tell me this woman has fallen for me?' Miao Yi found it a little funny. He felt like he was letting his imagination run wild, so he replied, "I'm all ears!"
Hong Chen turned her body to face the gradually brightening sky. Her slender arms were wrapped around her abdomen, and she looked stunning from every angle. There was a hint of bitterness on her fair face as she said, "When I first arrived in the Realm Beyond Heaven when I was young, I wasn't much older than Yue Yao. I had a family in the secular world as well, and because of my arrival in the Realm Beyond Heaven, my family enjoyed a life of luxury. When I came of age, everyone praised me for my beauty. The number of suitors I had was no less than the number of people pursuing Yue Yao now. "As she said this, she glanced at Miao Yi, as if asking him if he believed her.
Miao Yi nodded and said, "Fairy, you are a stunning beauty. It's only natural that you have countless suitors." In his heart, he added, 'If I had the right, I would probably pursue you as well.'
Hong Chen continued, "When I first stepped onto the path of cultivation, I didn't have much interest in the affairs of men and women. I was only envious of those almighty beings with extraordinary transcendence energy who could soar through the heavens and earth. I focused on my cultivation and rejected many suitors. However, those suitors would always find ways to win my heart. Many of them set their sights on my family and tried their best to please them. For a period of time, my family became even more prominent than before. However, which young girl hasn't yearned for love at some point in time? I went through that period as well. Finally, one day, I met a man who made my heart race. Out of admiration, I tried to get closer to him. Just because of that, just because I showed the slightest hint of liking that man, I attracted a lot of trouble. First, Master reprimanded me, saying that it was unbecoming of me to pursue the affairs of men and women at such a young age. After that, my family sent me messages one after another, begging me to sever all ties with that man. Those suitors of mine also began to warn me, both openly and covertly. At that time, I was just beginning to fall in love, so I didn't listen to them at all. I still wanted to go out with that man, which was tantamount to disobeying my master! That man also ignored the warnings of others and insisted on going out with me … In the end, before the two of us could even begin, his head was chopped off and placed in a box before me. More than ten members of his family died a violent death as well. As for my secular family, in just one night … Including the servants, over two hundred of them were beheaded and tossed onto the streets. In just one night, a rich and powerful family was burned to the ground. Everything that had been given to my family, including interest, was taken back in just one night! "
Miao Yi was shocked and asked, "Then did you take revenge after that?"
"At that time, I went to Master and cried, hoping that she would help me take revenge. At the time, Master was indeed furious. The forces of the Realm Beyond Heaven turned out in full force, and they quickly found out that it was my suitors who had done it. They were all influential figures in the cultivation realm. In just a short period of time, Master had uprooted all of them and massacred them until their blood flowed like a river! As for those who escaped to Flowing Clouds Dune Sea, they were all killed by my Eldest Senior Brother himself! However, after the incident, Master told me that I had brought all of this upon myself. The reason she massacred those families wasn't to avenge me, but because those people dared to massacre their followers in the Celestial Nation! " Fairy Hong Chen said with a bitter expression, "Everyone says that beauty is a source of trouble. As expected, I was the one who proved it. Yue Yao is not any less beautiful than I am. Now you should understand why I don't want you to reunite with Yue Yao, right?"
It sounds like she's trying to protect me! Miao Yi was silent for a moment, then replied, "Fairy, you're overthinking things. You've already seen my attitude."
Fairy Hong Chen nodded. "I'll say it again. I hope you won't hate Yue Yao. Actually, ever since Yue Yao came to the Realm Beyond Heaven, she has always wanted to look for you two. I told her the story I told you a long time ago, so that she would understand that finding you two was not a good thing. Even so, Yue Yao never gave up on looking for you two. For ten consecutive years, I helped her secretly look through the Immortal Records of all the cultivators in the Celestial Nation, as well as the names of the disciples of the various sects and their followers. However, I couldn't find anyone named 'Miao Yi and Zhang Fengbao'. I had no choice but to drop the matter. I couldn't possibly keep looking into it forever anyway. In the beginning, I noticed that someone else was doing the same thing as me. I reckon that it was my Master who was looking into you. However, after a few years without any news, she gave up on me first! "
Miao Yi smiled bitterly. "At the time, I was cultivating on a lone island overseas. I was just a Loose Cultivator. Even I didn't know where exactly I was, so how could I have any identity to look into?!"
"I see. No wonder I couldn't find you anywhere!" Hong Chen nodded in realization, then continued, "Many years ago, Yue Yao refused to give up. I had no other choice, so I secretly accompanied her back to Changfeng City. In the end, your home became a silk shop. When Yue Yao found out that you didn't cultivate and was forced to flee instead, she took her anger out on Head Guard Huang, who was already the City Lord at the time. She went straight to the City Lord's manor to kill Head Guard Huang, only to find out that someone had already beaten her to it. Head Guard Huang had already been strangled to death in the hall!"
Miao Yi asked in shock, "You went to the City Lord's manor after Head Guard Huang was killed?"
Hong Chen nodded. "If you don't believe me, you can look into it yourself. You will find out that Yue Yao did go back to your home to look for you!"
"I don't need to look into it to know that it happened." Miao Yi shook his head. At the time, he was wondering who had taken the blame for him. He never thought it would be Yue Yao. What a coincidence. How could he have missed her so coincidentally?
He chuckled bitterly and didn't try to hide it from her. "Because I was the one who killed Head Guard Huang. I didn't think you two would arrive right after me!"
"Ah …" Hong Chen was stunned. If that was the case, didn't that mean that these two siblings had just brushed past each other? And they had missed each other for decades!
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