The entire world knew that Qiushan Jun was deeply in love with Xu Yourong, and people had once believed that Xu Yourong was similarly deeply in love with Qiushan Jun. The True Dragon and the Heavenly Phoenix were of the same origin and grew up together. One was highly likely to continue the Longevity Sect's several-decades-old legacy of the Saints, while the other was the future Holy Maiden of the south. No matter how one looked at it, they were a match made in heaven.
Until … last year's Ivy Festival in the capital.
At that Ivy Festival, Chen Changsheng took out the marriage contract. It was also at that Ivy Festival that Xu Yourong had the White Crane deliver a letter. In that letter, she clearly expressed that everything was not as people thought. Only at this moment did the entire world understand that the so-called match made in heaven and earth, that it was only right and proper, was only the beautiful imagination and hope in people's hearts.
If it were a normal girl, Xu Yourong would probably not be willing to meet with Qiushan Jun because of the awkwardness and inconvenience. If it were those exceptionally intelligent and decisive girls, they would also not meet with Qiushan Jun, because it seemed like only by meeting with him could he quickly calm down.
But Xu Yourong did not do this. She was not that youth like the cool breeze. Her Dao heart was also untainted. She did not calculate, nor would she deliberately change.
Walking into the dwelling at the peak of Mount Li, she placed the empty lunch box on the table and said to Qiushan Jun on the bed, "Junior Sister Qi Jian is still very weak, but she always thinks about going to the capital to find Zhexiu."
Qiushan Jun leaned against the headboard, his pale face brimming with worry. "When Martial Granduncle returned to the mountain and learned of this matter, he was very unhappy and scolded Junior Sister for a very long time."
Xu Yourong was somewhat confused. "Senior Su Li is free and unrestrained, so why is he so unreasonable in this matter?"
Qiushan Jun smiled. "When any man becomes a father, he will always become the father-in-law that he hated the most when he was young."
Xu Yourong said, "But I still don't understand why he would so sternly oppose."
Qiushan Jun fell silent for a while, then said, "Martial Granduncle saw that wolf cub on the snowy plains. He said … that wolf cub was sick and could not live for long."
This was the first time Xu Yourong had heard of this matter. When she thought about that wolf youth that had once given her the greatest pressure on the Proclamation of Azure Sky, and how not only did he have a miserable background, his fate was also so unbearable, she couldn't help but feel somewhat sorrowful.
Qiu Shan Jun looked at her and said, "No father would agree to his daughter marrying a short-lived man ….. speaking of which, Martial Uncle even scolded Chen Chang Sheng for three days because of this."
Xu Yourong smiled but didn't say anything. Only after coming to Mount Li did she learn a few things that had happened after the Garden of Zhou, such as the story of Chen Changsheng accompanying Su Li across the snowy plains to cross the Tianliang Mountains. It had to be admitted that these things had somewhat changed her impression of that fellow called Chen Changsheng, but that fellow was still called Chen Changsheng. She would not speak ill of him, nor did she want to praise him.
Qiushan Jun didn't say anything else. With the help of the luminous pearl on the stone wall, he continued to read the sword manual in his hand.
Xu Yourong picked up a scroll of Longevity Scripture from the table and started to read it silently.
The cave was very quiet, but it wasn't warm, just very natural. Just like when Xu You Rong walked in, the two of them started to talk, and then ended the conversation. There was no need to deliberately do anything.
Several years ago, when Xu Yourong was still a little girl, she came from the capital to Holy Maiden Peak and began to cultivate, study, and comprehend the Heavenly Tomes at South Stream Temple. The two of them would often meet, often sitting across from each other like this, quietly reading, not speaking.
The common people all believed that these two were childhood sweethearts without guessing, but in reality, they were well aware that this was not correct. The reason they did not guess was because they both clearly understood what the other was thinking.
After some time, Xu Yourong stood up and said, "Senior, I'll be leaving first. I'll come see you tomorrow."
Qiushan Jun moved his gaze away from the book and looked at her. However, he did not act like he did a few nights ago, like he did a few years ago, and tell her to be careful on the road.
These were the most joyful and tranquil nights he had experienced in the last several years.
Because he could calmly look at her, whether it was the faintly blinking eyelashes, the fingers flipping through the pages of the book, or the lines at the corners of her lips.
He didn't need to look at her from time to time. Just when he was tired from reading, he could casually raise his head and see her sitting there. This made him feel at ease, calm, and then happy.
He really wanted these kinds of nights to be more, so he wanted to say a few more words.
"Because of Martial Uncle's matter, the Li Shan Sword Sect owes him a huge favor. No matter what grudges we had in the past, now it is us who owes him." Qiushan Jun looked at her and said, "But this kind of thing has nothing to do with favors. What I want to say is, he is very excellent and deserves you. He is definitely not as naughty as you said when you were young, and he is definitely not as unbearable as you mentioned in your letter last year. So now, what do you think about this marriage?"
The person mentioned in this paragraph was obviously Chen Chang Sheng.
Qiushan Jun's tone was very calm, very open, and very sincere.
Xu Yourong thought for a while and said, "After a while, I will return to the capital to cancel the marriage."
"Cancel the marriage ….." Qiushan Jun said seriously, "For Chen Chang Sheng, it is a bit unfair. Gossip is a fearful thing. What your family did in the capital last year was already close to humiliation."
Xu Yourong looked at his eyes and said calmly, "But if you fulfill the marriage, it is unfair to me."
The marriage with Chen Chang Sheng was decided by her grandfather. No one had ever asked for her opinion.
After a moment of silence, Qiushan Jun said, "I'm sorry."
The sorry here was referring to the matter of the southern diplomatic mission going to the capital last year to propose. At the time, no one had asked for Xu Yourong's opinion.
Xu Yourong smiled and said nothing. She understood Qiushan Jun's character and believed that the matter had nothing to do with him. At the time, she had been sent by the elders of her sect to the Southern Sea to quietly cultivate. Qiushan Jun was fighting with those young demon experts over the key to the Garden of Zhou …..
When she thought of the Garden of Zhou, a faint sorrow suddenly appeared in her eyes that were like the waters of autumn.
In the Mausoleum of Zhou, he had said that he had an engagement, but he would cancel it.
She had also said to him that she had an engagement, but she would definitely not marry that person.
Why did they have this conversation? Naturally, it was because he wanted to marry her and she also wanted to marry him. Although they did not say it, although he was already dead, how could she deny it, how could she forget it?
Yes, so she wanted to return to the capital to cancel the marriage. Whether Chen Chang Sheng was good or bad, it was not important, because he could not be him.
"Junior Sister, what's wrong?"
Qiushan Jun could sense the slightest change in her mind, because in these past few years, his thoughts had always been on her. He could sense her sadness and could not help but be somewhat worried.
"It's nothing …" Xu Yourong looked into Qiushan Jun's eyes and suddenly felt that she should not hide this matter from him. After a slight pause, she said, "Senior, there's something you don't know. The reason I insisted on canceling the engagement is because I already have someone I like."
The cave suddenly became extremely quiet, even quieter than when the two of them were reading.
Qiushan Jun suddenly smiled and said, "Presumably, that person definitely isn't me."
Xu Yourong smiled, then roughly explained what she had encountered in the Garden of Zhou. She mainly talked about that Snow Mountain Sect secret sect disciple called Xu Sheng.
Qiushan Jun's smile disappeared. After a long period of silence, he said, "Junior Sister, he should already be dead."
Xu Yourong calmly replied, "I know."
Qiushan Jun looked at her, somewhat worried.
… …
… …
Walking out of the cave and arriving at the edge of the cliff, the pine trees rustled in the night wind. Under the starlight, they seemed like a silver sea.
Xu Yourong turned to the scholarly young man at the edge of the cliff and said, "Second Brother."
Gou Hanshi had left the Mausoleum of Books early precisely because he knew of the news from Mount Li, so he had arrived earlier than her.
He turned to Xu Yourong, wanting to say something, but in the end, he could only sigh.
To him, Xu Yourong was his junior sister and Qiushan Jun was his eldest brother. He understood the matters between the two of them the best, and he also understood many matters in the capital.
Below the rustling pine trees was an extremely precipitous cliff. Suddenly, a mournful howl came from the cliff.
Xiao Songgong and the two Discipline Hall elders were currently imprisoned in the cliff of Mount Li. The two Discipline Hall elders had not yet recovered from their heavy injuries, while Xiao Songgong's fate was even more miserable. Su Li had directly ordered his two arms to be chopped off.
As for that Longevity Sect elder who wanted to take advantage of Su Li's absence to reestablish his authority, he had his cultivation crippled by Su Li. The Junior Martial Uncle of Mount Li's conduct was truly cold-blooded and ruthless.
Su Li was currently recuperating in the back of the mountain. Xu Yourong also wanted to go there, because her teacher, the Holy Maiden of the south, was also there. After the storm in Xunyang City, all of Mount Li, all of the south, all of the continent, finally knew that the Holy Maiden and Su Li actually had such a deep friendship. Even Xu Yourong had only heard of this matter for the first time.
"Let's not talk about other matters, but if you insist on returning to the capital to break off the engagement, I hope that you can do your utmost to take care of Chen Changsheng's face," Gou Hanshi said to her.
Xu Yourong was a little surprised. After experiencing so many things, especially after Chen Changsheng and Su Li's grand return to the south, she already had many questions about the things Shuang'er and Mo Yu had said in their letters. She was no longer as contemptuous of Chen Changsheng as she was in the past, but she still had not expected that Gou Hanshi would take the initiative to speak up for Chen Changsheng.
"Chen Changsheng … just what sort of person is he?"
Upon hearing her question, Gou Hanshi seriously pondered it for a very long time. Finally, he came to a conclusion. "He is a real person."
Neither he nor Xu Yourong knew that on the return to the south, Su Li had once evaluated Chen Changsheng in this way.
"Is that so?"
Xu Yourong was very confident in Gou Hanshi's judgment of people. She couldn't help but be somewhat absent-minded. She had originally forgotten many of the matters of her childhood, but after Chen Changsheng entered the capital, she gradually began to remember a few things, but …
Forget it, perhaps there really was some misunderstanding, but it had nothing to do with her.
She bid farewell to Gou Hanshi and followed the path by the pine forest to the back of the mountain.
Gou Hanshi suddenly thought of something and said, "Junior Sister, Chen Changsheng, he …"
Xu Yourong turned to look at him.
Gou Hanshi originally wanted to tell her that Chen Changsheng had discovered the Sword Pool in the Garden of Zhou and that the Li Palace was preparing to return these swords to the various sects. Among them was the temple sword that Holy Maiden Peak had lost, but seeing her rather desolate expression, he knew that she did not want to hear it. He also thought that she probably already knew of this matter, so he shook his head and said, "It's nothing."
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