Chen Changsheng had found the Sword Pool and taken out many swords. This matter had not yet been spread, but it was no longer a secret.
It was just that Xu Yourong had been in seclusion this entire time to recuperate and did not know of this matter, but everyone believed that she naturally knew of this matter. If Gou Hanshi had said it now, she would have guessed a few things ahead of time, but in reality … it was never important when she knew.
These words were very difficult to pronounce, but the reasoning behind them was actually very simple.
Just like in all stories or real life, people would always encounter problems of this sort. Some problems would make you drink poison and throw yourself into the grave, while other problems would make you not know whether to laugh or cry and lose your marriage. In the end, the ending of the story or life had little to do with the problems. What was important was how you resolved those problems.
When Xu Yourong reached the rear peak of Mount Li, her teacher was attempting to resolve a problem. As the leader of the southern sects that could stand on equal footing with the Pope, she naturally had to resolve a major problem.
This problem was called the confluence of north and south.
If the humans wanted to completely defeat the demons, or at least completely eliminate the threat of the demons, they needed a true unification, or in the words that had been popular for the past two hundred years, the confluence of north and south.
The Great Zhou Dynasty had never stopped thinking of truly conquering the south, but even the wise and mighty Emperor Taizong had only managed to get the sects and clans of the south to nominally acknowledge the legitimate status of the capital. After the Divine Empress took office, this was what she wanted to accomplish the most, but she had also not succeeded. Ten-some years ago, the Liang Household and the Longevity Sect had conspired in an attempt to conquer the south and the north. Although it seemed like a joke in hindsight, it also showed that the confluence of north and south was the inevitable trend of events.
Several hundred years earlier, the confluence of north and south had failed for a very complicated reason. But in the last two hundred years, the entire continent, including the demons, knew that the reason the Tianhai Divine Empress, the Pope, and the Holy Maiden of the south had not been able to advance the confluence of north and south even a single step was because of the existence of a single person.
Because Su Li did not agree.
Why was it that after Su Li's bloody battle with the demon experts on the snowy plains of the land of demons, he had to immediately face the shameless pursuit of the human world? Why was it that the Saints and the Storms of the Eight Directions did not hesitate to damage their reputations in order to put him to death in Xunyang City? Was it because he had killed too many people? Of course not, but because only with Su Li's death could the great cause of confluence of north and south truly be realized.
"I don't want you to become the second Zhou Dufu. The Holy Maiden looked at Su Li and softly said, "If you feel that the faces of the people of Zhou are truly shameless, then what the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve."
Su Li shook his head. "You still don't understand why I don't agree to this matter."
"When have you ever truly opened your heart to me?" The Saintess looked into his eyes and smiled.
Xu Yourong knew that her teacher and Su Li knew of her arrival. It was just that the actions of the elders could be like the cool breeze and the numerous stars, but she could not continue to listen. She stepped forward to bow.
Su Li pointed at her and said to the Holy Maiden, "If you have time, you should first solve your disciple's problem."
Xu Xu Xu Xu's Xu. Xu Xu Su Li's asked, "She asked."
Su Li continued, "Her problem is even more troublesome than the confluence of the north and south. Not even I know what to do."
The Saintess raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "What problem?"
Su Li replied, "Of course it's a question of the most important matters in life. Between Qiushan Jun and that idiot Chen Changsheng, even I can't tell who's better. Just who is she going to marry?"
The Saintess said with slight annoyance, "What nonsense are you spouting in front of me?"
Xu Yourong truly found it impossible to accept … this sort of scene. She sighed in her heart, but she also felt that Senior Su Li's words had faintly made him feel a little closer to Chen Changsheng.
"I won't marry anyone." She said, "After returning to the capital, I will break off the engagement."
The tip of Su Li's eyebrows slightly perked up, like a sword that wanted to fly into the night mist of Mount Li, but in the end, he said nothing.
The Saintess looked at her with pity. Xu Yourong had encountered something in the Garden of Zhou, but no one had told it, not even her. But what kind of person was she? With a glance a few days ago, she knew that her female disciple had encountered a romantic obstacle, so she no longer brought up the matter of the engagement. Instead, she said, "When we go to the capital, go to the Li Palace in my place to pick something."
Xu Yourong said, "Yes, Master, but I don't know what it is."
The Holy Maiden said, "The Sword Pool of the Garden of Zhou has once again seen the light of day. Chen Changsheng is willing to return those swords to the various sects. The temple sword is among them, but it is temporarily kept in the Li Palace."
The temple sword was the sword that the Holy Maiden of the south always carried with her. Many years ago, Zhou Dufu had stolen it from Holy Maiden Peak, and it had since disappeared without a trace.
Hearing this news, Xu Yourong was very shocked, and then she felt that something was not right.
Yes, something was very wrong …
Su Li suddenly asked, "When are you going to the capital?"
Xu Yourong returned to her senses and replied, "It should be after the winter solstice."
Su Li said, "Since you're going to the capital, help me return something to Chen Changsheng. It just so happens that you two know each other."
Xu Yourong subconsciously resisted, saying, "I don't know him."
"Girl, when you get stubborn, you're no different from your master!"
Su Li said, "Tianhai and your master only taught you, and old man Yin only has him as a junior. You two will always have to fight. You can break off the engagement without seeing each other, but can you also not see each other when you fight?"
Xu Yourong knew that this was indeed the case. After returning to the capital, she ignored the matters of the Ivy League gathering and the Grand Examination. Based on the current situation, her battle with Chen Changsheng was unavoidable.
"What thing?"
"An umbrella."
Su Li took out a Yellow Paper Umbrella from somewhere and threw it to Xu Yourong.
This was the umbrella that he cherished the most in the past. Within it was the sword that he most wanted to find, and it also represented a period of time.
So on the snowy plains, even when he was bickering with Chen Changsheng like a child, he could not bear to give it away.
But now, he just casually threw the umbrella away.
The Holy Maiden's expression changed slightly and her voice trembled. "You really … agree?"
Su Li replied, "I'm still considering it, but … if there really is a chance to go to other worlds and see, it really is better than smelling the stench in this swamp."
The Holy Maiden said no more. She quietly gazed at him, her face filled with gratification and sentimentality.
If Xu Yourong saw this scene, she would definitely feel very helpless, but she did not.
Because she was currently looking at the umbrella in her hand, that old umbrella.
Of course she recognized this umbrella.
She had held this umbrella before.
She had raised this umbrella before.
From the plains to the Mausoleum of Zhou.
The journey spanned more than a thousand li, passing through several seasons.
At the time, she was on his back, the umbrella in her hand.
This umbrella had sheltered her and him from the rain and snow, shielded them from the wind and frost, avoided the dust, and guided them.
Returning it … to Chen Changsheng … the Sword Pool … the temple sword … him.
Her face instantly turned snow-white.
She was somewhat absent-minded.
She was very absent-minded.
Just what was going on with all this?
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(The next chapter will be out around half past ten?)
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