Shen Qing exchanged a bewildered look with Li Xian, her mind filled with questions.
When did he get a sweetheart?
What on earth was making him blush?
Could it be that his sweetheart was actually her?
Yu Xuzi stole a glance at his disciple and the utterly confused Shen Qing, letting out a silent sigh.
It seemed that the wedding banquet would be a long time coming...
While the Immortal Huiyan and Yu Xuzi were engaged in small talk, Li Xian slowly sauntered over to Shen Qing. Noticing that her complexion looked a bit off, he quickly whispered:
"What's wrong? Are you injured?"
Shen Qing instinctively touched her knee and shook her head.
When she was pressed down just now, she truly thought her bone was broken. But with the spiritual bone in her body, the injury on her knee had almost healed within moments.
"I'm fine. Why did you come over?"
Li Xian's eyes darkened, and he suddenly became coy.
He turned around, avoiding Shen Qing's gaze, and nervously rubbed his nose.
Ever since he gave the cold jade to Shen Qing during their visit to the City of Sea Corals, he had been extremely preoccupied.
He kept wondering why Shen Qing would rather carry the sachet than the cold jade, which could bring her benefits. Was the shape of the cold jade really that unappealing to her?
Even after returning to the Five - Element Dao Sect, Li Xian was still a bit absent - minded because of this.
The old man Yu Xuzi watched him like this for a few days. Finally, he couldn't hold back anymore and grabbed Li Xian's ear to question him.
Li Xian only told Yu Xuzi about the cold jade.
He thought Yu Xuzi would be angry that he took the cold jade from the sect's treasury and gave it to Shen Qing.
But unexpectedly, Yu Xuzi just grabbed his ear, scolding him for being infatuated.
Li Xian first denied it. After all, he had only met Shen Qing a few times. How could he be so hasty to say he was in love?
But then he went to ask Xiao Jinglan. Xiao Jinglan gave him a bunch of storybooks, in which the male and female protagonists were so lovesick once they fell in love.
However, after some thought, Li Xian felt that his lovesickness was different from that of the male protagonist in the storybooks. Just as he was about to go to Yu Xuzi to clarify this, he learned that the people from the Main Shrine had gone to the Azure Cloud Sword Sect.
The Five - Element Dao Sect had a certain connection with the Main Shrine. Yu Xuzi took out his abacus and did a divination. His face turned pale, and he immediately dragged Li Xian to the Azure Cloud Sword Sect.
He originally wanted to say hello to Shen Qing first, but unexpectedly, Yu Xuzi unleashed a powerful spell as soon as he entered, which caught Li Xian off guard.
Seeing Shen Qing looking so confused, Li Xian still explained, "The old man over there is my master, Yu Xuzi. Don't take what he said just now to heart. I... don't have a sweetheart yet..."
As Shen Qing listened to Li Xian's introduction, her focus was only on the name "Yu Xuzi," completely missing the second half of Li Xian's words.
"Yu Xuzi! Is that old Taoist priest really Yu Xuzi?"
A look of admiration flashed across Shen Qing's face.
Come on, Yu Xuzi was the master of the Five - Element Dao Sect. During the Demon War ten thousand years ago, he had followed the former master of the sect and made outstanding contributions.
The Kunlun Disk in his hand was said to be able to peek into the secrets of heaven, change the past, and turn back time.
But then, a look of regret and grief clouded Shen Qing's eyes.
In her previous life, Li Xian was killed by Lin Yibai early on. In order to save his beloved disciple, Yu Xuzi burned his own lifespan and used the Kunlun Disk.
But the Kunlun Disk shattered midway, and the backlash immediately hit Yu Xuzi.
Yu Xuzi was already worried about his disciple's death, and with his long - stagnant cultivation and exhausted lifespan, he soon passed away.
But Shen Qing, who had read the original text, knew that Yu Xuzi's death was not that simple.
After Lin Yibai absorbed Li Xian's luck, he learned that Yu Xuzi had such a heaven - defying natal magic weapon.
In order to obtain Yu Xuzi's Kunlun Disk, Lin Yibai sneaked into the Five - Element Dao Sect with the help of the system.
While Yu Xuzi was using the Kunlun Disk, Lin Yibai transformed into Li Xian's appearance and made Yu Xuzi repeatedly witness how his beloved disciple was tortured for three days and then died a tragic death.
Unable to bear the blow, Yu Xuzi cut off his natal magic weapon and passed away.
Lin Yibai didn't expect Yu Xuzi to destroy the Kunlun Disk before his death. In a fit of anger, he stole Yu Xuzi's body and gave it to Ji Chongming.
Yu Xuzi's body was refined by Ji Chongming into a demon master puppet. After Lin Yibai unsealed the Demon Abyss, Ji Chongming led the demon master puppet made from Yu Xuzi to massacre the entire Five - Element Dao Sect.
This ending was truly heart - rending...
Shen Qing looked around. In her previous life, after Lin Yibai succeeded, the cultivation world had become a food store for the demons.
Even the entire Azure Cloud Sword Sect had not been spared.
This tragic ending was just to show that Lin Yibai and Ji Chongming had broken through the boundaries of the mortal world and finally fell in love.
A fire seemed to be raging in Shen Qing's chest. This time, she would never let Lin Yibai get away easily again.
Seeing Shen Qing looking at Yu Xuzi with such intense eyes, Li Xian felt a bit depressed.
"I'm glad you're okay..."
Li Xian's gaze shifted downward. He saw that Shen Qing was still wearing that sachet around her waist, and the cold jade was nowhere to be seen.
After much hesitation, Li Xian finally couldn't hold back and asked, "The cold jade..."
Shen Qing turned around and met Li Xian's slightly disappointed eyes. Only then did she realize what he was talking about.
"The cold jade is right here!"
Shen Qing opened the sachet, just enough for Li Xian to see the cold jade carefully stored inside.
Afraid that the priceless cold jade would be damaged, Shen Qing had lined the inside of the sachet with soft cotton and stuffed in some of her favorite spices.
Shen Qing only showed it to Li Xian for a moment, then quickly closed the sachet and carefully held it in her hand, stroking it lovingly a couple of times.
She lowered her voice, "This thing is so precious. I definitely have to keep it well. If it were stolen or damaged, I'd be heartbroken."
Seeing Shen Qing's look of a little miser, Li Xian felt as if fireworks were going off in his head.
Since Shen Qing didn't want others to know about the cold jade, she leaned in close to Li Xian when she spoke. The distance between them was extremely close.
Li Xian only had to lower his head to see Shen Qing's curly eyelashes, and he could clearly smell the fresh fragrance unique to her.
In an instant, Li Xian felt his heart skip a beat. His throat tightened, and it took him a long time to choke out a reply, "R - really?"
Shen Qing smiled and blinked, "Of course!"
Li Xian's pupils constricted slightly, and he took a step back as if fleeing, afraid that Shen Qing would notice his racing heart.
He coughed lightly, desperately suppressing the corners of his mouth that were threatening to curl up, and pretended nothing had happened as he looked in Yu Xuzi's direction.
But his unfocused eyes stole glances at Shen Qing from time to time, and he didn't really care about what Yu Xuzi and the Immortal Huiyan were talking about.
Pei Xuanjin and the others were close by but couldn't hear what Shen Qing and Li Xian were saying. They only saw Li Xian getting so close to Shen Qing, which made them feel extremely uncomfortable.
Lin Yibai was kneeling on the ground, in great pain. He almost gritted his silver teeth to pieces.
Out of the corner of his eye, Yu Xuzi saw his beloved disciple smiling like a fool, completely under Shen Qing's spell. It was really unbearable to watch.