Inside the Immortal Shadow Hall, Su Yuqing walked to the seat and sat down, Hai Tang saluted, "Master."
Lu Ye followed suit, clasping his fists, "Mountain Master Su."
Hearing Lu Ye address him this way, Hai Tang felt as clear as a mirror, increasingly certain that her thoughts were correct, because normally, Senior Brother Lu was supposed to call Master a senior!
This title..."Mountain Master Su"...feels off!
Su Yuqing responded softly, her gaze sweeping over the two, sowhat curious, "How did you two co back together?"
She could understand Hai Tang coming back. This ti, passing through the All Phenona Ocean in the Western Region, apart from Hai Tang, other Constellations from the Eastern Region had also gone there to join the Spirit Talisman tournant. Once the tournant ended, the people from the Eastern Region would naturally return.
But she couldn't understand why Lu Ye ca here.
Looking at the young face below, even though Su Yuqing had deliberately tried to forget so past events over the years, many deeply buried mories couldn't help but surge up.
She had thought that sending him back to his holand last ti would be their last eting, that their parting would be eternal. Who would have thought that they would et again in just over a decade.
"Master, Senior Brother was at the All Phenona Ocean, and we ran into each other at the Spirit Talisman tournant," Hai Tang explained excitedly. The stellar space is so vast, such an encounter was undoubtedly a fate.
"You were at the All Phenona Ocean?" Su Yuqing looked at Lu Ye, sowhat surprised.
She naturally knew how far the Jade Conch Galaxy was from the All Phenona Ocean, and how remote the place was, with not even a single Insect Path, so it was truly surprising that Lu Ye would be at the All Phenona Ocean.
Moreover, in just over a decade, Lu Ye's cultivation had advanced from Constellation Early Stage to the level of Moon Jade!
Although she wasn't sure what Lu Ye had experienced over the past decade, from the looks of it now, he must have endured quite a lot.
A cultivator's growth is always linked to the tribulations they experience; the faster the growth, the more tribulations there must be.
In an instant, Su Yuqing seed to see a lot, her originally deliberately cold gaze softening a bit.
"Yes, I encountered so things back then and inadvertently ended up at the All Phenona Ocean," Lu Ye casually explained without going into much detail.
"The All Phenona Ocean is a good place," Su Yuqing nodded. "It's also a suitable place for a cultivator to make a na for themselves. If you can establish sothing there, standing out is not a problem."
After a few idle words, Su Yuqing, in a tone typical of an elder, offered advice to Lu Ye, who nodded respectfully, agreeing repeatedly.
As they spoke, Su Yuqing suddenly looked curiously at Yaya, "This little girl is..."
Yaya, as usual, cheerfully introduced herself, "I'm Daddy's daughter!"
Su Yuqing was taken aback, and imdiately her gaze turned cold.
The temperature of the entire Immortal Shadow Hall seed to drop significantly.
There was killing intent! Lu Ye's eye twitched, instantly realizing that things were not looking good.
Fortunately, at the critical mont, Hai Tang hurriedly transmitted an audio ssage to Su Yuqing, "Master, Yaya was picked up by Senior Brother, and she herself is a Sun Blaze. Due to her Divine Sea being broken by a Soul-Devouring Aphid, her psyche is damaged, and now her spiritual intelligence is only at the level of a few-year-old child."
Upon hearing this, Su Yuqing scrutinized Yaya carefully, not finding the slightest hint of deceit in her eyes.
It made sense; if she were just an ordinary child, it would have been impossible for her to follow Lu Ye through life at the All Phenona Ocean.
Just then, Hai Tang stood up and said, "Master, my Spirit Talismans have almost sold out. Rarely do I co back; I'll go over to the other senior brothers and sisters to see if they have any extra Spirit Talismans." After saying this, she beckoned to Yaya, "Yaya, co with ."
Yaya promptly refused, "No, I want to be with Daddy!"
Lu Ye patted Yaya's small head, "Sister Hai Tang has lots of delicious treats you haven't seen or eaten."
Yaya imdiately jumped off the chair with excitent and eagerly ran to Hai Tang, "Sister Hai Tang!"
Hai Tang couldn't help but laugh and cry at the sa ti. She called Lu Ye Senior Brother, Yaya called Lu Ye Daddy, and now she was being called Sister Hai Tang... if acknowledging from the perspective of Master, it seemingly wasn't an issue, but it was a bit confusing.
Her thoughts wandered, and as she held Yaya, Hai Tang bowed and took her leave.
Inside the Immortal Shadow Hall, only Lu Ye and Su Yuqing were left.
Lu Ye raised his eyes, eting Su Yuqing's gaze directly; the latter's eyes flitted for a mont, a bit of panic within.
When Hai Tang was around, she could maintain the deanor of an elder, showing so concern for Lu Ye's experiences over the years. But now that Hai Tang and Yaya were gone, she suddenly didn't know what position to take in having a conversation with Lu Ye.
Lu Ye was also unsure of what to say...
Back then, after Su Yuqing personally escorted him and Nian Yuexian near the Nine Provinces, not only did Su Yuqing think they would never et again in this life, even Lu Ye felt the sa.
Unless one day, the Eastern Mount Fangcun passed through the Jade Conch Galaxy again, and Su Yuqing actively went to visit him.
So he never expected the All Phenona Ocean to beco yet another intersection in their lives.
The atmosphere turned sowhat awkward and grueling.
Su Yuqing's hands clutched within her sleeves were drenched in sweat; this situation was more challenging than crafting a red talisman...
In the end, it was Lu Ye who broke the silence: "Hai Tang... probably knows."
"What?" Su Yuqing was taken aback, then her expression beca incredibly flustered, and she asked, "What... what does she know? What did she say to you?"
"Sigh." Lu Ye sighed, stood up and walked towards Su Yuqing.
As he approached, Su Yuqing's expression grew increasingly panicked. One hand unconsciously gripped the armrest of the chair, her face tense. "What are you doing?"
Where was the aura and deanor that Sun Blaze should have? Now she looked just like an inexperienced young girl confronted with sothing that confused and scared her, instinctively wanting to flee rather than face the challenge.
Lu Ye said nothing, his gaze unwavering as he stared at her delicate face.
In this situation, he didn't know what to do, but anything was better than the awkward silence between them.
Su Yuqing was Sun Blaze; her cultivation level was much higher than his, but in the end, she was still a woman. So things needed him to take the initiative to break.
It only took a few steps for Lu Ye to reach Su Yuqing, looking down at her.
The woman in front of him had beautiful eyes that were nearly unfocused in nervousness. Her chest heaved violently, and her fair cheeks began to flush. Unbidden mories from over ten years ago surfaced, her entire body stiff as if struck by an immobilization talisman.
It wasn't until Lu Ye's large hand grasped her smooth chin that Su Yuqing shivered as if jolted by electricity.
"Hand... move your hand!" Su Yuqing's gaze moved past Lu Ye to look outside the hall, afraid to see disciples of Immortal Spirit Peak passing by.
If soone were to pass by at this mont and see this scene, her dignity would be utterly destroyed.
These childish words made Lu Ye want to laugh. In terms of cultivation, Su Yuqing was far superior to him. She could easily use her mana to throw him off.
But there was no sign of mana flow within her; instead, she was forcing herself to speak such empty and unintimidating words.
Lu Ye felt sothing inside him suddenly awaken, and the woman's appearance made his blood boil even more.
His large hand traced along the woman's cheek, gently caressing it as he said in a deep voice, "Hai Tang didn't say much, but between the lines, she hinted that I'm a scoundrel who took advantage and then shirked responsibility. She said since I left years ago, you've changed, which is probably why she brought here: to counsel and comfort you."
Su Yuqing trembled, her cheeks red, and even her fair neck began to flush. She looked up at Lu Ye, and her instincts told her that the wisest course was to use mana to push Lu Ye away, letting him know what happens when you disrespect your superior. But whenever she resolved to do so, she hesitated.
Her mana, pure as it was, seed to freeze within her, unable to circulate.
She suddenly recalled a ti in her youth when she ventured into an ancient forest and was pinned down by a snarling demon beast.
The situation back then felt remarkably similar to now.
In her vision, Lu Ye seed to transform into that snarling demon beast, ready to devour her whole.
She didn't know why such a distant mory resurfaced, but she couldn't control it.
Lu Ye's voice sounded again, pulling her back from distant thoughts: "I don't know how to counsel and comfort you. You are ultimately Sun Blaze; your experience and resilience surpass mine. If you can't figure it out, no external advice will help. So sotis... actions speak louder than words!"
"What?" Su Yuqing was utterly stupefied. Lu Ye's words went in one ear and out the other. She couldn't think at all, only hearing him say actions speak louder than words as his form lood over her.
A long-absent passionate aura enveloped her...
Suddenly alert, Su Yuqing finally understood what she needed to do. Clenching her teeth, she exerted her strength.
Lu Ye paused, realizing his lips were cut, yet he showed no intention of backing down.
In that mont, her half-hearted resistance lost all significance. Monts later, Su Yuqing's pure Sun Blaze mana finally surged forth, not to push Lu Ye away, but to form a protective barrier encircling the entire Immortal Shadow Hall.
With a resounding boom, the doors of the hall slamd shut.
anwhile, on another spirit mountaintop, Hai Tang sensed sothing and turned to look in the direction of the Immortal Shadow Hall.
Her face was full of worry.
The mana fluctuations of Sun Blaze were quite apparent. She didn't know what was happening in the Immortal Shadow Hall, but she knew her master had surely acted.
Would Senior Brother get beaten?
Would he be beaten badly?
But she believed that as long as her master vented her frustrations, everything would be okay. Even if her master really acted against Lu Ye, she would surely exercise restraint and not truly harm him.
With this reassurance, Hai Tang suppressed the urge to go to the Immortal Shadow Hall and investigate, deciding to let nature take its course and not intervene. She had already done the one thing she could do: bringing Lu Ye back.
"Sister Hai Tang, where's the delicious food?" Yaya's voice chid in.
"Ah." Hai Tang snapped back to reality, "Co with , little glutton. I'll take you to find it. Mount Fangcun has so many delicious things you've never tasted outside."
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