forced to fall in love

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On the morning of the third day of resting in the courtyard, Lingxi still obeyed Xie Xisui's small punishments and major commandments, and the white cloth was still tightly tied in front of her eyes.

Fortunately, Xie Xisui unlocked the consciousness that blocked her after checking her memory that day.

Spiritual consciousness climbed up to the retaining wall of the courtyard, and the branches stretched outward.

Lingxi practiced his sword in the courtyard, and before the edge of the sword fell, he heard a voice from the corner outside the courtyard wall.

"Are you sure the senior sister is here?"

"Yeah, I heard about it yesterday, so let's go and have a look to find out?"

Then there was the sound of footsteps lingering and the soft sound of jumping up and scratching branches and leaves from time to time, Lingxi retracted the sword back into its sheath.

"Sister!"

"Senior sister, what's wrong with you!"

Lingxi was surrounded by people running in from the courtyard gate, Tong Ningyun was about to touch the white cloth, but Lingxi raised her hand to block it.

"Senior Sister, did you get hurt by the snake phantom inside the Jinghong scroll because you saved us?"

"is it serious?"

The two asked with concern, Lingxi paused before saying: "No, I was careless."

"Then senior sister, your eyes...?"

"It's okay, why are you here?"

Qin Tang poured water from the side and handed it to Lingxi, "Thanks to Senior Sister who rescued us during the trial, Elder Xiang forced out the phantom poison for us in time so that we didn't aggravate our injuries."

Tong Ningyun continued: "We have wanted to see Senior Sister for a long time, but no one knows where Senior Sister is recuperating, and Qin Tang heard about it by chance yesterday."

"Here..." Tong Ningyun looked around, "It's because the senior sister is seriously injured and needs to rest and recuperate. I didn't know there was such a place in the sect before."

Although Lingxi has lived here for three days, and her spiritual sense can tell that this is a part of the sect, but the number of times she has come to the sect can be counted on the fingers, and she can't tell the difference.

Lingxi said truthfully, "I don't know."

"It's the residence of the deity."

The leaves behind were blowing with the wind, Xie Xisui stood under the eaves and watched them.

Lingxi was slightly taken aback, and saluted in search of a voice, "Master."

Tong Ningyun and Qin Tang quickly bowed their heads, "I take the liberty to pay my respects to Elder Holding Sword."

"Well, are you here to find Lang Yue and go down the mountain together?"

Tong Ningyun was a little hesitant, and looked sideways at the white cloth in front of Lingxi,

"Yes, it is also to visit the senior sister's injury, but now it seems that the senior sister is still recovering from the injury."

"She's fine, she can follow you down the mountain."

"what?"

Tong Ningyun raised her head to look at Xie Xisui in response, and quickly lowered her head when she realized her impoliteness.

"You wait outside the courtyard first."

"Yes."

Lingxi still maintained the posture of saluting, with the sound of receding footsteps behind her, and the light fragrance approaching slowly in front of her, suddenly a hand lightly covered the back of her raised hand, and a little warmth seeped in.

Lingxi paused, and said softly: "Master, do I have to go down the mountain this time?"

"You don't want to go?"

"Yes, Master has retreated for several months, and now he is leaving the closed door. After I go down the mountain," Lingxi said, the end sound was inexplicably lowered, "Then Master is the only one in Chuanze Jian."

The people in front of him suddenly fell silent, and the wind suddenly blew through the branches, rustling.

Lingxi looked up at her, the wind picked up a corner of the white cloth, untied it at some point, and it fell slowly.

Xie Xisui was very close to her, his pupils were dim, reflecting her appearance, and the seemingly absent heat fell on the side of her face.

"Then when I retreated, weren't you alone in the Chuanze stream?"

Lingxi heard her voice low and slow, like a falling leaf rubbing against the back of her hand.

"Different."

The corners of Xie Xisui's lips curled up a little, "How is it different?"

The black pupils easily caught Lingxi's gaze, making her unable to move her eyes away.

"Because you are a master."

Lingxi was a little absent-minded, and frank words came out of his mouth, and instantly merged into the word "Master".

Xie Xisui raised his index finger slightly, and pointed his fingertips between Lingxi's brows, casually said: "Really, so when I borrowed your memory last time, it was me."

Lingxi couldn't resist meeting her gaze, moved his eyes down, and called her in a low voice: "Master."

The pupils are covered with a soft light, just enough to see Lingxi's flickering eyelashes clearly, and a touch of golden light across Lingxi's brow quietly slips across her fingertips.

Xie Xisui hummed, responded to her low cry, and said: "Going down the mountain is your experience."

The lingering touch between the eyebrows suddenly disappeared, Lingxi felt the departure of her fingertips, and the light-colored patterns embroidered on the corners of her flowing clothes shone dimly from the corner of her eyes.

When Lingxi raised her head again, she only saw her blurred figure and a faint voice at the end of her ear, "Go, I will wait for you to come back at Chuanzejian."

Xie Xisui left.

Lingxi relieved some of his strength instantly, and lowered his fingers lightly, "Yes, Master."

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"Senior sister, I feel that the elder treats you well!"

"That's not true! After all, the only apprentice of the elder is the senior sister."

"That's right, a collection of thousands of pets!"

"I heard from my senior brothers and sisters that it was the elder who personally rescued the senior sister from the Jinghong Scroll. I also heard that General Yan..."

Tong Ningyun stopped suddenly, and looked at Qin Tang who was beside her, and the latter looked troubled.

There was a sudden silence behind him, Lingxi turned to look at them, "What's wrong."

Qin Tang lowered his head and walked forward with difficulty, "I'm sorry, senior sister. If I knew that Yan Jiang is such a person, I would definitely not let him join the team. I'm sorry for hurting you."

"It's okay, none of us knew it would be like this at that time." Lingxi paused, "My injury is mainly due to my own problem."

Although Xie Xisui didn't tell her about it, Lingxi guessed the reason with the help of the memory of her forming a team that day.

Tong Ningyun asked curiously: "My problem? Why does the senior sister always say it's my problem?"

Lingxi glanced at her and said nothing, then recalled some words in Xie Xisui's cold voice that entered her eardrums when she was blindfolded.

"How can I rest assured that you go down the mountain like this?"

"I won't let you get hurt."

"Small punishment, big commandment."

Lingxi sighed subconsciously, she had only left Yaoguang Sect not long ago, but she already missed her and wanted to go back.

"Sister?"

"Well, what did you say about General Yan?"

Tong Ningyun thought for a while: "Oh, it is said that he was imprisoned in the Baizhang Pagoda by the head of the sect, and the elder gave him the Qingshuang Order. For seven consecutive days, his whole body hurts for an hour every day. It seems that he is punishing and hurting his fellow sect?"

"Ah."

Lingxi nodded slightly.

Tong Ningyun looked around, approached Lingxi, and said in a low voice: "But I always feel that maybe the elder punished him like this because he hurt the senior sister? After all, the elders used to not take care of such things."

"..."

"Sister, don't you know about this? The elder didn't mention it to you?"

Lingxi took a deep look at her and reminded: "We are still inside the barrier of the Yaoguang Sect, and the wind will carry your voice far away."

"what!"

Tong Ningyun covered her mouth abruptly, not daring to speak any more.

After the three of them left the territory of the Yaoguang Sect, they walked east along the main road. Qin Tang wanted to go back to Pingzhou Town. Being taken over by the Yaoguang faction, it will be a little more prosperous than the former "ghost town".

Lingxi also agrees, after all, she still has the young host's long-cherished wish to fulfill.

The three of them bought three horses in a small county town they passed, and drove away. Two days later, they arrived at the once gray area, Pingzhou Town.

They walked in with their horses, and the town was indeed much better than the Pingzhou town that Lingxi saw for the first time.

There are no wanton demons, no collapsed houses, no burning dead trees, and even no people who are terrified day by day.

When they arrived, there were still dazzling golden crows hanging in the corner of the sky, street vendors were shouting, there were many people coming and going, and the market was full of atmosphere.

"so good……"

Qin Tang sighed with emotion, and when Lingxi looked at him, he saw the light red in his eyes.

Tong Ningyun patted him on the shoulder and echoed, "It's pretty good."

Lingxi passed by a hawker selling candied haws, approached and bought a bunch of candied haws, fulfilling one of the long-cherished wishes of the host.

"Senior sister, do you like candied haws?"

"Ah."

They went further along the street, and at the corner of an intersection, they saw a larger inn, from which there were lively cheers from time to time.

On the contrary, this aroused Tong Ningyun's interest, and immediately decided to stay in this inn tonight, and Lingxi and Qin Tang followed her.

As soon as I entered the inn, there was a running hall to greet me. There seemed to be a performance inside, and there were quite a lot of guests who came to watch.

The good front seats are all taken up, and only the back or side positions are left, and you can't even see the front table.

Lingxi glanced at it, and chose the most remote corner. Qin Tang and Tong Ningyun came back from their accommodation, and all the other places were occupied.

"It's so lively! There are no empty seats? It seems that the waiter didn't lie to us."

"What did he say was so lively?"

Lingxi glanced roughly through the overlapping heads in front of him, and there was nothing on the table.

"He said he was a new storyteller in the town in recent months, and he spoke so well that every time he came, the house was always full."

Qin Tang lowered his voice and explained consonantly.

Tong Ningyun looked forward with her head propped up, "It's a storyteller, but why don't you see any tables, Xingmu, folding fans, or handkerchiefs?"

"Maybe it's because it hasn't started yet..."

Before Qin Tang finished speaking, there was a sudden muffled sound of drums in front of him. The rhythm was extremely fast, as if setting off the atmosphere before the opening.

Lingxi took a bite of the candied haws in his hand, and the sweet brown sugar against the sour hawthorn inside collided together in his mouth.

"Everyone, please wait. The last book said that on a dark and stormy night decades ago, the sword-wielding elder of the Yaoguang Sect came to Pingzhou Town..."

"puff……"

Tong Ningyun choked out a sip of tea, Qin Tang hurriedly handed her a handkerchief, and the two looked at Lingxi who was eating candied haws outside the window together.

Lingxi slowly spit out the hawthorn core, and when he looked at the table, he narrowed his eyes.

On the stage was not a storyteller with a long beard, but a woman in a light-colored robe standing with her hands behind her back, her fingers lazily brushing her ears and hair back.

Lingxi's eyebrows moved slightly, but the light in his eyes was somewhat cold.

Tong Ningyun cleared her throat, "Ahem, which song is this? Leaving aside the fact that Mr. Storyteller is a woman, even the robe on this body looks like an elder deliberately imitated?"

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