Zhao Shuning burst into laughter, her body shaking with mirth.
Zhao Xiangxiang couldn't help but chuckle as well.
This young master Xie Yu could be quite cute when he was being silly.
He was almost twenty, yet sometimes he spoke without thinking.
While Zhao Shuning was laughing, she suddenly felt a cold gaze on her back. When she turned around again, there was no one there.
She was startled and became more vigilant.
Xie Yuan had said that this time, the young man named Nan Feng would come. A fourth - stage spiritual pharmacist at the Mysterious Rank, paired with the Four - Image Stone White Tiger, that young man's strength should not be underestimated.
"Zhao Shuning, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing."
In an instant, Zhao Shuning was back to her normal self, as if nothing had happened.
The Disciples' Joint Horse - racing Competition was coming soon. If she could win and obtain a favor from the Wang family, she could get the Zhao family out of Qinghui Town and move to Yanqing City.
Zhao Shuning was determined to win this championship. No one could stop her.
In the distance, a man in white smiled gently. He was extremely handsome.
The little white beast beside the man circled around, apparently excited about what it had just seen.
"Xiaobai, don't you think Ling'er has improved a lot?"
At least now, her sense of vigilance was much stronger than before.
"Emperor Venerable, why don't you go and see her? Don't you miss her?"
Miss? It was a rather unfamiliar word, but Yan Ruyu did miss her. However, he knew how to control his emotions and found the best balance between reason and sensibility.
"Xiaobai, I want to see Ling'er's growth over the years. She is not a climbing flower. She can't rely on me forever."
Even though Yan Ruyu really hoped that Ye Ling would depend on him for a lifetime.
But the last accident had made Yan Ruyu more cautious. He couldn't always be by Ling'er's side. If he wasn't around and she encountered a catastrophe, how could she handle it?
All he could do now was to make Ye Ling stronger and help her grow more quickly.
"Emperor Venerable, you seem unhappy."
Unhappy? How could he be unhappy? Seeing her grow like this, how could Yan Ruyu be unhappy?
But Baize knew. It had been with Yan Ruyu for a thousand years. It knew that Yan Ruyu was different. It knew that he must be unhappy at this moment. As for the specific reason, the Emperor Venerable was a lazy - tempered person, and he probably wouldn't say.
Yan Ruyu looked in the direction of the Xie family, his heart filled with melancholy.
Actually, could it be his own fault?
Yan Ruyu had made such a deduction a long time ago.
His mother had once told him in the parallel world that he had the fate of a millennium solitary evil.
A person like him should be without love or hatred, living on the cloud - top all his life. He shouldn't have too much contact with the world, or rather, he shouldn't have someone he liked.
Yan Ruyu thought that as a member of the Feng family, he had witnessed the influence of fate on his mother. His mother was so powerful back then, but in the first half of her life, she couldn't defy destiny and had a very bitter life.
He had the fate of a millennium solitary evil. How could he escape?
In other words, how could he dare to expect love and a loved one?
Yan Ruyu even wondered if it was because he had changed his mind before, wanting to protect someone, wanting to have Ye Ling, and wanting to protect her for a lifetime.
If it was because he had acted out of selfishness and offended the so - called fate.
That was why a disaster had befallen and Ye Ling had suffered that catastrophe?
Under these circumstances, Yan Ruyu, that proud man who always stayed on the cloud - top, began to waver. He didn't dare to take the risk because he couldn't afford to lose this bet.
"Emperor Venerable, you clearly want to see her, but why? Why do you have to wrong yourself like this?"
"Xiaobai, I'm different from your Beast Realm and the Human Realm. You don't understand."
There were just too many things for him to consider.
Maybe Ye Ling's death in the previous life was because he had had thoughts he shouldn't have. So in this life, he would just be her teacher and protect his disciple well. This alone was enough.
As a teacher, he naturally knew what he should and shouldn't do.
Even though seeing her again almost made Yan Ruyu dizzy with joy, he still chose to silently guard behind her.
Anyway, he had a long life and would live forever.
It was enough to protect her in this life as Zhao Shuning.
He shouldn't and couldn't covet anything else.
Baize looked at his master's expression. It seemed to have returned to the previous coldness.
He didn't know why Heaven was so unfair. The Emperor Venerable was such a good person, yet he was doomed to a lonely life. He had walked this long way without daring to love or hate.
Finally, he had met a woman who could stir his heart, but he didn't dare to love because of fear.
"Xiaobai, bear with it a little longer. If it's not necessary, we won't see her."
Knowing that she was living a good life now was enough.
Yan Ruyu waved his sleeve and turned back. He appeared in the original inn. Suddenly, there was a letter in his hand. It was a letter sent by his servants Mu Wan and Ting Bai.
The cover was signed by the two of them, but the handwriting in the letter was that of Su Mu, the lord of Qingyun Kingdom.
Su Mu's letter was very simple. He just asked him some tactical questions and mentioned that there seemed to be some problems with the faith of Qingyun Kingdom.
Then, he told him that if he met his sister, he should tell her to return to Qingyun Kingdom.
Yan Ruyu could almost recite such words by heart.
In this world, there were just too many things for him to bear. Yan Ruyu's original name was Feng Buran. In this parallel world, Qingyun Kingdom was the projection of the former Yun Dynasty.
Qingyun Kingdom used to be the world of the Feng family.
But Feng Buran was really tired of the imperial power and didn't want to get involved in the political disputes anymore. So he found a few trustworthy people and handed over the throne of Qingyun Kingdom to them.
And the Feng family was the faith of the entire Qingyun Kingdom.
In order not to be chased by the world and to avoid those meaningless worships, Feng Buran changed his name. Since his appearance remained the same for a thousand years, he took the name Yan Ruyu.
Unexpectedly, he had used the name Yan Ruyu for so many years.
If it weren't for Su Mu's frequent reminders, Yan Ruyu felt that he would almost forget his original name.
The Feng royal family respected the Feng family. The four sons of the Feng family each had their own fates, and he, Feng Buran, was destined to be the imperial teacher walking in this different world.
All he could do was to pass on his endless spiritual power and mental strength to the world.
If he could have his real relatives in this time - space, how wonderful it would be?
Maybe he would have companions on the towering Qingyun Peak and could talk with them.