This time.
They didn't return to Changkong Academy, which surprised Zhao Shuning.
Yan Ruyu took her back to the Wuwang Sea.
"Master, do you have deep feelings for the Wuwang Sea?"
"No."
"I thought you always lived on Qingyun Peak."
"Qingyun Peak?"
Zhao Shuning nodded.
"The towering peak beside Qingyun Country. It has a very high terrain and allows one to better observe and control the Star Disk Formation."
"It's really a good place." He would pay more attention to it in the future.
After Yan Ruyu placed Zhao Shuning on a chair, he went outside and found a long and slender bamboo.
"Master, what are you doing?"
Yan Ruyu ignored Zhao Shuning.
In just a moment, the bamboo in Yan Ruyu's hand turned into a delicate bamboo flute, very similar to the jade flute hanging around his waist.
"Master, can I have a look at that jade flute of yours?"
Yan Ruyu didn't even raise his head.
"Anyway, even if you don't give it to me, I know what it looks like."
"You like my flute?"
"Yes."
Yan Ruyu put down the bamboo flute in his hand and took off the white jade flute from his waist.
The flute was made of a transparent material, and it felt cold in the hand.
"Master, you've never told me the origin of this jade flute."
"It was left to me by my mother."
Zhao Shuning was stunned.
"My mother was a very beautiful woman."
Zhao Shuning said, "The most beautiful person I've ever seen is you, Master."
Yan Ruyu smiled.
Then he continued, "I'm originally from the Feng family. My father's name is Feng Qingchen, and my mother is Yu Ge. Their identities are both very special. Because my father was the eldest prince of the Celestial Realm in his previous life, and my mother was the second young lady of the Underworld and also the Spiritual Girl Nian Nian, the bloodlines of our Feng family members are all very special. Except for my youngest brother who ranks fourth, the rest of us have inherited the characteristics of my father."
Master rarely talked so much.
Zhao Shuning liked to listen.
Master was too cold and had been lonely for so long. He always hid his feelings and never told anyone.
Now that he hadn't become the silent person he would be in the future, it was good for him to say more things that Zhao Shuning didn't know. When they got back, she could tell them to him slowly.
"Master's father must be very imposing, right?"
Yan Ruyu nodded.
"Actually, in our family, the person we're most afraid of isn't my father. Although my father's abilities are much stronger than my mother's, he rarely beats us, and he's never beaten me."
"Master is so outstanding. Your parents must be reluctant to beat you. I guess your parents must be extremely kind people, so they can't bear to do it."
Suddenly, the scene of his elder brother Feng Zhan being chased by his father all over the palace flashed through Yan Ruyu's mind, and he couldn't help smiling.
His elder brother had been beaten by his father a lot since childhood.
"That's not the reason. My father dotes on my mother. If the four of us siblings misbehave outside, he won't do much. But if we make her angry in my mother's palace, then my father will definitely not show mercy."
"Ah?"
"Also, if my father is wronged by my mother, he will also find an excuse to beat my elder brother up."
Zhao Shuning offered silent condolences.
Now that she thought about it, it was really not easy for Uncle to grow up. No wonder he looked so scheming.
He must have said the wrong thing a lot when he was a child and been beaten up by Master's father a lot.
"Master, you have a very happy family."
"Yes."
Yan Ruyu walked out.
Not far away, there was an endless sea.
There were also lush bamboo forests everywhere.
And there was his disciple who occasionally listened to him.
This kind of life wasn't bad.
Over the past five hundred years, he had gradually gotten used to being alone. The guidance of the Star Disk Formation and the appearance of Luo Qiu had made them master and disciple.
She was always so smart. Many mental techniques and moves were easy for her to understand with just a little guidance.
It was as if she already knew those skills.
Zhao Shuning sat on the chair, looking at Yan Ruyu's back.
Her heart was filled with a sense of happiness.
"Master—"
"Yes."
"What kind of girl do you like?"
Yan Ruyu lowered his eyes.
If this disciple, Luo Qiu, wasn't so noisy and didn't say some strange things all the time.
Then, Yan Ruyu would definitely feel even happier.
Seeing that Yan Ruyu ignored her, Zhao Shuning thought he didn't hear clearly.
She raised her voice and asked again.
Yan Ruyu was a bit annoyed by her question and casually perfunctorily said, "Anyway, not someone like you."
"Tsk— You don't mean what you say."
Zhao Shuning leaned back on the cushion of the chair.
Looking at the thatch on the bamboo house, her heart gradually calmed down.
There had been many people in her life, but only Master had accompanied her for the longest time.
Zhao Shuning didn't know when she had started to like Yan Ruyu.
It seemed that from the very beginning, he had been special to her.
She didn't know much about matters of the heart.
But she only firmly believed in one thing.
That was to fight side by side with Master and live with him forever.
"Master, actually, you're really great."
Yan Ruyu looked into the distance. Every word Zhao Shuning said drilled into his ears without missing a single one.
Zhao Shuning was a bit sleepy.
She hadn't slept well these days.
Every time she fell asleep, she wanted to dream of Master in the future, but she never did. In the past eighteen years, she had only seen Master in a dream once, and he had white hair.
Zhao Shuning's eyelids were drooping, and she was listless.
"Master, I really like you."
Yan Ruyu didn't move, but an indescribable feeling welled up in his heart.
"Master, just give me a chance. Let me sleep with you. That would be great—"
Zhao Shuning said this without blushing or feeling nervous.
Then there was no more sound.
Yan Ruyu stood there for a long time, and the person behind him didn't say anything else.
He turned around.
At some point, the young girl had already fallen asleep.
Her breathing was steady.
"Sigh—"
With a smile on his face, Yan Ruyu picked up Zhao Shuning and put her back on the bed in the room.
Looking at the girl's face on the bed.
Yan Ruyu thought that in the past five hundred years, this was the first time he had met such a girl.
As soon as Luo Qiu saw him, she would start confessing and seducing him.
Every time he scolded her, the next time, she would still repeat the same tricks.
Over and over again, the moves were the same, and she never got tired of repeating them.
"Why? No matter how I try to get rid of you, I can't?"
Yan Ruyu gently pulled over the quilt beside the bed and covered Zhao Shuning with it.
Luo Qiu didn't know that he had already calculated his own fate. He was destined to be alone for a thousand years, and there would be no companion by his side.
So, her appearance could only be in the capacity of a disciple.
"Master—"
In her sleep, Zhao Shuning grabbed Yan Ruyu's hand.
Yan Ruyu tried to pull it back.
But the young girl in her sleep frowned tightly.
"Brother, brother— Come back."
Did Luo Qiu have a brother?