There was once.
There was also a woman.
Born with a red lotus between her eyebrows, she was extremely enchanting.
The woman in front of him.
Why did a red lotus also appear between her eyebrows just now?
This sudden halt in the attack.
It caught Zhao Shuning off guard.
She had already prepared herself to fight even if it meant getting seriously injured, hoping to break through the bottleneck of her spiritual power.
But at the critical moment.
This Buddhist monk actually retracted all his abilities abruptly?
"What on earth are you doing?"
The monk's blood dripped onto his robe.
Zhao Shuning thought even more that this person must be out of his mind. By stopping at the crucial moment, he had ended up hurting himself instead.
Such a stupid Buddhist master?
It was the first time she had ever seen one.
The monk covered his chest.
He looked at Zhao Shuning again.
At this moment, the red lotus between Zhao Shuning's eyebrows had completely disappeared, as if it had never appeared in the first place.
Although Zhao Shuning couldn't see the monk's expression, she could sense that the monk was indeed looking at her.
So she cleared her throat.
And asked, "Master, are you okay?"
After all, this person had no grudges against her. If she were to sneak attack him at this moment, wouldn't it be immoral?
The monk adjusted his breathing.
Then he said, "Just now, why did a red lotus appear between your eyebrows?"
Zhao Shuning replied nonchalantly, "It's the protection from the one I love. I can't help it."
Her tone.
Was full of pride.
The monk asked again, "Do you know someone?"
"Who?"
"Luo Feiyan."
Zhao Shuning's breath caught in her throat.
Apart from hearing this name from Xiao Qiu, she rarely, very rarely heard this name again.
It had been hundreds of years ago. How many people could still remember Luo Feiyan now?
It was the name Luo Qiu that had resounded throughout the entire Jiuzhou Continent many years ago.
Seeing that Zhao Shuning didn't answer immediately.
The monk said again, "Or perhaps, she has another name. I call her Ningning."
Ningning?
Luo Feiyan?
Zhao Shuning suddenly looked at the person opposite her.
His figure.
Seemed more and more familiar.
It slowly overlapped with the gentle and polite young man who had sat in a wheelchair all day long in her memory.
She took a deep breath.
On her face.
Was an undeniable look of shock.
Could it be?
Was he really Gu Hanxun?
But why would Gu Hanxun become a monk?
How could he bear to do so?
No wonder he had said before that she was occupying someone else's nest. It was because this spatial palace was originally built by Gu Hanxun himself.
Seeing that Zhao Shuning still didn't respond.
Gu Hanxun actually let out a self - deprecating laugh.
What was he thinking?
So many years had passed, and he still had such childish thoughts.
If Ningning was really still alive in this world, with his own abilities, he would have discovered her long ago. How could he have spent these hundreds of years accompanied by the green lantern and ancient Buddha?
"Gu—"
"I was being too abrupt, benefactor."
Before Zhao Shuning could finish her words.
Gu Hanxun spoke again.
He really thought he was being too ridiculous. Whenever he saw something related to her, he couldn't help but have wild thoughts. Such a far - fetched idea was really a waste of the hundreds of years he had spent cultivating in this world.
His state of mind.
Wasn't even as stable as this little girl in front of him.
"Seeing that you bear some resemblance to my old acquaintance, I won't make things difficult for you. I'll give you three days. If you haven't moved out after three days, don't blame me."
The scepter.
Because of the wind.
The chains on it clinked against each other, making a tinkling sound.
Gu Hanxun turned his back.
His body.
Seemed so frail at that moment.
He seemed to have changed.
The wind picked up a bit, and the hat made of the veil on Gu Hanxun's head fluttered slightly.
"The wind is rising."
Zhao Shuning murmured these three words.
Sure enough.
The next moment.
Gu Hanxun's hat was blown off by the strong wind and drifted towards Zhao Shuning.
Gu Hanxun turned around.
He wanted to reach out and grab his hat.
But the wind was too strong.
He had been distracted by his thoughts before, so he didn't immediately catch the hat made of the veil.
Zhao Shuning reached out her hand.
The hat landed in Zhao Shuning's hands.
Gu Hanxun looked up at Zhao Shuning.
Zhao Shuning gave him a faint smile.
For some reason.
He always felt that this woman in front of him seemed different from before.
"Benefactor, please return the hat to me."
Zhao Shuning looked at Gu Hanxun.
She just felt that he was now.
Completely like a different person.
In the past.
He was a gentle and refined young master, but deep down, there were some ruthless and venomous thoughts. Zhao Shuning still remembered that at that time, she was inexperienced and was actually deceived by Gu Hanxun, who was at that age.
Later, after recognizing Gu Hanxun's true nature, she was finally able to understand the meaning of every expression on his face.
That false humility.
False courtesy.
False concession.
They were all traceable.
But now.
Looking at Gu Hanxun again.
Zhao Shuning couldn't see the former Gu Hanxun on his face.
At this moment, both his body and mind could be said to be completely clean.
It was just that his eyebrows would always wrinkle unconsciously, as if there were endless sorrows hidden inside.
Seeing Zhao Shuning staring at him.
The little bit of goodwill that Gu Hanxun had finally felt disappeared completely.
This woman in front of him.
Maybe she was crazy?
He said impatiently, "If this thing is lost, it's lost. If you regard it as a treasure, you can keep it for yourself."
Zhao Shuning understood.
Maybe.
Gu Hanxun had mistaken her for a lecher, thinking that she was looking at him like this because she had seen his handsome appearance?
To be honest.
Although Zhao Shuning liked good - looking people.
She liked the charm of beautiful women more. As for men, she generally didn't think much of them. Since there was already a peerlessly handsome man like Yan Ruyu by Zhao Shuning's side, she would find other men rather dull.
The reason why she had lost her composure just now was only because she had seen an old acquaintance and was a bit emotional about his great changes.
Gu Hanxun turned around.
When he wanted to leave the spatial bridge.
Zhao Shuning quickly said, "Is your leg ailment completely cured now?"
Gu Hanxun stopped in his tracks.
He didn't turn back.
A lot of doubts.
Welled up in his heart.
How did she know that he had once suffered from a leg ailment?
Could it be that during the brief fight just now, she had seen it?
It shouldn't be.
Zhao Shuning gave another charming smile.
She said again, "You're really quite different from before."
At least.
He wasn't as impulsive as before.
He didn't regard human lives as worthless.
At least.
He wouldn't casually decapitate someone. The current Gu Hanxun was no longer the ruthless and immoral monarch Gu Hanxun from before.
At this moment.
There was no wind.
But Gu Hanxun's scepter still made a tinkling sound again.
Looking closely.
It was actually the hand holding the scepter that was trembling slightly.
"You can't recognize me just because I've changed my face, Gu Hanxun?"