Tonight, it seemed extraordinarily long, when a flourishing and prosperous Boundary Feast came to an end, the sky also appeared to be fish-belly white, the air seemed extraordinarily cold, and there were dewdrops rolling on the blades of grass beside the road.
Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen walked one after the other, taking unhurried steps in the direction of Divine Platform City.
Both of them had their own preoccupations and were silent.
For Zhang Ruochen, lying to a person, especially when that person was also his fiancée, was actually quite a guilty feeling inside, bearing a not-so-small psychological pressure.
Prior to this, Zhang Ruochen had always believed that concealing the truth that he was still alive was purely for Huang Yichen’s sake, so that she wouldn’t be caught in a dilemma.
Furthermore, before resolving his hatred with Chi Yao, Zhang Ruochen truly had no confidence in loving another woman, fearing that he would hurt her, fearing that he wouldn’t be able to give her a future.
However, this time, at the Boundary Son Banquet, Zhang Ruochen’s heart, however, was greatly touched and had some different thoughts again.
Perhaps in the past, he was all a little too selfish, forcing what he thought was right onto Huang Yichen.
Was this really good for her?
For example, Zhang Ruochen had fought for her to become the “Successor of the Eastern Region Saint King’s Mansion”, which was indeed a good thing for Huang Yichen. However, she also had to endure pressure from all sides, and suffered from the suppression and rejection of the Chen Clan’s direct descendants.
If she hadn’t been strong enough, she would have probably collapsed.
Another example was the news of Zhang Ruochen’s death, for Huang Yichen, was it not a kind of psychological destruction?
You can’t expect her to be flawless, to be strong, to be tough. In the end, she is just a woman, a woman who needs care and love.
Some time, perhaps should stand in her point of view, think carefully, what she really needs?
Because, even the strongest of people have times when they are crushed by hardship.
In front of that, Cold Snow performed her body technique, her footsteps were extremely fast, as if she was flying off the ground.
“Wow–”
Her petite body, transforming into a white shadow, directly rushed into Zhang Ruochen’s arms, widening a pair of beautiful eyes as she joyfully said, “Master, your performance on the mountain of books was really awesome, your sword skill attainment has simply reached the peak, the entire Kunlun Realm’s geniuses and jungles all added together can’t compare to a single hand of yours.”
The little girl appeared very excited, staring straight at Zhang Ruochen with incomparable worshipful eyes. A pair of slender jade arms tightly hugged Zhang Ruochen’s waist, itching to immediately tell everyone that she was Zhang Ruochen’s only disciple.
Earlier, Cold Snow had stayed under the Book Mountain and had been paying attention to, Zhang Ruochen’s fight with the various experts of the Devil Sect, and had long been mesmerised by his undefeatable and heroic appearance.
In particular, the battle between Zhang Ruochen and the Third Prince of the Immortal Blood Clan had left an indelible impression in Han Xue’s heart.
What Nine Great Realm Sons, what 108 young kings, they were all too far behind when compared to Master Teacher.
Although Han Xue had grown quite a bit taller, with a height of one metre three, and was already a young girl with a clear face, but Huang Yichen still recognised her.
When Huang Yichen heard Han Xue call Lin Yue “Master”, even though he was mentally prepared, he was still struck by lightning, and he couldn’t breathe.
Sensing something, Cold Snow immediately looked behind Zhang Ruochen, and with a pair of round eyes that were fixed on Huang Yichen’s body, she was startled, knowing that she had made a big trouble.
She, however, knew that Master Teacher had been hiding the truth, not wanting Sister Smokey to know that he was still alive.
Now, she actually shouted out the words “Master” in front of Sister Smokey Dust, wouldn’t that reveal Master’s identity?
“Master …… I …… didn’t see it just now ……” Cold Snow lowered her head and said with some self-reproach.
Zhang Ruochen, however, was not the slightest bit alarmed and did not deliberately try to hide it, nor did he blame Cold Snow.
What should come, would eventually come, and since this was the case, one could only face it openly.
Zhang Ruochen did not turn to look at Huang Yichen, a slight smile appeared on his handsome face as he held one of Coldsnow’s hands and travelled towards Divine Terrace City, asking, ”Since you have already returned from your training, why didn’t you go to the Boundary Son Banquet? Your cultivation, which has already reached the Fish Dragon Third Transformation, still has a good chance of sitting on a person’s Jie Seat.”
Cold Snow’s small head, stole a glance towards Huang Yichen who was following behind, shook her head, and said, “My age is still so young, if I were to sit firmly on a person’s seat, it would definitely stir up a lot of attention. In that case, there will definitely be people who will look into my details, what if they find out about my master?”
Zhang Ruochen was slightly taken aback and said, “You’re only a little bit old to be able to think so profoundly, you really don’t look like a little girl of only ten years old. In the future, your wisdom and scheming will truly be unimaginable. So it seems that this experience has still had some effect on you.”
Hearing her master’s praise, Cold Snow was of course still a little happy.
However, she quietly looked in the direction behind her again, but she saw that Sister Smokey had been following behind, still so cool and beautiful, but the way she walked was like a walking corpse, her icy face had no expression, the only thing that was there was the tears that kept pouring out of her eyes.
“It seems that my intruding trouble ……”
Cold Snow looked at the tears on Smokey’s sister’s face and bit her lip, feeling rather uncomfortable.
The Devil Ape and the Elephant Swallowing Rabbit were the ones who came back together with Cold Snow, walking in the last position.
The two of them were heartless, not observing the unusual atmosphere at all, instead, they were still talking about the Sacred Flame Qilin Meat from the Boundary Sons Banquet, and as they talked, the corners of the two beasts’ mouths were dripping with harangues.
Not long after, the three of them, the two beasts, arrived at the Xuan Gui Sword Saint’s residence.
Zhang Ruochen carried his hands behind his back and instructed, “Cold Snow, you first take the Demon Ape and Devouring Rabbit aside to play, later on, Master will come back to test your cultivation and the results of your training.”
After Cold Snow, the Devil Ape, and the Devouring Elephant Rabbit left, Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen walked over towards the lotus pond in the centre of the mansion.
At this moment, it was dawn, and the water of the lotus pond had a wisp of white water mist rising up, making it appear smoky.
Zhang Ruochen stopped his steps and looked at the water, trying his best to make his emotions, a little smoother, and said in a low voice, ”You know all about it, don’t you? Just as you guessed, Zhang Ruochen indeed didn’t really die.”
In the mansion, there were many formations arranged, thus, Zhang Ruochen could not worry about other Saints spying in the dark.
Huang Yichen stood at the edge of the lotus pond, her figure extraordinarily slender, her long blue hair, which hung down to her waist, fluttered slightly with the breeze, emitting a faint fragrance.
Her eyes, wet and drenched, stared without blinking, at the young man in front of her, who was both unfamiliar, yet somewhat familiar.
Accompanied by a cloud of holy qi, surging on the surface of Zhang Ruochen’s skin, immediately after, his figure, appearance, and temperament, continuously changed out.
In the end, it became completely identical to Zhang Ruochen, with a warm temperament and a handsome face.
Huang Yichen was still standing straight in place, but her petite body was constantly twitching, and in her eyes, tears could not stop flowing downwards, crossing her cheeks and falling to the ground with a tick-tock.
“For …… why ……” Huang Yichen said with a trembling voice.
Zhang Ruochen said, “In the beginning, when I was captured, it was my master who saved me by faking my death and helping me to get rid of the Golden Silkworm.”
“Why …… exactly …… why ……”
Huang Yichen’s emotions, more and more agitated, the heart is very painful, to the end, has a kind of pain, squatted on the ground, muttering to himself in general: “Obviously there is no …… death …… why not tell me? Why lie to me, why pretend …… not know me. You never loved me, right?”
Seeing her in such pain, even with Zhang Ruochen’s strong heart, his eyes were somewhat moist.
It could be imagined that Huang Yichen wasn’t in such pain just at this moment, it was only at this time that all her emotions, were vented.
Zhang Ruochen helped Huang Yichen up, and then, held her tightly, one hand wrapped around her slender waist, while one hand was placed on her back, giving her enough security.
After a long time, Huang Yichen’s emotions finally gradually stabilised.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I didn’t mean to lie to you, it’s just that there were a lot of concerns at the beginning that made me have to think clearly about whether I should tell you or not.”
Huang Yichen pursed her lips, a pair of ghostly blue eyes staring straight at Zhang Ruochen, saying, “What’s so difficult about it? I’m your fiancée, and we were so close to being married, even if you have even greater hardships, I can understand you.”
“As long as you tell me that you are still alive, I can immediately give up everything I have now, and join you in anonymity, even if I have to go into exile in the world. However, you didn’t.”
Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
A trace of pain appeared in Huang Yichen’s eyes, and after struggling for a long time, he still asked, saying, “It’s because of the Star Spirit, isn’t it? She’s that little saintess of the Devil Cult, right?”
“She knew long ago that you weren’t dead, and she also knew that you were Lin Yue, so on Book Mountain, you preferred to injure yourself in order not to injure her. She was also able to go out and injure the Devil Sect’s Life Snatching Swordsman for your sake. The feelings between you two must be very deep. At least …… it is deeper than me ……”
When she said this, Huang Yichen’s ten fingers were tightly pinched together, and a blank is look appeared in her eyes.
Being able to see her fiancé again was obviously quite a happy thing, but for some reason, she was quite sour, with a feeling of having been abandoned.
It had to be said that women were really sensitive.
Zhang Ruochen was about to explain, but Huang Yichen added, ”The news of your death was spread back to the Eastern Domain Sacred City, and immediately after, Star Spirit disappeared with it, never returning to the Sacred Courtyard. You were the first to tell her the news?”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t know whether to cry or laugh, saying, “Do you think that the reason I didn’t tell you the truth was because I wanted to stay with Senior Sister Duanmu forever? If that was really the case, I’m afraid that I’m not in the Two Element Sect right now, but have already joined the Devil Sect and become the Dragon Son-in-Law of the Mu Clan.”
