jdhmnovel Chapter 417 She couldn't understand this kind of feeling.
Chapter 417 She couldn't understand this kind of feeling.
In Jiang Liqian's understanding, so-called love, so-called joy, and so-called Daoist partners are nothing more than a dispensable stage that needs to be passed through on the path of cultivation.
Cultivating immortality requires experiencing countless trials and tribulations, focusing solely on the Dao, remaining detached from worldly affairs, letting everything arise and fall as it will, without attachment or straying from the right path.
In the cultivation world, there are many cultivators who become Daoist couples, deeply in love, and many are willing to give their lives for each other. They may even risk their own eternal path of cultivation for each other. The word "rare" is too much to describe.
So when she learned that Wang Mingzhi was willing to do anything to resurrect his deceased wife, even disregarding and using the citizens he had once wholeheartedly protected, her first feeling was not anger, not sigh, not lament, but bewilderment.
She couldn't understand this kind of feeling.
Family ties are still bound by blood, but romantic love is nothing more than cause and effect. It can be deep or shallow. Deep affection may not be able to withstand later indifference. Since that is the case, why be so attached to it?
The best choice is to not betray each other when we come, and not to linger when we leave, isn't it?
Just like in her past life, she had clearly done everything she should as a fiancée, and she could clearly forgive Gu Chengxue's betrayal and sincerely wish him and Shen Qingqing could be together, living in harmony and loving each other. Yet, after hurting her so badly, he could so self-righteously and hoarsely say that he hated her and wished she were dead.
It's as if the one who was truly hurt, the one who was truly in unbearable pain, was him, not her.
At this moment, Jiang Liqian never imagined that one day she would go mad for one person and wish everyone else would die.
Of course, that's all for later.
At this moment, Jiang Liqian followed Qin Beiyao, traversing the desolate courtyard, cutting down everything in their path, from flowers and plants to artificial hills and streams.
Finally, they saw Shui Lian'er bound on the same altar.
Before Jiang Liqian could make a move, Qin Beiyao rushed over, carefully put her down, and held her tightly in his arms, as if she were a lost treasure that had been found again.
When Shui Lian'er woke up and saw Qin Beiyao, tears immediately fell from her eyes.
She suddenly hugged Qin Beiyao's neck and burst into tears.
Qin Beiyao and Jiang Liqian both thought that Shui Lian'er was frightened by this incident since she was new to the sect, and they tried to comfort her. However, Shui Lian'er just kept shaking her head and tightly gripped Qin Beiyao's front of his shirt with both hands.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here. I'll always be by your side. Don't be scared." Qin Beiyao held her tightly in his arms to reassure her.
While crying, Shui Lian'er made Qin Beiyao swear that he would never die and would never be lost to her.
This request was obviously unreasonable, but Qin Beiyao wouldn't argue with Shui Lian'er. Without thinking, he swore an oath according to her words, and Jiang Liqian, who was standing to the side, didn't even have time to stop him.
Can vows be made so casually?
They don't even consider what would happen if they actually fulfilled the oath.
Jiang Liqian was speechless at the two of them. One was willful, and the other had no temper at all and only knew how to obey orders.
Strangely enough, after Qin Beiyao made the vow, Shui Lian'er immediately stopped crying and even used his sleeve to vigorously wipe the tears from her face.
"..." Jiang Liqian didn't want to watch them being all lovey-dovey anymore, so she walked around the abandoned courtyard and the altar, wondering if the formation would be broken if one or two abandoned courtyards were demolished.
Was the desolate courtyard that Wang Mingzhi took her to also part of this formation? If so, does that mean she also has a chance to reunite with her junior brother and Xu Zisheng?
The junior brother is proficient in formations; with her assistance, they might be able to break this formation...
"Li Qian, Li Qian, are you listening to me?"
"Jiang Liqian!"
"Huh?" Jiang Liqian was suddenly pulled back from her thoughts and turned to look at Shui Lian'er blankly.
Shui Lian'er glared at her angrily.
Jiang Liqian quickly changed her words: "I'm listening, I'm listening, but I'm not paying close attention... Why don't you say it again, Lianlian?"
"..."
Shui Lian'er promised that if Jiang Liqian dared to ignore her again, she would show her elder sister's authority and teach her a lesson so that she would know what it means to "respect elders"!
snort!
Despite her anger, she repeated what she had just said.
"The current Lord of Chang Le City is not the Lord of Chang Le City; he is a demon! Moreover, he is a demon with extremely high cultivation, capable of taking human form!"
As soon as he said this, everyone was shocked.
Jiang Liqian was stunned for a moment before she realized what she was talking about.
Wang Mingzhi, or not Wang Mingzhi, is a demon?
"How did you know?" If he were to transform into a demon and impersonate the original Wang Mingzhi, how could she not detect the demonic energy within him?
The lightning spirit root is most sensitive to demonic energy!
But then, Wang Yueyue's words came to mind.
She said the person now isn't her father... does that mean exactly what she said?
If the current city lord is a demon in human form, then everything makes sense.
Because he is a demon, even with a divine artifact in hand, he dares not act openly, for fear that someone will recognize his true form. The sudden change in the city lord's personality before and after his seclusion, followed by the deaths of three people in the city, including his own daughter who was imprisoned and cruelly tortured, can all be explained.
She doesn't rule out the possibility that there are good people among demons, but the inherent evil of demons is also a consensus.
"I saw it with my own eyes!" Shui Lian'er recalled the scene of being captured and brought here. Even though Qin Beiyao and Jiang Liqian were by her side, she still felt lingering resentment.
"At that time, I saw a mirror, and then I saw in the mirror... and then the smoke entered the room. Before I could react, my body went limp and I couldn't move, but my mind was still clear."
"After I was tied up here, that person thought I was very strange, saying something like... no one had ever been able to remain conscious after inhaling a single drop of Sea Sinking Smoke. By the way, what exactly is Sea Sinking Smoke?"
It's actually sea-sinking smoke!
Jiang Liqian and Qin Beiyao were both shocked.
The legendary "half a piece of smoke, enough to turn a god into a god" Sea Smoke, does it really exist? No wonder so many people have fallen for its tricks!
However, Jiang Liqian barely managed to stay conscious thanks to the Ice Heart Pill, while Shui Lian'er had no protection at all. How did she manage not to be drugged?
"What... what kind of looks are you two giving me? What? Is there something on my face?!" Shui Lian'er felt uncomfortable under their gazes and didn't want to know what Hai Chenyan was anymore. She quickly continued her story, trying to divert their attention.
"Ahem... Anyway, that person didn't leave right away. He kept looking me up and down, which made me so angry that I almost wanted to fight him!"
"But...but for some reason, he suddenly went berserk. Three phantom tails appeared behind him, and his teeth were bared. He opened his mouth and sucked all the guards who had tied me up dry..."