radicalducati Chapter 209: Sword Technique
Chapter 209: Sword Technique
Ji Shiyan was getting better gradually. Li Yiru went to get the last dose of medicine for him today. He was going to go with her, but he didn't expect his master to ask him to go over too.
"I'll go and wait for you when I come back." Li Yiru met Yunxiao on her way back.
"Hello, sister-in-law~" He seemed to have something to say, probably about Ji Shiyan. Li Yirou smiled at him, and the next sentence was to invite her to the pavilion next to them to talk.
"Li Yirou, are you sincere to Ayan?" As a bystander, he seemed to not see any love from her. When it got dark, she showed her eyes, smiling, but he always felt that there was no warmth in them.
Li Yirou quickly replied, "Yes." If she had only a little sincerity, there would definitely be a place for Ji Shiyan.
"Ayan...is very stubborn. Once he makes up his mind, it's hard for him to change." Yunxiao hoped that she could be more serious. "He doesn't have many friends, except for me. He probably met a good friend when he sneaked into Wuji Palace in the past.
He is always sincere to his friends. If it wasn't for me, he wouldn't have been trapped by the human-faced spider. And for you, he is even more..."
Li Yirou suddenly interrupted him, "What did you say, Wuji Palace?"
It was rare to see her curious about A Yan, so Yun Xiao said a few more words, roughly saying that when he was a child, his cultivation stagnated, so he secretly left the sect to travel and went to Wuji Palace to become an outer disciple.
His parents came out of seclusion and were extremely worried. Finally, they borrowed the blood-tracking lamp of ancestor Tiancun to find him and bring him back.
"So that's how it is." Li Yirou's eyes felt a little sore. Her heart, which had been wandering in the world for a long time, finally seemed to have found a home.
It turned out to be him, no wonder she felt that his personality was somewhat similar, but because of the gap of several years, he had matured a little, and there were also differences. She just never thought about it in that way.
Li Yi, Ji, why didn’t you recognize me earlier.
"Sorry, uncle master, I want to go back to find him." Li Yirou no longer wanted to listen to Yunxiao's story, she wanted to hear Ji Shiyan say it in person.
Li Yirou almost wanted to run back, but as soon as she left the pavilion, she was stopped by someone, "My friend, can you chat with me?"
The man in front of her was smiling, but Li Yirou felt fear in her heart. He was wearing the attire of an elder of the Thousand Sword Sect. His face was clean and his beard was shaved, but his hair was different from what he had seen before and had turned gray.
But Li Yiru quickly recognized that he was the fortune teller who had chased her to tell her fortune that day.
Unexpectedly, he was the elder of Qiandao Sword Sect. Li Yirou originally thought he was a swindler.
"Elder Qin." Yun Xiao stepped forward to greet him and whispered to Li Yirou, "This is Master Ayan." He then stopped in front of Li Yirou and said, "I'll ask Ayan to come over, you..."
The elder still smiled kindly and interrupted him: "Xiao Yunxiao, if you are worried, wait a quarter of an hour before telling Ayan, okay? I have something to say to you alone, and I will never hurt her."
It was rare to see Elder Qin so serious, Yunxiao turned around and looked at Li Yirou. She nodded, as if to tell him that everything was fine.
She looked weak, but it seemed that she was not afraid of anything in the world. He finally understood what Ayan meant when he said that this was her personality.
A low-level Qi-refining cultivator remained calm even when facing a Nascent Soul cultivator, who was very likely to criticize him. Yunxiao was a little impressed by him.
After he left, Li Yirou and Elder Qin returned to the pavilion.
The pavilion was on the edge of a cliff, and the valley was shrouded in cold fog at night. Li Yirou thought that he was just trying to express his disapproval of them being together, so she looked at the clouds and mist, wondering how to convince him.
"My dear friend, I was unwilling to give up that day, so I kept telling fortunes for you. I didn't expect that when I finally saw something, I suffered a lot of backlash from the Heavenly Dao." Elder Qin's words surprised Li Yirou. It turned out that Ji Shiyan said that his master was injured because he told fortunes for her.
A Nascent Soul cultivator who practices both sword and hexagram? She had never seen one before. Wasn't what he wanted to say about Ji Shiyan, but about her?
She asked curiously, "So what did you see?"
Elder Qin sighed, "I think my cultivation is not good enough yet. In the end, I only got a glimpse of the corner and don't know the whole picture."
Seeing Li Yirou's curiosity, Elder Qin told her why he came here, "I came here for Ayan."
Li Yirou's slightly raised eyebrows fell back, as if everything was as she expected.
"My friend, I can only say that you have a cause and effect that defies the heavens, and you have great opportunities and great merits. I shouldn't have interfered." Elder Qin was moved when he talked about Ji Shiyan, "But I watched Ayan grow up, and I already... I can't lose another disciple."
"What... does this mean?" Li Yirou didn't understand, but her heart sank. She knew that the result would not be good.
"My dear friend, being your friend may involve many crises, but I can share some of your opportunities. But if we become Taoist companions, we will share the cause and effect of the heavenly way! Ayan is short-lived and cannot share your debt."
Karma is a nice word, to put it bluntly, it is a debt. She did something wrong, and everyone said she went against the will of heaven, but she obviously did nothing!
"If you leave, I will be grateful. If you insist on staying with him, I will not interfere. It may be his fate to give everything for you."
Li Yirou understood, but didn't want to believe it. "You mean, if he stays with me, he will die, right?"
Elder Qin never said clearly, "My friend, whatever you choose is up to you. I will never interfere."
Li Yirou smiled bitterly and said, "How can I choose? What can I choose..."
Elder Qin sighed, as if his chest was still hurting, and he held it for a while, "My friend, you didn't come to Qiandao Sword Sect just to be an outer disciple. If there is anything I can help you with, just ask."
Li Yirou looked at him with tears in her eyes. Although she was so young, she had a kind of desolate look that seemed to have seen through the world. She quickly made a decision, "I want the complete version of the Five Elements Tai Chi Sword Technique."
Compared to her, Ayan was the one in his heart. No matter how extraordinary she was, how lucky she was, or how hard her life was, it was her own business. He didn't want to care, and he couldn't care.
After she finished speaking, the mist in her eyes completely dissipated, and she made a promise, "I will leave." After a moment of silence, she added, "It's just... I want to leave after today."
Elder Qin really didn't seem to be influencing her choice, and directly handed her a jade slip, "Tai Chi Sword Art."
She took it, and Elder Qin looked at her and sighed again, then said he would not disturb her anymore and disappeared instantly.
Li Yirou sat alone in front of the railing of the pavilion, staring blankly at the moon in the sky. As expected, the moon was far away and out of reach.
She suddenly thought that it was a good thing that she didn't recognize him earlier. If she had made it clear to him, it would only have added to the sadness for both of them.
Even if he was just Ji Shiyan, without the friendship between Li Yi and her that had gone through life and death, Li Yirou only wanted to use him and did not want to kill him.
"Yiro!" Ji Shiyan probably received the news from Yunxiao and came to find her. Li Yirou looked at him running towards her. It seemed that his eyes could only accommodate her and were full of worry. That was enough.
"Are you okay? Master came to see you. What did he say?" Ji Shiyan looked at her cautiously. "Don't worry, I can handle it. Trust me."