"Forget it, I won't make things difficult for you."
Seeing Wan Yunting's conflicted expression, Ji Ruxue's delicate face turned serious. She said earnestly, "If you don't want this child, it's okay. I, Ji Ruxue, will raise it myself. I won't let the child burden you..."
"What are you talking about?"
These words made Wan Yunting's eyes widen, instantly dispelling all his worries. He said, "Since it's my child, Wan Yunting's child, then I will naturally take responsibility!"
Ji Ruxue looked at him with suspicious, seductive eyes, deeply moved. She asked, "Is that true?"
Wan Yunting nodded with utmost seriousness and said, "You have the child, and I'll take full responsibility."
Ji Ruxue smiled and teased, "Aren't you afraid your official girlfriends will find out?"
Wan Yunting's eyes narrowed, and Ji Ruxue smiled self-mockingly, "As I thought, I'm just asking for trouble."
Wan Yunting looked at her and asked, "Things have happened, and there's nothing more I can say. Whether to keep it or not is your personal choice, but I definitely hope you'll have the child."
Ji Ruxue felt a pang of sadness and shook her head, unwilling to speak further.
Wan Yunting frowned, feeling uneasy himself.
Honestly, he had no feelings for Ji Ruxue. Their dual cultivation was merely a promise he had made to her.
But an unexpected pregnancy was something no one could have predicted.
Ji Ruxue had only discovered her pregnancy recently. She had struggled for a long time, even considering finding a place to give birth and never telling Wan Yunting.
However, Ji Ruxue hadn't expected to encounter him in Death Valley. She couldn't hold back just now and had revealed the matter.
Perhaps, in her heart, Ji Ruxue had hoped to use the child to foster some feelings with this man.
But now, it seemed she had brought it upon herself.
Seeing Ji Ruxue walking silently with a blank expression, Wan Yunting felt worried. He could only follow behind her, occasionally pointing the way, until the sun was about to set...
"Who?"
Ji Ruxue, walking ahead, suddenly sensed movement in front of them. Her right hand had already gripped the snake whip at her waist, ready to act...
"Sister Qiuyun..."
Wan Yunting quickly stopped her and gestured towards the back of a few trees where Chen Qiuyun, carrying a small backpack, was searching for mushrooms by raking through the dry leaves on the ground in her rough cloth robe. Hearing the call, she turned her head...
Seeing Wan Yunting approaching with a strange woman, Chen Qiuyun's phoenix eyes showed confusion as she asked, "Yun Ting, why are you here?"
Ji Ruxue, who had followed Wan Yunting, couldn't help but gasp in admiration at Chen Qiuyun's divine and stunning beauty, thinking, "What a beautiful woman!"
With her naturally seductive bones and the practice of charm arts, Chen Qiuyun's appearance and figure had undergone significant changes. An inadvertent glance back or a smile could stun both men and women, leaving them breathless with her enchanting beauty.
If Ji Ruxue's beauty was described as a post-natally formed, snake-like sultriness, then Chen Qiuyun possessed an innate allure. It was as if all her movements, every glance and smile, were perfectly natural, giving no impression of being contrived.
"I came into the mountains for some matters and just came out," Wan Yunting said with a smile as he approached.
Chen Qiuyun maintained her serene expression. Her phoenix eyes glanced at Ji Ruxue without asking any questions.
Wan Yunting introduced them to each other. However, Ji Ruxue could tell that this impossibly beautiful woman definitely had an unclear relationship with the man. She greeted her with a smile, "Sister, you are truly beautiful."
Chen Qiuyun smiled slightly and replied, "You are too."
Wan Yunting looked at her backpack and said, "You've gathered quite a lot. It's about time, let's head back."
Chen Qiuyun nodded. Seeing him reach for the backpack, she took it off and let Wan Yunting carry it. Holding her wooden stick, she led them down the mountain without another word...
After walking for half an hour, they finally arrived at Chen Qiuyun's small wooden cabin. Ji Ruxue followed them through the back door and looked at the yard filled with various vegetables. In the fields outside the small yard, which Wan Yunting had previously helped Chen Qiuyun clear, vegetable seeds had already been sown, preparing for crops of other seasons.
"Sister, you live alone in the mountains?"
Ji Ruxue was somewhat surprised that a woman like Chen Qiuyun could endure loneliness and solitude, living alone in the mountains.
"Yes. You two go wash up, and I'll start making dinner."
As Chen Qiuyun spoke, she took the backpack from Wan Yunting and entered the small kitchen to get busy.
Wan Yunting placed his gentleman's sword leaning against the door of the wooden cabin, then took off his shirt and sat directly on the wooden bench by the door. Ji Ruxue also took off her snake whip, turned, and looked at him with seductive eyes, smiling, "Is this sister also yours?"
Wan Yunting felt in his pocket, took out the flattened cigarette case, and pulled out the last cigarette, lighting it and taking a deep drag. He then turned to look at Chen Qiuyun, who was squatting by the kitchen door, cleaning mushrooms. His gaze softened as he said, "Sister Qiuyun has had a difficult life. She grew tired of that lifestyle and came to live alone in these deep mountains. Although it seems lonely, she enjoys it."
Ji Ruxue was also looking at Chen Qiuyun and nodded in agreement, "I can see that. But she has a natural aura about her!"
"She was born with seductive bones and also practiced charm arts, so naturally, she's extraordinary," Wan Yunting explained. wΑp.kanshu伍.net
"Born with seductive bones?"
Ji Ruxue turned to him in surprise and said, "Does such a physique truly exist in the world? Also, you know charm arts?"
Wan Yunting said, "It's a legacy of the Carefree Sect. Sister Qiuyun is most suited to practice it, and you can too."
Ji Ruxue gave him a charming sidelong glance with her seductive eyes and smiled, "Then when will you teach me?"
Wan Yunting said while smoking, "I'll have Sister Qiuyun give you the charm arts manual later."
"Then I won't be polite," Ji Ruxue said with a smile, then got up and went to Chen Qiuyun, "Sister, let me help you."
Chen Qiuyun looked up at her slightly, said nothing, and pointed to a small wooden stool placed nearby, "Sit down."
Ji Ruxue nodded, reached out to bring the small wooden stool over, and began helping Chen Qiuyun clean the harvested mushrooms, which were for tonight's meal...
Wan Yunting sat at the door, finished his cigarette, and fell into a daze. Perhaps he was thinking about Ji Ruxue's pregnancy or how he would deal with the Heavenly Eye Divine Lord and his cult in the future...
Time flew by. A few days passed. The outside martial arts world was still in an uproar over the Kunlun Sect incident. The Martial Arts Association finally decided to send a few representatives to find Wan Yunting for discussions regarding the Snow Mountain Sect's martial arts manual once there was news of him.
Meanwhile, Zhou Ruoxi and Master Yun Bai, along with their disciples, had returned to the Emei Sect, unwilling to get involved in this matter.
One day, after finishing her meditation, Zhou Ruoxi was preparing to handle sect affairs when her phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number. She answered politely and asked, "Hello, who is this?"
"Ruoxi, it's me."
The one calling her was Wan Yunting, using Chen Qiuyun's phone.
Although she hadn't used her phone in the mountains for a long time, it had always been there.
"Yun Ting?"
Confirming it was him, Zhou Ruoxi immediately found a secluded spot to speak, "Where are you? How are you doing?"
Wan Yunting smiled and said, "I'm still in Kunlun Mountain. Have you returned yet?"
"Yes, I returned yesterday."
Zhou Ruoxi then recounted to Wan Yunting how the various sects had dealt with the Kunlun Sect and the issues with Yuan Gaowu and others over the past two days.
However, he seemed to have lost interest. He finally said, "It's like this, Ruoxi. A month is almost up, and Master Jin Yu needs to undergo her final treatment. However, I discovered that the Snow Mountain Sect has two sets of internal cultivation techniques that are very suitable for someone like Master Jin Yu, who has a naturally cold constitution."
"So, I mean for you to convey to Master Jin Yu that if she's willing to learn the Snow Mountain Sect's internal cultivation techniques, she should come to Kunlun Mountain to find me."
Zhou Ruoxi raised an eyebrow and asked, "Can the Snow Mountain Sect's internal cultivation techniques suppress the cold poison within Master Jin Yu?"
"Yes, it can be said that the Snow Mountain Sect's internal cultivation techniques were created specifically for people with Master Jin Yu's naturally cold constitution," Wan Yunting said.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ruoxi couldn't help but feel a surge of joy and said, "Then I'll go find Master Jin Yu later and see what she thinks."
"Alright. If she's willing, have her come find me. Regardless of whether she wants to learn or not, I will give her the final treatment to remove the cold poison," Wan Yunting stated.
Zhou Ruoxi acknowledged with a sound, then said, "By the way, do you really intend to keep the Snow Mountain Sect's martial arts manual for yourself?"
Wan Yunting, sitting on a chair in front of Chen Qiuyun's small wooden cabin, looked out at the courtyard where Ji Ruxue and Chen Qiuyun were sowing crops. He smiled and said, "Why wouldn't I keep good things?"
Zhou Ruoxi said worriedly, "But Sect Leader Zhong and the others have already discussed sending someone to negotiate with you to return the Snow Mountain Sect's martial arts manual."
Wan Yunting said indifferently, "Let them. Anyway, I'll learn the Snow Mountain Sect's martial arts first. Whether I give it to them later depends on my mood."
Zhou Ruoxi sighed, "Personally, I still hope you won't worsen your relationship with everyone."
Wan Yunting laughed, "Alright, hurry and find Master Jin Yu. I'll await your news."
"Okay."
Zhou Ruoxi nodded, and Wan Yunting hung up the phone. He put the phone back into his pocket, got up, and went out to help Chen Qiuyun and the others sow crops...
Zhou Ruoxi then went directly to the Peach Blossom Forest in the back mountains. She found her aunt, Master Jin Yu, on a pavilion beside a small stream. Clad in a thin, gray gauze robe, her dark, silky hair fell down to her chest and back. Her stunningly beautiful profile, under delicate willow brows, featured a pair of melancholic, clear phoenix eyes as calm as waves. She was gazing thoughtfully at the murmuring stream in front of her...
On the low table beside her sat a tea set, and a kettle was simmering on a small stove, emitting wisps of steam. A cup of clear tea exuded an alluring fragrance...
The peach trees covering the mountain were lush with green leaves. Zhou Ruoxi walked towards the small pavilion and called out from a distance, "Aunt Jin Yu..."
Disturbed from her reverie, Master Jin Yu picked up the boiling kettle to add hot water to the teapot and brew the tea. Her soft voice asked, "What is it?"
Zhou Ruoxi, who had approached, slowly sat beside her. Master Jin Yu also poured her a cup of tea. Zhou Ruoxi cupped her hands to receive it, then set it down. "It's almost been a month. Yun Ting wants to invite you to find him for your final treatment."
Mentioning Wan Yunting, a slight ripple appeared on Master Jin Yu's calm face. She asked, "Why doesn't he come here?"
Zhou Ruoxi sighed and said, "Aunt, you are on the mountain and unaware of outside affairs. Many things have happened recently..."
Zhou Ruoxi meticulously recounted all the events involving Wan Yunting during this period to Master Jin Yu. Finally, she sighed, "He doesn't want to implicate our Emei Sect, which is why he isn't coming. We can only ask you to go to Kunlun Mountain to find him. And there's something I need to ask your opinion on?"
Master Jin Yu was not concerned with those external matters and asked, "What is it?"
Zhou Ruoxi then explained the incident at Death Valley, saying, "Yun Ting said that the Snow Mountain Sect's Snow Soul Art has a miraculous effect on your innate cold poison, stating that if you practice that set of techniques, you can suppress the internal cold poison and convert it into internal energy!"
Master Jin Yu's delicate willow brows slightly raised, and she nodded, saying, "My master once said that the founder of the Snow Mountain Sect's martial arts possessed a naturally cold constitution. I didn't expect the long-lost Snow Mountain Sect techniques to reappear."
Zhou Ruoxi's autumn eyes brightened, and she asked, "Aunt, do you mean you are willing to learn?"
Master Jin Yu replied, "Let's go there first and see."
"Okay, then I'll immediately have Ting Xia book the tickets and have her take you to Kunlun Mountain to find him..."
Zhou Ruoxi's heart rejoiced. If her Aunt Jin Yu were to learn the Snow Mountain Sect's martial arts from Wan Yunting, it would be a great boon for their Emei Sect.
After all, every sect had a powerful senior expert to anchor it, which would deter other sects from openly bullying them.
Currently, the Emei Sect was at a disadvantage, lacking an ancestor to preside over it, and could be oppressed by other sects at any time...
As she spoke, Zhou Ruoxi also called Wan Yunting to inform him of this. He also expressed his wish for Master Jin Yu to come over quickly...
The next day, under Zhou Ruoxi's secret arrangements, Master Jin Yu, who had not left the Emei Sect for decades, finally descended the mountain...