"I like you."
Lu Yuan answered seriously.
Behind him, Baguio turned his head and looked aside in anger.
Youji, who had watched Baguio and Mozi Lu Yuan grow up, couldn't help it. Although she didn't lift the table on the spot, she coughed meaningfully, which was a reminder to Lu Yuan not to speak too harshly.
But Lu Yuan said what was in his heart.
He added calmly:
"I don't think you would believe me if I said I didn't feel anything at all."
"In the beginning, I just regarded you as a willful and charming little girl, including Baguio and even Yan Hong. In fact, you are like this."
"But people have feelings."
"Absolute rationality and absolute sensibility do not exist in this world. If you have to pursue love that is so pure that there is no magazine, it can only be a castle in the air. It is okay to talk on paper, but in reality, it will be like water. Broken like a phantom moon."
"I always believe that the first criterion for any intelligent life form is to stay alive. Only on the basis of ensuring the operation of the first criterion can the second criterion, including the third and all subsequent criteria, be considered."
"The second criterion should be reproduction."
"This is the basic requirement that guarantees a race."
"The third principle is the moral concept."
"This includes good and evil, right and wrong, and everyone's position."
"Perhaps, from the perspective of righteousness, what I have done is more likely to cause chaos and killing than the black-hearted old man hundreds of years ago; but from my perspective, or from the perspective of world consciousness, It seems that what I did was a bit unscrupulous at best, but the final result is guaranteed."
"So, there is no right or wrong in this world."
"But for you, you need to make a choice..."
Lu Yuan slowly straightened his body and said softly but word by word:
"What is the betrayal of Qingyun Sect..."
"Still on your parents' side!"
"I don't want to see the scene where you and I are facing each other with swords one day. Therefore, considering that the relationship between you and me is getting more and more complicated, I give you this choice and respect your choice."
"No matter what you choose, I will bear the consequences for you."
"However, no matter what you choose, you are bound to give up some things, including emotions and past experiences, as well as some personal relationships."
Lu Yuan said it very clearly.
It also sounds very realistic.
But the reality is so cruel.
Tian Linger couldn't help but close her eyes and meditate for a moment, couldn't help biting her lips, and struggled for a long time, and finally asked slowly:
"Can't you go back with me?"
"Headmaster will not punish you."
"What's more, with your current strength, you can completely unify the world as Senior Sister Lu just mentioned. When the time comes, let everyone in the world implement your ideas, wouldn't it be easier to achieve the goal?"
Lu Yuan couldn't help but laugh.
He laughed so hard that everyone was confused.
Only Baguio seemed to have guessed something.
In Tian Linger's opinion, what she just said was correct.
In fact, to the ears of Lu Xueqi and others, Tian Linger's statement was indeed correct. It perfectly integrated Lu Yuan's ideas and the Qingyun Sect's reputation. As long as the operation was done well, it was completely guaranteed to win them all.
However, many thoughtful people also kept in mind what Lu Yuan just said. Naturally, there was some chaos in Fenxiang Valley because of Yan Hong's name, but it was quickly suppressed by Yan Hong.
certainly.
At this moment, Yan Hong was also very confused.
It's just that I held on and didn't say it out loud.
The Qingyun Sect didn’t pay much attention to this aspect.
After all, the Qingyun Sect was already in a state of being overwhelmed, and there were strong differences of opinion within the team.
Zhang Xiaofan stood there at a loss.
Lin Jingyu was also in a dilemma. He looked at the Qingyun Sect who trained him, as well as Qi Hao and other senior brothers, and then looked at Lu Yuan who helped him avenge his hatred. Now he borrowed the body of Demon Zi Lu Yuan. Time doesn’t know which position is better.
There is no way to repay the kindness of saving a life.
There is no way to repay the kindness of raising someone.
How does Lin Jingyu choose?
Qi Hao, Chang Jian, Zeng Shushu and others certainly had no problem with their positions, but when they aimed their weapons at their former fellow disciples, especially the former pride of the Qingyun Sect, their hearts were filled with guilt and fear.
They know that even if they are tied together, they cannot defeat Lu Yuan, but the current situation is like this, they have no choice!
If anyone is feeling the most troubled, it should be Xiao Yicai at this moment.
As an undercover agent of the Qingyun Sect in the Blood Refining Hall, I won’t talk about hiding under the nose of my junior brother...
Let’s not talk about being acted by Lu Yuan for him...
Just talking about the issue of identity...
Can't you ventilate him in advance?
At least give him some mental preparation?
It's better now.
Everything is arranged by others.
The messages sent back were all false.
Although some of it is true, this part of the true news is all news that does not affect the development of the matter. At present, Qingyun Sect has broken up with Tianyin Temple. This time, the experience of going down the mountain is a trial plan adopted by both parties to take the overall situation into consideration. .
As a result, everyone in Tianyin Temple died.
As a result, no one from the Qingyun Sect was killed.
In addition, there were people from Fenxiang Valley and Ghost King Sect at the scene as witnesses. If Lu Yuan stood with the Blood Refining Hall, even if they could leave here safely, they would not be able to explain to their respective sects after they left!
But if you don’t explain, what awaits you is accountability!
After all, Tianyin Temple is not a soft persimmon!
Once the explanation is given, the problem will be pushed to Qingyun Sect. Although Lu Yuan used a clone to sneak in at Tianyin Temple, the one on Qingyun Sect should be a main body!
You can tell from the name.
When introducing himself, Lu Yuan did not introduce his clone's name. Except for occasionally mentioning the origin of this clone, he used his original name at all other times.
Therefore, if we want to say who has the greatest responsibility, it is Cangsong and Song Daren who deserve it.
After all, it was Cangsong who recruited Lu Yuan, and although Song Daren's deception was partly responsible for it, if Cansong refused to let go, even if he disagreed, Song Daren would not be able to disobey Cangsong's order.
But the problem is...
Cangsong, a second-level immortal cultivator, has what qualifications to see through the disguise of a third-level immortal cultivator?
Isn't it normal to be sneaked in?
So, the problem is stuck here.
When it comes to accountability, some people are really wronged.
Without accountability, there is no way to give an explanation.
If he resisted forcefully, there was no guarantee that the Ghost King Sect and the Blood Refining Hall would not break this matter. After all, Lu Yuan originally wanted the world to enter an era of chaos and cultivate more strong people through competition.
All told, the Qingyun Sect is doomed.
At the very least, there is absolutely no way to save the reputation.
Therefore, when he thought about it carefully, Xiao Yicai was unknowingly broken into a cold sweat. He made calculations from all the aspects he could think of, but he always failed in this despicable but effective conspiracy.
There is no breaking point!
Besides, what Lu Yuan said was very clear.
Sensibility is sensibility, rationality is rationality.
In some matters, there was no way to ask Lu Yuan to back down.
Even if they had arranged all the escape routes for Lu Yuan, there was nothing they could do as long as Lu Yuan was unwilling to embark on this road.
But Baguio looked further ahead.
Just like Lu Yuan is explaining to Tian Linger now.
"I have to leave eventually."
Lu Yuan stated calmly.
There was no trace of sadness or loss in his words.
Some are just calm and a trace of nostalgia.
Immediately, he added:
"So, as far as the reality is concerned, the manpower and material resources required to unify the world are too great, and I don't have time to train a successor. Even if this successor is imperfect in some aspects, I can't come up with this time and energy.”
"As for a future without successors, especially a future that unifies the world, it is not a good outcome for the world or for everyone, nor is it a relatively satisfactory outcome."
"To dominate the world, many people will die."
"The world will collapse, and many people will die."
"If you don't have a big spirit, and don't have the strength to match the big spirit as a foundation, even if Daoxuan goes up, or ten thousand people go up, they will still be at a loss sitting in that position."
"They don't have that ability."
"It is more difficult to defend the world than to conquer it!"
"Besides, although some things can develop quickly after unifying the world, there are still some things that grow in chaos. Only a chaotic environment can make these things shine."
"for example."
"About some spells that are very lethal, but have equally serious backlash on themselves."
"After unifying the world, in order to maintain peace after unifying the world, we must suppress the force. Let alone eliminate it. At the very least, we must ensure the stability of the world. We cannot let some immortal cultivators raise their swords to face the people out of anger."
"If this plan succeeds, the world will certainly be stable, but in fact, spells like these that require special environments to be developed will be eliminated, and no one will have the idea of research and development."
"Who wants to die if you can live well?"
"So, the reality is that fighting skills and many powerful spells can only continuously break through the upper limit in chaos."
"In this way, the spells that continuously exceed the upper limit will make some people's combat effectiveness stronger, and these people can pursue better spells to increase the speed of cultivation."
"With this cycle, the combat power of this world will be rapidly improved."
"Even if this improvement comes from squeezing potential, now is not the time to consider this. After the potential is almost squeezed, it will basically be the time for someone to stand up and dominate the world."
"After unifying the world, the foundation will be accumulated again."
"Waiting for the next outbreak period to break out again."
With some emotion, Lu Yuan sighed.
Then, he raised his hand and pointed upward.
Although it was blank because it was a small independent space, Lu Xueqi, Tian Linger and others quickly understood what Lu Yuan meant.
Then, Lu Yuan slowly asked:
"Think about it carefully..."
"Even the world is in ruins..."
"As chess pieces, how can you have the best of both worlds?"
"If so, the person sitting here today is no longer me, Lu Yuan, but you. You will also face this dilemma and make different choices."
"This is also the position I have been emphasizing."
"After all, I am the culprit in your eyes."
"But in reality, no one is to blame."
"Because you can't ask the world to give up your own way of life for you, just like the world can't ask you to die for it."
"On this chessboard, everyone is a pawn."
"Once all the chess pieces are lost, the chessboard is just a piece of broken wood. Once the chessboard is lost, all the chess pieces will lose their foundation. Even if a replacement is found, the original rules on the chessboard will be lost."
"You should understand when I say this."
After hearing Lu Yuan's explanation, Tian Linger, who was standing in front of Lu Yuan, nodded seriously. After being silent for a long time, he slowly said:
"I've grown up!"
"I have my own ideas and can make the choices I want to make."
"It's just that as a child, I think it's human nature to inform my parents before making a decision, so I have to go back and inform my father and mother."
"I don't think they would agree, though."
"But at least I tried hard instead of escaping from myself."
"Therefore, I can definitely give you an answer, junior brother..."
"No matter where you are, I'm determined to follow you!"
"I like you, little junior brother!"
Tian Linger said loudly.
Baguio gritted her teeth angrily at Tian Linger's statement.
Lu Xueqi was also startled by Tian Linger's bold statement. Knowing the seriousness of the matter, she directly shouted:
"Junior Sister Tian!"
"Do you know what you are talking about?"
"Do you know what you mean by this?"
Tian Linger seemed to have put down some burden, and her whole demeanor calmed down a lot. She calmly turned her head and looked at Lu Xueqi, who was questioning her.
"Of course I know."
"At most, it's just death!"
"Who I like, that's my business!"
"I did grow up in Qingyun Sect, but this does not mean that I will regard Qingyun Sect as my Taoist companion. I will put my heart on Qingyun Sect all my life and will never tolerate anyone else!"
"I have a small heart."
“If you choose one, there will be no room for others.”
"And this time I went back not just to protest against Qingyun Sect. No matter what Qingyun Sect did to me, I have fulfilled my obligations as a Qingyun Sect disciple. I hope I can have a clear conscience."
"Although I believe that if the Qingyun Sect really chooses to take me down and show me to the public, my junior brother will definitely come back to save me, but I can't let my junior brother use this clone to accompany me back, and then let my younger brother's plans and plans go wrong. Important things."
"I'll go back by myself this time. I'll wait for you to come out of seclusion, junior brother. Then come to Qingyun Gate to find me. Junior brother, what do you think?"
Tian Linger winked playfully.
Baguio took a deep breath and then exhaled it slowly.
After a second of silence, with a bit of resentment that was not easily noticed, he faintly complained to the playboy in front of him:
"Promise her!"
"Outside, I will try my best to take care of her!"
"Besides, things don't have to be that bad!"
"No matter what, her father is the leader of Dazhu Peak, and her mother is the junior sister of the leader of Xiaozhu Peak. Even for the sake of these two people, the Qingyun Sect will not execute her directly."
"The most serious case..."
"It's just life-long confinement!"
It is not difficult to hear a hint of jealousy in Baguio's words.
Lu Yuan couldn't help but laugh.
Immediately, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
He stretched out his hand and patted away Baguio's small hand on his waist. After looking at Baguio helplessly, he turned his head and nodded to Tian Linger.
"In that case, be more careful."
"Don't be reckless all the way to the end at the critical moment."
"There is a treasure house of the Emperor of Heaven in the Death Swamp. The main body is currently on the way. Because there are no coordinates there, there is no way to teleport for a while."
"After getting the third volume of the Book of Heaven, I should be strong enough to take you to the Qingyun Sect. Based on the slowest progress, everything will be over smoothly in less than two months."
Hearing Lu Yuan's instructions, Tian Linger nodded seriously, and then seemed to think of something interesting, and couldn't help but joked:
"I don't know how my father and mother would react when they heard the news."
"I'm afraid the headmaster will be so angry that he will vomit blood, right?"
"Before, I used you to train you as the young master..."
Lu Xueqi's eyes couldn't help but twitch.
Qi Hao and others were also speechless and choked.
Xiao Yicai held his forehead and sighed silently.
However, Baguio could no longer sit still.
It was easy to say before.
In any case, Lu Yuan did need an answer to this childhood sweetheart relationship, and Tian Linger also really needed an answer.
But now?
"Since it's okay, let the next one ask!"
"The peach blossom debt owed by someone..."
"Yes! It's! It's! It's too much!"
Baguio reminded through gritted teeth.
Tian Linger also has a bad temper.
Before, I still had some respect for Baguio because of my identity, but now my identity has been confirmed. When I heard Baguio’s sarcastic remarks, I naturally sarcastically said:
"Can someone take charge?"
"If you can't be the master, just give orders to others..."
"Who are you talking to me about?"
Baguio was furious.
He shouted sternly: "I am your sister!"
"In terms of seniority, I am your sister!"
Tian Linger was not timid at all.
He choked back on his words.
Lu Yuan was frightened and quickly stopped between the two careless girls. Looking at the sad flowers floating in Baguio's hand, and then looking at Tian Linger's amber scarlet silk wrapped around him, he couldn't help but shouted with a headache:
"What's the fuss about?"
"So many people are watching!"
"Can you show off your open-mindedness?"
Baguio and Tian Linger snorted almost at the same time.
Then, he turned his head to the side in a very tacit understanding.
What Lu Yuan saw was that he had a headache.
But at this moment, Lu Xueqi's little face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. Seeing Lu Yuan teleporting Tian Linger directly back, she couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "Shameless!"
"It's better than you not daring to express it."
Beside him, Tian Linger slowly added.
Lu Xueqi frowned slightly, with a trace of dissatisfaction flashing in her eyes. She looked at Tian Linger beside her, who could almost be regarded as a traitor of the Qingyun Sect, and said coldly: "It's best not to follow suit. I didn't say you were shameless, so why jump? Why are you so excited to come out?"
"No one can tell me."
Tian Linger gave Lu Xueqi a roll of her eyes.
Then, he turned around and returned to the team.
On the other side, Yan Hong, who was full of complicated thoughts, met Lu Yuan again. To be precise, he met the master who controlled Dongfang Yuan's clone again.
"It's so hard to lie to me..."
"It makes me so heartbroken..."
Yan Hong smiled bitterly and complained to Lu Yuan.
He seemed relieved.
But the hint of complaint in his words was still revealed.
Then, he added unhurriedly:
"I don't have anything to ask."
"I'm not as complicated as those two from the Qingyun Sect."
"After living in Fenxiang Valley for so many years, you must have known about Fenxiang Valley. So, right now, what I want is actually only one answer."
"Do you like me or not?"
"In other words, have you ever had a real heartbeat?"
Yan Hong's question is very direct.
However, it is also based on acquaintances.
In fact, it's still a little bit different than before.
However, due to the current situation, Lu Yuan did not dwell on this point. He covered his waist and abdomen in advance, and then replied calmly:
"Of course I did."
"I have to admit that appearance does determine the quality of the first impression, and the quality of the first impression determines the senses of getting along with you in the future."
"Therefore, when I see beautiful things, I don't think anyone will feel disgusted by them, so my first impression of you is naturally very good."
"And in the following interactions, I slowly became aware of your attentiveness and consideration. Maybe it was because I was your junior brother at the time, or maybe it was because of some other reasons, but no matter how you say it, this good impression is indeed... It gets thicker and thicker as time goes by.”
"The more good feelings you accumulate, the more you like them."
"If you accumulate more likes, it will become love."
"When love accumulates too much, it becomes family love."
"It's true that my heart has been moved, but I can't confirm what kind of feelings you have for me, so my heartbeat can only stay at liking you. So far, I can't take a step forward."
Lu Yuan analyzed his feelings rationally.
Perhaps his evaluation of himself was not objective enough.
But no matter what, he did stand from what he considered to be an objective perspective and give an explanation for his feelings for Yan Hong.
After all, he is not omniscient or omnipotent.
Hearing this, Yan Hong showed an indifferent smile. After a few seconds of silence, the smile on his face slowly disappeared, but there was still a bit of laughter and helplessness in his voice.
"My personality is relatively reserved."
"To use most people's words to describe it, it is introversion."
"However, I don't exclude contact with other people. I can be aware of big and small things, but I'm just not very good at expressing my emotions."
"I know that it is difficult for a person with my personality to gain the trust of others. Few people will trust a person who is reserved and doesn't speak much, because they have no way of knowing what you are thinking."
"An extroverted person can let others understand his thoughts no matter how he says it. Even if the thoughts are false, it is better than unknown."
"so……"
"As long as you believe me, then I like you!"
"If you don't believe me..."
"Just follow your thoughts!"
Yan Hong looked at Lu Yuan seriously.
He added word for word:
"What I like will always be the confident young man from back then!"
