With both wealth and fame, everyone in the Lishan sect lived a happy new year.
On the first day of the new year, Yunzhi took Jie Wei to the back mountain.
It snowed on New Year's Eve, and the entire Lishan Fairyland was shrouded in mist. The pavilions and pavilions were covered with white snow, and the sky and the earth were pure white.
The snow was beginning to clear, and Yunzhi and Jie Wei were walking side by side on the trail behind the mountain.
She stepped on the snow, making a crunching sound. The red cloak is as bright as a plum blossom against the white snow.
After a long while, Yunzhi said, "Awei, I have been thinking about this for a long time and feel it is necessary to make it clear to you."
Yunzhi has been avoiding that topic, because after she came out of the trial place, she suddenly lost the slightest care... and heartbeat for Jie Wei.
Yunzhi naturally didn't know why, but she remembered Jie Wei's words expressing her feelings to her.
She didn't make it clear when she was in the trial ground, but since she no longer cares about him, she can't let him still have expectations, otherwise she will be deceiving him.
Yunzhi pondered for a moment and whispered, "I am your master, and I am many years older than you. We are indeed not suitable..."
After Yunzhi finished speaking, he looked at Jie Wei cautiously. This was the first time she rejected someone else's intention, and she spoke very reluctantly.
But Jie Wei naturally knew why she rejected him.
The place of trial is like a dream, but the dream will eventually wake up. He didn't get the response and sweetness he expected in the dream, let alone in reality.
He knew that reason was like a branch in the clouds, and he would definitely find time to explain it to him, but he didn't expect that day to come so early.
Jie Wei nodded, his voice muffled, "Yeah."
Yunzhi noticed the lonely look on Jie Wei's face, and felt guilty for some reason. She quickly added, "A Wei is so good, she will definitely find a lady from a famous family in the future."
Jie Wei didn't say a word.
Yunzhi bit his lower lip lightly, "Actually... I originally planned to accept you as my direct disciple. You are very talented, and being just an ordinary disciple really hid your talent. But now, I don't know if you are still willing to see me again..."
Jie Wei raised his head, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and his voice was warm and clear, "How could Master think that I don't want to see you? I would welcome the opportunity to become Master's direct disciple."
Then he bowed down and performed the bowing ceremony, "Disciple Xie Wei, pay homage to the master."
Yunzhi quickly helped him up, "These small gifts are unnecessary. From now on, I will be your personal master. We master and disciple are of the same mind, and we will work together in the same boat."
Yunzhi emphasized the emphasis on the word "master and apprentice".
Jie Wei naturally knew what she meant.
But so what.
Yunzhi has experienced calamity in this life, so naturally he does not dare to get too involved in her life. I don't even dare to hope for marriage, I just hope that I can stay with her for the rest of my life, that's enough.
Yunzhi smiled at Jie Wei, formed a silver whip in his right hand, and said loudly, "Since you have become my personal disciple, let's start teaching from today. I will test your cultivation first as a teacher."
After saying that, the silver whip flashed and rushed straight towards Jie Wei.
But Jie Wei raised the corner of his mouth, turned around, and drew his sword out of its sheath.
The two just started competing in the vast white snow.
...
Fifteen years passed in the blink of an eye.
Another new year is coming.
Yunzhi is busy with affairs in the side hall of Lishan Sect.
There are so many big and small things to do at the end of the year. Yunzhi looked up from the piles of account books and let out a long sigh. He was going to put down the things in his hands and go for a walk in the back mountain to relax. It was a break from the busy work.
She is no longer the salty fish boss she used to be.
In the past fifteen years, she has worked hard to govern, like a foolish prodigal son who turned around. Not only did she make the Lishan Sect bigger and stronger, but she also made great breakthroughs in her own cultivation.
Now almost everyone in the Immortal Sect doesn’t know Yunzhi’s name.
At the same time, she personally led Xie Wei to practice, and Xie Wei also made rapid progress, sometimes even being on a par with Qing'er. He has emerged in various competitions, but for some reason, Jie Wei's name has never been circulated in the immortal sect.
Ten years ago, Jie Weiwei of the Yunzhi Sect went down the mountain to practice alone. In the past ten years, the two of them only communicated through letters. Now it is time for him to return.
He didn't say exactly when he would come back, so Yunzhi never had time to prepare for his return.
To this day, Yunzhi is resting in the back mountain.
She was lying on the wooden swing specially built for her, basking in the sun with half-squinted eyes, holding a bottle of treasured Bailu wine in her hand.
There were wine bottles scattered on the ground. She must have drank a lot.
A gust of breeze blew by, blowing the hair of the cloud branches on the temples, and she felt a familiar breath.
Yunzhi opened her eyes and saw a tall man in white standing in front of her, his clothes flying, looking as graceful as an immortal.
He held a wooden gift box in his fair and slender hands, with a smile on his lips, and his gentle and deep eyes, staring at Yunzhi.
It's Jie Wei. Xie Wei, whom I haven’t seen for ten years.
Jie Wei's face lost its youthful look, and became as beautiful as a jade tree. He was dressed in white and had dark hair, and there seemed to be moonlight flowing around his body. He was completely different from before.
After not seeing each other for ten years, Yunzhi didn't expect that Jie Wei would grow into such a peerless figure, and she blushed rarely.
Yunzhi always likes to wear white clothes, but she didn't expect that Jie Wei, who only liked dull black clothes before, would now be like her.
Yunzhi quickly got up from the swing, Jie Wei saluted, and said in a gentle voice, "Master, I'm back."
Yunzhi nodded, "Awei has worked hard these past ten years."
Jie Wei stood up and looked at each other, as if they were in another world. The breeze gently caressed their faces, as if the past ten years had just passed by.
Jie Wei placed the wooden box in his hand in front of Yunzhi, "Master, this is the gift I brought for you."
Yunzhi was very surprised, "What is this?"
Jie Wei took the wooden box to the table aside, then opened the wooden box and said to Yunzhi, "In the past ten years, I have missed Master's birthday, so I prepared ten gifts for Master to make up for this regret. .”
There are ten gifts of different styles in the wooden box.
Jie Wei took out the first gift, "I know that Master likes to travel to famous rivers, but in the past ten years, Master has never gone down the mountain once for the sake of Lishan Sect. This is what I traveled around the world to record for Master. The beautiful scenery is found in mountains, rivers, lakes and seas in spring, summer, autumn and winter.”
He picked up the second gift and said, "I know that Master has spent all the money on building and promoting the Lishan Sect, and has never been willing to spend it on himself. Master likes the natural atmosphere, but the back mountain is still bare and undecorated after so many years. . This is the Mu Ling peach tree I bought and planted in the back mountain. In the coming year, Master will have a large peach blossom forest..."
Then, Jie Wei introduced the gifts one by one. Each gift was his exclusive intention, and each gift was sent to Yunzhi's heart.
Yunzhi has always known that Jie Wei is as thoughtful as a hair, and he is very knowledgeable about her preferences. But for the first time, she felt so strongly and directly that he understood her deeply. Yunzhi's heart felt warm at that moment, as if there was a warm current flowing through her body.
She had indeed never been treated like this before.
Yunzhi's voice was joyful and touching, and she sighed softly, "Awei, you have your heart..."
...
After chatting for a while, Yunzhi took him back to Qianshan.
Qing'er and Ye Baiyu were very happy to see Jie Wei come back, and discussed setting up a big banquet to welcome Jie Wei.
Now Qing'er and Ye Baiyu have made an engagement. Because the Lishan sect has so many affairs now, the two of them can't spare time, so they can only postpone their marriage until the year after next.
While several people were talking, a disciple came to report, "The master of Tianji Palace, Lin Sheng, wants to see the master."
After Qing'er and Ye Baiyu heard this, they winked at Yunzhi and smiled with unclear meaning.
Ye Baiyu grabbed Jie Wei and said to Yunzhi, "Master, please do your work first, and we won't disturb you." Then he dragged Jie Wei away semi-forcedly.
Before Jie Wei left, he only saw a man in purple arriving, while Yunzhi stood at the door and waited for him with a smile.
He looked at Yunzhi's reaction, and then thought about the looks in Qing'er and Ye Baiyu's eyes just now, and suddenly understood.
His heart was in turmoil.
Why did Yunzhi get snatched away after I hadn't returned home in ten years?
...
Naturally, Jie Wei couldn't let go of this matter. After inquiring from all sides, he found out the origin of that person.
That man met Yu Yunzhi when he came to visit Lishan Sect two years ago. From then on, he came to Lishan Sect almost every year and festival. He came to Yunzhi every time and always brought gifts. The two of them talked happily.
His intentions were obvious to everyone in the Lishan sect, but Yunzhi never gave a clear answer.
Jie Wei's expression was cold, but somewhat helpless.
He remembered that Yunzhi had broken the love-ending curse this time, which meant that she would get married to a mortal. If he did something, it would affect her marriage.
This kind of thing must not be done.
But Jie Wei couldn't help but watch Yunzhi marry someone else, even though it was just a disaster...
So the next time Lin Sheng came, Jie Wei followed Yunzhi step by step.
Lin Sheng showed displeasure and tried to persuade Wei to leave, both covertly and overtly. But Yunzhi just smiled and did not chase Jie Wei away.
Xie Wei felt enlightened and straightened his back even more.
Even after Lin Sheng left, Jie Wei gave Yunzhi exactly the same gift as Lin Sheng, as if to imply that he could give what Lin Sheng could give.
Yunzhi was amused by him and called Jie Wei over for questioning.
When Jie Wei arrived, Yunzhi was watering the peach trees in the back hill. Hearing Jie Wei's footsteps coming from behind, Yunzhi did not look back, but just asked, "Awei, you are so rude today."
Jie Wei heard that there was no blame in Yunzhi's tone, and relaxed, deliberately pretending to be aggrieved, "I have been away from Master for ten years, and I miss Master very much. I just can't bear to leave Master."
Yunzhi put down the kettle and shook his head with a smile, "It's been ten years, why are you still a child?"
This sentence made Jie Wei's original smile freeze on his face.
The child...in Yunzhi's heart, do he still regard him as just a child?
He thought of Lin Sheng again, whose age and status were similar to Yunzhi. Maybe Yunzhi prefers that kind of person.
There was a burst of sourness in his heart, and he asked in a low voice, "Master, do you think I disturbed your and Palace Master Lin's enjoyment..."
