After You Wenyu tried his best to persuade him, Xu Jiaohe took advantage of being bored and flipped through the two industry brochures handed to him.
You won’t know if you don’t look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it.
Fange, which opened all over Jiuzhou, turned out to be Ji Ruotan's most profitable business.
Seeing Qian's eyes widen, Xu Jiaohe's heart immediately became eager, thinking that she would go to Rumengshi no matter what. Regardless of whether she could get the approval of Emperor Wa and the old Lord, she had to at least negotiate with them about Fan Pavilion's income. All income must be paid into one's own pocket.
Xu Jiaohe made up his mind and wanted to get Mingdan's consent.
When the second appointment for treatment came, Naihe had trouble sleeping all night long because she was thinking about it in her heart.
After finally falling asleep, I turned around and slept until about three o'clock in the morning.
"Oops, I'm late!"
The bleary-eyed Xu Jiaohe glanced at the time-keeping spiritual paintings on the wall and almost jumped out of bed.
With a little doubt as to why no one woke her up, she grabbed the coat beside the bed and put it on her body. While ringing the bell to call Lu Hualanfu, she took out a handkerchief and wiped her face, then hurriedly put on her shoes. .
Arriving at the door, Xu Jiaohe hesitated.
If Mingdan waited outside for too long, would he blame himself?
...Forget it, it doesn’t matter so much.
She let her long hair loose and opened the door. The midday sun injected a touch of warmth into the wind wandering above the mountain tops.
No one stopped at the door of his house, but in the center of the courtyard not far away, there was a white figure.
In the courtyard, the long-lasting orchids blooming on the treetops, nourished by spiritual power, are falling and falling amid the ups and downs of the sword.
For a while the flowers fell like rain.
Xu Jiaohe had seen the swordsmanship practiced by the opponent countless times from another person.
That person is her husband Ji Ruotan.
The master of Jiange Pavilion, who is famous in Kyushu, is an unparalleled talent.
No matter what kind of sword it is, it can be straightened with cold light in his hands, and the sword's will is like a dragon's.
Xu Jiaohe's eyes followed the back figure, and the sword moves danced in her eyes like broken shadows like flowing wind and snow.
Could it be that he is back?
He is not dead.
As she watched, her thoughts suddenly turned into the unknown, and she couldn't help but walked forward, calling softly: "Husband...?"
The man turned around just in time, and the sword move that he had no time to put away grazed Xu Jiaohe's cheek and cut off the end of her hair in an instant.
At the same time, Lu Hua screamed from behind her: "Madam!!"
Xu Jiaohe was startled, and then her misty eyes suddenly returned to clarity.
"Jiaohe-kun, are you okay?"
Facing the clear eyes with worry in front of her, Xu Jiaohe heard the footsteps running down the corridor again. Her mind went blank and she didn't know how to respond. She had to ask at a loss: "Sect Master, what am I doing?" Already..."
Lu Hua arrived in a blink of an eye and hurriedly saluted Ming Dan. She pulled Xu Jiaohe up and down and couldn't stop looking at her: "Madam, are you okay?!"
"fine……"
As Xu Jiaohe said, he suddenly saw the conspicuous lock of black hair on the pile of fallen flowers, and his heart pounded as if he had regained consciousness, "Blame me, blame me. Somehow, when I saw the sect master dancing the sword, I still I thought my husband was back, so I walked over immersed in my own thoughts..."
Without waiting for Lu Hua to respond, Ming Dan held the sword in his back and explained to Xu Jiaohe what was strange about her just now: "This is the fifth level of the Jingjian Jue created by Ruo Tan. The sword's intention is confusing and confusing. Jiaohe Jun lacks resistance. Because of his spiritual power and his concern for Ruo Tan, he was deceived by the sword's intention."
"So that's it."
Xu Jiaohe nodded, and then thought of the husband she had unconsciously called out just now, and suddenly felt embarrassed.
She didn't know how to face Ming Dan, so she turned around and held Lu Hua's hand. She comforted the maid with a few words of worry, and then whispered to her to prepare some toiletries and wait in the room. Own.
Distracted by this incident, the feeling of embarrassment gradually faded away in Xu Jiaohe's mind.
After watching Lu Hua leave, she turned back and whispered, "I was confused just now and offended the sect master a lot. Please forgive me."
"What did you offend me about? I was so absorbed in sword practice that I didn't seem to notice."
Mingdan's puzzled answer made Xu Jiaohe unable to tell whether he really didn't hear it, or whether he did and pretended not to hear it and stepped down.
But no matter what, if Mingdan cares about the word "husband", she really can only find a hole to crawl into.
"...It's okay, it's just some murmurs in my mind. Master, don't take it to heart."
"Okay, it's already late. Do you want to go with me to Dangxinchi for treatment?"
With a clang, Ming Dan's natal spiritual sword disappeared in his palm. His clothes and hair crown remained neat and unstained despite the ever-changing teachings just now. On the other hand, Xu Jiaohe's clothes were messy and his long hair was undecorated, which was really unseemly.
Xu Jiaohe's face turned red, and her voice became as thin as a mosquito's fly: "Sect Master, wait a minute, I will follow you after I wash up."
"Um."
There are still dozens of steps from the courtyard to the room.
Ming Dan fell behind Xu Jiaohe and suddenly said: "Jiaohe, do you have any thoughts when you see this sword move?"
Xu Jiaohe said with an empty mind: "Very good, it looks great."
Mingdan didn't care about the shallowness of her words, and said directly: "Ruotan is upright and considerate of his colleagues. He made all the moves and formulas public when the Jingjian Jue was perfected. Unfortunately, this set of swordsmanship has no impact on the practitioner's talent and ability. The requirements are really harsh, and many people struggle to find a ray of light throughout their lives, which is why the demons are so eager for the Book of Shocking Swords, which embodies Ruo Tan’s insights.”
There was still some unfinished meaning in his words, but Xu Jiaohe understood it clearly.
The demons are flocking to them, so aren’t the immortal cultivators in Xiaodongtian eager for them? If they all thought that after Ji Ruotan's death, "Book of Shocking Swords" came to them as a matter of course, then they might not be able to live a peaceful life for a day.
Xu Jiaohe was helpless by this hot potato, so she wanted to pass the trouble to Mingdan: "I don't know where this thing is at all... I took the Huaiyuan Order, and I can't even enter my husband's room. I can't tell." What the demons want is sealed there.”
She didn't look back, so she couldn't see the change in Ming Dan's eyes. She only heard him ask: "Can't Mr. Jiaohe enter Ruotan's room too?"
Xu Jiaohe nodded and said frustratedly: "How could my husband entrust me with anything important?"
"Don't think so, maybe he is trying to protect you."
Mingdan paused, "After all, sometimes it's the people who know nothing who are the safest."
Xu Jiaohe didn't notice the deeper meaning of his words, and the two walked a few more steps. When she saw the half-open door close at hand, she said, "Then I'll go in and wash up first. Sect Master, please wait."
With Mingdan outside, Xu Jiaohe couldn't bear to be as procrastinating as before.
She used Lu Hua's hand to recombine her face and makeup, and remembering Lan Fu's warning, she untied Liu Yao, who stayed with her day and night.
Lu Hua looked strange, and Xu Jiaohe explained to her: "The sword forged by my husband has too much murderous intent and cannot be taken into the Dangxin Pond."
After this explanation, Lu Hua's eyes became even weirder.
In the end, she didn't say anything, and just watched Xu Jiaohe, who was newly dressed, push the door open and go out.
…
"I asked the sect leader to wait!"
Xu Jiaohe took three steps at a time and came to Mingdan's side. Her lips were filled with a usual smile, half to please and half to be innocent.
Ming Dan stretched out his index finger and touched the ground: "Then let's go."
The white light rising from the ground engulfed the two of them. Before Xu Jiaohe could react, she was already on the edge of the cliff that had caused her half-death a few days ago.
Ming Dan faced the opposite mountain and shot out a beam of light from his fingertips. Between the familiar clouds, the translucent ladder spread silently.
The sound of cranes echoed in the silent abyss, making the mountains seem even more towering.
Ming Dan stood on the edge of the cliff, waiting for the ladder to arrive, without any intention of releasing his spiritual power.
Why didn't the sect leader need to fly when he took her?
Isn't it necessary for two people to walk over step by step? ?
Xu Jiaohe cautiously took a look down the mountain, and saw the gravel rolling down at her feet.
It was also at this glance that the courage she had finally accumulated disappeared instantly, and she began to retreat in her heart.
"Zong, sect master, let's go over there later. I have something to tell you..."
Xu Jiaohe hesitated on the edge of the cliff and began to delay deliberately.
"you say."
Ming Dan frowned, showing no trace of impatience.
"I want to go to...Rumeng World."
Xu Jiaohe lowered his head and picked at the skin of his palms with his fingertips.
She suddenly felt nervous, and a thin layer of sweat formed on the back of her neck. She seemed to be frightened by the silent climb up the ladder.
"Why?"
"Because, because," Xu Jiaohe knew that his secret thoughts could not be exposed in front of the bright and beautiful Ming Dan, so he shifted his eyes half an inch and came up with the prepared words, "Last time I went to Fange to inspect At that time, Master Ye inside said that since I became a Taoist couple with my husband, I have never paid homage to my husband's mother who died young. This is not etiquette... I feel that what she said makes sense."
Although her words were a bit incoherent, Mingdan, the audience, sighed silently.
"Ruo Tan's mother, Xuanling Patriarch Ye Tang, and my junior brother Ji Huaizhang played the harp and harp in harmony, which is a rare story in Xiaodongtian. It's a pity that my junior brother died in the war between humans and demons, and the Xuanling ancestor has been depressed for a hundred years, and the two of them have Yuan Ling worked hard to give birth to Ruo Tan and then died in a hurry."
"After all, she is also my sister-in-law. We haven't seen each other for many years, so I should accompany Mr. Jiaohe to pay homage to her."
Xu Jiaohe had never calculated that Mingdan would be so considerate. He just made up a reason to go to Rumengshi to pay homage to Ji Ruotan's mother... He actually did it without saying anything. Accompany.
But Mingdan was gone, how could her true purpose not be discovered?
Thinking of this, Xu Jiaohe shook his head desperately: "No, no!"
"Jiao He, what worries do you have? In fact, worshiping ancestor Xuan Ling is a trivial matter. I have another matter to guard the sea of desire. If I have any questions, I have to discuss it with the current master of Rumengshi. I originally thought that the ancient sound transmitting snail would be enough. , but after much thought, I decided to go there to show my solemnity.”
Ming Dan said that for this reason, Xu Jiaohe could no longer think of a reason to refuse.
She smiled in embarrassment: "I originally thought that the sect leader came here specifically for my business, thinking that there was no need to labor under the sect master's laws."
"Maybe it's for you."
The six words that suddenly sounded shocked Xu Jiaohe.
But Mingdan didn't pause for a long time and quickly continued, "Back then, Ancestor Xuanling divided the industry he founded from Rumengshi and gave it all to the newly born Ruotan, which attracted criticism from everyone. I Guanjiao Mr. He is here to pay homage to his party, maybe it won’t go so well.”
The translucent ladder extended to his feet, and Mingdan's attention was diverted again. After saying this, he did not look at Xu Jiaohe's expression.
He stretched out his hand to Xu Jiaohe: "The ladder to heaven has arrived, Mr. Jiaohe, let's go."
Ming Dan's move was just an invitation.
Due to their different identities, Xu Jiaohe also knew that he couldn't really hold the other person's hand.
Seeing that there was no way to hide, she had no choice but to put aside all her worries for the time being and walk up.
Xu Jiaohe is in front and Ming Dan is behind.
She took each step hard and slowly, but fortunately Mingdan didn't rush her.
Halfway up the ladder, the wind blowing between Xu Jiaohe's skin and clothes suddenly became stronger.
She was so frightened that she stopped where she was, neither moving forward nor retreating. Cold sweat dripped down her neck and forehead.
After a while, Xu Jiaohe bit her white lip flesh and reluctantly took another step.
However, when he was going down the stairs, his ankle twisted and he immediately fell on his back.
"ah!"
she screamed.
Instead of falling into the abyss and being shattered into pieces as she imagined, she fell into a cool but powerful embrace.
"Jiaohe-kun, be careful."
Mingdan held Xu Jiaohe's waist, half-hugging and half-hugging her whose legs were already weak, and sighed in his heart:
After all, the rules were broken again.
