Chapter 292 Tit for tat
In the backyard of Ziwei Temple on Longjing Mountain.
Liu Yunxiu raised her hands, supported the little Qingluan on her head, and sat quietly on a small stool side by side with Miaoqing.
The former had a strange look on her face, and Xiao Qingluan was also jumping around above her head agitatedly. Both pairs of eyes were staring at Tan Ruo who was not far away.
Miao Qing was much more straightforward, with a light of "eating melon" flashing in her eyes, and her focused attitude was even more serious than when she was practicing.
"Yunxiu, who do you think will win if we fight?"
Miao Qing quietly nudged Liu Yunxiu next to her with her shoulder and asked in a low voice.
His voice was full of curiosity and gloating, and his whole person revealed one message: Fight! Fight!
Liu Yunxiu shook his head slightly and looked at Tan Ruo strangely.
"Two against one, I'm afraid this new sister has no chance of winning..."
"I think so too."
Miaoqing nodded in agreement. Whether it was Sister Yu or Sister Bai, beating her was just like playing.
"So do you think there will be a fight?"
Miao Qing continued to ask, still wanting more.
Before Liu Yunxiu could answer, Tu Shanyu glared at him.
"Miaoqing, shut up."
Tu Shanyu glared at Miaoqing. Although she also wanted to fight Tan Ruo to the death, she obviously couldn't do that.
Bai Suzhen pulled Tu Shanyu, took a step forward, stood in front of Tan Ruo, and said with a smile: "You are a guest from afar. No matter what, since you have come to Ziwei Temple, I can still afford a cup of tea."
"please."
After saying this, Bai Suzhen raised her hand and stepped sideways to guide, with a meticulous and courteous posture, a perfect way of hospitality.
Well, entertain guests.
The meaning is too obvious. No matter what your past life love is, no matter who the king of heaven is, Ziwei Temple is our territory now.
Do not believe?
Then go and ask the abbot of Ziwei Temple. Do you think he dares to say no?
Seeing this, Tu Shanyu narrowed her eyes, applauded Bai Suzhen in her heart, and at the same time prepared herself to respond.
Anyway, if Xiaobai used the same trick on her, she would definitely fight back.
We can't let Xiaobai fight alone.
Tu Shanyu was thinking, but she saw that Tan Ruo's expression did not change. He just nodded and said politely, "Thank you."
This made Tu Shanyu frown.
Too polite, something is wrong, very wrong, this woman is definitely holding back a big one.
In Tu Shanyu's eyes, this woman named Tan Ruo came to "assert her sovereignty". Faced with such behavior, she would of course fight back directly.
But you can't be too unreasonable. You have to let the other party make the first move. After all, the other party is the one who is coming.
But now, apart from reporting her name at the beginning and saying "I am Jiang Lin's wife", Tan Ruo did not make any extreme moves.
This made Tu Shanyu a little confused about how to deal with it.
These people in Ziweiguan always respond to soft tactics rather than hard ones.
Bai Suzhen's expression did not change, and she walked into the room with Tan Ruo.
Tu Shanyu naturally followed, followed closely by Liu Yunxiu and Miaoqing who looked regretful.
What about the fight we agreed to have?
Among all the people present, the one who just wanted to have fun was Miaoqing. This kid was just a person who loved having fun.
what?
Would Brother Jiang have a headache when he sees this scene?
What does that have to do with me?
Miaoqing thought to herself and walked into the room with brisk steps.
Tu Shanyu and Bai Suzhen sat right opposite Tan Ruo, both of them facing Tan Ruo.
Liu Yunxiu was also pulled over by Tu Shanyu and sat next to him.
Although Yunxiu girl does not have any competitiveness for the time being, she is still on our side after all.
Miaoqing chuckled and sat in the middle of the two sides, looking here and there.
'Crash...'
The room was unusually quiet, with only the sound of Bai Suzhen pouring tea being particularly noticeable.
"please."
Bai Suzhen pushed the teacup in front of Tan Ruo.
"Thank you."
Tan Ruo raised his hand to take it, took a sip, and said, "Good tea."
"As long as you like it, I'll bring some for you when you leave."
Tu Shanyu spoke with a smile, as if she was welcoming the guest, but her words were actually full of knife-like intent.
Although a fight is unlikely to break out, don't expect Bai Suzhen and Tu Shanyu to have any good impression of Tan Ruo, the "stowaway" who has no martial ethics.
If Jiang Lin was compared to a pot of rice, then the few of them were secretly planning how to eat more, or even take the entire pot.
But before anyone could figure out who was eating, Tan Ruo came along and ruined everything. Not only did he want to take the food away, he also wanted to make sure that no one had anything to eat.
It would be strange if we didn't share the same hatred for the enemy.
"I have no hostility."
Tan Ruo spoke, his expression sincere and formal, and said softly: "Maybe there are some misunderstandings."
"Don't dare to misunderstand the Heavenly King. Even if the dignified Heavenly King comes with hostility, what can we little creatures in the human world do?"
Tu Shanyu narrowed his eyes and smiled strangely, no longer hiding his sarcastic tone.
"Sister Yu..."
Liu Yunxiu whispered, "How about we listen to what Sister Tan has to say?"
"Which side are you on, girl?"
Tu Shanyu pinched Liu Yunxiu's little face which still had some baby fat.
"please continue."
At this time, Bai Suzhen also spoke, and Tu Shanyu glared at her. What about the agreement of being united against external calamities?
You two are stabbing me in the back, right?
Tan Ruo nodded, looked at Tu Shanyu, and said, "Can you tell me how you met him?"
Tu Shanyu raised her eyebrows, and seeing that Tan Ruo looked serious, she put away her weird thoughts and said calmly, "There's nothing to say."
"Anyway, before you, I had a problem with my cultivation and got stuck in the process of ascending to immortality, so I had no choice but to go down the mountain to survive the calamity."
"My Tushan clan may be protected by the good fortune of humanity, but we are still elves after all. In addition, our ancestors have high expectations of me and hope that I can work hard to reach a realm above the Golden Immortal."
"So, from a young age, you have to cultivate a very high level of Taoism."
Tu Shanyu spoke, becoming more serious from being nonchalant at first.
"At that time, I was stuck at the threshold of becoming an immortal. I went down the mountain to experience the mundane world, learn the principles of human ethics, observe the various aspects of human life, and realize the true meaning between humans and immortals."
"I thought I was well prepared, but when I was going through the tribulation, my foundation was still not enough. The thunder shattered my foundation and I couldn't even maintain my human form."
“That’s when I met him.”
"There's not much to say about the process. It's just a story about a kind-hearted person saving a little fox."
Tu Shanyu's expression was involuntarily filled with reminiscence, and a smile appeared on the corners of her mouth. Obviously, the story was not as ordinary as she said.
"His tireless care and support helped me regain some vitality, but that was all. He was just a mortal at the time and had no magical powers. He couldn't even find my Dao injury."
"Guess how I recovered in the end?"
Tu Shanyu said this, looked at Tan Ruo and asked softly.
Tan Ruo shook her head slightly, waiting for Tu Shanyu to continue.
"I asked him for a title. No... I should say he took the initiative to deify me."
Tu Shanyu said softly, unconsciously clenching her fists. "He doesn't know that I have a wound, and he doesn't understand why I am getting weaker day by day after my physical injuries have healed."
"At this time, an old Taoist came. I couldn't see through him, but he pointed out my situation with one sentence."
“The old Taoist told him that if he wanted to save me, he had to be deified so that he could recover from his Taoist injuries and achieve the supreme immortal path.”
"But, throughout history, only Jiang Ziya has been deified."
"I couldn't bear to see him bear the karma that he would have to endure for thousands of lifetimes, so I wanted to refuse, but the old Taoist said that he was different from ordinary people."
Tu Shanyu paused for a moment and turned over her wrist. On the inside of her wrist, there was a small bright red mole, but it was only the size of a sesame seed and could be seen clearly without looking closely.
She carefully stroked the bright red spot and whispered, "It turns out that he has supreme luck and is born with the blessing of the Purple Star. If he were to enter the secular world, he would surely become the emperor of Chi County and a king of his generation. If he were to leave the world to practice cultivation, he would surely be in a high position and be the master of the stars."
“If I can be deified with this kind of luck, my wounds will be completely healed and my future will be limitless.”
"But the price is that you will no longer have any luck and fortune, and you will also die young."
Tu Shanyu's eyes welled up with tears. She looked at Tan Ruo and said, "He is only eighteen years old. Only eighteen years old. If he is deified for me, he will only have ten years to live at most."
"I thought he would refuse. Who would make such a sacrifice for a little fox they picked up?"
"But he didn't, he said..."
Tu Shanyu murmured to himself and said softly: "One person's life is not valuable. If you can save lives with one person's life, you should do it."
After saying that, Tu Shanyu closed his eyes, with a line of crystal tears flowing out from the corner of his eyes.
"He used his own luck and lifespan to confer the title of God upon me and heal my wounds. It only took me a moment to ascend to the immortal realm."
“But after ascending to heaven, I wanted to meet him, but who would have thought that his luck was too amazing, and the blessing he brought to me was too great.”
"It will take a hundred years of hard work to fully digest it. If you make any rash moves before that, all your efforts will be in vain."
"I wanted to give up everything to find him, but the luck he gave me locked me in Tushan."
"I know, that's what he meant. He doesn't want me to give up. He wants me to live an amazing life."
"It has been a few years since I came out of the mountain after cultivating."
After Tu Shanyu finished speaking, he raised his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes and looked at Tan Ruo. There was no hostility in his tone, but he was not polite either.
"How does my story compare to yours?"
Tan Ruo didn't say anything, but just looked at Bai Suzhen.
Bai Suzhen raised her eyes and smiled, "There's nothing much to say about my story, and there's no such thing as reincarnation."
"The Jiang Lin I know is the Jiang Lin of today. Compared to you, I am the last one to come."
Tan Ruo glanced at Bai Suzhen, did not ask any further questions, but just nodded slightly.
If according to Bai Suzhen, she just met Jiang Lin in this life, then what was her situation when she met Jiang Lin?
If he was already an accomplished elf, why would he be attracted to a child who was only a few years old?
If it was just an ordinary white snake with no intelligence, why could it be accepted as a disciple by the Queen Mother of Mount Li, and why could it achieve immortality in such a short time?
These were all questions, but since Bai Suzhen didn't say anything, she naturally wouldn't ask any further questions.
To be honest, among Tushanyu, myself and Bai Suzhen, Bai Suzhen has the most direct and profound background.
Although Tushan language was based on Tushan and was given the surname Si by King Yu himself, she was not King Yu's daughter after all. Although there is a saying that there are relatives from different generations, there is no such requirement in terms of causal relationship.
And Bai Suzhen is no different from the daughter of the Queen Mother of Mount Li.
"What do you want to do by asking these questions?"
Tu Shanyu stared at Tan Ruo closely and asked.
"nothing."
Tan Ruo shook her head slightly and looked at Liu Yunxiu at the edge.
When Tu Shanyu started speaking, Liu Yunxiu lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
"I know the origins of Daoist Fellow Tushan and Daoist Fellow Bai. Even though you two were not interested in my origins before, now you know them all."
"But this sister..."
Tan Ruo didn't finish her words because Bai Suzhen and Tu Shanyu also looked at Liu Yunxiu.
Not only Tan Ruo, but even Bai Suzhen and Tu Shanyu had no specific clues about Liu Yunxiu's origins.
All we know is that although this girl is low-key, she is able to make all the spying by Tu Shanyu and Bai Suzhen ineffective.
Being able to make Princess Tushan and the direct descendants of Mount Li return empty-handed is definitely not something that an ordinary person can do.
"what?"
Liu Yunxiu raised her head blankly, blinked blankly, and said: "Me? I don't know..."
She was telling the truth, she really didn't know where she came from.
"I just like Master Jiang. I like him very much."
Liu Yunxiu said softly.
Tu Shanyu and Bai Suzhen didn't say anything, but they admired Liu Yunxiu in their hearts.
When it comes to her feelings for Jiang Lin, it is the youngest Liu Yunxiu who is the most direct and does not hide her feelings at all.
I like it because I like it, there is no reason.
"Don't ask her. She is still a young practitioner and is still a long way from becoming an immortal. Even if she has wisdom, it is not something she can recover now."
Bai Suzhen patted Liu Yunxiu's little head and smiled at her gently.
Compared with their open and secret struggles with Tu Shanyu, their attitudes towards Liu Yunxiu were quite consistent.
She has the same attitude as an older sister towards her younger sister, so it’s hard to dislike this girl.
"I understand."
Tan Ruo's gaze lingered on the sleepy little Qingluan above Liu Yunxiu's head for a moment, and then he looked at Tu Shanyu and Bai Suzhen.
She has also realized that the most important people now are Xiaobai and Xiaohong. As for the little girl, she has no competitiveness for the time being.
Not to mention Miaoqing, who looked like she was just eating melons.
"Jiang Lin is my husband. Regardless of whether the two of you acknowledge it or not, Jiang Lin acknowledges it."
Tan Ruo opened her mouth and with just one sentence, the atmosphere, which had eased a little, became tense again.
"I don't mind being a second wife."
There was a dangerous light flashing in Tu Shanyu's eyes. Although she would definitely not do that, it did not stop her from saying so.
After all, if anything were to happen to Tan Ruo, Jiang Lin would be the first hurdle he would have to overcome.
Tan Ruo was right. At least so far, Tan Ruo's "sneak peek" was very successful, because the first thing Jiang Lin awakened was Tan Ruo's innate wisdom.
He decided that Tan Ruo was his wife.
"Don't get me wrong, I said I have no hostility."
Tan Ruo was a little helpless. She finally understood that compared to Bai Suzhen, Tu Shanyu was a very explosive person. As long as it was related to Jiang Lin, she would completely ignore others.
"I just wanted to tell you..."
Tan Ruo paused for a moment and said softly, "Don't worry about me. I can even separate."
After hearing this, Tu Shanyu and Bai Suzhen both frowned.
"What do you think of Brother Daoist Jiang? You can take him if you want him, and you can throw him away if you want to?"
Bai Suzhen's voice was a little cold.
Tan Ruo was getting more and more helpless. Well, I was just about to say that Xiao Bai was relatively calm, but now it seems to be undecided...
Her defense of Jiang Lin was totally unreasonable and even illogical.
"I just want to say..."
“I can be small.”
(End of this chapter)
