Startled, he forgot how to react until the red shadow approached him.
Only then did he hastily transform his serpentine tail into legs. By the time he stood up, she was already before him.
"National Preceptor, please forgive this late-night visit. I have come to ask for something from you."
As she spoke,
Gu Qianying moved swiftly, her slender fingers reaching out. Just as they were about to touch the mask he wore on his face,
He retreated, evading her touch.
"You dodge quite quickly?"
Gu Qianying smiled.
Looking at the figure before her at such close range, she felt more and more convinced that he was Ouyang Qinglin.
If it truly was him,
Then it also meant that Ouyang Qinglin had escaped from Demon Mountain and was currently safe.
With this thought, her mood lifted considerably.
After all, Ouyang Qinglin was a close friend with whom she had shared life-and-death experiences.
She was naturally happy that he was unharmed.
"Sect Leader Gu, you have intruded into my residence late at night. Seeing you like this, it doesn't seem like you've come to ask for something, but rather to tease me."
As Ouyang Qinglin dodged Gu Qianying, his large palm suddenly gripped her wrist. He leaned forward, bringing himself to within a fist's distance of her.
At this moment, Ouyang Qinglin had fantasized about this countless times.
He was finally close to her.
Ah Ying, it's wonderful!
I so wish time would freeze at this very moment, just to look at you like this.
The longing and excitement in his heart were hidden beneath his mask.
Upon hearing the National Preceptor speak,
Gu Qianying frowned.
This... this voice was not Ouyang Qinglin's.
Her gaze turned cold. She reversed her grip, seizing Yan Aotian's wrist. Without using her demonic power, she quickly turned and executed a shoulder throw, slamming Yan Aotian to the ground.
Following that, she knelt on one knee, pressing her elbow against Yan Aotian's neck. Her voice was somewhat chilled, "National Preceptor jokes. I am married and pregnant. If I wished to tease, I would naturally tease my own husband."
Ouyang Qinglin's body trembled.
The words "married and pregnant" were like a knife plunged deeply into his heart.
They were also like a basin of cold water that extinguished all the desires in his heart.
Beneath the mask, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, seeping into his hair along his ear.
Yes.
The woman he deeply loved was already another man's wife. What more could he hope for?
Before, he had wished for her happiness.
But during his imprisonment in Demon Mountain, he had thought of her every day and dreamed of her every night.
It was then that he realized he had never truly let her go.
Love is selfish. At that time, he had even considered that if he survived, he would kill Nangong Mo, keep her by his side, and be with his Ah Ying forever.
However... he also knew that if he did that, his Ah Ying would definitely not be happy, would not be content, and would even hate him.
He did not wish for that. He wanted his Ah Ying to be the happiest woman in the world.
Therefore... even though he had learned that Nangong Mo's immortal bones were destroyed, rendering him crippled, and that he was severely injured, requiring him to wait until the birth of Xuan Ling to reshape his immortal bones, and that the birth of Xuan Ling required three spiritual pearls to fuse and open the Gate of Xuan Kong.
He learned that two of these three spiritual pearls were already in Ah Ying's possession, and the last one was with the Emperor of the Empire.
For this reason, he parted ways with Duan Xifeng, who remained in Yijing Pavilion to expel the่ poison from his body, and arrived at the Empire two months ago, taking on the identity of Yan Aotian to be by the Emperor's side.