Mountain and River Festival

Chapter 46 He Won Me Over

Looking down, Shen Tang was still in a daze, with her mouth half open. Her appearance was in stark contrast to her usual rationality and gentleness, and her domineering attitude towards the enemy. Seeing this, Lu Xingzhou's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and he was so dry-mouthed that he couldn't speak for a moment.

Both of them could hear each other's heartbeats, thump thump, like a symphony.

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Tang regained her composure first. She looked up and saw Lu Xingzhou's stunned expression. Somehow, she felt like laughing, her shyness almost gone. Her eyes flickered, revealing her hidden allure once again: "How long...will you hold me?"

Lu Xingzhou also reacted and calmly adjusted Shen Tang's position in his arms, letting her sit on his lap with her back leaning against his arms.

Only then did he free up his hands, put one arm around her waist, and with the other hand pushed the wheelchair back into the house: "Carry her until we get home."

Shen Tang turned his back to him, curled his lips slightly, and spat secretly.

Still pretending to be calm, there's something hard pressing against me, do you dare to say anything?

As the wheelchair rolled and bumped, it was pushed up and down.

This terrible posture... How did it become like this...

It wasn't a long distance from the yard to the bed inside the house, but it felt like a year's walk.

After finally reaching the bedside, Lu Xingzhou carried Shen Tang down and placed him back on the bed. He said calmly, "I'll make you some bone-strengthening and tendon-strengthening medicine to use with it. From now on, let Qingli help you walk every day. I think in ten days or so, you'll be fully recovered."

After saying that, he turned around and ran away without waiting for an answer, as if nothing had happened.

Shen Tang leaned against the head of the bed, biting her lower lip tightly. It was hard to tell whether her expression was crying or laughing, and her face was as red as clouds.

He was in a daze for who knows how long before he seemed to come back to life and suddenly shouted, "You damn white-haired bastard, get out here! Is this how you protect me?"

Dugu Qingli appeared in a flash: "You can't call me Baimao, it's very rude."

Shen Tang laughed angrily: "Is it okay for him to shout like that? Isn't this the key point now?"

"He was rude, but at least he didn't add the word 'die.'" Dugu Qingli said, "Having said that, since it's you two, it's not surprising that you did the same inappropriate thing."

Shen Tang was so distracted that he almost forgot what he was calling her for. After a pause, he said angrily, "What I'm asking is, did you just watch me fall and protect me like that?"

Dugu Qingli said: "I thought about it, I can't move the Household Registration Office here, but I can put you on him."

Shen Tang: “?”

Dugu Qingli tried hard to translate: "I think you would prefer him to catch you."

"Why do I like it more? Can you please stop thinking for me?"

Dugu Qingli was even more puzzled than her: "You two clearly have a special relationship with each other. Anyone can see it. I don't understand why you refuse to admit it."

Shen Tang was stunned for a long time, then he turned over and lay on the pillow weakly, mumbling: "What if it was you?"

"I will definitely tell him directly. I don't know what he's holding back on." Dugu Qingli said, "Just like he told me directly."

Shen Tang: “???”

Broken, closed loop?

Dugu Qingli added: "But this assumption is meaningless, because I don't have such emotions."

Shen Tang glanced at her and said, "When you reach a certain point, there will always be this day. I'm waiting for the moment when you tell me directly. You must notify me to observe."

Question Sheng Yuanyao, understand Sheng Yuanyao, and become Sheng Yuanyao.

"That day won't come for me." Dugu Qingli said as a matter of course: "My cultivation is unique, and I'm naturally indifferent to emotions. Besides, my master has lived a lonely life, so I can only follow his example."

"So your master is looking for a man?"

"That's something that will never happen."

Shen Tang smiled politely: "I hope you can always be so confident."

Dugu Qingli said: "No matter what happens to me in the future, it's okay that I didn't help you just now, right? I'm leaving now."

Just as he was about to turn around, he heard Shen Tang sigh: "Don't do this again in the future...it will make us very embarrassed."

Dugu Qingli frowned: "Why?"

"I'm not in the mood for romance, and he doesn't want to be either. Besides..." Shen Tang smiled: "He has someone in his heart."

Dugu Qingli was a little surprised: "How did you know?"

"Intuition." Shen Tang said calmly: "Actually, it's not uncommon for a man to have several women in this world, and I'm not a jealous woman. If the person in his heart is me, and he has a few women outside to relieve his loneliness, I really don't care that much... But I, Shen Tang, can't be the one used to relieve loneliness, do you understand?" Dugu Qingli was stunned there, feeling a little complicated, and about to crash.

Shen Tang glanced at her and said with amusement: "What's with that expression? Weren't you very talkative just now?"

Dugu Qingli hesitated and said, "How can it be so complicated? Since you think so, shouldn't you think that you should become the person in his heart?"

This time it was Shen Tang's turn to stand there in a daze. After a long while, he said, "What if I can't become one?"

"Then it can't be achieved. What's the difference between now and now?"

Shen Tang was stunned.

Dugu Qingli looked at her sympathetically: "You've practiced the Imperial Extreme Shocking World Sutra too much, and your mind is full of nonsense. You should focus on practicing sword skills."

After saying that, she turned and left. Shen Tang gritted his teeth as he looked at her back.

You practice sword, you know a lot about it, right?

Wait!

A moment later, there was a rhythmic tapping outside the window: "Your Highness."

Shen Tang took a few deep breaths to adjust his mood, and said calmly: "Come in."

Someone entered through the window and knelt on one knee. "Regarding the terrain problem Your Highness inquired about, we have discussed it and believe it requires a linked formation to resolve it, but the specific type of formation required is still under discussion. Primarily, we need to understand the general significance of this terrain, such as whether it contains buried treasures, or is related to a lost secret realm... or perhaps it's a man-made formation of mountains and rivers, and the purpose of the person who created it. Only then can we determine how to resolve it."

"Once you know it, do you have a way to deal with any type of problem you need?"

"Some of them may not be possible. Perhaps we can consult the Imperial Master then?"

"I see. I'll find out more."

"Yes."

"Go inform Uncle Zhong and the others that it's time to go to Danxia Mountain... From now on, Danxia Mountain will be the new mountain gate of the Tianxing Sword Sect."

The visitor seemed to want to speak but stopped himself.

"Why, if you have something to say, just say it."

"When we first heard that His Highness had fled with the remnants of his army and was hiding, we never imagined that in such a short time, he could establish a mountain gate with thousands of people, with farmlands stretching out from the corners of the two mountains... This Mr. Lu is quite capable, and we should win him over."

Shen Tang stared at the ceiling in a daze again, and after a long while, he whispered, "Shen Qi..."

"what?"

"He's been the one who won me over all this time... He helped me stand up, helped the Tianxing Sword Sect become what it is today, and even had An Nuo send a batch of low-level classics to enrich the Sword Sect's Sutra Library... What did I give him? A Five Elements Grass? Or that fruit? The fruit isn't mine, and I used it myself."

Shen Qi: "..."

"He values ​​the secret of this terrain very much... If it truly is useful to him, I will do my best to help him accomplish this."

Shen Qi said, "There have been some undercurrents in Xiazhou recently, and there are even shadows of powerful sects in neighboring prefectures and counties... Your Highness should not be too distracted."

Shen Tang sneered: "Fenxiang Tower?"

"Fenxiang Tower is just one of them. There are others." Shen Qi said, "Among them, Yang Dechang of the Huo family has colluded with many of them and is secretly inciting almost all the sects in Xiazhou. I don't know what to do yet."

"They're all trying to embarrass us at the ceremony, disappointing the newly recruited Danxia members and the rest of the onlookers. This will damage our sect's reputation and naturally hinder our development. Furthermore, no matter what we do later, they'll compete with us and keep us stuck in the industry." Shen Tang said coldly, "They don't dare to deal with me openly now, so they can only suppress us from these directions. As long as they can't make any progress, it's fine."

"Since Your Highness knows their intentions, do you have a plan? If they openly engage in a duel, it would be inconvenient for me to intervene. Relying solely on the Tianxing Sword Sect..."

"If we have to rely on you for all the open matters, then what's the point of my cultivation so far?" Shen Tang said lazily: "Are we embarrassed by others, or are we suppressing Xiazhou in one fell swoop, right now?"

Shen Qi was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that his prince was a powerful fourth-grade warrior... He had previously made people feel broken and weak, but it was nothing more than a broken leg, and he had deliberately concealed his cultivation.

But she is almost well now.

A healthy Shen Tang is a banner in himself, enough to make the royal family wary of succession, let alone a mere Xiazhou?
The new edition of the "Heroes List" had not yet been released, but the states had already reported it to the General Headquarters for printing. Dugu Qingli and An Nuo were deliberately hidden from the list, and Shen Tang, as the Sword Sect's signature, was naturally no longer hidden.

The new leader of the Tianxing Sword Sect, Shen Tang, is 22 years old, a fourth-rank swordsman, and ranks 30th on the Daqian Rookie List.

The top 30 on the Rookie List were already considered impressive, and their release was sure to rock Xiazhou. However, that was because Sheng Yuanyao's report was based on her broken leg, and their combat power was estimated based solely on past performance and the flying sword's performance in recent demon battles. The Imperial Supreme World-shaking Sutra was not included, so the Demon Suppression Division's combat power assessment was low.

No one knows what her actual ranking is.

(End of this chapter)