Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

During today's exploration, Jiang Li and Zhu Taozhi spoke very little. Zhu Taozhi seemed to be still angry and didn't want to pay attention to Jiang Li, but Jiang Li seemed to be completely unaffected and just continued to head north. Without the mask, he looked very gentle, and even his eyes became much softer.

Zhu Taozhi was like a sulky little girl and remained silent until the evening. The two of them harvested two spiritual fruits today, as well as a peak earth-level spiritual sword buried deep underground. Jiang Li sensed the remaining sword intent of the sword and dug it out himself. At dusk, it was time to find a place to live. Jiang Li randomly found a cave, and this time the cave was much bigger.

Jiang Li placed the fluorite, drew a formation to isolate the aura, and then... politely placed two beds.

When traveling, it is better to bring more things with you so that you don’t feel overwhelmed!

"You sleep on that bed, and I sleep on this one." Jiang Li said gently, then he lay down on the bed, covered himself with the quilt and closed his eyes. Zhu Taozhi had been angry with him for the whole day. During the day, Jiang Li deliberately tried to talk to Zhu Taozhi, but Zhu Taozhi ignored him. Later, Jiang Li stopped talking. As a result, at night, Zhu Taozhi was thinking about it for a long time, and Jiang Li said this, and then he went to sleep.

She also lay down on the bed and covered herself tightly with the quilt, but she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. It was clearly freezing outside, but she only felt unusually hot and stuffy. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. It was clearly him who took advantage of her, so why was she the one being sulking here?

Unfortunately, there would be no answers to the things she thought about. Soon it was the next morning. Zhu Taozhi was awakened by the fragrance at her nose. She sat up and looked at the casserole on the campfire in front of her. There was boiling porridge in the casserole.

Tomato beef porridge. The tomatoes were grown by Jiang Li himself. The beef and rice were taken from the storage ring. The water was snow water. The porridge was bubbling. Seeing Zhu Taozhi wake up, Jiang Li smiled at her as if nothing had happened. "You're awake. Get up and have some porridge."

Zhu Taozhi got up from the bed and adjusted the thin straps of her dress. She then realized that the collar on her chest had fallen down a little, revealing a bit of her fair skin. But Jiang Li didn't even look at her. She came to the campfire. Jiang Li served a bowl of porridge and gave her a spoon. She held the bowl and drank the porridge in small sips.

Drink it well.

Jiang Li didn't say anything either. He drank the porridge with her silently, "Let's go."

Zhu Taozhi followed behind him, and Jiang Li said, "If you want to eat something later, I have some food prepared in my storage ring."

Zhu Taozhi subconsciously took over the conversation, "What is it?"

"Beef, mutton, half a chicken, cured fish, and some fruits and vegetables. There are many dishes that can be made. What kind of flavor do you prefer?"

"spicy."

"Then I'll make you spicy chicken tonight." Jiang Li said casually. The two of them shuttled through the dense forest in the snow, chatting about this and that. As they chatted, a smile appeared on Zhu Taozhi's face again. It seemed that the previous angry mood was swept away.

In fact, she was angry with Jiang Li yesterday not because she couldn't be coaxed, but because she was lazy. People who are favored are always fearless. If she wants to be angry, just be slow. She will calm down sooner or later.

Jiang Li felt that he was becoming more and more of a jerk.

The two of them explored all the way until the evening. Jiang Li found another cave. This time the cave was smaller, but there was a natural cold pond behind the cave. Unfortunately, the cave could only fit one bed. Jiang Li put the bed down. Zhu Taozhi looked at him suspiciously, "Did you find this on purpose?"

"I'll keep watch." Jiang Li replied with a smile.

Zhu Taozhi sat on the stone in the cave for a while, while Jiang Li started to tinker with his dinner. He soon prepared one or two dishes. He also used the cauldron for alchemy to steam rice. Zhu Taozhi didn't know where to start complaining for a moment.

Many cultivators can practice fasting from the beginning of their foundation building, but fasting is not necessary. Eating some spiritual rice for three meals a day is also very good for the body. However, the higher the level of cultivation, the less need for these things. If you are not hungry, you will naturally not have the desire for food, except for delicious food.

For example, Zhu Taozhi just showed off two bowls of rice.

How can spicy chicken be so delicious?

After dinner, Jiang Li sat obediently at the entrance of the cave, while Zhu Taozhi went to bed. She curled herself up in the quilt, intending to have a peaceful sleep, but when she thought of Jiang Li still sitting at the door, she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. She lifted the quilt and exposed her head, looking at Jiang Li who was sitting at the entrance of the cave. He was sitting sideways at the entrance of the cave, staring at the night sky outside the window in a daze. Zhu Taozhi stared at his profile. Perhaps only at this moment, she no longer saw the usual gentleness on Jiang Li's face. At this moment, he looked inexplicably confused and fragile.

She looked at him like this for a long time, gradually becoming absorbed in her thoughts, until she saw Jiang Li's body tremble and his face turned a little paler.

She was suddenly startled.

Cultivators are naturally not afraid of the severe cold. Although the temperature in this secret realm is indeed a little low, she is a cultivator who is going through a minor tribulation. As long as she circulates her spiritual energy a little, she will only feel a little cold, which has no effect on her body. But she suddenly realized that Jiang Li seemed to be only in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

He had clearly said that he seemed to be in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and in the previous trial, the light ball had assigned him a clay doll of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and his spirit had just been severely damaged some time ago, so he was actually... cold?

"Are you cold?" Zhu Taozhi suddenly asked.

Jiang Li shook his head, but couldn't help shivering. Zhu Taozhi frowned slightly, seeming a little unhappy, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"You go to sleep, I'll keep watch over you. I can't sleep anyway." Zhu Taozhi lifted the quilt and sat up, but Jiang Li shook his head, "No need, how can this be possible?"

Zhu Taozhi felt annoyed again. Couldn't this guy just listen to her? She hesitated for a moment, "Then sleep together?"

"coming!"

Jiang Li stood up immediately, came to the bedside, looked at her cheek, and asked, "Can I take off my coat? Otherwise, I will not be comfortable sleeping."

How could he look so energetic now compared to how miserable he looked just now due to being frozen?

"Take it off if you want, but don't touch me." Zhu Taozhi gritted her teeth, and Jiang Li actually took off his coat and lay down on the bed, but he took a mattress and wrapped himself tightly like a mummy.

"Miss Zhu is such a gentle and kind person." Jiang Li said playfully.

"Go to hell."

"How cruel." Jiang Li didn't feel embarrassed at all. Instead, he continued to ask shamelessly, "If you can't sleep, do you need me to tell you a story?"

"You tell me."

"Then let me tell you a story about a cultivator and his Taoist partner. Once upon a time, there was a cultivator who loved his Taoist partner very much. But one day, his Taoist partner became possessed. The cultivator almost emptied his life savings, but he was still short of 100,000 spirit stones..."

Chapter 144: Chapter Why are you crying?

"Can you sleep?" Zhu Taozhi said in a low voice angrily.

She didn't hear Jiang Li's response because he fell asleep, but Zhu Taozhi reached out and shook Jiang Li awake. The more she thought about the story of the difference of 100,000 yuan, the more she couldn't fall asleep. Jiang Li was woken up by her, and Zhu Taozhi was saying faintly, "How can you sleep? I can't sleep."

Jiang Li looked innocent, "You were the one who said you wanted to hear a heart-wrenching story."

Zhu Taozhi was not in the right, so she had nothing to say. She just stared into Jiang Li's eyes, watching him in the dark. Jiang Li and she used different quilts. Jiang Li wrapped himself tightly with the quilt, as if he was afraid that Zhu Taozhi would take advantage of him.

"Go to sleep, we have to continue exploring tomorrow."

"I'm not going to sleep, and you can't sleep either."

"Why is Miss Zhu so unreasonable?"

"I have always been unreasonable." Zhu Taozhi was not ashamed of it, but proud of it. Jiang Li moved his body and lit a fluorite lamp, so there was a faint light in the cave. Jiang Li's eyes fell on her cheek, and then slowly moved down to her slender white neck and the delicate collarbone under her neck.

The neckline of her dress was slightly low, revealing some of her fair skin. Zhu Taozhi was a girl with a very good figure, with a thin waist and long legs. Although she did not look plump, she was definitely not skinny either. It was quite pleasing to look at her like this.

"You're staring at me again." Zhu Taozhi's lips pursed slightly.

"Miss Zhu knows that she is pretty, so what's wrong with looking at her a few more times?" Jiang Li said without blinking. Zhu Taozhi stretched out her hand and lightly covered her collar, not wanting him to look at her like that any longer.

A smile appeared on Jiang Li's face.

This kind of smile made Zhu Taozhi feel a little embarrassed. She always felt that her mind was controlled by Jiang Li. In the past, she always thought that Jun Moxiao was a blockhead, but now she thought that his blockhead at that time was probably just a disguise for you.

She felt like she was being fooled, so she couldn't help but say, "What a hypocritical man."

"Why do you say that, Miss Zhu?"

"You don't look like Jun Moxiao at all."

As soon as she said this, Jiang Li couldn't help laughing, "Does that mean you want me to give Jun Moxiao to you as compensation?"

Zhu Taozhi gnashed her teeth and looked at Jiang Li in front of her. Jiang Li's eyes were very gentle. "I put on the mask at the beginning because I wanted to suppress myself a little more. I am a person who always feels lonely, so I always want to get close to women. I put on the mask and acted inhumane because I didn't want to provoke peach blossoms and hurt the other party."

"Miss Zhu wanted to see my face under the mask, so your Jun Moxiao disappeared naturally. Why do you have to look at me with such resentment? He is just an illusory shadow anyway."

Jiang Li spoke slowly and gently. Zhu Taozhi was a little dazed. Jiang Li's hand stretched out from under the quilt without her knowing and gently pinched her face.

Her cheeks were very tender and especially soft when pinched. This time, Zhu Taozhi did not feel any resistance. She couldn't explain why. She heard Jiang Li sigh softly.

"Everyone has their own unspeakable secrets, but Miss Zhu should stay away from people like me."

"What? Am I afraid you'll eat me?"

Zhu Taozhi's tone was clearly full of pride, but at this moment she felt as if her heart skipped a beat. She always had a strange intuition that after coming out of the secret realm this time, she would never see Jiang Li again.

"I'm just saying that." Jiang Li replied with a smile, "In the past few years, I explored the secret realm so frantically, not because I lacked any cultivation resources, but mostly for my sister. Her body was tortured by cold veins, so I have been working hard to find cultivation resources and ways to relieve her pain."

"But recently I realized that maybe she no longer needs my protection. Her cultivation is much higher than mine, and she has also comprehended the sword power. I only need a Fire Phoenix Fruit to completely solve her cold vein problem, but there are no Fire Phoenix Fruits in Zhongzhou."

"So next, I probably won't explore the secret realms that are opening up in Zhongzhou anymore. I am a particularly lazy person."

"There is another very important reason for meeting Miss Zhu this time. It is also to say goodbye to Miss Zhu. I didn't want to take off the mask at first. Maybe it's better to leave Miss Zhu with a good impression."

Jiang Li's fingertips naturally caressed Zhu Taozhi's cheek. Zhu Taozhi looked at his face and suddenly felt as if her heart was tightened. What? He just opened his mouth to say goodbye.

Jiang Li finally withdrew his hand and took out a mask from his storage ring. "I'll give this mask to Miss Zhu as a souvenir."

That was the Green Demon Mask he had been wearing all these years, but it was no longer needed at this moment. Zhu Taozhi stared at the mask in a daze. After several seconds, she reached out and knocked the mask off, "Who wants this mask of yours?"

"Even if you didn't say goodbye to me, I should have told you that I would be returning to my hometown in two months. But now that you've said it first, I don't have to worry about anything anymore."

She was clearly speaking with pride, but she was secretly observing Jiang Li's reaction, as if she expected to see a hint of loss and regret in Jiang Li's eyes, but unfortunately she saw nothing, as if tenderness was the only emotion left in his eyes.

"Okay." Jiang Li responded softly.

"It's time to go to bed." Zhu Taozhi turned her body, leaving her back to Jiang Li, and then wrapped herself tightly with the quilt. Jiang Li whispered good night and turned off the fluorite light.

After a very long time, Zhu Taozhi called Jiang Li's name softly twice. Her voice was hoarse, but there was no response from Jiang Li. He probably fell asleep.

It was at this moment that Zhu Taozhi's tears could no longer be held back, and fell like pearls. She covered her lips tightly, her shoulders shaking, but she didn't want to make any sound.

What? They don't care about you at all.

.......................................

When Zhu Taozhi woke up, there was no one around her.

She sat up suddenly. The cave was empty, but her nose seemed to still smell the faint scent of sandalwood from his body. She sat up suddenly, not even bothering to tidy up her dress, and called Jiang Li's name several times, but there was no response from him.

"You come out!"

After shouting for several times without any response, she shouted into the cave, almost shouting at the top of her lungs, looking very embarrassed.

"Come out!!!"

She shouted like this several times, but still got no response. Zhu Taozhi suddenly felt very tired and had no strength left in her body. She sat on the ground with her skirt falling apart.

Tears were sliding down the corners of her eyes, and her thick eyelashes were stained with crystal water droplets. Her tearful posture revealed a different kind of beauty. She just cried like this, no longer hiding her feelings, as if she was an abandoned child.

What? Your wishful thinking and your fantasy are all worthless.

In your inner demon tribulation, you saw the man take off his mask, smile at you, and hold you in his arms. You almost lost yourself in that illusion, but before that, you never thought that he would be your tribulation.

How could it be? You are clearly the proudest princess in the Northern Territory. Your mother controls everything in the Northern Territory. You can decide the life and death of tens of thousands of people with just one word. You have the best of everything in the world and have been blessed by heaven since birth. You thought you would not fall in love with anyone along the way because no one could enter your eyes. But during those two years when you were angry with your family, you came to Zhongzhou at the age of seventeen and lost to an indifferent man in a sword fight.

You just don't accept the defeat, you just want to win back. You feel that you were not serious at the beginning, and that you failed because you were too proud. So you pestered that man, and after a long time, you lost to him again.

At this moment, you finally discovered that his swordsmanship seemed to be better than yours, but it was also at this moment that you found that he was really an interesting man. His eyes were always so cold, as if he had never been interested in you. It was because of this that she had a strange desire to win. She wanted to get close to him, and wait until he was attracted to her and then kick him away, which was another way of winning.

But after two years of entanglement, you haven't been able to do even a little bit. The indifference he showed from beginning to end was like a piece of stinky and hard stone, but gradually you realized that he was actually a very gentle person at heart.

He is always humble to you and often meets your many impolite requests. Although he is as stingy as a miser, he never wants to take advantage of you.

Unconsciously, you like the feeling of being by his side. You can tell him all kinds of nonsense. He will just look into your eyes and listen quietly. He will never be impatient. It's really strange. When you are in your hometown, as long as you want to say something, there will be countless people begging to listen. But you just don't want to say it.

But at this moment, that person doesn't want to hear what you want to say.

What? You left quietly after saying goodbye, but why did you give me a sword before leaving? It's a top-quality spiritual sword. For a stingy person like you, it must be a lot of money. Why did you give it to me so calmly?

Hey, wasn't I just a little proud? Did you really not know? Or were you pretending not to know? Did you really want to kiss me when you approached me that day? Please, if you really kissed me, I...

I don't know what I would do.

Why do you want to leave like this? Jun Moxiao... No, Jiang Li, you are such an annoying bastard.

Zhu Taozhi's vision was gradually blurred by mist. She didn't know why she was crying. She just felt as if there was a void in her heart, which hurt so much.

Hey, can you please come back?

Her body became weaker and weaker, tears flowed down her chin to her neck, and then fell to her collarbone. She looked at the dark sky in front of her, and gradually even her crying became silent.

"Huh? What are you crying about?"

Jiang Li walked in from the cave entrance carrying two green carps.

Chapter 145: Chapter Human Relationships

Although Jiang Li deliberately fished for a while longer and then happily released five or six before returning, he definitely pretended that he just happened to catch a fish and came back in a hurry.

Zhu Taozhi's eyes were blurred with tears, and his face was full of confusion.

"You..." Zhu Taozhi stared at Jiang Li in front of her in a daze. Jiang Li was walking towards her.

"I thought I'd go down and catch two fish while you're still here. We'll have fish noodle soup in the morning. I tell you, the fish noodle soup I make is really special. You can try it later..."

Before Jiang Li could finish his words, Zhu Taozhi in front of him suddenly pounced on him and hugged him tightly like a female leopard.