Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

"I thought you were gone." Her voice was choked with sobs.

Jiang Li's eyes were gentle, and his voice was still so gentle, "How could that be? Even if we are separated, we should say goodbye properly after we leave the secret realm."

He said this, but he felt inexplicably sad in his heart.

It was clearly just a simple and despicable trick, but Zhu Taozhi still took the bait. It was even easier to catch her than those green carps. The girl's body in his arms was warm and soft, but Jiang Li felt a emptiness in his heart. That feeling of emptiness seemed to be about to drown him at this moment.

No one will cherish the love that is within reach.

Jiang Li felt more and more like he was a bastard. It was obvious that he had no intention of hooking up with Zhu Taozhi. What he said last night were not all lies. He really planned to continue wearing the mask and being Jun Moxiao, and then separate from Zhu Taozhi after the secret realm was over. By then, he would disappear from the face of the earth, and it would not take long for Zhu Taozhi to forget about Jun Moxiao.

Insignificant love is not enough to fight against time. Jiang Li can vaguely guess what Zhu Taozhi's identity is. When she returns to her hometown, she will meet a better person and then forget that stupid Jun Moxiao.

But after taking off the mask, he turned back into Jiang Li.

He found that he was used to it, used to flirting with a beautiful woman. He wanted to see the other person cry and laugh because of him, but he himself had no bottom line at all. He was like a cold machine, habitually finding the most beneficial choice for himself among a variety of emotions.

Although he could still use the fact that he had never cheated on other women as an excuse to be righteous in this life, Jiang Li always felt that if he broke the rules for the first time, there would be countless times.

As he was thinking in a daze, Zhu Taozhi suddenly bit her shoulder like a puppy.

But this little pain was nothing. Jiang Li reached out his hand, gently patted her back, turned his face, got close to her ear, and whispered in her ear, "Push harder."

Then Zhu Taozhi's teeth seemed to really want to gnaw on his flesh and blood, and Jiang Li finally felt that the emptiness in his heart was a little less, but Zhu Taozhi soon loosened her mouth.

Jiang Li broke free from her embrace and said to himself, "Wipe your tears and get ready for breakfast."

As if he had turned a blind eye to Zhu Taozhi's tears just now, he did not ask Zhu Taozhi why she was crying. Instead, he put the two processed herrings away, took out the pot, chopped the herrings, and then fried them with lard until they were crispy. He cooked a pot of thick white fish soup and then added the noodles.

Zhu Taozhi wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and stared at the boiling noodles in Jiang Li's pot in a daze, until Jiang Li put the noodles in a bowl and handed it to her. Then the two of them picked up the bowls and started to slurp the noodles.

"Let's go."

After breakfast, Jiang Li said to Zhu Taozhi with a smile.

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Along the way today, Jiang Li did not ask Zhu Taozhi why she was crying, nor did he ask where her hometown was. Both of them were silent, occasionally chatting for a few words. Jiang Li had already sensed the aura of the same origin as the Dark Moon Immortal. The two of them had already passed through the dense forest and were facing towering mountains.

"I feel where what I want is." Jiang Li whispered to Zhu Taozhi.

Zhu Taozhi nodded gently, and Jiang Li and Zhu Taozhi climbed to the top of the mountain together, crossed two mountains, and finally, Jiang Li saw an altar on the open space in front of him.

The altar was drawn with an array formation, and in the center of the array, on a stone pillar, there was a small snowflake-shaped earring suspended. That was the relic of the Dark Moon Immortal. Jiang Li first observed the array formation, which he could not understand. It was clear that his attainments in array formations were already top-notch, but the Dark Moon Immortal's attainments in array formations were definitely above his.

Jiang Li tried to use his spiritual energy to pinch a hand, wanting to cross the formation to get the earring, but the moment the spiritual energy touched the formation, the light of the formation lit up, completely isolating his spiritual energy.

Jiang Li tried throwing another stone at the formation, but the moment the stone was thrown in, it was completely shattered by the sword light constructed by the formation.

Jiang Li frowned slightly, he took out his two swords, and slashed out a sword light with the power of the sword. Although the formation was broken for a moment this time, the sword force was offset by the power of the formation before it touched the earring.

None of the three methods worked, Jiang Li could only try his best to copy the formation and began to study the formation in front of him. Zhu Taozhi stood beside him, waiting quietly.

Jiang Li studied it for two hours, but he found that he couldn't restore the formation. This meant that he couldn't break the formation. But now he couldn't use the experience scroll to forcibly break through his cultivation level to break the formation, because his soul couldn't bear such consumption at the moment. If he tried to break through his cultivation level again, he would be at risk of being attacked by the Dark Moon Immortal.

Zhu Taozhi asked, "Is that earring important to you?"

Jiang Li nodded.

Zhu Taozhi bit her lips lightly, and after a long while, she said, "I have a way to help you get that earring."

Since there is a way, why are you still hesitating? Jiang Li couldn't help but ask, "Is there any price?"

"After I use that method and get out of the secret realm, I will go back." Zhu Taozhi was silent for a while, but after a moment she raised her head again, "But I was going to go back anyway, so it's all the same."

"It's not that important actually." Jiang Li said softly.

"If it's not important, why would you have been tinkering with it for two hours with a frown on your face?" Zhu Taozhi smiled helplessly. She looked at Jiang Li with a hint of expectation in her eyes. "Are you reluctant to leave me?"

"Actually, I'm a pretty heartless person. To be honest, I don't feel reluctant to let go."

"You are such a bastard." Zhu Taozhi couldn't help but curse under her breath. Jiang Li smiled helplessly.

Zhu Taozhi walked to the formation, and Jiang Li followed closely behind. He said, "I don't like to owe others anything, so why don't you use that method?"

"I never like to listen to other people's opinions when doing things." Zhu Taozhi responded coldly. Her fingertips gently touched her brow. The next moment, her brow lit up with a dark black color, which was faintly the trace of a phoenix. Jiang Li watched the phoenix fly out from her brow, and then it leaped into the formation.

The moment the black phoenix entered the formation, it burned the spiritual energy of the entire formation. The lightsaber constructed by the formation slashed towards the phoenix, but the phoenix only cried once, and the lightsaber shattered into pieces. It burned in the formation, and soon destroyed all the spiritual energy of the formation, and finally flew back to the center of Zhu Taozhi's eyebrows.

Jiang Li had never seen such a method before, but the power displayed by the bamboo peach branch he had just seen was clearly far beyond the level of overcoming the minor tribulation, and even beyond the levels of transformation of the spirit and refining the void. It was the power of a full Mahayana stage.

But this is not a magic treasure, nor is it a talisman paper or an array plate. What kind of cultivator can use such means to give her such power?

Jiang Li had already guessed the answer.

"Go and get it quickly. I need to rest for a while." Zhu Taozhi murmured softly.

Jiang Li hurriedly ran into the formation. He easily took off the earring and put it away. Then he came to Zhu Taozhi's side and looked at her cheek, "Are you okay?"

Zhu Taozhi shook his head, "Just a little weak."

The sky had become a little dim. Jiang Li stretched out his hand towards her. Zhu Taozhi handed her hand to him obediently. Then he pulled her into his arms and picked her up.

"Hey...what's up?"

"I'll take you to find a place to rest first." Jiang Li said softly. He spent some time looking around the mountain and finally found a small cave. There was a mountain spring waterfall next to the cave. There was no breath of ferocious beasts nearby. Jiang Li placed fluorite in the cave and took out the bed from the storage ring. Zhu Taozhi lay on the bed. There were a few fine beads of sweat on her forehead. It seemed that the method just now was also a great drain on her soul.

She sat down beside the bed, and Jiang Li sat on the bluestone beside her. He asked softly, "Why did you come to Zhongzhou?"

Although Zhu Taozhi didn't say it, Jiang Li still had some understanding of the Five Realms. That black phoenix, if he remembered correctly, was the image of the Northern Realm Demon Emperor's original soul. According to rumors, the Northern Realm Demon Emperor was the reincarnation of a phoenix, so after only seven hundred years of practice, he had already reached the third level of the Supreme Saint.

Therefore, Zhu Taozhi's identity is about to be revealed.

"Three years ago, my sister and I failed in our sixty-seventh sword fight. I wanted to run away and relax, so I came to Zhongzhou. The phoenix was also the mark my mother left on me when she left. I agreed with her that I would return in three years. This time, I used the mark she gave me. She will probably think that I am in danger, and she will send someone to pick me up outside the secret realm."

"Zhongzhou Wanhua Valley will open in a few days. I originally planned to go and take a look after the secret realm is over before returning."

Zhu Taozhi spoke softly, and she seemed a little depressed.

She had traveled in Zhongzhou for three years and actually liked Zhongzhou more. In the past, she grew up in the imperial city of the Northern Territory, and everyone she met flattered her. She didn't like that feeling and always felt it was hypocritical. In the past few years in Zhongzhou, she felt free and happy.

But she had to go back. After all, the agreement was for three years. If she went back, she would have to live under her sister's shadow again. The pressure would always make her feel suffocated sometimes.

"Is that so?" Jiang Li didn't know what to say. He had no power to keep Zhu Taozhi, nor did he have any plan to keep her. This should have been a good thing for him. After all, it was fine to part ways like this. But he now felt a little lost in his heart.

He doesn't like to owe favors to others.

Chapter 146: Chapter Sweet

The air in the cave seemed to become sticky all of a sudden.

The sadness of parting seemed to be inexpressible. Jiang Li originally thought he should be the one smiling, but now he found that he couldn't even smile.

Sometimes he felt that he was not completely heartless, but he was used to being heartless. When he reached out his hand, the place where his heart should be became empty.

In fact, Jiang Li found it ridiculous that Zhu Taozhi would fall in love with him, because in the past two years and more than a dozen secret realms, he really didn't do anything intentionally to Zhu Taozhi. He just habitually played the role of Jun Moxiao, and he quite liked this role. How cool it was to be cold to women all day long, unlike his usual smiley face towards women.

It's not that putting on a smiling face is tiring, it's just that once you get used to something, you want to change it occasionally, but who would have thought that this girl would suddenly fall in love with him? Maybe it's just that in the past ten years, she didn't have many peers to communicate with, and she happened to find frustration in him, so her pride made her sink a little bit, this explanation should be quite reasonable?

Originally, you were thinking of just having fun, since you might not see each other again in the future anyway, but she happened to help you in a very important way. If it weren't for her help, Jiang Li really couldn't think of how he could get the earring. By then, the Dark Moon Immortal should be laughing happily in his head, that bitch.

Only then did Jiang Li really look at the bamboo peach branch in front of him carefully.

Zhu Taozhi was about the same age as him, a little shorter than him, but he was quite tall, so at first glance, her legs looked excessively long, and the part of her calves under her skirt was very slender. It was just that her skirt was usually not close to her body, so the curve of her hips could not be seen. But Jiang Li still remembered the last time he hugged her waist, which was quite slender and boneless.

Going further up is her chest. Not as excessive as Bai Sheng's, nor as plump as Yue Ji's, but about the same size as Jin Bie's. At first glance, it looks a little bigger than Jin Bie's, perhaps because the tube top is tighter. Going further up is her face. Jiang Li looked at her eyes carefully.

When he looks at a person, he always likes to look at the eyes. It sounds absurd, but he is actually a little face-blind. Maybe it's because he has seen too many beautiful women. So no matter how beautiful Zhutaozhi is, it didn't leave any big waves in his heart. Maybe her beauty is like a pebble thrown into the lake, which creates a little ripple and then calms down.

There was a hint of depression in those dark eyes.

Jiang Li knew why she was depressed, and thought he could probably think of a way to make her smile, but after that smile nothing would change, and the two of them would have to part ways.

It was time to part, and Zhu Taozhi should be the one who was sad, so why was he sad? Was he sad because Zhu Taozhi was going to be sad? Jiang Li always felt a little dangerous, just like a killer couldn't be emotional. He was an emotional person. In a way, being emotional was equal to being ruthless. Now he was empathizing with others, which was not a good thing.

"After this separation, I don't know when we will meet again."

Some things have to be said, otherwise it would be awkward, so Jiang Li felt that he should speak first. Zhu Taozhi nodded slightly, and then hummed softly. In fact, she also knew that she came to see Jun Moxiao just to say goodbye to him. After saying goodbye, whether they would have the chance to meet again in the future... she didn't know.

Zhu Taozhi looked at the stone wall next to Jiang Li. She didn't know what to say. Her mind was a little confused and she felt a little annoyed. She raised her head and asked, "Will you miss me?"

This question is a good one, but Jiang Li would answer, "Do you want me to want to or not?"

So the ball was beautifully kicked back to Zhu Taozhi. Zhu Taozhi glared at him fiercely. She felt that she couldn't handle the smooth-talking Jiang Li in front of her. She hesitated for a long time and finally said, "You will miss me and I will miss you."

"Then I will secretly think of you every night before going to bed." Jiang Li chuckled at her.

"So perfunctory."

"Have you heard of a disease called lovesickness? Long-term lovesickness means long memories, short-term lovesickness means endless. If I miss you all day after returning to the sect, I can't eat or practice swordsmanship, how can I live? So isn't it good to just think about you perfunctorily?"

"The poem is good, what about the second half?"

"I have to think about it. This poem was not written by me. I don't have the talent to write poetry. I stole it from a free and easy poet down the mountain. The second half of the sentence should be... If I had known it would be so heart-wrenching, why didn't we meet in the first place?"

As soon as Jiang Li said this, Zhu Taozhi's eyes suddenly turned slightly red. She couldn't explain why, but she felt as if she was stabbed and it was so painful that she couldn't breathe.

"Miss Zhu, are you going to cry?" Jiang Li still looked unserious.

Zhu Taozhi subconsciously raised her leg and wanted to kick him, but this time her ankle was firmly grasped by Jiang Li. She had just taken off her shoes and socks and sat on the bed. At this moment, Jiang Li held her ankle like this, revealing her slender calves. This action was a bit embarrassing, but Jiang Li was not in a hurry to let go, just smiled, "Your legs are really beautiful."

The topic changed too quickly, and she cursed subconsciously, "Obscene."

"It can't be called vulgar if you look at it with appreciation, right?" Jiang Li let go of her hand, and Zhu Taozhi hurriedly retracted her legs and pulled the quilt to cover her body. Jiang Li said, "It's not a life-and-death separation, so there's no need to shed tears, right?"

"Aren't you planning on never seeing me again?"

"I didn't say that, it's just your imagination." Jiang Li said with a smile, "Could it be that Miss Zhu wants to break up with me?"

Jiang Li's words were flawless. Zhu Taozhi realized that she was not good at talking. In the past two years, she could always chatter a lot in Jiang Li's ear, but Jiang Li could never answer her. He was as stupid as a wooden head. But now she realized that when she said those words in the past, Jiang Li might have been secretly happy in his heart.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She wanted to pounce on him and bite him right now. Finally, she said angrily, "I'm not good at talking. I can't beat you."

"Miss Zhu is being modest. I think she has been particularly articulate in the past two years."

Jiang Li was laughing when he said this. Zhu Taozhi had noticed that this guy was laughing no matter he was normal or in a weird way. This kind of laughter made him especially ask for a beating. She finally couldn't help it. She opened the quilt and pounced on Jiang Li. But Jiang Li not only didn't dodge, but opened his arms like an eagle catching a chick. Then Zhu Taozhi pounced into his arms. She wanted to lower her head to bite his shoulder, but after thinking about it, she felt that he probably wouldn't feel any pain, so she bit his neck.

But she didn't dare to bite her neck too hard, so the posture became ambiguous. However, Jiang Li didn't dodge or avoid it. He gently hugged her shoulders and said softly, "Be gentle."

"What if I were to bite your throat out?"

"Blood is hot and fishy and doesn't taste good." Jiang Li still spoke gently. He patted Zhu Taozhi's back lightly, as if he was comforting a child. Zhu Taozhi didn't like the feeling of being played around with. She felt that it would be more satisfying to stab him with a sword at this moment. However, she never expected that Jiang Li stretched out his hand and pushed her cheek away. She thought Jiang Li was finally scared and just felt a little proud, but the next second his lips fell on her cheek.

"Boom."

It was a very light sound, but Zhu Taozhi felt as if her whole body was numb. Her heartbeat became so fast that she felt suffocated. She didn't know where Jiang Li got the courage to kiss her, nor did she understand why he kissed her. A thousand words seemed to flash through her head at once, but in the end she couldn't say a single word. Her cheeks were burning. She mustered up the courage to look at him, but found that he was still as gentle and smiling as ever.

You really deserve a beating!!!

Because she had pounced on him just now, Jiang Li stretched out his hand, put his palm through her armpit, and held her in his arms, but Jiang Li's actions did not stop there. He also deliberately pressed his cheek against Zhu Taozhi's cheek.

It’s so hot, I’m about to be discovered.

Unfortunately, Zhu Taozhi no longer had the chance to hide, because Jiang Li was already saying, "Miss Zhu's cheeks are so hot."

Zhu Taozhi couldn't tell whether she was shy or angry. She probably wanted to stab Jiang Li to death with a sword, but also wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it. She couldn't figure out the order of priority between the two and couldn't speak. Fortunately, Jiang Li's next words made her feel like she was suddenly poured with a basin of cold water, and she became cold again in an instant.

He said, "I won't like you, Bamboo Girl."

These words were too cruel, too harsh, and too mean, so Jiang Li had to add a few more words before Zhu Taozhi stabbed her to death with his sword.

"Of course, Miss Zhu is an excellent swordsman, extremely talented, beautiful, and has a great figure. Her family background is also absolutely a child of destiny. As I said just now, even if you are blind, although I admit that I have been attracted to Miss Zhu several times, I am a person who only has sporadic enthusiasm for everyone. When the passion rushes to the head, I will feel that I have fallen in love with someone. When the passion cools down, I want to stay away from her. So I will not like Miss Zhu. Miss Zhu deserves better."

"But people always get excited sometimes, so I kissed Miss Zhu just now. If Miss Zhu feels angry, you can stab me twice now. I will never fight back. Of course... it's best to leave me alive."

Jiang Li finally stopped laughing.

There was a sense of heartlessness in his words, but it was precisely this heartlessness that made him seem particularly sincere, even though sincerity was used in the wrong way.

Zhu Taozhi always felt that she was going to be tortured crazy by Jiang Li. How much she wanted to take out the magic sword he gave her right now, and then leave two holes in Jiang Li's body at once. But if she really took the sword and stabbed him, wouldn't she fall into his trap again?

Zhu Taozhi looked into his eyes, "Are you sure I won't stab you?"

"I am fully prepared whether Miss Zhu will stab me or not, so I didn't expect this."

"What if I don't pierce it? What are you going to do?"

Jiang Li stretched out his hand and gently supported the back of Zhu Taozhi's head, then naturally moved closer to her within her sight, and before kissing her lips, he said.

"Blood smells fishy, ​​but I think the lips of a bamboo girl should be sweet."

The moment he kissed Zhu Taozhi's lips, Zhu Taozhi felt that her world was collapsing at that moment.