Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

"Why?" Jiang Li looked up at her.

"I envied her and hated everything about her at the same time."

Jiang Li didn't understand. He looked at Zhu Qiutang in front of him. Zhu Qiutang's eyes were slightly gloomy. The evening breeze blew across her cheeks, ruffling her hair. Looking at Jiang Li's puzzled eyes, she laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Shouldn't I be jealous of her?"

"I don't understand something."

"Since she was born, her luck has been hundreds of times better than mine. Anyone who gets close to her will also gain some luck, so she is truly the princess of the Northern Territory who is the center of attention. As for me, my luck was so bad when I was young that anyone who gets close to me would also suffer some bad luck."

"Do you understand how it feels to be ignored by everyone? Even if Zhu Taozhi comes to comfort me and smiles at me, should I smile at her as well? She and I were both hatched from the same egg, so why can she gain the care and favor of others without any effort?"

"Just like you said, my swordsmanship is better than hers, not because I work harder than her, but because if I slack off even a little, I might die in an accident in the future. It's like an invisible hand is squeezing my heart. At this time, you want me to look at her carefree, innocent and lovely appearance. Should I just let go and play with her?"

Jiang Li was silent for a long time.

At this time he couldn't say anything to comfort others. If he advised others to be magnanimous, he would be struck by lightning.

In the past, Jiang Li really didn’t believe that there was such a thing as destiny in this world, but Zhu Taozhi’s good fortune did make him extremely envious. On the other hand, the bad luck that Zhu Qiutang had encountered in the past must have made her feel breathless over the years.

"I understand." Jiang Li nodded slightly.

"I thought you were going to persuade me to be more magnanimous. Now you should be laughing at my narrow-mindedness in your heart, right?" Zhu Qiutang turned her face away, and Jiang Li just silently filled her tea. He sighed helplessly, "How many true saints are there in this world? This is understandable."

Zhu Qiutang turned her head, her eyelashes trembling slightly, "Thank you."

"It's just a small matter." Jiang Li shook his head. After a moment, Zhu Qiutang asked, "Have you also opened Taozhi's acupoints?"

"No, I forgot."

"When I first met you, I thought you were a scumbag who was trying to trick her, so I was arrogant towards you. I'm sorry."

"It's understandable that you think so, but it also shows that you still care about her after all." Jiang Li blinked at Zhu Qiutang in front of him, and then said, "She and I are not the kind of relationship you think."

"She seems to be interested in you."

"Water is merciless." Jiang Li answered calmly, which made Zhu Qiutang confused. "What's wrong with peach branches?"

"what?"

"If she likes you, then you have the chance to be her husband. In the future, she will most likely be the one who inherits the throne of the Northern Territory. I really can't think of a reason for you to reject her."

"If you like her just because of these, then liking her is too cheap and boring. Besides, I prefer freedom."

"But you are a man."

"What's wrong with the man?"

"Are you really not attracted by her appearance?"

"If I am attracted to her because she is beautiful, and you look exactly like her, then shouldn't I be attracted to you too?" Jiang Li smiled happily. Zhu Qiutang raised the corners of her lips after hearing this.

Her eyes were as gentle as water ripples, revealing a natural and lazy attitude, "You made me so itchy just now."

Everyone's words have a purpose, especially women's words. When such a sentence comes out of nowhere, there is always some subtext. Jiang Li glanced at her, then stood up and came behind her. Zhu Qiutang did not turn her head until Jiang Li put his hand on her shoulder. She asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Li's expression was of course serious. "Your body has just expelled the power of thunder, and it needs more nourishment. It just so happens that I have learned some massage techniques, which can help you to warm up your body."

Zhu Qiutang looked straight ahead, "Weren't you acting like men and women shouldn't touch each other before?"

Jiang Li bent down slightly and put his lips close to her ear, "Do you mind?"

Zhu Qiutang didn't say anything for several seconds, and Jiang Li's fingertips on her shoulders also exerted a little force. Zhu Qiutang narrowed her eyes slightly. The sudden stimulation made her arch her waist like a cat. Jiang Li's technique was very good and the massage made her feel very comfortable.

Jiang Li didn't say anything, but just silently pinched her shoulders, and gradually moved his hand to her arm. His movements were gentle and delicate. Zhu Qiutang felt that her body had softened a lot. She couldn't help but turn her head to look at Jiang Li, and her eyes happened to meet Jiang Li's. Jiang Li's eyes showed no sign of dodging, and after a moment, she hurriedly looked away.

After massaging her arms, Jiang Li's hands naturally moved to her ribs, and then his fingertips touched her back and waist. Zhu Qiutang couldn't help but gasp softly, and Jiang Li said softly, "Just relax."

Jiang Li continued to massage her for a long time. When he took his hand back, Zhu Qiutang had not yet come to her senses. She lay limply on the table, like a lamb to be slaughtered.

Jiang Li came and sat down opposite her. Zhu Qiutang raised her head slightly and squinted her eyes. "Did you press any other place?"

"That's not good." Jiang Li replied with a smile.

...Don't think I don't know that if I say I'll massage your legs again you'll immediately become alert. Don't try to trick me into taking the bait!

Jiang Li directly eliminated the possibility of Zhu Qiutang pulling him back. Sometimes it is better to stop doing bad things in time. The bottom line needs to be broken little by little, not hit rock bottom all at once.

Wait, Jiang Xiaoli, what are you doing?

Jiang Li suddenly felt a little guilty, as if a strange idea popped up in his head again, so he felt that he should go to bed early at this moment. He stood up and said, "Miss Qiutang, go to bed early. When the sun comes out, we will reach Wanhua Valley."

"Yeah." Zhu Qiutang responded softly. She was still lying on the table, watching Jiang Li turn around and walk towards Zhu Taozhi's room. She was stunned for a moment, watching Jiang Li open the door of Zhu Taozhi's room and walk in. She suddenly felt as if her heart was stabbed, and her nose was inexplicably sour.

what the hell.

It turns out that his kindness to you is just out of love for your family.

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In the room, Zhu Taozhi was awakened by the sound of Jiang Li opening the door. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Jiang Li coming over. She moved and gave half of the bed to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li naturally lay down on it, and then Zhu Taozhi unexpectedly came up to him actively, raised her legs to hook around his body, and buried her cheek in his shoulder, "Why did you come so late?"

"I talked to your sister for a while."

"She is a bad woman. You can't get too close to her. Be careful or she will be eaten by others without leaving any bones."

"it is good."

Jiang Li found what Zhu Taozhi said a little funny. He lowered his head and kissed Zhu Taozhi's forehead gently, "Go back to sleep. I'll call you tomorrow morning."

Zhu Taozhi moved her body again, and then closed her eyes peacefully. Jiang Li looked at the ceiling, but he didn't fall asleep for a long time. He was a person with intermittent insomnia. Anyway, it didn't matter whether a cultivator slept or not. Most of the time, they were resting their minds when they slept. The spiritual energy in their bodies circulated on its own and would automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Not long after, Jiang Li heard the rustling sound of rain, and it seemed to be raining outside the window.

The sky gradually brightened. Zhu Taozhi's sleeping posture was not very elegant, but she was sleeping soundly. Jiang Li covered her with the quilt twice. When it was almost dawn, he quietly got up from the bed and went to the deck to watch the rain and feel the breeze, but he found that there was someone sitting under the eaves.

Zhu Qiutang sat there quietly, looking at the drizzle in front of her. She was still wearing the same dress as last night. Under the gloomy light, her snow-white waist and slender legs formed a particularly pleasing picture. Jiang Li walked to her side and moved a chair, "You didn't sleep?"

"No." Zhu Qiutang was silent for a while. "I couldn't sleep, so I thought of going out to take a look. It shouldn't have rained, but when I went with you guys, it started to rain."

Zhu Qiutang said this in a self-deprecating manner, but Jiang Li naturally took out a candy from somewhere and handed it to Zhu Qiutang.

"It's fun to enjoy the flowers in the rain, isn't it?"

Zhu Qiutang looked down at the candy in her hand, tore open the candy wrapper and put it into her mouth, feeling the sweetness gradually spreading in her mouth. In the end, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at Jiang Li, who was staring at the rain in front of him in a daze.

Noticing Zhu Qiutang's gaze, Jiang Li turned his head, smiled gently at her and murmured.

“I like rainy days.”

Chapter 155: Chapter Misfortune

The rain came so suddenly.

The sudden rain made the air more moist and cool, especially in the early morning. The spirit boat was traveling through the clouds. The raindrops looked a bit gray against the dark clouds. Zhu Qiutang looked at the dense rain in front of her. After a long time, she lowered her head and whispered, "What's good about rain?"

"It's interesting precisely because it's uncommon." Jiang Li prepared something to eat. He took out his pots and pans as usual and cooked a pot of plain noodles. After it was cooked, he went to call Zhu Taozhi. Zhu Taozhi woke up rubbing her eyes and came to the deck only to find that it was raining. The three of them sat under the eaves and ate noodles.

The Valley of Flowers is almost here.

The Wanhua Valley in Zhongzhou is the most magnificent landscape. It is rumored that every flower in the Wanhua Valley was planted by a saint who particularly loved flowers and plants in the past. They will bloom at this time every year, and after just a week of blooming, they will wither one after another.

Half an hour later, the spirit boat arrived at the Wanhua Valley. Jiang Li lowered the spirit boat, and the three of them came to a canyon. He had been to the Wanhua Valley once before, also with a woman, but now when he was asked to recall the name of that senior sister, he could not remember it clearly.

The flowers of various colors in front of you are vying for beauty and are colorful. There are also many cultivators here. After all, every year when the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers is in full bloom, the spiritual energy becomes particularly rich, which is also a good place for cultivation.

The scenery in front of them was indeed spectacular and romantic. Zhu Taozhi walked beside the flowers, lowered her head and sniffed the fragrance of the flowers, like a butterfly flying among the flowers. Zhu Qiutang just followed Jiang Li silently. Her eyes were calm, and there was no joy blooming in her eyes.

Jiang Li picked up a bamboo umbrella, opened it, and held it over his and Zhu Qiutang's heads.

Zhu Qiutang glanced at him with slight confusion, but Jiang Li's expression was calm.

The bamboo and peach branches in front of her had already run far away. She turned around and said to Jiang Li, "I'm going to find the most beautiful flower. Come here quickly."

Jiang Li said, "You go first, I'll come over later."

Zhu Taozhi glanced at him dimly, then turned around and hurried away. Zhu Qiutang and Jiang Li walked slowly along the edge of the Valley of Flowers. Zhu Qiutang couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you worried that she'll be angry with you?"

"As I said, we are indeed good friends, so there is no need to worry about her getting jealous."

Zhu Qiutang looked at Jiang Li deeply and remained silent.

Raindrops made rustling sounds when they fell on the umbrella. The two walked slowly, but there were fewer and fewer people around them. It might be because the spiritual energy in the direction they were walking was not so abundant, but the flowers were blooming brilliantly. The thing that was most abundant in this Valley of Flowers was flowers. Jiang Li gradually felt dazzled.

The rain gradually became lighter, with only a few slanting raindrops left. Jiang Li put away the umbrella and gently touched Zhu Qiutang's hand. Zhu Qiutang turned around and looked at Jiang Li with empty hands, then held his hand out to her.

"I'll give you a bunch of flowers."

Zhu Qiutang tilted his head slightly, "Are you going to perform some childish trick for me?"

"Not really." Jiang Li looked at her with a smile, "I saw that you didn't look very happy, so I gave you a bouquet of flowers."

"No matter how beautiful a flower is, it will eventually wither. If it will wither sooner or later, what's the point of it blooming?" Zhu Qiutang's eyes were silent, and then she asked, "So, where are the flowers you sent?"

Jiang Li had nothing in his hands. "One must feel happy before seeing flowers."

Zhu Qiutang was stunned for a few seconds, and she couldn't help but said coldly, "Boring."

As she said this indifferently, she couldn't help but curl up the corners of her lips. The two continued to walk deeper into the sea of ​​flowers. There was no road in the sea of ​​flowers, and the roads were complicated. Fortunately, they had no purpose and just walked forward based on their feelings. Perhaps because of the rain, Jiang Li vaguely felt that the fog around them seemed to be getting thicker and thicker.

"Why is it foggy?" Jiang Li murmured in a low voice. The fog around them was so thick that people could not be seen ten meters away. Zhu Qiutang was silent for a while, "I have a bad feeling."

"what?"

"Whenever I come across a paradise similar to a secret realm, or a place with abundant spiritual energy, I always encounter some bad luck." She said softly, subconsciously picking up the sound transmission jade and calling the two Mahayana period priests who were following not far behind them, but the next second, she was stunned.

"My sound transmission jade is ineffective."

Jiang Li was also stunned for a moment. He tried to use his soul to sense this area, but found that his soul could not penetrate out of the fog. Even his spiritual energy could not get out of this thick fog.

"Hiss." Jiang Li scratched his head. He was not panicked. Zhu Qiutang seemed calmer than him. She calmly said her suggestion, "Should we go back the same way? Or should we continue forward?"

"I have a poor sense of direction." Jiang Li's mouth twitched involuntarily. He tried to fly up on his sword and get into the sky first, but he was unexpectedly pressed down by a ruthless force after only a few meters and returned to the flower field.

"Flying a sword won't work either."

Zhu Qiutang was silent for a moment, then gave her suggestion, "Go forward?"

"Okay, let's go forward." Jiang Li suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhu Qiutang's hand. Zhu Qiutang looked at him, and Jiang Li said gently, "It's foggy, be careful not to get separated. It will be more troublesome if you get separated."

Zhu Qiutang responded softly.

Jiang Li held her hand tightly and continued to walk forward. The thick fog around them did not get worse. The flowers along the road gradually turned purple. Jiang Li watched the flowers swaying gently. The further he walked, the higher the grade of the flowers became. Jiang Li suddenly remembered this incident and said to Zhu Qiutang, "Most of the flowers in the Wanhua Valley are just ordinary flowers and plants. They have only been nourished by spiritual energy and gained some fairy spirit. But it is rumored that there were also very high-grade spiritual flowers in the Wanhua Valley. If you encounter them, you have the right to pick them. Each cultivator can only pick one flower from the Wanhua Valley every year. If you pick too many, you will be punished by the prohibition of the Wanhua Valley."

The two walked like this for nearly twenty minutes. Every flower on the roadside was of the ground level. The further they went, the sparser the flowers became, and the thicker the fog around them became, until they could hardly see anything even one meter away. The fog suddenly intensified, as if it was about to envelop Jiang Li and Zhu Qiutang completely.

Jiang Li held Zhu Qiutang's hand tightly and recited softly.

"I'm here, don't be afraid."

"I'm fine." Zhu Qiutang's voice sounded a little awkward.

She was not used to the feeling of being cared for, which made her feel particularly uncomfortable, but the hand holding her at this moment made her feel very warm.

Until the fog completely enveloped the two of them, there was only a thick fog in front of Jiang Li and he could not see anything. Fortunately, the hand he was holding still felt real. Jiang Li had vaguely felt that something was going to happen, but at the moment he could not think of any solution.

Zhu Qiutang was very calm. She stood there quietly, and the two of them stopped moving forward. After about half an incense stick of time, the thick fog suddenly dissipated as if blown away by the wind, and the two of them could finally see everything in front of them clearly.

In front of me is a sea of ​​purple flowers.

The sky was still gloomy and it began to drizzle again, and a voice sounded in the ears of Jiang Li and Zhu Qiutang at the same time.

"Welcome to my world."

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In front of the two people's sight was a hazy shadow. Jiang Li and Zhu Qiutang heard a female voice, which was distant and cold. Jiang Li and Zhu Qiutang looked forward.

"Senior is...?" Jiang Li asked first.

"Ziyou." The female voice responded to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li searched through his memories and soon figured it out. He explained to Zhu Qiutang, "Zi You is the female saint who planted the spiritual flowers in the Wanhua Valley. She passed away thousands of years ago. What she left behind may just be a shadow. It is said that Master Zi You has a gentle temperament. I think what we encountered may not be a bad thing."

Jiang Li looked at the shadow in front of him and asked, "I wonder why you brought us here?"

"I didn't send you two here, but you came to my world by accident. No one has set foot here for thousands of years. It is your good fortune that you can come here."

"But before that, I want to ask you one thing. Are you two a Taoist couple? The good fortune I left behind was originally prepared for a Taoist couple. If you are a Taoist couple, I will give you this opportunity. If you are not, then you will not have the chance to receive this gift from me."

Jiang Li's fingertips gently hooked Zhu Qiutang's hand, but Zhu Qiutang still sent a message to him, "I don't believe that my luck will encounter such a thing again."