Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

The confusion in Youlan's eyes disappeared for a moment. She looked at the empty xylophone over there and said calmly, "Play a song for me."

"it is good."

Jiang Li sat back next to Youlan and raised his hand. The xylophone was drawn over by the spiritual energy and spread out on the table between them. Jiang Li stroked the strings lightly with his fingertips and played a sad tune.

Although the atmosphere of this piece of music was particularly inappropriate for the banquet, his playing was so beautiful that even people who did not understand music theory were immersed in it and no one made a sound to disturb him. Until he finished playing the song and returned the piano, a shy smile appeared on his face.

"Do you like this piece of music?"

"Why does it sound... sad?"

"So you don't like it?"

"I like."

Jiang Li smiled helplessly, but his eyes were still humble, "Actually, it's better not to like it."

Youlan didn't understand what Jiang Li meant, but the banquet soon continued. The girls got up and went to the backyard, changed their clothes, and walked out again, but they kept looking in Jiang Li's direction. The interesting thing was that there was no resentment in their eyes, but jealousy towards Youlan and... desire for Jiang Li.

Women are such amazing creatures.

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Although there were some unpleasant incidents before, the banquet continued. After all, it could be regarded as a competition. Later, the women came to Jiang Li's table to toast Youlan, but they were all blocked by Jiang Li one by one. Then they asked Jiang Li if he knew how to play the drinking game? They even cast a charming look at him and changed the bet to take off a piece of clothing if he lost, and if he didn't want to take it off, he would drink a pot of wine.

Jiang Li was fighting four people at once, and he had not taken off any clothes on. However, the women on the opposite side were only left with their underwear, but they did not cover themselves at all. They were getting more and more excited as they played with Jiang Li. They drank pot after pot of wine and soon fell to the ground drunk. Youlan, on the other hand, watched for a long time and learned how to play. She reached out and gently pulled Jiang Li's arm, "You play with me."

"That's too bullying." Jiang Li winked at her.

Youlan looked at him stubbornly, so Jiang Li played a few rounds with her and added some water. He drank two pots of wine, while Youlan had already drunk four pots of wine. Even the wine soaked her dress. Jiang Li took off his robe and put it on her. Youlan's eyes showed a bit of drunkenness, and then her body fell limp in his arms.

Jiang Li hugged him gently, looking at the dim lights in front of him and the gradually lively crowd. A few women stood up and wanted to play a round or two with him. He did not refuse, but just continued to sit like an old monk, not looking drunk at all.

He has always been a good drinker.

When the time was right, Jiang Li picked Youlan up by the waist, holding her back with one hand and her knees with the other, and led her out of the hall. Youlan opened her eyes dazedly and heard him say softly, "Hold my neck."

She obediently stretched out her hands and hugged Jiang Li's neck tightly, waiting to reach the gate of her courtyard. Under the light and shadow of the fluorite, Jiang Li was about to put her down, but saw her raise her head slightly and pecked his cheek lightly.

Jiang Li was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why are you kissing me?"

"You performed well today, so here's a reward for you."

"I just hope you don't think of punishing me with that whip."

"If you hadn't told me I would have forgotten. Where's my whip?"

"Confiscated."

"Give it back."

"No."

"How dare you disobey?"

"I'll return it to you next time. I'll keep it for you for two days." Jiang Li saw that Youlan seemed to want to continue pestering him, so he lowered his head and kissed her forehead gently. Youlan was stunned for a moment and became silent. Then Jiang Li held her and walked towards the bathtub.

He gently placed Youlan in the bathtub, and then Jiang Li began to take off her clothes that were soaked in wine. Her porcelain-white body seemed to be shining in the moonlight.

"Don't... touch me."

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to you." Jiang Li said softly, throwing the veil on her body aside. The water in the bathtub was a little cold. Youlan's body was soaked in the water, and Jiang Li also took off his clothes very calmly and stepped into the bathtub.

They both soaked in the bathtub, the moonlight fell into each other's eyes, the shadows of the trees beside the bathtub swayed, Youlan's head seemed a little dizzy, she whispered, "You must hate me, right?"

"Ok?"

"If it weren't for me, at your age, with your cultivation, physique, and swordsmanship, you would have a great future in the entire Central Plains, instead of hiding behind me and just obeying my orders."

"I can't say I hate you." Jiang Li shrugged innocently, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

Youlan looked at the slightly rippling lake surface and hesitated for several seconds, as if she had finally made a decision. She turned her head to look at Jiang Li, who seemed to have a half-smile on his face.

"If you behave yourself, I'll let you go after a year."

"Why do you suddenly want to let me go?"

"I think... you will definitely get tired of it after a year. It won't be a bad idea to set you free then. Don't you think all evil cultivators are full of evil? I will be merciful to you for once."

She said it very seriously. Jiang Li looked into her beautiful eyes. After a moment, he smiled helplessly, "After I met you, I also thought a lot, and then I slowly realized one thing."

"what?"

"There must be a saint in this world who hates evil, wants to establish a heart for heaven and earth, lives for the people, and takes it as his responsibility to save the world from suffering, but that saint is definitely not me. My little compassion will only be touched when I see it."

Jiang Li has thought a lot these past two days. If it weren't for Jiang Chuyue's matter, he would never have come to the Blood Soul Sect. Even though he knew that he had the power to take away Youhuang's head, it had nothing to do with him, so there was naturally no need for him to put himself in danger.

He has always been an egoist.

"Can't understand."

"You don't understand, and there's no need to understand. I really don't hate you, but it won't be long before you start hating me."

"what?"

"It's okay." Jiang Li avoided the topic again. Youlan's head was dizzy and she didn't react. The two seemed to have nothing to say. After a long while, Youlan slowly spoke, "Should evil cultivators really be intolerable to heaven and earth?"

"It's not the heaven and earth that don't tolerate evil practitioners, it's humans." Jiang Li shrugged.

"why?"

"You know the reason, why are you asking why?"

"I'm... a little confused."

"The evil cultivators rely on plundering people to cultivate. You can say that those people are ants and cannot cultivate, but they are all living people. They have the same thoughts as you, can speak, cry and laugh, and have their own relatives. The blood soul beads you use for cultivation may be just a number to you. This number represents how many people have been sacrificed, but to those who died, the number in it represents their entire life. They have never been wrong. Being weak does not mean that they should be eaten. They just want to live."

"This world doesn't care whether you are an evil cultivator or not, what methods you use to cultivate, or how many people you kill. If you break through to the level of a saint and comprehend the laws, you will naturally stop devouring mortals. But over the years, there are still more righteous cultivators and fewer evil cultivators. Do you know why?"

Youlan shook her head.

"Because there are too many evil cultivators, there will be nothing to eat, and the cultivators will devour each other, and eventually destroy themselves." Jiang Li said this and laughed at himself, "I may not be right, but for me, I just need to do what I think is right. Why should I empathize with others and experience their suffering? Anyway, it has nothing to do with me. The more I think about it, the more trouble I will suffer."

"Take a bath and go to bed early." Jiang Li said calmly.

Youlan felt a little cold. She stretched out her arms towards Jiang Li and said, "Come and wash me."

Jiang Li walked to her side helplessly, watching the water flow across her fair and slender collarbone. He washed Youlan's body. Youlan got up from the bathtub and changed into a nightgown, while Jiang Li changed into a simple long gown and walked to the tree in the courtyard.

Youlan returned to the door of the room, but her steps were still a little stumbling. She hesitated for a long time, then turned around and looked at Jiang Li who was leaning against the tree. He had closed his eyes.

She just stared at him for a long time before finally speaking, "Do you... want to come in and sleep?"

Jiang Li slowly opened his eyes, looked at her blank eyes, and shook his head, "No, you should have a good rest."

Jiang Li's refusal made the previous gentleness on Youlan's face disappear again, and her eyes seemed to become cold and contemptuous again, "You don't know what's good for you."

Jiang Li just smiled and closed his eyes.

The sound of Youlan's door closing rang in his ears, and Jiang Li once again pinched a white butterfly out of white paper. The white butterfly flew across the hilltop and into the dungeon again.

Chapter 248: Chapter : Uneasy

This was the second time Jiang Li saw Jiang Huanyang in the Blood Soul Sect.

Compared to the last time they met, Jiang Huanyang had not changed at all. He curled up in the corner like a mouse in the shadows. To be more precise, he was more like a wounded mouse. But no one could save him at this moment. He could only curl up in the shadows and watch his wounds rot bit by bit.

"Brother Jiang, I'm here to see you again."

Jiang Huanyang slowly raised his head and looked at the white butterfly. The difference from last time was that this time the white butterfly had a storage ring on its head. Jiang Huanyang's voice was hoarse, "What are you doing here again?"

Compared to the last time they met, Jiang Huanyang's voice became much colder. Perhaps his despair had sunk to the bottom and he was now on the verge of collapse.

"I need Brother Jiang to help me do something." Jiang Li said slowly.

"doing what?"

"Jiang Xing is Brother Jiang's father. I can't make Brother Jiang stand on my side, but You Huang is not. You Huang is the leader of the Blood Soul Sect and an evil cultivator who everyone wants to kill. In two days, the Blood Soul Sect will hold a rally. At that time, all the elders will be present to open the Blood Soul Sect's defense formation and use it temporarily to refine higher-level Blood God Pearls. At that time, the defense formation can no longer be activated. At that time, it will be the best time for me to take action. I need Brother Jiang to help me contain those fusion-stage cultivators."

The hope that had just ignited in Jiang Huanyang's eyes was extinguished again. He laughed at himself, "I have practiced for more than 20 years, and now my cultivation is only at the first level of the Spiritualization Realm. How do you want me to restrain you?"

"Let me ask you a question first. Does Brother Jiang have a sweetheart?"

This question was particularly abrupt, but Jiang Huanyang had no reason to hesitate. He shook his head and said, "Never."

"Two days later, I will come to see Brother Jiang again. At that time, I will provide Brother Jiang with a spiritual medicine that can allow you to enter the tenth level of fusion within one stick of incense. The only side effect of this spiritual medicine is that it will make Brother Jiang forget his sweetheart. If Brother Jiang doesn't have it, then naturally there is no need to worry about this matter."

"The storage ring on this paper butterfly contains all my formation experience over the years. Brother Jiang can use these two days to comprehend it, so as to avoid reaching the tenth level of fusion when the time comes, but not being able to use the power of cultivation. I have already investigated the Blood Soul Sect, and the highest level of cultivation is only the seventh level of fusion. What Brother Jiang needs to do then is to help me contain them."

"When the time comes, I will kill Youhuang and take Brother Jiang away from the Blood Spirit Sect. After we leave, no matter which side Brother Jiang chooses to stand on in the future or what he wants to do, that will be a matter for the future. I just hope that during this period of time, we can cooperate and kill Youhuang first."

Jiang Huanyang raised his head, and there seemed to be a faint light in his eyes, but that light was not enough to illuminate the confusion in his eyes. He slowly asked, "Why are you sure that I will help you?"

"Because I did it for Jiang Chuyue. I told myself that I would save her."

"You and Chu Yue have only been together for less than a month. Why would you... do so much for her?"

"In fact, I was also very hesitant at the beginning." Jiang Li couldn't help but sighed, "After all, I don't lack beautiful girls around me, why should I cause so much trouble for Jiang Chuyue? After all, it is the strongest sect among the three major sects in Zhongzhou. I hesitated and hesitated, and she also advised me not to be stupid and didn't want me to put myself in danger. She felt that her life was good like this. At least she had a brother who doted on her and someone she loved, so she no longer felt regretful. But at that time, I suddenly felt angry in my heart. What I hate most in my life is the so-called theory of destiny. Nothing can't be changed, so I decided to save her at that time."

"Even if I make a decision, I may not be able to do it. But if I don't try, I can't do anything. I just need to give it my all." Jiang Li finished speaking, "Two days later, before the conference, I will come to you and give you the spiritual medicine."

Jiang Huanyang was still a little dazed. He reached out and gently took off the storage ring on the paper butterfly. He looked at the white butterfly swaying its wings in the dark and said, "Okay."

"See you in two days, Brother Jiang."

The white butterfly burned in the darkness and eventually turned into ashes.

But the residual heat released by the burning fire seems to still remain in the darkness.

Jiang Huanyang took out Jiang Li's book on formations and began to read it.

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The next morning.

Jiang Li leaned against a tree, waiting for Youlan's door to open. However, Youlan seemed to have slept a little longer today, and the breakfast that was delivered to her was already cold. She had not gotten up yet. Jiang Li ate his breakfast silently. When the sun was high in the sky, Youlan's door finally opened. She was still wearing the black nightgown she wore yesterday, revealing her long, snow-white legs under the hem. Her bare white feet were stepping on the ground, and she was stretching lazily with lazy eyes.

"Morning." Jiang Li said softly.

It seemed that he had given Youlan enough face at the banquet yesterday, so Youlan was much gentler to him after getting drunk. At this moment, Youlan's eyes turned back to that cold look, but the first thing she said was, "I was not drunk last night. I remember everything I said, and it all counts."

But Jiang Li's face did not show the joy that Youlan had expected. His expression was still so calm, so calm that she always wanted to see him angry and frustrated.

"The breakfast is cold." Jiang Li pointed at the breakfast on the table.

"Just don't eat it."

"Do you like noodles? I can cook noodles for you."

Youlan was startled for a moment, then nodded casually, "Then you go get ready, I'll go wash up."

There was naturally a stove in this courtyard, but it had obviously been abandoned for a long time. Jiang Li discovered something interesting. The banquets of these evil cultivators always had many delicacies and fine wines, but the gatherings of righteous cultivators usually only had some wine, spiritual fruits, and they mostly did not eat the things that ordinary people ate.

Jiang Li finished cooking the noodles, but Youlan hadn't come out yet. He walked into Youlan's room and looked at Youlan sitting in front of the mirror, trying hard to play with her hair, but a few extra strands of hair appeared. He smiled helplessly, walked behind her and started to braid her hair.

"It's not difficult actually. I'll teach you." Jiang Li said softly.

"Since you are so good at it, just edit it for me every day from now on."

"Maybe you'll need it in the future. Let me teach you. This hairstyle is called a lily bun. Your facial features are rather cold, so this slightly coquettish hairstyle is very suitable for you. It will make you look much gentler."

Jiang Li braided her hair and said, "I don't think I've ever seen you wear any jewelry?"

"do not like."

"What girl doesn't like jewelry? Maybe you just don't think these styles from Huo Luo Country are good-looking. Take a look at these and which one do you like?" Several small earrings appeared in Jiang Li's hands, all of which were particularly delicate and exquisite. Youlan was dazzled for a moment and didn't know which one to choose. Jiang Li waited quietly. Finally, she chose a silver earring, and Jiang Li took the rest back.

"I want them all." She did not hide her little desire at all. Jiang Li was not stingy either. He took out all the earrings he had just shown her and placed them in her palm.

"They are just some worthless little things, just as long as you like them."

Jiang Li put the earrings on for her. Youlan looked at herself in the mirror, and the corners of her lips curled up unconsciously. She didn't know why she was smiling. At this time, Jiang Li had already held her hand and said, "Come out and eat noodles quickly. It won't taste good if you're late."

Youlan sat at the table and looked at the noodles in front of her. "Why do you have these things with you?"

"I explore secret places all year round, and sometimes when I feel hungry, I will make some delicious food for myself, so I carry seasonings and kitchen utensils with me."

Jiang Li actually seldom used the storage ring. Although he had one on his hand, it was to conceal his identity. He took things out from the system backpack. This was one of the few places where he felt the system was practical. The grids in his system backpack were almost unlimited and did not require any points to open. His system did not have the concept of points either.

After breakfast, they started the morning sword practice. This time, Jiang Li patiently explained to Youlan the areas where she could improve her sword skills. He spoke very gently. Youlan listened carefully and practiced with Jiang Li in the courtyard. Before they knew it, it was afternoon. Youlan was exhausted, but her eyes were particularly bright.

"Let's stop here today. It's time to take a bath. Come and play chess with me later." Youlan stretched and walked towards the bathtub. After taking a few steps, she turned back and looked at Jiang Li, "Come too."