Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

Under the dim moonlight, Jun Wen Ning's face seemed to turn a little pale. It was clear that this attack would not cause any harm to her, but her body seemed to be frozen.

So Jiang Li did not draw his sword again, but just stood opposite her and looked at her. Jun Wen Ning slowly turned her head and her eyes fell on his face. The whole dark world suddenly brightened up for a moment. It was the thunder flashing in the sky. At this moment, Jiang Li also saw Jun Wen Ning's face clearly. Her eyes were filled with confusion, as if there was a deep fog, and perhaps a little fear.

"It's thundering." she said suddenly.

"Yes, it's going to rain. You seem a little unwell. Do you want to take a rest? Sword practice can't be rushed..."

"It's thundering... It's thundering..." Jun Wen Ning just kept repeating this sentence. Jiang Li saw her lips trembling and her face turning extremely pale. He couldn't help but be confused, "Are you afraid of thunder?"

There was only fear in Jun Wen Ning's eyes. After the thunder, heavy rain fell in an instant. Jiang Li's spiritual energy was completely used up at this moment, and he couldn't squeeze out a single bit of it. He found an umbrella from the storage space, came in front of Jun Wen Ning, and held the umbrella over her head. Jun Wen Ning's body was still shaking uncontrollably. She did not answer Jiang Li's question, and her lips were moving slightly, as if she was saying something vaguely.

Jiang Li moved closer and finally heard clearly that she was repeating the same sentence.

"It's not me... It's not me who chose to come into... This world..."

Jiang Li frowned slightly, not understanding what Jun Wenning meant. But Jun Wenning seemed to be possessed at the moment. Seeing that the rain was getting heavier, the bamboo umbrella in his hand became a little difficult to hold. He tried to gently grab Jun Wenning's shoulders and shook him, saying, "The rain is getting heavier, let's go back to the house first."

But Jun Wen Ning was still muttering to herself. Jiang Li grabbed her wrist and tried to lead her out of the rain, but she didn't move. It didn't matter if she got wet in the rain, but Jiang Li always felt that it was not good to leave her here, so he just stood here. The rain was so heavy that the fragile bamboo umbrella couldn't block it. Some raindrops fell on Jun Wen Ning's body. Fortunately, Jiang Li's spiritual energy recovered quickly, and he easily blocked the rain with a flick of his finger.

Her clothes had been slightly soaked by the raindrops and were tightly attached to her body. The fluorite light had not yet lit up and the moonlight had disappeared. The courtyard was as dark as ink. Another thunder rang in her ears, and Jun Wen Ning's body was shaking even more violently. Jiang Li looked at the water stains on her cheeks, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether they were water stains or tears. But this would not be the end. Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, stretched out his hands and picked her up. Unexpectedly, Jun Wen Ning did not resist at all, and just let him carry her back to the room. The door was closed by Jiang Li, who had put a soundproofing sticker on the door, blocking out all the sounds of rain in the room, and everything became extremely quiet again.

Jun Wen Ning was placed on a chair by him, and she sat there, her wet hair still dripping with water. Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, then took a handkerchief and wiped her cheek. The fluorite in the room was lit, but he did not dare to linger his gaze on her for too long, because her clothes had become slightly transparent due to being soaked, and the color of her undergarment and the outline of her body were clearly visible.

She looked frightened. After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Li took out his zither and played a piece of music to soothe her mind. This was also what he learned from Ling Wei in his memory. It had the effect of calming the mind and concentrating the spirit. Gradually, Jun Wenning's eyes gradually regained clarity. When Jiang Li's music ended, her voice rang out, "I... I'm fine."

Jiang Li finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at her, "What happened to you just now?"

"Hearing the thunder...brought back some bad memories."

"Bad memories?"

"Nothing." Jun Wen Ning shook his head, but did not continue. Jiang Li's curiosity was not satisfied yet, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Every time there is thunder... do you become like this?"

"If the weather is not right, I will hide in advance... I didn't pay attention to these when I was arguing with you just now."

It's a really strange problem.

Jiang Li became even more curious about this. In his memory, when he and Ling Wei traveled to the upper realm before, they had seen many cultivators with inexplicable illnesses. Ling Wei was the most outstanding doctor in the world and had cured many strange diseases, but this was the first time he had seen someone like Jun Wen Ning. How come he looked like he had lost his soul when there was thunder?

This was probably a mental illness, perhaps related to her past memories. Jiang Li was about to say something, but Jun Wen Ning suddenly said, "I'm fine."

Her voice was clear and her eyes were fixed on Jiang Li, as if she didn't want him to continue talking, so Jiang Li had no choice but to stop asking and just said, "I'm glad you're okay."

"Thank you for playing the piano for me. That piece of music is beautiful."

"It's okay, just a quiet little song."

"Can I... learn?"

Jun Wen Ning looked into his eyes.

Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, "Okay."

There was nothing difficult about this piece of music. The score was created by Ling Wei before and contained some rules of melody. It had a certain effect on clearing the mind. The piano was placed on the table and Jiang Li played it for Jun Wenning. Jun Wenning came to the place where he had sat before and played it the same way Jiang Li played it.

It only took her one try to learn the music score. It seems that she has a talent for playing the piano.

"No." Jun Wen Ning suddenly said, "I played it wrong."

"The notes you play are all correct." Jiang Li said, "But your heart cannot calm down."

"Yes... Can you play it for me again?"

"it is good."

Jiang Li couldn't explain what he felt right now. Looking at Jun Wen Ning's slightly pale face in front of him, he felt a bit of inexplicable pity in his heart, but he shouldn't have pity. There were only a dozen days left before he and Jun Wen Ning would fight to the death in the secret realm. Even in today's sword fight, he had already planted the second chain of solutions in Jun Wen Ning's body.

But now the Jun Wen Ning in front of him looked like a frightened and helpless little girl, which made people feel inexplicably pity for her.

Jiang Li played the song again, and Jun Wen Ning listened quietly on the side, with water dripping from her hair. After Jiang Li finished playing the song, he reached out and touched her left shoulder, using a little spiritual energy to evaporate the water on her body. Jun Wen Ning came back to her senses, lowered her head slightly, and said thank you softly.

"Small things."

Jun Wenning looked into his eyes and suddenly asked, "Are you and Bai Sheng a good Taoist couple?"

Jiang Li was startled and replied, "We are a Taoist couple who have agreed to stay together for life."

"You and she love each other, right?"

"of course."

"So...what is love?" Jun Wen Ning looked at him and asked.

"It can be nothing or it can be everything. Everyone has their own answer. When she and I are with each other, we feel at peace in our hearts. This is love."

But there was only confusion in Jun Wen Ning's eyes.

"Why are you asking this suddenly?" Jiang Li asked.

"I don't understand... I want to understand... but I just can't understand..."

Jun Wen Ning's eyes were dazed for a moment again. At this moment, what she saw was not Jiang Li, but some fragmented images.

Her Eye of True Vision can not only peek into the future, but also into the past.

From birth, she has all the memories from her childhood to the present.

"The day I was born...it was also a rainy day..."

Jun Wen Ning suddenly muttered.

Twenty years ago, heavy rain enveloped the entire Burning Snow Region, with bursts of thunder and flashes of lightning in the night sky, as if a Divine Lord had broken through the realm and passed the tribulation. However, it was clear that no one had entered the Divine Lord realm that day, but that day... was also the day she was born.

She remembered the pale-faced woman who held her in her arms at that time. She hadn't opened her eyes yet, but she had seen everything.

She seemed to hear the woman's soft whisper.

It seemed like a confession before death, and it also seemed to carry a bit of sadness.

"Mother...I'm sorry..."

She was willing to be born. She threw herself into the fire, using her life, her blood... to exchange for her birth.

But at the last moment, when she saw the man snatch the girl from her arms and looked at her without any tenderness, regret seemed to arise in her eyes again.

"Jun Xian...she is my daughter."

"She's mine, you're just a vessel, nothing more."

Jun Xian looked down at the pale-cheeked woman and reached out his hand to close her wide eyes. "How stupid."

Jiang Li only heard Jun Wen Ning say that it was raining heavily on the day she was born, and there was no sound from then on. Jiang Li stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her. Jun Wen Ning came back to her senses and said, "I was distracted."

"It's okay. Are you okay? Do you want to go to bed early?"

"I can't sleep." Jun Wen Ning shook his head, "Go back quickly, Bai Sheng is still waiting for you."

"how about you?"

"I'm fine." Jun Wen Ning shook his head. Jiang Li stood up after hesitating for a moment, but he really didn't need to stay here any longer. After thinking about it, he suddenly took out a book from his storage ring and said, "Give you something to kill time."

"what?"

"I found this play script in the underworld before. I think it's very interesting."

Jun Wen Ning took the book and nodded gently. Jiang Li came to the door, opened it, hurriedly left her room, and closed her door again.

The room was so quiet that only the sound of breathing could be heard. Jun Wen Ning sat down at the table and opened the script.

Chapter 441: Chapter No

Bai Sheng was sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard waiting for him.

Jiang Li came to her side and walked with her towards the ancestral land. In the ancestral land, Jiang Li told her about the strange things that happened to Jun Wen Ning.

Even if she was afraid of thunder, she shouldn't be afraid of it to this extent. Perhaps something happened in the past that made her stressed. Bai Sheng listened to Jiang Li's story thoughtfully and suddenly said, "I heard them say that on the day Jun Wen Ning was born, there was a thunderstorm and heavy rain that lasted for three days and three nights."

Bai Sheng didn’t know much about Jun Wen Ning, and Jun Wen Ning didn’t have any particularly good friends in the Jun family. Even if he wanted to know more, he didn’t know where to start. Jiang Li still remembered what Jun Yuan once said, that she existed because Jun Xian had injected his divine blood into his wife’s bones and blood, and she was conceived and born... So, does Jun Wen Ning know about this?

Jiang Li naturally couldn't open his mouth to ask, but he kept thinking of Jun Wen Ning's eyes full of fear.

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After one night, Jiang Li's cultivation had reached the tenth level of Divine Body Perfection.

The speed of improvement in cultivation brought by the ancestral inheritance is indeed terrifying, but after he came out, he sealed his cultivation to the eighth level of the Divine Body. At this moment, Jiang Li no longer needs to refine the dragon crystal. In the morning, he accompanied Bai Sheng in the kitchen to make a lot of pastries. In the afternoon, he and Bai Sheng went shopping in Jun's house. When practicing sword in the evening, Jiang Li brought some peach cakes that he and Bai Sheng made during the day.

The rain stopped at noon, but when he came to the courtyard, he did not see Jun Wen Ning. Only when he reached the door of the room did he sense his presence. He reached out and knocked gently on the door. After a while, the door opened quickly. Jun Wen Ning was in the room wearing a thin nightgown. Her complexion was much better than yesterday, but Jiang Li looked at the fallen soundproofing note. Jun Wen Ning seemed to have not come out all day.

In her hand, she was still holding the half of the script that Jiang Li had given her, and her expression seemed a little lost.

"What time is it?" Jun Wen Ning was stunned.

"evening."

Jun Wen Ning followed Jiang Li out of the room. The lotus flowers in the pond were still in bud. The setting sun's afterglow fell on the emerald green lotus leaves, and the dewdrops were also reflected in them, making them crystal clear. Jun Wen Ning plucked a branch.

An hour of sword practice is over.

Jiang Li now had a 100% understanding of Jun Wen Ning's sword power. It was much easier for him to defeat her, who was at the first level of the spiritual soul. Both of them had exhausted their spiritual energy. They sat on a bench by the pond. Jiang Li pushed the food box he brought with him to Jun Wen Ning's side.

"Bai Sheng and I made some peach cakes. We made a little more. Would you like to try some?"

Jun Wen Ning hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse. She picked up a piece of peach cake, put it close to her pink lips, and took a light bite. Jiang Li quietly looked at her eyebrows and her eyes revealed a slightly happy expression.

It seems that she does have a sweet tooth.

"Very... delicious." Jun Wen Ning said softly.

"Then eat more. I'll bring you some other pastries tomorrow." Jiang Li replied, looking towards the pond. There was a pool of silt in the pond, but the lotus leaves were very beautiful.

Jun Wen Ning seemed to hum softly, and after a while, she suddenly said, "The script you gave me yesterday... is very interesting."

"Haha, I think so too."

The play script was not actually found by Jiang Li, but was written by him. It was a complicated story of tragic love in ancient times. He had several copies in his hands, but the story was not finished yet. The plot was entering the part where the hero and heroine were about to have a life-and-death battle because of a misunderstanding... and then the story stopped there.

It’s not that Jiang Li doesn’t have time, but he just hasn’t figured out the ending yet: will the hero kill the heroine and then suddenly realize that everything is a misunderstanding, or will they both die together in the end?

"I still have some to read, but the story seems to be very long..."

"It's okay. When you finish reading, I'll give you the next one tomorrow."

After Jiang Li finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Then I'll go back first?"

"it is good."

Jun Wen Ning watched him leave. She sat on a bench by the pond, the light of the setting sun falling on her white dress. She picked up a piece of peach cake from the lunch box and opened the script of the play she had not yet finished reading.

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The next day, evening.

Jiang Li brought the peach blossom cake he made today. It was spring and the peach blossoms were freshly picked. He and Bai Sheng had been tinkering in the kitchen for the whole morning. After practicing sword with him, Jun Wen Ning tasted the peach blossom cake and Jiang Li gave her the second volume of the play script.

The two did not communicate much, mainly because Jiang Li didn't know whether he should say more. The fight to the death would take place in ten days, and any more he said now would just be hypocritical courtesy.

He has already planted the third chain of solutions on Jun Wen Ning, and there are four left, so the chain of solutions will be complete. By then, even if Jun Wen Ning's cultivation reaches the spirit level, Jiang Li is confident that he can use the chain of solutions to seal her spiritual energy for three seconds.

Three seconds... was enough to kill her a thousand times.

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These days Jiang Li made pastries with Bai Sheng during the day, ate his fill in the afternoon and slept, and in the evening he came to discuss swordsmanship with Jun Wen Ning for an hour. After returning, he took a bath with Bai Sheng, and then went into the ancestral land of inheritance to sleep. His cultivation has now reached the third level of soul, but every time he comes out of the ancestral land, he will seal his cultivation at the eighth level of the divine body.

Every day when he came to discuss swordplay with Jun Wenning, he would bring Jun Wenning the cakes that he and Bai Sheng had made together, and occasionally he would also bring some small drinks that he made for Bai Sheng. In seven days, he had already implanted all the sword moves of the chain in Jun Wenning's body. These sword moves would remain in her body and could be triggered within half a month. Today was the last one.

At this moment, Jiang Li and Jun Wen Ning were sitting by the pond.

"No more swordplay tomorrow." Jiang Li said suddenly.

Jun Wenning was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at him. Jiang Li had already thought of an excuse, "I have already refined my dragon crystal."

Jun Wenning's eyelashes seemed to droop a little, and Jiang Li heard her hum softly, "Okay."

After a moment, she suddenly said, "Thank you."

"Thank me for what?"

"You've taught me a lot these past few days." Jun Wenning's voice was light and sincere in his gratitude. Jiang Li shook his head, "It's okay. If you have nothing to do, you can come sit in Bai Sheng's yard. Bai Sheng asked you to."

Jun Wenning was a little confused, and Jiang Li said, "Bai Sheng really hopes to become a good sister with you."