Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

"Even if you can't come... just send me a message... or let Ling Wei tell me... but... you don't say anything..."

It seemed that the painting reminded Su Yeli of that past relationship. At this moment, Su Yeli's eyes were slightly red, and his tone was not gnashing of teeth, but rather revealed a bit of grievance.

Jiang Li had no way to answer and could only shut up. At that time, he thought… since there would be no way they could be involved in the future, it would be better for them to stop thinking about each other.

But after a while, Su Yeli retracted his calves, sat on the chair and put on his shoes again, then walked in front of him, bent down, and stretched out his hand to him, "Why don't you get up yet?"

"If you still have hatred in your heart, how about I let you step on me again?"

"No way." Su Yeli muttered softly.

Chapter 453: Chapter I'll go with you

The bright moon is all over the mountain, the wind is clear and the moon is quiet.

In the dim light, Su Yeli's skin was as white as snow. Jiang Li slowly got up from the ground. There seemed to be some helplessness in his eyes. "I always feel that Master still hates me."

Su Yeli turned his face away and said, "No hatred."

"Really not hateful?"

"I really don't hate it."

"I do not believe."

Su Yeli took a deep breath and was about to speak when she realized that Jiang Li had walked in front of her without her knowing. "Maybe Master is secretly cursing me in his heart."

"If you say so, then so be it."

"You are always like this. You always keep things to yourself and don't want to say them. But how can others know if you don't say them?" Jiang Li's tone was very gentle, but Su Yeli ignored him. "In the future, I will try my best to make up for it."

"Who wants you to compensate?" Su Yeli snorted coldly.

"This is what I was worried about before." Jiang Li sighed helplessly, "I was always worried, holding on to this wish for compensation, but you might not want it. I was not worried that I would be self-indulgent and bring shame upon myself, but that I was afraid that I would make you feel upset."

"But recently I suddenly understood something." Jiang Li said suddenly.

"what?"

"I won't tell you." Jiang Li's tone was mysterious. Su Yeli slowly turned her head, but was suddenly surprised to find that he was so close to her at this moment, that he could hug her if he just stretched out his hand.

"What kind of fragrance does Master use? I've been wanting to ask when we were practicing sword skills before. It smells so good."

"No." Su Yeli's voice was cold.

"But Master smells really good." Jiang Li looked into her eyes, "I will be fighting on behalf of Yeyue Sect in a while."

"so?"

"If I can win the championship, can Master give me a little reward?"

This made sense. Su Yeli raised his chin slightly, but he always felt as if he had fallen into his trap. His eyes were inevitably a little wary. "What reward do you want?"

"If I can win the championship, Master, please... let me hug you, okay?"

"You call me Master, and yet you make this kind of... request?"

"Master smells so good, I can't help but want to get closer."

Su Yeli pointed her fingertips at his chest, pushed him away a little, and said in a cold voice, "We'll talk about it after you win the championship."

"It's a word."

"I haven't said I agreed yet..." Su Yeli's voice became flustered again.

"Then we'll talk about it then."

Jiang Li stepped back from Su Yeli, "Then I'll go back first, Youlan is still waiting for me."

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Youlan glanced at Jiang Li who walked into her room lightly, but this time she didn't say the word "get out". She just moved her body silently and made room for Jiang Li. Jiang Li had just come back from a shower and lay down beside her. The quilt was still warm and smelled of Youlan's sweet fragrance.

"Hug me." Jiang Li looked into her eyes.

"No." Youlan's voice was shy, but when Jiang Li said that, he had already hugged her gently, and rubbed his cheek against her shoulder, "You will sleep better if you hug me."

"...No way." Youlan muttered softly, but did not struggle.

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After returning to Yeyue Sect, life became peaceful again.

Perhaps the only change is that Jiang Li occasionally goes back to the sect's exchange to buy some ingredients for cooking, and he and Youlan cook something to eat in the yard. The practice of the soul realm is much easier than the body realm. The perception of sword power itself is a process of tempering the soul. The two hours that Jiang Li practices sword with Su Yeli every day is already a kind of practice.

He would often call Fairy Yue to come and eat with him, and Fairy Yue never refused. These days, he slept with Youlan every night. At first, Youlan would be reluctant when he held her, and would occasionally come close to bite him, but she gradually became docile after getting used to it.

Habits are a terrible thing.

Su Yeli also gradually got used to Jiang Li practicing sword with her every day. After two hours of practicing, Jiang Li would rest for a while in her courtyard and chat with her. Jiang Li seldom mentioned things about the past. He mostly told Su Yeli some interesting things, such as the stories that happened in the underworld. He was willing to talk, and Su Yeli was willing to listen. The evenings of summer nights slipped away quietly again and again.

Occasionally Jiang Li would bring some cakes he made to Su Yeli, and Su Yeli would eat them obediently. When watching her eat, Jiang Li always felt a pleasing sense of satisfaction, as if he was feeding a hamster.

Come to think of it, Su Yeli was actually too tolerant of him.

However, Jiang Li no longer tried to test her bottom line or understand her true thoughts as he did in the past. He suddenly felt that it was good like this. The two of them referred to each other as master and disciple and no longer talked about the past. But he could still tease Su Yeli occasionally. As a disciple, he was not serious, and as a master, he was not strict. Such a weird master-disciple relationship seemed interesting. Occasionally, Jiang Li would call Su Yeli to have dinner in Youlan's courtyard. Youlan and Su Yeli were very close master and disciple. After all, Youlan had performed the ceremony of becoming a disciple and became Su Yeli's disciple in a true sense.

Su Yeli has always been particularly patient and gentle with his disciples, and never treated them harshly. She was indebted to Youlan, but whenever Youlan thought of what Jiang Li had told her about the subtle emotional entanglement between him and Su Yeli in their previous life, sometimes she would look at Su Yeli with a slightly strange look in her eyes.

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"I won't come to practice sword tomorrow."

Today's sword practice was over. Jiang Li looked up and suddenly said to Su Yeli who was eating pastries.

Su Yeli's cheeks were puffy, and she looked particularly cute. When she heard Jiang Li's words, she raised her head, with a little silly surprise in her eyes. Jiang Li quickly explained, "I promised Ren Shutong before that I would visit her every two months."

Two months had passed, and Su Yeli had to do what he promised, but he suddenly felt a sense of emptiness in his heart. He subconsciously raised his chin slightly and said, "You just want her body."

Unfortunately, she underestimated how thick-skinned Jiang Xiaoli was. He sat next to Su Yeli and said, "I promised to accompany her. It has nothing to do with whether I am greedy for her body or not."

Seeing Jiang Li's tone, Su Yeli's expression was obviously a little depressed. She uttered an "oh" and then looked at Jiang Li dimly, "You used to be rude to her."

Jiang Li smiled helplessly, "Maybe this is fate."

Su Yeli still looked depressed. Jiang Li found that she seemed to be more and more delicate recently. She used to look cold and indifferent, but recently she showed her expression directly on her face and no longer pretended. It was clear that when she was in front of Yue Xianzi and Youlan, she was still cold and indifferent.

Su Yeli looked into his eyes, seemed to have thought of something, and asked tentatively.

"How about...I go with you?"

…Jiang Li began to feel troubled.

Chapter 454: Collar

The next day, above Yeyue Sect.

Jiang Li just realized that if he didn't use the secret space technique, the fastest way to travel with the cultivation level of a Divine Lord was to fly a sword. At this moment, he was standing on Su Yeli's sword. Su Yeli was flying the sword himself, and everything around him was so fast that he couldn't see clearly.

It's not that he didn't think of building a space teleportation formation at Ren Shutong's place, but because of the different rules of the world, with his current cultivation level, he simply couldn't afford the consumption of building a space formation. Unfortunately, Ren Shutong was not good at formations either.

"Isn't it a bit too fast?"

There is a secret method around the spirit sword that is specifically used to block airflow. This is the first time Jiang Li has seen a sword being flown so fast. Wow.

"Be careful." Su Yeli said lightly.

"Oh." Jiang Li put his arm around Su Yeli's waist.

The spirit sword trembled. She turned her head to look at Jiang Li, her voice sounding a little angry and flustered. "What are you doing?"

"I'm afraid of falling." Jiang Li's tone was so innocent.

Timid and helpless.

Su Yeli took a deep breath, turned his head and looked forward, and said calmly, "No."

"I'm afraid of heights. I'm scared."

So Su Yeli didn't say anything else, and Jiang Li hugged her even tighter. Su Yeli gritted her teeth slightly. He leaned too close, and his breath fell on her neck.

There is definitely no reason to be afraid of falling, but how can there be so many reasons in this world? Jiang Li looked at her slightly red earlobe, so cute, he really wanted to kiss her.

Her body smelled fragrant, and Jiang Li almost got close to her face and sniffed her. Although he didn't touch her, Su Yeli's ears moved slightly.

Jiang Li seemed to have discovered a new world, "Your ears can move."

Su Yeli took a deep breath and said, "Don't talk."

"Eh?"

"If you keep talking, I'll throw you out."

"No, don't leave me." Jiang Li hugged her a little tighter.

Su Yeli could do nothing about him.

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In fact, today is a few days earlier than the date Jiang Li and Ren Shutong had agreed on.

Jiang Li and Su Yeli arrived outside the palace. Jiang Li finally let go of his hand at this moment. Ren Shutong, sensing Su Yeli's breath, appeared outside the palace in an instant. Then she saw Jiang Li. Her eyes were a little wary at first, but turned into joy when she saw Jiang Li.

She was in the palace wearing a spring gauze dress with her hair uncombed. She looked gentle and obedient. Her face actually had a bit of coldness, but her temperament was too charming. Before Jiang Li could say anything, she had already walked in front of him and approached him, "Why did you come early?"

"Miss you."

Then Ren Shutong fell into his arms, with a pleasant fragrance. She raised her head and blinked her eyes, as if she didn't see Su Yeli at all. "Are you missing me... or are you greedy for my body?"

Su Yeli thought Jiang Li would say something hypocritical in front of Ren Shutong. After all, what woman would like to hear a man say that he came because he wanted her body? But she never thought that Jiang Li had already reached out and gently hugged Ren Shutong's back, then leaned in and kissed her pink and fresh lips. In the gap between the kisses, he replied, "I'm afraid you will stay alone for too long and you won't be able to hold back."

"Hateful." Ren Shutong's fingers grabbed Jiang Li's clothes on his back, "I was planning to... come to Yeyue Sect to find you in two days and give you a surprise."

"Hehe, it seems that my surprise is better."

Ren Shutong's tongue tip is like a nimble little snake, but Jiang Li is a more skilled snake catcher.

After a long while, Ren Shutong came out of Jiang Li's arms, took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth. Her eyes were gentle and charming, her movements were soft and careful, and she stared at him without blinking.

"My thoughts are full of water."

"Really? I don't believe it."

Ren Shutong's cheeks flushed slightly. If she was the hunter and Jiang Li was her prey before, but now it seemed like the roles were reversed. Ren Shutong didn't hate this feeling at all. It was only at this moment that she moved her eyes to Su Yeli's face and asked softly, "Why is she here?"

Su Yeli hadn't thought of an answer yet, but Jiang Li answered it first, "Because I have to practice swordplay with her for two hours every day to comprehend my fourth swordplay skill, so I can't delay practicing swordplay."

This reason couldn't be more legitimate. Ren Shutong nodded slightly. She and Su Yeli were of course old acquaintances. As for their relationship, Jiang Li had asked Su Yeli, and he could only say that they had no hatred or grudges, but they couldn't be said to have a close relationship. After all, Ren Shutong was notorious outside. Many families outside might not be afraid of Su Yeli, because Su Yeli was reasonable and sensible, but... Ren Shutong was unreasonable. Relying on her cultivation as a God Lord, she did whatever she wanted. If anyone made her unhappy, she would never be merciful.

"Come in quickly."

Ren Shutong turned around and took light steps. Jiang Li followed behind her and watched her slender waist twist slightly. Wow, she is worthy of being Ren Shutong.

Su Yeli's eyes were slightly unhappy. Perhaps she naturally disliked charming women. The two followed her back to the courtyard. There was a small spring flowing beside the rockery. The three of them sat down in the courtyard. Ren Shutong said softly, "Then you can sleep in the room next to mine. I dismissed the maids a few days ago. I've been learning some things recently. I may not be very hospitable. Please forgive me."

"Hmm?" Jiang Li looked at Ren Shutong.

Ren Shutong poked his face lightly with her fingertips. "Last time, you wanted me to persuade them to go home... I spent a lot of effort to coax them back."

"You didn't use any strange tricks, did you?" Jiang Li's eyes were a little doubtful.

"How could you doubt them?" Ren Shutong's eyes were dim, and her fingertips traced from his cheek to his chest. "No, I explained the dangers to them in a gentle manner, and took them to see the various aspects of the world, and then taught them what it means to be a person who lives for themselves."

Su Yeli snorted softly on the side.

Ren Shutong looked at her, "Sister Su seems a little unhappy?"

"You captured those two girls earlier, right?"

Su Yeli certainly knew about Ren Shutong's two maids. Ren Shutong smiled gently, "It's my fault."

She withdrew her fingertips from Jiang Li's chest, "But I am not a good man or a believer. Now I have persuaded them all to go back. They have practiced with me for hundreds of years, enjoying the best practice resources and techniques. Now they are able to stand on their own. I have never blamed them. They have always treated me as their mother. Now they are reluctant to leave me... So, it is not that I owe them too much."

"It's just a matter of mending the fold after the sheep have been stolen." Su Yeli's voice was cold.

"Sister Su, you came here... to quarrel with me?" Ren Shutong's voice was as gentle as water.