Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

"I'm glad to know." Jiang Li took a deep breath and raised his head.

"You were right about one thing." Jiang Li gave Mu Bingning, who was lying on the bed, a complicated look. "Four years ago, I really didn't like her that much. I just wanted to keep her by my side to give myself a chance, a chance to deceive myself."

“She may not know.”

Mu Xuezhi was stunned.

"I have a good relationship with Yue Ji, and I also have a lovely sister named Jiang Jinbie, but do you know why I chose her?"

"Because Mu Bingning is a very interesting girl. Although she doesn't talk much, she is very smart. She can keenly perceive my hypocrisy. Even so, she still chooses to believe me."

"You think you've seen through everything, you think you understand everything, you think she's just a silly little girl, but that's not the case. She knows very well that I'm lying, and I know it too. But as long as our lies can continue, they will become true one day. No one can guarantee what the future will be like, but at least there's still a chance."

"You didn't give her this opportunity, nor did you give me one."

"What? You look tired, don't you?" Jiang Li's eyes fell on Mu Xuezhi's face again, "Because you regretted it. You came to me again four years later because of regret, wanting to make up for the mistakes you made back then. But you just imposed your will on her. What do you think of her as? Is she your daughter, or another you?"

"You seem indifferent, cold, and pure-hearted, but in fact you are selfish, stubborn, and self-deceiving."

Jiang Li's voice was very steady. "Yes, your swordsmanship and cultivation have reached the peak, but have you ever been happy for a moment, spying on everything in Hanyuan Mountain all day long?"

"You said I'm the same person as you. No, I'm not. I've said before that the most fundamental difference between you and me is that you always deny the meaning of everything, whether it's love, family affection, or desire. You think these things never exist, so in the end you don't even look like a human being."

"But I am different. I believe in the meaning of all this, so even if I am in pain, I am still very happy most of the time. I still have my own desires, and I am driven by my desires to do things that I find interesting."

"This is the biggest difference between you and me. Whenever you start to doubt yourself, you will choose to escape, choose to correct your mistakes, and use your own way to define everything. Therefore, you will always, forever suffer like this, and you will never have peace."

Jiang Li finished speaking.

Mu Xuezhi in front of him wanted to refute him several times, but the words never came out of her mouth. Jiang Li had already turned around and took a step forward. He suddenly thought of something and said softly.

"When she wakes up, please tell her for me that I never blamed her for what happened four years ago, even when I didn't know the truth. I don't care about what she said, and she doesn't have to blame herself. I became like that only because of my nature. I have always been a bastard and a scumbag."

After Jiang Li finished speaking, he left the house and walked towards his bamboo house.

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Jiang Li returned to the bamboo building. Ye Guixu, Ye Linglong, Jiang Huanyang, and Jiang Chuyue were all under the bamboo building at this moment. Ye Linglong was rubbing his Dabai, who looked reluctant and full of disgust.

After all, Dabai hasn't worked for a long time, and he was rubbed for free without any dried fish to eat.

As soon as Jiang Li came back, Ye Linglong came up to him curiously, "Where have you been?"

"I went to see Mu Bingning."

"How is she?"

"She's fine."

Ye Linglong put Dabai on the table and looked at him with interest. "I just asked other disciples about you."

"Ok?"

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be some hidden story between you and Mu Bingning, right?" Ye Linglong smiled playfully. Jiang Li sat down opposite her and glanced at her sideways. "What?"

"Jiang Li from Hidden Sword Peak chased after the fairy Mu Bingning from Xuantian Daoji Sect for a month. During that month, you were often seen walking together in Xuantian Daoji Sect. But when you finally confessed your love, she said, "You are not worthy of being my Taoist partner."

"Why, are you happy to see her humiliate me?"

"No, no, no, don't play dumb. Don't you understand women?" Ye Linglong's smile became more and more playful. "Women are animals that cherish their feathers. She could have rejected you peacefully and tactfully at the beginning, but she chose to say such excessive words. This sentence does not make her look pure and noble. Saying this will only make other men think she is arrogant and unreasonable, and will only make women scold her for being self-righteous behind her back. So when she said this, she actually hurt herself more."

"She is Mu Bingning. If she really felt that you were not worthy of her status and position, why would she bother with you for a month? Wouldn't it be better to reject her directly at the beginning? She had to wait a month to say such a thing. It would only make others think that she was a bad woman who liked to play with other people's feelings. It would have no effect on you. You were the second in Hidden Sword Peak at the time. How many disciples had your noble status? If Mu Bingning said that you were not worthy of your status, then how many people in this sect were worthy of it?"

Jiang Li shrugged, "So what gossip do you want to hear?"

"So why did she refuse to marry you even if she died in the martial arts competition? You will soon be the most popular person among the younger generation of the Zhongzhou sect."

"Things like love are very complicated." Jiang Li patted Ye Linglong's shoulder, "Stop gossiping."

Ye Linglong glanced at Jiang Li with resentment, knowing that she would not be interested in hearing anything next, so she changed the subject and said, "You promised to teach me how to draw talismans?"

Jiang Li stood up and went to the room in the bamboo building. He took out a book of his daily experience in drawing talismans and his own talisman paper patterns drawn on white paper from an inconspicuous little box and stuffed them all into Ye Linglong's hands.

"I'll set up a tent for you. You can study it slowly over the next three days. If you have any questions, just ask me. I guarantee that you will become a master after you have thoroughly studied it."

Ye Guixu came over curiously and took a look at Jiang Li's "secret book". He felt dizzy after reading it for a while. He retracted his head and came close to Jiang Li, "Brother Jiang, how about you teach me the move that you used to break his Five Elements Sword Formation?"

Ye Guixu said this and looked at Jiang Huanyang provocatively, but Jiang Huanyang's face was calm and he didn't care about this kind of thing at all.

Jiang Li smiled helplessly, "Okay, I'll draw the talisman paper for you later and you can study it slowly."

Jiang Huanyang looked at Ye Guixu with contempt, "You are just an opportunist, a clown."

"Haha, when I learn it, I will come to your sect to challenge you in a duel."

"If you don't come, you're a dog." Jiang Huanyang sneered.

It was particularly interesting to hear him say this with such a serious expression. Ye Guixu slammed the table and said, "Just before the Zhongzhou competition, the dogs won't come!"

Jiang Huanyang nodded.

Jiang Chuyue sat quietly on the side. Jiang Huanyang now turned his gaze to Jiang Li, "How long will Chuyue's injury last?"

"Ten days. I will personally send Jiang Chuyue back in ten days."

Jiang Huanyang hesitated for a moment, nodded slightly, and gave Jiang Li a look. Jiang Li understood, stood up with him, and went to the stream.

Because it had just snowed, there was still a layer of snow on the grass beside the stream. Jiang Huanyang stood in the snow and turned to look at Jiang Li, "Do you know why she was injured?"

Jiang Li shook his head.

Because he knew Jiang Huanyang would ask, his disguise was impeccable, but at the same time he was also looking carefully at Jiang Huanyang's expression, which was a little complicated.

He lowered his head slightly, "Perhaps someone in the sect wants to harm Chu Yue."

"You don't have to tell me these things. Even if you do, I can't do anything about it." Jiang Li shrugged, trying to look calm and composed, but Jiang Huanyang was staring at him straight at this moment.

"Why are you looking at me?" Jiang Li asked.

"Chu Yue is very happy staying with you, I can see that." Jiang Huanyang was silent for a while, "In the past, she didn't like to laugh so much in the sect, and she didn't joke with me. When she was in the sect, she was always in a daze, with a gloomy expression, but she didn't want me to see it, so she pretended to be happy."

"So you know."

"I'm her brother, and she's my biological sister who grew up with me. How much of her thoughts can she hide from me?"

Jiang Huanyang was silent for a moment. "I have been investigating this matter in the sect over the years, but I have only found some clues so far. I will continue to go back to the sect to investigate. If possible, I would like to keep Chu Yue with you for a while longer."

Jiang Huanyang's words surprised Jiang Li.

"Are you willing?"

"She is my sister. If she is happier staying with you, then I will be happy too."

"You are a good brother." Jiang Li was silent for a while, "But I'm sorry, I don't want to get involved in this dispute."

Jiang Huanyang looked a little disappointed, but he still nodded, "Okay."

Jiang Huanyang and Jiang Li returned to the table. Jiang Huanyang went to Jiang Chuyue and said goodbye to her quietly. After the brother and sister chatted for a while, Jiang Huanyang flew away from the sect on his sword.

At this moment, Ye Linglong was studying the classics left by Jiang Li, and Ye Guixu was still reading the play script. He was particularly engrossed in reading it, but it was a pity that he was almost finished.

After finishing reading, he subconsciously reached out to Jiang Li for the second half. Jiang Li looked at him innocently.

"Nothing."

"No, no more?!"

"Yes, I found it in a bookstore at the foot of the mountain. I haven't found the second half yet." Jiang Li's tone was as innocent as it could be. Ye Guixu began to beat his chest and stamp his feet, and began to doubt his life as he looked at this half of the play script.

All the dogs in the world who break the rules should die.

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ps: Today is still a single update. My good brother A Miao is having his birthday, and there are celebrations in the afternoon and evening. At the same time, my mentality also needs to be adjusted. I have missed two single updates this month, and I will make up for these two chapters within this month.

All the problems with the plot may be due to my writing style. Maybe I should write it in a simpler and easier to understand way.

Please forgive me for my poor writing skills.

Chapter 123: Chapter Funny Things

Until Jiang Li called for dinner, Ye Linglong was still checking the book of experience in drawing talismans that Jiang Li left for her.

As everyone knows, all the members of Fengling Yueying Sect are talisman practitioners. They use talismans as swords, but more than just swords. Many methods can be derived through talisman paper. For example, by putting the soul of a ferocious beast into the talisman, they can draw talisman paper that can release the phantom of a ferocious beast. Most of these talisman papers require the soul of a ferocious beast in the fusion stage. It is rumored that there are ten such talisman papers in Fengling Yueying Sect, which is the reason why it can gain a firm foothold among the three major sects.

Ye Chen, the leader of Fengling Yueying Sect, is an excellent talisman master.

Ye Linglong originally thought that there would be no more top-notch talisman masters in Zhongzhou, but the book of experience that Jiang Li showed her at this moment definitely refreshed her cognition. She and Ye Guixu, as the saint sons and saint daughters of the sect, naturally had the opportunity to be taught by Ye Chen himself, but Ye Linglong now felt that the knowledge that Ye Chen had taught her before was not even as good as the experience written casually in Jiang Li's book.

If she could bring this book of experience back to the sect for all the disciples to observe, then within five years, all the young disciples in the Fengling Yueying Sect would definitely be able to crush the other sects by a large margin.

For dinner, we had stewed meat with bamboo shoots, braised eggplant, and a tomato and egg soup.

Jiang Li neglected it, because Ye Guixu and Ye Linglong were two gluttons. They ate most of the dishes on the table. He and Jiang Chuyue looked at each other, and Jiang Chuyue was gentle, "I'm not very hungry."

Jiang Li rolled his eyes at the two siblings in front of him.

There were no extra rooms in his bamboo house. If Ye Guixu and Ye Linglong stayed here at night, there would be extra guest rooms. However, after dinner, Ye Linglong started reading Jiang Li's experience book again.

What made her feel painful was that this book of experience was not something she could remember completely after reading it. There were many talismans drawn on it. Those talismans were obscure and profound, but just by looking at them, people could suddenly understand something.

Jiang Chuyue went back to her room and went to sleep early. Ye Guixu was a little bored. After saying hello to Jiang Li, he said he wanted to go for a walk in the sect.

Jiang Li cleared the table and watered the flowers and plants. Ye Linglong was still holding the book and reading it obsessively. The fluorite light fell on her face, creating a hazy and dreamy atmosphere.

She was born pretty.

Jiang Li took a closer look and said, "These talismans are still too complicated for you. You should go and rest after reading them for another half an hour, otherwise you will definitely have a splitting headache tomorrow morning."

Ye Linglong raised her head and looked at him, "Who taught you how to use the talisman?"

"No one taught me. I studied it on my own."

Jiang Li answered calmly, but Ye Linglong's eyes were subconsciously full of doubt. But when she thought about it carefully, it was impossible for anyone to teach him to this level, so she had to close the book in her hand first.

Jiang Li really didn't lie to her. As long as she studied the book carefully, perhaps she would be able to truly advance to become a Heavenly Grade Talisman Master in less than two days instead of three days.

“This book, I can…”

"No need to discuss."

"I haven't even said what it is!" Ye Linglong pouted her lips slightly dissatisfied, but it was obvious that Jiang Li knew what she wanted to say. He sat on the recliner opposite Ye Linglong and said softly.

"Our two sects have never been on good terms, and Xuantian Daoji Sect's position has been in jeopardy over the years. If I let you take this book back, the disciples in your sect will be very happy, but I'm afraid my fellow disciples in my sect will be very worried."

"What if I offer tens of millions of spirit stones?"

Jiang Li shook his head, "The sect is my home."

"If you come to my sect, the sect master will definitely be willing to give you a holy son and devote all his resources to train you, isn't that good?" Ye Linglong coaxed.

Jiang Li shook his head, "Not interested."

“There are many beautiful sisters in my sect.” Ye Linglong crossed her legs under her skirt.

“How many are prettier than you?”

"That's not even one."

Ye Linglong answered without any guilt, she swung her calves gently, the lines of her calves exposed under her skirt were slender and soft, and white as porcelain under the moonlight. She was not a naive little girl, she could tell many things from a man's eyes, but when she looked at Jiang Li, she found that Jiang Li didn't even look at her, but just looked up at the moon in a daze.

It makes sense when you think about it. She has such a beautiful sister and Yue Ji is by her side. The first thing Ye Linglong felt was jealousy. She was so jealous of the man in front of her.

As if sensing Ye Linglong's gaze, Jiang Li finally lowered his head and looked at her, staring at her slender calves without any concealment, without even the slightest bit of restraint.

Seeing this look in his eyes, Ye Linglong suddenly realized that the man in front of her never considered himself a gentleman.

"I still have a question."

"You said."

"What is your attainment in formation?"

"It's similar to talisman paper." Jiang Li answered casually. Ye Linglong couldn't help but ask again, "What about the sword?"

"Absolutely."

"Envy." Ye Linglong couldn't help but murmur in a low voice, but Jiang Li was almost indifferent to it. He continued to lie in the chair, enjoying the evening breeze and basking in the moonlight, looking leisurely and lazy.

Ye Linglong suddenly became curious about the man in front of her. She couldn't help but ask again, "I asked others before and heard that you had ambiguous relationships with many women in the past."