There is no need to go into details about the grand ceremony on the second day. The grand ceremony with thousands of people coming from all over the world to congratulate it was destined to be remembered by Tong Yan for many years.
Not only did she witness Shang Xun rise to a high position, but she also attracted the attention of thousands of people because of him. After that, she never had the chance to stand in this position and look up to the person above her.
At the end of the celebration, people from all parties left one after another. Many people saw the team from the God-killing Hall flying out of the Demon Temple Sect's mountain gate, and they all speculated how long it would take for them to be intercepted by other forces, and how long they could hold out.
The overall strength of the other forces who came to congratulate them is not bad. The people of the Killing God Hall are extremely arrogant and do not hide their way back at all. However, the team of about twenty people may be in danger of being completely annihilated.
Tong Yan waited a few days for everything to be finalized before asking around, so he could hear the whole story in one go.
It is said that the situation was very exciting. Three groups of people who could not see the way out were attacking the disciples of the God-killing Hall. The incident happened suddenly and the disciples of the God-killing Hall did not react in time. Many people died at first.
When the number of people was reduced to only three or five, for some unknown reason, the three parties started fighting indiscriminately. In the chaos, a few remnants of the God-Slaying Hall took the opportunity to escape.
Tong Yan was not surprised when he heard that Elder Lu was not dead. Although he was not a good person, he knew from his unusual aura that he was not someone who would die easily.
Huo Qizhi, who had been wandering for many years, finally came back on the day of the celebration. After countless trials and tribulations, the man was already someone everyone looked up to. His handsome appearance had long lost the traces of his youthful appearance, and his temperament had become calmer.
Don't be surprised by favor or disgrace.
Although she didn't have any experience with Huo Qizhi, she used to be able to attract Wang Jiayu who was willing to break into the inner door for him when there was still a dazzling birthmark on his face. Now that he has no birthmark and looks suave, it makes no sense but attracts Wang Jiayu.
My sister-in-law is so cold.
Tong Yan still remembered Ren Ling'er from Penglai, claiming that she was Huo Qizhi's fiancée. She didn't know what happened in the end. When others returned to the sect, except for Wang Jiayu of the sect, no other women were heard to come back.
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Thinking of Sharizhu's kindness, she asked Huo Qizhi one more question about his fiancée(?).
After hearing this, Huo Qizhi looked at her silently and explained: "She is not my fiancée."
"Oh." Tong Yan's focus was not on her identity. "Where is she? You didn't bring her back?"
Huo Qizhi felt confused and asked: "Why should I bring her back? What does she have to do with me?"
"The shark beads..."
Huo Qizhi interrupted: "The shark beads are a reward from her fiancé, so they have nothing to do with her."
"Uh..." Tong Yan said silently, not sure what point of discomfort he had touched, with such a harsh tone.
Forget it, let's stop talking if we can't continue talking.
Tong Yan closed his eyes, covered his face with the book, and lay on the old man's chair, swaying in the sun.
Huo Qizhi sat next to him, his eyes resting on the book covering his face for a while. After not seeing each other for many years, it was obvious that they were gradually becoming unfamiliar with each other.
Now the only thing that can easily link them together is the word master and apprentice.
"Master, how about we discuss it some time?"
Tong Yan took the book off his face, raised his head and looked at Huo Qizhi, then nodded heavily.
"good!"
There has always been a similar level of cultivation between the two. Except for the fact that they had fought against each other in the previous sect competition, they have never fought each other since then. It is difficult to say who is stronger in real terms.
Tong Yan agreed to spar with him because his cultivation level was the same as his own, he was thoughtful and experienced in fighting, and he was a good sparring partner.
From the beginning, and for a long time afterwards, whenever Shang Xun was not looking for her, Tong Yan would find Huo Qizhi for sparring. Growing and understanding during the battle was undoubtedly the best way to practice swordsmanship.
One autumn and winter passed, and Tong Yan broke through to the middle stage of the Golden Core. After stabilizing her cultivation, she came out of seclusion. She then took turns sparring with Huo Qizhi and Shang Xun. Even Rong Yaoling and He Zhan did not escape many attacks.
After finishing fighting the people on Luo Hua Peak, she sneaked back to the back mountain to kill the monsters. It took several months to use up all the extra energy.
She went out in a low-key manner and came back in a low-key manner. Except for a few familiar people, no one knew that she had been out. They thought that she was staying at Luo Hua Peak for retreat.
When she came back from outside and walked to the foot of the peak, she was surprised to see Huo Qizhi and Wang Jiayu standing on the roadside talking. That was the only way back. Even if she didn't want to disturb the two of them when they were alone, she couldn't just leave without saying hello.
past.
Tong Yan wanted to say hello, but thanks to his sensitive hearing, he accidentally heard something he shouldn't have heard.
"...Qizhi, I have done so much for you, I don't want you to not understand my feelings, why do you always reject me."
Tong Yan: Ah...this...
She looked back and forth between the two of them, and for a moment she didn't know whether it was better to walk over and say hello as if nothing had happened, or to pretend not to see them as if nothing had happened.
Wang Jiayu's back was to the road, so he didn't know anyone was coming. Huo Qizhi was facing this way, so he spotted Tong Yan in the distance first.
Huo Qizhi glanced at Tong Yan from afar, and spoke faster: "I have always regarded you as my senior sister, and I have told you that I have no other thoughts about you, not now or in the future."
"Qizhi." Wang Jiayu called his name sadly, wanting to speak his heartfelt words again.
"Stop talking." Huo Qizhi interrupted her coldly, and his heartless words did not leave her with hope. "I remember that you helped me once, and I was grateful, so later I gave you resources to practice and paid you back.
Gratitude, this has nothing to do with love between men and women. I advise you to wake up as soon as possible. It will be good for you and me."
Over the years, Wang Jiayu followed him around, always intentionally or unintentionally targeting the women who came close to him. At first, he didn't know about it and didn't care. It wasn't until she became more and more excessive and even caused big trouble for them that he paid attention.
She started doing the stupid things she usually does.
Once, because he couldn't practice, he was stepped on the ground and humiliated wantonly. The pain caused by his own weakness was clearly engraved in his heart.
Now that he has the ability to practice, becoming stronger is the goal he is constantly pursuing. The woman who throws himself into his arms is just a dispensable scenery for him, and he has never paid attention to it from beginning to end.
But Wang Jiayu was like crazy, treating him as his possessions, treating all the female cultivators around him as imaginary enemies, and targeting him overtly and covertly, which annoyed him endlessly.
If it weren't for her desperate efforts to save him, Huo Qizhi would have abandoned him long ago.
Huo Qizhi frowned in disgust, left Wang Jiayu and walked to Tong Yan, who was hesitant about what to do.
"Master, are you coming back to the peak? I'm coming too." Although there was no expression on his face, his expression was much calmer than when he faced Wang Jiayu.
Tong Yan glanced at Wang Jiayu and whispered, "Are you done talking?"
The voice is as low as breath.
Huo Qizhi didn't answer. Instead, he sniffed it with his nose as if by accident, and said something that made her blush instantly, "What does it smell like? It's so big."
Before coming back, Tong Yan had just fought with a big toad in the mud. There were many rotten bones and rotten leaves buried in the mud. The smell was very unique and heady, and she almost fainted on the spot.
After the treatment, she simply took a shower, and the smell was gone, but it was difficult to guarantee that her nose was used to the smell, so she couldn't smell it.
Tong Yan's expression suddenly changed, and he walked back quickly without hesitation. When he passed by Wang Jiayu, he intentionally or unintentionally forgot about this person.
Huo Qizhi followed her and wanted to leave together. Wang Jiayu saw the previous scene and could not accept that his attitude towards Tong Yan was so different from his own.
Looking at the backs of the two people leaving side by side, she couldn't bear it anymore and her mentality collapsed. For some unknown reason, Wang Jiayu said loudly behind her regardless.
"Qizhi, you undressed and slept with me on the same bed in the cave. Now you don't want me if you don't want me. How can you be so unlucky?"