Chapter 34: Great Passion
"Your Majesty." Yin Hanjiang held the token in both hands and presented it to Wen Ren'e.
Wen Ren'e: "..."
This was what he gave to Baili Qingmiao in exchange for the Breaking Yue Meteorite. Regardless of the karma in the world of cultivation or Wen Ren'e's own character, none of them allowed him to take back the token. So when Baili Qingmiao took out the token just now, although he was a little embarrassed, if Baili Qingmiao really used the token, Wen Ren'e would definitely take action.
He would show up and throw the two out of the Nether Fire Altar, and then the two would part, and everything he had done would be in vain.
It was also the first time that Yin Hanjiang did not give orders when Wen Ren'e did. Just because he saw Wen Ren'e's slightly embarrassed expression, he rushed out and snatched the token, as a way to relieve Wen Ren'e's worries.
And after he put on the mask, he was completely different from when he showed his face before. Not to mention Baili Qingmiao and Zhongli Qian, even Wen Ren'e himself could hardly recognize him. No wonder if Baili Qingmiao hadn't accidentally seen the ghost mask in the package, neither the characters in the book nor the readers recognized that this person was Yin Hanjiang who had been waiting loyally.
Speaking of which, Wen Ren'e believed that Yin Hanjiang should have deliberately let Baili Qingmiao find the mask at that time. He probably wanted Baili Qingmiao to die of fear and despair, but unfortunately he failed.
"I will never take back my token once I give it away." Wen Ren'e said, "You keep it, and I will give her another communication talisman in the future."
Yin Hanjiang smiled lightly and put the token close to his heart. Seeing his look, Wen Ren'e always felt that if he didn't stop him, Yin Hanjiang seemed to want to embed the token into his sternum.
It was just a token made from the remaining materials of refining the Seven Killing Halberd. Although it was of the same origin as the Seven Killing Halberd, it was of no great use. The only use was that if someone used the true essence to activate the token, Wen Ren'e would feel it.
Well, since Yin Hanjiang liked it, let him do it.
Wen Ren'e was a little puzzled when he saw Yin Hanjiang's docile look. When the Broken Army Sword was refined before, Yin Hanjiang had clearly untied his knot and no longer restrained himself. Why did he seem to take a step back now?
Could it be because of the ghost mask?
"Give me the mask." Wen Ren'e stretched out his hand and said.
Yin Hanjiang did not hand over the mask, but just held it in his hand. Wen Ren'e picked up the mask and pulled it, but felt a resistance. He pulled it hard a second time before Yin Hanjiang let go.
He observed carefully and found that it was just the most common mask in the mortal world. It was not specially refined. Maybe Yin Hanjiang bought it casually in a small town on the border. It had no effect on people's mind. Why didn't Yin Hanjiang want him to take this mask?
Wen Ren'e put the ghost mask on his face and saw Yin Hanjiang's slightly red face through the mask. It was an expression he had never seen before. He hurriedly took off the mask, but saw that Yin Hanjiang was still calm, no different from before.
"Am I dazzled?" Wen Ren'e thought to himself, turning the ghost mask over and over in his hand, unable to figure out what was going on.
"Give me your hand," he ordered again.
Yin Hanjiang placed his hand in front of Wen Ren'e, who took his pulse and injected a stream of true energy into Yin Hanjiang's body. He saw that his meridians were flowing smoothly and there was nothing wrong with his practice, so it didn't seem like he was possessed.
Wen Ren'e retracted his hand and placed his palm on the mask, full of confusion. Since he picked up the book, countless doubts have arisen in his mind. As soon as he solved one, another immediately appeared, as if that was his fate, and he would never be able to guess everything.
"Does your majesty like this mask?" Yin Hanjiang asked, seeing that Wen Ren'e had been holding the mask.
"Not really." Wen Ren'e returned the mask to Yin Hanjiang, and watched him take it back and put it in the storage bag, his expression still indifferent.
Something was wrong, or something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.
Wen Ren'e was sure that Yin Hanjiang would not deceive him, and would not hide anything in front of him. They had been open to each other for a long time, and they had always been frank. Why did he feel that he could not understand this person when Yin Hanjiang put on the ghost mask?
"Don't wear the ghost mask when you are alone with me in the future." Wen Ren'e said, "Don't wear it unless it is necessary."
"I obey your command." Yin Hanjiang's answer was very light, not as firm as before.
Wen Ren'e wanted to ask Yin Hanjiang about the ghost mask again, but Baili Qingmiao had already started holding hands, so he had to divert his gaze and stare at the progress of the two.
The reason for holding hands was that Zhongli Qian missed a step and almost fell. Baili Qingmiao grabbed his hand and said, "Mr. Zhongli, you can't see, so it's better to take care of each other."
Zhongli Qian shook his head and said, "I find it very strange. Even if you can't see, the cultivator's consciousness should be able to sense everything. Why didn't I find the stumbling block? Miss Baili, can you help me see what tripped me?"
"It's a leg bone," Baili Qingmiao looked with one eye, "It's rolling around by itself, trying to trip you all the time."
Zhongli Qian let go of Baili Qingmiao's hand and said, "Miss Baili, you'd better use the magic weapon to wrap my hand. Men and women should not be intimate. I'm afraid I'm being abrupt."
He was not so pedantic, but the fact that he could only see Baili Qingmiao with his eyes made Zhongli Qian alert. He was sure that Baili Qingmiao was a woman of a famous and upright family and a straightforward heart, and she would not harm him. But it is precisely such people who are most likely to be used by others, so it is better to be safe.
Baili Qingmiao didn't care. She even thought that it would be better to use Yingyue Xuanshuang Ling instead of holding hands. She tied their arms tightly together. In this way, if Zhongli Qian fell or was blown away, she could let go of Yingyue Xuanshuang Ling in time to avoid being implicated. When she stabilized her steps and used her true energy, she could pull him back.
So the handshake turned into a rope to tie the two of them. Baili Qingmiao really looked like a guide.
Wenren E: "..."
This was different from what he had originally imagined. Obviously, "I can see him in the crowd at a glance" and "my heart is connected" have been achieved, so why can the way of getting along be so stiff and polite? He didn't expect that there is a way to blindfold!
Is it really because he didn't understand the third point "Love comes from nowhere, but it goes deep"? But what kind of feeling is this?
"'Love comes from nowhere, but it goes deep', what exactly does it mean?" Wenren E said to himself.
"I don't know when, but I've already fallen deeply in love." Yin Hanjiang behind him answered, his voice trembling a little, probably because he thought this sentence was funny.
"I know the literal meaning," Wen Ren'e said, "but how can I do it? We are people who cultivate our minds, how can we not know our own feelings? Do we have to wait until we are deeply involved to discover it? If we are really so confused, how can we cultivate our minds and how can we realize the truth? The truth can only be realized suddenly, and there has never been 'not knowing where it came from'."
"Who knows?" There was a hint of chill in Yin Hanjiang's words, "Maybe only those who are deeply involved will understand."
What should I do? Wen Ren'e knew that it was difficult for Baili Qingmiao to give up on He Wenchao, and he did not force Baili Qingmiao to fall in love with someone else, but wasn't it natural for Zhongli Qian to fall in love with the heroine? Why didn't even he fall in love?
On the road of love, the Demon Lord knew too little.
The only book he could refer to was the original one. He opened "Sadomasochism" and repeatedly savored every move and every word of Baili Qingmiao and Zhongli Qian when they met. However, the handwriting in the book was changing frantically. Wen Ren'e only had time to read it once before the plot became new.
In order to escape from the Hellfire Altar, the two supported each other and walked out of the room with one eye. It was already dark by now, and Baili Qingmiao was afraid of encountering a ghost like the man in red again, so he started talking to Zhong Liqian: "I don't know who captured us. My master is an immortal with great magical powers. We were walking together at the time, but suddenly my eyes went dark and I fainted, and my master disappeared. When I woke up, I was lying here, and a sickly but handsome man dropped a drop of blood in my left eye and took my blood. After a while, another feminine and beautiful man fed me something. My heart ached, and I didn't know what they did to me."
Zhong Liqian heard about Baili Qingmiao's experience, pursed his lips and said, "Why did they only drop the drops on your left eye?"
"I don't know, he seemed to be planning to drop the drops on both eyes, but when it came to the right eye, he suddenly coughed uncontrollably. Was it a sudden acute illness?"
"That person should be Master Congxin, the master of the Nether Fire Altar of Xuanyuan Sect. He practiced the seven sufferings of the world, and he suffers before he makes others suffer. He is used to being sick, and it is impossible for him to have a sudden acute illness. He is the disease itself." Zhong Liqian explained.
As she was talking, Baili Qingmiao suddenly turned around and stared at Zhongli Qian with her only remaining right eye. She narrowed her right eye and touched her chest and said, "Strange, why am I suddenly full of doubts and always doubting you, Master Zhongli?"
Zhongli Qian: "..."
That's because he was doubting Baili Qingmiao. Under the influence of the Tongxin Gu, Baili Qingmiao was also affected by him and became suspicious.
Zhongli Qian still had a chance in his heart, hoping that he and Baili Qingmiao were just under the tracking spell, and the Tongxin Gu was someone else. The emotional resonance at this time also eliminated his only chance.
Under the Tongxin Gu, all emotions were exposed. He had to be on the same front with Baili Qingmiao, otherwise the two of them would never be able to escape from the Nether Fire Altar. Zhongli Qian wanted to take things as they came, but Wen Ren'e's behavior made him feel a crisis. As the heir of the Zhongli family, if he did something wrong in the future because of the Tongxin Gu, it would be better for him to unload the burden and become a casual cultivator.
"Miss Baili, I will let go of the rope first and hide in a place. Then you untie the cloth covering your left eye. I want to determine the extent of the curse on you and me." Zhongli Qian said decisively.
Only by knowing everything can we adapt to the situation.
Baili Qingmiao agreed. She also wanted to know what happened to her eyes. After Zhongli Qian hid, she untied the cloth and suddenly seemed to see a line in her left eye. She turned her body along this thin line and saw Zhongli Qian through a door. Her sight penetrated the door!
"Mr. Zhongli, I see you." Baili Qingmiao said.
Zhongli Qian walked out from behind the door. Baili Qingmiao saw that his face was covered with blurry eyes, so he quickly covered his eyes again, keeping the one-eyed dragon look, and told Zhongli Qian what he saw just now.
"This spell is really powerful," Zhongli Qian sighed, "Even if the person who took the blood escapes to the ends of the earth, he will be found and seen, unhindered by time and space."
"So the blood in my eyes belongs to Master Zhongli? Then who did I give my blood to?"
"It was me." Zhongli Qian knew that he couldn't hide it from Baili Qingmiao, and said frankly, "The reason why Qian covered his eyes is because he can only see Miss Baili with his eyes. There is no difference between having these eyes or not."
Baili Qingmiao knew that feeling, and felt very sympathetic to Zhongli Qian. She still had one eye left, but Master Zhongli couldn't use both.
Zhongli Qian felt Baili Qingmiao's sympathy, and sighed, "Miss Baili, there is one more thing to try. Try to think of something that makes you particularly emotional."
When she mentioned this, Baili Qingmiao instantly thought of He Wenchao, and she was immediately sad. She remembered that her senior brother and senior sister Liu were getting married today, and they might be in the bridal chamber now. She was really sad... huh? She was not sad?
Baili Qingmiao touched her chest, and the feeling as if a fork pierced her chest and stirred inside disappeared!
"Think about something happy again." Zhongli Qian said.
Baili Qingmiao thought of the friendship she had with her senior brother when they grew up together. Her senior brother was so good to her, she was really happy... No, she was not happy at all, her heart was as calm as still water, peaceful.
"Miss Baili, are you sure that what you just thought about is the most sad and happy thing for you?" Zhongli Qian asked.
"Yes." Baili Qingmiao was very sure, "I like my senior brother. He is the one who can affect my mood the most."
"Then Qian is relieved." Zhongli Qian said, "The pills you and I took are the same heart poison. People who are poisoned can feel the emotions of the other party, and even be controlled by one party. The party with a firm mind is the controller."
Baili Qingmiao: "...Then my mood just now was suppressed by you, Master Zhongli?"
"That's right," Zhongli Qian smiled with relief, "I felt sad, calmed down, and recovered quickly; I felt happy and excited, and tried my best to suppress it. It may be a little unskilled at the beginning, but after practicing a few more times in the future, you will be able to calm down as quickly as possible."
Baili Qingmiao: "..."
Doesn't that mean that she was the one who was suppressed and controlled?
Master Zhongli was relieved, but what about her? Baili Qingmiao was amused and confused for a moment.
"Don't worry, Miss Baili. I will definitely find a way to remove the curse and poison from you and me. What I just tested is the degree of influence we can have on each other in the short term. Your eyes can be blindfolded temporarily, and there will be a little discomfort, but it won't affect you too much. As for your mood, I will try my best to ensure that you are not too happy or too sad, and keep calm." Zhongli Qian said frankly, "Qian knows that this will make Miss Baili suffer a little, but this is the only way for now. It is better to be calm and think twice than to be furious or ecstatic."
"No, I think this is good." Baili Qingmiao shook his head with relief and smiled at Zhongli Qian, "My senior brother is getting married today."
Zhongli Qian was stunned, and a feeling of sadness came over him. He skillfully recited in his heart, "The stars hang low over the vast plain, and the moon rises in the great river", "When you are happy in life, you must enjoy it to the fullest, and don't let the golden cup face the moon in vain", and the heroic feeling in his heart prevailed.
Baili Qingmiao also felt a sense of heroism, and changed the subject from the little girl's resentment to: "With the help of Master Zhongli, Baili can let go of his brother from now on, and will no longer suffer from love. It is also a blessing. From now on, Baili will wander around the world, see all kinds of worldly things, and soon pass the catastrophe and ascend to heaven, which is also a good story, hahahahahaha!"
Zhongli Qian laughed heartily, and he couldn't help but be full of heroic spirit.
Wen Ren'e: "..."
This development seems... not bad?