Chapter 44 How do you know if you don't try?(1/3)
When the lights first came on, the streets of Ship City were brightly lit and people were flying around.
In a house in the west of the city where you can overlook the harbor, Jiang Yi was wearing a red summer skirt, standing next to the fence on the second floor of the attic, looking at the waves like fish scales under the moonlight, staring out of her mind.
The cool sea breeze stirred up long hair like ink, and the slender jade fingers were fumbled into the bamboo pendant. The picture carved on the pendant was vivid in my mind, as if it had happened yesterday, but the disciple who was pressing her tossed and beaten was gone at this moment, leaving only a strand of lovesickness, which made people toss and turn and unable to sleep.
The storm in the East China Sea has only been four days, but these four days are longer than any time in the past year - because Zuo Lingquan completely lost the news, and even the ancestor Shangguan didn't know where he went.
Jiang Yi liked Zuo Lingquan, but she didn't know how much she liked it. Suddenly there was no news, no life or death, and no idea when she would return. She realized how heart-wrenching it was in the worldly playbook that her husband went out to fight and his wife waited at home.
The feeling makes people twitch their hearts and live like years. I can't help but fantasize about the situation my husband is facing at this moment, but I have to comfort myself not to think about the bad things; if my husband doesn't come back, the entanglement will not end the day.
She is like this, and the other girls are not much better.
Standing next to the attic fence, you can see Jing Wei who is respectfully burning incense and praying through the window of the wing below.
Jingwei experienced the tragedy of being separated by all the yin and yang of relatives in childhood, and you can imagine how attached you are to Zuo Lingquan. When he heard that Zuo Lingquan was missing, Jingwei seemed to have lost his soul and no longer had the enthusiasm and cheerfulness of the past. In order not to affect the emotions of others, he could not see others all day long and did not even say a word.
Originally, Jingyan called Shangguan’s ancestor "dead woman" every day, but his attitude changed drastically at this time. He treated it as the last straw, and spoke in a low voice, fearing that he would anger Shangguan’s ancestor, so no one would care about Zuo Lingquan’s life or death.
The ancestor Shangguan did not respond for several days, and Jingyan did not dare to urge him. At noon yesterday, he actually went to the secular temple fair and invited many innocent gods to come back, put them in the house to worship incense, and worship them seriously.
This move seems a bit ridiculous. Most of the gods worshipped in the secular world are high-level monks who accidentally exposed their traces. No matter how god is, they are, but how much rational can a woman ask a man to maintain when he is missing and powerless?
Compared with Jingyan's illness and seeking medical treatment, my aunt is much more rational. At this time, the beauty in the courtyard sits cross-legged and practices, as if there is no difference from the past.
But Jiang Yi knew that my aunt was doing it for her to show it.
Whether Zuo Lingquan is at home or not, his aunt is all the "elders" in the family. She raised her and replaced her parents to become her warmest harbor and support.
At this time, even if my aunt is in a mess and worried about everyone, she has to show the stability and responsibility that her elders should have in front of her, and when she is at a loss, she will take on her last support.
When Jiang Yi saw her aunt's calm expression, she felt a little relieved. She sometimes comforted herself, "I'm not panicking, why am I panicking?" Although she knew that this was just a self-deception, she felt a little relieved in her heart.
She was absent-minded, and Leng Zhu, as a maid, obviously couldn't relax there either.
In the room behind the attic, Leng Zhu brought the things from the pleasure boat over, buried her head in dealing with the mountain of case files that the Demon Warriors had piled up, and there was a bit of worry and sadness on her face.
Not only was she worried about Zuo Lingquan's safety, but she was also worried that she couldn't think too much. After working hard for a while, she would take the file and ask some official questions without saying anything to distract her from her so that she could not think too much.
It’s a pity that Jiang Yi didn’t have the heart to handle official duties at this time and didn’t want Leng Zhu to find out her distracted appearance, so she came outside the attic and was dazed in the sea breeze.
Jiang Yi looked at the sea alone for a long time and never saw anyone returning from the sea. But when the moon was on the branches, she suddenly heard a vague noise coming from the room behind her:
"Shisheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshe
Jiang Yi quickly came back to her senses. She thought it was auditory hallucination, but the sound always existed, and it became clearer and clearer from blurred.
Leng Zhu looked up in confusion when Jiang Yi flew into the room like the strong red wind and looked in front of the desk.
There were candles in the room, and the Qilin paperweight was placed on the desk. The water curtain that had not appeared for many days, and the scenery appeared again.
The perspective of the water curtain is very strange. Only the woman's left eye and a little cheeks are visible. The slender eyelashes are visible, and the distance is very close, as if they are pressed together.
Jiang Yi recognized that this was Shangguan Lingye's eyes, but the coldness and wisdom that he had in his previous position were gone, but instead he was a little confused. There seemed to be light in his crystal pupils, illuminating the stars in the sky.
Jiang Yi's eyes also lit up. The depression that had been suppressed for several days was wiped out. She ran to her side to ask about the whereabouts of the concubine Zuo Lingquan, but suddenly realized something was wrong. The scene she saw was exactly what Zuo Lingquan saw at this time, the distance...
?!
Jiang Yigang felt relieved, and before he could fully appear on his face, he was replaced by suspicion. The first sentence he said was:
"Zuo Lingquan! What are you doing?"
Before he finished speaking, the water curtain shook, the scenery began to spin, and the next moment it turned dark, and there was no more thing...
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Earlier.
After the ancestor Shangguan left, Zuo Lingquan was eager to return home and rushed to Shicheng.
Yucheng is the capital of the Western Front of the Emperor's Divine Dynasty, and is not too far from Linhai County where the Sixiang Shenhou is located; however, the location where Zuo Lingquan came out was not the sea area where the conflict last time, but the waterway between Huajunzhou and Huajunzhou is more than a thousand miles in a straight line from Yucheng.
The sea area is boundless, and except for the waves and the unchanging starry sky, you can't see anything else.
Zuo Lingquan could judge the direction through the starry sky, but he didn't know where he was. There was no Sky Escape Tower covering the sea, and he couldn't contact Jiang Yi and the others. He could only follow the dumpling and fly eastward.
Shangguan Lingye left Macheng County and wore the dress of a secular woman. When he returned to this world, after his spiritual energy was restored, he had already put on the golden phoenix skirt and returned to his former graceful and noble dress.
At first, Shangguan Lingye walked beside him, talking and laughing, asking about the ancestor and the Taohua Lord. However, after walking for two quarters of an hour on the wind, he spoke less and slowed down.
Zuo Lingquan noticed something strange and turned to look. He found that Shangguan Lingye's lips were white and his eyes were a little dazed. He quickly slowed down and asked:
"Empress, what's wrong with you?"
The dumplings leading the way also hovered in the air with their small wings, asking for concern:
"grumble?"
Shangguan Lingye was ambushed by the Netherworld Ancestor with a soul gathering banner on the sea a few days ago. His soul suffered severe damage and had no time to recuperate. When he returned to Yuyaozhou, although the Qi sea in his body recovered, the soul damage did not disappear. After arriving in the safe area, the dizziness and fatigue from the depths of his soul began to impact his mind and limbs.
"The soul is damaged and mentally exhausted, so the impact is not great."
While speaking, Shangguan Lingye took out the lotus platform from Linglong Pavilion and wanted to control the magic weapon and go back.
However, controlling magic weapons also requires distraction. Seeing this, Zuo Lingquan leaned forward and signaled to the long sword under his feet:
"I'll take you back, you can rest."
Zuo Lingquan fought in the East China Sea, and the flying sword was knocked away by Gongsun Chun who suddenly appeared. I don’t know where he was thrown. He is currently driving the Mo Yuan Sword.
Shangguan Lingye did not refuse, and landed lightly in front of Zuo Lingquan, relaxed his body and stood up. As a result, the sword bumped up and down, almost knocking her down.
Zuo Lingquan reacted very quickly and quickly supported Shangguan Lingye's shoulder.
Shangguan Lingye frowned slightly, not sure whether Zuo Lingquan did it on purpose or real food. She turned around and said slightly:
"Can you do it?"
Zuo Lingquan is already very skilled in the power of the sky, but he doesn't need to take the flying sword to control the wind. He just learned how to try it a few times in those days. He is quite unfamiliar and has not found any feeling yet. He held Shangguan Lingye's shoulder and said confidently:
"Yes, just adapt and stand firm."
After saying that, he broke through the sky with his sword.
The rapid pushing feeling made Shangguan Lingye directly press on Zuo Lingquan's chest, and his bulging clothes were spread a little flat until the acceleration ended.
Shangguan Lingye didn't know what to say, and it was not easy to hit Zuo Lingquan again. He stood quietly on the long sword, his long black hair swept on Zuo Lingquan's cheek with a faint fragrance.
However, Zuo Lingquan was eager to return home. Although the warm and soft jade was in his arms, he could not have a beautiful thought at this time.
The sea breeze is flying at night, and there is no sight except the bright moon, starry sky and sea water. The repeated scenery makes people easily distracted.
Shangguan Lingye looked up at the moon in the sky, wandered thousands of miles for a moment, and sighed subconsciously:
"Oh~"
Zuo Lingquan was able to reunite with his wife immediately, and he was in a good mood. When he heard the sigh, he felt that it was not caused by his injuries, but seemed to be in a bad mood. He turned his head in confusion and looked at the side face of the woman in front:
"I finally got out of trouble and I can go home soon. Why is the Empress depressed? Is there something to worry about?"
Shangguan Lingye did have any worries. Her parents were no longer in the world, and it was difficult for the master to see it. The deep palace in Linyuan City was not a home at all. It can be said that from the day she embarked on the path of cultivation, she had no home, and most of the monks in the world were like this.
Living in a dilapidated house in Macheng County for two days, although it was short, the days of one day, one place and one person did make her feel a little home. Unfortunately, the moon in the sky seemed to have not changed, but the whole world had changed, as if she had brought people back from their dreams in an instant.
Hearing Zuo Lingquan's inquiry, Shangguan Lingye returned to his senses and responded in a plain tone:
"You are going home soon, and you can have sex with women. Where can I go back to this palace? Keep sitting in the pleasure boat and go with the flow. You have to deal with the case files that will never be approved. Life is not leisurely in Macheng County. What's there to be happy about?"
"This is how practice is. It is always on the road, and there is no time to relax. Just keep your mind..."
Shangguan Lingye rolled his eyes slightly and interrupted Zuo Lingquan's words:
"You are not good at doing well, but there are many reasons. Do you think women are interested in listening to these discussions with women?"
"I just want to enlighten the Empress. If the Empress doesn't like to listen, I'll say something else, well... what does Empress want to hear?"
"Anyway, I don't want to listen to things related to cultivation. I see, when you and Jiang Yi were together, they talked and laughed. It seemed that she loved to listen to everything. Just talk to me, just talk to me."
Zuo Lingquan was stunned - he and Jiang Yi were lovers, and the topics they talked about could not be shameful, but they were always very close, they were all in love with their children. How could this way of chatting apply to the grandmother of the concubine?
"This... Jiang Yi and I talked about everything together. If we want to talk about specific things, there is actually no fixed topic. People are different, so it is not easy to apply."
Shangguan Lingye casually said: "This is not simple. Just treat me as Jiang Yi. Do you want me to become Jiang Yi?"
"ah?"
Zuo Lingquan's eyes were strange and wanted to explain the different intimacy between people and the different ways of communication, but this meaning was not easy to express in words. He could not directly say, "Jiang Yi is my wife, you are an outsider, so you can't chat."
Shangguan Lingye waited for a while, and saw that Zuo Lingquan did not respond, he sighed in a faint voice:
"Oh~ I came out to protect you, and I was considered a life and death together. In the end, I would like to ask you to explain some interesting boredom. You will push three obstacles and four..."
Zuo Lingquan shook his head quickly: "This is not a problem I pushed, it's just that the way Jiang Yi and I chat in private cannot be applied to the Empress..."
Shangguan Lingye's face turned cold, and he turned around and said dissatisfied:
"How do you know if you don't try?"
I don’t know if it’s because of my bad mood, Shangguan Lingye’s tone was slightly shaking, and he might have been angry and left with anger.
“…”
Zuo Lingquan stopped talking, looking at the grandmother who was close to her and had a firm attitude, she couldn't say anything for many reasons. He was silent for a moment and could only nod:
To be continued...