Chapter 469: Love at First Sight (7k today)

Mo Yushuang left.

Her posture was as upright as a green pine, her gait firm, yet her solitary figure looked somewhat lonely and desolate.

Since many years ago, she had long since been a lone soul.

"She... what on earth did she mean by that!?"

Because her hand was still held in Ren Yidao's, Li Qiushui did not chase after her to ask for clarification; for the moment, she could only turn her head away with flushed cheeks, not daring to look into Ren Yidao's eyes, nor wanting him to see her expression.

"..."

Unlike Li Qiushui, whose heart was filled with shyness and tension as she began to let her imagination run wild, Ren Yidao's expression was quite calm.

He narrowed his eyes, staring at Mo Yushuang's back, his gaze falling from the Long Sword in her arms to the shadow behind her, his heart lost in thought.

"It's a bit strange; why do I feel that her final warning and admonition were somewhat abrupt?"

"Is she really willing to tell me so much today just to give me a warning?"

Mo Yushuang's status gave her the qualifications to know Ren Yidao, to understand some of the inside information of the Divine Path Sect, and to know the deeds of Jing Laomo.

Since that was the case, why did she need to deliberately use the identity of the Gold Blade to issue a warning?

"Perhaps... did her words convey other meanings?"

When it came to matters involving Jing Yueqin and the others, Ren Yidao admitted that he was somewhat composed, not as calm as he usually was.

But now the clues were too few, and he could not think of a result for the time being, so he could only put this matter aside for now and keep a wary eye on it in his heart.

Because there was still a very urgent matter that needed to be dealt with.

Ren Yidao felt the burning gaze coming from beside him, his heart tightened slightly, and he smiled as he slowly turned his head.

"... Hmm?"

But Li Qiushui did not answer, nor did she speak; she just stared at Ren Yidao in silence.

"..."

After that meddlesome remark from Mo Yushuang, the development on Li Qiushui's side seemed to have a tendency to exceed Ren Yidao's expectations.

But Ren Yidao did not let go of Li Qiushui's hand, and Li Qiushui did not take hers back; the two sat side by side, silently gazing at each other.

After a long while, Li Qiushui applied a little force to hold Ren Yidao's palm back and said softly:

"What does she mean to you?"

Li Qiushui did not mention a name, but Ren Yidao understood who she was talking about.

The greatest villain of Luoyue Peak—Jing Yueqin.

His loss of composure in front of Mo Yushuang just now had exposed a lot; that was not a reaction a junior brother should have.

Especially since Li Qiushui was by his side at the time, able to feel the changes in Ren Yidao's emotions more clearly than anyone else.

This was a very, very fatal question; one wrong answer and everything would collapse, leading to a total loss!

Yet even so, Ren Yidao did not hesitate and gave a direct response.

"Benefactor, Senior Sister, family."

But clearly, this answer could not satisfy a certain woman.

Her grip tightened, and her gaze became even more resolute.

"Dao companion?"

Ren Yidao was silent for a moment, feeling his back grow cold, but he still nodded slowly.

"You could say that."

When the affirmative answer came from Ren Yidao's mouth, the aura on Li Qiushui's body changed abruptly; if he weren't certain that the person before him couldn't transform, he would have feared that what he was holding in his hand was a sharp sword.

The oppressive aura came quickly and went just as quickly, fading away after a few breaths.

"I see..."

She sighed lightly, her tone carrying a hint of sarcasm and self-mockery.

But Li Qiushui still did not let go of Ren Yidao's hand, clutching it tightly.

Ren Yidao did not offer a defense, nor did he need to explain; the rules of this world did not require him to explain much.

Strength is the right to speak.

For mortals, their level of strength could already be considered that of immortals, and the constraints of the mortal world were truly very small for them.

Those willing to follow the rules were the minority, while lawlessness was the norm.

Even Li Long did not actively intervene after noticing that his daughters had some unclear connections with Ren Yidao.

Because he, as a father, knew best that if his daughters had truly made up their minds, no one could persuade them otherwise.

Not to mention, this kind of thing was the norm in the cultivation world and was not a new thing at all.

On this point, Ren Yidao believed that Li Qiushui was also long prepared for it in her heart.

After a good while, Li Qiushui finally adjusted her mindset, the force in her hand weakened significantly, and she returned to her previous calm.

"So, you have known each other for a long time?"

"... Many years, almost the better part of my life."

After revealing his Void Refinement strength, Ren Yidao knew that outsiders would no longer treat him as a twenty-year-old youth, so he no longer deliberately concealed it.

"I see, so did love grow over time?"

"Hmm... no."

Ren Yidao pondered for a moment and shook his head firmly, "It was love at first sight based on appearance."

"Hmm???" Li Qiushui was greatly shocked; this was not the sequence of events she had imagined!

"Besides! It was she who fell for my appearance first; it was Senior Sister who ran into my home and kidnapped me to Luoyue Peak to be her child-husband... *cough*!"

Ren Yidao started to go off track as he spoke, and after a cough, he slammed the brakes on his runaway mouth, "Although the last part was a joke, it was indeed she who made the first move."

This statement was absolutely true, every word was sincere, and it did not contain a single bit of journalistic embellishment.

"At that time, uh, how old were you?"

"Back then, I was still a child, only this tall... sigh!"

Ren Yidao used his right hand to gesture a height of about half a person.

In his own view, this was a little fox not counting the length of its tail, not big but not small either.

But in Li Qiushui's view, this was pure, unadulterated crime...

She wouldn't even spare a child!!?

Regarding this never-before-met love rival, Li Qiushui suddenly felt a bit more awe and curiosity.

What kind of extraordinary woman was she, exactly?

This shocking fact took Li Qiushui a good while to digest; she gave a light cough, forcing herself to return to her previous state.

"Then what about me? In your eyes, what do I mean?"

In your eyes, who am I?

"Princess, friend, Li Qiushui."

There was no hesitation in the answer to this question either.

"At the very beginning, you were just Shi Xue's good friend, a Ninth Princess of Beigan I wasn't familiar with."

"But later, after a few encounters, the relationship between you and me underwent a transformation, changing from your initial unilateral hostility toward me into friendship."

"After that, it must have been that accident..." Ren Yidao stared at Li Qiushui, saw her gaze shift away, and knowing she was also remembering the scene in the secret room, he smiled slightly, "In my heart, there is no code name that can replace you."

"Not some princess, nor a common friend, but the Li Qiushui... that I want to obtain."

The blunt romantic words caught Li Qiushui, who had never encountered such things, off guard; she tried her best to keep her face stiff to control her expression, but she couldn't hide the tips of her ears turning hot.

Li Qiushui pursed her lips and glared at the person before her with some shy annoyance.

Clearly, she was the one interrogating him at the start, so why had it turned into this situation now?

How is it that he isn't embarrassed, but I am?

This isn't right!

No, I have to fight back!

The Ninth Princess, who was competitive her whole life, couldn't swallow this, so she moved her lips and tried hard to feign indifference as she let out a cold huff.

"Heh, heh! So, love born from long association?"

She wanted to make Ren Yidao feel ashamed, but unfortunately, he wouldn't shrink back from such a minor predicament.

"No, it's also love at first sight, right?"

Ren Yidao blinked at her and laughed: "But this time, it was me coveting your beauty."

"I was the one who fell for you first, and I was the one who used despicable means to disturb your heart."

He turned his body, used his right hand to gently support Li Qiushui's chin, and looked at her pupils trembling from panic.

The two faces gradually drew closer, and their posture was extremely ambiguous, as if they would kiss in the next second.

But what he was telling was not tender, honeyed words to coax her, but the "various crimes" he had committed.

"That accident in the secret room that day was something I deliberately plotted."

In that 【room that could only be exited through intercourse】, the predicament was created by me, and the solution was also manufactured by me.

These secrets, Ren Yidao laid them all out at this moment.

"Playing hard to get, deliberately making you unable to forget me... that was also me."

"So, the truth is just like this; I was never some world-weary person seeking the Dao, that was just a disguise."

"I am just a greedy mortal."

At this moment, Ren Yidao chose to speak the truth.

This was not some desperate gamble.

In his view, this was the only and correct choice.

Ren Yidao chose to lay everything out at this time because this was the final opportunity.

If he continued to hide it at this time, it would be very dangerous once she realized it herself later.

He did not kiss her.

Although it was within reach and she likely wouldn't have refused, this was not yet the best answer.

"Hmph."

After the initial panic, Li Qiushui had calmed down by this point; she rolled her eyes at the smiling youth and gave a coquettish huff.

"What you said, I... of course I already knew."

She wasn't stupid.

Although she hadn't been in a relationship and had some of the Li Family's ancestral "love-brain," her basic intelligence was still online.

Even if she hadn't reacted at the beginning, she could slowly come to her senses later.

The fact that this Ren Yidao was no good... she had known that for a long time.

Especially after he revealed his true strength, looking back and deducing it, while she couldn't find everything wrong, she could find many loopholes in many things.

Ren Yidao's choice was correct.

Even if he didn't say it now, Li Qiushui would eventually figure out the ins and outs of it one day.

But now that he was being open and honest, she didn't actually think there was any problem with it.

"I hate you."

She stared at Ren Yidao, her voice carrying some annoyance and resentment toward herself.

"If you fail me, I will surely kill you!"

After saying this as if using her final bit of stubbornness, Li Qiushui completely let go of her burden, took the initiative, grabbed Ren Yidao by the collar, and kissed him.

And at the very moment the two kissed...

Li Fengyao arrived in the Inner Domain just in time, bringing the remaining disciples of Wanhua Valley with him.

It feels like the season for White Album is approaching again (gazing into the distance).

Perhaps because I was sick and truly running out of money, my mindset exploded yesterday, and I just sat there all night without writing.

In the end, I couldn't help but vent some of my bitterness to some senior authors in the middle of the night, and I was finally given some good guidance by them.

Thank you to all you good brothers for preventing me from completely breaking down.

It's the end of the month, asking for some Monthly Tickets.

Asking for some tips—