By Su Xiu's side, one can always feel a chilling coldness that seeps into the bones, yet this coldness is accompanied by gentleness. ∮ Yan Mo Xuan ∮ No ads ∮ And this gentleness can only be felt with a careful heart.

  Like the Tianchi Lake on top of Mount Kunlun, formed by the melting ice and snow from the nine heavens, it contains a cold and icy spirit but never freezes all year round, clear and elegant.

  Also like his sword, "Dragonfly Submerged in Water", the light of the sword is cold, but the intention of the sword is extremely gentle. Every sword that evokes a shocking and magnificent scene, no matter who sees it, will be enchanted for a moment, and when they wake up, it's often the time when their soul is broken, with a hint of irretrievable sorrow.

  Unlike Nan Gongyu's cold and ruthless smile, Su Xi's heart was clear and cold, but when he struck, it was swift and merciless, leaving no room for emotions. However, his inner self often harbored compassionate intentions.

  The evil doctor Gu's generations have set a rule: if you want to leave your master, you must first kill your master. He succeeded in doing so.

  At the age of thirteen, he killed his master Su Gu Xi with a single sword strike, and from then on, he wielded the "Dragonfly Water Sword" to roam the Jianghu.

  Xia Yi Valley has another rule that has remained unchanged since ancient times. Anyone who comes to ask for medical treatment will not be charged any silver or treasure as a reward, but only those who are willing and able to meet the condition set by the valley owner will receive treatment.

  He had refused many high-ranking officials and famous heroes in the Jianghu, I have seen with my own eyes, some people outside the valley were in so much pain that they wailed or begged for mercy, or cursed until they bled to death.

  He watched with cold eyes, unmoved in the slightest.

  I have also seen him exhaust his skills to treat rural farmers and street urchins, asking for nothing in return but a cup of coarse tea and a nursery rhyme.

  The only exception is probably me.

  At that time, I was knocked unconscious by a fall and naturally couldn't fulfill his request.

  However, he pulled me back from the Ghost Gate, and later I asked him why, but he just smiled faintly and said nothing, like ice melting into a stream, nourishing the new plum blossoms.

  She also smiled and asked him what kind of requirements he wanted to ask me, and thus broke the rules of the Evil Doctor Valley. Wouldn't that be detrimental to the prestige of the valley master?

  He stood under the shadow of a tree full of Begonia flowers, his voice, though separated by so many years, still lingered in my ears as clearly as if it were yesterday.

  He said, I haven't broken any rules, I just haven't thought of it yet. Before I think of it, you owe me first.

  This debt has been owed until now, and this time he saved me again. In the long years to come, if we want to settle accounts, I don't know when it will be possible, and whether there will be such a day again.

  As I thought about it, I suddenly felt a shock in my heart. Pusu Ying, who had fallen off the cliff with me back then, was rescued, but this time, Zhen Yu's situation was unknown, whether she was in the cave or at this moment, I didn't see even half of her shadow.

  She took advantage of Shu Ying, and dragged me down the cliff. Although I didn't like her, now it's not to the point of hatred.

  Because of Dong Ming's matter, I had a few points of guilt towards her. At this moment, I was unscathed and could see him again, so in my subconscious mind, I hoped she would also be safe and sound.

  I took a deep breath, walked up and sat down gently beside him, gazing at the same pool of emerald water with him, then opened my mouth to ask softly: "The woman who fell off the cliff with me, where is she now?"

  He didn't make any movement, and his tone was devoid of emotion as he calmly said: "Dead, now sunk to the bottom of the lake."

  Although I had thought of this possibility, now that I've really heard it, I still can't help but feel a little uncomfortable. However, I couldn't blame him for it, so all I could do was lower my eyelids and hide the faint sorrow in my eyes.

  He still didn't turn around, but carelessly plucked the qin zither in his hand, and calmly said: "In your current position, if you're still so kind-hearted, the road ahead will be very difficult to walk. The Tonghua needle I taught you is for self-defense, not for playing house games."

  I lowered my eyes and didn't speak, but his voice continued uninterrupted. He went on to say: "You're not speaking, it seems I was right. Since you could so accurately stab the Tonghua needle into her Yangchi acupoint, causing her hand to suddenly go numb and weak, why not turn your hand and stab at her throat instead? It would be much simpler. If it weren't for this pool of clear water, your momentary softness would have already killed you."

  I turned around and looked at him: "You just said she was buried in the lake, so how did you know where the thorn flower needle was on her hand?"

  He stopped his hand that was about to pull the oar and turned around for the first time, looking at me: "Do you think I would still save her after seeing the peach blossom needle on her hand?"

  I was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say, and he turned back again, no longer speaking, self-absorbed in plucking the qin zither. In his lowered head and clear eyes, there was an eternal and unchanging loneliness, warm yet desolate, desolate yet serene.

  The atmosphere was slightly chilly, I didn't want this awkwardness to hang between us, so I forced myself to change the subject and speak up, but that sentence was also what I had been wanting to ask all along.

  "Soviet revisionist, how did you end up here?"

  Between lips and teeth, soft friction with breath, after such a long time, finally called out those three words again, Su Xiu Yan.

  His fingers paused slightly on the strings of the guqin.

  His name is rarely called, in the evil doctor valley, he is the "young master" that everyone looks up to like a god, in the Jianghu, he is the legendary "Mr. Su" in people's mouths, but I only remember, when my consciousness just woke up, and found myself unable to see with both eyes, the helpless wandering at that time, the sound that echoed in my ears -

  He said, don't be afraid, you won't go blind.

  His voice was soft and cool, like a fine piece of jade, and my heart strangely calmed down a bit. I asked, "Who are you?"

  He was silent for a moment, then spoke up, with only three words - Su Shu Mian.

  Forever unforgettable, so it's unforgettable.

  So later on, even if they knew the truth, they were unwilling to change their original name. They didn't even want to remove the "Su" character in front, and instead softly whispered his name between their lips, calling him Su Xiuxian, Su Xiuxian...

  On my lips, a self-mocking smile slowly emerges. Such delicate and intricate thoughts of a young girl are now as distant from me as an entire lifetime, yet I still remember how they once lingered in my eyes and heart.

  Nowadays, I reopen my mouth to call out this name again, still soft, but already lightly tinged with melancholy.

  Before she could say anything else, a cold and disdainful voice came from Lian Luo: "How can you be here? Why don't you ask Miss Qing why she isn't staying in the Wangfu Palace in Shangjing as the third princess consort, but instead ran to Yecheng to become a prisoner and shock the world... In that battle on the city wall of Yecheng, the princess really made a big show..."

  She hadn't finished speaking, when Su Xiuzhen slightly turned her eyes and gave a faint glance, the gaze was actually not cold, but Lian Mo suddenly stopped talking, lowered her eyelids and didn't say another word.

  I had not yet recovered from her previous words when I suddenly heard a loud rustling sound coming from the withered forest behind me, which was the sound of the stone array being triggered.

  Then a low, calm and composed voice drifted over with the wind: "I don't know which friend is outside the forest, can you come out and see?"

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