Lin Fengmian slammed his cup onto the table, his benevolent expression vanishing in an instant.
"If I should not hear it, then I simply will not listen. But as for making me leave? No."
His stance was firm.
He would not compromise in the slightest.
Tu Sisi was not surprised at all, as if this were exactly what she had expected.
The world said that among the ancestors of the Wendao Sword Sect, Lin Fengmian was the most composed and good-tempered, always wearing a smile.
Little did they know,
When this old man lost his temper, he was just like his old bones—appearing soft, but actually incredibly hard.
However,
Tu Sisi had no intention of compromising either. She narrowed her eyes and said, "Then... shall we fight?"
Lin Fengmian pondered for a moment.
"Very well."
Their auras surged outward, causing the Cloud Boat to rock and space to distort.
Seeing this, Xu Xian hurried to mediate. "Senior Brother, Senior, do not be so heated. Calm down, calm down..."
Both of them turned their gazes toward him.
Xu Xian smiled and said, "It is just a few words. It does not matter. Senior Brother, you go on ahead, and I will follow shortly. I do not believe Senior will harm me."
Lin Fengmian narrowed his eyes. "You are just a child. What do you know?"
Xu Xian chuckled sheepishly and said with confidence, "Senior Brother, trust me. I might not be able to defeat this senior, but if I want to leave, she cannot keep me here."
Tu Sisi laughed.
"Heh!"
How interesting.
Lin Fengmian hesitated. Was his junior brother truly that capable?
Tu Sisi urged, "Hey, old man, why haven't you left yet?"
Lin Fengmian glanced at Tu Sisi, drained the fresh tea Xu Xian had poured for him in one gulp, and reached out to pat Xu Xian’s shoulder. He gave a meaningful warning:
"Little Eleven, do not learn from your senior sister. She loves to gamble, but gambling always ends in loss."
Xu Xian’s eyes darted around.
"Fine, I am leaving now."
He stood up and gave a respectful bow to Tu Sisi. "I hope Immortal Tu does not forget the words she spoke."
Tu Sisi remained silent.
Lin Fengmian departed.
Xu Xian watched him go.
After Lin Fengmian left, Tu Sisi teased, "What a polite old man. It seems they care about you quite a bit..."
Xu Xian rubbed the bridge of his nose. "It is probably because I have caused quite a lot of trouble these past few years."
In Yecheng, he had offended the demonic cultivators.
Outside Demon-Slaying City, he had offended the East Desolation.
And now, with the matter of the Emperor's Tomb, he had offended the entire world.
There were many who wanted Xu Xian dead, and even more who wanted Bai Mang dead. Adding the two together, it was no exaggeration to say it was the entire world.
Tu Sisi did not refute him. With a flick of her sleeve, she still took the precaution of setting up an isolation divine ability.
Xu Xian sat quietly and waited.
To be honest, he was quite curious about what Tu Sisi wanted to say to him that even his Senior Brother was not allowed to hear.
Was it about Kongkong?
Tu Sisi got straight to the point, speaking slowly, "I kept you here because I want to ask for a favor."
"What favor?"
"Deliver a message to someone for me."
Xu Xian was still confused. "To whom?"
"Your master, Li Taibai," Tu Sisi said.
Xu Xian was shocked. What did she mean? Did she have mind-reading powers and know he was going to see his master? Only the little book spirit knew about that.
As if seeing through Xu Xian's thoughts, Tu Sisi said softly, "Rest assured, I cannot read minds. There is no such divine ability in this world."
Xu Xian was stunned.
She said she couldn't...
First it was Lord of Forgetting Sorrows, and now it was Tu Sisi. He was truly impressed.
Yet he remained calm and spoke stubbornly, "I do not understand what Senior means. My master left a long time ago. It has been thousands of years, and I have never even seen him. How can I deliver a message? Even if I wanted to, I would be unable to help."
Tu Sisi smiled meaningfully. "Others might not know, but you do. Others cannot see him, but you... you are different..."
While Xu Xian was secretly alarmed, he maintained a confused expression.
"How am I different?"
Tu Sisi said directly, "I have seen your master."
"Oh?"
"About ten thousand years ago..." A mist seemed to cover Tu Sisi's eyes, as if she were lost in a memory. She said sentimentally, "Mmm... it has been nearly ten thousand years since we parted."
Meeting is parting, and parting is forever...
Xu Xian could tell.
There was a story here.
The fires of gossip burned brightly within him.
Tu Sisi lowered her gaze to him and smiled mischievously. "Want to hear it?"
Xu Xian raised his hand, leaving a tiny gap between his forefinger and thumb, and said insincerely:
"Just a little bit."
"Heh..." Tu Sisi chuckled and said, "Then I will tell you about it."
Xu Xian pushed the teacup aside and skillfully brought out a jar of wine, saying solemnly, "Please..."
Tu Sisi wanted to laugh even more. There were actually such interesting people in the world.
If he wanted to hear it,
Then she would tell it.
She couldn't tell others, but she could tell Xu Xian.
Tu Sisi recalled the past, her voice flowing like a stream.
"It was about ten thousand years ago. I remember it was a rainy day when I met your master..."
A story.
Another story.
And another story told by a woman.
For some reason, Tu Sisi's storytelling felt more vivid than Jin Qing's.
Listening closely, it felt as if he were right there, the images rushing toward him.
Xu Xian was deeply moved.
Of course,
It might also be because Li Taibai was in Tu Sisi's story.
Two stories.
Both contained love.
Jin Qing's love was about breaking secular rules.
Tu Sisi's love was about breaking racial barriers.
In Jin Qing's story, love was passionate, painful, and constantly present...
But in Tu Sisi's story, she did not mention love once, yet it was in every sentence...
Xu Xian was surprised.
Xu Xian was delighted.
Tu Kongkong couldn't possibly be his master's child, could she?
Pregnant for ten thousand years?
This...
He found it a bit hard to convince himself.
Tu Sisi said that about ten thousand years ago, a man broke into the North Sea. He came with his sword to borrow the Ten Thousand Demon Banner from the North Sea.
The North Sea refused.
A fight broke out.
In the past, Li Taibai had single-handedly challenged the entire North Sea demon race,
And narrowly lost.
It couldn't really be called a loss.
The result of that battle was that all the demon immortals were beaten down by him, and he surrendered only then.
Tu Sisi met Li Taibai at that time; they had become acquaintances through the fight.
Later,
Considering that Li Taibai had not slaughtered them all, the demon immortals allowed him to recover his injuries in Tushan. During that time, the demon immortals of the North Sea negotiated with him about borrowing the Ten Thousand Demon Banner.
After many twists and turns and repeated negotiations, neither side would back down.
Later,
In order to get rid of this jinx, the demon immortals had to compromise.
As it happened, everyone could see that an affection had blossomed between Tu Sisi and Li Taibai. They decided to go all the way and spoke to Li Taibai.
As long as Li Taibai and Tu Sisi became dao companions, they would allow him to take the Ten Thousand Demon Banner.
Initially,
Li Taibai did not agree. He told Tu Sisi that he could not give her a future and did not want to hurt or fail her...
Tu Sisi simply did not believe him.
She even said that since they had all lived so long, no one should pretend to be pure. It was just a night's sleep.
I am not afraid, so what are you afraid of?
Then,
the matter happened in a muddle, and that one night resulted in a child.
The Nine-Tailed Fox,
Was an auspicious beast.
Her bloodline was incredibly powerful. The probability of her becoming pregnant was equivalent to a meat pie falling from the sky and landing exactly in her mouth...
Later,
Li Taibai left and never returned. Tu Sisi also knew he would not come back.
Since that parting,
their paths would never cross again in this life.
The story finished, and Tu Sisi calmed her thoughts, falling into silence.
The wine in Xu Xian's hand no longer tasted good. Not knowing what else to say, he used his old line:
"My condolences."
Tu Sisi gave him a strange look. "..."
Xu Xian awkwardly drank his wine.
Those two words really did not seem appropriate; it made it sound as if Li Taibai were dead.
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