I stood holding a broom, staring blankly at the dusty temple.
Ever since Qing Yan said those inexplicable words to me, he seems to be deliberately avoiding me and has disappeared. Now without Qing Yan, the temple feels even more desolate.
I shook my hands and was about to go inside to wash up, but suddenly a muffled thunderclap came from the sky, catching me off guard.
It was just sunny a moment ago, how could the thunder suddenly start?
This feeling is too ominous. I felt the thunder getting closer and closer to me, so I got scared and ran into the house, leaving the broom behind.
But it was as if the thunder sensed that I was trying to hide, and with a loud bang, it struck right next to me. I was left in shock, clutching my chest and looking at the charred plants.
What's been happening recently? I inexplicably brought a monster home, then a Taoist came to stir things up, and now as a peaceful monk, I'm still getting struck by lightning!
The thunder is still rumbling, and before I can even make it back inside, one lightning bolt after another comes at me. I can only frantically flee while cursing the heavens.
As the lightning was about to strike me, I forgot to dodge and could only instinctively close my eyes.
The expected pain did not come. Instead, I heard a muffled groan and felt myself being held in someone's arms. When I opened my eyes, I saw that it was Qing Yan, who had been missing for some time.
His face was unusually pale, but he still looked at me affectionately and said, "Yuxuan, it's okay, I'm here, you'll be fine."
I looked at his injuries and worriedly said, "What are you doing? You're still injured, why are you protecting me?"
I am just a mortal. At worst, I'll be struck by lightning and reincarnate. But he is a long-practiced demon, and he has no spiritual power left. It's possible that a lightning strike could scatter his soul.
Thinking this, I pushed him away and faced the thunder quietly. It's fine this way. If I die now, maybe in my next life, I'll be born into a wealthy family and live a life of plenty.
So, when the lightning struck me, I didn't panic at all, I just felt everything go black.
As I was about to lose consciousness, I felt a warmth and heard a gentle voice amidst the thunder, it was Qing Yan. He said, "Thank goodness, Yuxuan, in this lifetime, I can accompany you and enjoy the splendor of the world together."
I had a very long dream. I dreamt that I was floating in the sky, wandering aimlessly.
Suddenly, I saw a green field in front of me. I rubbed my eyes in disbelief and then I saw a person who looked like me, wearing traditional Chinese clothing, leisurely strolling through the green field.
Suddenly, she seemed to have spotted something interesting and stopped in her tracks, gazing ahead.
Following her gaze, I saw a green snake locked in a life-and-death struggle with its archenemy, the eagle.
Watching the green snake gradually losing ground, she involuntarily drove away the eagle and saved the green snake.
The green snake rolled on the ground and turned into a young man. He gratefully said to her, "Thank you, fairy sister, for saving my life."
She chuckled, "I'm not some fairy sister, I am the Immortal Yu Xuan. Well, I didn't expect you to be able to take human form, and to look so handsome, that really surprises me." Qing Yan blushed and lowered her head, feeling at a loss.
She looked up at the sky and sighed, "I've been out for so long, if I don't go back soon, Buddha will scold me again."
Qing Yan heard that she was about to leave and felt a little anxious, asking, "Yao... Guang, are you leaving?"
She looked back at Qing Yan with some confusion, and he hesitantly said, "I, I just wanted to ask if you have time to come down often to hang out? I don't mean anything else, I just want someone to accompany me."
She asked in confusion, "Do you have any other siblings?"
He lowered his head in thought for a moment, then looked up at her and said, "I have a brother. We were originally twins, but hundreds of years ago, he left me and went off alone to search for the secret of immortality. I've been alone all these years, so Yuxuan, can you come down to keep me company often?"
At one moment, she was moved by the sincerity in Qing Yan's eyes.
She is a string of prayer beads under the Buddha, and has been enlightened into an Immortal Lord since the day she gained consciousness. Due to her privileged background, she has been envied by other immortals.
She is in the heavenly court, but isn't she also alone?
Since then, she often came to Qing Yan's side, accompanying him to watch the sunrise and sunset, listening to him talk about the various things in the human world.
Occasionally, Qing Yan would also look up at the sky and say, "Yuxuan, what does the heavenly court you are in look like?" She would lightly reply, "I don't feel anything because I have always been alone in the sky."
When she said this, Qing Yan always said seriously, "Then I must cultivate into an immortal in the future, so I can go to heaven to accompany you, and you won't feel lonely."
After a pause, Qing Yan said again, "Yuxuan, from the first day I met you, I really liked the aura on you. I always want to be with you all the time."
She fell silent for a moment and then said, "Then you should cultivate quickly. In the days when you are in the heavenly court, I will definitely not be lonely."
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