I became a villain master, but I conquered the heroine

The cave was filled with dark fog and the cold wind was biting.

Gu Xi held the copper bell in her hand, and somehow she suddenly remembered the night when she was imprisoned in the Gu family ancestral hall as a child.

The Gu Family Ancestral Hall is much darker than here, so dark that you can't see your hand in front of you. The hall is filled with tablets and the candlelight flickers.

The young girl was forced to curl up in a corner of the ancestral hall. Terror and despair reached out from the darkness and tightly clamped her throat.

There was endless darkness all around, carrying the breath of death, and the whole room was eerily silent.

How could the darkness here be even one-tenth as dark as that in the Gu Mansion Ancestral Hall?

She could not get rid of the memory of cannibalism in her childhood.

No one could save her at that time, and she could not be redeemed.

But that doesn’t happen anymore. Master opened the door of darkness for her, allowing a ray of light to shine into her life.

Perhaps human beings themselves are a contradiction, with happiness and misfortune coexisting.

The misfortune of her family made Gu Xi feel inferior since childhood, until she met Yuan Chu.

She then felt that it was God who took pity on her and was merciful to her. Master was her light, so she would not allow anyone to take it away.

Yuan Chu saw that Xu Guxi on the other end of the bell hadn't responded for a long time, so she asked worriedly, "Xi'er, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly silent?"

Gu Xi came back to her senses from her memory, "Master, I'm fine."

"Are you really okay?" Yuan Chu frowned and asked again. She could feel that Gu Xi's tone was different from before.

Gu Xi nodded heavily at the other end.

Yuanchu looked in the direction of the Siguo Cliff. It was pitch black, even darker than before.

Is the little disciple afraid of the dark? Yuanchu is not sure.

But she didn't dare to ask. Even if she did, she was afraid she wouldn't get any results. Besides, she couldn't be with Gu Xi at the moment.

Yuanchu tried his best to find some insignificant trivialities to chat with her, trying to divert her attention and comfort her.

Distance makes longing more prolonged, and the two convey their love to each other through voice.

Yuanchu's voice was slightly clear and soft.

It's like the ice and snow on the mountains melting into a pool of spring water when it gets warm, gurgling and making a pleasant sound like tinkling bells.

"Master." Gu Xi was fascinated by what he heard and couldn't help but murmur.

"Well, what's wrong?" Yuan Chu responded softly.

Gu Xi's eyes curved, and she said, "It's nothing, I just suddenly wanted to call you Master."

Yuanchu laughed softly, deliberately dragging out the sound like a cat that had stolen some fish, "Oh~ so that's how it is."

Gu Xi also laughed out loud, pursed her lips and said: "Why, Master doesn't allow it?"

Yuanchu said with some amusement: "Xu, why not!"

"Xier, you can call me whenever you want, and I will always answer you." As she said this, there was an unmelting tenderness in her eyes.

Hearing Yuanchu's words, Gu Xi's eyes were filled with tiny stars, and as if to verify it, she called out again, "Master."

"Yeah." Yuanchu replied softly.

Gu Xi's heart was lifted by Yuan Chu's doting response. Her master was truly considerate to the extreme.

The atmosphere between the two of them was as sweet as drinking honey, and pink bubbles were about to pop out.

Ever since she and Yuan Chu had their heartfelt confession, the corners of Gu Xi's lips have been raised ever since, but now they are rising higher and higher.

There was still endless darkness and howling cold wind around her, but she didn't feel cold at all. Her whole body was burning hot, especially her heart.

"By the way, Master, how is your injury?" Gu Xi asked hurriedly, thinking of something.

"It's much better now, Xi'er, don't worry."

Gu Xi muttered: "That's good, Master must take good care of himself."

Yuanchu couldn't help but laugh, "Shouldn't your teacher be telling you this?"

"It should be the disciple who should be telling the master. The master never takes good care of his body."

When Gu Xi said this, all that came to her mind was Yuan Chu's broken and messy appearance after being injured.

"How could that be?" Yuanchu smiled.

You know, she values ​​her life the most, so how could she not take care of her body?

"Yes." Gu Xi insisted.

"Anyway, Master needs to be well by himself and not get hurt again."

Yuanchu smiled helplessly: "Okay, Master knows."

***

For most of the time after that, Gu Xi concentrated on practicing in the cave.

Yuanchu was also studying the Qingfeng Sword Technique. She wanted to break through to the seventh level as soon as possible. Only by breaking through to the highest level could the power of the sword technique be brought to its full potential.

However, when the two of them missed each other too much, they would use the copper bell to ease their longing.

Yuanchu would always tell her some interesting things that she had seen and heard. Gu Xi also did not forget to practice, sensing her own spiritual power, practicing while listening to her and responding with a few words from time to time.

With the sweet voice of his beloved whispering in his ears, Gu Xi felt at peace and devoted himself to his practice.

The long years of austere practice passed slowly, and it was not as hard as I had imagined.

The impact of the surrounding cold and harsh environment is also weakened, and all this is because of love.

After all, if you love someone, the situation you are in doesn't seem so important.

Without being disturbed by other trivial matters, Gu Xi's mind was calm, and the effect of her practice was twice as good with half the effort.

According to the sect's rules, no one is allowed to visit disciples who are confined in the Cliff of Repentance unless there are special circumstances.

But Yuanchu said that she was not a person who followed the rules. If she was not allowed to go in, she would sneak in quietly and not be discovered.

After all, if people found out that she, as a sect elder, had taken the initiative to break the sect rules, there would be endless gossip, and Gu Xi might even be implicated.

Even though Yuanchu felt that this rule was very unfriendly to her, she had no choice but to abide by it.

On this day, Yuanchu was making peach blossom pastry in the kitchen in the back mountain, planning to sneak into the Cliff of Repentance and bring it to Gu Xi later.

"Tsk, I haven't done this in a long time, so my hands are a little unfamiliar." Yuan Chu muttered in a low voice with some disgust.

After all, ever since Gu Xi learned how to make pastries and often made them for her, she had never gone into the kitchen and always ate ready-made food.

She hadn't touched it for many years, so her hands were really numb.

It was not the right season and the peach blossoms in the yard did not bloom, so she used her spiritual power to nourish them, and she did so for quite some time.

Until today, when Yuanchu returned to the courtyard after studying sword techniques, he suddenly saw a tree full of flowers.

Pink flowers hang on the branches, close together, and blown by the wind, like pink butterflies dancing.

She picked the tender pink petals and used them as raw materials for making peach blossom pastries.

Yuanchu picked up a piece of freshly baked peach blossom cake, then she put it to her mouth and took a small bite, frowning, "I didn't control the heat well, it's a little dry, and why does it smell a little burnt?"

"Host, this seems to be your third step, right?"

Yuanchu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in confusion: "Yes, what's wrong?"

"Well, I just want to remind the host that if the host doesn't sneak up, I'm afraid you will waste the whole afternoon here."