Enter Chang Xiangsi and help Jingzhai fight

I don't want to join in the fun, I just want to be alone outside for a while.

Not long after, Gui Fangduan came over and asked curiously, "Huh? Why didn't you go with them?"

I replied: "Didn't you go with them too?"

He smiled and scratched his head: "I am a killer, so I am not useful in occasions like peace talks."

I looked at him and said, "Then... I'll cook you a table of dishes to thank you tomorrow?"

He grinned: "That's great! You're really quick this time!"

The next night he and I went to Zuihualou, borrowed the kitchen there, and prepared a table of food for him.

He grinned and said, "What a generous gesture!" He picked up another bun and looked at it, "You also kneaded the dough to make buns?"

I smiled and said, "Didn't you say you like it? But I am only responsible for mixing the stuffing and wrapping it. The skin is made by the chef."

He took a bite and praised, "Delicious!" He said casually but seriously, "Have you thought about your third wish? Is it for me to kill three people for Xuanxuan?"

I shook my head. "I've already said it in front of everyone. It's enough of a deterrent if everyone knows that he used your power. You don't have to really do it to him. If he comes to you, just charge him the normal price. I want to... ask you to protect Tu Shanjing."

He was stunned, and his relaxed look turned into a hint of disappointment: "I can't be his shadow guard."

I waved my hands repeatedly. "No, he has his own shadow guards. I mean, if he becomes... powerful in the future, it's inevitable that someone will want to harm him. If there's a situation that the shadow guards can't handle, I hope you can help him after getting the news. Of course, it's best if there's no danger."

He took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "He has done a great deed and is so noble, who dares to touch him? Your third wish can be regarded as a gift to me for free."

I refilled his glass of wine: "It's better if there's nothing else. He'll be safe and you'll be free."

Gui Fangduan ate and drank so much that his stomach was so full that he could not take any more. He went to the toilet in a cowardly manner.

When he came back, the smile on his face turned into a gloomy one.

"I heard from Jin Xuan that you asked her to deliver a letter to Xiaowei?" he asked me.

"Oh, I asked her to help me send the ashes of my eldest brother and his younger brother and his wife back to their hometown."

He asked again: "Jin Xuan also said that the King of Xiyan arrested Master Huang?"

"Really?" I played dumb.

He slammed his hands on the table: "Isn't that the person who sucked your spiritual power?!"

This time it was my turn to lose my composure: "How did you know?!"

His eyes were red. "That time I asked Xiao Yin. She knew I was your friend and Tu Shan Jing was safe, so she told me without reservation that you wanted to treat Tu Shan Jing's eyes, and when you got into Master Huang's carriage, you turned into a fox when you came out. Was it his evil method that destroyed your spiritual platform and made it impossible for you to practice or receive spiritual power again?!"

I remained silent, I could not break my oath.

Seeing that I didn't say anything, he continued, "King Xiyan doesn't know him at all. After talking to you, he turned around and captured him. But you have no more spiritual power... Are you trying to remove the poison?"

He put it all together very cleverly.

I didn't want to hide it from him, so I nodded slightly.

He said anxiously: "I haven't heard you say you can solve it before, is it... very dangerous?!"

I looked at him: "I don't know."

He grabbed my shoulders and said, "How dare you solve it if you don't know?!"

I smiled sadly: "I can't help but understand."

Tears welled up in his eyes. "Don't go. Come with me. What I said before about wandering around the world still counts. If you're happy, open a snack shop. If you're not happy, do nothing. Okay?"

I looked at him, and he looked at me in a flattering and expectant manner.

I smiled and held his hand, and his brows relaxed instantly.

"Thank you. But I can't."

His brows, which had just relaxed, frowned again, and the hope that had risen in his eyes was gradually fading away.

He sighed quietly and said, "Are you sure?"

I replied without hesitation, "Yes. He is the whole reason why I am here. And if I run away, King Xiyan and King Haoling will definitely look for me everywhere. I can't drag you down with me."

Gui Fangduan touched his earlobe, tears streaming down his face: "You really don't want to think about it anymore?"

I avoided his gaze: "I can only say sorry, please forget me. Go find a woman... a woman who can travel around the world with you."

He choked up and said, "I can't forget you. You are the first person who dared to challenge me and be so cruel to me. You are the first person who left a scar on me. You are the first person who made me feel interesting and admire your courage and wisdom. You are also the first person who made me see what love is... In short, I will never forget you."

I walked behind him. Behind his earlobe was the scar left by the injury I had caused him. My heart softened and I raised my hand to touch his head.

"Aduan, you're too kind." I whispered back while giving him the same gentle caress I had received when I was a fox.

"I'm not praising you too much! He must know how good you are. The princess is also on good terms with you and will definitely tolerate you!" He trembled and made his last struggle.

"Even if Xiaoyao can tolerate me, King Xiyan and King Haoling cannot tolerate me. Besides, I didn't come here to have a love affair with him. It was me who intervened in his karma without authorization, and now everything is just returning to normal."

It is easy to come but hard to go, easy to separate but hard to reunite. Things in this world are always unsatisfactory, not to mention that there is more than just a little girl between us now. I can't bear it, and I don't want to, to disturb his life, which is coming to an end.

When the golden wind and jade dew meet, it is better than countless things in the world. It is enough to have seen the concern and trust in those eyes, and felt the truth and warmth in that embrace.

I kind of want to go home.

Seeing that I couldn't persuade him, Gui Fangduan stood up and said, "I'll go find him right now! Tell him what you've done for him!"

I couldn't stop him, so I let him go. I looked at his back and silently wished him well. He forgot about me and looked for a woman who could respond to his feelings to spend the rest of his life with.

After returning to Chaoyun Peak, I wrote a letter to Tu Shanjing. I put the wish card he gave me during the Chinese New Year inside it, as if my wish would be more blessed with it.

As soon as I finished writing and sealing the letter, King Xiyan sent someone to summon me.

I put the letter in my pocket and followed the palace servant to a side hall, where I saw King Xiyan and Master Huang standing in the hall. Xiaoyao was lying on a stone platform with her eyes closed, a peach blossom between her eyebrows, so beautiful that it was tempting to the touch.

Seeing me looking at her, King Xi Yan spoke up: "Don't worry, she's just bewitched. If she were awake, she wouldn't let us detoxify her so easily."

I nodded, and everything became clear.

Mr. Huang still had his round eyes shining brightly, and he bowed and said, "Miss, how are you?"

I nodded. "Thanks to Master Huang, it's neither good nor bad. But it doesn't matter. I'll ask Master Huang to help me get rid of the poison later."

Master Huang raised his beard and said, "You have found the right person. Speaking of this mysterious and magical art, I am afraid that no one in Xiyan City or even the entire Great Wilderness knows it better than me. Although Bai Li's Gu is powerful, I also understand it."

I nodded and lay down on another stone platform. Before closing my eyes, I asked King Xi Yan, "After the matter is done, move Xiao Yao away. I don't want her to wake up and see me like this."

The corner of King Xiyan's mouth twitched, and he nodded in agreement: "Thank you, I will."

I actually know how Xiangliu cured the poison.

Lead the male and female Gu worms into your body at the same time, and then die with them at the cost of your life. First, cut open your own and Xiaoyao's arms to allow the Gu worms to leave the body, and then use the Gu spell to summon the Gu worms out. The cut arms make the blood and flesh of the two people blend together, which makes it impossible for the Gu worms to distinguish which is their original host when they return to the host. So when Master Huang pierces my chest to take blood from the apex of my heart, both the male and female Gu worms will enter my body, and then I can die with them together.

But I am not like Xiangliu, I don’t have nine lives.

Tu Shanjing, your health has recovered. You will no longer have to face your grandmother who forced you into marriage, or wander around the world with Xiaoyao. Your friend Fenglong will not die, and your love rival Xiangliu will not die. You will have a lover who loves you wholeheartedly, you will escape the fate of being weak and dying, you will have great achievements, and you will have many descendants. You will be loved by your elders, have friends by your side, have a loving spouse, and have children around you.

You deserve to be loved.

E Luhua has no fixed place to stay, and Du Lanxiang has left without a trace.

Yulang knew this and was familiar with the immortal records. He recalled asking Zizhi on the steps to heaven. *

*Quoted from Li Shangyin’s “Revisiting the Temple of the Holy Lady”

[The next chapter is the finale of the ancient chapter. I listened to the song and cried while writing. This is the first time I have written a work with the final chapter. I am reluctant to finish it, and I am even more reluctant to leave everyone who has been with me. BGM list: Li Xianji's "Marriage", Hu Yanglin's "Love", Lin Yilian's "Wild Wind"]