Chapter 265: How have you been?
"I think she discovered something." Bing Lan said as soon as they teleported into a room.
Yu Nianzhen frowned and then sighed.
"I also think so." He said and turned to look at Bing Lan.
"Change your appearance?"
"Why? I am a big beauty. Don’t you want to look at my face a little longer?"
When he heard that, Yu Nianzhen took a step back.
The plan Jiang Yue came up with was to disguise himself as Bing Lan while the person hid in the ancient palace.
If everything went as planned, no one should have noticed the deception until it was too late.
However, they underestimated the means of a nascent soul realm cultivator.
No, it could be said they underestimated Shui Qingqing.
Although the other nascent souls didn’t notice the switch, Shui Qingqing most certainly did.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have let them go so easily.
It was because she noticed Bing Lan was no longer around that she decided to take a step back and regroup.
"XiaoYue, about Bing Mei..." Yu Nianzhen started and sighed.
"I know. She also has a yin physique."
Originally, Bing Lan told them about the matter and they planned to bring the girl along.
Unfortunately, Bing Mei wasn’t what they expected.
Her character was not good and they made a spot decision not to bother.
"Shui Qingqing is really too much." Jiang Yue said and flumped on a chair.
Bing Lan was several hundred years older than Bing Mei and her features had already been determined.
Her cultivation was also high and her reputation resounded all over the Cangxing world.
Because of this, Shui Qingqing decided to take over her body.
However, she left Bing Mei as a way out for herself.
If something happened to Bing Lan, she would seize Bing Mei’s body to extend her lifespan.
Unfortunately, Bing Mei was only thirteen and her cultivation was at the origin forging realm.
If Shui Qingqing seized her body, she would stop growing and her appearance would be that of a child for the rest of her life.
Most importantly, filling the cultivation of an origin-forging realm cultivator was more difficult than filling that of an origin-tempering realm cultivator.
For these reasons, Shui Qingqing didn’t want to use Bing Mei unless there were no other options.
"These old monsters don’t care about the life and death of lower-level cultivators." Yu Nianhen said and frowned.
As human beings, they walked on the ground and didn’t care when their feet crushed insects and grass.
In the same way, high-level cultivators didn’t care when their actions devastated lower-level cultivators.
"In the end, only the powerful can decide how they live or die." He said.
"Mmm." Jiang Yue nodded and both fell silent.
After a while, Yu Nianhen wanted to rub his husband’s hair when he noticed that the other’s appearance had yet to change.
"Change back." He reminded.
"Good."
After saying that, Jiang Yue swallowed a pill and refined it for half an hour before his features changed.
"Do you prefer this face?" He asked as soon as he opened his eyes.
"Always." Yu Nianzhen answered and leaned over to kiss his husband.
The kiss was devoid of passion but it was lingering and portrayed the love they had for each other.
"Has master removed the divine sense on his wife?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Who knows?!" Jiang Yue said and shrugged.
At the same time, in a room in the ancient palace, Yang Xu and Bing Lan were looking at each other.
Although they had been engaged for many years, they hadn’t met many times.
Because of this, they were a little at a loss for what to say to each other.
"Have you been well in the Ice Palace sect?" Yang Xu asked.
His voice was a little unnatural and Bing Lan relaxed a little.
Her eyes softened a bit and she nodded.
"I have been well. What about you?" She asked and her voice revealed a little worry.
In the thirty years since he was injured, Bing Lan had only seen him once.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to see him, it was because the palace master restrained her movements.
As soon as they discovered the extent of Yang Xu’s injuries, Shui Qingqing immediately turned her face.
In these years, everything she knew about Yang Xu came from second-hand information.
Until she heard from him, she couldn’t rest assured.
"I am fine. My injury has recovered a little." Yang Xu said and then frowned.
"The situation of my Sea Cloud sect is not optimistic. Are you still sure about following me?" He asked.
In fact, he didn’t want to give her a chance to regret the marriage but he had to ask.
No matter what, Yang Xu didn’t want to force her into anything.
"I am sure." Bing Lan said with a firm look in her eyes.
She knew that Yang Xu wasn’t just asking because of the Sea Cloud sect.
He was also asking because of his injury.
If his body did not recover, his future was bleak but her future was limitless.
"I see." Yang Xu said and his heart was relieved.
Although he was sorry that he couldn’t give her a stable life at the beginning, Yang Xu wasn’t a person who obsessed over gains and losses.
After all, relationships, like cultivation, were against the sky.
When they overcame the storm, their relationship would be stronger and indestructible.
The problems they faced now was the price for a better future.
"Don’t worry about my body. There will always be a solution." Yang Xu assured her but didn’t explain.
The tree of life was his disciple’s secret and he couldn’t talk about it casually.
This was not because he didn’t trust Bing Lan, it was because Yu Nianzhen had a right to choose the people to entrust his secrets.
Without his permission, Yang Xu wouldn’t say anything.
"Okay." Bing Lan said and nodded.
Her cheeks were a little flushed and Yang Xu couldn’t help but be charmed.
’Why is she blushing?’ He wondered and his thoughts span wildly.
’Is it because I mentioned my body? Did she think something incredible?’ Yang Xu stole a glance at the woman and was sure his guess was wrong.
With a light chuckle, the mood lightened and he took Bing Lan’s hand.
"I will help you erase the divine sense on your body." He said.
"Good." She answered and took a deep breath.
She sat cross-legged, closed her eyes, and began to relax her body.
When her body was fully relaxed, Yang Xu injected a strand of divine sense into her wrist acupoint.
The divine sense was like fire but it didn’t burn Bing Lan.
Her Yin physique welcomed the hot divine sense and overwhelming comfort spread around her body.
In the same way, Yang Xu was not unaffected.
When his divine sense entered her body, a sense of coolness enveloped him and he felt balanced for the first time in his life.
However, this was not the time for that.
Yang Xu calmed his mind and resolutely controlled his divine sense to enter Bing Lan’s Sea of consciousness.
In his eyes, the sea of consciousness was a vast ice field.
The ice was crystal clear and incomparably cold.
’Shui Qingqing’s divine sense marking should be somewhere in here.’ Yang Xu thought and controlled his divine sense to fly around the ice field.
Soon after, he discovered a place that was a little different from other areas of the ice field.
In this place, the crystal-like ice was covered by a patch of white.
Although the white was not ugly, it was a defect in Bing Lan’s sea of consciousness and it clearly did not belong.
’This should be it.’ Yang Xu thought and subtly probed the white ice.
As expected, the white ice did not belong to Bing Lan and Yang Xu took a deep breath.
’The next part is the most difficult.’ Yang Xu thought and focused his mind.
He carefully examined the divine sense marking and saw it was a double trap.
If it was carelessly removed, it would counterattack to injure Bing Lan and the person who tried to remove it.
However, this kind of trap was nothing to Yang Xu.
After all, his divine sense had long been at the peak of the nascent soul realm.
Compared to Shui Qingqing, Yang Xu’s divine sense was several times stronger.
[Don’t resist.] He transmitted into Bing Lan’s mind.
[I understand.] Bing Lan said and forced herself to remain calm.
Since they weren’t Taoist companions, it was difficult to accept Yang Xu’s presence in her sea of consciousness.
However, she inherently trusted him and her sea of consciousness wasn’t hostile to him.
[In a moment, I will destroy Shui Qinqqing’s divine sense with my divine sense. It will burn a little but I won’t harm you.] He warned to prepare her.
Although her sea of consciousness wasn’t hostile to him, it was best to prepare her to prevent an adverse subconscious reaction.
