Tanxiqi carried her all the way through the woods.

Without any pause, Tanxiqi headed straight for the Sword Sealing Pagoda with a clear goal.

Su Qing fell into a deep sleep halfway through her journey due to her injuries.

When she opened her eyes again, she was already inside the pagoda.

Tanxiqi was sitting on the edge of the bed. His gaze was sharp.

He was human.

Su Qing sat up in fright. She covered herself with the quilt and moved backward. "What are you trying to do?"

"What do you think I'm trying to do?" Su Qing's vigilant action obviously provoked Feng Jian Zhu.

He pulled the quilt down and ordered coldly, "Come here and apply the medicine."

"This …" Su Qing was ashamed and angry when she thought of how undressed she was previously. "I can do it myself. You don't have to do it!"

"You …" Tanxiqi's face was gloomy. He put the medicine bottle on the bedside and left in a huff.

Su Qing gasped for breath. Confronting this unpredictable and capricious Innate Master was beyond her limits.

She opened her clothes with trembling hands and carefully checked her injuries. She was shocked to find that her injuries were all over her sensitive areas.

There was even one that was across her inner thigh …

Su Qing's face turned green, but her head was hot.

She sighed in wonder. What kind of willpower controlled him to help her apply the medicine?

Su Qing did not dare to imagine.

She cleaned herself up, changed her clothes, and walked out of the secret chamber.

Tanxiqi was still sitting there as usual, looking at the sword manual with an indifferent expression.

Su Qing doubted whether he had the seven emotions and six desires.

If he did not, why did he do such terrible things to her again and again?

Tanxiqi did not raise his head, as if he was the only one left here.

Su Qing's eyes flickered. She rubbed the corner of her clothes uneasily. "You … when are you willing to let me go?"

The atmosphere was slightly stagnant.

Tanxiqi narrowed his eyes. He rubbed the sword manual with his fingertips and did not answer her.

"Hey, say something."

"You made an appointment with Xie Fengdi to meet in seven days, didn't you?" Tanxiqi didn't answer the question.

"Hmm …"

"If you haven't changed your mind after seven days, I'll let you go."

"Really?"

"Whether you believe it or not, it won't change the current situation, right?" Tanxiqi closed the book with a mocking look in his eyes.

What he said was indeed reasonable.

Su Qing looked straight at him and asked, "Do you have any conditions?"

"Heh, you sure have a bright mind."

Tanxiqi stood up and instantly moved in front of Su Qing. He lowered his head slightly and whispered into her ear, "I only have one request."

"What, what?" The man's warm breath made Su Qing blush.

"Don't keep people at arm's length." His voice was deep and carried a trace of bewitchment, making Su Qing feel as if she had fallen into a fog.

Su Qing thought about it for a while. This wasn't a harsh condition, so she didn't probe further and nodded in agreement.

However, in the next few days, she was extremely regretful of her compromise!

"Tanxiqi, are you sure you want to sleep here?" Seeing that her bed was occupied by someone, Su Qing stomped her feet. She was really bitter but couldn't say anything.

"All the materials in Sword Sealing Pagoda are mine. Do you have any objections?" Tanxiqi took off his coat, loosened his collar, and lay on the bed.

Su Qing gritted her teeth. "Okay, okay, it's all yours. I'll leave, okay?"

She turned around angrily, but just as she took a step, she was restrained by an external force and fell on the edge of the bed uncontrollably.

Su Qing rubbed her knees and was about to raise her head to scold him when she felt a numbness in her knees.

However, her gaze met the man's crotch. The faintly discernible bulge made Su Qing's body stiffen.

He … sat up and looked at her with a disdainful and playful attitude, like a hunter enjoying his prey.

"Are you going back on your promise just now?" Tanxiqi kindly reminded her. His fingertips hooked a strand of her hair and gently played with it.

"You …" Su Qing bit her lip. "You cheated."

"Oh?"

"You played word games and set a trap for me to jump into." Under the guise of "not rejecting people thousands of miles away", he forced himself to be a hooligan!

In the face of a righteous accusation, Tanxiqi said dangerously, "It seems that I've misunderstood you. You don't want to leave Sword Sealing Pagoda at all."

The meaning behind his words was clear.

If Su Qing didn't cooperate, she wouldn't be able to leave even half a step!

After a battle in her mind, Su Qing finally bowed her head to the evil forces.

She rubbed the corner of her clothes hard and was so nervous that she was incoherent. "How about … I sleep on the floor?"

Tanxiqi directly pulled her onto the bed.

Su Qing exclaimed. In the next second, her whole body was in Tanxiqi's arms.

She struggled, but the other party didn't move.

Their breaths intertwined in the darkness. She could almost hear his heartbeat.

'So ambiguous. This boundary is so ambiguous that it's embarrassing …'

Su Qing looked up. With the help of the faint light in the distance, she carefully looked at the man's exquisite face.

God was absolutely fair. He was blessed with good looks, but he was also blessed with an incomplete personality!

Even so, this sleeping face was as peaceful as a baby's. It was untainted by the mortal world. It was so pure that one couldn't help but want to touch it.

Su Qing closed her eyes in disgust. She actually thought that Tanxiqi was pure and cute?

This face was indeed deceiving!

Su Qing was really disgusted.

The man's breathing gradually stabilized as if he had fallen asleep.

Su Qing twisted her body, but she still couldn't get rid of his grip.

'Why?'

Tanxiqi was such a cautious Innate Master. Why would he sleep beside her without any precaution? Was he not afraid that she would have other thoughts?

An answer was on the verge of appearing, but Su Qing didn't dare to think about it.

In a daze, she had a splitting headache. In the end, she fell asleep because of the long period of exhaustion.

When she woke up, Su Qing could no longer see Tanxiqi's figure. However, she heard a strange cry from next door.

She immediately got out of bed and ran out.

She saw a middle-aged man holding a kitchen knife. He was trembling as he looked at the ingredients in front of him. His back was already drenched in sweat.

Su Qing guessed a little and couldn't help sweating. "Tanxiqi, what did you do?"

A certain sword genius flipped through the book without any shame. "I just invited him over to prepare food. Is there a problem?"

'Are you sure you used' invite '?'

"Why did you do this?

You're an Innate Master. Even if you don't eat, you won't feel hungry. "

Tanxiqi choked. His tone was unnatural. "Considering that your body hasn't recovered yet, this painstaking effort was prepared for you."

He spoke extremely stiffly. His tone was so cold that it didn't allow anyone to refute him.

However …

Tanxiqi, was it that difficult to admit that his culinary skills were terrible?

Su Qing was mentally tired. She took the kitchen knife from the middle-aged man's hand and signaled him to leave.

"You …" Tanxiqi's expression cracked.

"The great Feng Jian Zhu, there's no need to trouble an outsider with something as trivial as cooking."

Su Qing's movements were skillful as she busied herself. She didn't feel that her tone just now was sympathetic, intimate and sweet.

Tanxiqi was in a good mood. He stood beside Su Qing and watched Su Qing cook.

The girl's focused expression really made people feel relaxed and happy.

This was the first time he felt that there was such a pleasing scene other than swordsmanship.

In a few moments, the room was filled with fragrance.

Tanxiqi naturally picked up his chopsticks and tasted it.

Su Qing smiled mischievously. "Since you're an expert, why waste food?"

Tanxiqi retorted without leaving a trace. "Since it's my ingredient, I have the right to do whatever I want with it."

"You …" Su Qing's heart was stifled. This man really had a glib tongue. If he was in the modern world, he would definitely be a good debater.

However, with this kind of personality, he probably had a lot of enemies.

It was hard to imagine how he had lived so peacefully for so many years.

Probably … because he had martial arts, he was fearless.

Everything returned to the beginning.

Su Qing continued to recuperate in the Sword Sealing Pagoda. Under her endless pleading, Tanxiqi would go out and bring some interesting reading books.

Although the level was so low that she couldn't bear to look at it directly, it was still much more interesting than sword manuals.

Su Qing raised her head and looked at Tanxiqi opposite her. Suddenly, a terrifying thought appeared in her mind.

The way they interacted with each other was like that of a husband and wife, except for … intimate physical contact.

"You peeked at me." Tanxiqi curled his lips slightly.

Su Qing blushed. "I didn't!"

"You can take a closer look." Tanxiqi looked up with a smile in his eyes.

Su Qing went crazy and buried her head in the book in shame.

This man … is so shameless!

At that moment, a trace of sword sound pierced through the air. Tanxiqi's sea of consciousness instantly turned over and over, and his heart surged.

"What's wrong?" Su Qing saw that Tanxiqi's expression was not right and couldn't help but be puzzled.

"Heh, there's a guest."

It had been many years since they last met.

A white-haired Confucian, draped in a landscape painting, stood in front of the Sword Sealing Pagoda with his hands behind his back.

"Feng Jian Zhu Tanxiqi, Yun Tian Wang Chui, Mo Qing Chi requests an audience."

"So it's the Holy Priest of the Confucian Sect." Waves of sword sound came from the pagoda. "The door is open. You can directly enter the pagoda for a chat."

Hundreds of sword formations were operating irregularly. To break them, not only would one need to have a high level of skill, but it would also take a lot of time and effort.

A slight distraction would cause one to fall into a maze and be consigned to eternal damnation!

Mo Qing Chi's eyes were cold. "Xuan Miao, we haven't met for many years. Why are you deliberately mystifying? Just get straight to the point."

Mo Qing Chi revealed his identity. He quietly waited for Feng Jian Zhu's reaction.

"Heh, when did the Holy Priest confirm it?" Tanxiqi admitted openly.

"Your sword sound is imposing. It's no different from you many years ago." Mo Qing Chi said word by word, but a contemptuous laugh came from the pagoda.

"The Holy Priest is the same as before. Cold and conceited."

"Xuan Miao …"

"No need to say more." Tanxiqi coldly interrupted. "I only have one condition. Bring Yuancangming here. Only then will the two of us have space to talk."

"What is your purpose?" Mo Qing Chi's expression changed slightly.

"No purpose. You should know the relationship between Yuancangming and me."

Mo Qing Chi thought for a while. In the end, he did not dare to take the risk.

"I'm sorry. Cangming was raised by me. I will not hand him over to anyone. Goodbye." After saying that, he turned and left.

In the pagoda, Tanxiqi's expression was cold and murderous.

This murderous expression was really scary.

Su Qing gathered her courage and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tanxiqi let out a long sigh and said with a smile, "It's nothing. It's just that an old friend came to visit."

Although Su Qing could not hear the sound of the swords, he could imagine the tense atmosphere between the experts just now.

She asked curiously, "Is it an enemy?"

"No." Tanxiqi thought for a while. "He's one of the few people I … admire."

.....

Your expression just now clearly showed that you wanted to cut him into pieces!

Su Qing was speechless. The brain circuit of a master was indeed not simple.

However, the person who could make him recognize him was probably not an ordinary person.

Su Qing was also curious about the mysterious visitor in his heart.

Later, she found out that this cold man was called Mo Qing Chi.

The appointed time with Xie Fengdi came quickly.

This time, Tanxiqi did not stop her.

Su Qing walked out of the Sword Sealing Pagoda uneasily. As expected, Xie Fengdi came as scheduled.

"Miss Su, how have you been?" Xie Fengdi was still smiling like a spring breeze.

Su Qing hesitated for a while and nodded.

"Sigh, it seems that the inferior one has made an unnecessary move this time." Xie Fengdi sighed. Su Qing was so scared that she immediately waved her hand.

"No, no, no. How can that be?

Sir, I actually yearn for the life outside the world that you mentioned. "

"Miss, if your life is worry-free now, it doesn't matter where you are." Xie Fengdi kindly enlightened her.

Su Qing hesitated because of his words.

She knew very well how her life was in the Sword Sealing Pagoda.

To be honest, Tanxiqi was really good to her.

Then why did she still want to leave?

Perhaps deep in her heart, she was still hoping that Tanxiqi would make a statement.

What did she expect him to say?

"Sir, where is the hidden place you mentioned?" Su Qing was still somewhat expectant.

"Mm … Miss, please tell me slowly."

"… Monster market?" Hearing the name, it seemed to be ten?

People!

"Miss Su, there is no need to panic. The demon market is just an independent country that exists overseas. There was indeed turmoil in the country before, but now it can be said to be safe and peaceful. The people are stable and worry-free."

Not long ago, Xie Fengdi led the Unmoving City and joined forces with the Devil's Breath to successfully get rid of the disaster of the Nine Wheels. However, the people were innocent. In the end, they decided to use the geographical advantage to bring the survivors of the Nine Wheels to the demon market.

Now that the chaos in the demon market had been resolved.

The heaven's will that had turned over a new leaf also guarded the people of the Nine Wheels together with the Devil's Breath, guarding every inch of pure land in the demon market.

"But will they accept an outsider like me?"

"You don't have to worry about that."

Xie Fengdi said, "Now the demon market can be said to be peaceful and free. Most of the people are also outsiders. The ruler of the demon market is my friend.

If you decide to go, I will ask them to arrange everything. "

"Sir, thank you.

I … will think about it again. "

Su Qing returned to the Sword Sealing Pagoda. Her expression was the same as usual. Tanxiqi did not probe further.

In his view, it was a waste of time to dwell on meaningless matters.

But, faintly, the atmosphere between them became subtle.

"Tanxiqi." Su Qing looked at him, her gaze firm. "I want to leave."

This was her final decision.

She yearned for the otherworldly country that Xie Fengdi spoke of.

She was just an ordinary person who only wanted to live an ordinary life.

Tanxiqi's expression was indifferent, but his heart was full of malice.

Did she really think she could escape from his grasp?

All promises were fragile in the face of absolute power.

If he wanted, he could seal her consciousness right now and completely imprison her by his side!

"Did you really think that Xie Fengdi would be so kind as to arrange a way out for you?"

Tanxiqi's gaze was cold. "He just wants to imprison you. When the time is right, he will use you."

Su Qing looked at him in a daze.

Why was it that every single word and sentence seemed to be a reflection of him?

Other than the matter with Ghost Blade, he didn't seem to have conspired anything useful from her.

Why?

An answer was faintly discernible …

"Tanxiqi …" Su Qing swallowed and looked at him uncertainly. "Do you … like me?"

Tanxiqi's pupils shrank and he looked away.