The amplified sound rang out on the stage. Someone brought a spirit sword onto the stage. Everyone looked at the center of the stage, except Luo Jinxiao, who quietly stood up from his seat and walked away with his back hunched.
Tang Lan'er grabbed Luo Jinxiao and whispered, "Hey, where are you going?"
"Looking for someone." Luo Jinxiao said in a low voice, then walked back.
Tang Lan'er wanted to chase after him, but was quickly stopped by the people from the Baiyue Sect, who advised her to stay. When she looked up again, Luo Jinxiao had disappeared.
The first few treasures were bought with silver and there was no competition, so the process was very fast. Luo Jinxiao walked slowly around, constantly searching for Qu Weiyin's figure.
But the place was too big, and she didn’t even see the Qingyi from Wuhui Sect.
When she was halfway through the journey, a few people who looked hurried suddenly ran in front of her and she almost bumped into them. Luo Jinxiao quickly took a step back, pressed her body against the wall, and made way for them.
Unexpectedly, those people stopped when they ran to her side. A fat and big-eared man came forward to pull her arm, his face full of sweat, and he said breathlessly: "Ms. Li, why are you running here? We have been looking for you for a long time!"
Luo Jinxiao was confused. She pointed at herself and said, "I think you guys must have made a mistake. I am not..."
Before she could finish her words, she was dragged forward by the man, who kept nagging her as he dragged her: "Hey, I've given you every penny of the silver you deserve. It's just Qu Weiyin who came. Although she's a bit fierce, she won't hit you. If she comes forward to take the treasure, you'll just admit defeat!"
When Luo Jinxiao heard Qu Weiyin's name, he stopped talking and wanted to see what they were going to do.
The man dragged her into a dark room guarded by many people, then picked up a fairly good spiritual fan and stuffed it into her hand. He said hurriedly, "Take this and go up. Only those who can beat you will be eligible to take the treasure. Just do your best and don't make any mistakes."
Luo Jinxiao took a quick look and found that all the guards here were wearing black clothes and covering their faces with scarves, except her. No wonder she was mistaken for Miss Li.
But she thought again, since Qu Weiyin was here, she would definitely be recognized when she went up, and then she would naturally be able to find her.
So she didn't say much and let a group of people drag her to the stage.
When Luo Jinxiao appeared in the center of the stage holding a fan, Tang Lan'er and Qiongqi, who were sitting in their seats, almost jumped up. Tang Lan'er patted Qiongqi and said in surprise: "Look quickly, is that Luo Jinxiao?"
Qiongqi knew it just by hearing it without having to see it. She nodded, stood up and was about to rush up. Tang Lan'er reached out to pull her, but was almost thrown out by her strength.
"Hey, you look like a little girl, but how come you are so strong." Tang Lan'er used all four limbs to drag Qiongqi, and then held the seat tightly with her hands.
"Are you stupid? She's not in danger. You can't go up now!" Tang Lan'er panted and talked for a long time, but Qiongqi didn't move at all and looked at her with a puzzled look.
Luo Jinxiao couldn't see the dense crowd of people below the stage, so he could only stand where he was. Someone beside him said, "This fan is called the Fast Wind Fan. The bones are made of black jade and the surface is made of cicada wings. It is a rare spiritual weapon."
As soon as he finished speaking, people kept raising their hands and going on stage. At the command, they rushed towards Luo Jinxiao. Seeing this, Luo Jinxiao hurriedly dodged.
Offstage, Qu Weiyin was looking at his fingers with little interest. Chang Siyu beside him said cautiously, "Master Qu, I think this spiritual weapon is good. Why don't we let them go up and try it out?"
Qu Weiyin looked up at the man in black on the round platform and shook her head, "They can't beat her."
"Master Qu, how do you know we can't win if you don't let us try?" the square-faced young man behind him shouted in dissatisfaction.
"Ke Tao!" Chang Siyu turned around and scolded.
Ke Tao stopped talking. He sat back with a gloomy face and whispered to the remaining boys and girls: "Look, I told you she was so fierce and so arbitrary."
"Shh, keep your voice down." Baili Xiao said hurriedly.
"Is she born like this, with no feelings for anyone?" Ke Tao asked again.
Qu Weiyin heard it, but just paused without saying anything, with a wave of sadness in her eyes.
She sighed and looked up at the stage, only to see the woman in black who had dodged just now suddenly stretched out her hand and formed a layer of ice in front of her, blocking the attacks of those people.
The silvery-white spiritual power is very similar to her, Qu Weiyin thought.
The next moment, she opened her eyes wide and stood up suddenly.
She had the same black hair and tall figure as I remembered, but she was not thin. Instead, she had the graceful figure of a grown woman. Her every move was neat and tidy, and also carried a hint of playfulness.
Qu Weiyin suddenly felt a surge of waves in her heart, as if someone was hitting her heart with a sledgehammer, making her legs go weak.
She couldn't help but walk forward. Chang Siyu noticed something was wrong, reached out to pull her, and asked worriedly, "Master Qu, what's wrong?"
"Let go." Qu Weiyin shook off his hand, took small steps forward as if she had lost her soul, and squeezed through the crowd.
"Who is that?" someone asked.
"It seems to be Qu Weiyin. Why did she stand up? Could it be that she wants the folding fan?"
Qu Weiyin turned a deaf ear to the sounds around her. She walked faster and faster, and finally got closer and closer to the platform. Year after year, she never forgot to think about her.
During the days since he lost her, Qu Weiyin traveled all over the country alone, just because he remembered what she said, that she wanted to go to Changmi to see the glaciers and to Zehai to see the sea.
But when she reached the edge of the platform, her speed slowed down. If she pulled down the veil, what if it wasn't Luo Jinxiao who appeared
This situation is not uncommon these days.
Luo Jinxiao suddenly smelled a faint floral scent. She suddenly stopped what she was doing and looked towards the stage. Her eyes met Qu Weiyin's. She was stunned and stood there motionless.
A surge of hope arose in Qu Weiyin's heart. She leaped up and landed in front of Luo Jinxiao, staring at her. Her eyes soon turned red and swollen to an uncomfortable degree.
No one knew what was going on, and everyone was looking at them inquiringly from all directions.
"Hey, who are you? Don't block the way!" The man who was fighting with Luo Jinxiao reached out to play Qu Weiyin, but was stopped by Luo Jinxiao. She opened her palm and air filled the circular platform, knocking the man back several steps and almost falling down.
Luo Jinxiao suddenly felt like she was dreaming and for a moment she forgot to take off her veil. Qu Weiyin slowly reached out and pinched a corner of her veil.
As the veil fell off, Luo Jinxiao's face finally appeared in front of her. Some people in the crowd who knew Luo Jinxiao immediately gasped.
The moment she saw Luo Jinxiao's face, Qu Weiyin burst into tears. She didn't move, just stood there, her body stiff, letting the tears flow.
Luo Jinxiao felt distressed when he saw this and reached out to wipe her tears, but Qu Weiyin suddenly pounced on her, hugged her waist tightly with his arms, and buried his whole body in her arms.
"Luo Jinxiao." She kept saying it, hugging him tighter and tighter, fearing that this was all a dream, and when she woke up again, the person in front of her would be gone.
"Where have you been? Why didn't you come to find me?" Qu Weiyin whispered, her fingertips clenched until pale.
Luo Jinxiao's heart tightened and her eyes turned red. She hugged Qu Weiyin with her backhand, put one arm around her shoulders, and stretched out the other to stop the fat-headed man who rushed forward to question her angrily.
"No wonder he insisted on coming in and didn't sit still. Turns out he was looking for someone." Tang Lan'er in the audience was still pulling Qiongqi, saying angrily.
Meanwhile, the people from Wuhui Sect were all shocked. Baili Xiao knocked on Ke Tao's head and whispered, "Look, is Junior Master Qu crying? She can actually cry?"
Before Ke Tao could say anything, he heard Chang Siyu shouting, "Shut up!" He turned around and looked at Luo Jinxiao, clenching his fists.
She is still alive!
Luo Jinxiao found the person and didn't want to stay in public any longer. She recited a mantra secretly, and the two of them disappeared on the round platform together.
It was a beautiful spring day outside, and there were few people on the streets. Qu Weiyin then pushed Luo Jinxiao away, staring at her with tears in her eyes, refusing to look away.
“Tell me, have you been at Nandou Peak for the past five years?” she whispered.
Although Luo Jinxiao was pushed away, he still held her sleeve with one hand and nodded.
Qu Weiyin opened Luo Jinxiao's hand and wiped away her tears. Only then did she realize how embarrassed she was and her face turned red.
"Then why don't you come to me?"
Seeing her like this, Luo Jinxiao felt so distressed that she answered honestly, "The Sect Master won't allow it."
"The Sect Master won't allow it. Do you know how I have been living these past few years?" Qu Weiyin's emotions, which had been suppressed for five years, finally burst out at this moment, and she couldn't stop crying no matter what.
She wanted to beat Luo Jinxiao up.
"I'm dead if I die. Why did you save me? You even exchanged yourself for me and made me owe you a life for nothing. How do you want me to pay you back?" Qu Weiyin said with clenched hands, glaring at Luo Jinxiao angrily.
In thousands of years of life, she had never felt it so hard. Every moment she counted the falling leaves was heart-wrenching.
Luo Jinxiao felt inexplicably guilty after being scolded by her, and suddenly remembered the rumors she heard after going down the mountain. As expected, her temper became even worse.
But looking at her eyes, I still felt heartbroken.
"Do you know how much I miss you?" Qu Weiyin gritted her teeth and said this time in a very low voice. If Luo Jinxiao hadn't had good hearing, these words would have been lost in the wind.
When Luo Jinxiao heard this, he felt like his heart was hit by a punch, and it was sore, painful and swollen.
She ignored Qu Weiyin's dodging and wiped away her tears with her hands. Then she bent down to pull her hand, which was cold due to excitement, and rubbed it in her palm.
"I'm sorry, Junior Uncle." She whispered, "But even if you scold me, I will still save you."
"Because I am selfish. If you died, I would be in so much pain and grief. So in order not to be sad, I must save you, even if it means exchanging my own life for yours."
"You don't have to pay me back. As long as Junior Master is alive and well, I will be happy."
Qu Weiyin looked up into Luo Jinxiao's eyes, and suddenly she vaguely discovered that Luo Jinxiao had really grown up a lot and was no longer a young girl.
Her heart suddenly beat like a drum, and no matter how angry she was, it all melted away in this apology.