Yu Yan's words cut straight to her throat and heart.
Actually, Yu Yan thought the same. When he asked Nian En about him the other day, he only said calmly that it was not his, and that was all. Yu Yan asked again. He said that she would let Nie Shuangcheng find out the truth.
Nie Shuangcheng was extremely busy every day. Yu Yan didn't know, but it was very difficult for her to see Nie Shuangcheng once. Also, Yulixiao did not mention the two letters that she had given to Yulixiao. If Yu Yan was strong, she could not just chase after the two love letters and leave it at that.
Yulixiao's heart was really big! She was buried as soon as these small matters were put away …
"Let's go in and take a look."
Mo Wenli reached out and pushed open the door to the little courtyard.
Yu Yan frowned and walked in. The yard was quiet and serene, a few plantain plants blooming in the corner, the flower bud shyly hidden in the green leaves.
Suddenly, the sound of a cough could be heard in the room. It sounded like an old woman.
Immediately after, the sound of a woman crying was heard.
"Mother, hang on a little longer. Big Sis will come out to find us."
Yu Yan turned her head and glanced at Mo Wenli, then quickly entered the room. Pushing the door open, she saw an old woman lying on the bed. A delicate and pretty little girl was bending over the bed, crying as she fed the old woman some water.
Hearing the sound, the mother and daughter both turned to look at Yu Yan. Upon closer inspection, the two looked extremely similar, especially her nose and mouth, both looked the same. Even when she was crying, her mouth looked the same.
"Is it the big girl?" The old woman tried her best to open her eyes wide, but her pupils were grey. She was obviously blind.
"No, Mother, a beautiful lady." The little girl shrank back and let go of the bowl of tea, nervously looking at Yu Yan.
"My name is Yu Yan …" Yu Yan said softly, and slowly walked to the side of the bed.
The little girl exclaimed and quickly turned around to hold the old lady's hand, saying loudly, "Mother, it's big sister's mistress."
"You are Nian En's family members?" Yu Yan did not trust others lightly, the mother and daughter duo that suddenly appeared was extremely strange, Nian En clearly did not have any relatives, where did they come from?
"Someone found the mother and daughter pair and handed them over to Yu Tianqi's men. With this as a condition, they threatened Nian En to do something for him." Mo Wenli said softly as he slowly walked in.
Yu Yan was in a dilemma, hence she was unwilling to speak the truth. Her heart only wished to die, which was why she was so sick.
Mo Wenli looked at her and said: "The mother and daughter are locked in a secret location in the capital, so it doesn't matter if Yu Tianqi finds out that they have disappeared in the next two days. Since they have no value in using them anyway, and Nian En has not completed any tasks, she will not be able to get the antidote."
"Alright, I understand." Yu Yan looked at it once more before turning around and leaving.
"You're not going to ask?" Mo Wenli asked while looking at her in shock.
"What is there to ask? If you say yes, then yes. Even if not, can I ask the truth again? "There's no need to seriously investigate whether this is true or false, and whether or not this is true." Yu Yan entered the courtyard and took a deep breath, then said in a low voice: "What I don't want to face the most is the people around me being implicated because of me. Since you said that you are my father's sworn brother, then do whatever you need to do, and send the three of them away."
"You won't come with me? If you follow him, you will die. " Mo Wenli raised his eyebrows and said seriously.
"What's there to be afraid of? People will die anyway, so I might not go with you. Become a thousand-year old demoness? I stayed by his side and didn't go anywhere. " Yu Yan patted her sleeves as she walked out with big strides.
"Yu Yan." Mo Wenli grabbed her arm and said softly: "Since you don't want to leave, then follow me in my cultivation, and let you live for a few more days if you have the ability, if not, before Nian En's matter is over, you will die."
Yu Yan hesitated for a moment, then laughed lightly: "What are you teaching me? Peanuts attacking meritorious service? Or is it her face full of pockmarks? "
Mo Wenli turned around with a serious expression on his face. With his hands behind his back, the light in his eyes gradually grew colder and colder, an irresistible might emitting from his determination. This was the true dignity of a High Lord.
"The Forgotten Butterfly's poison is extremely cold and dry, so the most taboo is that the emotional changes are too intense. From today onwards, follow me in practicing the Cold Water Tranquil Heart Tactic.
"Really?" Yu Yan hesitated and said softly, "But why do I still feel like you're a liar?"
"Impudent! I'm willing to accept you into my sect because I want to return a favor to your father. You're not allowed to speak such nonsense with your mouth full of lies."
He paused for a moment, then raised his hand, obviously lazy, as though he was stretching his waist, but his wrist suddenly exerted force, a gust of wind flew past Yu Yan's ear, striking the beautiful woman behind her, causing her flower bud to fall from the leaves.
"Go and pick them up." He lifted his chin slightly, still arrogant.
Yu Yan thought for a while, then picked up the flower bud, held it in front of him, and said softly: "I will not recognize you as my master, but my father will be my master. I will follow you in training, and if I really can suppress this poison, I will thank you."
Mo Wenli looked at her for a while before nodding his head, "Bite the flower on your lips and sit down cross-legged. Listen to me recite the chants, do not bite the flower petals until they are broken."
Yu Yan followed her instructions, raised her head and looked at him. She felt that her current appearance was really strange, and she wasn't a chivalrous woman either. However, her instinct for survival made her choose to believe this person again. She truly wanted to live on. Every day's changes to her body made her feel as if she was living in a furnace, making her suffer an excruciating torment.
"Begin, close your eyes."
Mo Wenli muttered with a voice as harmonious as the spring wind.
Yu Yan slowly closed her eyes. Following his words, she slowly adjusted her emotions and eliminated the distracting thoughts in her heart.
But it was really very difficult. Humans had thousands and thousands of different kinds of thoughts, and she had even more, many different kinds of thoughts. Life and death, love and hate, country and family, and so many people that she had yearned for and was worried about, Yulixiao, Yun Qin, Nian En …
The more she wanted to be quiet, the harder it was for her to be quiet. Suddenly, something that shouldn't have appeared in her mind … Men and women were entangled, their blood boiling.
She bit down on the petals with a force of her teeth, breathing harder and faster, and large beads of sweat ran down her forehead.
Seeing that, Mo Wenli hurriedly pressed his palm down on her shoulder. Just at that moment, Yu Yan immediately wrapped around and hugged him tightly, and muttered softly, "Un … "I'm not feeling well, hurry up and hug me …"
Her red cheeks clearly told Mo Wenli that she was in a hallucination, but how was that possible? These were the mental cultivation manuals that he had collected over the years, and they were the gentlest of them all. He had even personally tried it himself. Even though this inner force cultivation method was very different from the one he had practiced, it might even be slightly different and cause his cultivation to go berserk …
She stuck even more closely to him, and even tried to stretch both of her hands into his silk clothes. She was unbelievably soft, and her body was releasing a faint fragrance.
He forcefully closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and pressed his palm on the Baihui acupoint above her head. He injected inner force into it to help her drive away this bad thought, and then grabbed her wrist to carefully listen for her pulse — it was much more chaotic than the last time he was in the backyard of the Zither Department!
This poison was originally a chronic one, but it would only increase bit by bit. But why did she have a seizure this quickly?
She snuggled up to his chest and softly whispered, unwilling to leave. He then suddenly raised his head and lightly pressed his lips against Mo Wenli's …
Mo Wenli's mind suddenly went blank.
In the blink of an eye, it felt like a long time had passed.
Suddenly, soft footsteps came from outside the courtyard. Mo Wenli immediately pushed Yu Yan away and flew out, only to see a man wearing a black cloth scarf running out of his sight quickly towards the alley.
He did not dare leave Yu Yan alone here, so he could only return, and continue to use her Qi to help her calm down, but he did not dare get too close to her either. She was currently in an illusion, so he did not want to do anything that she regretted.
He wasn't Liu Xiuping. Even if he wanted such a beautiful lady, what could he do? He admitted that he still wasn't able to catch Yulixiao easily. However, Yu Yan was not the other person. He had personally picked her up, who was still an infant, and washed off the blood and sludge on her fat and small body. He had wrapped her in his torn clothes and carried her deep in the forest for more than half a month. That kind of mutual dependence caused him to have an extremely special feeling towards Yu Yan. Even if he could betray the world, he could not lose the trust of this little girl.
It would take a lot of willpower to remain calm in front of such a soft and beautiful woman. He did his best to calm his mind and prevent her from getting close to him. He had to help her calm her mind down … Mo Wenli began to sweat, and slowly he began to sweat profusely.
Hot sweat soaked his palms, making them even hotter. The palms pressed against her back, soaking her clothes.
After the time it took to make a cup of tea, Yu Yan finally recovered from her shock. Why do I feel so tired? "
"Training is tiring. Forget it, I'll find you something simpler next time. Your aptitude is too poor, I'm afraid it won't do." Mo Wenli touched her pulse, his expression serious.
"What's so bad about that? If training isn't enough, you still have to eat the antidote. If you're interested, help me find the medicine. I'll thank you heavily." Yu Yan stood up, without looking at Mo Wenli, he brushed off the dust on her skirt and walked out slowly.
"What do you want to thank me for?" Mo Wenli asked loudly as he looked at her upright back.
"Whatever you want, I'll give you." Yu Yan waved and left without turning back.
This girl clearly owed him some blood! Mo Wenli laughed bitterly, after working so hard for half a month, it did not seem to have any results, I am afraid I still have to make a deal with Sulanqi.
Just as they reached the entrance of the alleyway, Nian An and a group of guards ran over in a hurry. When they saw her, Nian An immediately used her handkerchief to beat up the dust off her body and started to complain non-stop.
"That demon, did he beat you up? Hurry and report this to the king. Behead him and destroy his entire clan. "
"Go back." Yu Yan shook her head tiredly and helped her up on the palanquin.
Those illusions were still looming in her head just now. How could she have imagined that she would have those things with a man with a blurry face? Could it be that Mo Wenli did something to her?
With an ice-cold face, Yu Yan could not help but take off his mask and touch it.
"Ya!" Nian An turned her head just in time to see her face and cried out in alarm.
Yu Yan was shocked, could it be that she had grown to the point that his face was covered? She quickly reached out her hand to cover it.
"Empress, are you ready?" Nian An on the other hand, seemed to be overjoyed, and pulled down the small prism from her waist, showing it to her.
She picked it up and saw that the red blotch on her face had really disappeared!
"Heh, it's really useful!" With a flash of Yu Yan's light, the red spot had indeed shrunk below her eye, and the part on her face had disappeared. "Go back, go back …"
She quickly got her people to carry the palanquin back to the alleyway to find Mo Wenli and ask him about it.
The small courtyard was empty, Mo Wenli had already left with the mother and daughter. After a moment of melancholy, she continued to look at himself in the mirror. The more he looked at himself, the happier she became.
The chants he recited just now were very long; she only remembered the first half. She didn't know if the first half would be useful or not, but would it make her go berserk like the legends of the martial arts world, turning her into a witch?