TBIP: Chapter 31 Part 3

After this flow of thoughts, Lou Xingyao had already made a decision in his heart.

He raised his hand slightly and touched Wen Hanshan’s wrist holding the sword. The other person looked back, and he shook his head slightly.

Wen Hanshan’s eyes sank slightly as if he was weighing it. Finally, he followed Lou Xingyao’s meaning and slowly took back the sword in his hand.

Seeing this, He Wanqing was obviously relieved. She bowed slightly to the two of them. “This matter is indeed because Hantian didn’t find out the reason. I am willing to apologize on Hantian’s behalf. I hope that Young Master Zhou and Young Master Lou can accept it.”

As she spoke, He Wanqing didn’t forget to take out a storage bag and handed it to the two of them.

An apology had always been paired with compensation.

But neither Lou Xingyao nor Wen Hanshan took the initiative to take the storage bag. Instead, they looked at Ye Hantian who was standing behind He Wanqing.

He Wanqing naturally understood what the two of them meant. Her lips moved slightly, but she didn’t make any sound.

On the contrary, Ye Hantian’s expression changed again and again. At first glance, He Wanqing was sending a message to Ye Hantian.

This was also one of the divine abilities that foundation building cultivators could comprehend. It allowed one to compress their voice into a single thread and transmit it directly into the mind of the designated person.

This type of ability couldn’t be intercepted by non-high-level cultivators.

Lou Xingyao and Wen Hanshan hadn’t built their foundation. They naturally had no way of knowing what He Wanqing said at this time.

He could only see Ye Hantian’s expression shift. It was from the initial dissatisfaction to the final compromise. Finally, he reluctantly bowed to Lou Xingyao. “I misunderstood you earlier, Fellow Daoist. I was in the wrong. I hope you can forgive me.”

No matter what he thought in his heart, he at least expressed his willingness to make peace on the surface.

He Wanqing also started to take the opportunity to make peace.

The words were mostly along the lines of, ‘Since it is a misunderstanding, it is good that it is cleared up now.’ However, Lou Xingyao had already stopped Wen Hanshan from acting. He had no intention of making things difficult for the two of them over such matters.

In the end, he raised his hand and took the storage bag in He Wanqing’s hand.

Accepting the apology also meant he was willing to consider the matter settled.

He Wanqing’s expression relaxed for a moment. Before she could continue to speak, she saw that after the matter was resolved, Ye Hantian directly waved his sleeves and walked away directly.

He Wanqing was left alone, facing the mess he left behind.

Any bystander would inevitably be embarrassed when facing this situation.

He Wanqing’s reaction seemed like she was accustomed to the current scene. She even put on a proper smile. “I let the two of you laugh.”

“What are you…” Lou Xingyao finally couldn’t hold back and asked the doubts in his heart.

He Wanqing also understood what Lou Xingyao meant, and her eyes lowered slightly. “The elders of the family made a marriage contract between me and Young Master Ye a month ago.”

Lou Xingyao never expected that he would get such an answer.

After all, back when the marriage substitution took place, the He family and Zhou family had already completely torn apart their relationship.

At that time, Lou Xingyao and Wen Hanshan also discussed that the two families could only maintain a superficial peace. They might not be able to maintain a good relationship.

Who knew that this impossible thing actually happened?

Thinking of He Wanqing’s identity as the number one heroine in the original novel, Lou Xingyao didn’t know whether to lament that there was no eternal hatred between the families or to lament the strength of the original novel.

In the end, he could only say dryly, “Congratulations.”

Since they were an engaged couple, He Wanqing’s actions of apologizing on Ye Hantian’s behalf and cleaning up his mess could be explained.

He Wanqing didn’t have the slightest joy on her face, but she obviously didn’t want to talk more about this matter. Her eyes lowered slightly, and she directly changed the topic. “I haven’t congratulated Young Master Lou yet. Your body has recovered, and you have entered the Dao.”

“I also need to thank Miss He for your generosity in giving me the medicine.” No matter the reason why He Wanqing gave the medicine in the first place, he did receive a favor from it.

“It is enough as long as it is useful for you. Young Master Lou, you now…” Her gaze involuntarily shifted to Wen Hanshan as she spoke.

She was obviously a bit unclear about the specific relationship between the two of them.

“Thanks to Hanshan not disliking me and being willing to become sworn brothers with me. It can be regarded as a twist of fate.” Lou Xingyao smiled slightly and couldn’t help glancing up at the person beside him.

He Wanqing couldn’t tell the truth or lie in his words, but she could see that the atmosphere between the two of them was more intimate than ordinary people. It didn’t seem to be fake. “That’s good.”

At these words, Lou Xingyao could clearly feel that the sorrow in He Wanqing’s eyes had dissipated a lot.

It hadn’t completely dissipated, but it wasn’t as deep as the beginning where it seemed to be about to envelop He Wanqing’s entire body.

This was obviously a sign that the heart knot had been dissolved.

Lou Xingyao was sure at this moment that the old servant’s words when giving him the meridians reconnection pills about He Wanqing’s guilt over the marriage substitution wasn’t a lie.

However, He Wanqing obviously didn’t intend to use this matter to excuse her past actions in arranging someone else to take her place in the marriage. She exchanged a few polite words with them before excusing herself and leaving.

She said that elders from her clan were following her on this trip, and it was inconvenient for her to stay outside for too long.

The relationship between Lou Xingyao and He Wanqing was already a bit awkward, so he naturally wouldn’t say anything to keep her.

He just followed the other person’s wishes. He indicated that it was late and they also needed to go home to rest.

Unexpectedly, just as the two of them were about to leave, He Wanqing seemed to think of something and said again, “Two young masters, have you settled in Xilin County?”

Lou Xingyao didn’t answer but just looked at He Wanqing in a puzzled manner.

“If that is the case, it is better for you to leave as soon as possible.” He Wanqing wasn’t annoyed about not getting a definite answer. She just reminded them, “Young Master Ye, he… isn’t a generous person.”

After speaking, she didn’t wait for the two of them to react. She leaned over slightly and bowed. Then she turned around and left in a hurry.

He Wanqing’s last reminder was vague, but it wasn’t difficult to understand for Lou Xingyao, who had read the original novel.

In the original novel, Ye Hantian wasn’t a magnanimous person. Phrases like, ‘Ten years isn’t too late for a gentleman to get his revenge’ or ‘Thirty years in the east river, thirty years in the west, never bully the young and the poor’ were typical remarks of the revenge-driven male protagonist trope and often thrown around by him.

Lou Xingyao and Wen Hanshan had threatened Ye Hantian’s life several times. This obviously met the other person’s standard of revenge.

He definitely wouldn’t let go of this matter lightly just because of He Wanqing’s mediation.

Obviously, He Wanqing also understood Ye Hantian, or she wouldn’t have said such a thing.

Wen Hanshan didn’t know the internal causes but he could still hear the meaning in He Wanqing’s words. He said coldly, “I shouldn’t have hesitated.”

“Brother Wen’s words are a bit unreasonable,” Lou Xingyao couldn’t help retorting.

Just now, Wen Hanshan easily let go of Ye Hantian due to his intervention.

Now he refused to mention it and instead said he shouldn’t have hesitated. How was that not unreasonable?

Wen Hanshan also knew that this matter would probably drag out endlessly if he argued, so he could only put it down for the time being. “Let’s go home first.”

Don’t look at the fact that this alley was very secluded. Lou Xingyao and Ye Hantian had fought here, and Ye Hantian also threw such a lethal little black ball.

The movement wasn’t small and already attracted the attention of a lot of people.

No one came to investigate due to the presence of He Wanqing and Wen Hanshan.

Now that He Wanqing had left, those who were curious about this place were inevitably a bit moved. The two of them shouldn’t stay here for long.

“I was too careless today.” After arriving home, Lou Xingyao first took the initiative to admit his mistake.

In any case, it was due to him that today’s matters happened.

The various events that happened earlier were already explained by Lou Xingyao when he explained the conflict with Ye Hantian.

Lou Xingyao was hindered by the existence of Ye Hantian and He Wanqing, so he didn’t say why the burly man had murderous intentions toward him, but Wen Hanshan could still speculate from Lou Xingyao’s purpose in going out today.

He immediately made a decision. “In the future, you must not go to the spiritual plant store again.”

“Okay.” Lou Xingyao nodded. He already had such a plan, even if Wen Hanshan hadn’t mentioned it.

Today’s incident was caused by the attitude of the employees in the store and it wasn’t accidental.

This burly man wasn’t even the first one to act.

Lou Xingyao hadn’t paid attention to it before because it hadn’t caused serious consequences.

The last time he was besieged by more than a dozen people was all because of this.

However, at that time, Lou Xingyao relied on the formation to fight his way out of the encirclement and turned the crisis into safety. It didn’t cause too serious consequences.

Therefore, even though Lou Xingyao sensed the inappropriate attitude of those working in the store, he thought that Shopkeeper Qian was the only source for him to obtain spirit beads now and endured it.

What happened today made Lou Xingyao understand that no matter how rare spirit beads were, it wasn’t as important as his life.

After talking about the burly man, the topic inevitably returned to Ye Hantian.

“There is something strange about this person.” At the mention of this person, Wen Hanshan’s face rarely showed a bit of confusion. It was as if he had encountered a huge mystery.

Ever since the two of them met, this was the first time Lou Xingyao had seen Wen Hanshan behave like this. “Brother Wen, why did you say this?”

“I seem to be able to hear his mind voice.” Wen Hanshan replied with some uncertainty, as if he couldn’t be sure about this matter.

The expression on Lou Xingyao’s face couldn’t help changing.

He originally thought there was something strange he didn’t know about for why he could hear the conversation between Ye Hantian and the system. Who knew that Wen Hanshan could also hear it?

He couldn’t hold back and subconsciously asked, “Then what other voices did you hear besides his mind voice?”

There was almost no need for Wen Hanshan to answer. Lou Xingyao had already received the answer from the other person’s gaze.

He didn’t know why, but Wen Hanshan was indeed like him and could clearly hear the words of the system.

After some exchange, the two of them came to the conclusion that what they heard before was exactly the same.

It was just that Wen Hanshan didn’t know about the existence of modern technology. He only regarded the system that talked to Ye Hantian as an artifact spirit of a spiritual weapon.

Speaking of which, there were indeed many similarities between the system and an artifact spirit. Lou Xingyao didn’t correct him.

At the same time, Lou Xingyao finally understood why Wen Hanshan clearly had murderous intentions toward Ye Hantian, but chose to let the other person go in the end.

It wasn’t just due to Lou Xingyao’s persuasion or his scruples about the Zhou family’s golden core cultivator.

Another reason was that he couldn’t figure out the details of the artifact spirit.

Long before He Wanqing arrived, Wen Hanshan had already swung the sword at Ye Hantian.

That sword contained Wen Hanshan’s almost perfect sword intent. Even if it was momentarily blocked by He Wanqing’s spiritual power halfway through, the remaining waves were enough to take Ye Hantian’s life.

Unexpectedly, the other person easily dodged.

At first, Wen Hanshan thought that Ye Hantian was very capable. Later, he heard the conversation between Ye Hantian and the artifact spirit, as well as the artifact spirit’s guarantee that it could protect Ye Hantian’s life. Then he roughly understood the reason.

If it was just this, Wen Hanshan’s temperament meant he definitely wouldn’t have too many scruples.

After all, Wen Hanshan’s mother came from a big world. When it came to objects like magic weapons, he thought he wasn’t inferior to anyone on Tianming Continent.

What made Wen Hanshan hesitate even more was that when he wanted to swing his sword at Ye Hantian again, he felt a big crisis in his heart. “I don’t know the reason, but I had to pay attention to it.”

A cultivator never had a premonition for no reason, especially when it came to matters that concerned themselves.

Wen Hanshan was particularly keen in this regard and once relied on this feeling to avoid many fatal crises.

The same was true today.

After weighing it, he understood that he couldn’t kill Ye Hantian.

Lou Xingyao heard this and a few descriptions from the original novel suddenly flashed in his mind. He also had some guesses in his heart. “Maybe… it is luck.”