1150 Regrets (1/2)

Xue Wuhen frowned and hesitation could be seen on her face. However, she recalled that she had Han Qingwu who came a few days ago, so she shook her head and said, ”Although I may be able to ascend and become an immortal, I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, Daoist Tang. I prefer freedom than becoming an immortal.”

”I understand.” Tang Xiu nodded. ”I'm a man who advocates freedom myself. Then let's drop the topic. But there's something else I hope Chateau Master Xue can comply.”

”Please do say,” replied Xue Wuhen.

”Since you have no intention to strive outside, I ask your Floating Snow Chateau to cease some activities outside! You still can run your industries, but I ask you to cease your information gathering activities.”

It was an issue that Xue Wuhen never cared about, so she directly nodded. ”It shall be done as you request it, Daoist Tang. I can also hand over the intel network under the Floating Snow Chateau if you need it, and my people will disappear right away in this field, whereas all the intel operatives will be handed over to you.”

”There's no need for that.” Tang Xiu shook his head.

At the side, a seven-color butterfly suddenly flew from a distance and landed on Gu Xiaoxue's shoulder. During Tang Xiu's conversation, her expression turned a bit strange and she transmitted her voice, ”There's an old friend of yours in the Floating Snow Chateau, Grand Master.”

”Who is it?” asked Tang Xiu back with a transmitted voice.

”Han Qingwu,” replied Gu Xiaoxue. ”She's in that three-story pavilion.”

Tang Xiu furrowed his brows and directly cupped his fists toward Xue Wuhen. ”Well, since Chateau Master Xue has found someone else to follow, then I won't stay here for long. Farewell.”

Having said that, he quickly made a seal and broke the array lightning-fast. Then, he grabbed Gu Xiaoxue and soared into the sky and disappeared into the woods.

Xue Wuhen's eyes flickered. She wasn't surprised to see how easy it was for Tang Xiu to crack her array. But Tang Xiu finding out that Han Qingwu was staying in her place was greatly out of her expectation.

After a short while, she returned to the three-story attic and looked at Han Qingwu, who was looking upward at the sky, saying, ”He seems to know that that you're here. Also, he also looked upset. I suppose he thought that I lied to him.”

”Come again?” Han Qingwu's heart tightened and she asked quickly.

”He asked me whether I've pledged allegiance to some other forces. I told him no. He then finally learned that you're here, which I think is what made him upset.”

A pang of pain gnawed Han Qingwu's heart after hearing it. He knows I'm here, yet he doesn't even want to see me at all and just left in a rush. Is he really avoiding me?

Xue Wuhen, who could see Han Qingwu's complexion turn pale and looked to be in pain, asked with concern, ”Are you alright, Daoist Han?”

”I'm… fine.” Han Qingwu bit her lips then shook her head. ”He… what exactly does he want from you?”

”He wants me to pledge allegiance to him with great conditions and benefits. But I declined his offer,” answered Xue Wuhen.

Han Qingwu suddenly turned around and her eyes intensely stared at Xue Wuhen with complicated expressions. ”I won't feel sorry for you even if you refuse all the people in the world. But turning him down is the stupidest thing you've ever done in your life. Do you know how many people wanted to follow him then, yet none of them interested him in the slightest?”

Xue Wuhen's expression changed and she asked, ”Daoist Han, you said that your power is under him, then are you willing to follow him if he asks you to?”

Han Qingwu fell into silence. She shifted back her vision through the window at the night sky veiled by darkness. After a long time, she literally blurted out the raging bitterness inside her, ”Let alone following him, even becoming his slave or servant is something I dare not dream of. So much so that being able to look at him from afar makes me… feel… it's enough…”

Xue Wuhen's pupils shrunk and only then did huge regret gnawed her heart. However, she then thought that she still had Han Qingwu around and shook her head, contrary to her feelings. ”Well, it's an honor for me to be able to practice under your guidance, though I dare not to have such extravagant hopes of reaching further….”

”You don't understand.” Han Qingwu sighed. ”He…”

”He? What about him?” asked Xue Wuhen.

”He has already started a plan, and maybe it won't take long for him to leave this place,” said Han Qingwu. ”I'll also leave after he leaves. We… I'm afraid we won't be able to see each other again at that time.”

”Where are you going, Daoist Han?” Xue Wuhen hastily asked, ”And he… where is he going?”

Han Qingwu shook her head and said, ”There are some things you don't need to ask. And neither can I tell you anything no matter how adamant you're to learn it. He still has a lot of important things to do. Lots of them. And I can't disclose any plans or anything else about him.”

Xue Wuhen was silent for a while, then slowly asked, ”So, do you like him?”

Han Qingwu turned back and her eyes pierced through her veil at Xue Wuhen's face. She shook her head and said, ”The word 'like' can never describe my feelings for him. It's more precise to call it an unforgettable love—the love that has been carved deep into the bones and etched eternally into the soul! Haih, forget it. I'm tired. I'm leaving to have some rest.”

After that, she disappeared.

Love? The kind of unforgettable loved that had been carved deep into the bones and etched into the soul eternally?

Xue Wuhen was shaken to the core. Never once had she ever imagined that such a peerless beauty who possessed terrifying power like Han Qingwu turned out to be afraid to approach him. What exactly happened between them? Why would Han Qingwu dare not approach him even though her love for him was so deep and unforgettable?

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