Outside the gates of Blue-Faced Mountain Manor, Gu Yuefeng stood with his sword on his back.
In truth, he had only met Feng Sanniang a few times.
When they first met, she had visited the Green Mountain Sword Sect with a prominent figure from the Provincial City.
Feng Sanniang had gone alone to Azure Cloud Peak to admire the scenery, and happened to encounter him practicing his sword.
"I've long heard that the sea of clouds atop Azure Cloud Peak is one of the world's great sights. I came to admire it, and I hope I haven't disturbed you."
"Not at all."
That was the first conversation between them.
Afterward, she continued watching the sea of clouds, while he continued practicing his sword.
Throughout the entire process, neither of them said another word.
Before leaving, she glanced back at him and smiled.
For that brief moment, even the surrounding sea of clouds seemed to pale.
Later, they met several more times.
After meeting back and forth, they gradually became familiar with each other.
"I'm going to open a Dance Hall in Datong Prefecture City. After it opens, I'd like to invite you to come have a drink. I wonder if that would be too presumptuous?"
"Good."
That was their conversation when they parted in the Provincial City.
Gu Yuefeng had been obsessed with the sword all his life. He cared nothing for romantic feelings between men and women, and even less for feminine beauty.
He asked himself whether there was any love between him and Feng Sanniang—it was still far from that. He had never thought about having any sort of relationship with her.
It was simply that, among all the people and things Gu Yuefeng had encountered in his life, this woman was one of the few things besides