Li Mo led Ice Block by the hand and left Wind and Moon Cottage. Along the way, the guests who saw them were dumbfounded.
Taking such a stunningly beautiful woman to a brothel, you're really something, kid. You've got some skills.
The casual patrons in the lobby all wanted to pull their hands away from the girl and give Li Mo a thumbs up.
The two returned to Cloud-Stepping Tower, leaving without a trace.
But at the same time, the courtyard of Wind and Moon Cottage fell into a deathly silence, and everyone's mind was in turmoil.
Isn't this a form of disrupting the event?
A beauty like Hua Nongying evokes such desires in men—why isn't this kind of beauty mine?
The Cold Fairy is different.
It's the kind of beauty that makes you feel unworthy to look at her even once.
Dressed in men's clothing, she was exceptionally beautiful, with fair skin and delicate features. What was striking was that she wore no makeup; instead, she was as beautiful as a lotus emerging from clear water. For makeup on her face would only be superfluous.
The Cold Fairy appeared.
Hua Nongying... suddenly seemed ordinary.
Of course, this is just their feeling. After all, people's feelings mainly come from comparison. If you haven't seen a woman for a long time, you might even think that Lan Tu is incredibly beautiful.
"What makes him so special, Wife-Prospering Fighting Soul?"
"That's it, gentlemen. I feel I have no interest in coming to Wind and Moon Cottage for pleasure anytime soon."
"Now even the most beautiful courtesans seem like ordinary, common women..."
"How could she come to a brothel with a man?"
"That bastard surnamed Li deserves to die!"
The guests lost all interest and even felt that their earlier spending spree was truly wasteful. One by one, they got up and left, not even bothering to look for any other girls.
Hua Nongying has had her mouth slightly open since then, but she hasn't been able to utter a single word.
She had thought about it.
To lure Li Mo, should she sacrifice some of her beauty? As long as she doesn't let him completely take advantage of her.
If this Divine Hammer Little Overlord truly becomes the number one in the Hidden Dragon in the future, reaching even greater heights, she might as well submit to him and become the wife of a powerful man.
To put it bluntly, Li Mo made her, the sea queen, want to go ashore.
Even if things don't go well, she can still obtain a complete poem from the other party, which will be remembered for generations.
She calculated everything very well, very clearly.
But what no one expected was that Ying Bing sat next to Li Mo the whole time.
I didn't even anticipate that.
She had only exchanged a glance with Cold Fairy, and her pride, fueled by the adulation of men, and her self-perceived beauty as the most stunning woman in the world, were shattered along with Han Xianzi's schemes.
The pressure was so intense that she dared not act recklessly.
"He was definitely not playing hard to get."
"He really looks down on me..."
Hua Nongying was completely distraught, as if she had shattered; she seemed unable to even hear the maid calling her name.
"..."
Xie Xuan's feelings were incredibly complicated.
He felt a pang of heartache, yet suddenly became clear-headed. As his illusions about Hua Nongying shattered, he began to doubt whether he truly loved her.
There's a song that perfectly captures his State of Mind.
'If one day love no longer deceives, and is enough to see clearly all right and wrong.'
'Until that time, you will no longer be sung in my heart.'
'I'll treat you like a superstar, not me anymore~'
At the same time, a Bronze Chariot drove from Wind and Moon Cottage towards Cloud-Stepping Tower.
The journey was still filled with unimaginable prosperity and unparalleled extravagance.
Walking on the streets of the Inner City, you can immediately distinguish between the people of the Imperial Capital and outsiders, as well as the people of the outer city, because their clothing style, like the three blue-and-white porcelain vase-like buildings, carries a slightly exaggerated splendor.
But looking at the magnificent scene before him, Li Mo no longer found it particularly beautiful.
He had a strange feeling about him.
In his eyes, the Imperial Capital was like a shiny apple on the outside, but rotten inside, with a nauseating stench.
"The outer city is more comfortable."
Back at Cloud-Stepping Tower, Li Mo stretched.
"Ice Block, tonight..."
"My lord Li, I am tired today."
"..."
Li Mo was taken aback, realizing that the little hand he had been holding for so long had slipped from his grasp. Ice Block went back to her room alone, giving him a wistful look at him one last time.
Snap--
The door was slowly closed.
As expected, it's still there, hehe...
Li Mo frowned, trying to figure out where the problem lay. He recalled the moment when Ice Block first started kneading the Big-Headed Doll...
It seems that I wrote that line of poetry myself?
Dancing with my shadow, how unlike the mortal world...
It just so happens that it contains the name Hua Nongying...
"Li Mo, oh Li Mo."
Little Li pointed at himself, then went back to his room and released his Taiyin Will Soul.
Buzz--
A strange, mystical energy flowed, connecting with the Taiyin.
<Sharing the Moon>... Start!
But the strange fluctuations that had just begun to rise were abruptly cut off.
It felt like a video call had been disconnected.
"..."
Helpless, Li Mo had no choice but to take out paper and pen and start writing.
Although he now finds it awkward to copy poems to show off, he used to enjoy it.
I never expected it to turn out like this...
In the third room of the Hidden Dragon.
The top three rooms are located on the actual top floor of Cloud-Stepping Tower, offering a completely different view. Living here feels like being in the clouds, facing the starry sky, and able to reach out and pluck the stars from the sky.
However, no matter how beautiful the scenery or the perfect time, Ying Bing, sitting on the bed, had no heart to appreciate it.
She wasn't actually angry.
Just seeing Hua Nongying giving him flirtatious glances stirred a restless feeling within him, as if he were being roasted over a fire.
But the longer it's baked, the colder it gets.
Especially when I heard that line of poetry.
Could it be that Li Mo really wrote it for Hua Nongying?
Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?
No matter how intelligent Ice Block is, she's a complete idiot when it comes to love. She finds herself becoming a bit silly, unable to even understand such a simple question.
I feel like I've become more calculating. I used to be indifferent to everything except martial arts, but now I can't help but get stuck on things. The more I can't figure something out, the more I can't help but think about it.
That's why she 'escaped' back to her room alone.
Therefore, she dared not accept his "Sharing the Moon"...
Ying Bing took out some tea leaves, wanting to drink a cup to calm down.
But then she suddenly realized that someone had slipped something through the crack in the closed door.
Ice Block cautiously approached, only to discover...
It's a piece of paper.
Moreover, the handwriting on it is very familiar.
<Water Melody: When Will the Moon Be Bright?>
[Author: You don't know him.]
"When will the moon be clear and bright? With a cup of wine in hand, I ask the heavens. I wonder what year it is tonight in the celestial palace?"
"I long to ride the wind and return, yet I fear the jade palaces and crystal towers, where the cold is unbearable at such heights. Dancing with my shadow, how can it compare to being in the mortal world?"
"The moon turns through the red pavilion, shines low through the embroidered window, illuminating my sleepless night. There should be no resentment, yet why is the moon always full when we are apart? People experience sorrow and joy, separation and reunion; the moon waxes and wanes, and this has always been so."
May we all live long Sharing the Moon the moon, even though we are thousands of miles apart.
This is the complete version of the poem we just heard.
The meaning, when placed within the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, is not particularly difficult to understand.
And it seems...
Is this a bit fitting for the occasion?
The moon shouldn't hold any grudge against people, otherwise why would it be so full and bright at this particular time?
Updates have been inconsistent these past few days, please forgive me, dear readers. -3-