Ever since Zhang Ping'er met Meng, she never again asked Zhang Xiaohua to travel with her. Whenever she happened to run into him, she would keep far away, only stealing glances at him without saying a single word.
Zhang Xiaohua had wanted to explain something to her, but after thinking it over, he felt that some things would only become more muddled the more they were explained. So he left it alone. He believed that, like Nie Qianyu, Zhang Ping'er would understand one day.
If things had been that simple, Zhang Xiaohua would not have been so troubled.
After Meng met Zhang Ping'er, she spent an entire day with Zhang Xiaohua in the Medicinal Garden. Only after night fell did she return to Mocu Palace. In the following days, she vanished without a trace as well.
At first, Zhang Xiaohua thought Meng had something to do and paid it no mind. But after waiting more than ten days without seeing her, he began to panic. Several times, he slipped away to the hot springs to wait for Meng. Meng never came, but he did run into quite a few female disciples of Mocu Palace bathing.
Yet Zhang Xiaohua's heart was filled entirely with Meng now. How could he care about such freely offered spring scenery? He merely swept the area with his divine sense, and if it was not Meng, he immediately left!
During those more than ten days without seeing Meng, Zhang Xiaohua had never felt so vexed, never so restless and agitated. He had utterly lost the bearing of an Immortal Path Qi Practitioner. He tried to calm himself and comprehend the Heavenly Dao, to study talismans, but the moment he sat down, Meng's figure appeared before his eyes. His heart would ache with sorrow, and all he