Chapter 100: You can do whatever you want
The Snowfield had been peaceful for a long time. The cultivators of the various sects had all returned to their mountains, and the surroundings of White City had grown much quieter, but the returning believers had made the city itself livelier.
Only the Small Temple before the cliff remained as it had over the years, neither bustling nor deserted. The Golden Buddha simply gazed northward, calm and solemn.
Lian Sanyue entered the Small Temple and sat on the threshold. This time, however, she faced not the Snowfield, but the Golden Buddha inside.
Jing Jiu stood on the level ground outside the temple, looking toward the Snowfield. There was no telling what he was thinking.
Lian Sanyue did nothing, simply looking quietly at the Golden Buddha, occasionally shifting her position, occasionally smiling. She seemed very happy.
The voice of Blade Sage Cao Yuan rang out inside the Small Temple. In past years, it had been rounded and full, yet seemed to lack something. Today it was full of gaps, trembling terribly. "You don't like cucumbers. How about a radish?"
Lian Sanyue smiled, glanced at the fresh, juicy radish before the altar, and said, "Many years ago, I asked you whether you wanted to go south."
The voice trembled even harder. "Why don't you like radishes?"
"Stop repeating yourself," Lian Sanyue said. "I know you're very nervous right now."
Cao Yuan fell silent for a long time before saying, "Back then, I thought... you liked me as someone who kept watch here, even though I wasn't keeping watch here for you."
"If you had agreed to leave with me then, we probably would have traveled together for some years," Lian Sanyue said.
"I deeply regret it," Cao Yuan said very earnestly.
Lian Sanyue suddenly