Chapter 14 [014] Reasons for Breaking Off the Engagement
Zhongli Jin is an entry-level disciple and usually makes pills on the second floor.

Seeing the young man, Shi Qing looked calm and indifferent, waiting for him to salute him.

Zhongli Jin didn't look surprised, as if he had known Shi Qing had come to Baicao Pavilion.

"Senior Sister Shiqing." He bowed politely, his tone quite distant, "Senior Sister Cang is not here now. Before she left, she told me that if she came out of retreat and came to Baicao Pavilion, I would be the one to check your body."

Shi Qing: “…”

I thought I didn't need to check this time.

She sighed in her heart, but her expression remained calm.

Shi Qing has always felt that his body is strong enough to withstand the tough times and that all he needs to do is take some pills and there is no need for any unnecessary examinations.

Unfortunately, Cangying always insisted on this process.

"Okay." Shi Qing turned around and returned to the small bench where he had been sitting while waiting for Cangying, and sat down obediently.

Zhongli Jin also sat down and faced her.

The boy was sitting exactly where Cangying was sitting.

After not seeing each other for a month, perhaps because he was refining pills in Baicao Pavilion every day, Shi Qing felt that Zhongli Jin's gentle aura had a bit more of a doctor's toughness.

For example--

"Please don't move." These four cold words came out of the boy's mouth, and that kind of toughness was somewhat similar to Cangying.

Shi Qing: “…”

Shi Qing, feeling uncomfortable because of the spiritual power that did not belong to him slowly flowing through his inner palace, did not dare to move for a moment.

*
Feeling that the body that had resisted him at first was gradually relaxing and accepting his entry, Zhongli Jin also controlled his strength slightly.

This morning, before Senior Sister Cangying left, she specifically asked him for help. If Shi Qing came out of seclusion and came to Baicao Pavilion in the next two days, he must come to the hall as soon as possible, otherwise that guy would most likely deliberately avoid inspection because she was not there.

At first, Zhongli Jin didn’t think that someone who had just come out of seclusion would be so careless about his body.

Unexpectedly, Shi Qing is really that kind of person.

If he had come down a little later, this guy might have disappeared.

The spiritual energy searched and explored the girl's body.

There were no obvious external injuries, but there was bleeding in her internal organs. She must have taken blood-recovering pills before, which restored her condition a little. Judging from her current spiritual power, it was highly likely that she had failed to break through. After a month of seclusion, she was still just one step away from success.

Before his spiritual roots were destroyed, Zhongli Jin was actually just one step away from reaching the peak of the seventh level of foundation building and would soon reach the golden elixir stage.

The young man was very confident in himself. He could even foresee that he would achieve a breakthrough in three days.

However, that night, the Xuanxiao Sect was suddenly attacked by a group of highly skilled demon cultivators, who slaughtered most of the sect members and caused a river of blood.

He also became a disabled person and was in a coma for three days before finally waking up.

This should have been the day when I would form my elixir.

But it became the beginning of a humiliating break-up and a nightmare.

"Junior Brother Zhongli, I know this is not a good thing, but... I still want to remind you, don't have too much contact with Senior Sister Shiqing in the future. She admires the strong and only likes the powerful. She looks down on the weak. I heard that she was quite happy to form a Taoist partner with you at the beginning, but as soon as you were disabled, she immediately wanted to cut ties with you. You must stay away from such people."

"Besides, Junior Brother, she should be quite happy that you were abandoned."

"...Why?"

"Because once you become useless, she will become the fastest-cultivating genius in this world of cultivation!"

Zhongli Jin: “…”

"Hmm... let me think about it. What did Senior Sister Shi Qing say to you before she asked you to break off the engagement?" In the cafeteria, Junior Sister Shi Xiang rolled her eyes and spoke with some embarrassment -

"She said, 'That Zhongli Jin has become a useless man! He is now a mortal who is subject to birth, aging, sickness and death! I don't want to marry him! There are so many powerful people in the world, I don't want to hang myself on a useless man!'"

Of course, Zhongli Jin did not believe what the junior sister said.

Because it was impossible for Shi Qing to speak these long sentences coherently.

But no matter what the reason was, the fact that she broke off the engagement on the third day after he was deposed could not be changed in any way.

*
Shi Qing suddenly felt that the boy's spiritual power was a little disordered, and the part flowing in his body seemed to have lost its direction.

She opened her eyes and looked at Zhongli Jin.

The young man closed his eyes and concentrated, lightly touching her brow with his fingertips. It seemed that nothing had changed, but the finger touching her brow was trembling imperceptibly.

"..." When Zhongli Jin was controlling his spiritual power, he didn't know what was affecting his thoughts.

Cangying said that no matter whether it was checking the body or refining pills, one must not be distracted and disturbed by the mundane world.

Shi Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhong Li Jin's wrist!
If this situation is not intervened quickly, both of them will be in trouble.

She immediately took the initiative, changing from passively accepting spiritual power to actively gently wrapping up the spiritual power that the boy injected into her body, and returning it all back through her eyebrows!

"!" Zhongli Jin suddenly opened his eyes.

Hei Tong's eyes met Shi Qing's for an instant, and there was a look of surprise on the young man's fair and handsome face. Then, before he could speak, a trace of blood slowly slid down the corner of his mouth and dripped onto the snow-white clothes.

"... Senior Sister?" His lips moved slightly, his eyelashes trembling slightly, as if he was puzzled by her actions, "What are you doing——"

Shi Qing interrupted the boy in a cold tone: "You, your heart is not at peace."

"The air is not condensed."

"If you don't stop, something will happen."

Zhongli Jin: “…”

If your mind isn't calm and your breath isn't focused, something bad will happen if you don't stop.

[Youngster!] The old man also said in his mind at this time: [What disturbed your mind just now? ! There is even a hint of a demonic tendency! ]

Devilish?
Zhongli Jin reacted!
It seemed that ever since he discovered that Shi Qing had failed to break through, his thoughts had been trapped in the memories of two years ago.

——He never came out.

He still feels aggrieved about it.

During the physical examination, he was still complaining about Shi Qing and felt distressed about the injustice he had suffered in the past two years.

Even, have to admit it.

he--

He was secretly envious of Shi Qing and jealous of her.

[Sorry.] Taking a deep breath, Zhongli Jin calmed down and said, [It's my own problem. I'm sorry for making you worry.]

He closed his eyes and sorted out his disordered spiritual energy.

When he opened his eyes again, the emotion in the boy's black eyes seemed to have returned to normal. He looked at Shi Qing, stared into the girl's eyes, and said seriously: "Senior sister is fine. You can recover as before by taking three more blood recovery pills, once a day, one pill each time."

"Okay, thank you." Shi Qing said.

“Sister, did you fail to break through this time?” Zhong Lijin’s voice was a little hoarse. He asked this question not because he was really concerned about her, but more like a casual remark.

Normally, people who have failed would get mad if asked such a painful question, but Shi Qing seemed to be answering something very ordinary.

He nodded, hummed softly, and said, "Next time, definitely."

Zhongli Jin: “…”

Since there was no problem, Shi Qing planned to go back to Yujing Peak to regulate his breathing.

When he was about to leave, the young man behind him suddenly spoke again and asked the last question of the night -

"Shi Qing."

"When you broke off the engagement two years ago, what were you thinking?"

Zhongli Jin didn't believe Shi Xiang's words. Although the cancellation of the engagement was a fact, he still wanted to hear Shi Qing's reasons.

“……” Shi Qing pondered for a moment and turned his back to Zhongli Jin.

Break off the engagement?

Two years ago, that’s a bit long ago.

What did the junior sister say when she went to her to cancel the engagement?
——That Zhongli Jin has become a useless person, Senior Sister! Please help me! He is now a mortal who is subject to birth, aging, sickness and death! I don’t want to marry him! The men chasing after me in this world are lined up from the North Pole to the South Pole, and there are so many strong men! I deserve the strongest and best in this world! Please help me break off the engagement, Senior Sister, please! My head master also agreed to let me come to you! I am a beautiful girl, what good man can’t I find? ! I don’t want to hang myself on a useless man! What’s more, I don’t like men now! !

Shi Qing: “…” It’s so long and troublesome.

She opened her mouth and repeated it as best she could from memory: "Zhongli Jin... is useless and has become a mortal."

"Grow old, get sick and die, don't want to marry, don't match, strong, plenty of them, don't want, hang yourself, on the useless."

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