Even if she wanted to pretend not to see, she still had no choice. Unless she could teleport directly into her own cave,.
"Greeting, eldest senior brother." She saluted as she lowered her head to hide her emotionless eyes.
In the sect, one must obey the sect's rules. All disciples must respect and salute the sect master, the elders, and their seniors.
The rule of the sect won't allow any presumptuous behavior or disrespect.
"Did something happen while we were gone?" Zhu Zemin's tall figure stood there, looking highly like a fairy descended from heaven, which really matched his white hanfu.
"No." She responded. She didn't seem to want to speak with him.
Zhu Zemin approached, only to find out that Xiu Wanxue stepped back to keep a certain distance.
In Zhu Zemin's perspective, Xiu Wanxue seemed to be disgusted to stay near him.
Zhu Zemin's murderous intent suddenly surged. He instantly approached her.
Xiu Wanxue dodged his attack as she fought back.
"Bang!Bang!" One attack to one attack shoots toward her like the drop of rain.
Zhu Zemin didn't know what got into him. He didn't stop his attack unless he could reach her.
Her strength was only in stage 10 of the Qi Condensation Period; how could she win against him?
His strength now surpasses the Foundation Establishment because he has a supreme thunder spiritual root, which he practices faster than other people.
Fortunately, even if he showed his murderous intent, he still restrained his strength so as not to hurt her before he got what he wanted.
"Hmm." She hummed softly in her throat when she was pushed to the tree as the tall figure grasped her neck.
"Who are you?" Zhu Zemin's expressionless face was full of evil spirits, like a shura from hell. His pitched-black eyes seemed to change to another color.
His figure began to blur. Not sure because of something else or because he clutched her neck too tight that her oxygen ran out, resulting in her being unable to see anything clearly.
Xiu Wanxue was stunned. She has never seen him like this in the past. Even when someone hurt Xiu Wanxia, he only showed his exasperation, and he punished those people later.
"Say, who are you?" Zhu Zemin grasped her tightly. His pair of slender phoenix eyes seemed to want to pierce through her soul to see everything.
"Cough, the pearl butterfly..." She tried to speak.
Hearing this sentence, Zhu Zemin seemed to calm down. His hand, which was clutching her neck, loosened as his tall figure leaned closer to her.
She could even feel the heat from his body, which touched hers.
Zhu Zemin's hand moved from her neck to her side cheek as if he wanted to make sure of something.
He stared intensely into her pair of ruby eyes, which were reflecting his figure. Though there was no such attachment as she used to look at him in the past,.
Xiu Wanxue's body was stiff. What does he want to do?
"You seemed like a different person. You've changed so much." Zhu Zemin's hot breath was sprayed on her face. His other strong hand wrapped around her waist as he pulled her closer.
His other hand stroked her face. The flawless, slender fingers were stroking her pretty face as if he were trying to feel both her soul and her body.
"You thought too much." She responded calmly. She resisted the urge to turn her face away in case she suddenly stimulated him, and he went crazy and cut her head off.
She was too weak right now; she couldn't resist him.
She changed? No, she didn't change. She just learned from the mistake in the past. She didn't change; she just learned to love herself rather than trying to catch up to what she couldn't hold onto, only to end up in despair.
In the past, she used to look at him with attachment, as if she depended on him her entire life. She treated him like her big brother, and she tried to be a good sister in his eyes.
Now, in this pair of ruby eyes, there was only an alienated and empty feeling when she looked at him.
She used to approach him with enthusiasm, her gentleness overflowing in her eyes. Now, she couldn't wait to chase him away.
Zhu Zemin thought that someone had taken control of her body. There was a method in ancient times about borrowing corpses and changing the soul. Which will allow the other soul to stay inside of a person who has already died.
The moment this thought flashed in his mind, anger surged up in his chest, and he couldn't wait to kill the one who killed her and took control of her body.
The pearl butterfly was their secret code when they wanted to identify each other. (I will reveal later.)
"Please respect yourself, eldest senior brother." Xiu Wanxue pushed him away with her hands.
She didn't want to get close to him.
Zhu Zemin seemed to have just woken up from his nightmare. He inhaled a deep breath before he closed his eyes. His eyes color changed back to the bottomless, pitched black.
"You…." His voice turned hoarse. He seemed to want to say something to her when a voice stopped him.
"Wanxue, Come to see me." The ethereal voice suddenly echoed in the quiet Misty Moon Peak.
Both of them were startled.
Xiu Wanxue finally got rid of Zhu Zemin when he was distracted.
"Farewell, eldest senior brother." Xiu Wanxue saluted as she touched her purple neck from his gripping before she walked toward a certain direction.
Zhu Zemin was distracted.
Why would he call her there?
When he realized it, her figure had already disappeared from his sight, leaving only the faint fragrance of her lotus.
His face returned to indifference as he closed his eyes and clenched his fists tightly. Blood dripped from his palms.
At this time, where was the calm and indifference of the senior brother whom everyone admired?
Unfortunately, no one saw his state right now, and no one knew what he was thinking at this time.
Xiu Wanxue walked all the way, bypassing the plum blossom trees, and passing the falling waterfall as she finally reached the front of a mountain cave.
The atmosphere was quiet; even the sound of the insects couldn't be heard.
She stood at the front of the cave for a long time before the man's voice resounded again.
"Where do you wish to celebrate you birthday?"