Why is there a "once" before the rank of fourth in the celestial list for the Heavenly Cold Immortal Emperor?
It has to be traced back to those inner disciples who occasionally went missing in the Heavenly Cold Palace, and the rebellious and outrageous Great Elder who liked to refine pills with the flesh and souls of cultivators...
In Su Huai's previous life, after the matter of the Great Elder of the Heavenly Cold Palace refining pills with the flesh and souls of cultivators was exposed, the Heavenly Cold Palace was besieged by a large number of orthodox forces.
Upon learning that his old brother had gone astray, the Heavenly Cold Immortal Emperor called the Great Elder to the room to persuade him.
He said, "Old buddy, how could you have done such a beastly thing? You can't do this!"
The Great Elder was in tears: "I'm sorry, big brother, I was also bewitched for a while. Mainly, the cultivation method is too fast, and I couldn't help it..."
Heavenly Cold Immortal Emperor: "Alas, it's too late to say anything now. I'll try to save your life, but your cultivation is definitely not guaranteed..."
Great Elder: "Thank you, big brother, big brother is so kind."
The Heavenly Cold Immortal Emperor helped up the old brother who knelt in front of him, and the two hugged each other, reminiscing about the past and crying bitterly.
Who knew that as soon as he turned around, the Great Elder stabbed his good brother through the heart with a knife, and while stabbing, he was still crying:
"Big brother, rest assured, I will definitely refine you into the best pill in the world, and we will be together forever!"
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Cough, of course, the above scenes are all speculated by Su Huai himself.
But it is true that the Heavenly Cold Immortal Emperor was stabbed by the Great Elder and fell, and his body was indeed taken away and refined into a pill.
When several orthodox giants attacked the Heavenly Cold Palace, it was already deserted, leaving only a row of human-shaped "medicinal materials" soaked in spiritual liquid in the secret room.
There are men and women among them, and no one knows whether Situ Zhiruo later became one of them.
If so...
Su Huai couldn't help but glance at Situ Zhiruo again.
Human-shaped medicinal materials...
It's strange, take another look.
His previous lives were indeed miserable, but if this woman really went to the Heavenly Cold Palace to cultivate as she said, the outcome would definitely not be much better.
Thinking of this, Su Huai's resentment towards her also dissipated.
How does that sentence go?
In the future, I will walk my sunny road, and you will go into your pill furnace. If there is no accident, we will never see each other in this life.
As for reminding her? It is impossible to remind.
Even if it is said, the other party will definitely not believe it. Why bother to make people dislike it?
People finally got into a foreign university, and you, a countryman, must say that it is a wild chicken university. When the time comes, people say you are sour, and you have to argue with people. Isn't it cheap?
This is a dream that people are willing to pursue at all costs. Why be so cruel to belittle others' dreams!
I, Su Huai, cannot be such a cruel person!
The previous confrontational momentum turned into a gentle and kind one in an instant, and Su Huai even gave a thumbs up to Situ Zhiruo with a smile and gave a praise.
"Heavenly Cold Palace is a good place!"
"Everyone in it is talented, and the medicine is strong!"
"Miss Situ, you are right, we are not people of the same world in the future, and we should part well.
"I'm sorry, I just spoke too loudly, don't you want to break off the engagement? Break it off!"
"I wish Miss Situ a direct rise to the blue clouds, and it's best to become an inner disciple as soon as you enter the sect, and look down on all the heroes!"
Situ Zhiruo's eyebrows picked.
She was a bit surprised by Su Huai's sudden change of attitude, but after thinking about it a bit, she thought he was just scared by the name of the Heavenly Cold Palace.
After all, there is a difference between immortals and mortals.
In the future, she will be the one he needs to look up to. When he turns into yellow soil a hundred years later, she will still be in her prime.
His heart must also be very sad, and the calmness and relief he shows now must also be due to the self-esteem that is forcing him to be strong, right?
Situ Zhiruo sipped her mouth, and her eyes like autumn water looked into Su Huai's eyes: "Young Master Su, as long as you can understand Zhiruo."
Su Huai nodded heavily: "Understand! Definitely understand!"
Situ Zhiruo said again: "Zhi Ruo knows that this trip to break off the engagement has brought psychological harm to Young Master Su. You and I should have been married a year later and spent the rest of our lives together."
"But..."
"The affection between men and women and the long life of the immortal path are just a moment of joy, which is not what Zhi Ruo wants. Between you and me... it is Zhi Ruo who has failed you."
What???
What are you talking about!?
Su Huai's face was full of doubts until Situ Zhiruo took a letter from the elder who was with her and stuffed the letter into Su Huai's hand.
"Take this as evidence."
"If you are willing, you can wait for me for ten years. If Zhi Ruo has no hope in the immortal path ten years later, Young Master Su can come to the Situ family to find me."
"At that time, I am willing to follow the engagement of my childhood and marry you as my wife and stay together for life."
Su Huai's hand trembled, and he almost slapped the envelope in his hand on Situ Zhiruo's face.
Wait for you for ten years!?
You are so special to break off the engagement, and after breaking it off, you still want to make me the ultimate backup?
If there is no hope in the immortal path after ten years, will you marry me as my wife, and what if you mix it out? Let me wait for ten years in vain?
No, it's not really in vain, after all, she may have become a pill ten years later...
But!
Damn it! This woman actually wants to use a vague commitment to tie down a man with the whole world in mind.
There is no pressure in the heart at all!
Su Huai blinked: "Miss Situ, on the parting, I will give you a sentence."
Situ Zhiruo nodded gently: "Zhi Ruo is listening attentively."
"overconfident woman, really a buzzkill!"
After dropping this sentence, Su Huai no longer paid attention to Situ Zhiruo, who was confused in the meeting hall, nor did he look at those Su family elders with ugly faces.
He hummed the tune of his hometown and left this sad place without looking back.
...
As an old man who has lived for hundreds of years in his previous life, this farce-like divorce did not cause too much waves in Su Huai's heart.
The peaceful dissolution of the contract with Situ Zhiruo also means that he has finally ended the youthful impulses of the previous lives, and from now on, he will step into the life that truly belongs to him.
The ninth life, Su Huai stood by the small lake, for the first time to calm down and look at the place where he grew up.
The Su family, as the only overlord in this small city named Black Iron City, has a huge manor that occupies nearly ten percent of the land of the whole city.
There are not only mountains and lakes inside, but also a street.
Every legitimate member of the Su family with the blood of the Su family has their own small courtyard.
At this moment, Su Huai is like an idle dandy, walking along the moss-covered path, more and more biased.
Half an hour later.
He stood in front of an old courtyard, quietly looking at the old wooden door full of traces of the years, and after a long time, he raised his hand and knocked gently.
Knock knock knock...
"Stop knocking, just come in."
"Little bastard, when did you become so polite?"
As soon as the wooden door opened a crack, Su Huai frowned and sniffed a few times, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he grinned at the stone table in the courtyard with a set of white jade wine utensils.
"Hey! Old man, are you drinking?"
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The old man in Su Huai's mouth is named Su Changge, the former pillar of the Su family, and the current stabilizing god.
After his wife died decades ago, Su Changge left the small city alone to travel, and didn't return to the Su family until Su Huai was eleven years old with a body full of injuries.
No one knows what happened during this period.
It is only known that after the old man Su returned home, he kept silent, locked himself in the secret room for
three days and nights, and no one could get through to him during this period.
It was not until the young Su Huai ordered his foolish brother to steal his father's treasured old wine, and was chased and beaten by Su Zhengheng, accidentally broke into the back mountain where the old man Su was in seclusion.
That scene... It's magnificent!
He ran, he chased, he couldn't escape even if he had wings!
Even if Su Zhengheng hated the child again, he couldn't really beat him to death because of a jar of wine.
But the shrill wailing and cries for help finally penetrated the layers of stone walls, disturbing the Su old man who was in seclusion.
A recklessness, a beast, and a roll.
Su Zhengheng's tiger body shuddered, left a few harsh words, and was driven out of the back mountain with his neck stiff.
But Su Huai, with a thick-skinned face, stayed, and even followed the old man into his closed secret room.
"I can't leave, my dad doesn't like me, he will beat me to death if I go out."
"I'll treat you to wine, don't be unhappy, you cover for me in the future, and I'll have my brother steal my dad's wine to support you, what do you think?"
Before Su Changge could speak, the young Su Huai had found a reason to stay.
Su Changge asked him, "As an older brother, why do you want to harm your own brother?"
Su Huai hugged the wine jar and pulled the corners of his mouth: "It's not harmful, he is my dad's treasure, holding it in his hand is afraid of melting, and he can't bear to hit it at all."
"This jar of wine, in my dad's eyes, it's just picking up when my brother takes it, and it's stealing when I take it. He's fine when he drinks it, but I'm a beast when I drink it, you understand?"
The old man looked at the young man in front of him and was silent for a long time.
"What's your name?"
The young man raised his head, as if he could see the vast starry sky outside the secret room through the thick bluestone slab.
"A long dream in the south of the city, a pillow of Huai is safe."
"Su Huai."
...
Perhaps it was because of the blood is thicker than water, perhaps it was because he was conquered by the teenager's shamelessness, or perhaps he was touched by his clear eyes.
Later, Su Changge, who was full of anger, somehow accepted this grandson he had never met.
And ever since he drank his wine that night, he has really been covering for him.