novelThe Night in the Immense Sea
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"My husband, the rain of stars."
"Really?"
Before the voice fell, Wuyou kissed him with wit in her eyes. Xu Linghe could not help but think of what had happened when they got married. The woman in front was still wonderful, loving him from beginning to end. Even when she was most helpless, she did not abandon their love. Even if he did not remember her, she still looked at him quietly.
"My woman, you are strong enough to support a sky for me."
The man's rough fingers slipped over the clothes and removed the woman's mask. In the night, her black hair was changing. Xu Linghe ran his fingers through the purple hair with temptation. Long hair swayed in the night, and wherever the fingers passed through, it became soft. Xu Linghe closed his eyes to smell the fragrance from the hair. Wuyou felt a bit shy and avoided his husband's invasion. Xu Linghe smiled heartily and thought why the woman was still so shy even when she had been a mother. Xu Linghe held the woman in arms and rushed to the sea of clouds. Beneath them, the sea of clouds was rolling over; above them, starry sky in the Immense Sea was floating. Wuyou hugged the man tightly. It was three years since they were intimate to each other last time. Wuyou was a bit maladroit in the beginning, unable to keep up with the man's pace. When the man held her to lie on the sea of clouds, Wuyou began to unfold herself. Every kiss showed the reluctance to leave each other. The two like curious children probed all the way. The woman's glamor was covered by the sea of clouds. The stripped purple clothes flattered her jade white skin. The woman raised her enchanting eyes filled with love. Xu Linghe fondled the woman who radiated the aura of spring, like the falling cherry blossom rain pulling the man's heartstrings. Drops of slightly smoky sweat beads ran down the tip of the man's nose, and then to the woman's hair. Her scattered purple hair exactly shaded her charming body. Even the starry light in the Immense Sea was intoxicated in their reunion after being parted for a long time, and blushed at the man and the woman. When everything became calm, the man was still reluctant to get up at the sight of the sky turning white.
"Xiao Douya is waiting for me."
With more tender interaction, Wuyou was no longer able to bear. Xu Linghe pampered her and helped Wuyou get dressed.
"You are a wolf."
"Did I serve you well?"
His voice was rather seductive. Wuyou twitched the corner of her mouth. She could not compare to him, when he got flippant. The man now was torpid. Wuyou stared at her husband quietly, and the glance with deep love bore the lovesickness lasting three years.
"I don't know when I can return to the human world."
"Missing mom, right?"
"It has been three years."
"After we get our business done, we will come back to Jiangnan."
"My husband, I want to return to the Teal Hill. My people are still roving everywhere. Chidi destroyed my hometown. How can I live a happy life alone?"
"After I rescue Black Emperor out, I will accompany you to the Teal Hill."
The man held the little hand and flew down. At that moment, Xiao Douya was about to wake up. So Wuyou left in a hurry.
"Xiao Douya's mother?"
In the early morning, Xu Linghe came across the weird old man, who would ruin his good mood of the day. Ying Fu narrowed his eyes and looked at the small Bamboo Tower, thinking, "The guy dared..." With the thought, Ying Fu laughed. Xu Linghe felt chill on the spine and thought that the old man's thought was filthy. How could the old man know Xu Linghe and Wuyou were couple. Xu Linghe considered it worthless to explain to him, and the foremost thing was to figure out ways to rescue Black Emperor. Since he missed the day of calling souls yesterday, it became more bewildering in Si Shui.
"What a good chance yesterday, but you missed it!"
"Senior Brother, what happened yesterday? Why did you disappear in a blink?"
Chengyi wanted to make some complaints, because Head Senior Brother wasted such a great opportunity, but dared not. But Chengyi could do nothing to it. On the other hand, Ying Fu did not blame Xu Linghe, since anyone had grown from the youth. Black Emperor was only a wisp of spirit essence, far from important than a living person. But they had to spend some time and energy to prepare as they missed the chance yesterday.
The moment Wuyou entered the door, Xiao Douya ran to her. Wuyou felt a bit guilty that she had forgotten Xiao Douya, but warm at the thought of the man. Unexpectedly, Nie Xiaowu made breakfast today, and it was an unprecedented thing. Xiao Douya hugged his mother tightly. Perhaps he was too scared to be reluctant to leave his mother. Granny Moon looked serious, because Wuyou dared to leave Xiao Douya alone in the room. This early morning, Granny Moon was woken up by Xiao Douya. When she went up to the Bamboo Tower, she found that the woman was not in the room, and Xiao Douya hung himself upside down on the verge of the bed. Changxi held Xiao Douya up and soothed him. It was the first time that the woman had left Xiao Douya alone. Wuyou felt guiltier at Granny Moon's glare, and thought, "I just met my husband." But Granny Moon's facial expression made Wuyou feel hard to explain all in just a few words. How could she persuade others to believe that a well-behaved woman had a husband overnight?
Nie Xiaowu did put his mind on preparing the food, for all of them were Xiao Douya's favorite. However, Wuyou lost the appetite, since Granny Moon was gazing at her. How could Wuyou have the appetite to enjoy the food?
"Qi, go to the market to buy some herbal medicine, and some refreshment for Xiao Douya by the way."
After a long while, Qiongqi did not respond Changxi with an abstracted look, as if he had lost his soul, which aroused Changxi's suspect. So she condensed her Spirit Power secretly to sense Qiongqi's pulse, and then, she understood everything well. Someone had practiced illusion on Qiongqi. The person who could subdue Qiongqi must have high Spirit Power. Who was the person? Or had Qiongqi discovered some secret, and the person had to have such a bad plan to conceal his identity? Thinking that Qiongqi had told her to guard against Nie Xiaowu, Changxi wondered whether the person was Nie Xiaowu, but he looked so ordinary. How could he surrender Qiongqi? Changxi sized up Nie Xiaowu quietly, only to see his laddish face which was not like a merciless and brutal person. But Changxi had to believe Qiongqi's words. The more she thought, the more dreadful she felt. Nie Xiaowu appeared calm, but felt surged in his heart. He regretted his inconsideration, since he could have killed Qiongqi and had everything finished with that movement. Now he had to blame himself for his soft heart and wasting a good chess. It seemed that Changxi began suspecting him. So before getting the Pangu Divine Being Heavenly Book, Nie Xiaowu thought he'd better take action with caution. Changxi and Nie Xiaowu were considering and weighing, totally ignoring Wuyou and her child. Wuyou wiped the corner of her child's lips. Xiao Douya ate so happily that he used his little hands to grab the food on the dishes and sent it into his mouth. Wuyou shook her head helplessly, wondering why her child was so hungry for food. And she did not expect that it would be the last gathering for all of them. During the breakfast, Changxi was absent-minded, pondering Qiongqi's words. She thought, "If Nie Xiaowu approaches me for the Pangu Divine Being Heavenly Book, I will not show any mercy on him. Since the Heavenly Book has a master, I have to protect Wuyou and her child. If others know that the woman has the Heavenly Book's power in her body, the woman and her child will not have any peaceful days any longer. And I cannot control the situation at that time. Now, the woman is quite different from what she used to be. Although she has had the Pangu Heavenly Book to protect herself, she alone still cannot resist a large number of enemies. Since fate brought me to meet the woman, I should clear away these sources of disaster and let them enjoy a peaceful life." So Changxi made a decision that she would not be soft-hearted if Nie Xiaowu approached her for getting the Heavenly Book, and she should find an opportunity to probe Nie Xiaowu's intention. Changxi had come up with a plan, waiting for the person with specific intention to get hooked. On the other hand, Nie Xiaowu was willing to drag it on and live with that mask. He was haunted with fear, afraid whether Jiang Wuyou would disgust him if she knew his intention one day. Nie Xiaowu was unwilling to see the coming of the day, and he just wanted to leave a wonderful memory to Jiang Wuyou, just as the scene where they first met in the desert. Because of kindness in his heart, Nie Xiaowu preferred that the woman would remember the Nie Xiaowu who once saved her in the desert. Sometimes, nobody would expect what would happen next, believing that he/she could control everything. But when something did happen, he/she would feel how insignificant he/she was. If one day Nie Xiaowu knew the master of the Heavenly Book was Jiang Wuyou, what would he do? Nie Xiaowu himself could not expect that. Neither did Jiang Wuyou. When you had to confront with fate, you could do nothing but just sigh.
Changxi's profound medical skills cured Qiongqi. When Qiongqi unmasked Nie Xiaowu, Changxi did not feel happy at all but sad, because she had been treating Nie Xiaowu as her own grandson. But in the end, it turned out that Nie Xiaowu just came to grab her Heavenly Book. Humans were not grass. Why could he be so ruthless? "Forget it!" Family Head of the Immense Sea was always considering interest, paying no attention to kinship at all. So Changxi could not face Nie Xiaowu so quickly. Wuyou was occupied in taking care of her child and had dates with her husband sometimes, so she did not notice that unusual atmosphere. No one expected that a group of people who were once as close as family members would turn strangers one day. When the day came, Changxi sealed the remnant memory of her brain into the Exquisite Stone. And only she and Black Emperor could distinguish it. Those crystals were used to deliberately expose the flaw to attract Nie Xiaowu's attention. Discerning people would take notice of this detail. Although Nie Xiaowu was thoughtful, his desire was unstoppable. Changxi and Qiongqi set the trap and waited for Nie Xiaowu to take the bait.
After dinner, Changxi waited for Wuyou to go up the Bamboo Tower, and then took out the crystals from her inner room. If she wanted to convince Nie Xiaowu of believing that it was the genuine Pangu Divine Being Heavenly Book, she had to convince herself. Changxi had practiced magic arts on the crystals. Tonight, Changxi was going to bait Nie Xiaowu to a place where Qiongqi had been waiting for him. As long as Nie Xiaowu appeared, they could catch him with one bash at him.
Changxi entered a house which was a deserted courtyard. Qiongqi hid somewhere in it. Changxi went and took a rest alternatively and deliberately in order to bait Nie Xiaowu there. In the front courtyard was a waste grassland. Several days ago, Changxi set mechanism. When Nie Xiaowu came in, Qiongqi would trigger the mechanism. At that time, it was hard for Nie Xiaowu to escape.
Nie Xiaowu was very alert, but still could not stop his curiosity. After Granny Moon entered the yard, Nie Xiaowu quietly followed behind. But Granny Moon disappeared suddenly. Nie Xiaowu peeked the movement inside through the dilapidated paper window. The people inside seemed to be looking for something in the corner anxiously. What Nie Xiaowu wanted was that anyone who was more patient was the winner, no matter the hunter or the prey, because no one knew who was the prey until the last moment, and could not tell the result as well. Then, the person inside took out a thing from the stone box. In the evening, crystals shone with spirit light. Was it the Divine Being Divine Being in the legend? Nie Xiaowu fixed his eyes on the crystals. As Pangu's Family Head, Nie Xiaowu did not know it. Changxi knew that Nie Xiaowu kept an eye in the dark. As long as Nie Xiaowu walked into the room, the mechanism would be triggered. There was a dead silence at night, and it was quiet around. But suddenly, footsteps rang in the yard, and then the door opened. Qiongqi was tied. When the person revealed his true look, Changxi's heart fell down to the bottom. Chidi took steps slowly. Nie Xiaowu himself also did not expect that it was Chidi, so he hid in the corner quietly. What a noisy night today! Nie Xiaowu thought, "I am bound to get the Heavenly Book. Chidi wants to fight against me? Do you have such strength?"
"You played the fool of me last time. See where you can escape today."
Chidi's spiritual fingers smashed at Qiongqi and threw him away. Changxi condensed her Spirit Power quietly and swept at the beams of the house. With rumbles upon rumbles, a floating fire wheel ran on the way. Its sharp gears swirled, and its spirit light chopped at Chidi. Every attack lengthened the gears, and broken walls and beams were thrown into the air, wherever the fire wheel went. Chidi had never seen such weapon before. It was not Spirit Power, because it was as hard as iron and steel. So Chidi's Spirit Power could not work on it, and each of his attacks was like landing on the cotton. But Nie Xiaowu knew the weapon's name— "Thunder Wheel", which was the crystallization of Pangu family's wisdom.
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