Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

Ji Yixuan and Ji Yixuan are the same person.

In his dream, Shen Yichen revisited the past and saw his past with Yixuan, a past filled with wounds and bloodshed. But what shocked Shen Yichen was not that Yixuan was a woman, but rather his own past self.

The five-year-old child's shoulder exposed his white bone, but he didn't cry. What he was thinking about was the observatory in the Ji family's imperial city. You should know that Ji Yinan and Ji Yihong were terrified!

What Shen Yichen actually saw were two skeletons, one of his and the other of Ji Che Zhenren's smiling face, which was a skeletal appearance.

Shen Yichen finally understood why Yixuan was afraid of graves and corpses; it really had something to do with him. But Shen Yichen couldn't understand why Yixuan wasn't afraid of anything back then. And just as Yixuan said, he really had no trace of his childhood self left.

Shen Yichen overlooked something very important in his dream: Yixuan's most important thing was not her female body, but her identity!

A girl who dared to hit the young master of the Ji family—or rather, dared to kill him. Yi Xuan was trying to kill Ji Yichen back then. Could her identity be simple?

In the maple forest, Shen Yichen also overlooked Yixuan's words: there's something strange about the maple forest!

Like the ancient city of Luowu, the maple forest has existed for a thousand years. Is it normal for a forest to remain unchanged for a thousand years?

Shen Yichen did not tell Mu Qingxue that Yixuan was a woman, because he still had doubts in his heart.

Tian Xianglong was stolen by Qin Ming once, which means that Yi Xuan's disguise has little to do with Tian Xianglong. So how did Yi Xuan disguise herself as a man without any flaws?

Shen Yichen thought of the Illusory Dream Cloud mentioned by the old man in the blood-red robe, but this was really beyond Shen Yichen's understanding. Shen Yichen seemed more willing to guess that Yixuan was Yixuan's younger or older brother.

It's a pity that Shen Yichen didn't know that there were no men in Yunxia Mountain of the Ji family, and that Yixuan was actually Yixuan!

As the setting sun once again painted the maple forest red, Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue lay barefoot together, asleep, in deep thought, breathing in each other's scent.

"Qingxue, what are you thinking about?"

"How many women have you slept with?"

Shen Yichen was filled with regret. He had just sensed the fluctuation of Mu Qingxue's aura and asked her a question casually.

Mu Qingxue's question caught Shen Yichen off guard and made him feel so ashamed that he wanted to disappear into the ground.

"What's wrong? Is this question difficult to answer? Or are there too many questions to remember?"

Mu Qingxue leaned over to Shen Yichen, her face flushed but looking at him with great curiosity. She really wanted to know the answer.

"You won't be angry if I tell you, will you?"

"If you don't lie to me, I won't get angry; if you lie to me, I will get angry!"

Looking at Mu Qingxue's burning gaze and calm, natural face, Shen Yichen pondered for a moment before deciding to respond directly.

"Sister Qing, Ouyang Zhiqing, Gongsun Qingyu!"

Mu Qingxue's finger reached towards Shen Yichen's lips.

"And also, you're not allowed to lie to me!"

"Huang Xiyi!"

Shen Yichen still said that he didn't want to deceive Mu Qingxue, he simply didn't want to deceive her. But he didn't mention Jian Chenqing. It seems that Shen Yichen forgot about her, because there was really no affection there!

"A demon, an aunt, an androgynous woman, a heartless saintess—then I'm your first woman!"

Shen Yichen didn't understand Mu Qingxue's logic!

"Will it hurt a lot?"

Shen Yichen covered his face with his hands. He really couldn't face Mu Qingxue. Mu Qingxue's skin was much thicker than his.

"I want to have a child for you, and it will be your first child. You must promise me!"

Mu Qingxue forcibly removed Shen Yichen's hand and stared intently at him.

Shen Yichen understood what Mu Qingxue meant.

Shen Yichen shook his head and whispered:

"I might have a health problem. Have you ever heard of the legendary healer Ji Qingxian from Yanquan?"

Shen Yichen did not tell Yixuan that he had another purpose in wanting to find the divine doctor Ji Qingxian, which was the issue of the child.

In Jianying City, Sister Qing's experiment failed, and neither of them succeeded in the Void Dust Pearl either, which means that Shen Yichen's body really has a problem.

"What a load of rubbish! He's just a charlatan. Stay away from him, the farther the better!"

Shen Yichen was taken aback upon hearing this.

"You, you really know Ji Qingxian?"

"When I was five years old, that charlatan wanted me to be his child bride. He was shameless!"

Shen Yichen chuckled.

"Where did you find him? Was it in the Valley of No Return?"

"No, he came to us himself!"

"Ji Qingxian went to the Ten Thousand Demons Sect?"

Mu Qingxue nodded.

Shen Yichen found this whole thing very strange!

Do you know about the Valley of No Return?

"I don't know, I've never heard of it!"

Mu Qingxue pinched Shen Yichen's cheeks with both hands.

"You rascal, you still haven't agreed to my request. If you insist on returning to the Ji family one day, you have to leave me with a child, preferably a son. If you don't leave the Ji family, I'll make my son grow up, lead an army to conquer the Ji family, and go find his father!"

Shen Yichen's eyes were filled with a smile.

"And what about you? You promise me you won't go back to the Ten Thousand Demons Sect until you're pregnant with my child, okay?"

"A word is settled!"

"A word is settled!"

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue high-fived three times, which could be considered a promise to each other about their relationship, but this promise was a bit special.

In reality, neither of them wanted the other to leave the martial world. Both the Ji family and the Ten Thousand Demons Sect were the biggest obstacles to their relationship.

"Qingxue, um, um, is it okay now?"

This time it was Mu Qingxue's turn to be shy. She buried her face in Shen Yichen's chest and whispered in a voice barely louder than a mosquito's buzz:

"How about we take a bath in the well after midnight?"

Looking at the maple forest in the twilight, Shen Yichen was truly excited!

"Let's take a nap, that kind of thing is tiring!"

After Shen Yichen finished speaking, both of their hearts pounded, and they fell into a deep sleep amidst the palpitations.

With the waning moon hanging in the sky, Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue opened their eyes at the same time, and both saw a movement in each other's throats.

Anticipation, nervousness, and perhaps a little bit of fear!

"Carry me to the well!"

Shen Yichen picked up Mu Qingxue. He didn't look at the shy Mu Qingxue, but instead looked up at the sky. His eyes were so firm, a silent resistance, a silent shout, and a struggle, a struggle with no other choice!

The water in the well was clear and slightly cold.

Shen Yichen didn't even have time to appreciate Mu Qingxue's beauty.

"Hey, you shouldn't be here!"

"what!"

Mu Qingxue screamed and hurriedly covered her body with her clothes.

Shen Yichen leaped out of the water; he hadn't even taken off his clothes yet, as he had been too busy helping Mu Qingxue.

Shen Yichen stood beside the well, looked around, and called out:

"Who? Come out!"

Shen Yichen was truly frustrated; the arrow was on the bowstring, but someone had cut the string!

There was no one around, but I definitely heard a sound just now!

Shen Yichen quickly surveyed his surroundings and found no one there. He glanced at Mu Qingxue in the well.

Mu Qingxue was hurriedly putting on her clothes.

"Qingxue, it seems no one's here. How about we...?"

Shen Yichen jumped into the well again; he had to change his fate.

Mu Qingxue really stopped and stopped putting on her clothes. The two of them were just about to continue.

"This is a sacred place, young heroes, please reconsider!"

This time, the sound was definitely not an illusion; it was very real. Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue had already seen the person!

This well is actually just a pool of water, and you can easily see all around from inside.

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue leaped out, both straightening their clothes as they warily watched the people slowly approaching from the woods.

It was an old woman, her face wrinkled in the moonlight, looking frail and old. She sat in a wicker chair, covered with lush green leaves, and the chair seemed to move forward on its own.

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue's first reaction was that this was a master, or more accurately, a powerful figure, an absolute powerhouse, as neither of them could sense any aura emanating from her!

"I am very pleased that you two young heroes have come to Luowu Ancient City, but this Maple Forest is a sacred place, not a place to hide filth. I urge you two young heroes to show some respect!"

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue were naturally very embarrassed, but they both had a feeling that they were about to die!

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue exchanged a glance.

"Senior, we had no intention of offending you. Please forgive us. We will leave now!"

"In the world of martial arts, ignorance is not a mistake, but a sin. It is not an excuse for doing wrong. If you do wrong, you will pay the price!"