Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

Mo Yuan, dressed in silver armor, stood in the middle of the yard.

He seemed to be in a trance, or just standing there quietly.

With his black hair tied up in a crown, the silver plates on his armor shone with a sharp light in the moonlight. Mo Yuan in the armor did not look bulky, but rather heroic. Just by looking at his back, one could see how arrogant and domineering the God of War was.

Jiang Ruan felt that she shouldn't have come out. Seeing that Mo Yuan didn't notice her, she quietly wanted to go back to the room.

"Can't sleep?"

As soon as she turned around, Mo Yuan's gentle voice came from behind her.

Jiang Ruan stopped and turned around to look at Mo Yuan, who had turned around and looked majestic in his armor.

Unlike his fierce and oppressive attire, his voice remains calm, making it easy for people to overlook the special meaning of him wearing armor.

"I can't sleep." Jiang Ruan said.

Mo Yuan saw the worry in her heart and said, "I came to say goodbye to you."

"The Winged Clan has taken the lead in attacking the Celestial Clan, and the battle will begin tonight." He lowered his eyes, his heart filled with a sour feeling of reluctance. "By the banks of the Weak Water River, I will defeat Qing Cang and crush his ambitions."

Jiang Ruan didn't say anything, she realized something.

Mo Yuan looked at her with deep eyes for a while, then said to her, "Take care of yourself."

This sentence was said with deep affection and helplessness, conveying his helpless and desolate feeling of wanting to take care of Jiang Ruan but being unable to do so.

Jiang Ruan pursed her lips and bowed to Mo Yuan: "Jiang Ruan would like to congratulate Lord Mo Yuan on his triumphant return in advance."

She had decided to return to Shenshui Town as soon as the war was over.

Seeing that Jiang Ruan would not wait for him to come back, Mo Yuan's thin lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just asked: "Do you want to become an immortal?"

Jiang Ruan shook his head: "No."

She answered in the affirmative, speaking the absolute truth.

Donghua was paranoid about her, and so was Zheyan. Tonight, she saw the undisguised affection in Mo Yuan again. Jiang Ruan was panicked. She just wanted to live out her mortal life, return to the earth in just a few decades, and end everything that made her feel scared and uneasy.

She was really scared.

He was afraid that the world would be in turmoil because of her, and that he would become the culprit of another world-destroying struggle.

Jiang Ruan's resistance made Mo Yuan feel as if he had been punched in the heart. It didn't hurt, but it was so suffocating that he could hardly breathe.

"Do you think I shouldn't be attracted to you?" Mo Yuan asked.

Jiang Ruan raised her eyes and looked directly at Mo Yuan without any fear: "Isn't it?"

It would be more accurate to say that she was questioning rather than asking a rhetorical question.

She had no reverence for the gods; rather, she was angry and furious in her heart towards the gods who had shown affection for her.

From Jiang Ruan's perspective, she is a mortal, and these gods who stand in high positions cannot be moved by her. Their affection is a huge stone weighing on her heart, making her live in fear all day long.

Mo Yuan did not take his eyes away from Jiang Ruan, and a storm was brewing in his dark eyes.

He was puzzled as to why Jiang Ruan thought so.

After staring at each other for a while, seeing that Jiang Ruan didn't back down, he expressed his thoughts: "No matter how high my position is, no matter how strong my cultivation is, no matter how I am held high on the altar by all the creatures in the world, I also have a heart. As long as there is a heart, there will be seven emotions and six desires. Under the premise of putting all living beings in the world first, I don't think I should stand on a high place and look down on all living beings. I have no petty emotions in my heart, but I have great love for all living beings."

"How can a heartless person have love?"

Mo Yuan asked, but he didn't mean to force Jiang Ruan to answer. He then added, "Now that duty is my top priority, I will not avoid a major war, and I will not let down the people of the world."

"Jiang Ruan, I don't think it's wrong to be attracted to you."

He did not say this in an intense voice, but with his usual gentle, yet absolutely serious expression. The deep affection contained in his words seemed to wrap around people tightly, making it impossible to ignore every word he uttered.

In the end, Jiang Ruan looked away. She avoided Mo Yuan's eyes quickly and awkwardly, as if her heart was pierced and she was at a loss.

Gazing at the moon-like, beautiful woman before him, Mo Yuan said, "I may not be able to return from this battle. If I can't, you can live in Kunlun Xu if you wish. The mountain protection formation will be more than enough to keep you safe."

Mo Yuan left Kunlun Xu and headed to the Ruoshui River for a decisive battle with Qing Cang.

Jiang Ruan looked at his tall and determined back as he left, which revealed a determination to die if he failed to win.

She suddenly felt insignificant.

Under the laws of heaven, even someone as powerful as Mo Yuan is so insignificant.

She wondered if she could do anything, but ultimately realized that, like a grain of sand, she could do nothing.

……

After the war started, Kunlun Xu was still peaceful. There was no difference except that there were fewer people.

One day after dinner, Zheyan asked Siming, who had lived in Kunlunxu for a long time and had not been seen leaving, "How long will Siming stay here?"

Siming stood up and saluted Zheyan, quickly replying, "The Emperor knew that High God Zheyan would also be leaving Kunlunxu, so he specially sent me here to take care of Miss Jiang. Look, I even brought my own life book here."

He can take care of Jiang Ruan without delaying his main job.

Hearing Siming mention the war between the Winged Clan and the Heavenly Palace, Zheyan sighed.

He no longer had the intention of verbally attacking Siming. He looked around the yard where Jiang Ruan lived, and then looked at the scene outside the yard.

I don’t know if Mo Yuan can survive this disaster, otherwise the current deserted scene will be the bleak scene of Kunlun Xu in the future.

The life of an immortal is not endless. When encountering a calamity, death is also fate. The Donghuang Bell created by Mo Yuan is Mo Yuan's calamity. If he can survive it, he will have a long life ahead of him. If he can't find a glimmer of hope, I'm afraid...

Zheyan sighed.

Sima Ming saw where his worries were: "Is the God worried about the war?"

"I'm afraid all living beings in the four seas and eight wastelands are worried about the final outcome of this war."

Zheyan felt extremely complicated. He wanted to help, but without the Fuxi Qin, if he committed a lot of murders, he might fall into the path of evil uncontrollably, and the consequences would be much more serious than the war between the two worlds of Tianyi.

Seeing Zheyan's solemn expression, Siming felt uneasy: "Will it be difficult for Lord Mo Yuan to win this battle?"

Zhe Yan: “It’s hard to say.”

Zhe Yan lowered his eyes, then looked at Jiang Ruan: "I want to go to the place where my companion artifact, the Fuxi Qin, is sealed. Would Ruan Ruan be willing to accompany me?"

"The place where the Fuxi Qin is sealed?" Siming was shocked. "God Zheyan, are you going to..."

"We have to give it a try." Zhe Yan's voice was filled with an inexpressible sigh: "If it is God's will..."

If possible, he always wanted to help Mo Yuan.

Jiang Ruan said without hesitation: "I'll go with you."

Siming was surprised at Jiang Ruan's decision: "Miss Jiang! You..."

Jiang Ruan said firmly, "God Mo Yuan said that this war is for the sake of the four seas and eight wildernesses, and for the peace of the human world. If there is anything I can do, I will do my best!"

Following Zheyan all the way to the place where he sealed the Fuxi Qin in Kunlun Mountain, Jiang Ruan saw the deep sea of clouds under the cliff in front of him.

Is the Fuxi Qin sealed under the sea of clouds?

Zheyan saw Jiang Ruan's serious and righteous expression, as if even if he told her to jump down, she would do it without hesitation.

He couldn't help but laugh: "Don't be nervous, Ruan Ruan."

"You just need to stand here."

Jiang Ruan's expression relaxed and he nodded to Zhe Yan: "I understand."

Zheyan raised his hand to cast a spell, summoning the Fuxi Qin.

The beautifully carved zither rose from beneath the sea of clouds and appeared before Zheyan.

Looking at the companion artifact in front of him that he hadn't seen for more than 100,000 years, and feeling its divine power, Zheyan was filled with emotion. He touched the strings with familiarity, but when he was about to play, three of the strings suddenly broke!

Jiang Ruan was surprised: "How could this happen?"

The strings of the divine instrument are broken?

Zheyan sighed and looked up at the sky: "God's will cannot be violated."

He originally wanted to protect Jiang Ruan's heart so that he could play the Fuxi Qin again, and use this protective heart to help Mo Yuan break the calamity.

He wanted to protect Jiang Ruan.

However, this protective heart could not be transferred to other soldiers.

No matter what he thought, it didn't matter to him. But the fact that he wanted to change the situation of the battle just because of Mo Yuan... was not allowed by the laws of nature.