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Chapter 542 Reasons
The two of them, one in front of the other, passed through a natural stone archway that was barely wide enough for one person to pass through.

Or perhaps this stone archway was originally just a crevice between rocks, which was later carved and expanded by people to become what it is today.

After climbing another ten steps or so, I stepped onto a small platform, and suddenly the view opened up before me.

"It's so beautiful!" Even the well-traveled Li Dachui couldn't help but exclaim in admiration as he stood on the platform and looked down at the picturesque scenery below.

Surrounded by peaks, a lake, like a bright moon, sits nestled within its crystal-clear waters, reflecting the azure sky and the surrounding scenery. At first glance, it's impossible to distinguish where the water ends and the mountains begin, where the upper reaches end and the lower reaches begin!

The antique courtyard house with its green tiles and blue bricks sits quietly by the lake, offering a panoramic view from this vantage point. A winding path paved with colorful stones meanders around the lake, eventually leading to a hall not far from the courtyard house's entrance. On one side of the pavilion, a huge waterwheel slowly rotates, lifting up the clear lake water, which then falls back down, splashing onto the pavilion's roof.

The pavilion is ingeniously designed, with water flowing down on three sides to form a water curtain, while the side facing the main entrance is completely dry, making it convenient for people to enter and exit. In the hot season, sitting in such a pavilion must surely bring a refreshing coolness to one's heart.

A boardwalk extends from one side of the courtyard house. At the end of the boardwalk, a small awning boat is moored. When you have nothing to do, you can take a boat ride on the lake. It's hard to say whether you are a person in a painting or a person in a painting.

“This courtyard was the residence of our ancestor!” Jiang Qian said. “Later, only the Holy Maiden of the Divine Sect was allowed to have a room here. Over the years, the number of people who have lived here can be counted on one hand.”

He glanced at Li Dachui and said, "In the past fifty years, only two people have lived here: your mother, He Qingqiu, and me!"

"Only saintesses who have reached the Innate Realm can live here?" Li Dachui asked.

“Yes!” Jiang Qian nodded. “To cultivate the Phoenix Flame, one must have a pure Yin body. Such people are already extremely rare, and among them, those who can cultivate to the Innate Realm are even more difficult to find.”

“I do know that,” Li Dachui said. “Pure Yin body cultivates Phoenix Fire, pure Yang body cultivates Moon Essence Weak Water. That Lin Yunqi can cultivate Moon Essence Weak Water to the ninth grade of Xuan Yuan, which is quite impressive.”

"You learned about me from him, right?" Jiang Qian asked with a smile.

"I thought he would keep this from you!" Li Dachui laughed. "It seems I underestimated his loyalty to you!"

Jiang Qian laughed, "Let's go, let's go down and see your mother's former residence! She lived in the left wing, and I lived in the right wing. For so many years, her room has been sealed off and no one has touched it."

Li Dachui nodded, and the two walked down the road side by side.

"Why did you insist on coming to Yunwu Mountain?" Jiang Qian asked. "Just to see your mother's former residence?"

“Isn’t this reason sufficient?” Li Dachui retorted. “Speaking of which, I would like to ask you something. You were just pretending to leave Danyang City to lure Xiang Ying and his men into a coup so that you could catch them all in one fell swoop. You had no need to bring me here. If you really wanted to take me down, you could have done it on the river.”

"Would you believe me if I said I've fallen for you?" Jiang Qian laughed.

Li Dachui laughed loudly, puffed out his chest, stopped, and looked Jiang Qian up and down. "Speaking of which, although I'm not handsome, I have an unparalleled charm that radiates from within. That's how Xiao Changche fell for me, so adding you to the list is no surprise!"

Jiang Qian stared in astonishment at the smug Li Dachui, then chuckled after a long while: "Xiao Changche disguised herself as a man and fought bravely on the battlefield, earning a great reputation. The Yuan people turned pale at the mention of her name. Although I have never met her, I admire her quite a bit. How did she fall for you?"

"Am I not good enough?" "You are good enough, but your shamelessness is astonishing!" Jiang Qian laughed.

“An outstanding person is also bound to be a shameless person!” Li Dachui said, “But you yourself said you were interested in me, haha, Xiao Changche is a remarkable woman in this world, and you are one too. Two remarkable women in this world have taken a liking to me, shouldn’t I be proud?”

Jiang Qian blushed, a rare occurrence for her. This guy in front of her really had a skin as thick as a city wall.

"Li Dachui, what kind of martial arts are you practicing? Don't lie to me and say you're practicing the Overlord Blade Technique of the Five Gates of the Broken Blade!" Jiang Qian said.

Is this important to you?

"Of course it's important!" Jiang Qian said, "Do you have feelings for me?"

“A queen dowager of the country, of noble status, and talented and beautiful, I have a strong feeling about her!” Li Dachui said with a smile.

Jiang Qian's expression changed, and she angrily pointed a finger at Li Dachui, which looked like a couple's coquettish gesture. However, when the finger was halfway there, a blue star suddenly bloomed between her fingers.

The sparks are incredibly beautiful, but those who know these blue sparks know that they are a hellfire representing death and destruction.

Li Dachui smiled and extended a finger, a silver light swirling around it.

"Moonlight and Weak Water!" Jiang Qian blurted out in shock.

When the blue spark met the moonlight and the gentle water, it was as if the blue spark was inlaid with beautiful silver edges.

The spark flickered briefly and then vanished silently into the air.

"You...you practice Moon Essence Weak Water?" Jiang Qian asked incredulously. "But why is it completely different from Lin Yunqi's?"

Both the Phoenix Fire and the Moonlight Weak Water originate from the Qi of Heaven and Earth. They are like two sides of the same coin, one pure Yin and the other pure Yang, contradicting and antagonizing each other.

Lin Yunqi's cultivation of the Water Essence Weak Water technique was far inferior to Jiang Qian's. He was like a mouse seeing a cat whenever he saw Jiang Qian, because if they were to fight, Jiang Qian would naturally be able to completely suppress his Water Essence Weak Water technique.

Jiang Qian looked at Li Dachui with a puzzled expression. Could it be that after these two skills were cultivated to the Innate Realm, they no longer repelled each other but instead complemented each other?

A thought struck her, and she looked up at Li Dachui.
If the two complement each other at the innate stage, then isn't the key to cultivating the unity of heaven and earth here?

Her heart skipped a beat.

"Didn't you feel that our kung fu is attracted to each other?" Jiang Qian asked. "When I'm by your side, my Phoenix Flame leaps with joy. To be honest, during this time by your side, my cultivation, which was stuck at a bottleneck, has shown signs of a faint breakthrough. Li Dachui, I've seen the gate to spiritual travel. That's why I accompanied you to Cloud Mist Mountain!"

(End of this chapter)