The disciple of Yue Lao

Chapter 278 Li Jian's First Love Appears
The marriage night pearl changed from white to blue, which really reminded Han Chuxia, who was far away in another time and space, of everything in the past. She remembered her beautiful first love with Li Jian, and also learned about everything Li Jian did in this time and space through the demon king Lihuo.

In order to take the Li Guo away and to help Li Jian untie his knot in his heart, Han Chuxia begged the demon king Lihuo to allow her to meet Li Jian.

The demon king Lihuo doesn't have the ability to travel through time and space, so he can only wait, waiting for Awen to bring Ye Chen, Lin Ling and their family to that time and space to see them.

The demon king Lihuo took the opportunity to make Lin Ling agree, and ordered Awen to send him and Han Chuxia here to find Li Jian.

The color of the marriage night pearl turned green. Han Chuxia recalled the deep affection she once had with Li Jian. However, that affection was no match for the years she had spent with the demon king Lihuo. Moreover, she and the demon king Lihuo had a lovely daughter, Liguo.

As soon as Awen made a move, he activated the "time stop" skill before Yue Lao was about to take all the disciples back to heaven.

The demon king Lihuo was waiting outside the [cellar], and Awen followed Han Chuxia into the sixth floor.

Li Jian found that everything around him had stopped moving. His fellow apprentices and his master were all frozen.

Who possesses such powerful magic?

He thought someone had cast a spell to freeze them, but when he looked closely and saw that the breath he exhaled had stopped, he realized that time had stopped.

But why can he move?
"Brother Jian..."

A gentle and melodious voice was heard. Li Jian, who was originally sitting on the ground, struggled with all his might to stand up even though his hands were trapped by magic.

The next second, a girl in a white dress and a blue tie-dyed shawl walked over with a pair of white high heels "tapping".

"Early summer..."

"Early summer!"

Li Jian saw who it was and was overjoyed. He laughed in panic, "You really showed up! I thought... I thought I had failed and would never see you again... I thought..."

"Brother Jian." Han Chuxia interrupted Li Jian, walked over and hugged him gently. After a moment, she let go of his hands and said softly, "I am very touched. After so many years, you are still so affectionate to me. But fate is cruel. I really fell in love with someone else and can't start over with you..."

“No… I won’t…” Li Jian felt his heart burning. He looked at Han Chuxia with bloodshot eyes and tried to explain: “You didn’t fall in love with him. You were randomly arranged to be married by Yue Lao after drinking. It’s not your fault… It’s not your fault, Chuxia…”

"Everything has changed, Brother Jian. Everything has changed. It's no longer the same as it used to be." Han Chuxia said helplessly.

"It's okay, I don't mind. I'll go and ask my master for help, I'll admit my mistake, I'll plead with him, and ask him to let us renew our relationship... ask him..." Li Jian's tone was almost pleading, and he explained to Han Chuxia without any self-respect.

"You don't have to ask anyone for help. It's me. I've changed my mind. It's me who has changed..."

"It's not because of you...it's not..."

"I have remembered everything in the past, and I also understand... how deep my feelings for you were, but Brother Jian..." Han Chuxia also burst into tears as she spoke, unable to pretend to be calm any longer. She broke down and yelled at Li Jian, "I have a daughter, and she is very cute. My husband treats me very well, and before I thought of you, he and I were in love for many years."

Li Jian looked at Han Chuxia who kept saying that she was in love with someone else, and felt extremely desperate. He smiled bitterly and asked her, "What about us?"

"We've already moved on, do you understand? What's past is past. If you had done all this before he and I had a child, I would have returned to you without hesitation when I remembered all the memories. But it's too late now. I can't make my daughter disappear, and I don't want her to watch her parents separate..."

Li Jian's eyes were filled with anger: "I should kill her!"

Hearing this, Han Chuxia's tearful eyes suddenly turned cold, and she replied, "If you really hurt my daughter, you would never see this side of me again. You would cut off the last bit of my longing for you and destroy the beautiful memories between us. I would hate you."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

Li Jian laughed crazily.

"Brother Jian..." Han Chuxia was extremely conflicted. She wanted to say more to comfort Li Jian, but she was afraid that if she said too much, he would not be able to accept it.

"You have strayed from the path. Please do not break the rules for me again. It is not worth it. For your own sake, please re-plan your path, make amends, and live for yourself in the future."

Seeing that Li Jian did not respond, Han Chuxia patiently advised: "You are the 'God of Marriage' and live for other people's marriages. If you are tired, you should stop being the 'God of Marriage'. Even if you are reincarnated as a human, you must let yourself go and don't dwell on the past. There are more beautiful scenery and more worthy people waiting for you ahead."

"If I complete this plan earlier, will you come back to me?" Li Jian asked in despair. "Actually...actually, as long as there is the 'universal marriage thread', you will definitely come back to me..." Li Jian thought of this and suddenly became happy.

"But I don't want to do that anymore. I believe that Brother Jian will respect my choice no matter what, right?"

"Chu Xia...I..." Li Jian was unwilling to agree.

"I'm leaving, and I'll take Xiaoguo with me. We'll never meet again after today. Brother Jian, take care. I've inquired about your situation. As long as you sincerely repent, you will probably be demoted to a mortal and go down to earth to experience the tribulations of reincarnation, birth, aging, sickness and death. Fortunately, your life will not be in danger. This is the best outcome."

Han Chuxia said this, and made up her mind to leave. She told Awen in the dark: "Awen, you... delete all the memories of me in his mind!"

"Awen? That mysterious man with great magical powers..."

Li Jian hurriedly shook his head and refused: "No... Chu Xia, I don't agree! I will never forget you..."

Realizing that someone was approaching him secretly, Li Jian pleaded to Han Chuxia again: "Chuxia... I'll let you go, I'll let you go, don't be so cruel to me, at least leave us with good memories..."

Han Chuxia was shaken when she heard this and was about to turn back to call for a stop, but she found that Awen had already taken action. In just a few seconds, he had deleted some of Li Jian's memories related to "Han Chuxia" in one click.

"That's fine..."

"Let's go..."

After Han Chuxia finished speaking, she followed Awen out of the [cellar]. The three of them left in the blink of an eye, as if they had never returned.

After Awen left, the "time pause" skill became invalid and time began to flow.

Li Jian was already sitting on the ground at a loss. He didn't know why he was so sad, and he didn't know why he did those things that hurt his fellow disciples.

He was puzzled by his series of actions and didn't know why he did it. Seeing his junior sister and master with sad faces and listening to his fellow disciples scolding him, he felt extremely painful in his heart.

He didn't dare say a word. He only knew that he had done a huge mistake and deserved to be scolded and punished.

When preparing to return to heaven, Yue Lao counted the disciples in front of him and found that two were missing. He frowned and asked, "Where are the seventh and eleventh?"

No one else said anything. Gu Baili glanced at Xia Yu, who was also silent, and slowly replied, "Master... he's tied up!"

"Tied?"

"The two of them are Li Jian's accomplices. It's good enough that they didn't beat him up..."

Someone in the crowd said something without caring.

Xia Yu thought of Luo Fan's family still in the Bird's Nest Village. Chu Lichen and Nangong Xu were also hidden and tied under the acacia tree. She said, "Master, you guys go back to the Heavenly Palace first. I'll go and bring Senior Brother Seven and Senior Brother Eleven, and we'll be there soon."

"Boss, go." Yue Lao ordered.

Hua Changyi and Gu Baili both knew that Xia Yu wanted to "say goodbye" to Luo Fan, so they began to speak for Xia Yu.

"Master, let Junior Sister and Senior Brother go together!"

"Yes, with the senior brother here, the junior sister can't escape."

"Master..."

Yue Lao looked at Xia Yu who was begging desperately, and then looked at Bai Yu who always "acted impartially", and finally said, "You must go and come back quickly."

"Yes, Master." Xia Yu replied.

(End of this chapter)