Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

Yu Luoning, far away in Dongbao Mountain, suddenly sneezed twice.

As the saying goes, "First you scold, then you think, then you mutter."

Could it be that someone is thinking about her?

Then, the next sneeze was even louder.

Okay, fine, I'll still be cursing at her.

Yu Luoning ignored him and ran all the way to her relatives' courtyard.

Before I could even stand properly, my heart skipped a beat. Why does this courtyard feel so cold?

Pushing open the courtyard gate, one sees a figure dressed in pristine white, with a slender and elegant posture, gently wiping the blade of a sword with a white silk handkerchief on a stone bench in the courtyard.

Upon hearing the sound, the man's handsome profile turned slightly, and his long eyelashes trembled.

"Ningning..."

Yu Luoning appeared beside him almost instantly.

She held the man tightly in her arms, took a deep breath of his familiar fragrance, and felt inexplicably at ease.

The dust motes drifted silently in the air, and the two of them remained silent, simply nestled together.

Yu Luoning's voice trailed off softly: "Cousin, I miss you so much! Do you know how I've felt these past few days without you by my side? I feel like a fish out of water, a kite with a broken string. I'm just not myself."

Shi Shangxu pursed his lips, forcibly suppressing the upward curve of his mouth.

He asked in a calm voice, "You said you were in seclusion, so why did you end up in Fengqi Town, thousands of miles away?"

It's time to come.

Yu Luoning forced a dry smile: "Wasn't that... because I was afraid you'd worry?"

Shi Shangxu remained silent.

Seeing this, Yu Luoning tilted her head back and kissed his taut jawline, then straddled him and squeezed her buttocks onto his thigh.

Having too many men isn't good either; you end up having to appease one after another.

This kind of suffering is unbearable for most people.

So she was willing to endure some hardship to share the burden with her sisters.

"Cousin, I really miss you. Don't look so cold. When you're unhappy, it feels like my heart has been struck by lightning, and it hurts so much."

She nuzzled her head against his chest, then held up two fingers and gently poked Shi Shangxu's dimples.

"Will you smile? You've never given me such a cold look before."

Shi Shangxu sighed, utterly defeated.

He casually put the longsword into his Qiankun bag.

He reached out and wrapped his arms around Yu Luoning's waist with one hand, and then grasped her hand with the other.

Just when Yu Luoning thought the matter was over, Shi Shangxu's words almost knocked her away the next second.

His voice was slow, tinged with uncertainty.

"A few days ago, I took my senior brothers and sisters, along with Miss Lu and the other two, to Phoenix Perch Town to help them out of a predicament."

"When we returned using the sect's teleportation array, there was a teleportation technique from the Feng family on the other side. The person who activated the teleportation... was that you?"

Yu Luoning swallowed hard, an alarm instantly going off in her mind as she recalled the day the news from the Northern Sword Alliance reached Phoenix Perch Town.

Sure enough, Shi Shangxu saw through her.

"...Yes." Yu Luoning nodded.

"You're a direct descendant of the Feng family? No wonder you can use the art of teleportation."

Given that Yu Luoning was able to land directly in the Feng family's main clan under those circumstances, Shi Shangxu instinctively assumed that Yu Luoning was a direct descendant of the Feng family, since the art of crossing the sky was not passed down to those who were not direct descendants.

Yu Luoning paused.

Shi Shangxu's dark eyes were fixed on her face, his tone calm and serious: "You said you were worried that forming a Daoist partner contract would affect my cultivation. How about a mortal marriage? How about I lead the elders of the Shi family to the Feng family to propose marriage?"

marry?

Yu Luoning's brain instantly went blank, and he froze like a PowerPoint presentation.

Help!

She could already imagine that when her family came to the Feng family to formally propose marriage, they discovered that the person they were to marry was the wife of the Feng family's heir.

The scene would be so beautiful that she couldn't even imagine it.

Looking into Shi Shangxu's eyes, which were full of seriousness and without a trace of impurity, Yu Luoning swallowed back the joke that was on the tip of her tongue.

Although she is fickle and averse to trouble, she is essentially a flesh-and-blood person who knows how to repay kindness.

Shi Shangxu's sincerity was too heavy and too pure; she couldn't just make up a lie to deceive him like she used to.

Yu Luoning took a deep breath and did not run away.

Meeting his burning gaze, she said, "Cousin, I'm really happy to hear you say that. But the more I hear that, the less I can let you go and propose marriage."

Shi Shangxu's long eyelashes trembled. "Why?"

"Marriage is like a walled city; those outside want to get in, and those inside want to get out."

Yu Luoning blinked guiltily and sighed, "The title of 'Young Master's Wife of the Shi Family' is too heavy. I like you simply because I want to be with you. I don't want worldly opinions to taint our feelings. Isn't it good to just stay like this, with only the two of us?"

Shi Shangxu stared at her.

Although I had guessed it in my heart.

But upon hearing this answer, a slight hint of disappointment inevitably flashed across her face.

He was too hasty. Getting married is a small matter; family rules and such are probably too much of a burden for Luo Ning.

Shi Shangxu sighed: "Silly girl, how could I blame you? It was my oversight that almost burdened you with worldly constraints. If you don't like those formalities, then let's leave them be. Let's just stay where we are, it's fine."

Yu Luoning's eyes were red, and an overwhelming sense of guilt surged into her heart.

She hugged Shi Shangxu tightly, listening to the rhythmic beating of his heart.

Gentle and understanding.

This was practically her ideal man.

Yu Luoning considers herself an invincible scumbag who deceives innocent young men.

Back then, Feng Qiguang was arrogant and irritable, and he was chasing after her. Even though she was deceived, she could still argue back with him with a straight face.

Li Yunyu is a lotus root that has become a spirit. In front of him, Yu Luoning always feels that she has nowhere to hide and has to be on high alert to deal with him, which makes her quite tired.

But with someone like Shi Shangxu, every extra word she uttered felt like her Dao heart was about to crack a little.

The most agonizing time for a player who has fallen in love is when their desires remain undiminished, and their conscience keeps tormenting them.

Yu Luoning buried her face in Shi Shangxu's neck and said in a muffled voice, "Cousin, you're so good to me. If I ever do something to wrong you, please don't keep it to yourself. You can hit me or scold me, just please don't hurt yourself."

Shi Shangxu chuckled and chuckled as he stroked her smooth black hair.

"Don't talk nonsense. If one day you really do something to betray me, it's my own fault for not being able to keep your heart."

Hearing these almost blindly favoritistic words, Yu Luoning felt a sour and astringent feeling in her heart, her mind in complete turmoil.

It would be an absolute injustice if she didn't pamper such a wonderful child.

"Close your eyes, I have something to give you."