Nonsense! Master is not my wife.

"You haven't visited your master yet, have you?"

Xueyue asked as they walked.

Yin Ci shook his head: "Not yet."

Ao Qingyue said, "Xuan Su said that Master has been in a bad mood these days and asked us not to disturb him, so we decided to wait for Master to come back here on Youfeng Mountain."

Xueyue nodded slightly and looked at Xuansu with satisfaction: "Xuansu is right."

"Although your master seems to be no different from usual these days, he is still unable to get over it in his heart. He has been suppressing himself."

Xueyue said this and sighed softly: "I feel very sad to see his current appearance. This is also inconsistent with Master's thoughts before he passed away."

"Although I wanted to enlighten him, he has been deliberately avoiding me these past few days. I know what he is thinking. He must think that he killed the master, so he has no face to see me."

"But I have never blamed him, and neither has my master..."

Xueyue looked at the three women beside her with a gentle gaze. After several years, they were no longer the little girls they were back then, but monks who could stand on their own.

"Qingyue, Yinci, Xuansu, you are his most beloved disciples. Right now, only you can comfort him and help him get out of his predicament."

Ao Qingyue's expression became unusually serious: "I will definitely do it."

Yin Ci's expression was calm, but her purple eyes were exceptionally bright: "Yeah."

Xuan Su also nodded.

Several people came to a courtyard and sat down.

"Qingyue, Yinci, what did you gain from this trip?"

Xueyue asked about Yunyou with concern.

After hearing this, Ao Qingyue and Yin Ci told Xueyue and Xuansu about their experiences over the past year.

After they left Xueling Ruins, they walked along the same path their master had walked that year. They saw many changes along the way, which made them sigh at the passing of time. They had practiced diligently in Xueling Ruins for several years, but the world was changing all the time.

After walking the same path that their master had walked, Ao Qingyue and Yin Ci turned and headed west, all the way to the famous battle site in the Northern Territory, the heavenly secret realm - the War Realm.

The two of them stayed in the war world for nearly a year. During this period, Ao Qingyue spent most of his time challenging the proud disciples from all over the Northern Territory. Among them were not only core disciples from first-rate forces, but also proud disciples from the Thirteen Hidden Clans, Tongbei Sect, and Cang Lei Holy Sect.

Ao Qingyue became more and more courageous as the battle went on, and her strength became stronger and stronger, until she finally defeated all the cultivators in the War Realm. Her fighting spirit was concentrated to the peak, which helped her break through the bottleneck of the sixth realm and be promoted to the seventh realm cultivator. She even broke through two realms in a row and directly became a seventh realm mid-stage cultivator.

Unlike Ao Qingyue, Yin Ci seldom takes action. She spends almost all her time studying the ways of spirit, soul and space. After years of practice, she has discovered a path that suits her better than swordsmanship.

As her spiritual power grew stronger, the inner demon in her heart gradually weakened, and now, the inner demon was on the verge of disappearing.

In short, Ao Qingyue and Yin Ci gained a lot from this journey into the world!

Chapter 321 Snow Moon Mist

Night fell.

The young man in white finished his work for the day and returned to the secluded peak.

As soon as he stretched out his hand to push open the door of the cave, he felt his vision blurred, a faint fragrance wafted into his nose, and then two soft and delicate bodies fell into his arms.

"Master!" Two voices sounded almost at the same time.

The young man in white showed a hint of smile on his calm face: "You are back."

Naturally, he was familiar with the aura of his two disciples.

After hugging them both gently, he let go.

But Ao Qingyue and Yin Ci did not let go and still held his body tightly.

Seeing this, the young man in white showed a trace of helplessness on his face: "What are you doing?"

Ao Qingyue raised her head and winked at him playfully: "I haven't seen Master for so long. I miss you so much. I must hug you for a while longer."

Yin Ci didn't say anything. She pressed her cheek against the chest of the young man in white and hugged him tightly with her hands.

The young man in white smiled helplessly: "Then you have to let me in. If we hug each other outside the cave, won't we be laughed at by outsiders?"

Seeing that Yin Ci had actually occupied one side of his chest, Ao Qingyue quickly followed her example and pressed her cheek against the other side of his master's chest, and said in a muffled voice:

"No matter what, if any of them dare to laugh, I will ask them about it!"

The young man in white was really helpless now.

Although he had no mood to play around at the moment, facing his two apprentices who had grown up under his watch, he still couldn't bring himself to scold them, so he could only let them be.

The three of them stood at the door hugging each other for nearly half an hour.

Ao Qingyue and Yin Ci then let go of their hands reluctantly, slowly stepped back a few steps, lowered their heads slightly, and looked pitiful as if they were letting him scold them.

Seeing them like this, the young man in white stepped forward and stretched out his hands to rub their hair: "Okay, stop pretending to be pitiful. Tell me where you have been for more than a year."

Hearing this, Ao Qingyue immediately smiled, and Yin Ci also had a smile on his face.

The two men pulled the young man in white into the cave.

On the stone table in the courtyard, Xuan Su had already prepared a table full of fragrant delicacies for the three people.

While eating, everyone listened to Ao Qingyue and Yin Ci talk about their experiences and gains over the past year.

After having a good meal and a few drinks, the young man in white, who had worked hard all day, originally planned to go to the secret room to practice. However, for some reason, his three disciples were unexpectedly talkative tonight and forced him to sit in the yard, talking about strange stories and legends from all over the world, or interesting things that happened in the Northern Territory in recent years.

It was not until late at night that Ao Qingyue and the other two gradually calmed down.

After talking all night, they had already finished talking about the topics in their hearts.

The young man in white leaned back in a rattan chair, and there was a gentle look in his eyes as he looked at Ao Qingyue and the other two.

"Thank you for comforting me,"

He whispered, "I feel much better."

"really?"

Ao Qingyue blinked and asked straightforwardly.

The young man in white smiled dumbly: "Of course."

"I have also figured it out in the past few days. Cultivation is against the will of heaven. If you cannot ascend to become an immortal, everything will eventually pass away."

"Master...even though she's gone, she definitely doesn't want to see me like this now."

The young man in white raised his head and looked up at the starry sky. The stars in the sky were twinkling, like a dream. "I will definitely fulfill the promise I made to my master, guard the Snow Spirit Ruins for her, and protect the Five Realms."

His tone was vague, and there was still a word left to say.

Even at the cost of my life.

After hearing what their master said, Ao Qingyue and the other two slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and the worry in their eyes faded a little.

Ao Qingyue spoke first, with a firm tone: "Master, I and the sword in my hand will help you!"

Although Yin Ci and Xuan Su did not speak, their expressions were the same as Ao Qingyue's.

If Master's goal is to protect the Snow Spirit Ruins and maintain the Five Realms, then they will give everything to help him achieve this goal!

The young man in white smiled when he heard this and said, "Practice well, Xuelingxu will need you in the future."

Having said that, he stood up and went back to his bedroom.

……

Another few years passed.

During this period, Ao Qingyue and the other two, in addition to practicing, went to Aoxue Peak to find their master and help him share some of the sect's affairs.

The young man in white did not refuse, but accepted it gladly.

He also wanted his disciples to gradually become familiar with the sect's affairs, as the future of Xuelingxu would still depend on the younger generations like them for support.

In the past few years, the young man in white would often visit Senior Sister Xueyue.

As one of the strongest people in the five domains today, the young man in white with the cultivation base at the peak of the ninth realm also gradually realized the peculiarity of Senior Sister Xueyue.

Xueyue's cultivation has been stagnant at the peak of the sixth realm, and there has been no sign of breaking through to the seventh realm over the years.

Out of concern, the young man in white secretly cast a spell to observe Senior Sister Xueyue and was shocked to find that she was actually lacking in spirit!

The sixth realm is to return to the void, the seventh realm is to cultivate the truth, and what is cultivated is the spirit and soul. Xue Yue’s spirit and soul are missing, so of course it is impossible for her to advance to the seventh realm.

This puzzled the young man in white for a long time, because his senior sister had always stayed in Xuelingxu and had never left it. Why did she have a missing soul but didn't care about it at all?

There seemed to be a cloud of mist covering Xueyue's figure and hiding all her secrets.

Of course the young man in white had asked the question in person, but Xueyue had never responded to him directly, always using various excuses to change the subject.

So he turned from open to covert and began to secretly investigate the affairs of Senior Sister Xueyue.

The young man in white is no longer the same as before. As the lord of Xueling Ruins, no secret can be hidden from him.

But even so, he investigated for a long time.

Many peak masters and elders were at a loss as to Xue Yue's origins. She seemed to have appeared out of thin air. By the time they came to their senses, she had already been in Xuelingxu for many years.

The young man in white did not give up. After his persistent investigation, he finally got the news about Xueyue from an extremely senior elder.

More than forty years before the young man in white was brought into the Snow Spirit Ruins by the previous ruins master, the Snow Moon God appeared on the Aoxue Peak without anyone noticing.

At that time, the elder had asked the previous owner of the village about Xueyue's origins, but she only said that she was his new disciple and did not say anything else.

The elder finally got an ambiguous answer from the previous master of Tianxuan Peak, Zhenren Cangxuan.

"Elder, do you think the new disciple of the Xuzhou Lord looks like the Xuzhou Lord?"

Master Cang Xuan said so.

"Dong dong dong..."

The young man in white came to Xueyue's residence and knocked on the door.

In less than a moment, Xueyue opened the door. When she saw the young man in white outside the door, a smile appeared on her face:

"Junior brother, are you not busy today?"

"Well, with the help of those three little guys, I feel a lot more relaxed."

The young man in white said with a smile.

The two smiled at each other and walked into the courtyard side by side.

Chapter 322 Self-doubt

"Sister,"

The young man in white walked and whispered, "How have you been recently?"

Xueyue pursed her lips and smiled: "Compared to you, Junior Brother, I feel much more relaxed."

Then she asked softly, "No peak master or elder has ever disobeyed your orders, right?"

The young man in white shook his head: "The seniors are all very cooperative."

Xueyue nodded slightly after hearing this: "That's good."

The two of them came to the yard and sat down.

"I didn't know you would come over, brother. I have finished all the snowflake crisps here." Xueyue felt a little regretful.

The young man in white smiled warmly: "Then Senior Sister, you have to make more before I come next time."

Xueyue was speechless: "Next time you come over, you must finish eating everything."

The young man in white also smiled.

The two talked about many past events, as if they had returned to the time decades ago when they were still young boys and girls.

After the young man in white entered Xuelingxu, the person he had the deepest feelings for was Xueyue. Even his master was far inferior to him in this respect.

When other disciples of Xuelingxu kept their distance from him, only Xueyue was willing to approach him, smile at him, take him out to play, give him his favorite snowflake cakes, and tell him anecdotes she had heard from other places...

Although the young man in white has been busy dealing with sect affairs over the years, the friendship between the two has not become distant with the passage of time, but has become closer.

"Sister, I have something to ask you,"

The young man in white frowned slightly, with a trace of deep doubt in his eyes: "Master once said that her foundation was damaged in a thunder tribulation, so her life span was greatly reduced. Do you know where she was injured?"