Jie Qingxia glanced at Yan Lixue and said, "Ming Zhitian, from today onwards, wherever you go, I, Jie Qingxia, will go."
Yan Lixue couldn't help but look at Ming Zhitian, "Husband, are you a troublemaker?"
Ming Zhitian immediately raised his hands in surrender, "Xue'er wife, don't misunderstand, there's nothing between her and me!"
"Then..." Yan Lixue didn't believe him.
Jie Qingxia's explanation only made it worse, "Three times, Ming Zhitian, I am yours now. Take me with you. I, Jie Qingxia, have chosen you, and I will never love anyone else in this life."
"...What does she mean?" Yan Lixue's expression wasn't pleasant.
Ming Zhitian quickly tried to appease her, "Xue'er wife, please listen to my explanation. She means I saved her three times, not *that* kind of three times, okay? Do you understand? This is too difficult for me."
"Senior Sister, please, don't let my wife misunderstand, okay?"
Jie Qingxia said, "From now on, you can call me Qingxia or Xia'er. I don't mind being the secondary wife. Yan Lixue, right? From now on, I'll call you Sister Xue, alright?"
One husband, and now another one wanting a share of the pie? Yan Lixue had already barely enough for herself, and now she had to share? Yan Lixue could only smile bitterly, not knowing what to say.
...
Xian Ya went to the Sect Master's mansion of Tian Nanjie. Tian Nanjie slammed the table, "Nonsense! Your Senior Sister wants to leave, and you want to leave too? Do you think my Five Peaks Sect is an amusement park? Xian Ya! You have your responsibilities. How can romantic entanglements shackle the path you are destined to walk? This matter is closed. Do not disappoint me again! Get out!"
Xian Ya, crestfallen, had no choice but to comply. He then went to find Jie Qingxia and stopped her, "Qingxia, I heard you are about to abandon Gui Zai Men and leave?"
"Yes."
Xian Ya said, "Those are your three thousand disciples whom you painstakingly cultivated. Can you bear to leave them just like that?"
Jie Qingxia said, "I can bear it. Xian Ya, why are you meddling in my affairs? Where I go is none of your business!"
Xian Ya's heart grew cold, but he still wanted to get close to her, for his own desire, "Qingxia, don't go. Stay. Time will prove everything. Perhaps it will fade, but my love for you will never change."
"Scram!" Jie Qingxia said dismissively.
Xian Ya ultimately lost her. Perhaps letting go was also a form of love. He quietly watched Jie Qingxia's receding figure, lost in thought.
Guo Qiang and Tian Nanjie saw Ming Zhitian off outside the sect, along with Mi Ziran and Fan Buji. Although these two senior brothers had little interaction with Ming Zhitian, they had helped him behind the scenes quite a bit.
Tian Nanjie said, "I apologize. If you ever need anything, feel free to find me at the Five Peaks Sect."
Ming Zhitian smiled slightly, "I should be the one apologizing for causing trouble for you."
Tian Nanjie said, "If you hadn't saved me from Nan Mang Ju Ying, I would be dead by now."
Ming Zhitian waved his hand, "But you already repaid me for the matter of the Forgotten Secret Realm. I should thank you for the opportunity you gave me. Otherwise, who knows how long it would have taken me to gain such strength?"
Tian Nanjie nodded, "Words are unnecessary. Everything is understood in silence. May we meet again."
Ming Zhitian responded with a nod, "May we meet again."
Tian Nanjie glanced at Jie Qingxia, "I hope you will fare well."
Jie Qingxia nodded and bowed. Tian Nanjie tore open a space rift and departed.
The three of them got onto the Sky Eagle and left Qishan Zhangtian. Ming Zhitian thought Yan Lixue was still angry with him. But the next moment, she was holding hands with Jie Qingxia, with their arms around each other's shoulders, chatting and laughing about interesting things, leaving Ming Zhitian, the "outsider," on the sidelines.
"Sister Xue."
Yan Lixue shook her head, "From now on, let's call each other sisters. You call me older sister, and I'll call you younger sister, alright?"
Jie Qingxia smiled and said, "I couldn't wish for anything more, older sister."
"Alright, younger sister."
"Hahahahahaha..."
Ming Zhitian had a dark expression on his face.