Formation master Shen Yanqing received a commission - to go to the outer courtyard of Cangwu Sect to lay out a set of protective formations.
The reward was a few volumes of fragments of ancient formation diagrams, which were enough for her to fill in the deduction points that had been stuck in her hand for more than half a year, so she agreed without saying a word. When I arrived, I found out: the person who picked me up had gone to the wrong hill, the place where I lived didn't even have a decent pot of tea, and the spiritual veins in the outer courtyard had been artificially blocked. For a person who is used to "you get what you pay for", this commission has already stepped on the edge of "not a good deal".
The guide arranged for her by the outer courtyard was named Gu, and he was a swordsmanship instructor. Wear Taoist robes that have been washed white, live in the shabbiest courtyard, do not accept apprentices, and do not touch real swords. The day he came to pick her up, he was squatting on the ground, wiping the nose of a little girl who cried while practicing sword practice.
When this person met her for the first time, he didn't greet her or be polite. The first thing he said was:
"The seven-kill return wind formation that you deployed at Lingxu Mountain the year before last—the replacement of the third rebirth gate and the shocking gate, was it used wrong?"
No one in the world has ever seen the unconventional design of that formation.
He said he spent three months simulating her formation in his mind.
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An adult relationship that serves as an anchor for each other, a mutual trial without sweet words. She uses professionalism, he uses actions. What is sweet is the tacit understanding of "evenly matched people can see each other". The sad part is buried in an unknown sacrifice fifteen years ago and has not healed yet.
There is no boss, no love brain, no stand-in contract, and no vicious female supporting role.
The decency, boundaries, and clumsy but sincere closeness between adults that two people who have both lived over a hundred years old fall in love are all here.
