Chapter 221: Farewell Under the Moonlight

"Do you have anything you want me to pass on to Xiao Bai?"

Ye Shiyuan paused for a moment, then shook his head. "No."

Or rather, there was too much.

He had too many things he wanted to say to Bai He, but he did not want to tell them to others.

When he saw Bai He next time, it would be the same to tell him then.

Although Ye Shiyuan himself did not know when that next time would be.

He could not help but pick up a jug of wine and took a sip.

This was the first time he had drunk wine since coming here.

"Brother Ye, after I leave, take good care of yourself. Do not forget what I told you. To survive here, strength is important, but sometimes, your mind is even more important."

Ye Shiyuan nodded. "Thank you."

"I thought you would think everything I said before was nonsense."

"I never thought that. I am just not very good at getting along with others."

Or rather, Ye Shiyuan would not easily open his heart to others.

Perhaps it was because in the past, he had once hoped to have good friends, people who would treat each other sincerely.

But in the end, it all lost to reality.

Now, for Ye Shiyuan, he no longer hoped for anything.

He only wished to protect what he currently had.

"What is that smell?"

Ma Hongjun had a very sharp nose and caught a fragrant scent.

Ning Rongrong walked over while holding a basket in her hands.

Originally, there had been a slight smile on Ma Hongjun’s face, but when he thought that she had actually come because of Ye Shiyuan, the smile instantly disappeared.

"Ma Hongjun, Shiyuan, so you are here."

Ye Shiyuan said nothing, and Ma Hongjun also remained silent.

Ning Rongrong walked over on her own initiative and took out several dishes from the basket.

"Just drinking wine without any dishes, how can that be proper."

Ma Hongjun gave face to her and took a bite. "Good cooking."

"Ma Hongjun, you are leaving tomorrow. Today counts as a farewell for you. I hope that after you leave Spirit Pagoda, everything will go smoothly for you in the future."

"Thank you." Ma Hongjun drank the wine Ning Rongrong had poured.

Ning Rongrong set down her cup and looked at Ye Shiyuan who was silently drinking by himself.

She spoke again, "Shiyuan, just drinking wine makes it easy to get drunk. Why not eat some dishes?"

"No need. Thank you for Miss Ning’s kindness. Tonight is for bidding farewell to Ma Hongjun. It is enough that he eats."

The implication was that whether he, Ye Shiyuan, ate these dishes or not did not matter at all.

Over these five months, Ning Rongrong had completely changed from how she initially bared her claws at Ye Shiyuan.

As time passed, she increasingly felt how outstanding the man before her was.

Not only was he handsome, his cultivation was high, and he seemed to understand everything.

In this place, there was no shortage of geniuses, but someone like Ye Shiyuan was the first she had ever encountered.

Moreover, she had specifically asked her father about Ye Shiyuan and only then learned about his past.

It was no wonder he was so cold and unwilling to get close to others.

Very soon, Ma Hongjun had already drunk quite a lot and fell asleep on the table.

But Ye Shiyuan remained sober.

He still remembered something Bai He had once said, that when people felt longing, it was usually at night.

And at night, looking at the moon was the best way to miss someone.

"Shiyuan."

Ye Shiyuan did not like the way Ning Rongrong called his name, but he could not force her to change it.

"It is getting late. Miss Ning, you should head back early. You are still an unmarried woman. Being together with two men like this is indeed inappropriate."

"So much time has already passed. Have you still not forgotten the person in your heart? Ye Shiyuan, is he really better than me? What my father said before still stands. You come from Lingguang Sect, a heaven blessed genius, and I am the daughter of the Pagoda Master of Spirit Pagoda. We are well matched in status."

Being well matched in status, did that mean they had to be together?

"So what you mean is that the person I like is not well matched in status?"

"You... how can you like your own master? If your thoughts were known by the elders of the Lingguang Sect, how would they treat you? And does he really like you? Could it be that he is just deceiving you?"

Ye Shiyuan immediately denied such a possibility. "Impossible. My Master would not deceive me. As for how those elders would view this matter..."

Ye Shiyuan took another sip of wine.

He did not care.

He did not care about the opinions of others.

As long as Bai He truly liked him, even if everyone in this world opposed it, even if no one thought well of him, none of that mattered.

For Ye Shiyuan, nothing was more precious than sincerity.

"Ye Shiyuan, stop being so stubborn. I know your master. I have already learned about him through my father. You are only a first generation disciple of the Lingguang Sect. What right do you have to be with him, and what right does he have to be with you? He is the final disciple of Senior Yi Xing."

As the number one figure in the cultivation world, Senior Yi Xing had only ever had five disciples.

After founding the Lingguang Sect, all of them remained within the sect.

The Lingguang Sect was the number one cultivation sect in the present day.

No matter how outstanding Ye Shiyuan was, it was impossible for him to aspire to someone like Bai He.

"That is enough, Miss Ning. Do not say another word that I do not want to hear. For the sake of you being the daughter of the Pagoda Master of Spirit Pagoda, and because my master instructed me not to offend you, otherwise my days here would be difficult, I have tolerated this. It is not that I am afraid of you. I simply do not want him to worry about me. Please have some self awareness."