Chapter 963: Days of Absence

Time passed slowly, and soon the wedding day arrived.

The wedding scene was naturally full of joy, with many guests, nobles gathered, and thousands of horses and horses came in a rush.

The divine sharks and golden sea breams were eager to come one after another.

The long whales and big Kuns ran left and right.

Various immortal magic weapons came in one after another, and the sky was full of flowers, and I didn’t know how many there were.

There were ceremonial guards in front, holding flags and spears. Shitou was already a fourth-rank official. At this moment, he was dressed in formal clothes, wearing a golden crown and a robe made of imperial silk, and rushed to the door to greet them. His etiquette was very solemn.

The guests each held their crowns and swords, but they were happy and didn’t feel restrained.

There were also people in the sky sprinkling spiritual water to wash away the dust, which was a blessing.

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Shen Shuibi came to the wedding banquet. It was raining here, and it was falling with a continuous and small sound like spring water. She heard the rain flowing on the wall outside, on the roof, on the ground, and some leaks received the rain, making a monotonous and equally sad sound.

The rain made everything around her wet.

She felt that she was surrounded by water, and the cold, dripping water drops surrounded her, making her more isolated.

She was a little irritated, but she couldn't repel the spiritual spring.

The spiritual spring was a good thing, why did it seem so inappropriate at this time?

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Some of Li Qi's friends also came to the wedding banquet, such as Boyue, Zhong Minglou and others. These friends gathered in groups at the wine table. Although Li Qi was not there, it was impossible to leave out these uncles and uncles of Li Shiwei at this time.

They passed by two couples of newlyweds. These were all big shots, many of whom were fourth-rank, especially Zhong Minglou, who had recently become very popular. They had just escaped from the quagmire of war and passed by here very late. Because they were used to war, they didn't care about being wet in the rain.

They blessed the newlyweds and talked about the past, especially the great witch Yun Fang, who had personally taught Li Shiwei. When they reminisced about the past, the atmosphere was even more cheerful.

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Shen Shuibi opened her ears and listened to the voices of those former friends of Li Qi. The cheerful atmosphere was like the roar of the wind and waves, swallowing her up.

Because she actually distinguished Li Qi's voice from the voices of those friends of Li Qi. When she thought she could recognize it, she felt trembling all over.

When those people came over and asked Li Shiwei and Shen Shuibi where Li Qi had gone, Shen Shuibi suddenly came to her senses.

There was no voice of Li Qi at all.

She said that Li Qi had something important to do after he became a second-rank official, and the others also expressed their understanding.

After all, it was a second-grade one.

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The wedding banquet was still going on. The more joyful the atmosphere of the wedding banquet was, the more desolate it seemed to Shen Shuibi.

Here, there, and in various places of the wedding banquet, the rain formed by the spiritual spring was pouring down, and bursts of singing came from inside.

Inside, there were tables prepared for drinkers, young people talked about what they saw and heard at the wedding, the elderly were satisfied with sipping fine wine, and many young people who hoped to be the next to get married had to flirt with the girls at the wedding banquet.

Many people were drunk, singing and enjoying themselves, intoxicated by the relaxed and warm drunkenness.

As a mother, Shen Shuibi presided over the most important part of the wedding banquet. She did a good job and was very decent.

The etiquette was perfect, and there was no gloomy mood outside.

Finally, it was time for the wedding night. No one would mess around in the wedding night at this time. Everyone said goodbye and left, leaving gifts. Niu Huang, as a ceremonial officer, was helping to sort out the gift lists and gifts of the guests. After everything was packed up, these would need to be returned in the future.

"Niu Huang, I'll trouble you with the things here and the finishing." Shen Shuibi rubbed his temples, walked to Niu Huang, and said softly.

Niu Huang patted his chest: "What did the queen say, what trouble is it, just leave it to me."

Next to Niu Huang, there were a few calves arching the table, and then butting each other, having a lot of fun. They were Niu Huang's sons. Niu Huang had married a long time ago. His wife was a blue cow from the Western Regions. However, Li Qi was fighting at that time and could not catch up with the wedding banquet. He just asked someone to send gifts, which was a pity for a while.

Shen Shuibi thanked Niu Huang again, and then returned to the cave in Xuanjing Mountain alone.

She was alone again and got a period of peace.

In this peaceful state, she did her daily routine, preparing medicinal materials, refining liquid medicine, blending dragon and tiger, operating Kan and Li, and researching some new prescriptions.

There are many books here, all written by various powerful pharmacists and alchemists. It is also great to read these books, just like communicating with the author of the book, and being able to see each other's various technical insights and preferences.

This made her relax.

She has always been a dead homebody, staying at home to do what she likes

To be honest, the lively atmosphere of the wedding banquet made her uncomfortable.

The wind blew outside again, and with the gentle whistle of the wind, the spiritual spring outside the cave began its quiet, light dripping sound like a toy bell.

Shen Shuibi suddenly remembered something. It turned out that she hated the rain at the wedding banquet because of the sound of water flowing everywhere in the cave.

When?

When did she feel that the sound in the cave was harsh, even though she felt most at ease here before.

Yes, Shen Shuibi always liked to be at home.

She used to like her own cave in Luofu Mountain, but now she likes the cave in Xuanjing Mountain.

She felt most at ease at home. Rabbit's favorite thing to do was to stay at home to read books, make pills, and practice. It would be best if nothing disturbed her.

Now all these things have come true.

The war will not spread to her, and nothing will disturb her anymore. She can do whatever she wants in the cave.

But she developed a disgust for the sound of water in the cave.

Realizing this, this feeling silently fell on the work in her hands, like the dark clouds before the heavy rain, the heavy dark clouds suddenly fell from the sky and covered her heart.

So she couldn't see anything, she just felt exhausted, facing the emptiness of life, and felt dizzy.

The alchemy furnace in front of her lost control, the alchemy fire inside exploded with a bang, and the medicine inside turned into a pile of flying ash.

She seemed to feel this sense of nothingness.

Demonic thoughts abounded.

Li Qi felt this... No, what he felt should be more painful.

Thinking of this, Shen Shuibi stood up.

Where is he now?

It has been so long, he should have entered reincarnation a long time ago, right?

If he can regain his memory, then with his cultivation speed, it won’t take many years, at most 100 million years? 200 million years? He will definitely be able to come back.

She eagerly repeated these comforting words in her heart, and the darkness in front of her eyes disappeared, and she regained strength.

Holding on to this thought, she seemed to have gained some hope, so she began to wait again...

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Many years have passed again.

The war has also progressed to a new stage, but it still has not spread to Shen Shuibi. She now lives alone, away from all disputes.

Li Qi's re-cultivation made the witches choose not to disturb her anymore. Anyway, he was only a fourth-grade combat force, and it would not play a big role anyway.

However... suddenly one day.

Shen Shuibi found an abnormal fluctuation outside the door.

This kind of power is definitely not something that a third-grade can achieve. This is definitely the power of a second-grade, and it is also a blessing!

Just such a little noise, a little sound that she hasn't even heard, her temples trembled.

She immediately turned over.

No one has come to her for many years. Everyone knows not to offend her.

Then, a possible fluctuation of a second-grade, and the hurried footsteps! At such a time, who would come to Xuanjing Mountain specifically? She stood up, even the depths of her soul trembled, and her heart stopped beating with joy.

Re-cultivation was successful?

Then, someone ran at the door and walked up the stone steps outside.

The fluctuation of the second-grade, not teleporting but walking in from outside, the footsteps were not slow but anxious, and it was impossible to detect the specific situation, but, could this be someone else? !

She didn't even have time to put on her shoes, and stood up barefoot. She jumped up lightly, originally listless.

The reconstruction must have been completed. He used his extraordinary talent to easily eliminate the evil thoughts and reconstruct the inner world in so many years. Then he came here and didn't break in directly, but ran outside.

Is there any other explanation besides this?

If it was another second-grade, if he was in a hurry, he could naturally teleport directly in front of her.

If he was not in a hurry, why run?

She conceived all this in her mind at lightning speed. Her smart thinking organ was fully utilized at this moment. She walked quickly to the door and opened it quickly.

Even because she was too anxious, she made a mistake in the rune when she cast the spell, and the overflowing energy cut her finger, but she only bleed a little and healed quickly.

The door of the cave was opened, and the defensive formation was also lifted.

However, after opening the door, Shen Shuibi slowly retreated and her expression calmed down.

The crazy dream was shattered.

Standing at the door was Laqi.

Laqi, Li Qi's apprentice.

He carried Li Qi's Dao Yun on him, and the aura he sensed came from here, so it was completely reasonable for him not to teleport in, after all, he was a child who knew etiquette.

Shen Shuibi immediately understood that this was just Laqi, and what she felt was just a little bit of the trance of Li Qi's Dao Yun.

She regained her composure and felt that she was gradually falling into her previous indifference.

Laqi outside the door first saluted, then apologized and said: "Master's wife... My friend was attacked in a secret realm. I don't understand the poison at all..."

He began to tell the story. It turned out that he and a group of friends were going to explore a secret realm, where there were said to be many useful things.

Everything was going well, but an accident still occurred in the secret realm. A viper dragon was also in the secret realm. Although they killed the viper dragon, one of Laqi's friends was still sprayed by the viper dragon's poison gas and is now in critical condition.

They visited many famous doctors but none of them could help. The viper dragon's poison was really difficult to remove, so Laqi thought of Shen Shuibi. The master's wife has always been famous for her elixirs, so maybe she could help.

However, Shen Shuibi didn't feel anything when she heard this.

Shen Shuibi has never been a kind-hearted person. As a Taoist monk, she has left the world and transcended the secular world. She has neither malice nor pity for all living beings.

People in the mountains don't really feel anything about the sufferings of people down there.

Does all this have anything to do with her?

Besides, she has become withdrawn in those numb days and is powerless to help others with their difficulties.

She just stood there calmly, with a calm look, as if watching or staring at Li Qi's apprentice in a daze, neither answering nor refusing.

What does this person say have to do with her? And she is very tired, and she really doesn't have the mood and energy to take care of the patient.

Laqi was embarrassed to tell these things, but now he saw his master's wife staring at him.

So he understood everything.

Laqi was a smart man. He quickly guessed why the master's wife opened the door for him so quickly, without even waiting for him to knock, and there was some blood on her hands.

He looked at the master's wife in front of him, and an inexplicable sympathy rose in his heart.

So, Laqi immediately stammered: "I, I... Master's wife--"

Laqi was speechless, just lowered his head, turned around and prepared to leave.

But at this time, Shen Shuibi got angry at him.

"You should have come a long time ago. Your master is not here. As a disciple, of course you should come to me. Is there anything wrong with this?"

She suddenly got angry again.

Perhaps it was because she was still unwilling to be regarded as a desperate person who needed care by her former child, her junior.

"You are also my disciple. If you have something, of course you can come to me for help. Let's go."

She returned to the house, put on her shoes, and went with him, and her body was full of energy again.

Laqi wanted to refuse, but he couldn't refuse. His friend was really dying, otherwise he wouldn't have come to this place to seek help out of desperation.

So he led the way, and the two came to a planet outside the domain. Shen Shuibi checked the condition and then prepared the antidote.

The matter was quickly resolved, and she returned to the cave amid the thousands of thanks from those young people.

But...

In the past many years, she couldn't help but recall the moment when Laqi came.

The moment she felt Li Qi's breath outside the door had left an indelible impression in her mind. The joy of that moment was engraved in her memory, making her more painful.

Time is still passing.

It seems fast, but also slow.