“That’s right. Although He no longer has time to pay attention to Nanxun, what He gave Nanxun before will not disappear because of this,” Shen Mo said. “No matter how dangerous the enemies He arranges are, as the protagonists, they must not die. So He will forcibly gather their luck so that they can escape death time and time again. Although He no longer intervenes later, Nanxun is still a person with great luck.”
Qin Moyu understood; this was why, even though Nan Xun's storyline had gone astray, he could still escape death time and time again.
Shen Mo paused for a moment, then continued, "Although his cultivation level is not high and he is not a threat, luck is a very mysterious thing and cannot be revealed, so I made some arrangements in advance."
"thing?"
Qin Moyu seemed to understand something.
"I had Zuo Shu give him three jade pendants, which can teleport him to other places to escape in life-or-death situations. He thought the teleportation was random, but in fact, I arranged the places in advance so that he could stay in places where he wouldn't get in our way."
As for what kind of place it was, Shen Mo didn't say it explicitly, but one could imagine that it must be full of danger and trouble. Anyway, Nan Xun wasn't going to die so easily, so the only way to keep him from wandering around was to trap him.
In order to defy the will of Heaven, Shen Mo thought through every step very clearly, but he never expected that Qin Moyu would become such a variable.
From this point on, the whole story became clear.
After Nan Xun unexpectedly obtained the jade pendants, he used them as a trump card to save his life. After escaping from the inn that day, perhaps out of guilt for abandoning and implicating Qin Moyu, he inquired around and found Qin Moyu's sect, and asked Xuanjing Zhenren to give the jade pendants to Qin Moyu.
Not long after Xuanjing Zhenren accepted the jade pendant, Fenqi came knocking. After Xuanjing Zhenren fainted, the jade pendant was triggered to move Xuanjing Zhenren to a different location.
The person who arranged for Master Xuanjing to stay in the Southern Kingdom's royal family and ordered his treatment could only be Shen Mo.
Chapter Sixty-Five: Relief Now he understood everything…
Qin Moyu looked at Shen Mo with a complicated expression, and after a long silence, she finally said, "Thank you."
Shen Mo deserves this thanks, since it was Shen Mo who decided where they were teleported. If Shen Mo had really abandoned Xuan Jing Zhenren, the unconscious Xuan Jing Zhenren would probably have died without timely treatment and care.
He once resented Shen Mo for using his master's death in his plan, but he never expected that Shen Mo would be the one to save his master in the end.
Shen Mo gave a wry smile: "I feel guilty hearing you say thank you. If I had told you earlier, you wouldn't be so heartbroken."
Qin Moyu, however, was quite philosophical about it: "We were complete strangers to begin with. The fact that you were able to save my master is already enough."
The heart-wrenching pain of my master's death seems like it was just yesterday, but as long as my master is still alive, I believe this pain will soon heal.
Moreover, just as Qin Moyu said, he and Shen Mo were originally strangers. The other party used him to complete the plan and save his master, which can be considered a trade-off. The one who truly caused Shen Mo's scheming, his master's near death, and the stabbing of Shen Yebai was Him from beginning to end. If one has to hate, one can only hate Him.
Qin Moyu could still distinguish right from wrong.
As soon as Qin Moyu and Shen Mo started talking back and forth, Master Xuanjing began to fall into deep thought.
Was it because I was unconscious for too long, or because I'm usually too careless with my messages? I can understand these words individually, but I can't understand a single one when they're put together.
Shen Mo was already very satisfied to have Qin Moyu's forgiveness.
He glanced at the sky, knowing that the master and disciple must have a lot to say after their long separation. He stood up and said, "It's getting late. I know you must have a lot to say. This place is too remote. Why don't you let the master move to your place tomorrow? It's closer to the imperial physician."
Qin Moyu didn't care whether the place was remote or not, but he felt that being closer to the imperial physician would definitely be beneficial to Xuanjing Zhenren's recovery.
"Thank you for your help," Qin Moyu said gratefully.
Shen Mo shook his head: "Get some rest, I'll come find you tomorrow."
Qin Moyu nodded and watched Shen Mo leave.
The moment Shen Mo closed the door, Xuanjing Zhenren, who had been pretending to be mute, immediately grabbed Qin Moyu and questioned her: "Why do I feel like something's off about you two?"
Qin Moyu blinked innocently: "Really?"
Looking at Qin Moyu's outstanding appearance, Master Xuanjing said with a complicated expression, "You brat, tell me honestly, does Shen Mo also have feelings for you...?"
Disloyal intentions.
Master Xuanjing didn't say the last four words because he thought that since Shen Mo had made it so obvious, Qin Moyu must have already figured it out.
He noticed that Shen Mo's attitude towards Qin Moyu was increasingly strange. It couldn't even be called kind; it was more like gentleness, or even doting.
If it was for the sake of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, based on what I knew before, Shen Mo was never a great philanthropist, so there was no need for him to go to such lengths.
Aside from the Red Lotus Karmic Flame, the only thing Xuanjing Zhenren could think of that would make Shen Mo treat Qin Mo differently was Qin Moyu himself.
It wasn't that Master Xuanjing was boasting, but he believed that anyone with eyes could see Qin Moyu and, after spending a few days with him, would be attracted to him. This was his confidence in his own little cabbage.
Qin Moyu wasn't so narcissistic as to think that Shen Mo also liked him. He thought that Master Xuanjing was only saying that because he saw a shadow of Shen Yebai in Shen Mo, so he patted Master Xuanjing's shoulder reassuringly and said, "Don't worry, Master, I know what I'm doing."
Master Xuanjing looked at him suspiciously: "Really?"
Do you really know better than to stay away from Shen Mo and Shen Yebai?
Qin Moyu smiled and said, "Really."
He will try to change his mindset and look at Shen Mo anew, just like... Shen Yebai once said.
Master Xuanjing felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it, so he could only patiently begin to give instructions.
The content was roughly the same as what Qin Moyu had heard countless times before: "Don't trust people easily" and "The outside world is dangerous," except that this time the person was specifically referring to Shen Mo.
As Qin Moyu listened to Xuanjing Zhenren's rambling instructions, the once annoying nagging seemed especially nostalgic after it was gone. And at this moment, for some reason, he thought of that day again.
Before the fusion, Shen Mo specifically set aside time for Shen Yebai and Qin Moyu to say goodbye.
At that time, Qin Moyu thought his master was dead, and now even Shen Yebai was leaving him. Faced with separation, he couldn't control his emotions and buried his head in Shen Yebai's arms, crying for a long time.
Shen Yebai knew he could easily comfort Qin Moyu, assuring her that everything was alright and that he might be able to find a way to cure the poison and return. Whether it was true or not, it would make Qin Moyu less sad. However, he didn't want to make a promise he couldn't keep, and he didn't want to deceive Qin Moyu any further.