Yu Xian shook his head and said with a trace of shame:
"I never imagined Fellow Daoist Yue's true appearance would be so stunning. At the time, I almost... Fortunately, I came to my senses in time, avoiding a grave mistake. Keeping this matter bottled up has weighed heavily on me, and I felt I had to speak my mind. Today, upon seeing Fellow Daoist Yue, I wanted to ask you to relay a message to that Fellow Daoist Ghost Ji: please do not seek me out again and disturb my Dao heart. I am wholly dedicated to cultivation, and furthermore, I already have a cultivation partner—a kindred spirit who has accompanied me through my humblest days."
Jiuyue True Monarch was someone with a remarkably firm Dao heart. Having cultivated for centuries, she was confident she could never be swayed by worldly desires. After all, her youthful days of romantic awakening had long since passed.
Yet recently, in order to shake off the threat of Ghost Ji as quickly as possible, she had been cultivating inside Yu Xian's Great Love Law Domain almost daily, inevitably allowing dust to settle upon her pristine Dao heart.
Curiously, this influence had been so subtle that even she herself had failed to notice it. She had only occasionally felt her emotions fluctuating more than usual, mistakenly assuming it was merely another tactic employed by Ghost Ji to disrupt her state of mind.
Hearing now that Ghost Ji had actually gone behind her back to act as a matchmaker—and that the proposal had been rejected!—a sudd…
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