Tranquil and Aloof

Li Yu'er keeps dragging Qin Tian away until they reached the depths of the forest. She released his hands and stood in Infront of him and staring at him intently. She felt lost, no words come out of her mouth and when she saw Qin Tian's calm face, she mocked herself because she thought Qin Tian is not unlike other boys.

In Mulberry city, she is cold to everyone except her family and known as cold beauty.

Not because she is proud, but she knew, so-called young masters are only after body and beauty but don't care about her heart. Well, if she wouldn't save by the Tian, she could've thought about tian like that too. But now she completely opened her heart to tian and now when she saw tian rejected idea sleeping with her, she lost her discretion.

It's not her mistake, it's just a woman's heart is fickle, when it comes to their love. Isn't there saying 'real love happens one time and lasts for a lifetime.'

Qin Tian didn't understand why she is behaving like this. He bewildered when he found her lost feeling in her eyes and before he says anything, she rushed towards him and hugged tightly, so hard, if it's any less as he leaves her.

If it anytime, he would've enjoyed her body, but now, he felt only melancholy in his heart. He felt lost, but don't why? he wants to ask her, but no words came out from his mouth.

Qin Tian stood there like a statue, didn't react to her hug, after a long time he sighed and gently grasped her shoulder and tried to push her from his embrace, but she refused to separate from him and buried her head in his chest, harder than ever. Qin Tian didn't say anything and waited for her to calm down herself.

Li Yu'er contained herself from the emotions but didn't separate from his embrace and locked her eyes into his eyes when she found pain and melancholy in tian's eyes, she felt happy and keep staring at his face but didn't say anything.

Qin Tian finally heaved with a sigh of relief, when he saw she acted normal and patted her head as he asked: "what's the matter?". His warm voice entered her ears to warm her heart. though he only spoke a few words, she can feel all of the warmth she wants and blush in shame, when she recalled her previous actions, she felt her actions are a little fanatic.

Li Yu'er shook her head and separated herself from his embrace and turned around as she replies in low voice "n-no it's nothing..."

Qin Tian looked at her back suspiciously and totally confused now, and screamed inside 'you are almost cried second back, and now, you said nothing.' Tian shook his head and stopped thinking as he walked beside her to place his hands on her shoulder and teased "don't tell me you dragged me all along the way, just to hug me."

Li Yu'er felt ashamed when she recalled her behavior and want to find a hold to crawl and hide from him.

She just glared at him and replied in a flat voice "yeah, I dragged you all the way to hug you, you have a problem".

Qin Tian taken back by her reply, he is just joking, but no words came out when she agreed his words, but, he knew something must've happened, if he doesn't clear it now, it definitely be her heart demon and halt her cultivation, so, he didn't gave up and pushed her body towards the nearby tree and slammed her to the tree gently and said "is it? Don't blame me then."

She little panicked and felt happier when tian advanced towards her, but out of her expectations, Qin Tian started to tickle her, she felt her whole body is electrocuted and started to laugh without relief and fell short on her breath, but Qin Tian didn't stop and kept tickling her and whispered: "if you don't tell me, I'll tickle you until you give up."

Though she is screaming in laughter, refused to give in, but after few minutes of continuous tickling, she can't laugh anymore and the stomach started to ache from laughing and finally give up and agreed to tell him.

"Ha-ha stop ha-ha I'll tell you ok.sto..ha-ha.stop" she started to scream and tears brewed in her eyes as she laughed.

Qin Tian finally stopped to tickle "you finally give in ah? So, tell me now." Asked as he looked into her eyes. Yu'er looked at him and pouted as she demanded: "you cannot laugh when I say the reason."

Qin Tian nodded and nonchalantly said, "I don't laugh." As he doesn't care about her words.

Li Yu'er took a deep breath and took her red lips near his ears and whispered into his ears.

Qin Tian found it funny after knowing the reason, but more than that, his heart warmed and felt he didn't love her for nothing. He may or may not be expect something from her, but there is no such thing as altruistic love. He looked at her agitated face and felt her body warmth and remembered an ode of love.

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'They said you are cold and tranquil,

Tranquil enough to jealous by the moon.

They said you are aloof and unapproachable,

Aloof enough to jealous by the sun.

But, I saw a beautiful smile behind your tranquil face, that can look down upon the moon

But, I felt warmth behind your aloofness, that I never felt from the sun.

I looked down on a myriad of lives to see your smile

You smiled, you loved, but I left.

And, you lost your tranquility,

And, you lost your aloofness,

Is it because I left you?

Then I will condemn my death, break into samsara and reincarnate, to see

Your beautiful smile and to feel the warmth…. once again.'

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Qin Tian extended his warm hands to pull her into his embrace, caressed her dark and long hair, kissed her forehead and spoke warmly "don't worry I won't leave you, not in this life, neither in next."

When Qin Tian pulled her into his embrace, she squinted her eyes like a panicked cat and red tint appeared on her face, her cold and aloof bearing crumbled and warmth filled in her heart by his words. she felt, how nice it would be if the time stopped at this moment?

Qin Tian and Li Yu'er returned after some time, Jaden meaningfully smiled and waited for Qin Tian to dumbfounded by his words.

"Is there an alternate method to help her enter Elvin's watch." Qin Tian asked nonchalantly as if he doesn't understand the meaning behind Jaden's meaning smile.

Jaden bewildered and confused then looked Yu'er's face to find she is cold as ever, as if nothing happened and exclaimed inwardly 'F**k, what's happening? Didn't miss Li dragged brother tian away and nothing happened?' of course he doesn't dare to speak outside and forced a smile to inform him "there is another method, but I don't know if you are willing to do that."

Qin Tian and Li Yu'er didn't speak and just stared at Jaden keenly as if they were saying 'I am listening.'

Jaden took a deep breath and said 'it's a method called soul open, it's the type of technique only elves can use."

Qin Tian's interest piqued when he said about the method and inquired further about the so-called method "oh, what is this method do?"

'it is a method used by our elves when they are going to become husband and wife, male and female open each other's soul and linked each other, so, there are no secrets between them." Jaden smiled and explained patiently.

Qin Tian furrowed his brows and worried, heaven's world in his dantian surrounded by mysterious energy and spared no effort to guard it, even he injured two times so, he was afraid she might injure her soul. But he knew if she doesn't poke the heaven's world, it won't do anything to harm her.

So, Qin Tian nodded and gazed at her Yu'er's bashful face as if he was asking her opinion. She, of course, understand the meaning of the gaze and she nodded in reply.

When Qin Tian got Yu'er approval he looked at Jaden and asked: "how do we do it?"

Jaden dumbfounded and confused, why is Tian accepting this method and not the previous one if they are ready to become wife and husband, why not sleep? He took a deep breath and stopped thinking about the matter and he explained how to do it.

Qin Tian turned towards her and held her both hands with his, and started to manipulate the natural energy and inserted her body, and both circulated the energy at the same time, and suddenly found them in the sea of consciousness.

Li Yu'er's sea of conscious filled with glaciers and eyes, where Qin Tian's dantian is like any normal one but, heavens world hovering over his conscience.

Tian and Yu'er's souls faced each other and suddenly hugged. He warned her not to touch heaven's world and slowly merged into one and lost in the time.

Don't know how much time has passed, Qin Tian and Li Yu'er regained their conscious. he looked at her and she looked at him and both smiled brilliantly at each other. Though, now they separated, they can feel mysterious energy connected with each other.

There are no secrets between them, since the moment, their souls become one, they can see each other's memories if they want to, but both respected each other's privacy and trusted each other.

Qin Tian saw its already night and asked Jaden "how much time has passed?", he remembered it's early morning when they started the soul open ceremony.

Jaden sighed and said "if it's for elves it would have been completed in a day, but for you guys are humans, took 4 days and 3 nights.

Qin Tian wrinkled his brows and thought 'it's already been over a month since we arrived and can only hope Qin qi didn't use spiritual energy.' And he sighed and asked Jaden.

"since we relate to each other, how can we enter Elvin's watch now?"

"it's simple, hold your hands and you insert natural energy and both will be teleported into formation," Jaden answered his question nonchalantly.

Qin Tian nodded and grasped her hand. Then he inserted natural energy into the stone and officially entered heaven's watch.