My Wife Is The Final Boss-Chapter 794 - 0447 The Erosion of Time (Two-in-One)_2
At this moment, Li Zhibai subtly felt the passage of time.
Has it really been that long?
"Could it be that I am really... getting old?"
The familiar skirts have changed names, the familiar Literary Commander has changed its rules, and the familiar Border Country has gone through numerous changes. What remains to her now is only unfamiliarity.
Sometimes she doesn’t want to go out, perhaps because she feels incompatible with this era. After all... for a woman, stepping outside and seeing nothing but juniors is not a pleasant feeling.
Li Zhibai would not call herself an antique, but when she looks at the children who used to be at her knees, now transformed into the Sect Leader of the Profound Sword Bureau who commands winds and rains... she can feel the flow of time.
She walked to the copper mirror inside the house, compared the short skirt in her hand against herself, and then looked at the hem that was a full palm’s width above her knees, with a few indescribable emotions on her face.
Actually, she wasn’t the type to throw a stone and see no splash in the past.
Li Zhibai looked at the woman in the mirror who was incompatible with the short skirt, as if she saw her past self in the ripples.
How did the lively girl, who once loved having tea parties and laughing with her sisters, turn into what she is today?
Perhaps it started when the Li Hua, who played and caused trouble with her from a young age in the high pavilion, one morning unusually crawled onto her pillow, gently licked her hand, and then closed its eyes, never waking up again.
Perhaps it was when her gray-haired mother smiled and sent her, still young, away.
Perhaps it was when she sneaked back to a place no longer belonging to her and saw those old women, who should have been like sisters, still sunbathing at the town entrance, and Li Zhibai remembered those shallow smiles.
Or perhaps it was the day her master ascended at the Daoist Temple... she only remembered the snow that day tasted like nothing.
So, without knowing when, the lively and refreshing summer evening breeze, the pure recklessness after relaxing, became less and less perceivable.
The world might be colorful, full of changes and challenges, and it’s right there within reach.
But for Li Zhibai, it didn’t matter if she didn’t reach out for it.
She didn’t like killing, nor did she need any Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, as long as she steadily progressed, it was enough to ascend the ladder to heaven. So... she only needed to hold tightly to her own place and stay quietly in one spot.
It should have been like that.
Until a solemn and silent-looking but actually a proud young lady appeared in her world, and for the first time, she saw something called longing in a girl’s eyes...
And then she fell for it, accepted her request, and came to a place like Muyu Peak.
After that, she met a somewhat strange young man who was quite similar to her.
"This skirt really doesn’t suit me after all." Li Zhibai shook her head, folded the skirt neatly, and hung it on a rack to the side, sighing.
At this moment, Li Zhibai suddenly somewhat understood why the Sect Leader came to her with those inexplicable talks back then.
It’s not about loneliness, just that for women like them, having someone to talk to would be a very good thing.
But at that time, she disappointed the Sect Leader.
For Shi Qingjun, Li Zhibai couldn’t talk calmly with her no matter what, as it was her aspiration she didn’t intend to change.
Li Zhibai suddenly felt she was a very lucky person because she still had a girl who could ignore people’s feelings, could ignore her rejection, and forcibly drag her out of the woods.
Tong Jun...
Li Zhibai couldn’t help but sigh.
So, even if Tong Jun turned into what Xu Chang’an described, she thought it was a good thing.
Becoming a bit charming is much better than remaining lifeless, isn’t it?
"Taoist elder sister, your skirt..." The Hua Shang lady walked in, only to see Li Zhibai walking out, paused slightly, her gaze swept across the long skirt on the rack, and her eyes lit up.
She immediately walked over.
"Sister, you are beautiful. Just a touch of makeup... this beauty won’t be concealed... So, how about trying the skirt I made with my own hands? I guarantee it will look very nice."
"No need." Li Zhibai gently took the long skirt and deep clothes, then asked a question.
"Your Pingniang, is she also like you in vitality?" Li Zhibai chose a word that didn’t sound so strange.
"Pingniang?" Hua Shang lady curled her lips, "Did she put on a virtuous act in front of you? Actually... she’s not serious at all, she loves watching the girls and asking them their wishes, and then... teasing them, she’s definitely a rogue of a woman, don’t be fooled by her serious look."
She wasn’t speaking ill of Zhu Pingniang.
Just, for the girls at Flower Moon Building, they were actually a bit afraid of seeing Zhu Pingniang’s serious look, because that made them feel she was far away from them, even somewhat unfamiliar.
So, Ms. Zhu... needs not to be serious, just not serious is enough.
Li Zhibai took a deep look at the woman in front of her with somewhat evasive eyes, the moisture in her eyes glistening with soft light.
This is good.
The fact that Tong Jun has something she wants to do is the best news for her.
It must be these cheeky girls that caused Tong Jun to change.
"You girls did well."
With a somewhat confused look in the Hua Shang lady’s eyes, Li Zhibai stroked her head, then went with the clothes to the back of the skirts.
"?"
She got... a head pat?
Huh?
This Taoist sister’s hand... was warm.
What a gentle-natured sister, she wasn’t angry at all.
I don’t know where Pingniang found such a good girl.
She shook her head and then opened the window to see a few wandering dragons.
Cultivation... should be a good thing.
If there’s a chance, the girls from Flower Moon Building would also like to follow Pingniang in cultivation...
Just don’t know if there will be that opportunity.
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At this moment, as Li Zhibai was changing clothes and just came out of her memories, she recalled many past events.
She used to love Li Hua a lot because having a cute and mischievous cat at the girls’ tea party was a very lively atmosphere.
Since Li Hua, who grew up with her, left, she hasn’t raised another one.
Now...
She wants to raise a cat again, this idea didn’t come abruptly. It was when she went to see Qinling and learned he got a cat out of boredom that she had the thought.
Now that Tong Jun has become younger, Li Zhibai feels she’s not old either, she too can do it.
"Li Hua..."
Li Zhibai touched the delicate, smooth fabric as fine as a cat’s fur and blinked.
Chang’an... has a Xiaohua by his side.
Although it relates to Wen Li, it is a cute Li Hua after all. A demon... doesn’t matter, it’s lively instead.
Has a good relationship with Chang’an.
Li Zhibai lowered her head, feeling somewhat tempted.
Moreover, if considered as her Li Hua, even if Xiaohua being a demon race was uncovered, no one would have the guts to gossip.
Could eliminate a trouble for Chang’an.
"Xiaohua..." Li Zhibai murmured, chuckling and shaking her head.
This child really doesn’t know how to pick names.
Not cute at all.
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At this moment, the Li Hua that Li Zhibai was concerned about was shivering on the wall of Xu Chang’an’s courtyard, though scared to the extreme, the fur stood on end, making a hissing deterrent sound to the ’enemy.’
And the enemy’s target... was Tribulation Thunder.
Looking at the scene now, you’d find that not far above Xiaohua’s head, there was a miniature "Thunder Tribulation" ongoing, very similar to the Void Tribulation Wen Li was undergoing.
Apparently, Wen Li’s tribulation affected the Li Hua, who shared its origin with her.
Wen Li was not afraid, but Xiaohua was terrified, wherever it went the Thunder Tribulation followed, who wouldn’t be scared.
It trembled, finally couldn’t bear it, and with a meow, jumped into Xu Chang’an’s courtyard.
Currently, it couldn’t care about Xu Chang’an’s rule of not trespassing when he wasn’t there, it dashed into Xu Chang’an’s house, slipped into the thin blanket on his bed.
Smelling the familiar scent, the cat felt much more at ease, it covered its head, trembling.
All around were traces of Xu Chang’an.
And at this moment, the Tribulation Thunder above its head felt like it sensed something and slowly dissipated.
