Extra #7
Cangqiong Mountain is not located by the sea.
But the winds of Cangqiong Mountain are always vast and boundless.
In front of the bamboo forest at Qingjing Peak, there is a bamboo hut connected to a newly built small thatched pavilion.
Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe sat in the thatched pavilion.
With nothing to do, Luo Binghe sat beside Shen Qingqiu, intently crafting a cup from a section of jade bamboo. Shen Qingqiu's new cup.
He was slowly turning the cup, meticulously picking out every possible splinter from the bamboo, and smoothing them down one by one with a dagger. It was a very delicate and time-consuming task, but he was extremely patient. He had been doing this ever since he returned.
Shen Qingqiu, on the other hand, was thinking about all sorts of random things.
Shen Qingqiu thought to himself, before leaving he briefly explained some things to his family. In short, he said he might faint occasionally, but don't worry, he'd be back to his old self in a couple of days!
The last parting was sudden, leaving no time for sadness. This parting, however, is full of hope, and there's no need for sadness.
Although the energy required to cross a world barrier is too great and takes time to accumulate, there is still hope.
Shen Qingqiu thought to himself, "Liu Qingge went to Fairy Sister Peak to see Liu Mingyan."
Hopefully, after Shen Qingqiu's last lecture and guidance, these siblings can develop a more normal way of interacting. They shouldn't just sit in silence for half an hour like before. At least share some books they've been reading lately… well, maybe not books by Liu Su Mianhua. Speaking of which, even Yingying has been reading them recently, it's really outrageous!
Shen Qingqiu was thinking, "I heard that Sha Hualing has recently taken a liking to wearing shoes—a pair of iron shoes covered in spikes from sole to upper. They look more like a new weapon." He added, "Hey, you in the book review section, are you sure you still want your Sha Hualing to step on you...?"
Shen Qingqiu thought that Shang Qinghua had finally changed the "Idle Man's Abode" sign on Anding Peak and was racking his brains for a new name, determined to vindicate the disciples of Anding Peak. Lately, he'd been going around declaring, "I'm not idle, I'm not idle at all! I earn 18,000 a day!"
It's said that the plaque that was taken down was taken by Mo Bei Jun to the northern border of the Demon Realm and hung in his bedchamber. He seems to really like this plaque, perhaps because he lives here in the human world? Or perhaps because he's genuinely bored, occasionally using his "mysteriously elusive" skill, scaring Shang Qinghua into screaming like a ghost every day on Anding Peak...
Shen Qingqiu was thinking—
The reason I liked the protagonist Luo Binghe in the beginning was not at all because of his decisiveness in killing later on, or the so-called "dark, deep, and cruel" qualities that are now being praised.
He liked the young Luo Binghe from the very beginning.
The story begins at the very beginning, where the author shines the brightest. Back then, the plane hadn't yet strayed from its original outline; it was like carefully protecting a fragile dream, still striving to write the story well.
Once, when the utensils were being transported up Qingjing Peak, a box of teaware broke. Everyone blamed the carelessness of the transporters at Anding Peak, and since there were no new cups, they were very unhappy.
When the young man first entered the sect, no one paid him any attention. Just as he was trying to fit in, he carefully selected bamboo and carved several cups himself, which he then gave to everyone. All the cups he had as a child were made for him by his mother in the same way.
But few people appreciated this simple gift. The bamboo cup rolled to the ground during their playful antics and was forgotten.
The figures of his senior brothers and sisters chased each other away with laughter, while the young man picked up the green bamboo cup alone.
That lonely gaze touched his compassion.
Even at that moment when the ending was still unknown, he already had a very strong urge to change the fate of this character.
Shen Qingqiu was thinking about what the system had said to him very seriously that night after he had vented his frustrations.
System: Without Luo Binghe, the world will end.
System: But without Shen Qingqiu, Luo Binghe's story will end.
The system said that without Shen Qingqiu, what awaited Luo Binghe was utter loneliness and the end, and he would wish he had never existed when he died.
The system says that you changed this world.
This world is your world.
Beside him, Luo Binghe glanced at him and smiled, "What is Master thinking about? Can you tell your disciple?"
Shen Qingqiu wondered, "Do you like this rewritten ending?"
He didn't even know who he was asking.
Should we ask Luo Binghe, or the world?
Of course the world won't answer.
The world simply stopped seeking another ending and gently continued on.