"National Preceptor, wait a moment."
Lan Qing was about to jump down, but Chu Qianli, in her haste, grabbed his hand.
Lan Qing's expression changed, and he forcefully shook her off, "Don't touch me!"
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!"
Hearing that the National Preceptor was peerlessly pure and that no one was allowed to touch him, lest it defile his sacred spirit, Chu Qianli knew she had violated his taboo.
She hurriedly raised her hands and promised him, "I won't touch you again, absolutely not! Believe me!"
Lan Qing's expression was not good, but he didn't seem angry.
He had instinctively pushed her away when she touched him.
He never touched others, not just women, but men as well.
The feeling when Chu Qianli had held his hand just now… Lan Qing's brow furrowed slightly.
Suddenly, a ding sound.
A notification!
Chu Qianli's eyes widened, and she immediately looked at the dialogue box in her system.
"I have some footage I want to show you, but…" She couldn't retrieve the chat records with her senior brother to show him, and they weren't on her phone, but in the Qiankun Chain system.
But that system was within her consciousness; how could she retrieve it?
"Is it good?" Lan Qing actually seemed somewhat interested.
"It's good!" Chu Qianli said immediately.
But she still felt a bit frustrated, having forgotten that it was impossible to show it to him.
Lan Qing remained silent, seemingly hesitating about something.
Just as Chu Qianli didn't know how to keep him, that slender figure suddenly moved closer to her.
Chu Qianli subconsciously took half a step back.
Behind her was the cliff face, and there was nowhere else to retreat.
She looked up at Lan Qing, not out of fear that he would do something to her.
She was afraid that if they were this close, she might accidentally touch him.
Would she be defiling his purity again?
"I… want to see." Lan Qing had already walked up to her.
Before Chu Qianli could react, he suddenly reached out and grasped her wrist.
"National Preceptor…" Chu Qianli's round eyes widened.
She wanted to pull her hand back, but she didn't quite dare.
"It… it was you who… I didn't mean to touch you."
"How did you see it just now?" Lan Qing ignored her completely. His expressionless face now showed a trace of curiosity.
"I… I just looked like this." She collected her thoughts and immediately opened the video her senior brother had sent her in her consciousness.
The Epiphyllum bloomed.
The footage, which had taken over an hour, was compressed into over twenty seconds.
Twenty seconds for the Epiphyllum to bloom.
The flower was exquisitely beautiful.
Lan Qing was momentarily stunned. Then, he released Chu Qianli's wrist and looked at the dozen or so flower buds not far away.
"Is it this flower?"
"...Yes." Chu Qianli still couldn't recover from the shock.
He could see everything she could see!
By simply holding her wrist, he could see the scenes she saw in her consciousness!
At this moment, Chu Qianli looked at Lan Qing with a hint of wariness.
This person was too powerful, terrifyingly so!
It wasn't his martial arts prowess, but how could he see everything in her consciousness?
Such power was inconceivable and frightening!
But Lan Qing didn't seem to notice her thoughts. He suddenly squatted down and stared at the closest flower bud.
"This one…"
"Epiphyllum."
"The Epiphyllum of the fleeting bloom?"
"That's right."
Lan Qing thought for a moment, then his eyes curved into a smile. "This time, I want to wait for it."