Love Better Than Immortality

Leaving Qiu Yue ☆

Back at Feng Ming Manor, after Xiao Bai clarifies that Chun Hua wasn’t hurt, he questioned Liu Feng as to why he hadn’t kidnapped her, asking whether Qiu Yue was still alive and by her side. When Cai Cai assured him that Chun Hua was alone, Xiao Bai turned to her and raised his voice, asking how she could lie to him too, insisting to go in search of Chun Hua that very moment. Because Xiao Bai still had to rest and recuperate, Liu Feng stops him and promises to bring Chun Hua in front of him within three days. However, Xiao Bai reacted impulsively and pushed him away with his sword, stunning both Liu Feng and Cai Cai. When he realised what he had just done, Xiao Bai vocalises his thoughts, telling them that it was weird how he had been so worried for Chun Hua but once he knew that she was alright, all he wanted to do was to kill her. His eyes then turned red again as he said that even though they couldn’t be together in life, they will be together in death, Chun Hua would be buried at the Xiao family’s ancestral grave. Cai Cai was standing behind Xiao Bai and quickly knocks him out with the hilt of her sword. At that moment, Leng Ning enters the room and tells them that the medicine’s components had been analysed and there was indeed something wrong with it. There was an additional herb of monkshood, which has the properties of dispelling the cold and relieving pain. It would’ve been alright for normal people to take it but Xiao Bai’s Feng Ming Sword used Pure Yang vital energy and with the added factor that his vital energy was currently roaring, it will be akin to adding oil to fire if he continued to take the medicine. As such, Pu Er and Li Yu have now landed on their suspect list. After that, Liu Feng tells the two girls that Qiu Yue had abducted Chun Hua.

Liu Feng later returns to Ba Xian Residence and in a bid to test Pu Er’s reaction, tells him about Xiao Bai’s strange behaviour. Pu Er had anticipated Liu Feng’s return and had personally prepared the herbs for the calming medicine. Liu Feng then asked him for a prescription so they could make more of the medicine themselves and Pu Er quickly writes it down for him. As Liu Feng leaves, a scowl appears on Pu Er’s face.

Liu Feng returns to Feng Ming Manor and discusses the situation with Cai Cai and Leng Ning. They are all under the impression that Qiu Yue was the one behind Xiao Bai’s current condition and had leaked news of the rebellion in Qian Yue Cave and his missing status because they had gotten close to finding out who Mr Shi was. They then decide that uncovering Mr Shi’s identity was of utmost importance and Liu Feng tells them that he will return to Ba Xian Residence once more.

Back at Qian Yue Cave, Chun Hua elaborates that Ye Xing Zhu had thought that she had killed Gu Xing Zhu but he had survived. Qiu Yue tells her to trust him because Gu Xing Zhu’s motives for telling her all this wouldn’t be that simple but Chun Hua corrects him – she didn’t believe Gu Xing Zhu but she believed her own experiences,  he had made use of her before. Qiu Yue attempts to change the subject and calm her down, saying that she was very useful, she had taught him about the mid-autumn festival and about mooncakes. She was very cute and could make him smile, she had a lot of tricks that he could’ve never thought of and she took care of him when he was injured. With a foreign coldness in her eyes, Chun Hua narrates to him everything that he had done.

First, he had gotten her to infiltrate Feng Ming Manor to steal the Xin Fa. When Qiu Yue tried to protest that he had stopped it later, Chun Hua retorted that it was only because Xiao Bai had learned the last move and he didn’t need it anymore.
Second, he had allowed her to get kidnapped to Chuan Qi Valley to test if Fu Lou’s weakness was indeed You Si.
Third, on the day of the Longevity Fruit auction, he had kidnapped her to Qian Yue Cave, causing Xiao Bai’s attention to be diverted, resulting in the many deaths when the auction spun out of control. Qiu Yue once again tried to explain that he had only wanted to test Xiao Bai but his words fell on deaf ears.
Fourth, he had used Pu Gong Ying to kill Chief Feng and almost caused Cai Cai’s death. Chun Hua shoots down Qiu Yue’s denial, exclaiming that he had the antidote with him and besides, who else would have been able to create that poison?
Fifth, he was the one who had instructed Mr Shi to release the ‘Book of Sins’ which caused Fu Lou and You Si’s death. After that, he still wasn’t satisfied and used it to break apart her and Xiao Bai, adding that Xiao Bai returning the Stone Lotus must’ve been part of his plan too. Chun Hua had started to cry and when Qiu Yue took a step towards her, she took a step back, maintaining the distance between them. Qiu Yue then explains that the book was just a public letter and that he wanted her to leave Xiao Bai because he liked her, adding that he won’t lie to her anymore because he wants to be with her, promising to treat her well. Chun Hua refuses to listen to what he was saying, retorting that she was just a chesspiece and when Qiu Yue denied it and reminded her of the reason he had gotten severely injured during the rebellion, Chun Hua brushed it off as a trick of his to win her heart. Unable to get through to her, Qiu Yue decides to show her something.