Destined Marriage with Fragrance - Chapter Ep1

Final Epilogue

Going Back To Where

“This…. how can this be??”

Under the black iron mask was a face that was burnt by fire, half of the face was unrecognizable as it was completely burnt out, but the other half that was not burnt, caused everyone to cry out in surprise.

His rising eyes and straight nose looked exactly like Mo Can’s. The difference was that Mo Can was indifferent, but Yan Lie had an evil air (around him).

Wei Na cried out in surprise: “You…. who are you after all?! Why do you look exactly the same as Mo Can?”

“Exactly the same?” Yan Lie’s cold and oppressive eyes flashed through a trace of deep hatred, when he looked at Mo Can’s handsome face. Yan Lie suddenly raised his unrestrained evil laugh, and sneeringly said: “You want to know my identity, I will let you know. We are brothers, and were born from the same parents.”

Everyone was not surprise at all, they only needed to look at Yan Lie’s appearance, and nobody would have any doubts that they were brothers. Qin Xiu Zhi thought for a while, and said: “But I heard my father said that the woman only gave birth to one child at that time.”

Yan Lie coldly humphed, he also wished that woman only gave birth to one child at that time! Glancing at everyone, his line of sight finally stopped at Mo Can’s face. There were a lot of hatreds emerged from his heart, he wanted to let Mo Can experience the blow after knowing the truth: “Mo Can ah Mo Can, you actually help them to deal with this person, but (this person) is actually your own father!”

His own father!!

Mo Can was actually Long Qu Mu’s son!!

Everyone turned pale with fright, but Mo Can’s complexion was still the same as always, and he said with a cold voice: “Continue speaking.”

I wanted to see once you knew the truth, whether or not you could still have this much confident!!

Struggling to get free from Mo Can’s hand, Yan Lie coldly said: “At that time, even though my old man (their father) had already ascended to be the Emperor, but losing the will and the ruler’s jade seal was always a thorn in his heart. In order to look for the stone, he went to look in Dong Yu, Yan Rui many times. That year, he met a woman in Dong Yu, she was overflowing with emotions, elegant and affectionate, the two people quickly became affectionate. My old man decided to take her back to the country to become an Imperial Concubine. One day before they returned, the woman took out her own beloved exquisite jade and told him everything about the secret of the jade. As it turned out, that woman’s Master (teacher) had accompanied the late Emperor for so many years as a war strategist. In order to get the other piece of the exquisite jade, my old man deceived the woman to go back and steal the other piece, but unfortunately, the woman was somewhat clever. She could see through his scheme very soon, but at that time, that stupid woman was already pregnant, so she was unwilling to be fooled, and ran away. During her journey, he gave the exquisite jade to Qin Xiu Zhi’s father, and gave birth to me. Afterwards, she escaped near a cliff, but my old man was still able to find her. He snatched me, and forced her to hand over the exquisite jade. During the fight, the woman fell off the cliff, she probably did not know that there was still another child inside her stomach, as she still gave birth to you after she fell off the cliff and afterwards, she died.”

Shang Jun frowned, there was unexpectedly this kind of matter?! After she fell off the cliff, she unexpectedly could still give birth to a child, or this whole thing was only Yan Lie’s fabrication?!

Pulling at Mo Can’s lapel with his one hand, Yan Lie was somewhat proud of himself and laughing heartily while he said: “How about it, it is very marvelous, right, you and I were the product of deception, this was precisely the past that you wanted to know.”

The ear-piercing laughter was shaking the inside of the spacious Phoenix Valley (Fenghuang Gu, some kind of a place where this event was happening), it sounded like an animal’s claw that was tearing apart your heart. Mo Can’s complexion was still as icily arrogant as before, but Wei Na who was standing next to him could feel that he was still trying to control his chaotic breathing. Glaring at Yan Lie, Wei Na soothingly said: “Can, this person is peculiar, you must not believe him! Actually looking at (you two) carefully, his frightening face does not look the same as you at all!”

“Frightening?” Yan Lie glared with his big eyes, and approached Mo Can, the two people’s faces were contradicted to each other, because of hatred, his burnt cheek was more and more sinister. “Do you want to know why my face and voice turned frightening like this? Because my old man said that I look like that woman, so he did not want to see me with this face, and also did not want to hear my voice.”

A tiger, though cruel, would not devour its own cubs!! Long Qu Mu unexpectedly……

Mo Can’s hand was trembling, taking advantage of this small change, Yan Lie turned around and separated from Mo Can’s hand, and his white shadow swirled in the air. Everyone had not reacted yet, but Yan Lie’s figure had already disappeared within Phoenix Valley. 

Wei Na cried out in alarm: “He ran away?!”

Just about to chase after him, Mo Can grasped Wei Na’s hand. It was painful, so Wei Na looked at Mo Can, she could only see that there was faintly discernible blue veins on his forehead, as if he was enduring something silently.

That person was his brother after all, Murong Shu Qing could understand the tangled feeling inside Mo Can’s heart, so Murong Shu Qing clearly shouted at Wei Xi and Yu Feng who were about to chase (him): “Do not chase (him), we should take out the will and the ruler’s jade seal, and leave here, then we can discuss it again.”

Walking to the side of the coffin, Murong Shu Qing put her hand on the top of the coffin, a thin layer of mist immediately appeared, Murong Shu Qing sighed: “There is a layer of energy on the top of the will, the strength is very big, I have tried it once, this will not do.”

Master Long Yi walked around the coffin, he already felt that energy, and stopped his footsteps: “Try to use the exquisite jade.”

“Alright.” Murong Shu Qing took out the exquisite jades, put them together and extended her hand to approach the coffin again. The exquisite jades flashed a trace of purple ray, but they still could not get rid of that energy. After Murong Shu Qing tried it several time, she still could only withdraw her hand: “It still does not work.”

Qi Feng Hua did not believe in evil (thing) and reached out his hand to touch the coffin, without any protection from the exquisite jades, just when Qi Feng Hua’s hand approached (the coffin), a strong power actually devoured (his hand) and made it feel numb. While he was rubbing his own hand, Qi Feng Hua lowly cursed: “What kind of demonic thing is this, why does it not work?”

Just when everyone was sinking in a loss, a clear voice of a man faintly came through: “Because the exquisite jades are the key to enter Phoenix Valley, and are not the key to open the coffin.” 

Everyone turned around, and only saw a middle age man who was wearing a changpao (Chinese dress) and walking, his body was brimming with confident and at ease temperaments.

Shang Jun’s eyes were bright, and she said: “Master?!”

Jing Shu’s gaze stayed on Shang Jun’s body temporarily, looking at his injury, his brows could not help to tighten up. He conveniently took Shang Jun’s wrist, after a while, he slowly withdrew his hand, but he did not say any words at all. Even though it was like this, Shang Jun was already satisfied, because Master was still willing to take his pulse, so that showed that he was still concerned about him.

Murong Shu Qing always felt that this person was very familiar, they should have met before, sure enough, the man turned his head to see Murong Shu Qing’s eyes, and he generously smiled and said: “Miss Shu Qing, we meet again.”

Thinking for a moment, she finally remembered, two years ago, he helped remove Lu Yi’s poison. Slightly nodding, Murong Shu Qing returned his greeting, and smilingly said: “Mister, you are actually Jun’s Master.” When she saw him for the first time, she already felt that he looked like an immortal, his temperament was out of the ordinary, and only this kind of Master could teach a kind of person like Jun.

Wei Na’s hands were on her chest, and she impatiently said: “You all do not need to exchange conventional greetings anymore, what is the key to this coffin? Hurry up and take out that jade ruler’s seal out as we need to leave soon?!” Mo Can’s complexion was already bad from the beginning, she just wanted to accompany him to leave here quickly, and did not have any time to listen to their empty words.

Jing Shu only ignored Wei Na’s disrespectful (attitude), he walked to the side of the coffin, and took the exquisite jades that were handed over by Murong Shu Qing, he explained: “There are two pieces of exquisite jades that protect the Phoenix’s coffin, which are formed by the condensation of the heaven and earth. The old man knew the mystery, afterwards, he passed the earth stone on to his first disciple, the Demonic Physician, Chu Yin, and Chu Yin was also the one who divided the jade into two parts. The heaven stone was always in my Master’s collection, and the stone was also divided into two afterwards. Master also divided the stone into two pieces, one piece was given to me, and Master said, the other piece belonged to a fated person from another world.”

Finished speaking, Jing Shu unobtrusively looked one glance at Murong Shu Qing. Murong Shu Qing stared blankly, a fated person from another world, what he was saying was her?! The bracelet that was on her wrist, was slightly cold, so Murong Shu Qing’s heart was indescribably restless, and it made her flustered.

As it turned out, the stone was not only one piece ah! “You should have one piece, right, quickly take it out to try.” Wei Na was curious (to find out) the difference between the heaven stone and Mo Can’s stones (earth stone).

Jing Shu took out a piece of brocade handkerchief from his bosom, and cautiously clasped it in his palm. His eyes were full of tenderness and emotions, so everyone was curiously staring at the thing inside his hand. What kind of treasure was this that made this confident and free man place great importance on it like this.

The brocade handkerchief was slowly opened, and everyone was stunned, the stuff that was in his hand was actually several smashed jade pieces. The texture of the jade seemed to be similar to the exquisite jades, and there was nothing so special about it. Qi Feng Hua asked with a pitiful face: “Senior brother (they’re from the same martial arts group), how did it break?!”

As if he was caressing his most intimate lover, there was a mix of regrets and pains inside Jing Shu’s eyes, and he quietly sighed: “At that time, I gave it to the most important woman in my life, who would have thought that because of a misunderstanding, she and I did not have any fate to be together. Just like this broken pieces of jade, it was broken.”

This kind of expression, Shang Jun had already seen it since he became sensible, and remembered how many nights that Master would frequently look up at the horizon like this. Shang Jun finally understood that Master was actually grieving his broken heart.

Broken marriage…. This was a familiar words, oh right… Qi Yue!

Murong Shu Qing was carefully looking at Jing Shu’s face, sure enough, Qi Rui was somewhat resemble him.

“You are….” Murong Shu Qing did not dare to be certain. Jing Shu already lifted his head up slowly to look at Murong Shu Qing’s eyes with his misty eyes, as if he was looking at another person through her: “Shu Qing, you really look like her.” Different features and bearing, but they had the same talents and temperament.

‘I only used one moment to fall, but spent a whole life to remember it.’ This was Qi Yue’s last written words. In the note, it was full of her coldness, her loneliness, her disdain, her determination. He was really the man who betrayed Qi Yue at that time. He did not really look like a pedantic person at all.

Murong Shu Qing could not help but ask: “I want to ask you on her behalf, why did you betray her?” 

The sound of Murong Shu Qing’s voice just fell off, but the free and cultured man immediately shouted: “I did not (betray) her.” 

Everyone was frightened, Shang Jun was even more concerned, Master had never been out of control like this.

After a very long time, Jing Shu suppressed his heartache that had been continuously in his heart, and answered with a heavy voice: “That year, I left in a hurry because of Master’s summon, I left a letter to her, but I did not know why when I came back, she was already a married woman.”

Murong Shu Qing sighed, was it just a misunderstanding? With a few words, it was already enough to make people’s feelings to break into pieces. Qi Yue was already dead for a long time, but the person who was left behind, continued to bear the pains from the heartbreak. Putting it up, how could it be summarized as this one word, misunderstanding?! It was just missing the opportunity…..

Wei Na also thought that Jing Shu was pitiful, so looking at him that was still clasping the broken jade as an important treasure, he still could not forget the person whom he loved. She admired this type of person the most, so walking to Jing Shu’s side, Wei Na said with a clear voice: “You should not feel sad anymore, even though the jade was broken, but she was still inside your heart. The beautiful woman is in your heart, so why do you need to long for her anymore?!”

The beautiful woman was in your heart, so why did you need to long for her anymore….

Jing Shu suddenly laughed out loud, Jing Shu ah Jing Shu, your intelligent knowledge was actually inferior to the way this young girl looked things through.

Jing Shu slowly took the broken jade and put them in the coffin along with the exquisite jades, the purple light was enveloping the coffin. The energy wall was clearly weaker, but it was still in existence.

Propping her hands on her cheeks, Wei Na mumbled to herself: “What do we do now? There is another piece that has not been found, this is really a waste.”

Feeling more and more restless in her heart, even though Murong Shu Qing was not willing, but she had no choice but to say: “The final piece should be with me here, right.”

At Murong Shu Qing’s hand?! No wonder that she could match up the exquisite jades, since it was on her hand, why did she not say anything earlier?! Xuanyuan Yi faintly felt that something was wrong, but he could not say anything again.

Putting the exquisite jades and broken jade into Murong Shu Qing’s hand, Jing Shu said: “Shu Qing, you try to see if you can take it out.”

“Alright.” Lightly raising her wrist together with the other jades that were on her hand, the bracelet also gave out a light purple ray. Murong Shu Qing stretched her hand inside the coffin, she did not receive any resistance at all and could take out the small wooden box easily.

“Jun.” Once she put the small wooden box in Shang Jun’s hand, Murong Shu Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief. But she faced Shang Jun’s astonished face that was staring at her.

After the small wooden box was taken out, there was a golden ray that came out of the coffin, a dreadful whirlpool took place behind Murong Shu Qing and she was actually covered by the golden ray all over, it seemed that she could disappear at any time.

“Qing!” Shang Jun was shocked, and wanted to grab Murong Shu Qing’s hand, but before he could approach, he was already shocked by a great power and fell on the ground. 

“Qing-er!” Practically at the same time, Xuanyuan Yi also stepped forward but was also unable to approach Murong Shu Qing at all. 

This power was so great that Shang Jun whose body was already full with wounds, could not even get up anymore, so Qin Xiu Zhi took him into his embrace to protect him, and lowly asked: “Shang Jun, how are you doing?”

Shang Jun lowly gasped and shook his head.  The unusually dark amber color showed on his hand.

“Qing-er.” Xuanyuan Yi was knocking at the side of the energy wall that had covered Murong Shu Qing, like a crazy man, but every time, the great power became more and more difficult to deal with. After several times, the corner of Xuanyuan Yi’s mouth was already bloody, but he only had Murong Shu Qing in his eyes so it did not appear that he felt any pains. Every time he approached, he would be thrown out again and again.

Murong Shu Qing’s feet felt liked they were nailed to the ground as she could not move, so looking that Xuanyuan Yi kept getting thrown to the ground ferociously, and his mouth was vomiting blood on the golden surface, Murong Shu Qing shouted out in distressed: “Yi, do not bump into it again.”

“Qing-er….” Xuanyuan Yi staggeringly got up, his eyes were already fuzzy, but he was still approaching step by step closer to that figure who had been in his heart.

Murong Shu Qing stepped forward, and was also pushed back. Worrying the child inside her abdomen, Murong Shu Qing did not dare to step forward again, and stared blankly at Xuanyuan Yi who was thrown out again, so Murong Shu Qing shouted out: “Yan Yu, Cang Su, hurry up block him ah!!”

“Qing-er…..” 

Yan Yu and Cang Su recovered and grabbed Xuanyuan Yi’s arms, but unexpectedly, his strength was very astonishingly big. After hitting it for many times, the blood came out of his nose, and because he just wiped the blood carelessly, there were lots of blood on his cheek, but he still stubbornly went to Murong Shu Qing.

“I am begging you not to run into it!!” Murong Shu Qing was half kneeling on the ground, her tears were falling from her elegant complexion, but no matter how she was shouting, Xuanyuan Yi was still repeatedly colliding on it. He only had one belief in his heart, that he wanted to take Murong Shu Qing into his embrace.

Xuanyuan Yi’s deep feeling touched everyone, so Shang Jun grabbed Jing Shu’s sleeve, and urgently said: “Master, why is it like this, what is wrong with Shu Qing?!” The lovers appeared unable to be together, could it be this was fate?! Softly sighing, Jing Shu said towards Murong Shu Qing: “The ruler’s jade seal and the will only used this place as a place keeper, they are actually made to protect the Phoenix’s coffin, which is actually a passage for time travel. When all of the pieces are being used together, it will open up this time travel passage. Shu Qing, you can go home.”

Time travel passage?! Was there really this kind of thing?!

Murong Shu Qing could vaguely hear the sound of her father and mother behind her, so she turned around to go through the vortex. Murong Shu Qing looked at her father and mother whom she had not seen for a long time, their hair were already somewhat gray, who was that child? Was he elder brother’s child?! He was very adorable……. Were they taking a family portrait?

“Father, mother…….” I really missed you all ah.

Her close relatives who were always in her heart, were just in front of her, so Murong Shu Qing got up and slowly walked to the direction of the happy family.

“Qing-er….” 

Just when she almost entered the vortex, a desperate call made her turn back around. 

Yi! 

Xuanyuan Yi kneeled down in front of the vortex, he was staring at Murong Shu Qing’s back, and shouting: “Qing-er, do not go! Qing-er……”

A man had gold on his knees (meaning a man doesn’t usually kneel down unless it’s for his parents or grandparents), so Murong Shu Qing’s heart was throbbing with pain. Turning around to look at the aging father and mother, when they took a picture in the past, she was always sitting in between father and mother. But now, there was already a new person by their sides. 

Sorry, father and mother, I wanted to stay for him, this was my happiness!

Murong Shu Qing turned around and wanted to go to Xuanyuan Yi, but she could not approach him at all, and was forcefully pushed into the vortex.

“Yi…… I do not want (to go), Yi!” 

Murong Shu Qing’s wail made Xuanyuan Yi roared wildly, but it still could not prevent Murong Shu Qing’s figure to become fuzzy gradually.

Heavens, let me stay, stay by his side!

Qing-er! Do not go, I could not lose you!

“Ah……” Just when Murong Shu Qing almost disappeared, her abdomen flashed through a trace of ray, and she could feel a burst of sharp pain that made Murong Shu Qing sit on the ground. A mysterious thing occurred again and the vortex unexpectedly disappeared!

Once the halo disappeared, Xuanyuan Yi immediately got up and took Murong Shu Qing closely into his embrace, he frenetically and lowly mumbled: “Qing-er, do not go, Qing-er, do not go, do not go!”

Waiting until the pain went away, Murong Shu Qing slowly came over, and she already fell into a warm embrace, so she felt at ease. Encircling Xuanyuan Yi’s neck, Murong Shu Qing was choking with sobs: “Yi, you and the child have already made me to stay.”

Fortunately, Murong Shu Qing was alright!

With great difficulty, everyone relaxed their breaths, but the cave was suddenly swaying, as it turned out, there was still a Phoenix sculpture. Suddenly, there was a high sound, and Murong Shu Qing just felt that the bracelet in her wrist was shaking and it broke into pieces to the ground unexpectedly. It (MSQ’s bracelet) was disintegrated together with the broken jade (JS’s)  to become the heaven stone, and the two exquisite jades (MC-piece that Demonic Chu Yin owned & gave to MC & the piece that was given to QXZ’s father by MC’s mother) were melted together into the earth stone.

The two pieces of stone reappeared one more time, the stone gate of Phoenix Valley moved, so Jing Shu said in a loud voice: “The stones have already been put back where they belong, the Phoenix coffin will close down, go out quickly.”

The speaking voice had not finished yet, the golden floor was trembling violently, as of it wanted to sink in at any time. Shang Jun’s hand held the wooden box in his hand, grabbed Xuanyuan Yi’s arm, and urgently said: “Yan Yu, Cang Su, take Xuanyuan Yi and Shu Qing to leave quickly.” 

“Yes.” Shielding Murong Shu Qing and Xuanyuan Yi, a group of people went out of the cave in a hurry. Shang Jun only took two steps, but because of his injury, his feet went soft, but a pair of slender hands already took him into his bosom.

Jing Shu seamlessly withdrew his extended hands, and his gaze swept pass Qin Xiu Zhi’s face, so the corners of his mouths lightly raised satisfyingly.

After they came out of the dangerous Phoenix Valley, Shang Jun could relax gradually, and Jing Shu said softly: “Shang Jun, come here.”

Shang Jun, with his nervous and happiness looks, followed behind Jing Shu, and stopped at the top of the cliffs. Jing Shu did not speak for a long time, so Shang Jun could not help but ask quietly: “Master, do you have any instructions?” He had already said this master’s appellation many times in his heart, but he did not expect that he would still have the opportunity to call it again today, so Shang Jun was not aware that his eyes were wet.

Taking out a blue book, and handed it over to Shang Jun, Jing Shu sighed and said: “The relationship between you and me as master and disciple, has already been exhausted. You take this book, Hui tian (reverse the desperate situation) jue (determine), and practice it properly when you go back. After three to five years, your martial arts might be restored about 60-70%, so you will be able to protect yourselves.”

“Thank you, Master…..” Shang Jun’s word’s were stuck on his throat, but he could not continue talking anymore. He already did not have any qualifications to call him, Master, not anymore.

Similar to when he came, Jing Shu disappeared quickly, from far away, one could only hear the sound of his low sighed that was dispersing with the wind: “Cherish the person in front of you.” 

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