In the thatched cottage, Lerou was sitting on a bench wearing a white cloth skirt. Lu Jiehou stood in front of her, using her fingers as a comb to braid her long hair.
When Lerou asked this question, Lu Jiaojian's fingers that were braiding her hair were slightly stiff. She twisted her hair with her fingers, hesitating how to explain to Lerou.
At this moment, the wooden door of the thatched cottage suddenly opened.
The night wind came in accompanied by the boy's voice.
"Marry, I'm back." Ning Jiujiu pretended that he was returning home from a night trip.
Lu Marian and Lerou both looked at the door, and the female master and apprentice were tense at the same time.
Lu Marian did not expect that he would come back suddenly, and she felt as if the window paper was suddenly broken when she was doing something private. Le Rou, on the other hand, was completely shocked. She looked at the man in white outside the door, with a dull pretty face and a half-open mouth. The hot wind blowing into her mouth made her jaw tremble constantly.
Ning looked at Lerou with a smile, rubbed his eyes, pretended not to see clearly, and said, "Marry, is this a guest at home?"
Lu Marry was a little at a loss, thinking to herself, didn’t you say you wanted to hide it? Why can't I sit still
She stared at Ning for a long time, and couldn't help but become stronger in her hands. Her fingers were already in Lerou's hair, and the force caused the girl to regain consciousness immediately. She covered her hair and screamed in pain.
Lu Marian was slightly startled, and quickly retracted her hand, then touched her hair, comforted her for a few words, then turned to look at Ning Changjiu, and said angrily: "Didn't you know to knock on the door before coming in?" My son was scared."
Le Rou thought to herself, Master, aren't you nervous and hurting me...
But how could Master be wrong? So she also looked at the culprit, rubbed her eyes, and said uncertainly: "Master... Ning Changjiu?!"
She didn't know if she had seen a ghost, but what she saw in front of her was clearly her junior brother Ning Jiujiu who had jumped into the abyss and died long ago.
Ning looked at her for a long time, with a look of surprise on his face, and said, "It turns out to be Little Senior Sister Lerou."
A senior sister has just been sent away, and now a young senior sister has arrived.
Listening to the tone of this voice, Le Rou became more and more certain that he was really Ning Changjiu.
Lu Marry looked at him indifferently, her voice as cold as frost in December: "Why are you back so late?"
Ning looked at her for a long time.
Lu Marian's eyebrows are clear and deserted, and her black hair and white clothes are like dark clouds and cracked snow.
Ning Jiujiu secretly made a "seven" gesture.
This is the meaning of the previous seven-day bet.
Lu Marian saw it. Her reddish lips were bloodshot, and her clear eyes were filled with struggle. Now if there was no one in the thatched cottage, it would be okay for her to obey Ning Changjiu's words, but Lerou was in front of her, how could she lose her dignity?
Ning Jiujiu also gave her face and said: "Huizhen Marry, I was slack in practice before and encountered some bottlenecks. It took me a lot of time to gain enlightenment."
Lu Marian nodded lightly and said, "If you don't understand anything from now on, just ask me directly."
Ning Jiujiu said: "Well, Marry's swordsmanship is unparalleled."
Lu Marian knew that he was mocking her, but she didn't change her expression. Instead, she patted Lerou's shoulder gently and said, "Lerou, it just so happens that my teacher wants to talk to you about this."
"Uh..." Le Rou hadn't recovered yet, thinking to herself, is this a holiday in the underworld
Ning Changjiu walked into the house, looked at Lerou, and said with a smile: "Why do you look like you've seen a ghost? You were so majestic when you teased me before."
Le Rou looked shocked, remembering those things, and said angrily: "You really know everything!"
Ning Jiujiu smiled calmly: "I took care of you in the past, thanks to senior sister."
Lerou was very angry, but with the master behind her, it was hard for her to get angry. What's more, the relationship between the master and him... seemed to be very unusual.
This is not a secret. The sect has already discussed that if Ning Changjiu comes back one day, they will directly hold the most grand banquet, and then take out the scarlet wedding dress woven with rare phoenix silk and put it on Lu Jianjian. Let them get married on the spot.
But this was mostly a joke. Everyone knew that the boy was probably dead.
Lerou never thought that she would see Ning Changjiu alive today.
She looked at the master in confusion.
Lu Married said briefly and concisely: "In the past few days, he crawled back from the abyss."
Lerou snorted, thinking that Master's reaction was not quite right. They all said that a long separation was better than a newlywed. Could it be that they were having a conflict
Ning Jiujiu walked to Lerou, patted the seat next to him, and said, "Marry, you, too, sit down."
Lu Marry hesitated for a moment, then the hem of her skirt passed over her thighs, and she slowly sat on the bench with a calm expression.
Lu Marian said: "Today Lerou came to persuade me to return to the peak. Tomorrow is the sect master's ceremony. This is one of the biggest ceremonies in the four peaks. They all hope that I can go back."
Ning Changjiu said: "It's time to go home. What's more, this thatched cottage is not as cozy as the Peak Lord's Palace."
Lerou's impression changed a lot when she saw him helping her speak.
Lu Marian said: "After you return to the peak, the news will spread quickly."
Ning Changjiu smiled and said, "Are you shy about getting married?"
Lu Marian said coldly: "Aren't you afraid that Zhao Xiang'er will know in advance?"
It's only been three months since that three-year appointment.
Ning Jiujiu, who had gained enlightenment from his senior sister, was not afraid, but his opponent was Zhao Xiang'er after all, so he also hoped to have more time to prepare.
What's more, Lu Marian said that she also needed to think carefully.
From a monk's perspective, she was just a young girl. Marrying as a woman was, after all, too hasty for her.
Lerou listened with her eyes wide open. Who doesn't know now that Zhao Xiang'er's fiancé and the master's apprentice are the same person. This is obviously robbing people. Master, even if you don't like Ning Changjiu, you still don't know. Don't say Zhao Xianger's name so casually! That's a love rival!
Ning Jiujiu said, "Then it's better to keep it a secret. I'll live in the peak master's palace for meditation first."
Living in the Peak Lord's Palace... Lerou thought to herself, that is the master's palace, even you can't just enter it. How could the master agree to such a thing
Lu Marry thought for a moment, then nodded: "If you want to do that, that's up to you."
You... you haven't even gone through the door yet, how could you do this! Is this still my master? Le Rou's heart was filled with panic.
Ning Changjiu said: "Well, I am also familiar with the Peak Lord's Palace."
Lu Marry glared at him silently.
Lerou was a little dizzy.
Ning Changjiu said: "Then we will set off tomorrow?"
Lu Marian said: "It's already late at night, and there is only one bed here. Where do you want Lerou to sleep?"
Le Rou was excited and said, "I want to sleep with Master!"
She firmly believed that the master would pamper her.
Ning Chang's expression remained unchanged, but he sneered in his heart. Still want to steal my wife in front of me
Ning Jiujiu winked silently at Lu Marry.
Lu Marian said: "Lerou, you are a big girl now, you can't be so willful."
Lerou said aggrievedly: "Do you want me to sleep on the ground?"
Lu Marry looked at Ning Changjiu.
Ning Jiujiu said: "Why don't we go back to the peak overnight, I just want to see the color of the snow on the top of the peak."
Lu Marian nodded lightly: "That's fine."
Lerou felt her heart grow cold. Seeing Lu Married's obedience to Ning Chang's advice, she finally understood the truth that the master who married off was like water thrown away.
But there are advantages. At least I have brought my master back to the peak. I will ask Lu Yuanbai for the position of peak master tomorrow!
Lerou forced a smile and finally felt better.
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It was night, and a bright sword light flashed across the sky in the southern wilderness.
Lu Jianwen didn't have a sword at her feet, so she just walked forward.
The night is like a flat piece of cloth, and the scattered villages and towns in Nanzhou are hidden in the darkness.
Farther away, one can vaguely see the crouching tiger-like city of Zhao and Jin facing each other, with torches still burning on the towers.
"Did the flag of Jin Kingdom change?" Ning Jiujiu suddenly asked.
Lu Jianjian hummed and said: "The king of Jin Kingdom has died, and no new king dared to succeed him for a whole year. Now the prime minister is still supervising the country. Jin lost his king, so he changed his name to Jin. Show your kindness to Zhao Xiang'er."
Ning Jiujiu laughed softly and said, "Little girl, you have such great abilities."
Her Majesty the Empress was also one of the objects of Le Rou's admiration. Now hearing what Ning Jiujiu said, she felt a little displeased and said, "You are the girl."
Ning was not angry for a long time, and couldn't help but think of the past when he and Zhao Xiang'er exchanged clothes in Linhe City, and laughed.
Seeing how shameless he was, Le Rou warned: "Although I know you are a good person, you are not allowed to do anything wrong."
Ning Jiujiu asked: "How can it be considered as misbehavior?"
Lerou pondered for a while, but it was difficult to come to a clear conclusion, so she said: "You are not allowed to do bad things! You are not allowed to bully Master!"
"Bullying Master?" Ning Jiujiu said: "I love you very much."
Lu Marry's chest rose and fell slightly.
She interrupted their conversation: "Stop talking, let's get over it."
Lu Marion's figure was like a sword, breaking through the clouds and going away.
The complete cloud layer was blown into scales after the sword passed through it, floating in the air with broken strands, and the moonlight was faintly outlined on the edge of the cloud scales.
Not long after, a shadow lit up in front of the main hall of Tianku Peak.
The white snow on the peak, which had been lonely for two years, was illuminated by the light of the sword.
Lu Marion's figure fell back to the top of the mountain.
The everlasting white snow at the bottom of the peak is like a piece of memory note, which will be opened after they arrive, revealing all the recorded scenes.
Among them were the dark blue night when they traveled silently, the white snowy moon in front of the peak master's palace, and the bloody red light when they joined forces to assassinate Bing Rong... Ning looked at the snow on the ground for a long time, but it seemed like he was looking at a tree full of soil. The cylinder looks like you can pick colorful flowers from it.
Lu Marry's voice contained a gentle sigh: "We are back."
Ning Changjiu said: "Let's go back to the palace and have a look."
Lu Married gave a hum, looked away from the bright white snow, turned around and walked up the cold steps, and opened the palace door.
The main hall of the peak is like the Guanghan Fairy Palace in the sky, showing the desolation and loneliness that has been uninhabited for a long time.
Ning Jiujiu followed her pace and walked in.
Lerou stood outside the door, looking a little unsure of whether to advance or retreat.
Lu Marian also thought of her, turned around and said, "I'll take you back to your room first."
Lerou naturally hoped that the master would give it to her, but thinking of the previous incident, she said angrily: "I can go back alone."
She was waiting for her master to persuade her to stay, but Lu Marian only said worriedly: "Then be careful on your own journey."
"..." Lerou felt extremely wronged.
She raised her head, and coincidentally faced Ning Changjiu's hateful face, and saw his sly smile.
Lerou, who had fallen out of favor, stomped her feet lightly and went back angrily.
Lu Marian walked in the door and said displeasedly: "She is still a little girl, is this too much for her?"
Ning Jiujiu said: "A spoiled little girl from a rich family is very possessive. Let her experience more setbacks. This will also be good for sharpening the sword."
Lu Marry was no longer surprised by these fallacies.
She said calmly: "Your possessiveness is no weaker than hers."
Ning Changjiu said: "Now it's just you and me, and you still act like a master?"
Lu Marry pursed her lips and paused slightly.
That damn bet...why did I get fooled over and over again
She lowered her head and said respectfully: "Master, my disciple is wrong."
Ning looked at her gentle and well-behaved appearance for a long time, and the contrast between one after another made his heart tremble, and he couldn't help but hug her gently for a while.
"When you get married in the future, you have to hide from the Peak Master's Palace?" Ning Jiujiu said, biting her earlobe.
Lu Marian's body trembled slightly and she said displeasedly: "Why do you say it so unpleasantly?"
Ning Jiujiu let go of her and said, "I'm going to light the lamp."
After he turned around, Lu Marry casually kneaded the hand to wipe away the warmth rising from her body.
She walked to the window, gently lifted the curtain, and gently wiped her fingers from the window sill. A lot of fine dust fell on her fingers.
The candlelight lit up behind him, and the long-lost outline of the peak main hall appeared in his eyes.
The main hall is divided into two floors. In the front is the main hall. The copper platform holds candle oil and is burning quietly. The floor is covered with velvet carpets. The furnishings on all sides are old objects purchased by the people. They reveal the atmosphere of the years. These old objects Both enshrine swords, and the two complement each other, and there is a mysterious meaning of nourishing each other.
Behind the main hall is the sleeping chamber, separated only by several huge screens.
Ning Jiujiu couldn't help but think of the three black gauze screens he saw in the sword hall when he first came to Tianku Peak: The Desolate Man Riding an Elephant and Killing a Snake, The Immortals Entering the Sea to Hunt the Monster with a Dragon Body, and Ten Thousand Swords Rising into the Sky to Kill Nine Head monster.
It was clearly a scene of cultivating snakes and fighting divine elephants, immortals killing squid, and thousands of swords slaying nine infants.
It turned out that fate had already given hints in subtle ways, but unfortunately she failed to understand them, leaving Lu Jiaoji to wait for two years without telling her, and she almost died and never came back.
Ning bypassed the huge screens for a long time.
The main hall of the peak is spacious but exquisite, and the bed carved from cold jade fluoresces at night.
Lu Marry walked behind him and said with a smile: "You used to bully me here."
Ning Changjiu's mind moved slightly, and he chuckled softly: "It won't stop here in the future."
Lu Marian pursed her lips obediently.
Behind the main hall of the peak is a pool of hot springs.
Ning looked at the hot spring for a long time, and then looked at Lu Marry and Lu Marry, the meaning of which was self-evident.
Lu Married let out a long sigh, her steps were in sync with each other, and she walked slowly towards the misty warmth. With a crash, her snow-capped clothes fell to the ground, and her delicate and breathtaking calves slowly flowed into the air in the shallow ripples. into the water.
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Lu Marion and Ning sat on the edge of the cliff for a long time. They had both put on brand new clothes.
Lu Marian's long hair was draped wetly on her back, and Liang Qinqin's hand was held by Ning Changjiu. She looked at the scaly clouds in the distance, which was the way they came, and everything seemed to be separated. many years.
"By the way, how is Ding Leshi? At least he is my first serious apprentice. I made a one-year appointment with Zhao Xianger. How was the fight?" Ning Changjiu suddenly remembered this matter.
Lu Jianjian was doubtful about the word "serious" in Ning Changjiu's mouth. She said: "Xiao Ling told me the ending of this matter? What else could it be? Could it be that you still have a slim chance of winning against your apprentice?" ?”
"Well... not really." Ning thought about it for a long time and said helplessly.
Lu Jianjiao said: "I heard that the battle that year was quite grand. As a result, Ding Leshi was beaten by Yan Shi with three punches and two kicks. Now Yan Shi has become a very famous killer in Zhao State. Yes. Others say that strict masters produce great disciples, while Tianzong has a splendid disciple."
Ning was silent for a while and said: "It is not a good thing for a little girl to become a killer at a young age. Next time I meet Zhao Xianger, I will talk about her."
Lu Marry wanted to laugh at him, but she held back. She wanted to survive these seven days well, and she couldn't just let him find excuses to forge swords or something.
Ning looked at the weeds and ivy growing near the hot spring for a long time and said, "No one has taken care of this place for a long time."
Lu Marry wanted to swing her sword casually to chop away these weeds, but Ning Jiujiu suppressed her hand and said: "All things have spirits. It is a happy event for the sect leader to return to the peak, but don't let them suffer a disaster."
Lu Marian said: "I am not the sect leader yet."
Ning Jiujiu smiled and said: "It will be after the ceremony."
Lu Jianwen was noncommittal. Regarding this ceremony, as long as she wanted to participate with all her heart, the leader was almost within her reach.
As Ning Changjiu spoke, he looked around the cliff. Then, as if he saw something new, he paused for a moment, got up and walked over.
"What's wrong?" Lu Marion asked.
Ning Jiujiu walked to an old tree on the edge of the cliff. There were many miscellaneous flowers growing beside the tangled old tree. A soft vine poked out from the flowers and climbed up the old tree. There were no flowers on the vine, but knots. There are many spores, both large and small.
Ning Jiujiu took one and crushed open the spores. Among them were emerald green, round seeds as smooth as jade beads.
Lu Marian walked behind her, squatted down gently, took one from his hand, her expression lit up, and she said in surprise: "This is a rare Lingluo fruit in the world. It is said that after taking it under Ziting, You can sense plants and trees. Many masters of folk swordsmanship can turn plants and trees into swords. Many of them got the chance and swallowed the Lingluo fruit... This thing was plundered a hundred years ago and was almost extinct. I never thought that it would bloom on this cliffside. ”
Ning Jiujiu smiled and said: "Yes, Marry is a fairy. It's not surprising that there are some fairies behind this fairy palace."
Lu Yueyou ignored his teasing, but said regretfully: "It's a pity that we have reached the Purple Court, and our sense of heaven and earth is far more mysterious than what the Lingluo Fruit brings. It was born in the wrong place."
Ning Jiujiu peeled off another spore, took out a hard round seed and placed it in his hand. He smiled and said, "There are no useless treasures in this world."
Lu Marry frowned slightly.
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Soon the night will be pierced by the morning light.
And the news that Lu Marian returned to the peak will spread quickly to all corners of the four peaks like the light in the early morning, causing Tianzong to be shocked.
Especially at Tianku Peak, when the disciples saw Lu Jianjian re-standing on the cliff, they shouted her name excitedly. Many new disciples looked at the legendary peak master's divine appearance, one by one. Everyone forgot to blink.
There are many legends about Lu Marion, but those words are simply not enough to describe her beauty.
Now she is wearing a long sword and reappears in front of everyone. The sharp sword intention in her tall and straight figure carries a holy beauty, giving people the feeling that she is clearly walking in the world, but she is like a person in a painting.
Ning Jiujiu cast his hidden breath technique and stood secretly behind a cliff. He looked at Lu Marian's figure, watched her exchanging greetings with the disciples, and thought about how the female sword fairy looked like two people during the day and night, enduring Keep smiling.
Lu Yuanbai also stood in the crowd.
Originally, Master Lu, who was excellent in swordsmanship and approachable, was very popular, but now he was like a transparent villain, ignored by all the disciples.
Lerou was also standing in the crowd, her expression was different from the others. She crossed her arms across her chest, looking proud that she had mastered a huge secret and that everyone was drunk but I was alone.
During the Sect Master's Ceremony, the other sects from all over the world will also be invited to come.
Now after the great catastrophe, the Zitian Dao Sect has declined, and the Yujian Tian Sect has become aloof, and those smaller sects have also taken this opportunity to come and show their hospitality and sincerity.
Thirteen Yuchen also came as requested.
It's just that she didn't come with a sword, but carried a barbed thorn on her back, walking step by step from the stone steps at the foot of the peak. Imitate the ancients’ way of bearing a thorn to plead guilty.
The current helmsman of the Zitian Dao Sect started climbing the mountain after hearing the news that Lu Jiaojian had returned to the peak. After more than an hour, he finally slowly reached the top of the mountain.
Wearing a lavender Taoist skirt, she walked through the crowd, humbly bent her knees and knelt in front of Lu Marianjian. Then she took off the cane from her body and kowtowed lightly, hoping that Lu Marianjian would punish her and forgive her past. The mistake the door made.
Lu Jiao grafted the cane, but there was no movement.
The others thought it was Master Lu who had softened his heart. Who knew that Lu Jianjiao said indifferently: "Are there any disciples from the Zitian Dao Sect coming to watch the ceremony?"
Thirteen Yuchen's heart trembled, and he said honestly: "Yes."
Lu Marian said: "Then you plead guilty again in front of them."
Thirteen Yuchen is still the current leader of the Nanzhou Dao Sect anyway. This confession has come from Yu Zun. If he is beaten in front of his disciples, how can he have the face to return to the Dao Sect in the future
Unexpectedly, Shisan Yuchen knocked down gently: "I just hope that the peak master can ignore the past grudges."
Lu Marian did not answer. When she walked past her, she covered her with thorns again.
She couldn't agree to Shisan Yuchen's words, because more than two years ago, the war was a tragedy between two sects that wiped out families at every turn. How could one kneel down and repay some physical pain
Thirteen Yuchen also knew this very well, she also just wanted to live.
The four peaks began to move closer to the center, and the crowd gathered towards the top just like they did four years ago.
Ning Jiujiu returned to his room with his sword.
There was a faint light from the half-down curtain.
The furnishings in the room were spotlessly dusted, the floor was polished to a discernible shine, and everything was neatly arranged according to their original appearance. Only the bed was a little messy, giving the impression that someone else was living here. illusion.
Ning Jiujiu seemed to be able to see his junior sister busy here.
He sat on the wooden chair and looked through the books stacked on the table.
The posts I made when I was learning calligraphy are still intact, with words written in new ink on them.
Those are the names of Ning Changjiu, Ning Xiaoling, Lu Jianjian and Zhao Xianger.
These four names are written densely on many pieces of rice paper, closely together, and every stroke is upright and delicate.
Ning Xiaoling copied them seven hundred and thirty times.
Ning Changjiu touched the corners of his eyes. He sat quietly on the chair, groped for the table, took out the red-hot marriage certificate, then took out his own copy, put them on the table together, and spread them out.
The marriage certificates next to each other are almost indistinguishable, like a pair of burning wings of a butterfly.
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