Zhao Xiang'er's petite body was buried in the cotton coat, and her little face was slightly red. Her fluttering eyelashes were like clouds twisted by the wind. The water droplets suddenly broke and fell down, pattering on the page of the book. superior.
Si Ming, who had always been against her, did not laugh at her. Instead, he moved closer, comforted the girl with pear blossoms and rain for a while, and quietly winked at Ning Jiujiu.
Ning Jiujiu had rarely seen Xiang'er so soft. She was like a blooming dandelion, unable to withstand the shaking.
Ning Jiujiu walked to her side and hugged her body. Zhao Xiang'er suddenly turned her head and threw herself into his arms. But this was not a gentle cry on her chest. Zhao Xiang'er clenched her fists and fiercely Hit him hard on the chest.
Ning Jiujiu didn't resist, just held her gently.
Lu Marry looked at them and closed her eyes gently. Classroom discipline was broken, and the sword kept clenching in her heart, but she didn't say anything in the end.
She patted Zhao Xiang'er's back gently.
The wind and snow blew in.
"I'll close the window." Siming said, left silently, stood up and closed the window.
She turned her head and looked at the scene from a distance.
The light in the room was much darker, the cries echoed intermittently, and the flying and phoenix-shaped characters Jing on the wall looked so disharmonious.
A long time passed.
…
"I'm going to silence you all!"
After crying, Zhao Xiang'er wiped away her tears, looked at them angrily, and said weakly, she felt that she was so embarrassed.
Ning Jiujiu looked at the smoky red around her eyes, and the girl's already beautiful face looked even more delicate and cute. He rubbed the part where she had pinched her hard before, and smiled helplessly.
Looking at his smile, Zhao Xiang'er became even more angry. She pointed at him and said, "Ning Changjiu! Go and silence them both, or I will tear up the marriage certificate!"
Ning Jiujiu smiled bitterly and said, "You'd better silence me."
The girl's willful words made everyone laugh.
Zhao Xiang'er pursed her lips, looked at them, and laughed after a moment, well... I just made everyone sad, they should be happy again... She thought like this, with tears in her narrowed eyes.
Seeing that she was in a better mood, Siming didn't miss the opportunity to laugh at her. She stretched out her hand, teased the tip of Xiang'er's reddish nose, and said, "Why are you tearing up the marriage certificate? If you don't want this marriage certificate, I will take it for you." .”
Zhao Xiang'er looked at her open hands and said angrily: "Okay, you really want to compete with me for your husband!"
Siming smiled and said: "Where does your little sister get her confidence? If my sister really wants to compete with you, how can you defeat me?"
Zhao Xiang'er became even more angry. She pointed at Siming, looked at Lu Wenwen, and complained: "Senior Sister! She is neither big nor small. Give me the ruler, I will punish her!"
"Are you older or younger? You can tell who is older and who is younger by lowering your head." Si Ming tilted his lips, with a smile in his icy eyes, "Obviously it was you who wanted to tear up the marriage contract, but you did it, Third Senior Sister Don't you, sir, only talk about it?"
Zhao Xiang'er became even more angry. She clenched her fists and said, "Humph, I won't give it to you even if I tear it apart!"
Ning sat there tremblingly for a long time, with the smell of gunpowder lingering on the tip of his nose. He always felt that the spearhead would be pointed at him at any time.
Lu Marian held her forehead, feeling very distressed. She thought that just now everyone could settle their differences, but they started arguing again after a few words. The task given by Master is indeed impossible to complete...
After a while of fighting, the bookstore finally became quiet.
Zhao Xianger sat down again and started reading the last page of the book.
Everyone sat around, waiting for her quietly.
After the pages of the book slowly turned, the wind and snow outside the window also turned into spring flowers.
The four seasons pass quickly in the dream, and those who are in it do not find it strange.
"I've finished reading." Zhao Xianger closed the book, raised his head, and said seriously.
Everyone applauded softly.
Afterwards, the three of them looked at Lu Jiaojian.
They knew that the final test was coming.
Just when Lu Marian was about to speak, the fairy voice sounded again in the heart of the sword: There is a nine-tailed demon outside the temple, trampling on fertile fields and killing living creatures. You order your disciples to go and capture it. You can get a hundred swords.
One hundred swords!
Lu Marian was both surprised and happy, thinking that no matter how difficult it was to tame the monster, it would be much simpler than the harmony of people's hearts.
This talisman... was given to me by Master out of kindness, intending to directly perfect my sword heart
Lu Marion was moved and immediately ordered the order talisman to inform everyone about the matter.
Everyone was enthusiastic.
They had practiced Taoism in Guanzhong for more than two years. They rarely went out and lived a peaceful life. Although it was quiet and beautiful, it ended up being dull.
At this moment, there is a big demon causing trouble outside the temple...
Their passion and cohesion suddenly ignited.
"It is our duty to keep watch!" Zhao Xianger said first.
Ning Changjiu and Siming also agreed.
Only Lu Marian looked solemn and said worriedly: "In the fairy world here, if there are goblins causing trouble, it will be a serious matter. You must focus on protecting yourself and must not act rashly."
The three of them nodded in agreement, and then ran out of the Taoist temple happily.
Lu Marion stood there, sighed, and shook her head helplessly.
Although the master asked the three of them to go forward, she could not rest assured. She held her sword with a ruler and stood in the distance to protect them.
Ning Jiujiu and the three of them all have rich experience in subduing monsters. They went to the fields together, searched separately, and soon found clues about the big monster.
"This is a fire. There are claw marks on the wood of the fire, not deep."
"Well, I also found a wooden stick with fish bones on it."
"There is also this Shiwei flower, which is supposed to bloom during this season, but it has also been eaten up..."
The three quickly got together and exchanged clues.
Ning Jiujiu frowned slightly and said: "It seems that the nine-tailed monster is not big."
Zhao Xianger said: "Monsters are divided into different sizes. The smaller they are, the more difficult they may be to deal with!"
Si Ming took it seriously and said, "Well, you are much more difficult to deal with than Lu Yuanwen."
"Shut up!" Zhao Xiang'er scolded: "Now is not the time for bickering! We must work together to make Lu Marion look at us with admiration!"
Ning stood up for a long time, walked along the stream for a while, and analyzed: "There used to be countless blind-scaled fish in this stream, but now there are obviously many less. It seems that the monster has been causing trouble for a long time."
Zhao Xiang'er rubbed her sharp and moist chin and said, "Then why did Master give the order now?"
Siming said: "Maybe he wants to wait for the monster to become stronger and give us a test."
"Yeah." Ning Jiujiu and Zhao Xiang'er agreed with this view.
I don't know how far the monster has grown.
The three of them walked along the field ridge. After asking for information from several old residents of Dahe Town, they roughly confirmed the direction of the monster's lair and followed that direction.
Along the way, they collected many more clues.
Burnt firewood, big trees with scratch marks, trampled weeds and some fine hairs.
The traces are getting denser and denser.
They were getting closer and closer to the big monster.
A slight feeling of nervousness surged into their hearts. They crouched, one by one, carefully pushing aside the grass, scanning all directions with keen eyes, and walked forward slowly.
"Shh..." Ning Jiujiu lowered his voice and said, "Look over there."
The other two looked in the direction he pointed.
Among the dense grass, several fluffy tails were exposed.
The creature was dormant in the grass, only a few dozen steps away from them.
"That should be it."
"It's such a small one...it looks familiar."
"Don't take it lightly."
"Well, let's go there quietly. Don't take the credit. Let's do it together!"
The three of them made a plan, and after approaching, they ran wildly and pounced on the nine-tailed creature.
Bang, Zhao Xiang'er stepped on something.
"Be careful!" Siming shouted.
It was too late, the grass beneath their feet suddenly dented, and as they fell, a large net caught them and lifted them up.
Catch them all.
"Okay, I caught it!" Ning Xiaoling jumped up from behind the grass, her fluffy paws holding the rope, happily.
A few days ago, she heard a voice. The voice told her that someone was going to arrest her in three days and asked her to be careful. When Ning Xiaoling heard this, she immediately set up a defense and was ready, but... the person who came to arrest her They all seemed so stupid that they fell into the first trap, wasting a lot of their efforts.
In the big net, Zhao Xiang'er was about to take out the blade in her sleeve and cut the net, but she saw the happy little fox. She rubbed her eyes and suddenly fell into silence.
Ning Jiujiu and Siming also fell into silence.
Ning Xiaoling wagged her tail happily for a while. After she realized something was wrong, she looked up and blinked, suspecting that she had seen it wrong.
…
In the view, Ning Jiujiu, Zhao Xiang'er, and Siming knelt on the ground, listening to Lu Married's angry lectures. Ning Xiaoling lay on the side, wondering what happened.
The hundred swords that were delivered to her eyes slipped away, and Lu Marian was furious. She held the ruler and slapped the iron in her hand, saying: "You are really becoming more and more promising. You have been practicing Taoism for two and a half years." You have cultivated like this? You have lost all face in the temple!"
The three of them didn't dare to speak.
Ning Xiaoling begged, "Master, don't fight. It's all because Xiaoling is too cunning. Senior brothers and sisters are the ones who fell into the trap... It's all Xiaoling's fault."
Ning Jiujiu nodded and said, "I think junior sister is right."
Ning Xiaoling was silent for a while, then turned to look at the master and said: "Master, please continue, Xiaoling won't disturb you anymore."
Zhao Xiang'er and Si Ming both looked at Ning Changjiu and said, "I want you to talk more!"
After a while, the sound of begging for mercy came from the temple again.
Ning Xiaoling, who captured three people in one fell swoop, was afraid of being retaliated, so she always followed Lu Yuanhui obediently. Lu Yuanhui picked her up, and the little fox sank in like a loach, rolling happily.
"Xiao Ling, why are you here?" Lu Marian asked curiously.
Ning Xiaoling said: "I've been here for a long time."
Lu Marian said: "Then why don't you come to Guanli?"
Ning Xiaoling said weakly: "I am a fox, how can a monster go to a Taoist temple? If caught by a Taoist priest, he will never see his master and senior brother again... "
Lu Marry hugged her with infinite pity.
At night, Ning Jiujiu seduced Xiaoling out, and Zhao Xiang'er and Siming immediately surrounded her.
Ning Xiaoling was afraid and said: "Senior...Senior brother...what are you going to do? Xiaoling really didn't mean it!"
I saw three people surrounding her and casting spells. After the spell, Ningjiu said: "This is the art of forgetting. From now on, you won't remember anything about what happened during the day! Do you understand?"
Ning Xiaoling was stunned for a while, then stretched out her little paws, pretended to have amnesia and held her head, saying: "Hey, I really don't remember, senior brother is so awesome."
Since then, there has been a mascot in the temple.
Relying on everyone's favor, Ning Xiaoling jumped up and down in the temple, acting lawlessly, which caused Lu Marian to hit her with a lot of swords. She was dragged back by the tail several times before she finally behaved a little better.
Before you knew it, the final assessment began.
Everything is like going back to the beginning.
In the middle of the yard where the grass swayed, the tall trees were covered with snow-white flowers. The light shuttled between the leaves, and the green color after repeated refraction reflected on the ground, like paper cuts scattered all over the ground. Insects and birds are chirping, green grass is blooming, and spring is warm.
The three of them sat upright on the stone bench. Lu Marian held three pieces of snow-white paper in her hand and distributed them to them one by one.
The three of them took the pen and studied it and began to answer.
Ning Xiaoling lay in the shade of the tree, wagging her soft nine tails, looking at them with pure eyes.
Lu Marry closed her eyes slightly, looking calm.
Summer hasn't really arrived yet, but the air is filled with a strange heat. Three years have passed by in the blink of an eye, without realizing it. The handwriting on the paper is obviously so straight, but it still seems a little hasty. I don't know if it was an illusion, but under the sunlight, Zhao Xiang'er's appearance changed subtly. Her hair grew longer, her feet touched the grass, and her originally loose clothes became much tighter, with clear curves. She noticed something strange and raised her head slightly, only to see Ning Jiujiu looking at her.
They looked at each other and smiled, no longer young.
The three handed in the final answer sheet.
The summer cicada climbed up the branch unknowingly and hissed loudly. Ning Xiaoling climbed up the tree and caught the cicada, delaying the arrival of summer.
Lu Marry put away the scrolls. There were only three of them, but she kept arranging them neatly. She turned around and walked towards the temple where her master was.
In the bright light, Marry's back also looks like light.
They waited outside the door.
After a long time, the door opened again, and Lu Marry came out holding a scroll. Her face remained the same, but the corners of her eyes were slightly red.
"Okay, Master is done with the review." Lu Marian said calmly.
Ning Changjiu, Zhao Xiang'er, and Si Ming couldn't help but look at each other for a while, secretly competing, and they all came out on top.
Lu Marry distributed the three rolls of paper back.
The three of them took the scroll, and their faces showed joy and pride. However, after they unfolded the scroll, they were all stunned.
They all got full marks, and the papers also had the word "excellent" written by Master.
However, each person's stroke style of the word "you" is different. Ning Jiujiu's uprightness, Zhao Xianger's deviance, and Si Ming's flow, each has its own beauty.
"this… "
"What is this?" Zhao Xianger asked.
Lu Marion smiled and said, "You three are all Master's best disciples, and together we are called the Three Excellent Disciples."
The three of them held their own cards and looked at each other, not knowing whether it was a good ending or not.
Xiao Ling, who was under the shade of the tree, happily clapped her paws, but her paws were so fluffy that she couldn't make any sound.
After a brief silence, they laughed, their smiles warm.
Lu Marian stood aside, feeling that she was too incompetent as a senior sister. She had been making trouble for so long, and she still had less than thirty sword hearts...
"Senior sister!" Zhao Xiang'er waved and said, "We agreed that we are going for an outing."
Ning Jiujiu and Siming also looked at her expectantly.
Lu Marian smiled tenderly and said, "Okay, let's go to Dahe Town together and let Xiaoling show us the way."
Ning Xiaoling jumped to the front.
Looking outside the door, the breeze is pleasant.
They played and joked all the way along the field ridges, from one end to the other, until the mountain road wound up and they went nowhere, and then finally turned back.
Ning Xiaoling picked the most delicious fruit for them. After everyone finished eating the fruit, they buried the cores one by one and said they would come back next spring to see whose tree grew best.
Dusk is sinking.
The backs of the four people and one fox stretched longer and longer under the setting sun. They passed through the streets of Dahe Town and looked back under the stairs of the gate. Time seemed to have never passed, and the sight of green buckwheat was still in front of them.
In the gate, the Sanyou disciples folded the papers into small boats and sent them out along the stream, flowing into the distance.
The moon gradually rises.
They can all feel that the time of separation is coming.
A bonfire was lit in the yard.
"Let's play one last game." Lu Marian said.
"Senior sister, what kind of childish game are you going to play again?" Zhao Xiang'er asked, blinking.
Lu Marry said: "Let's hold hands and wait until the fire goes out and then open our eyes together, okay?"
Zhao Xiang'er laughed and said, "It is indeed another childish and boring game."
While she was talking, her arm was suddenly touched. She turned her head and saw Siming looking at her with a smile in the light of the bonfire, his eyes bright and moving.
Siming stretched out his hand, looked at her with a smile, and said softly: "Sister Xiaosan, aren't you willing?"
Zhao Xiang'er said angrily: "You are so young! You are only three!"
Seeing her cute appearance, Siming laughed so hard that he couldn't help but reach out to rub her hair.
"Don't move..." Zhao Xiang'er resisted her attack and waited for an opportunity to launch a counterattack.
Ning Changchun and Lu Marry watched across the bonfire. She walked gently to her side, stretched out her hand and said, "Senior Sister Marry?"
Lu Marian looked at him, laughed softly, and said, "I won't be involved with you. You have annoyed me too much these years."
Ning Jiujiu took the initiative to hold her hand and said, "There are still many, many years left."
Lu Marry's soft hand was held tightly by him and she couldn't break free.
Zhao Xiang'er and Siming stopped fighting and looked at Ning Changjiu together, waiting for his other hand to make a choice.
Lu Marion smiled and said mockingly: "I think even if you have three heads and six arms, it won't be enough for you to be a prostitute on weekdays!"
In the end, Zhao Xiang'er held the other hand justifiably. Siming smiled and handed his hand to Zhao Xiang'er. Zhao Xiang'er hesitated and reached out, and his fingertips touched hers. After they gently separated, After pinching it again, the hands of the two enemies who often quarreled finally held each other's hands.
Ning Xiaoling also stretched out her small paws, and Lu Marry and Si Ming each held one. Ning Xiaoling was very happy. She looked at the bonfire, closed her eyes, and silently made a wish.
Everyone closed their eyes and sat quietly beside the bonfire.
The bright moon emerges.
Moonlight is like water, and so is time.
The bonfire dwindled.
The summer cicada climbed up the big tree and screamed with all its strength. The heaven and earth seemed to react. Suddenly, thunder exploded and fell from the sky. There was a loud crash and heavy rain poured down.
The flames burned fiercely in the face of the heavy rain, but there was no sign of anyone beside the bonfire.
The fire went out alone, and the temple remained claustrophobic.
I can only watch the seeds they planted break out and sprout amid the thunder.
…
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When Lu Marry woke up, the night sky outside was clear and the stars were clear.
Three years of spring and autumn have passed in the dream, and one night has not passed since I woke up.
Lu Marry wore thin clothes and stepped lightly on the ground.
Ning Xiaoling seemed to be alarmed, her body trembled slightly, showing signs of waking up.
Lu Marry held her heart lightly.
Everything last night seemed like a dream but not a dream.
Huang Liang woke up from the dream, everything was as before, and the flying pictures lingered in the sea of consciousness, lingering.
Feeling sad if you gain, feeling sad if you lose.
Lu Marian could feel the heart of her sword. In the heart of the sword, more than thirty swords lay quietly. It confirmed the reality of the fairy woman. It was a pity that she failed to live up to her expectations and failed to seize this opportunity, even if In the end, it still failed to make everyone truly harmonious.
She had an intuition that she would never be able to enter this dream again.
The senior sister who has been a senior sister for three years seems to have gained nothing except holding a ruler and showing off her power and prestige.
But she did not regret the choices she made in the dream. No matter how severe she looked, her heart was always soft. If she could do it all over again, she might still dream like this one night.
Lu Marion stood at the window, the cool breeze ruffling her hair. She watched the stars fade away and the sun rise from the horizon.
When she walked out of the door, Liu Junzhuo was standing outside the courtyard. She held her sword in her arms, looked at Lu Wenwen, smiled slightly, and said good morning.
Lu Marry returned the greeting softly, and then asked: "Mr. Second, did you sleep well last night?"
Liu Junzhuo smiled and said: "Well, thank you Miss Lu for the hospitality. I don't know when the sect master will come out. When sect leader Si comes out, I want to ask her about the two swords."
Lu Jiaojiu said: "Second sir, please be patient. The sect leader did not clearly state the date of the mountain."
"Really?" Liu Junzhuo asked softly.
Lu Marry asked in confusion: "What do you mean by this, sir?"
Liu Junzhuo waved his hand and said, "Okay, stop pretending, I already know that Si Ming is not in the sect now, right?"
Lu Marian frowned slightly and said, "Sir... what did you say?"
Liu Junzhuo said: "I looked outside Jiuyou Palace for a long time last night, but I didn't notice any powerful fluctuations in spiritual power. A strong man like Si Ming, even if he is in seclusion, will definitely have some connection with the heaven and earth. I'm so close, there's no way I can't detect any trace."
Lu Marian said without changing her expression: "Second Sir, you don't know something. The sect master is in seclusion in the Nether Palace."
"Oh? Really?" Liu Junzhuo looked into Lu Marian's eyes and said, "Miss Lu is good-looking, and she can also tell beautiful lies."
Lu Marian was a little angry. She said coldly: "The second gentleman is a guest. I am accepting the guests on behalf of the sect master. Is there anything wrong with the reception? Why does the girl talk like this?"
Liu Junzhuoxu held the sword in his arms, his body full of sword intent. Lu Marian took half a step back involuntarily.
"Actually, before I met Miss Lu, I once thought about the kind of woman who defeated the Seventh Junior Brother... At that time, I couldn't figure it out." Liu Junzhuo looked at her and said, "Now that I have met her, I was unexpected, but I feel... It makes sense, this feeling... is very subtle."
Lu Marry listened quietly, her voice became colder, and said, "Sir, please speak directly if you have anything to say."
"Okay." Liu Junzhuo responded and said, "I will definitely get my sword back, but it will never be in vain. In this way, we can make a bet."
Lu Marian asked: "What are you betting on?"
Liu Junzhuo said: "I broke a willow tree into a sword and brought it down to your level. If you can catch the three swords, I will give you the sword and the crown. I will go back to the pavilion alone to receive the punishment. If you can't catch it, you will give the sword to you." How about returning the crown to me, and I will give you three more peerless classics as compensation?"
There is a huge gap between the Purple Court Realm and the Five Paths. Even if they are in this realm, their understanding of the way of swordsmanship and the magic of their sword moves are completely different.
What's more, she is the second disciple of Jiange.
Lu Marion shouldn't have any chance of winning.
But maybe it was because of the dream she had in Spring and Autumn that she still hadn't finished it. Lu Marry just hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Okay, as Mr. Er said."