There was no candlelight in the Hades Hall, so it looked blurry.
Ning stood outside the palace door for a long time, looking at the figure with his back turned to him, and his slightly nervous mood relaxed.
Having learned the lesson from his mistake in admitting Shao Xiaoli, Ning Jiujiu quietly opened the Taiyin Eye and outlined the girl's snow-white figure in the sea of consciousness.
It was Ning Xiaoling.
At the third watch of the night, Ning Xiaoling put on Lu Married's clothes meticulously. She stood upright, holding a scale. She should be preparing tomorrow's medicine for her master. Ning Jiujiu didn't know if she was aware of her arrival.
A spot appeared on the moon, so the time of the third watch was more accurately timed. When he walked into the temple, from a worldly perspective, the moon's spot stopped right there.
"Three coins of angelica..."
Ning Xiaoling muttered softly and put the scale down.
In the lingering sound of 'Angelica', Ning Jiujiu quietly walked into the hall and walked towards the snow-white blurred figure.
He saw a porcelain white vase on the table. In the vase were deep crimson flowers with petals as thin as needles. Ning Jiujiu recognized that kind of flower.
He stood quietly behind her, looking at the girl's busy figure, the string bow at the end of her long hair flickering in his eyes.
Ning Jiujiu couldn't help but recall the way she looked at him secretly for the first time when she woke up in the other courtyard. At that time, there was a light between them and the candlestick was crackling.
"Senior brother, what are you doing standing still?" Ning Xiaoling said suddenly.
Ning Changjiu's expression moved slightly. He knew that it was his junior sister who was urging him, so he got closer and made a final confirmation in a soft voice: "What do you want from me, junior sister?"
Ning Xiaoling said: "Call senior brother to come over, of course you will help me."
Ning Jiujiu asked: "How can I help?"
Ning Xiaoling put down the thin silver scale in her hand, opened the drawer, and took out a brand new scale.
She held the slender scale beam and handed it to Ning Changjiu, saying, "Of course I'm going to use this?"
"Use this?" Ning Jiujiu frowned, staring at the straight scale with accurate scale and suitable length. He also glanced at Ning Xiaoling's watery eyes. He didn't fall for the junior sister's deception and immediately helped her weigh it. Got medicinal materials.
"Where's the prescription?" Ning Changjiu asked.
Ning Xiaoling frowned slightly and remained calm. She took out the prescription and handed it to Ning Changjiu.
Ning Changjiu accompanied her and weighed the medicine according to the dosage on the prescription.
"Why do you need to pack so many bags?" Ning Changjiu looked at the delicately folded medical bags and asked.
Ning Xiaoling said seriously: "Because you are leaving soon, Master will definitely go with you. If Xiaoling is gone in the future, you are clumsy and you will definitely not be able to figure out the medicine."
Ning Changjiu smiled and said, "Xiao Ling is the clumsy one, right? When I poured tea for Lu Marian, the tea was poured outside, and Marian guessed that it was me who tied the bandage for her."
While weighing the medicine, Ning Xiaoling tilted her head slightly and fell into memories: "But that was Xiaoling four years ago. At that time, I was two years behind my senior brother. Now four years have passed, and I..."
"Of course there is still a difference of two years." Ning Jiujiu gently knocked her head and said: "At that time, Lu Yuanbai asked you who was more beautiful, Marry or Xiang'er. You said that they were eight years apart and that they would meet again after eight years. "Bi, four years have passed, and Xiaoling's arithmetic level is still as high as ever."
"Is it still two years apart?" Ning Xiaoling blinked her watery eyes, but a smile appeared on her pale pink lips. When she smiled, she showed her sharp fangs, like a little fox: "It doesn't matter. As long as Xiaoling keeps growing up, he can always catch up with senior brother in age, right?"
"How can we catch up?" Ning Jiujiu thought Xiaoling was really stupid.
"Keep chasing, chase until you are old, chase until you die, don't you just catch up? If you can't catch up, keep chasing..." Ning Xiaoling said leisurely: "Of course, senior brother is an immortal, Xiaoling may really chase him for the rest of his life. I won’t fuck you.”
Ning looked into her eyes for a long time and listened to her words, with sadness welling up in his heart. Only then did he realize that he was the one who was stupid.
"Senior brother will never abandon you." Ning Jiujiu said seriously.
"Yeah." Ning Xiaoling nodded obediently and said, "But... But what if I can never leave the Netherworld Kingdom again?"
Ning Jiujiu said: "Then I will come to you just like now."
Ning Xiaoling whispered: "But Three Thousand Worlds is in the Western Kingdom. The whole middle-earth spans between us. Senior brother went to the Western Kingdom and probably doesn't want to come back. I can't steal Sister Xiang'er."
Ning Jiujiu asked: "Don't you have any trust in senior brother?"
Ning Xiaoling shook her head decisively: "No."
Ning Jiujiu asked helplessly: "What does Xiaoling want to do?"
Ning Xiaoling's eyes moved slightly, and she smiled and said, "Otherwise, senior brother, will you marry us in the Kingdom of the Underworld?"
"Huh? Marrying in?"
"Yes, you have to change your surname after getting married. From now on, senior brother will be named Ning."
"...Junior sister is really good at giving ideas."
"That's right, I've made all the arrangements."
Ning Xiaoling lowered her head and smiled. She continued to prepare the medicine. The sleeves were a bit too long for her, which hindered her when preparing the medicine.
Ning Jiujiu noticed it and rolled up her sleeves little by little, revealing her white wrists.
Ning Xiaoling was moved, but she heard Ning Jiujiu say: "Don't wear clothes that don't fit."
Ning Xiaoling bit her lip and said, "Shut up, if you keep talking, Xiaoling will expel you from the Ning family!"
Ning Changjiu smiled and begged for mercy, saying: "Xiao Ling really gets more and more fierce as he grows older."
"Always very fierce!" Ning Xiaoling said faintly: "Senior brother will see it later."
The two of them packed the medicine together. They packed more than sixty packets in total, which was enough for two months.
"By the way, where did Master go?" Ning Changjiu asked.
"Master is sleeping inside." Ning Xiaoling said, "Although the moon has come out, Master still seems very tired."
Ning Xiaoling said this and asked, "Where did Sister Yuanniang and Siming go?"
Ning Changjiu said: "Tomorrow they will officially enter the Golden Crow Kingdom. I... let them have a good night's rest."
Ning Xiaoling smiled and said, "Then senior brother came to see me?"
Ning Jiujiu said helplessly: "If you ask again, I will expel myself right now."
"Okay, okay, Xiaoling, I won't ask anymore." Ning Xiaoling's eyes were full of smiles.
After packing the medicine bag, the two of them went to the inner hall together and glanced at the master from a distance.
The person keeping vigil tonight is Jiuyou.
Jiuyou sat beside the bed, staring at Ye Chan Palace, completely forgetting himself.
Ye Changong was lying on her side on the bed, with the snow-white quilt covering half of her young cheeks. She was holding a pillow in her arms, making her body look even thinner.
They retreated quietly.
"Let's go for a walk." Ning Xiaoling said.
Ning Jiujiu nodded in agreement.
The two of them went to the Kingdom of Netherworld.
The Kingdom of Netherworld has regained a lot of vitality. The bones on the roadside have completely disappeared and are covered with gray grass. Many houses have been built in the meantime, and the people of Netherworld live in them.
They crossed the mountain and came to the black sea of flowers.
Ning Xiaoling slightly lifted the loose skirt. Under her skirt, the petals swayed in the thin light, like the tide flowing over her ankles.
"Isn't the Kingdom of Hades beautiful now?" Ning Xiaoling asked.
"Yes, Xiaoling is really a wise king." Ning Jiujiu said.
"Again, sarcasm?"
"No, sincerely."
Ning Xiaoling and Ning Changjiu sat down in the sea of flowers.
"Senior brother left this time, when will he come back?" Ning Xiaoling asked.
"I don't know either." Ning sighed for a long time: "I don't dare to make any promises."
"Then..." Ning Xiaoling opened her mouth and said, "Remember to come back anyway, otherwise I will be sad."
"Well, I will definitely come back." Ning Jiujiu nodded.
"Hey, look, is that cat in front of you... listening?" Ning Xiaoling suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure on the hillside.
Ning Jiujiu also looked over and said, "It seems so..."
When they reached the hillside, the Fish King was lazily lying on a rock, quietly enjoying the evening breeze.
"Why are you here?"
The Fish King opened one eye and looked at them.
Ning Xiaoling said: "Me, my senior brother and I went out for a walk to find inspiration for defeating the Dark Lord."
The Fish King looked at her clothes and thought they looked familiar, so he asked, "Isn't this..."
"Shut up!" Ning Xiaoling interrupted: "This... these are new clothes. I accidentally bought them too big."
The Fish King nodded, indicating that he really believed it.
Ning looked at it for a long time and said with a smile: "When you first entered King Zhao's city, weren't you in high spirits? Why are you so frightened now when you meet Bai Zang?"
The Fish King said: "Monsters and beasts are born to restrain each other. Rats are afraid of cats, centipedes are afraid of tigers, and poisonous snakes are afraid of eagles... The tiger is our king, and it is not shameful for cats to be afraid of tigers."
Ning Jiujiu said: "This is not like you."
Fish King said: "Then what do you think looks like me?"
Ning Jiujiu said: "I heard from my junior sister that when you were in Yishang Street, you lost all your demon power and fought desperately to survive. You were fierce until you closed your eyes."
"It's just the occasional cruelty, everyone has it." The Fish King sighed. It opened its eyes like a dead fish and looked at the ancient country of the netherworld. "Like the restraint of blood, there is another thing that is also engraved in the bones." Yes, that is old age and death..."
Ning Xiaoling looked shocked and looked at it, with a bad feeling in her heart.
"Are you... old?" Ning asked after a while.
"I am over 1,700 years old. No matter which ethnic group I am placed in, I am very old... I am very old." The Fish King lay on his back tiredly and said: "Of course, at this age, you immortals The immortal immortal may not be aware of it.”
But it was just an ordinary demon at first.
No matter how legendary its life is, it is just an ordinary monster.
Over the years, it has often felt sleepy and tired for no reason, and it doesn't know how long its body can last.
Ning Xiaoling felt sad and asked softly: "Tingting, you... are you leaving?"
"Of course not now." The Fish King yawned and said, "As long as I live well, it shouldn't be a problem to live for another hundred years."
Ning Xiaoling hummed softly, and thought of Yu Jin again. Yu Jin... probably didn't know anything yet, maybe she was still looking for her lost sisters and cats every day.
The Fish King also thought about the past and said: "If we just talk about death, I should have died many times... The one who held the fish bucket by the pond on a rainy night is already dead, and the one who stood on the tower and yelled is also dead. Even after they died, I only survived to this day with their incomplete will.”
Ning Jiujiu had a deep understanding and said: "I have similar thoughts, but... what is the will that supports you?"
The Fish King thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's to break the cage. This is the promise I made to a fish."
Ning Changjiu said: "There are countless cages among all spirits."
The Fish King said: "Just break the tangible ones."
Ning Jiujiu raised his head and said, "Then there are only the last two steps left."
One is the Kingdom of God, and the other is the Dark Lord.
"Yes." The Fish King looked into his eyes and said, "Unfortunately, my abilities are limited and I am destined to die with regrets, but you must be different."
Ning Jiujiu also looked into its eyes.
The fish king's hair is very long and white, and it looks very cute, but its pupils can't hide the feeling of vicissitudes of life, but Ning Jiujiu can clearly see that there is still a light that cannot be hidden in the tired eyes. And the unquenched fire, no one knows whether they will extinguish in the next hundred years or whether they will burst out again one day and burn the world.
"thank you for your good wishes."
Ning Jiujiu said sincerely.
The Fish King stood up leisurely and walked forward along the ridge, "I won't disturb you anymore. Don't worry, I am a good cat and will keep your secrets."
Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling looked at each other, smiled at each other, stood on the ridge, and waved goodbye to the Fish King.
They walked through the sea of black swaying flowers and walked towards the more desolate mountains.
The barren mountain is deathly silent, with broken monuments piled up and green grass and wild flowers growing there. Further ahead is the lake in the Kingdom of Hades. It is a black lake with no end in sight. It is said that it is connected to the Sea of Reincarnation.
Ning Xiaoling stood in front of the lake, opening her arms as if she wanted to embrace the entire lake.
Ning stood behind her for a long time and could feel the joy in the girl's heart.
At a certain moment, Ning Xiaoling suddenly put down her arms and said in a cold voice: "Disciple, what are you bringing me here to do as a master?"
Ning Xiaoling wore Lu Wenwen's clothes and imitated Lu Wenwen's look. When she glanced back, she looked dignified and elegant, but her smile contained the unique charm of a little fox.
"What do you mean?" Ning Changjiu asked with a smile.
"Presumptuous!" Ning Xiaoling said majestically: "If you dare to take a step forward again, you will have to follow the rules of the master."
Ning Jiujiu pretended to be afraid: "What are the rules?"
Ning Xiaoling said: "Of course I'll take care of my senior brother... no, I'll take you, the evil disciple... ah!"
Before she finished speaking, Ning Xiaoling exclaimed. She fell on the soft sand, and the face she thought about day and night was so close.
"Junior sister, you stole Master's clothes and pretended to be her. This is a treasonous intention." Ning Jiujiu said seriously: "Master is not here tonight, so I should be the one to punish you."
"Hey..." Ning Xiaoling managed to hold on and said, "You, you evil disciple, how dare you do this... Huh, sister, I will punish you severely."
The water of the lake laps at the beach, ebbing and flowing.
Ning Jiujiu and Ning Xiaoling were still entangled on the beach, having all kinds of nonsensical conversations.
Sometimes they are masters and apprentices, sometimes they are siblings, sometimes they are brothers...
For a moment, Ning Xiaoling's petite and charming body was picked up, and the lake water rose at the same time, like a hand, sweeping away the clothes that fell on the beach. The snow-white clothes were like a piece of snow that would never melt. , gradually disappearing on the lake.
Ning Xiaoling once again recalled the first time she saw her senior brother and the rain in the Imperial City.
The only difference is that she is no longer the girl hiding under the eaves of the rainstorm, listening to the patter of rain falling with fear.
She seemed to have become the demon fox that dominated the imperial city, and the floating clouds all over the sky were her fox tail spread out.
Let the rain fall a little harder, a little harder... break through the roof tiles, break through the wooden boards, break through the entire imperial city, and make the girl hiding under the eaves dripping with pain.
A little bigger...
The girl seemed to be standing on the clouds of heavy rain, crying. The wind and rain depended on her will.
As a result, this Netherworld Divine Kingdom also sensed it, and the whole world changed with her thoughts. The sea of black flowers swayed and sang in the strong wind, and the black clouds in the sky moved together and turned into all kinds of strange shapes. The water of the Black Lake sometimes rises and sometimes remains strangely still.
She is the monarch of Hades, and she is everything in Hades.
Ning Jiujiu also has a sense of accomplishment that he is making a difference in the whole world!
When the lake water came in, the red color like a flower was instantly diluted and swept away.
The kingdom of Hades gradually became brighter.
When the mind reached its peak, the clouds in the sky finally gathered into rain.
The torrential rain poured down like a torrent, seeming to penetrate the entire world.
Heihu sent the clothes back as he wished.
The two of them lay on the beach, looking at each other's eyes, and filled with quiet joy.
"It's raining so hard, Xiaoling is so powerful." Ning Changjiu raised his head, looked at the falling rain lines, and sighed.
"Don't laugh at Xiaoling anymore..." Ning Xiaoling put on her clothes and curled up in his arms.
While they were still talking, the sky above suddenly became darker, and the falling raindrops disappeared.
"Has the rain stopped?" Ning Xiaoling asked.
Ning didn't answer for a long time.
Ning Xiaoling poked her head out of her clothes and saw a blue-grey face and countless slender bamboo joints.
"This is… "
Ning Xiaoling was stunned for a moment before reacting.
umbrella!
An umbrella went over their heads.
"Marry... why are you here?" Ning Jiujiu woke up.
Ning Xiaoling felt that her mind went blank and she wanted to faint.
Lu Marian held an umbrella and looked down at the figures on the beach calmly. She looked at the white dress, frowned, and asked, "This dress looks familiar. Did Xiaoling buy it new?"
Ning Xiaoling didn't know how to answer.
Ning Jiujiu hesitated and said, "This is the wedding dress."
"Wedding dress..."
This pun made Lu Marry slightly startled, "Humph, you are so eloquent!"
Ning wanted to reply with the same idiom for a long time, but after thinking about it, he still didn't dare.
Lu Marian held an umbrella in one hand and held it behind her back with the other, saying: "One of the rules of the Yujian Tianzong is that it is not allowed for disciples to fall in love with each other. Have you forgotten?"
Ning Xiaoling suddenly realized: "Oh, so it's okay between master and disciple!"
"Xiao Ling!" Lu Jieyou was slightly annoyed.
Ning Xiaoling said aggrievedly: "Master, didn't we all agree in private... Why are you still here..."
"Agree in private?" Now it was Ning Jiujiu's turn to be stunned.
How can you say hello in advance for something like this
Lu Marion became even more angry and hesitated: "I, when did I make an agreement with you?"
Ning Xiaoling said: "Anyway, Master has a promise, so Xiaoling is not allowed to be punished."
Lu Marian nodded and said, "I just said I won't be punished because of that, but Xiaoling dared to steal Master's clothes because of theft..."
"Xiao Ling is wrong, Xiao Ling never dares to do it again." Ning Xiaoling surrendered immediately and got into the arms of her senior brother.
The heavy rain gradually subsided.
The sky gradually became brighter.
Ye Changong stood up in his clothes and looked at the rain falling in front of the palace.
After a long time, she saw the three figures who came back together.
"Disciple has met Master."
The three of them bowed politely, and Ye Changong returned the bow gently.
"Where have you been?" Ye Changong asked a rare question.
"Understand the mind."
"Look at the lake."
"Send an umbrella."
The three people said in unison.
In a slightly awkward atmosphere, they quietly exchanged glances and glared at each other.
Ye Changong didn't ask any further questions. She walked back to the palace and glanced at the calendar placed on the table.
Today is November 4th.
"How long will it take for the Golden Crow Kingdom to be finally completed?" Ye Changong asked.
Ning Changjiu said: "Five days."
Ye Changong said: "In those five days, we will set off together to Guhuang."
"Guhuang?" Ning asked for a long time: "Are you sure it is there?"
"Yeah." Ye Changong didn't explain more.
After the moon became more visible, her abilities recovered a lot and she could see more things.
Since the moon opened a hole, the fifth brother has obviously become unstoppable. Every other night, the moon will be brighter. It will not take too long for the moon to see the sky again.
The accidents were gradually erased, and everything slowly returned to the right track.
Ning Jiujiu had a hunch that Gu Huang would be the final destination of this trip to China.
In the next few days, they seized almost every moment to practice. The territory of the Golden Crow Kingdom expanded toward the invisible border, and the red sun falling in the center transmitted its light to farther places.
Entering the Kingdom of God went smoothly.
The words "Xue Porcelain Palace" have been replaced. Si Ming entered it and slowly established a sense of everything around him.
Lu Marion's palace was just built, so it looked much simpler. It could only be repaired when there was enough time in the future.
Although Lu Yuai was dissatisfied, her palace was closer to the main palace, and the identity of the deputy king of the Kingdom of God sounded stronger than that of the priest, so she didn't care too much.
In this way, they also went into seclusion in the Golden Crow Kingdom.
This level is not too long.
They arrived one day ahead of schedule.
The fourth day, night.
Ning Xiaoling prepared the medicine for Ye Changong and came out when she saw the golden light rising up on the ridgeline in front of her.
The sun seemed to rise right in front of me.
Ye Changong drank the medicine, walked out slowly, and looked at the sun.
Their eyes were all illuminated golden.
On the steps, Bai Zang, who had nothing to do and had been playing with Jiuyou for several days, also opened her eyes. She transformed into the form of a girl, and the molten silver dress and quilt were also reflected in golden color.
Maybe... is there really a chance
Bai Zang thought so.
…
The spot-like moon cuts into the human world.
In the infinite ruins of Guhuang, an old man with a broken arm floated like a zombie. His body was filled with black energy, as if there was a whole dark cloud hidden inside.
He kept the gesture of holding the sword, but the sword was no longer in his hand.
He was floating in the ancient ruins, unconscious, as if he was looking for something, and seemed to be waiting for something.
Suddenly, he looked toward the southeast.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but a beam of light lit up there...
It was October 8th, half a month before the disciples of Jiange left the Seventy-Three Cave Heaven.