"Jiuqi." Kerian secretly reached out and grabbed Li Xin who was walking in front.
Li Xin glanced back at him and signaled to speak if she had something to say.
Perhaps Kerian didn't notice it himself. After several months of returning to the southern and western continents, his whole person slowly sank, and the implied impetuousness and timidity gradually fell from his body.
Once, this beautiful blond boy wore a mask of excellent grades and an easy-going personality on the outside, but in his bones there was still a childish indifference and cunning.
And since this time, he has become more and more mature at a speed visible to the naked eye. It became real, long, and gentle. The sharp edges and corners hidden under the skin were gathered up, put into the body, and slowly forged into tough bones.
For example, now, Augus and Marian are walking side by side, if it was the former Kerian, he would never come over to talk to Li Xin like he is now. One is not afraid, and the other is he is holding it.
Corian leaned closer and muttered, "You know what we're going to do?"
There was a faint trace of worry on the face of the young Junxiu: "...I have a feeling that it is not very good."
Li Xin slowly stretched out her hand, thought for a while, patted his arm, and said lightly, "Let's go."
Corian was stunned. This was the first time he had received "care" from Li Xin, and he was even more panicked for no reason, and his mind was in a mess.
Augus took a big step, and in an instant, his figure was about to disappear on the corner of the street. Li Xin immediately followed quickly.
Corian hugged the patted arm and stepped up in a trance. At that moment, it felt soft and warm on the arm.
Iron... Tenderness
Fortunately, Li Xin, who was in front of him, didn't know what he was thinking.
A few months later, the old wisteria flowers have faded, and the green vines bear tiny reddish fruits.
There are fallen leaves and ripe berries on the ground.
Li Xin chose a short distance and stopped.
When Augus walked towards the yard, a plump and round fruit fell, and a small circle of pink juice splashed on the ground.
The fruit rolled silently for a few times and was stepped on by Augus' black boots, turning it into a flat cake of mud.
“Boom… boom… boom…”
The sound of Augus knocking on the door.
Li Xin turned back to look at Kerian, he was completely lost, staring blankly at the courtyard gate, not knowing what he was thinking.
Li Xin found that Marian's eyes were also on him, and there was worry and helplessness in the lake-green eyes.
"Teacher." Li Xin whispered.
When Marian heard the sound, she met Li Xin's calm and gentle black eyes and forced a smile to her.
"Squeak..."
The courtyard door was pulled open from the inside, and the little boy in the gray padded jacket stuck his head out, his delicate face was expressionless, and he only stared at the four of them coldly and unkindly with a pair of icy blue eyes.
Then, his icy gaze stopped when he passed Li Xin and stared at her for a while.
Seeing him come out, Augus took a step back, bowed slightly and said, "I dare to disturb you."
The little boy's eyes were drawn back by his voice, he glanced at him, retracted his head without saying a word, and turned away.
The courtyard door with only one line left open trembled slightly.
Augus cautiously raised his hand, raised his staff, and slowly approached, reaching out and pushing open the door.
Li Xin followed behind him, raised her head and glanced at the courtyard through the gap.
All green.
The last time I came here, Li Xin was still impressed by the appearance of this courtyard.
However, the scene in front of me now seems to be decades away from before.
The vines that looked like closed palms had completely occupied the entire courtyard. The original house in the middle of the courtyard was wrapped in green net-like vines, and the grid revealed a star-shattered taupe.
The ground was also covered with vines, and the gaps were dotted with withered and yellow weeds.
"crunch-"
As Augs stretched out his hand and pushed open the courtyard door, rustling sawdust kept falling down immediately.
Augs stepped in first.
Li Xin immediately followed.
The sound of the cloth rubbing against the withered grass and vines was dry and brittle, with a constant "click".
Without seeing the ground, Li Xin walked one step deeper and one step shallower at first, but when she saw the relaxed pace of Augustus in front of her, she thought for a moment, and when she raised her air, she floated up and stepped on the vine step by step. walk above.
The air is very quiet, except for the footsteps of a few people, there is no other sound.
Augus stood in the middle of the yard, outside the house wrapped in vines, and stared at the house with his hands behind his back, his smoky gray eyes dignified.
Li Xin silently stood behind him. Then came Marianne and Corian.
After a long while, Augus waved his hand and rolled out a fire dragon, and the flames jumped up, burning the clumps of vines wrapped around the house. Ashes fell on the corridor, a dark layer of accumulation.
After the vines were burnt out, the wrapped house was exposed. Dilapidated, cobwebbed and dusty.
Augus stepped forward and stepped on the wooden ladder in front of the house. The long-term disrepair of the ladder immediately made an overwhelmed "creaky" sound.
Li Xin was about to follow, when suddenly a "di" sounded in her ear.
Private chat information.
After a pause, Li Xin muted the sound, then forgot about it and continued to move forward. No matter what, I will wait for the current copy to come out.
Augus, who was in front of him, had already walked onto the porch of the house, standing at the door of the house, ready to go in.
"Ogg..." Marianne called out worriedly.
Augers turned back, his tense expression warmed slightly when he met her gaze, and his smoky gray eyes gave her a soothing look.
Then, he turned around and tentatively pushed open the door in front of him.
Li Xin was very close, and stared at the old, gray-black stained wooden door little by little, and the dust visible to the naked eye floated up and down in the air.
The moment Augus opened the door, there was a movement of dodging to one side, in case something dangerous came out from inside.
However, there was nothing, and the black hole inside the door could not be seen clearly, and there was no change. There was still silence all around.
After waiting for a while, and looking at Li Xin, Augus closed the black robe behind his waist, raised his staff to the front, and the tip of the staff shone with a silvery white light. Immediately, he walked towards the door in a coherent manner and stepped into the wooden house.
Li Xin followed closely.
The shining white light of the staff dimly illuminates the furnishings in the house, the round tables, benches, sofas, candlesticks on the cabinets…
The shadows of people and things are drawn long and overlap under the feet.
The ground is thick with dust, and the air smells of old and decadent.
"Cough..."
Kerian, who was behind, didn't know what to turn over, and was choked by the splashed dust and coughed.
Li Xin glanced back and saw that Marianne was by his side, so she focused on following behind Augus.
After walking around this room, which should be regarded as the living room, Augus crossed the corridor and tried to go to other rooms.
Li Xin looked around cautiously, and noticed that there were chandeliers hanging on one side of the porch, reflecting the light on Augus' staff round and round, twinkling like high-hanging eyes.
The kitchen… the lounge… the utility room.
Including the living room, there are four rooms on the first floor. After walking all over, Augus stood on the porch for a moment and walked up the stairs to the second floor.
There was silence all the way, as if afraid of disturbing anything. Since entering this room, neither Augus nor Marianne said a word.
The old wooden ladder squeaked like singing, Li Xin lowered her head and stepped on the footprints left by Augus to go up.
The corridor on the second floor is very narrow, and there are only two doors on the corridor, one on the left and one on the right.
Augus glanced at it and walked to the right.
Li Xin followed him silently.
The two stopped at the door.
The white light was warm and moist, Li Xin stood behind Augus with sharp eyes and saw a house number hanging on the door with words on it.
The word is not a common language in the mainland, and Li Xin does not know it.
Augus stood in front of the door, staring at the sect for a long time, holding a staff in one hand, fingers in the other, slowly approaching the door panel, and knocking lightly.
Except for the billowing dust that fell on the door with the vibration, there was no other reaction.
Augus waited for a while, and finally took a step forward and pushed hard with his hand.
"Ding."
The rusted cleats fell to the ground.
The door opened silently, and Augus' body was tense as he walked in slowly with his staff.
The house is not big, and it looks like a bedroom.
In the dimness, Li Xin almost immediately saw a figure sitting with his back to them on the bed in the middle of the room, his fingers clenched holding the staff.
Augus obviously saw it too, and his movements stopped, slowly passing the light of the staff.
The figure with its back to them remained motionless.
Gray jacket, blond hair.
It's that little boy.
Augus turned around and made a gesture to Li Xin to step back, while he stepped closer to the edge of the bed step by step.
"What's wrong...?" Seeing Li Xin standing at the door, Kerian asked silently behind him.
Li Xin turned slightly to let them in.
Augus had already walked less than half a meter away from the bed.
Marianne saw the situation clearly, frowned her slender brows, stretched out her hand and pushed Lixin and Corian, motioning them to exit the door, then turned and walked quickly towards Augus.
When Marianne walked over, Augus' palm was on the shoulder of the man sitting on the bed.
"Ogg, can you be more cautious..." Marianne said in an unpleasant voice.
"Crack."
"Be careful!" Augus shouted.
Great white light.
At the moment when the little boy's icy silver eyes suddenly turned around, Li Xin at the door dragged Kerian back and quickly retreated.
"Boom-"
The whole house is collapsing.
Li Xin quickly deployed the newly learned skill [Light Barrier], and the transparent shield firmly embraced the fallen plank and rubble, protecting the two of them to rush out.
"Boom—"
In front of him was all ashes and objects that were constantly being overwhelmed, and he couldn't see anything clearly. Li Xin could only rush out based on memory, kicking a piece of the huge wooden board that fell down, and at the same time, the whole body slammed outward - finally the sky was bright.
The two-story wooden building collapsed behind him.
Li Xin let go of her hand, and was about to go up to check on the situation of the two of them, when suddenly her body froze.
The hand I was holding just now... not right.
Too soft and too slender. It was a hand that never belonged to a teenager.
Li Xin jumped out on the spot and instantly opened a distance of several meters.
"Giggle... Sister, why are you running, I won't hit you." The little girl said with a smile in her soft and ethereal voice.