Grabbing the gift box in his hand, Lin Xin quickly chased after him. He remembered Xiao Lingling's stone house.
In the dark night, the freezing rain hit his face along the direction of the rushing wind, which was icy cold and biting to the bone.
There is no one in Tingjian Valley in the dark night, only the dark or bright stone houses sit quietly, there is no big movement.
The rain was splashing, hitting the grass between the stone houses, making a soft rustling sound.
Lin Xin quickly came to Xiao Lingling's stone house, and saw that the door of the stone house had just been opened, and Xiao Lingling was about to enter and close the door.
He stepped up in a few strides, and put his hand against the stone door.
"Lingling, what's the matter with you?" He grabbed Xiao Lingling's hand with his other hand.
"It's nothing... Brother Lin, it's really nothing." Xiao Lingling lowered her head and muttered.
"Then why did you give me all the pills?" Lin Xin said in a deep voice.
Xiao Lingling was silent and did not reply.
The two stood at the door for a long time, Xiao Lingling slowly withdrew her hand from Lin Xin's.
"Brother Lin... I... hurt my internal organs... I hurt too much. The senior sister of Dantang said that the cultivation base is estimated, and there is no way to improve it...."
She spoke in a very soft voice.
"Those pills are useless to me... It's better to give it to you, Brother Lin, than to put it on me, a useless person."
"Cultivation..." Lin Xin was taken aback.
"Well... I'm going to leave the sect soon and go back to my hometown..." Xiao Lingling raised her head and smiled palely, but somewhat reluctantly.
"From now on, Brother Lin will take care of himself..."
Lin Xin was speechless for a while.
He knew what cultivation meant to Xiao Lingling, but now that her cultivation has been abolished, it means that Xiao Lingling's future hope is gone. If the masters of the inner family go back, they can rest easy in small places, but for the Prince Yu's mansion. In the core area of the Song Dynasty, there are like clouds of masters, and there are only one family in the district. It's not much different from ordinary Jianghu people, not to mention everywhere, but it's not unusual.
"Brother Lin...you..." Xiao Lingling opened her mouth, wanting to say something else.
"Okay." Lin Xin interrupted her suddenly.
"In a few days. Pack up and go back to the family with me." His tone was unusually calm at this time,
"??" Xiao Lingling was stunned, she didn't expect Lin Xin to say this suddenly.
"But I..."
"If you run, your leg will be broken." Lin Xin grabbed her hand and pulled her in front of him. Wrap around her waist. He calmly looked into Xiao Lingling's eyes.
"If you run, I'll break your legs, tie you up in chains, and take you back with me."
Xiao Lingling opened her mouth slightly, she didn't know what to say for a while, she was just a little at a loss, her hands unconsciously wrapped around Lin Xin's waist.
"Brother Lin..." There were a lot of thoughts in her eyes, which finally turned into a ray of emotion, and she slowly hugged Lin Xin. Head buried in his arms.
Recalling the girl Xiao Lingling, from the first meeting to the scenes that happened afterwards, Lin Xin unconsciously had a soft color in his heart.
This is a woman who can completely belong to her as long as she wants.
Holding Xiao Lingling in his arms, he felt the poor and thin body of the girl in his arms, without any evil thoughts in his heart. Some are just calm.
Half a month later...
Southeast of Song Dynasty, Songjiang.
The river is calm and green like a shade, reflecting the green mountains and dense forests on both sides of the river.
A flat fishing boat is slowly going down the river. The fishing boat is neither big nor small, gray-brown in color, with a canopy on it, and the sound of silk, bamboo and zither wafting faintly from inside.
The boatman wears a bamboo hat. Wearing a coir raincoat, holding a long pole in his hand, he propped the boat forward slowly.
The sky is bright, the clouds are misty, and the breeze blows gently, causing ripples on the river surface, which slowly intersect with the ripples from the fishing boats.
The boat moved forward slowly. There are three young men and women sitting in the canopy, one of the two men has a gentle temperament, like a scholar, tasting wine lightly.
The other person looked calm, holding a yellow paper fan in one hand and tapping the palm of his hand gently with the sound of the piano, echoing the rhythm.
There is another woman with a charming appearance, wearing a white dress and a black delicate belt around her waist, sitting on the side of the canopy and gently playing the piano.
The strings of the long piano flicked gently under her fingers, and the clear sound continued to come out.
"Brother Lin, you have been in such a good mood for several days in a row. It's really rare." The fan-folding man said softly with a smile on his lips.
Lin Xin shook his head slightly, and softly glanced at Xiao Lingling who was playing the piano beside him.
"Lingling and I are just enjoying the flowers and playing in the water on the way home. Brother Huang, why would you think of going with us on the way?"
"You think I want to?" Huang Shan said helplessly, "After leaving the sect, there is no such a good environment for cultivation outside, but after the official disciple has achieved success, he must choose a place as his seat. Your promotion this time As a formal disciple, Elder Yu did his best to allow you to choose the settlement of your family. I was sent to help you set up a detection formation."
"Sit down?" Lin Xin had never heard of this.
"Naturally." Huang Shan smiled, picked up the wine glass on the small table in front of him, and gently swayed it, watching as the wine was about to sway out of the rim of the glass, and then quickly swayed back.
"The township point is a practice point where the sect allocates resources to help you establish external practice formations. The effect is much better than the stone house of the registered disciples. Various resources will be delivered every once in a while, while official disciples need to sit in various places. , to suppress national borders, and the fringes of the male membrane.”
"Like the Peacock Sect? And the Plum Blossom Sect in my hometown?" Lin Xin was thoughtful.
"good."
Huang Shan nodded, "Formal disciples not only enjoy better treatment and resources, and open all exercise materials, but also take on heavier tasks. Whether you are establishing a sect, growing a family, or building a villa, as long as you reach Zongmen's request to you is not a problem."
"No wonder, the sect seldom sees masters of qi training coming and going." Lin Xin understood.
"That's right." Huang Shan nodded, "Except for a small number of qi practitioners in the sect who left behind six halls, they are responsible for maintaining the order of the sect. , but they are not through open water river boats and boats, but through other channels.”
"The official disciples in the sect all have positions and are really stationed in the sect. Most of them are the elders who are subconsciously cultivating the foundation. Even the principal and deputy hall masters of the sixth hall often go out, and there is no time to practice qi. I heard that Master Jindan, sometimes I go out to visit friends once. Several years may pass.”
"Really... I don't know when I will be able to reach that state." Lin Xin sighed softly.
"Hey, what do you want to do so much? Shi Menghan, a priest in Gushan, and the immortal Luofu are enjoying themselves with wine. Brother and sister, let's play another song. Dance swords for brother to cheer up." Huangshan smiled, stood up and got out of the canopy. Standing still at the stern of the boat, he slowly drew his sword.
At this time, Xiao Lingling smiled, pressed her fingers little by little, the sound of the piano changed slowly, and suddenly became clearer and faster.
Taking advantage of the drunkenness, Huang Shan stabbed out with a sword, and the tip of the sword bloomed like a silver flower silently, transforming into countless silver lights, slowly blooming.
The sword shadow jumped. For a moment, it seemed as if several silver flowers lit up all over him, like silver plums.
The yellow shirt seemed to be faintly drunk, his figure wobbled, moved and flickered, and the stern of the less than one meter boat turned out to be like a flat ground. No matter how he moved, he could easily and accurately land back on the small piece of the stern. .
Lin Xin drank wine, watched the yellow shirt and danced the sword, and Xiao Lingling looked at herself tenderly from time to time. It seemed a little intoxicated for a while.
The faint fragrance of plum blossoms in the wine permeates the heart along the nose, which is something he has never felt before.
Huang Shirt danced and laughed. Interpreting plum blossoms with a sword, admiring Lin Xin, he didn't appreciate any poetry, he didn't understand poetry, but he could really see the incomparably powerful lightness kung fu.
Play a song. The yellow shirt also stopped slowly, and sat back on the canopy. The boatman who was punting the boat over there clapped his hands in praise, while the yellow shirt bowed his hands politely and thanked him a few words.
After Xiao Lingling finished playing, she got up and sat next to Lin Xin, leaning on him gently, just smiling softly. Neither speak.
In the past few days, Lin Xin has shown his heart, and will not let Xiao Lingling leave no matter what, the result is that the relationship between the two is confirmed. Going back this time is to take the opportunity to confirm the marriage. Xiao Lingling's injury just made it impossible to improve her cultivation, but it's not impossible to become an ordinary person and live a good life.
"Senior brother, your lightness skill really opened my eyes." Lin Xin didn't praise the sword technique, but praised his lightness skill instead.
Huang Shan gently poured himself a glass of plum wine, and said proudly at the corner of his mouth.
"There are too many lightness exercises in the Zongmen, but they are all small paths that were only practiced during the Foundation Establishment period. It seems that the junior brother has not yet learned about lightness exercises?"
"Yeah, I just haven't found a chance to practice lightness kung fu." Lin Xin suffered a loss in lightness kung fu last time, and Zheng Xiuqin escaped him. When he mentioned it at this time, he naturally hoped for Huang Shan's advice. After all, he has only been in the sect for one year, and the time is too short.
"There are many kinds of light kung fu. There are three main light kung fus in the sect: ascending the sky, climbing the clouds, nine-turn cloud ladder, and flashing spirit. What I practice is nine-turn cloud ladder, which focuses on delicate maneuvering and is suitable for small-scale battles. I am very interested in Qinggong, so I also dabble in the other two, if my junior is willing, I can teach it on my behalf." Huang Shan said with a smile.
"What effect do the other two have?" Lin Xin asked.
"Climbing the Sky and Zongyunjue pays attention to flying height and long-term attack speed. Shining also pays attention to killing enemies in a small area, but it is the most difficult skill to practice. There are only a few people in the sect who have practiced it. One of them is He Tianhe. With my younger brother's talent, I don't recommend wasting time on the Shining. With my younger brother's actual combat method, I suggest the Ascension to the Sky Zongyun Jue."
"Why?"
"The advantage of Ascend to the Sky Zongyun Jue is that the more internal energy you have, the stronger the effect. And the practice is simple, and it won't delay your time when you major in returning to the Yuan Jue. The main battle of the younger brother is mainly based on the magic weapon of the array, and it won't consume too much inner energy. Qi. Therefore, we can give full play to our advantages.
The effect of the Shining is to burst out for a short time like a teleportation, approaching the opponent quickly, and attacking him by surprise. It consumes a lot of internal energy, and this method is not conducive to manipulating magical weapons to fight. "
Lin Xin thought for a moment.
"Brother is very considerate. I'll just learn how to climb the sky. As for the cost, I need to trouble my brother to report back to the sect."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to the right, and Xiao Lingling handed over a jade tablet beside him, and put it in his hand.
"As much as the Qinggong costs, please ask the senior brother to deduct it by himself." He handed over the reward of 10,000 jade coins to Huang Shan directly.
"Aren't you afraid that if I take it privately, I won't return it to you?" Huang Shan laughed.
"A mere 10,000 jade coins, I think senior brother won't take it seriously." Lin Xin didn't care. For a congenital eighth-level master, he is still a determined official disciple, and this little money can't make him break his promise.
"That's right." Huangshan nodded, and began to explain to Lin Xin the general outline of the Ascension to the Sky Zongyun Jue.
Even if Xiao Lingling listened to it, she couldn't practice it. This lightness kung fu requires at least innate cultivation, and it is not something that ordinary people can practice.
As the two talked and asked, the boat slowly went down the current and drifted far away.
Not long after, Xiao Lingling leaned against Lin Xin and slowly fell asleep. Huang Shirt was still explaining the essentials in a low voice, and Lin Xin memorized them carefully.
Suddenly, on the side of the river bank outside, there was a burst of shouting and killing. It seemed that many people were chasing someone, shouting and yelling each other's name. All kinds of curses mixed with local dialects can be heard endlessly.
Lin Xin gently put Xiao Lingling on the bench in the canopy to sleep, took off her coat and long clothes and put them on. He and Huang Shan walked out of the canopy. .