In Changjin City, the most prosperous is the main street of Guandao. On the main street, the most lively one is Jiyuelou.
Jiyue Tower is the largest restaurant in Changjin City, built along the river. Five floors high, there are countless delicious delicacies. Above the second floor, you can listen to music and make tea, and you can see the vast river view from the window.
The lobby on the first floor is large and empty, and can accommodate a hundred or ten people to rest at the same time. There are often storytellers invited by the restaurant to talk about strange stories and rumors.
Today I'm talking about the case of Buddhism and Taoism joining hands to kill the devil Gu Xuanyan on the ice field. The story has come to an end, the old storyteller stood in front of the stage, dressed in a gray shirt and gray beard, but full of energy, his voice echoed in the lobby.
"Since the Buddhist family realized the master's three palms, Gu Xuanyan's original head Li Xunji also drew his sword and cleared the door. Unexpectedly, Gu Xuanyan actually broke through the situation and ascended! Li Xunji was defeated. Let Gu Xuanyan escape again." Mr. Storyteller stroked his beard, "Now, no one in the world knows where Gu Xuanyan is."
The people in the hall were amazed, and someone grabbed a handful of melon seeds and said loudly: "Gu Xuanyan ran away, did Dao Xiu let him go?"
"It's hard not to let it go." The gentleman took a sip of tea to moisten his throat. "Don't say that Gu Xuanyan's trace is hard to find now. Qingyan's Li Xunji fought with him, and he actually exhausted his cultivation for half his life. After returning from the ice field, he couldn't be ill. The position has been passed on to other elders, I see—"
He lowered his voice: "I'm afraid it's already running out of fuel."
Everyone was fascinated by hearing the words, and they were filled with emotion. Someone asked, "Since this Master Gu Xuanyan came out of Qingyan and is a rare genius, why did he become a Demon Lord again?"
Mr. Storyteller patted the wood and said with a smile: "This guest has asked for an idea, so let's start from the beginning! By the way, Gu Xuanyan has a fellow apprentice brother, surnamed Qin, who is not very old, and he is a handsome young man... "
The tone of voice was cadence, resounding through the hall of Jiyue Building.
Going out of the gate of Jiyue Tower and heading north, there is a vast ice field in the north, stretching for tens of thousands of miles, isolating all the pedestrians and beasts who want to cross. The icefield goes further north, and at the end, it is the extreme north where even the magic cultivators rarely set foot in.
The ice and snow there is so cold that it seems to devour all living things. Some people say that taking the ice on the extreme northern cliffs can delay the passage of life.
Although there are different opinions, it is indisputable that in the eyes of the world and even cultivators, there is a place of death.
In fact, if someone really came to the edge of the cliff, they would find that there was a long river crossing the north and south under the cliff.
It passes between the cliffs and is the only "living" thing here. The huge waves were monstrous, like a moat, swept away with broken ice and rushed into the distance. It looked terrifying and daunting.
In fact, after the long river went down for hundreds of miles, the peaks and turns turned and flowed through the river, and it became more and more calm. When I reached a mountain, it was calm and clear.
Lang Zhongyan, the elegant young man in the mouth of the storyteller, was sitting cross-legged by the river at this moment.
The summer is hot, but the mountains are covered with emerald greens, and the eyes are full of different shades of green. As soon as the breeze passed, the vegetation in the forest swelled, and the occasional deer and birds chirped, adding to the coolness.
Zhong Yan rolled up his trousers, soaked his calf in the water, and let out a long sigh.
System: "... Have you ever listened to me again?"
"I heard." Zhong Yan raised his eyes slightly and said slowly: "The mission has been completed, you can send me back to the original world, right?"
System: "Your tone of voice gives me a bad feeling."
"Then your hunch is pretty accurate—I don't want to go back."
The system seemed to take a deep breath and asked, "Why?"
Zhong Yan's tone was sincere: "Because I found out that the node I came through is the end of the term, and I don't want to go back to the test line."
"… "
"I'm teasing you." Zhong Yan's legs swayed in the water, and his voice was very lazy: "I promised Gu Xuanyan to be with him for the rest of my life, and I can't lie to him this time."
The system was silent for a long time, and then said: "Have you thought about it? If you don't leave, all the information about you in the original world will be erased, and no one in that world will remember you."
Zhong Yan raised his eyes and saw that the forests were surging in the mountains, and there was only one path, which extended into the dense forest. At the end of the road, a man was slowly walking towards him.
He couldn't help but let out a smile, his tone relaxed.
"What's the use of so many people remembering you? It's enough to have one person who thinks of you no matter their life or death."
The system didn't speak any more. After a while, Zhong Yan heard its usual mechanical sound.
"For the sake of working together for so long, I wish you all the best of luck."
"Does the system's blessing have a lucky buff?"
The system snorted, but did not deny it. After the sound of "di", Zhong Yan felt as if his body was light, and something was missing. He tried to whisper "System", but no one responded.
There was some reluctance in his heart, but he didn't make a sound anymore, because Gu Xuanyan was already in front of him. Zhong Yan sat by the river without moving his nest, and looked up at him.
Gu Xuanyan glanced at Zhong Yan's legs soaked in the water, frowned, and called out helplessly: "Senior brother."
Zhong Yan was guilty of being a thief, so he explained first, "It's too hot, and besides, the injury on my body is already completely healed."
Gu Xuanyan sighed and said, "Just play for a while."
... This is like the tone of the old father seeing the bear child playing in the water, which made Zhong Yan compromise, he retracted his foot and stepped on the shore. Seeing that Gu Xuanyan was still frowning slightly, he kissed the other party's forehead as if to please him.
Gu Xuanyan seemed to be reluctant to please, he lowered his head and kissed Zhong Yan's lips.
Zhong Yan was kissed by him for a while, his breathing gradually became faster, he stepped back a little, but Gu Xuanyan caught up again. With their eyes facing each other, Zhong Yan blushed first, and said in a low voice, "Go home first."
Gu Xuanyan hugged Zhong Yan with a low breath.
"It's too late."
The wild grass in the deep mountains does not reach the calf, and it can be covered by a person lying down.
Zhong Yan also knew that there was no one else in the mountains besides the two of them, but he was still in a panic, and his voice trembled slightly.
"You lighten up—"
Gu Xuanyan had already kissed Zhong Yan's belly, and he said with a chuckle, "That's it? If senior brother is crying and begging me like last night—"
Zhong Yan's face immediately flushed to his ears, and he said angrily, "I didn't cry last night!"
Gu Xuanyan stopped talking immediately, lowered his head to kiss his earlobe that was almost dripping blood, and comforted: "Okay, no."
Zhong Yan wanted to criticize him for being too perfunctory, but before the words could be said, Gu Xuanyan's hand had already reached back. So Zhong Yan's words all turned into a muffled groan.
When Gu Xuanyan came in, Zhong Yan couldn't help bouncing his waist and subconsciously wanted to pinch his legs. Gu Xuanyan held his ankle and moved slowly. It didn't take a moment for Zhong Yan to turn red all over, and his legs unconsciously wrapped around Gu Xuanyan's waist.
The robes were half-faded, scattered around him. Although the mountains and trees below him were lush, there were still some fine sand and gravel on the ground. Gu Xuanyan was afraid of reaching Zhong Yan, so he hugged Zhong Yan around his waist. But this posture went deeper, and when Gu Xuanyan moved, Zhong Yan couldn't help but let out a groan with a crying voice.
This time, the sound was a little louder. Not far away, I didn't know if it was a rabbit or a squirrel. I was so frightened that it rushed out, bringing along the grass and trees that were shaking all the way.
In this world, only Zhong Yan's whimper and Gu Xuanyan's deep breathing were left, occasionally mixed with the sound of wet water.
In the last few moments, Zhong Yan's body went weak, his legs couldn't stop sliding down from Gu Xuanyan's waist, and he whispered Gu Xuanyan's name. Gu Xuanyan's heart was itching to hear it, he lowered his head and bit his shoulder, and shoved something into Zhong Yan's body with a ruthless push.
The clouds/rains rested, and the heaven and earth returned to silence. The small animal that had just fled around sneaked out again, alertly receiving the movement in the forest.
The sound of animals rustling was heard again in the mountains.
After a while, Gu Xuanyan walked back to the trail with Zhong Yan on his back. He read a formula and walked up with Zhong Yan on his back. The road behind him was slowly shrouded in clouds and mist, and his traces were hidden.
This mountain is still unable to control the sword, Gu Xuanyan can control the wind, but it does not matter, but he likes to go home with Zhong Yan on his back step by step.
Zhong Yan was drowsy lying on Gu Xuanyan's shoulder, but reluctantly raised his spirit to educate people: "You have already soared, don't go to the Ascension Realm, forget it, it's not good to be so obsessed with desire."
He said that the person who was crying and screaming just now was not the same.
Gu Xuanyan didn't say anything to offend him, and only answered the previous question.
"Ascension is just to break through obstacles, and it is detached from things. It is the same whether you go to Ascension Realm - not to mention Ascension Realm is meaningless."
Zhong Yan lifted his eyes: "What's the point of that?"
Gu Xuanyan replied: "It's very interesting to go home with you on your back."
Zhong Yan laughed softly, wrapped his hands around Gu Xuanyan's neck, and his mouth started to stop again.
"Grow two green plum trees behind the house, one for fruit and one for wine."
"it is good."
"The orchids in the valley are blooming well, and we can plant them in the yard when we have time."
"it is good."
"I will practice well from tomorrow, you have to urge me."
Gu Xuanyan answered everything and asked, "What else?"
Zhong Yan was so sleepy he couldn't open his eyes, so he replied in a daze, "I can't think of it for the time being."
Gu Xuanyan smiled and said warmly: "Don't worry, it will take a long time to come to Japan."
Fortunately, it is a long time in Japan, and there are enough good seasons in this life, allowing them to travel around the mountains and rivers, travel all over the world, and also allow them to agree with each other and make an appointment with each other.
Life and death cycle, never parted.