"Senior Sister Huang, this..."
Xiaodong chased after two steps, but Huang Wan really wanted to put the things down, so he couldn't let him catch up.
How can this be a gift
This girl is really, really, Xiaodong doesn't know what to say.
Looking at the wooden box in his hand, Xiaodong regretted not bolting the gate of the courtyard just now.
He didn't expect that right and wrong would find him if he didn't go out.
This is really a hot potato.
How should he explain to senior brother
Xiaodong scratched her head in distress, feeling for the first time that being liked also has its disadvantages. Eldest brother is too attractive, but he doesn't like the girl he recruited, so this liking has become a trouble.
Xiaodong can imagine how embarrassing it will be for senior brother when he comes back. To return the things back would definitely hurt that girl's face, and maybe hurt the friendship with Tianji Mountain.
The rain outside became sparse, and the clouds in the sky also became thinner, as if the clouds were about to disperse. The wind blows with a scent of flowers. There are many flowers and trees on this mountain, and the rain has not knocked all the flowers down. The scent is very stubborn, even if you stay in the house, you can smell it clearly.
Mo Chen followed his master, and many of the formation maps he brought were sorted out by himself, and each one was marked with the day and time, even the master was not as familiar as him.
It took a long time to sort out the formation diagrams of the past few years one by one, Mo Chen bowed his head for a long time, and when he stood up, his eyes turned black. Although he concealed it as if nothing had happened, but in front of Li Fulin and Hu Zhenren, these two old men, this concealment was really not enough.
Hu Zhenren said: "Thank you for your hard work. It is your master who is useless and makes you tired. Go into the inner room and lie down for a while and have a good rest."
Mo Chen still wanted to argue, and Li Fulin also said: "You haven't recovered yet, don't hold on, go and rest. If there is something wrong here, I'll call you over again."
Mo Chen wouldn't be so helpless when he was on the other side, but organizing the formation was too exhausting, so he had no choice but to go into the inner room to rest as his master ordered. Master Hu's inner room was extremely messy. On the table, on the bed, on the shelf... there were messy books, scrolls, and robes that were thrown there without knowing when. On the stool, the other one is missing.
Mo Chen guessed, maybe the other one is on the foot of Master Hu.
He'd done it before, walking out with only one sock on, without realizing it. Another time, he wore both socks, but he wore a pair of blue cloth and a soap cloth pair of shoes. Others looked at it funny and reminded him that he was quite open-minded: "Let things go as they are. "I didn't go back to change the shoes, just kept wearing them. Not to mention, because he is so unruly, it seems that others should not make a fuss.
Hu Zhenren's two quiet rooms generally do not allow others to enter, so no one came to clean up for him.
Letting Mo Chen come in to rest shows how much Master Hu trusts their master and apprentice, and he is not afraid at all that Mo Chen will peep and hide some of his secrets.
This kind of trust moved Mo Chen.
But the expression is moved, the current situation is that there is almost no place to stand in this room, where is there any place for him to lean or lie down to rest
Hu Zhenren is also a great talent to be able to toss a good room like this.
Regardless of how old Hu is, he still maintains a strong curiosity like a young man, always moving all kinds of things he finds novel into the house. After moving in, I don’t know how to tidy it up, so I just pile it up wherever I want. So the things in this house are so many and messy, and when you need to use them, you have to rummage through the pile of sundries, each time you have to search for a long time, and you even have to do calculations and divination to determine where the things you are looking for are. I don't know how he can stand it.
Mo Chen had no choice but to temporarily remove the things on a wooden chair, sat down and closed his eyes to adjust his breath.
In a daze, he could vaguely hear the voices of Master and Master Hu talking outside, as well as the rustling of pages being turned.
The sound reassured him.
Although the body has rested, the mind is still concerned about the formations just now.
For some reason, he remembered the toy that his master bought from the bottom of the mountain to relieve his boredom when he was a child. It was a nine-link ring made of jade. It seemed that the rings were tightly interlocked without any flaws. that gap.
At that time, he didn't quite understand why people took the time to make such a small thing, why didn't they simply design it seamlessly, it took so much effort to make it difficult for others, and finally left a gap for people to crack .
Facing his problem, Master touched his head, smiled and did not speak.
Later, Mo Chen understood.
Under heaven, nothing is perfect. Where there is day, there is night, and where there is fire, there is ice. No matter how prosperous people or things are, there must be gaps that cannot be filled. No matter how desperate the situation is, there must be a way to escape. The formation is the same.
The formation of Huiliu Mountain is extremely powerful, and after so many years, the formation has been operating strictly. But now the formation has reached a critical point. Master didn't elaborate, but Mo Chen understood.
Just like dismantling the Nine Links, even if you can't try it for a while, if you try patiently day by day, you will definitely be able to try the link that can be untied.
Then what? Mo Chen didn't know either.
He heard Master and Hu Zhenren talking in a low voice.
"In the blink of an eye, it will be sixty-eight years. I remember my teacher said at that time that sixty-eight years is an important hurdle, so I wrote a letter to remind you... Has there been a change on Huiliu Mountain?"
"It's not just Huiliu Mountain. You still remember that less than one out of ten people came back from the Western Regions, and they all died in that lost city. More than half of them didn't see anyone alive or dead."
"Yes." Hu Zhenren was still afraid when he remembered the situation at that time, and let out a long breath: "Speaking of this, shouldn't you thank me? If I hadn't dragged you to escape quickly, your little life would have been ruined .”
"I saw Ji Zheng."
The name made Mo Chen's eyes twitch.
This name is inexplicably familiar.
It seemed to have appeared in the distant memory, because the past was too long, even though he tried his best to recall it, he still couldn't remember it.
Now when he suddenly heard someone mention it again, it seemed like a flash of lightning flashed through his heart.
Yes, those two words.
He had heard the name mentioned by Master and Master Hu before.
Hu Zhenren seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and asked: "Who? Who are you talking about?"
"Ji Zheng. She came to Huiliu Mountain, and I saw her."
Hu Zhenren's voice was raised: "Impossible. Didn't she die in the magic capital? How many years has it been... At that time, the black sand covered a large lost city, and we searched for a long time, but we didn't find anyone. If She is alive, if people are still alive, how can there be no news for so many years?"
"Why should I lie to you with this, it's her. She didn't die, and even... she was exactly the same as when they parted. She said that the formation of the Lost City has something in common with the formation of Returning Mountain. She has been trapped in the In the labyrinth of the Demon City, it was only because of a change in the formation that I escaped."
"Where is she? Where is she now? What else did she say? Only she came back alive? Is there anyone else?"
Over the years, Master Hu has never lost his composure like this.
Li Fulin said: "No." After a pause, he explained: "I mean, she didn't say anything. I was almost stupid at the time, and I didn't want to stop her when she wanted to leave."
"Hey, you," Hu Zhenren's voice was full of annoyance: "You are not you when you see her. Back then, everyone said she was a witch, and they were wary of her. Just you, it's like being taken by that witch." It's the same, you should respond to what she says, did you owe her in your previous life?"
"But when it was most important, I didn't believe her."
There is endless pain in Master's words, which makes people's hearts tense and heavy.
Master Hu was also silent, and after a while he said, "That can't be your fault."
There must be many twists and turns in the past.
No wonder Master never mentioned it.
No wonder Master lost his composure when Ji Zhenren went up the mountain.
Hu Zhenren forced himself to say: "Relax, since she showed up again, maybe someone else survived that year. This... is finally a good thing. As for the formation, let's try it out , if it can’t be repaired, it’s the same for their masters and apprentices to stay here with me.”
"How can I ignore it? People in the devil's way will never let go of this great opportunity."
Mo Chen could feel the breeze blowing in from the crack of the window, which carried a strong moisture.
I'm afraid it will continue to rain.
Mo Chen couldn't explain why he was able to make this judgment without any hesitation, and it could even be said that he was sure of it.
It's like... an instinct.
When people are hungry, they want to eat. If they feel pain, they are injured. This is all instinct.
Mo Chen couldn't tell where he got this feeling.
It's like he doesn't know the origin of the scale that the younger brother saw.
Yes, scales.
Even the younger brother didn't know about it.
The scales on Mo Chen's body appeared again.
He rolled up his sleeves and looked at the patch of skin on his wrist.
A blue-black, semicircular scale gradually emerged, and then another appeared next to it.
The half of the forearm is covered with these weird scales, they are cold, cold, and the edges are extremely sharp to the touch.
Immediately, they slowly disappeared under Mo Chen's gaze.
The junior brother thought that his body was fine these days.
Mo Chen knew that the little junior had quietly raised his sleeves at night to look at his arms, and found nothing unusual, so he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to lie down.
Mo Chen didn't want him to see that these scales seemed to be controllable according to his will, and they never appeared.
There is no pain where the scales grow, only occasional itching.
Mo Chen didn't know what was going on. He just instinctively hid this secret. (to be continued)