As soon as he went out, he saw a vague figure in the bamboo forest, Ye Yunlan's thoughts moved slightly, and he quickened his pace.
When he got closer, he saw clearly that the person who came was not Shen Shu.
It's a face that hasn't been seen in a few days.
Rong Ran was overjoyed when she saw Ye Yunlan came voluntarily, and called out, "Alan."
Ye Yunlan slowed down and did not respond.
Rong Ran came over, held his hand as naturally as he had done countless times in the past, and said, "Alan, you have received the mask I made, do you like it? It took me a lot of time to carefully carve that mask, If Alan wears it, it will definitely match your temperament."
Ye Yunlan: "I said, brother doesn't have to do this for me anymore."
Rong Ran only said softly: "Alan, you should have read the letter I wrote, I apologized like that, haven't your anger disappeared? You have been playing petty with your senior brother like this all the time, and if senior brother still loves you, It will also be very sad.”
Ye Yunlan didn't respond, and Rong Ran raised her other hand to touch his face, traced his facial features, and said softly, "Even so, senior brother still can't let you go... Alan, you know what, senior brother really wants to hear You play another tune for me..."
Ye Yunlan lowered his eyes expressionlessly, moved his wrist, trying to break free of Rong Ran.
It's just that although Rong Ran's voice was gentle, the strength to hold him was quite strong.
He thought about Shen Shu's safety, and he really didn't have time to entangle with Rong Ran, so he said bluntly: "I believe I haven't read it yet. I have thrown away the mask."
Rong Ran's face stiffened.
"I still have things to do," he said coldly, "Senior Brother Rong, please get out of the way."
Rong Ran was silent for a while, the smile on his face slowly retracted, and the smile in his eyes became bitter.
He was originally a beautiful woman with outstanding looks, but at this time, showing such a pitiful expression, he was very sympathetic to him.
"What else in this world can be more important than the friendship between us for so many years? Alan, you are my savior, not only that, but also the junior brother I have truly loved for so many years. I care about you so much... "
"If you feel that there is something wrong with the senior brother, tell the senior senior brother that he will definitely change. You... don't be angry with the senior senior brother again, okay?"
Rong Ran's attitude was so sincere that he was almost humble, and his eyes were flushed, as if he was about to shed tears. I'm afraid no one in this world would not feel distressed when he saw it.
Ye Yunlan only felt impatient.
Under the three thousand long steps of the sect of the previous generation, it was clearly Rong Ran who made him remember a truth.
The human heart is the most unpredictable thing in this world, and even the grace of saving lives can be vanished.
It would be too ridiculous to talk to him now.
"Get out of the way," he said.
The expression on his face was an indifference that Rong Ran had never seen before, like the ice and snow on the distant mountains that never melted, except for the scorching moles on the ends of his eyes.
Rong Ran's heart burned with anger.
He wanted to break the slender and silky wrist in his hand, and watch him cry in pain and panic; he wanted to build a cage of gold, and lock the bird that had left his control in the cage again, asking him to sing only for himself, To be admired only by himself; to want his pale face stained with desire, begging to be fully possessed by himself.
Rong Ran still remembered that in the beginning, he put Ye Yunlan's own designs in his field of vision and control, but it was because of selfishness.
Since the first sight of Ye Yunlan outside the mountain gate, he has been jealous of the other party's appearance, envied the other party's chance, and wanted to take everything from the other party and become his stepping stone.
Everyone said that he was a gentleman, elegant and polite, but only he knew that he was jealous and selfish by nature, and he couldn't allow others to surpass him at all, especially in terms of his proud appearance.
... But slowly, he developed a desire for Ye Yunlan.
He had forgotten where desire came from.
Perhaps it was Ye Yunlan looking at him with too pure and innocent eyes when he was a teenager, or perhaps it was the face that became more and more impressive after the other party's age gradually faded away.
He was fortunate that he had collected the beauty in advance.
As a result, he has the most dazzling pearl in the world, and this pearl illuminates only for him.
What a wonderful thing this is.
But why, things suddenly started to get out of control.
Rong Ran's complexion twisted, and the hand holding Ye Yunlan's wrist nervously tightened, and then slowly loosened.
After a long while, he smiled softly and said, "If Alan really has something important, senior brother can't stop him, but... Anyway, tell senior brother, what are you doing in such a hurry?"
The moment he let go, Ye Yunlan had already passed him and walked forward, leaving only a faint sentence, "Find someone."
Rong Ran stopped where he was and looked at Ye Yunlan's back.
He didn't expect Ye Yunlan to get rid of him in such a hurry, the so-called important thing is actually just... to find someone.
Just looking for someone!
Like the blood setting sun falling on his face, his beautiful eyebrows were stained with gloom and madness.
"Who is it..."
—
The six peaks of Qingyun Mountain and the Tibetan Xiu Peak are the outer gates of Tianzong.
At dusk, there were not many disciples on the slope, but Ye Yunlan still attracted a lot of attention when he walked by with his sword. However, perhaps because of his indifferent expression today, no disciple dared to speak up.
After passing through the slope, walk up the Tibetan Xiufeng Mountain Road for half a quarter of an hour, then turn into a fork, and at the end of the fork is the Shuofeng Cliff.
In the distance, you can see a tall golden ling tree standing on the top of the cliff.
Ye Yunlan was connected to the inner door by Rong Ran as soon as he entered the Tianzong. He has only been to Cangxiu Peak once in his past and present lives, but for some reason, he was very impressed by this golden ling tree on Shuofeng Cliff.
He stood in front of the golden ling tree and leaned over to pick up a golden ling flower on the ground.
This is a very gorgeous flower, but the petals are crumpled, and there are sporadic blood on it.
Ye Yunlan watched silently, turned around suddenly, raised his long sword and pointed at the woods not far away.
"Who?"
A young disciple came out from a forest not far away.
Ye Yunlan has always had a good memory. The kind that is almost unforgettable.
Three hundred years of memory from the previous life, he can't forget one day, and it's still the same. So he remembered that the disciple in front of him was called Xue Chong, who had introduced himself to him a few days ago on the slope, and he was one of the group of people surrounding him.
Xue Zhong had a smile on his face, with a clearly handsome appearance, but his smile was a little silly, "Senior Brother Ye."
Ye Yunlan: "What are you doing with me?"
Xue Zhong stroked the back of his head and said apologetically, "Senior brother misunderstood, I usually practice in the forest next to Shuofeng Cliff, and just now I caught a glimpse of Senior Brother Ye, so I couldn't help but follow him. I didn't mean to follow, I just wanted to take the liberty of asking, Is your brother's injury better?"
Ye Yunlan put down the sword in his hand and said, "There is no serious problem."
"Senior brother is fine." Xue Zhonghan smiled and said, "Senior brother saved my life in the secret realm before, and I have always wanted to find an opportunity to repay my senior brother. Senior brother came to the outer door this time, I don't know why? If there is a need Where it helps, just tell me it is."
Ye Yunlan was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "You said, you usually practice in the forest next to Shuofengya?"
Xue nodded.
"Then do you know who has been here today?"
Xue Zhong scratched his head and said, "Usually Shuofengya is inaccessible, and I also liked the quietness of this place, so I chose to practice here. It's just that I focus more on my practice, and I usually don't get distracted to pay attention to who has climbed the Shuofengya." He pondered. After a moment, "It's just... There seemed to be some noise on the cliff this morning, and I vaguely heard Senior Brother Yuan's voice."
"Senior Brother Yuan?"
Xue Zhong said, "It's Senior Brother Yuan Yongzhi from the Outer Sect Medicine Lodge."
Ye Yunlan had no impression of this person, he frowned slightly and changed the question, "Then do you recognize an outer disciple named Shen Shu?"
"Shen Shu?" Xue Zhong thought about it carefully, "Senior brother said, but Deacon Liu brought back that frail and sick child a few years ago? Deacon Liu said that the child had something ominous on his body when he was young, which caused him to fall ill for years, which is not suitable for him. In contact with the outside world, most of the time, it is Deacon Liu and the apprentices he has taken care of. By the way, one of them is the senior brother Yuan I just mentioned. I have been to the medicine house several times before to see a doctor. I bumped into the child once, and his face was indeed very pale. After all, the child has been in the outer door for three years. Deacon Liu's medical skills are so superb, but he still can't cure the child's disease, and I don't know what the stubborn disease is... "
Ye Yunlan listened, frowning more and more tightly.
He lowered his head to look at the blood on the golden bell flower in his hand, and suddenly raised his eyes to look at Xue Zhong.
"Junior Brother Xue," he said, "please lead the way to Yaolu."
—
Yaolu is located on the west side of Tibetan Xiufeng. From a distance, you can see a huge bronze medicine furnace standing on the high platform in the middle of the mountain.
Yuan Yongzhi was sitting in the front hall, constantly rubbing the green orb in his hand.
Since Liu Qing went into trouble, the entire Yaolu has been presided over by him.
This matter should be celebrated, but the strange things that happened to his master and two senior brothers have always clouded his heart.
One is a coincidence, but what about two or three
Liu Qing had accepted five disciples in total. Now, the two senior brothers Zeng and Lin had died, and Liu Qing had gone mad, leaving only him, Ran An, and Xu Ze.
He and Ran An have always been suspicious of Shen Shu, because Liu Qing has always said that Shen Shu is evil and unknown, and he can't help but take care of the weird things that happened in the medicine house - they were originally in the secret realm. They killed the beast and deliberately led the beast to a Jedi in the secret realm, but Liyan Shenhuo suddenly went out of control, and they left in a hurry before they could confirm Shen Shu's life and death.
Unexpectedly, the beast survived.
He also discussed with Ran An and found another opportunity to kill Shen Shu.
But now, he was reluctant to let Shen Shu die again.
He has an average cultivation talent and has been in the Heavenly Sect for more than ten years, but he is only an outer disciple, and it is enough to make him ecstatic to be the head of the Yaolu.
But now that there is Shen Shu, if he cultivates well in the future, it will be more than Tianzong. He thinks that in the future, Yuan Yongzhi will have a place in the world.
That old man Liu Qing dared to refine something like this... No wonder he went crazy.
And his two poor senior brothers, Liu Qing was tragically silenced because he discovered the truth, rather than jumping off the cliff by some demons, and the spiritual qi splitting while practicing.
It must be so.
Saying something evil and unknown is just an excuse for the old guy to cover up.
As soon as he thought of the scene where he would become a powerful party in the future, he was so excited that he trembled, unable to control himself, and black anger in his eyes.
And he himself didn't notice it.
Suddenly, the door of the Yaolu was knocked on.
"Is Senior Brother Yuan here? I'm Xue Zhong," a clear male voice came from outside the door, "There is a Senior Brother from the inner door who wants to see you."
Yuan Yongzhi suddenly woke up from his thoughts.
He calmed down the heavy breathing caused by his reverie, hid the ball in his sleeve, and got up to open the door.
As soon as it was opened, it was startled.
He saw a pale face soaked in the orange-red sunset.
There is a kind of thick and magnificent beauty rushing in, almost suffocating people's chest and making it hard to breathe.
The visitor nodded slightly towards Xue Zhong, "Junior Brother Xue, thank you for leading the way."
"It's okay, it's my honor to be able to help senior brother. If senior brother needs to go to the outer door in the future, he can come to me." Xue Zhong said, "The road has been brought to me, I will go back and continue to practice."
The man nodded and saw Xue Zhong leave, then turned to him, "Can I go in?"
Only then did Yuan Yongzhi regain his senses, and quickly said: "Yes! Of course you can. This inner sect senior brother, please come in, please come in." As he led people in, he asked, "Senior brother came to Yaolu this time because he wanted to find Does the tutor make a diagnosis?"
Although Liu Qing is a deacon of the outer sect, his medical skills are very superb. He was originally an elder of the inner sect Yaofeng. He was demoted to the outer sect because of a crime a few years ago. Come to see Liu Qing for diagnosis.
Yuan Yongzhi thought that Ye Yunlan was the same, so he said: "My teacher is in retreat, I'm afraid I won't be able to diagnose and treat these days, but my medical skills are also learned from my own teacher's hand, which is outstanding among the disciples of Yaolu. If my brother doesn't dislike it, I can first Take the pulse of Senior Brother..." After speaking, he boldly wanted to grab Ye Yunlan's hand.
Unexpectedly avoided.
"I'm not here to diagnose a disease, but to find someone." Ye Yunlan said.
"Looking for someone? Who is Senior Brother looking for?" Yuan Yongzhi's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly remembered that Shen Shu's little beast was rescued by an inner disciple in the secret realm.
Shouldn't it be so coincidental...
He heard Ye Yunlan say a name: "I'm looking for Shen Shu."
Although Yuan Yongzhi had a hunch, his expression darkened a bit, "Why did you want to find that child?"
Ye Yunlan: "He promised to see me today, but he missed the appointment."
Yuan Yongzhi remembered the golden ling flower, and everything became clear in his heart, and he couldn't help but a nameless fire arose - Shen Shu, that beast, would really make trouble for him.
It's just that this anger disappeared when he looked at Ye Yunlan, and was replaced by a burning desire.
He had already heard that the inner disciple who had rescued Shen Shu stretched out his hand and was seriously injured, his meridians were broken, and his cultivation base was completely lost; he also heard that the inner disciple was so outstanding that he was hidden in the house by the senior brother for healing, and some more Rumors say that between them...
Yuan Yongzhi couldn't help swallowing his saliva, his fear of inner disciples had been forgotten, he cleared his throat and said, "It's really unfortunate that Senior Brother is here, Junior Brother Shen has made some small mistakes and is being punished, now he is afraid Can't see anyone."
Ye Yunlan frowned, "What did he do wrong?"
Yuan Yongzhi didn't speak, but his breathing became heavier, and the black air in his eyes was surging.
Ye Yunlan: "Let me see him."
"Senior brother, if you really want to see it, it's not impossible." Yuan Yongzhi said, "It's just senior brother, you are not someone from junior brother Shen. Is it unqualified to meddle in Yaolu's affairs like this?"
qualifications? Ye Yunlan's eyes were slightly cold.
It had been a long time since no one had dared to discuss such a thing with him in front of him.
-Even if you really want to talk about qualifications, Shen Shu was saved by him in this world, and the life of the other party is extended because of him, and he wants to take care of Shen Shu's affairs, who in this world is more qualified than him
"Take me to see him." Ye Yunlan said indifferently.
This time, he used a commanding tone.
In the previous life, he was condescending and ignoring the red dust, showing a little bit of it.
- No matter how backward his cultivation base is, he has been honored by the sword, and he is the only strong person in the world who has been to Ta Xu for thousands of years.
Seeing him like this, Yuan Yongzhi only felt that the evil fire in his belly was burning more vigorously, and said: "Senior brother, I respected you first, because I respected your identity as an inner disciple, but in Tianzong, strength is respected in the end, Now that you are a waste, why do you point fingers at my Yaolu disciple?"
As he said that, he changed the subject, "But I said it earlier, if Senior Brother wants to see Shen Shu, you can - as long as you can please me as you please Senior Brother to heal your wounds." He licked his lips , "I'm very curious, what is the taste of senior brother?"
Ye Yunlan was stunned for a moment, and his eyebrows suddenly became extremely cold.
His hand was already on the Shadowless Sword.
"I have nothing to do with He Lanze."
"Who wouldn't be moved when he saw a beauty like Senior Brother? Senior Brother has always been clean, and I've never seen him so caring about anyone before... Besides, you stayed at Senior Brother's residence for two full weeks." Yuan Yongzhi licked his lips, "Why do you need to be a bitch, senior brother. If you set up the archway again, with your appearance, even if your body is dirty, I will not dislike it."
Ye Yunlan drew his sword out of the scabbard, and the tip of the sword pointed at Yuan Yongzhi.
"Sword." He said coldly.
"Beautiful women are not suitable for dancing with knives and guns," Yuan Yongzhi teased, "Be careful of hurting yourself and ruining my mood. When the time comes, if my brother wants to see that little beast, he will have to serve me properly again. I don't know how weak you are. body, can't stand it—"
"I told you to come out with a sword." Ye Yunlan said, "Your master has not taught you etiquette and rules, so I will teach you. Don't be rude and bark everywhere, like an uneducated beast."
Yuan Yongzhi was slapped across his face, his face turned blue and white, "It's just a piece of shit that was played badly by the senior brother, how dare you!" Injecting spiritual power into his hand, he suddenly drew his sword and stabbed at Ye Yunlan.
Ye Yunlan did not dodge or evade, and only used his sword.
The hand he held the sword was pale and slender, and just lightly covered the hilt, as if he was not holding a sword, but just a flower, a leaf, and a feather.
He looked flat, even a little tired.
The lack of shadow sword draws a dim sword light.
Neither sharp nor sharp.
But unavoidable.
When the sword edge pressed against his neck, Yuan Yongzhi felt even more in fear, which was incredible.
His sword had fallen to the ground.
A sense of annihilation penetrated his limbs and bones, filling his heart and spleen, making him feel in a trance that he was already a dead person.
This man did not use spiritual power. Yuan Yongzhi thought desperately.
He had such power without using his spiritual power. It was hard for him to imagine how high the opponent's kendo realm was.
With such a swordsmanship, he had never heard of this person before.
The eyes of the people in front of him were still breathtakingly beautiful.
Yuan Yongzhi felt fear.
Cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
The man walked behind him, and the long sword went from straight to splayed across his neck.
There is a faint fragrance floating on the other side, like the floral fragrance of the other side flower coming from the end of the Yellow Spring.
He heard his heart beating like a drum, his eardrums shaking.
The fear of death and the uncontrollable desire coexisted, and the air flow in the meridians made his body swell and hurt, as if it was about to burst.
He wanted to gasp for breath, but couldn't breathe.
He wanted to run away, but his legs were shaking and weak.
He heard the cold voice of the man in his ear.
"Take me to see Shen Shu."
—
In the dark and damp cell, only a little bit of the setting sun slanted in through the high windows.
Shen Shu was hung from the wall by chains, and most of his body was immersed in the darkness, only the small half of his cheek was immersed in the setting sun.
The long and narrow eyes that were exposed in the setting sun were extremely dark, and it seemed that even light could not be integrated into them.
There was blood dripping on the ground, merging into a pool of blood.
The shadows on the ground were twisting slowly.
He suddenly heard the sound of unlocking.
A disciple opened the door.
The strong light shone into the cell, and the shadow on the ground did not move.
The disciple came over with a bowl of medicinal soup with an unpleasant and bitter taste, "Come, drink the medicine, and try the effect."
Shen Shu lowered his head and stared at the bowl of something that was either an antidote or a poison.
It is common for him to test medicines for his disciples.
Liu Qing did not regard him as a human being, and the disciples in the Yaolu only regarded him as a tool.
He has long been accustomed to these, and has long learned to be patient, waiting for the opportunity to kill with one blow.
But today he really has no patience.
Because Ye Yunlan was still waiting for him.
When the disciple saw that he had not lowered his head to drink the medicine, he reprimanded: "Senior Brother Yuan is right, you really don't know much as you grow up."
As he spoke, he was about to go forward and grab Shen Shu's jaw, and pour the bowl of hot medicine into his mouth.
However, the disciple didn't notice that there were a few treacherous and twisting shadows that had snaked over the beams above his head.
Just when he reached out his hand and was about to touch Shen Shu, he suddenly felt something tighten his neck.
"what-"
He was so frightened that he let go of his hand and wanted to pull something on his neck, but he was suddenly dragged and hit the wall behind, making a loud crash.
The bowl of medicine was about to fall to the ground, but was caught by a hand.
A broken chain hung from Shen Shu's wrist.
Holding the medicine bowl, he slowly walked to the disciple with the sound of the chains shaking.
The disciple widened his eyes in horror, "You, how did you break free from the chains?"
Shen Shu's dark eyes stared directly at him, without answering his question, he only said hoarsely: "Senior Brother Xu, you always ask me to drink medicine, why don't you try it too..."
"No, don't, come on, help - uh!"
Shen Shu simply removed his chin neatly, held the medicine bowl, and slowly poured the medicine into his mouth.
"Uh... ho..."
The bitter medicinal smell filled the entire space, and Senior Brother Xu's struggling movements became smaller and smaller.
Shen Shu suddenly lowered his head and sniffed.
His five senses are several times that of ordinary people. Pain is, as is smell.
He smelled a faint fragrance in the bitter smell of the house.
The scent was familiar to him.
He blinked, his dark eyes slowly bursting into light.