Qiu Yutong gently lifted the curtain of the inner room and looked inside.
Lu Xiao was lying on the bed next to the wall, with his eyes closed, his face extremely pale, and a little dark blood was still stained on the scattered white skirt on his chest.
Qiu Yutong felt a slight pain in her heart, reluctantly endured the weakness of her legs, walked over lightly, and sat down on the side of the couch.
"Master..."
His little apprentice frowned, his expression was very painful, it seemed that he was in a coma, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.
Qiu Yutong was a little afraid of waking Lu Xiao up, but she was really distressed. After hesitating for a moment, she gently stroked the little apprentice's hair, with a hint of comfort.
It was just such an extremely gentle touch, but Lu Xiao suddenly trembled, and then opened his eyes in a daze.
His expression was very dazed, as if he was not fully awake yet: "Master?"
Qiu Yutong looked into the little apprentice's eyes, and her heart was sore and soft. Those dark eyes were misty, and she looked at herself almost in bewilderment, looking extremely helpless.
He felt unspeakable distress for a while, and even regretted using Lu Xiao's hard work, but he had no choice but to comfort him softly: "Master is here."
Lu Xiao stared at him blankly, and suddenly said in a hoarse voice: "... I'm sorry."
"What are you sorry for?" Qiu Yutong blinked inexplicably, "Xiao'er, what nonsense are you talking about?"
He simply wondered if Lu Xiao had a fever, and couldn't help touching the little apprentice's forehead.
Uh, I don't seem to have a fever either
Lu Xiao trembled violently when his cold fingers touched his warm forehead, his eyes finally became clear: "Master."
"Well, I'm here." Qiu Yutong responded casually, and then asked in doubt, "I don't have a fever. Did you fall asleep?"
Lu Xiao looked away guiltily, as if he didn't dare to look at Qiu Yutong: "It's nothing."
Qiu Yutong looked at Lu Xiao seriously for a moment, but she didn't see anything unusual. He reckoned that this little apprentice probably lost too much blood, and his mind was still confused.
Thinking of this, Qiu Yutong couldn't help but sighed: "Xiao'er, you have suffered a lot these days."
"No." Lu Xiao lowered his head and said sullenly.
"Well, let's go, go back and rest."
…
That night, there was a sudden torrential downpour, bright lightning flashed one after another, rumbling dull thunder rolled across the sky, like a chariot running over my heart.
Qiu Yutong meditated on the bed with her eyes closed, carefully feeling the faint strands of spiritual power in her body, like the trickling water of a brook, washing over and over again the delicate meridians of this body.
"Knock, knock!" The bedroom door slammed twice.
Qiu Yutong opened her eyes and looked towards the door.
Lu Xiao stood at the door of the bedroom, holding a pillow tightly with his slender fingers, his eyes wandering even more: "Master, I... can I sleep with you?"
"How old is he?" Qiu Yutong was really speechless, and also a little funny. This kid obviously doesn't like to be close to people now, but when he encounters a thunderstorm, he is still exactly the same as when he was xx years old.
In fact, when Lu Xiao was a teenager, Lei Yutian came to sneak into his bed. He was not very happy anymore, and even reprimanded him a few times. Now, Lu Xiao is half a head taller than him, but looking at the pale face of the little apprentice and thinking about those hot hearts, Qiu Yutong really can't refuse.
But... this is too big, can it fit
After Qiu Yutong didn't answer for a long time, Lu Xiao called again softly: "Master."
The voice was low and hoarse.
"You." Qiu Yutong sighed helplessly, and patted the bed beside her, "Come here."
Lu Xiao's dark phoenix eyes lighted up slightly, and he hurried over with big strides, and put the pillow on the bed: "It's so late, let me make the bed for Master."
Qiu Yutong covered her mouth and yawned a little: "Okay, it's time to sleep. You are still the same as before, sleeping inside? Well, there is a quilt in the cabinet, take it yourself."
This kid is so big now, obviously he can't sleep in the same quilt as he did when he was a child. Fortunately, there are extra quilts in the closet.
"Yeah." Lu Xiao pursed his lips, took out the quilt from the cabinet, and made the bed carefully.
Qiu Yutong sat aside, watching him make the bedding, with drooping eyelids.
"Master, it's done."
"Hmm." Qiu Yutong didn't even bother to say anything, she casually threw her outer robe at the end of the bed, slipped into the bed, rubbed against the bed again, and curled up in the most comfortable position before she was satisfied With a sigh, he murmured, "It's really comfortable."
Lu Xiao looked down at him, his pitch-black phoenix eyes were dark.
Qiu Yutong didn't know what the little apprentice was in a daze for, so he said, "Xiao'er, turn off the lights, and go to bed quickly."
"Yeah." Lu Xiao came back to his senses, lightly blew out the oil lamp, and lay down beside Qiu Yutong.
That night, the torrential rain "cracked" on the window, bright lightning criss-crossed, and thunder exploded one after another. Qiu Yutong couldn't sleep well and had many weird dreams.
In the dream, it seemed that someone was whispering to him in a hoarse voice.
"I will treat you very well... I can even give you my life. I, I really have no choice... I just need to think that after a hundred years, you will have a Taoist companion, and he will still treat you... I can't wait After killing that person, I wish I could die immediately."
The voice was very soft, very low, very ethereal, far and near... Qiu Yutong fell into a sleepless sleep, and didn't understand what it meant, only that it was very noisy.
"Well..." He turned around indiscriminately, trying to drive away the annoying voice.
The voice really stopped.
After a long time, something cold and soft touched his lips very lightly. The slightly trembling touch seemed to be extremely attached, longed for, and painful.
"sorry… "
…
For the next three days, Qiu Yutong went to Xu Qiushi's yard on time every day to receive the baptism of "Five Elements Washing Marrow Soup".
The seven days and seven nights of dragon blood medicine bath had expelled the Gu worms in his body, and the "Five Elements Washing Marrow Soup" for the past three days would wash away his ailments and strengthen his foundation.
Of course, to Lu Xiao's side, Xu Qiushi only said that the medicinal bath for the last three days was a great tonic soup after washing the marrow of the Book of Changes.
After the medicinal bath on the last day, Qiu Yutong closed her eyes and sat on the pedestal, feeling the extremely pure spiritual power, slowly brushing the completely clear spiritual veins, as vibrant and endless as the tide.
That distant and familiar feeling is almost a thing of the previous life.
This body is finally cleansed of all the ailments, and the next thing is to practice slowly.
Qiu Yutong slowly opened her eyes, and said sincerely: "I really can't repay the great villa master's kindness of rebuilding. If there is anything the big villa master can use me for, please feel free to tell me."
Xu Qiushi rolled his eyes: "I'm not trying to trick you, I'm just doing this for your father's sake."
Qiu Yutong was silent for a moment, and reluctantly said: "If my father knows that I don't repay my kindness, he will be unhappy."
Xu Qiushi said impatiently: "Okay, okay, keep this promise for now. I will tell you what I think of in the future, and then you don't push back."
Qiu Yutong nodded solemnly: "Do as you please."
…
Time passed quickly, and it was the end of the month in a blink of an eye.
This day was the 28th of March, the day when Xu Qiushi welcomed his relatives.
Early in the morning, the whole Yaowangzhuang was busy, with lights and festoons everywhere, full of joy. Stewards, maids, drug boys, servants, and women came in and out, busily arranging the banquet in the front yard.
Hundreds of tables of banquets were set up in the front yard of Yaowangzhuang, but it was too early, and the food had not been served yet, but there were already many exquisite pastries on the table for the guests to enjoy.
Xu Qiushi stood at the gate of the front yard, waiting for the sedan chair team to pick up the sedan chairs, and was about to go to Bifengya to welcome his relatives.
This eccentric big manor owner also changed into a bright red groom's outfit today, and there was a slight smile on his thin face that had been stretched for many years.
Qiu Yutong walked up to Xu Qiushi, smiled and cupped his hands: "Congratulations to the owner."
Xu Qiushi was a little embarrassed, and scratched his head at a loss, a blush appeared on his thin face: "Hey, thank you."
During the conversation, joy was played, and the sedan chair team was ready.
The chubby Xi Po urged loudly: "Master, the auspicious time has come, it's time to get up in the sedan chair to welcome the bride! Bifengya is twenty miles away, and she was going late, Miss Duan waited impatiently, she will be there at noon." Can't make it back!"
"Hey, hurry up and get up the sedan chair, get up the sedan chair!" Xu Qiushi said hastily, turning over and stepping on a bay red horse.
Looking at Xu Qiushi's hurried back, Qiu Yutong couldn't help but smiled and shook: "Even this genius doctor Xu can't escape the word love, this is really..."
Lu Xiao looked at the red sedan chair going away, and didn't speak for a long time.
"Master, you have practiced Taoism for two hundred years, but have you never... been in love?" He suddenly asked.
Qiu Yutong was taken aback for a moment: "I practice the way of swordsmanship, and I have always been indifferent to love in the way of swordsmanship."
"Hasn't Master thought about it?" Lu Xiao asked stubbornly.
"Uh, this..." Qiu Yutong blinked, not knowing how to answer.
It's not that he didn't think about it at all, it's just that there are no women in Shuo Xuecheng at all, and after arriving in the human world, he has been bringing Lu Xiao, a little oil bottle, with him, so there is really no chance to develop a relationship.
"Master?" Lu Xiao stared at him closely.
The aggressive look of the little apprentice made Qiu Yutong a little uncomfortable, but she couldn't say anything, so she turned around and walked into the Zhuangzi: "What are you talking about? Let's go, don't stand stupidly at the door."
Lu Xiao pursed his lips and followed.
Seeing that the red sun was gradually reaching the sky, a large number of Hexi's guests also arrived one after another, and the doorman sang loudly from time to time: "Master Mingxu, Pan Yunlin is here—"
"Master of the Palace of Bliss, Xue Huairou has arrived—"
"Palace Master Yuqin, Lin Yurong arrived—"
"Master of the poisonous dragon, Wu Shengnan is here—"
There were more and more monks of all kinds in the courtyard, chatting, chatting, eating, whispering, and pointing, it was extremely lively.
"Why is Lin Yurong from Yuqin Palace here? His roots have been destroyed long ago, and his natal Yuqin has also been broken. Could it be that the owner of Yuqin Palace still wants to find the elixir in Yaowangzhuang, and then Go to the blood prison secret realm to try your luck?"
"Hee hee, in my opinion, he must be dreaming. Hey, who is that woman wearing half of the silver mask? She looks so slim."
"Hush, keep your voice down, that's Wu Shengnan, the leader of the poisonous dragon."
"It turned out to be her. You said she is a delicate woman, her name is Sheng Nan, and she likes to raise poisonous snakes, and she took the name of the Poisonous Dragon Sect, tsk tsk."
"Shh, be careful not to be heard by her, she is full of poisonous snakes all over her body, you can't bear a bite! Besides, Wu Shengnan is a womanizer, look at Xue Huairou from the Palace of Bliss, he is obviously a good man, but he just likes to flaunt his head , I came here in women's clothing this time, I really don't feel ashamed... "
"Ha ha… "
"By the way, why are they all small sects, people from Nanshan Temple, Shuo Xuecheng, and Beihai Sword Sect? Isn't Master Xu's face not enough? Since you are going to the Blood Prison Secret Realm, you have to prepare some pills Bar?"
"I don't know either, let's take a look."
Lu Xiao seemed to have never heard of everything around him. He pushed a small plate in front of Qiu Yutong: "Master, after peeling it off, it's spiced."
"Oh." Qiu Yutong ate the five-spice melon seeds that Lu Xiao had peeled for him, while secretly lamenting that it would be nice to have a caring apprentice, while listening to the gossip of the surrounding guests with relish.
"Master Lin, this way please, this way please. You are here too!" Xu Dongqing enthusiastically greeted the guests, "Oh, witch leader, you poisonous snakes... pets are not easy to handle. Why don't you sit down?" Over there, there are few people there, I will take you there."
While eating melon seeds, Qiu Yutong watched the young man greet the guests in an orderly manner, and couldn't help secretly approving in her heart.
Xu Qiushi went to Bifengya to greet his relatives, so the matter of greeting the guests naturally fell on Xu Dongqing. Although the second villa owner was young, he was usually very hospitable. The guests were in perfect order without any chaos.
"Abbot, the abbot of Nanshan Temple, Master Wuchen has arrived—"
As the doorman sang loudly, commotion broke out in the courtyard.
"Master Wuchen and his old man are here too?"
"Hey, I really didn't expect..."
"Master Wuchen is here?" Qiu Yutong was also a little surprised, and looked up at the door.
Lu Xiao followed his gaze and raised his eyes to look outside the door.
I saw Xu Dongqing walking in front with a smile on his face, leading a short and fat old monk into the yard: "Abbot Wuchen, this way, this way. Master Qingci, Master Qinghui, please come here too." .”
"Benefactor Xu, you're being polite." Wu Chen nodded.
The Abbot, the abbot of Nanshan Temple, is short and fat, with slender eyes, and looks very ordinary. It is almost unbelievable that he is the abbot of Nanshan Temple, the current leader of the Immortal Dao, and Master Wuchen. The two disciples behind him, Qing Ci and Qing Hui, knew the depth of their cultivation at a glance.
Many guests gathered around and saluted respectfully: "Master Wuchen!"
"Master Wuchen, are you here too?"
"Master Wuchen, I admire you very much, old man, and I have long wanted to see you..."
While peeling melon seeds for Qiu Yutong, Lu Xiao said, "This is the abbot of Nanshan Temple, Master Wuchen? Master, do you know him?"
Qiu Yutong shook her head: "I have heard of it, but I don't know it. I thought that Nanshan Temple would send a disciple of the Qing Dynasty to congratulate her, but I didn't expect Master Wuchen to come in person. And Yuqin Palace owner Lin Yurong, he hasn't been out of the house for decades, and he's here this time... It's so lively today, the big villa owner really has a big face."
Lu Xiao smiled lightly, and said disapprovingly: "Isn't that blood prison secret realm about to open? From my point of view, these guests are all here for the panacea of Yaowangzhuang. The so-called world is prosperous It’s all for profit, all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit, that’s all.”
"I don't know about that." Qiu Yutong paused, lost in thought, "Oh, I want to go to the Blood Prison Secret Realm too."
This time the Blood Prison Secret Realm opens, he probably won't be able to catch up. The cultivation of this body is still too superficial, and it may be dangerous to forcefully enter the secret realm, and it may not even be possible to get out.
Someone next to him sneered: "Why, young master, do you also want to go to the secret realm of Blood Prison?"
Qiu Yutong turned her head and saw that a loose bearded swordsman was looking at him jokingly.
He was very disappointed, so he said coldly: "So what if you want to go? So what if you don't want to go?"
"Just you?" The swordsman looked him up and down without hesitation, "This Blood Prison Secret Realm is opened every thousand years. The last time it was opened, Qingheng Immortal Venerable fell into it. Yun Hai', I don't know whereabouts so far. Qingheng Xianzun has fallen, are you sure you can get out with your little body?"
His presumptuous gaze made Qiu Yutong very unhappy, and couldn't help frowning: "Why are you so rude?"
"Young master..."
What else did the swordsman want to say, but Lu Xiao had already turned his body calmly, blocking his gaze, took another chopsticks of hibiscus cake, and put it into the small plate in front of Qiu Yutong: "This hibiscus cake, the taste is still delicious." good.
Qiu Yutong blinked: "Really? I'll try it."
Then, like a warning, Lu Xiao glanced at the swordsman.
"My lord, Yanran, I don't know what to call you two?" The swordsman was very thick-skinned, and raised his eyebrows with interest, "Actually, even if you want to go to the blood prison secret realm, you may not be able to get in. You have the access jade cards?"
Qiu Yutong was busy eating pastries, Lu Xiao didn't bother to talk to him.
"Passing Jade Card?" A Mang Toutuo next to him yelled loudly, "What the hell is this? The Sajia heard that as long as you arrive at the Blood Prison Valley, you can enter the secret realm at will?!"
Yan Ran smiled and said: "No way, don't you all know? After Qingheng Xianzun fell, the Beihai Sword Sect, Nanshan Temple, Shuo Xuecheng, and Yuqin Palace jointly sealed the Blood Prison Secret Realm. At that time, the four major sects made an appointment Now, every thousand years, when the secret realm of Blood Prison is opened, only those who hold the access jade card can enter the secret realm."
"Then what the hell jade token, where can I get it? His grandma's, so troublesome!"
"These jade cards, there are only one hundred and twenty pieces in total, and each of the four major sects has 20 pieces, so that's 80 pieces. The remaining 40 pieces will be distributed one by one by the current leader of the Immortal Dao, that is, Master Wuchen." You understand now, why so many people gather around to please Master Wuchen when he enters the door."
"Fuck him, it turned out to be like this! The eggy master of the Sa family never told the Sa family about this!"
"Hahaha, Master, please be patient, it's not like there is no chance..."
Qiu Yutong ate the hibiscus cake in small bites, while listening to Yanran's gossip, she also understood 70% to 80% in her heart. It turned out that those people who were circling around Wuchen just now wanted to beg for the access jade from the secret realm of the blood prison. Card.
"Tsk tsk, the Sa family doesn't look down on the faces of these people!" Mang Toutuo said loudly.
Several people were talking lively, when the doorman suddenly elongated his voice, the tone of his voice almost reached the sky.
"Peak Master Aoxue of Shuo Xuecheng, Bai Hanyuan has arrived—"
"Master Cuiping in Shuo Xuecheng, Sang Lingxi arrived—"
The huge Yaowangzhuang was suddenly silent, and all the people stopped talking at the same time and looked out the door.
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