Su Li couldn't help but be startled, not understanding what he was talking about, but he curled his lips, an evil smile appeared, and kissed her on the face at lightning speed!
At the entrance of the valley, the four people who were walking in a hurry saw this scene from a distance. They were all stunned and turned to stone in an instant.
Since leaving Shengguo, Su Li has become extremely cold, taciturn, and difficult to approach. However, at this time, her robe was draped around Yang Xiao, she was not wearing a mask, and she was held tightly in the arms of the boy. These extraordinary actions really made people think.
Xiang Li was stunned for a moment and quickly returned to normal. He had been involved in romance for many years and was very familiar with the love affair between men and women. A pair of smiling peach-blossom eyes looked back and forth between Su Li and Yang Xiao with evil intentions, smiling slyly, "We... seem to have arrived at the wrong time?"
Wan Xin rolled her eyes at him. Although she felt strange in her heart, she would not speak easily until she understood the facts.
Qin Heng raised his thick eyebrows and said in surprise: "He is so presumptuous, but the sect master is not angry?!"
"It's not yet time." Jiang Yuan, who was always serious, took a step forward and spoke firmly.
Before he finished speaking, Yang Xiao's body suddenly flew out. He immediately fell to the ground and rolled a few times. He threw his arms around and screamed: "It hurts so much. You want to murder your husband!"
Su Li's face was sullen, and Yang Xiao shouted again: "A man and a woman alone spending a night together in the wilderness is the most harmful thing to a woman's reputation. Of course I will be responsible for you!"
The more he spoke, the more outrageous he became. Su Li was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore and walked away.
The noisy voice behind him was still chattering: "Don't leave, wait for me! If you don't want me to be responsible, then you have to be responsible for me..."
Su Li turned around and suddenly realized that at the entrance of the valley, the four of them had been standing there for an unknown length of time. Xiang Li and Qin Heng were still whispering about something, as if they were watching a good show. Suddenly they saw her walking quickly towards this side with a displeased face. The two of them were immediately startled and quickly calmed down their expressions.
The four people stepped forward and said respectfully in unison: "I have seen the saint."
"Back to the main forum
. "Su Li only left one sentence, and the person disappeared at the mouth of the valley.
Back at the main altar, Yang Xiao stayed in the Sacred Heart Hall due to illness and refused to leave. Su Li had no choice but to arrange for him to stay in the side hall. Jiang Yuan took toad venom and used it as medicine. After Su Li took it for several days, his internal injuries healed quickly and his skills also recovered.
The moonlight was very good that night, and the light was as soft as water. Su Li had dinner and handled academic affairs with the four envoys in the Sacred Heart Hall. Xia Fu'an, the steward of the main altar, came to see him.
Xiang Li gently shook his folding fan and said, "This manager Xia is really responsible. No matter how big or small everything happens in the teaching, he comes to report everything."
Xiang Li said this unintentionally, but Su Li's heart sank a little. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the tall figure outside the palace door, and said calmly: "It's nothing, please step aside first."
"Yes." The four of them bowed and left.
Xia Fu'an came into the palace, "Xia Fu'an pays homage to the saint."
Su Li glanced at him for a moment, then looked away and said calmly: "What do you want to report to Manager Xia?"
"I see that the Saint has not eaten much in the past few days. Is the food not to the Saint's taste? If so, I will arrange for a replacement cook. You can tell me what the Saint likes to eat so that I can prepare it." Xia Fu'an spoke. When he was walking, he looked straight at Su Li, somewhat inquiring, as if he was carefully trying to figure out her preferences.
His facial features were plain and his eyes were bright and deep. Su Li was shocked. For some reason, she suddenly felt that Xia Fuan's eyes were indescribably familiar!
Seeing Su Li looking at him without saying a word, Xia Fu'an felt puzzled and asked softly: "Saint?"
Su Li came back to her senses in an instant, suppressed the shock in her heart, turned away her eyes and said: "No need to bother, there is no problem with the food."
"Oh." Xia Fu'an said thoughtfully, "What's wrong with the saint?"
Su Li said calmly: "Lao Xia is troublesome. I'm fine."
"It's our duty. Since the saint is fine, my subordinates can rest assured." Xia Fu'an smiled and called out: "Xia Tong."
A boy in green clothes immediately came into the hall, holding a jasper fruit plate in his hand, and stepped forward and gently placed it on the table in front of Su Li.
Xia Fu'an smiled and said: "The weather has been hot in recent days, and it is easy to be impatient. I have specially prepared some fresh fruits to purify the saint's heart and reduce the heat.
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Su Li lowered his eyes and saw a plate of fresh cherries. Each one is as plump and round as pearls, with dark red water in the transparent green fruit plate, and the smell is sweet and attractive.
Her eyes suddenly changed, "Where did these cherries come from?"
Xia Fu'an was startled again and said in slight surprise: "Does the saint recognize this thing?"
Su Li stared at the plate of cherries without answering.
This thing is called "Black Pearl" and it is a unique species of Sheng Kingdom. How could she not recognize it? The annual output of black pearls is very small. Except for the royal family, nobles and wealthy families of the Sheng Kingdom, they are not available to ordinary people. Now that the two countries are at odds with each other, why did the Saintess Cult appear in Bian State
Su Li picked one up and found that the core had been removed, and the fresh and tender pulp was even more shiny and attractive against the white jade-like fingertips. She closed her eyes slightly, feeling a little dazed, and the past came to mind. In the past... Every hot summer, her favorite thing to eat was black pearls. One drop into her stomach, it was cool and refreshing, and her mood was also relaxed. Now that I am in a foreign country, when I first see it, I have no desire to taste it.
She just stared at Cherry in confusion. Xia Fu'an saw this and frowned secretly. He asked cautiously: "Don't you like the saint? Then I'll just withdraw."
Su Li's eyes darkened. As the head of the general altar, Xia Fu'an fulfilled his duties without any doubt. He came here every day to discuss every detail with her. It must be said that the affairs of the general forum were quickly on the right track, which was inseparable from his pertinent opinions. However, my keen intuition told me that there seemed to be something wrong with this Xia Fuan...
If I remember correctly, this person has been in charge of the Saintess Church for ten years and is still young. He became the steward of the Saintess Cult's main altar when he was just a teenager, and his ability to do things should not be underestimated.
"Little Ah Li!" A cheerful voice interrupted her thoughts, and the fiery figure swept in like a whirlwind and ran straight in front of her, daring to shout and yell unscrupulously in the Saintess Cult Headquarters. Except for the fourth prince Yang Xiao, Who else could it be
But tonight, Yang Xiao was wet from head to toe, and his pigtails were dripping with water. He looked like a drowned rat that had just been fished out of the lake.
The wind and cold had just gotten better, so what was he going to do in the lake again? Su Li couldn't help but frown and said, "What did you do to make this happen?"
Yang Xiao smiled at her, a smile that was a little proud, a little cunning, and a little mysterious.
. He didn't answer. He glanced at the cherries on the table and immediately exclaimed: "Wow, you didn't call me when there was something delicious!" He sat down next to her without any explanation, grabbed a few cherries and put them in his mouth. .
"Well, it's really delicious, it tastes really good!" Yang Xiao praised repeatedly, and he was very happy to eat. In the blink of an eye, most of the cherries on the plate were missing.
Xia Fu'an lowered his eyes calmly, sighing in his heart, with Yang Xiao's way of eating, it was like a cow chewing peonies.
Yang Xiao ate happily, and suddenly found that Su Li hadn't moved, "Hey, don't just watch me eat, you eat too! What, sorry? Come on, don't be shy, I'll find you the biggest one Yes! Open your mouth, ah..." He really picked up a cherry and brought it directly to her lips. The water on her sleeves was still dripping, so Su Li quickly dodged back. Yang Xiao moved too much, and the cool water drops still fell on her body, making her clothes suddenly wet.
Before Su Li could say anything, he said "Ouch" and cried out in annoyance: "It's really bad, the water got on you! Let me wipe it clean for you." After saying that, he reached out to wipe it, but suddenly found that he was covered with water. Her clothes will get wetter and wetter. He glanced around the hall and saw nothing that could be used to wipe it.
A square of silk brocade handkerchief was handed to Su Li at the right time. The silk was soft and smooth, and the color was pure white like snow. One corner of the brocade handkerchief was embroidered with a painting. The workmanship was exquisite, and it was truly a rare and top-quality piece.
Su Li was stunned. The embroidered scene on the brocade handkerchief was a corner of the palace wall, a few plum trees, and a woman under the tree was slender, with a lonely back... Her eyes immediately changed slightly. This scene was actually the same as the East Palace of the Prince of Sheng Kingdom. The Forbidden Garden is quite similar!
"Hey, what a beautiful handkerchief!" Yang Xiao took the brocade handkerchief and looked at it carefully. He looked at it for a long time and suddenly smiled: "The texture of this handkerchief is very special. It looks familiar. Where did you get it?"
There was something in his words. Su Li said calmly: "How would I know? I have to ask Manager Xia." The tone was light, but her heart sank. This silk is very special, it is from Dingguo. The one made is as extraordinary as the black pearl. Most of them were used by the royal family of Sheng Kingdom. If there is an ordinary wealthy family, it is also from a prominent family background. Then where did Xia Fu'an get this veil
She turned her eyes lightly, but she might as well meet Xia Fu'an's gaze. She seemed to sense that Su Li had doubts in his heart, and he said softly: "The person in charge of buying daily necessities in Baiyun Duo is attracted by the excellent quality of this brocade handkerchief. Unexpectedly, The Fourth Prince also studies weaving?"
Yang Xiao glanced at him with a half-smile but said nothing. He took the brocade handkerchief to wipe the water stains on Su Li's clothes.
. The snow-white brocade handkerchief and the bright red plum blossoms made Su Li feel inexplicably irritable. She slapped his hand away and said with a frown, "Don't make trouble."
"You have wronged me again." He stared at the back of his hand that was red after being slapped by her, and sighed helplessly: "You are so cruel, be careful no one dares to marry you!"
Su Li said coldly: "I took the Jueqing Pill, and I have already broken up my love!" The implication was that she had no intention of getting married again.
Thinking of the Heartless Pill, which still has no solution, Yang Xiao's face froze, and he felt a little depressed for no reason.
"The saint's words are wrong." Xia Fu'an's eyes flashed slightly, and he suddenly said: "The function of the Heartless Pill is only to suppress feelings, but it has no effect on heartlessness. If the Saint wants to use this thing to cut off love, she can only It is said that the things in the saint's heart are not settled yet, and the feelings are hard to let go."
These words instantly hit Su Li's heart. She was slightly startled and suddenly raised her eyes to look at him.
The Xia Fu'an in front of him looked as usual, but there was a deep and sharp look in his eyes.
Su Li stared at him without saying anything. It was undeniable that what he said was absolutely correct. I originally thought that I could use the power of the Heartless Pill to cut off the ties with Dongfang Ze. But in the darkroom, she realized a fact. She had never been able to forget him and still had trouble controlling her emotions.
The hidden thoughts in her heart that she didn't want others to know were exposed by him with just one word. Su Li's heart became cold, and she suddenly felt a sense of fear, which made her upset. She said coldly: "Manager Xia, don't be too smart and make false assumptions about me. Mind!"
Xia Fu'an said in a deep voice: "I don't dare, I'm just worried about the saint's body. If the saint's true feelings are not gone..."
"This has nothing to do with you!" She suddenly interrupted him. For some reason, his words made her unable to control her emotions. "Remember your identity!"
Xia Fu'an's expression froze, and he bowed and said, "I have overstepped my bounds. Please forgive me, the Holy Lady."
The atmosphere fell silent for a moment, and became a little heavy.
Yang Xiao frowned slightly unconsciously, turned his eyes and smiled: "You don't have to worry too much, no matter how powerful the poison in the world is, there will be a solution. Besides, haven't you heard a sentence?"
She raised her eyebrows, "What are you talking about?"
He smiled evilly, leaned close to her ear, and whispered: "Ashes of death... can also be rekindled."
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His lips opened slightly, exuding a faint residual warmth, almost touching the shell of her ear. The warm breath in his mouth was filled with the sweet fragrance of black pearls, and blew into the ear hole. It was a little itchy, and Su Li couldn't help but tremble slightly. , frowned and dodged to one side, and followed him like a shadow, still chuckling and asked: "What, you don't believe it?"
Su Li didn't answer. The scoundrel said everything with a smile on his face, making it impossible to tell which of his words were true and which of them were false.
The two people's intimate behavior was all seen in Xia Fu'an's eyes. His eyes were slightly cold and he reminded lightly: "The wet clothes are cold, so the fourth prince should take a shower and change clothes as soon as possible to avoid being injured by the wind and cold again."
Really, no eyes, color!
Yang Xiao glanced sideways at him, but Xia Fu'an seemed to have disappeared and called Xia Tong straight away, telling him to prepare things for bathing. After a while, Xia Tong came to invite Yang Xiao to take a bath.
The clothes were wet and wrapped around her body, feeling heavy and cold, which was really uncomfortable. Yang Xiao smiled and said, "Ah Li, I'm going to take a bath first, and I'll come back to you later."
"What's up?"
"You'll know in a moment." He smiled and pretended to be quiet.
The moon was gradually rising in the sky, the stars were shining brightly, the cool breeze was blowing, and in the dead of night, the Saintess's main altar fell into silence. After waiting for a long time, Yang Xiao still hadn't come, so Su Li was ready to go to bed.
Just as he was about to blow out the candlelight, he heard Yang Xiao say outside the window: "Hey, you're going to sleep. Didn't I say I'd come find you? Don't sleep yet, I'll take you to practice." As he said that, the person had already wandered in. Door.
Su Li said calmly: "Do you know how to practice martial arts?" So far, she has checked all the ancient books in the Sacred Heart Palace and has not seen any relevant records about riding the wind and floating clouds.
Yang Xiao smiled mysteriously, "Follow me."
He pulled her away from the Sacred Heart Temple. There were many twists and turns along the way, and after a while, we arrived at the most secluded corner of the Water Palace.
Su Li had been here before, and it was a bit strange at that time. The buildings of the Saintess' main altar were all exquisitely carved and ingeniously crafted. Why is there such a place here, dilapidated and desolate.
The mottled door, the red paint has long since peeled off, there is no road inside the door, only half of the dilapidated corridor, extending into the green lake, as if cut off in the middle.
Yang Xiao took out a blueprint from his arms. Su Li looked sideways and saw several new markings on it, and the ink was still fresh.
. She also took out a drawing from her arms. The building signs were almost identical, but the one in his hand had an extra water pavilion than hers, isolated in the middle of the empty green lake ahead.
Obviously there is another mystery in this lake.
"Wait for me here." Yang Xiao pushed the drawing into her hand, jumped into the lake with a "pop" and swam in one direction skillfully.
Su Li lowered his head and looked at the drawing in his hand. There were eight small red dots around the water pavilion, and Yang Xiao was swimming to the corresponding positions with ease. There was a rolling sound under the water and the mechanism was activated.
She immediately understood why he had been missing all day and appeared in front of her all wet. It turned out that he had come here in advance to determine the location of the agency.
His fingers froze slightly, and the door to his heart, which had been indifferent and dull for months, suddenly opened a corner, and a trace of warmth quietly penetrated into the depths of his heart. Her eyes also followed Yang Xiao's fast swimming figure, and gradually became softer without realizing it.
The mechanisms marked by the red dots in the picture were opened one by one, but the lake surface did not change at all. After a cup of tea, Yang Xiao returned. As soon as he showed his head, a slender jade hand reached in front of his eyes. Yang Xiao raised his eyes and was stunned. He didn't react for a while.
"What are you doing standing still? Come up quickly." Su Li urged softly.
Yang Xiao smiled brightly and held her hand tightly. Su Li exerted a little force, and his body broke out of the water.
The lake water was cool, but his hand was warm. He held hers tightly and intertwined their fingers. It felt like the hand of that person in her memory. It was warm and strong, and it always made her feel at ease for no reason... She felt suddenly in her heart. There was a stinging pain, and she quickly suppressed her thoughts and tried to break free from his hand.
Yang Xiao's eyes flickered, but he held her hand tighter.
"What to do?" She frowned slightly.
He half-smiled and said, "It's rare that you take the initiative. How can I let go so easily?"
Under the moonlight, his smile was bright and somewhat pure and bright.
Yang Xiao, who had lost his naughty side and was so gentle, couldn't help but make Su Li's heart skip a beat. He held her hand and refused to let go for a long time.
There seemed to be a gust of cold wind blowing behind them, and the two of them were immediately alert. When they turned around, they found that Xia Fu'an had arrived outside the door at some unknown time, and his eyes faintly glanced at the two people's tightly clasped hands.
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"It's already late at night, why didn't Manager Xia go to bed in the room and show up here?" Yang Xiao's eyes instantly turned cold.
"The villain suffers from insomnia and has difficulty falling asleep at night. I just couldn't sleep and went out for a walk. I accidentally saw someone coming this way. I didn't know who it was, so I came to have a look. But I didn't expect it to be the saint and the fourth prince... "
"Okay, now that you're here, just stay outside the door and don't let anyone get close to here, otherwise you're the only one asking!" Yang Xiao said lazily, but the warning in his words was very obvious.
Su Li was a little surprised. The reason why Yang Xiao chose to come here late at night must be because he didn't want people to know that there was a mechanism here. Since the matter was so confidential, why didn't he care much about Xia Fu'an's sudden appearance.
Recalling that since Yang Xiao joined the religion this time, except for the four envoys and the two elders, he has never hidden his identity in front of Xia Fu'an. Could it be that... Xia Fu'an is also someone placed by the emperor in the main altar
"Lend me your ring." While she was contemplating, Yang Xiao had already taken off the white jade ring on her hand, walked to the end of the corridor, bent down and put the ring into a small round hole.
Just hearing the sound of rolling under the water, a beautiful enclosed water pavilion slowly emerged from the water. At first glance, you can't tell what material it is made of. Although the pavilion is airtight, the four walls and top of the pavilion are light-transmissible, reflecting a pale white and soft light under the moonlight.
This white jade ring turns out to be the key to unlocking the secret!
Yang Xiao no longer hesitated and pulled her up to the water pavilion. He put the ring into the round hole by the door. Su Li found that there was another round hole next to the round hole, which seemed to be slightly larger than this. She was moved in her heart. , could that be where another ring is used to open the mechanism
There was a soft click, and a mechanism at the bottom opened again, and a piece of white and beautiful jade slowly floated up. The moonlight penetrated the transparent top of the pavilion and shone on the jade. After a while, several lines of small, light green characters appeared on the smooth jade!
"This mechanism is indeed exquisite!" Yang Xiao repeatedly exclaimed, excited. "How's it going, little Ali?"
Su Li also nodded and said in admiration: "It is indeed exquisite. It is even better than the Shenmen secret passage mechanism." She approached the jade wall and looked at it carefully. The small characters on the jade wall clearly read "Chengfeng" and "Chengfeng". The method of blending the two internal powers of "Floating Cloud"!
Su Li felt a little happy and read the words on the wall carefully.
. It turns out that if you want to integrate the Chengfeng Sutra and the Floating Cloud Sutra, you have to take advantage of the full moon night to adjust your breath in front of this jade until you can understand it. During the exercise, there must be a person with deep inner strength to protect the Dharma to prevent it from going wrong.
"Let's get started." Yang Xiao suppressed his laughter and sat down cross-legged. Su Li also followed the instructions in the text, sat down opposite him, and gently closed her eyes.
The two of them connected their palms, and Su Li tried to use the special mental skills written on the jade to regulate his breath. He felt a cool breeze blowing behind him, and the spiritual platform suddenly became clear, as if a mysterious power was injected into his body. The inner breath slowly travels throughout the body. She clearly felt the two forces in her body, seemingly insignificant collision, no longer pushing and resisting as before. I feel a little happy. It seems that if it runs smoothly for a few more weeks, the first step will be successfully taken.
Everything went smoothly at first, but suddenly, for some reason, the two internal forces that were originally peaceful began to fluctuate violently. She was shocked and tried to calm down, but she couldn't calm down.
Yang Xiao immediately sensed that something was wrong. He moved his energy into Su Li's body and tried his best to suppress her turbulent inner aura, but was knocked to the ground by her sudden burst of strength.
Su Li's vision went dark. Unable to suppress the surging energy and blood, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body immediately softened to the ground.
Yang Xiao panicked at the sudden change and rushed over to help her. When he saw the blood stains on the ground, they were so bright that his heart tightened.
"Ali, how are you? Can you hear me?" he called urgently.
A black shadow passed through the corridor like a sharp arrow. Before Yang Xiao could see clearly how he would take action, Xia Fuan had already sealed several large acupoints on Su Li's body like lightning.
Su Li's eyes were dimming, and her heart was so painful that she couldn't speak. Her eyes were slightly opened, and in the hazy field of vision, Xia Fu'an's face was rippling like water, floating and uncertain, only those anxious eyes could be seen. , bright and compelling.
His eyes are so similar to... that person!
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In the blink of an eye, it has been more than three years since I came to Xiaoxiang to write articles. I would like to thank everyone for your companionship, tolerance, understanding, and support along the way. I wish everyone a happy new year, good health and all the best in the new year.