In the early morning, when the sky was barely bright, the sky around Qingyun Mountain was covered with dark clouds, and raindrops soon fell. The rain became stronger from a young age, and soon the sky and the earth turned into a gray area. The sound of pattering rain was everywhere, covering the towering mountains in a mist, making it appear hazy and mysterious.
The sound of the rain hitting the emerald green bamboo leaves seems to have not changed for thousands of years, and it will always look very lonely on Qingyun Mountain. From the eaves and tile roofs that stretched out because of their age and had moss, the drops of water turned into water curtains from tick tock, falling down like pearls one by one, and landed on the ground paved with bluestone, splashing. Form water particles like pearl crumbs.
There is wind in the rain, blowing in the rain flowers one after another, with a touch of moisture and rain powder, wandering between the window sills, as if thinking about something.
Lu Xueqi stood alone in front of the window, looking at the misty rain and mountains outside the window, which was endless. In such a cold time, it seemed that only the sound of rain beating bamboo leaves in the distance echoed in the world and mountains.
As the breeze passed by, the black hair on her temples fluttered gently, and the feeling of rain powder brushing over her face seemed to feel a burst of coldness entering her skin. She pursed her lips lightly, holding the window sill with her hand, the sound of the rain seemed far and near, but in the end it seemed to fall deep in her heart.
I just don't know if there are still ripples
Footsteps sounded outside the house, someone knocked lightly on the door, Lu Xueqi looked back silently, quietly regained consciousness from the misty rain, walked over and opened the door, standing outside the door was Senior Sister Wen Min.
The corner of Lu Xueqi's mouth smiled faintly, and said, "Senior Sister."
Wen Min looked at her slightly haggard face, frowned, walked in, Lu Xueqi closed the door immediately, and the two sat down in the simple room. Wen Min first looked at the bed, but saw that the bedding on the bed was in order, sighed, and said, "Did you not sleep last night?"
Lu Xueqi said quietly: "I can't sleep."
Wen Min looked at Lu Xueqi, and felt a tingle in her heart. She entered Xiaozhufeng earlier than Lu Xueqi, and had always been friends with her. With Lu Xueqi's aloof and arrogant character, apart from her teacher Shuiyue, only Wen Min was the closest to her. That's it. Recently, Lu Xueqi has been in constant trouble, and Wen Min, watching from the sidelines, is quite anxious, but although she is anxious, she still has nothing to do.
There was silence in the room for a while, Wen Min didn't know what to say, but after a while, Lu Xueqi said softly: "Senior Sister, this time because of my business, I really can't help you."
Wen Min was startled, and said, "What?"
Lu Xueqi said: "I heard that Master Uncle Tian and Uncle Suru from Big Bamboo Peak brought Senior Brother Song Daren to propose marriage a few days ago, but Master refused in person and had a big fight with Uncle Tian."
Wen Min gave a wry smile, with a bit of bitterness in his smile, slowly shook his head and said, "Oh... well, that's nothing, and it's none of your business, it's because I have no fate with him, and we both I know, Master has always hated people from Dazhufeng."
Lu Xueqi shook her head silently, and said: "No, that day was the day when I contradicted Master and offended her old man, so I also implicated you, otherwise, with Martial Uncle Suru at the side, Martial Uncle Tian would be willing to do this In order to save face and come to propose marriage in person, most of your business can be accomplished. But... senior sister, I'm really sorry!"
Wen Min smiled, heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "Okay, don't blame yourself here, I'm pretty good, and the master is only angry for a while, and there may be opportunities in the future." , she glanced at Lu Xueqi, and said: "Don't talk about me, it's you, what are you going to do, you can't keep stalemate with Master like this?"
Lu Xueqi's face turned pale, and she remained silent.
Wen Min pondered for a long time, and said: "Junior Sister, I know a little bit about your thoughts, but there is no way for you to go on like this, Zhang...that person has already entered the way of the devil after all, and he has been cast aside by the righteous way in the world, and he will take a step back and say, you are here Fanqian went to the southwest, on the battlefield where the demon cult and beast monsters fought fiercely, the scene there you... "
Wen Min suddenly stopped and kept silent, because at this moment Lu Xueqi's face seemed to lose all color in an instant, and even her clear eyes seemed to be filled with deep pain.
There was silence in the middle of the room for a long time, with the sound of rain outside the window, lonely and speechless.
Finally, Wen Min said in a low voice: "I'm afraid he is really gone. If you are so persistent, you will suffer only yourself."
Lu Xueqi's face was pale, she didn't speak, she stood up slowly, walked to the window sill and stared out, the mountain of rain and mist was misty and lingering, like a dream, even the rain powder and water droplets blowing on the face at this moment seemed to be cold With a sense of unreality.
"I know..." This cold and beautiful woman said softly in the mist and rain: "Maybe he really left. Sometimes I also think about it. In fact, for him, this is not a relief. I also I know, there is nothing wrong with Master scolding me. It is all my fault.
Her voice was suddenly choked up, Wen Min stood up, and was about to go up to comfort her, but Lu Xueqi suddenly turned around, her white clothes fluttered like a lonely cloud.
There seemed to be water droplets in the corners of her eyes, which were crystal clear, with a trace of sadness that had never been seen before, and said: "Senior sister, I know it all, but I just can't let it go. Constantly, unable to escape. After returning from the southwest, I have told myself countless times, he is dead, he is dead, everything is over. But every night after I fall asleep, I dream of the area in the Snake Valley The tragic situation, I dreamed that he was killed by a monster..."
Lu Xueqi stopped suddenly, her expression was so excited that Wen Min was a little worried, but Lu Xueqi quickly calmed down, only her eyes still had that bit of sadness: "Then, I I woke up with a start, covered in cold sweat, like being in an ice cellar!"
She looked at Wen Min silently, and then her expression gradually weakened, as if her body began to tremble slightly, and said: "Senior sister, what's wrong with me, what's wrong with me?" She suddenly threw herself into Wen Min's arms, and Wen Min hugged her On her shoulders, she felt her thin body trembling slightly, and her low voice came from her ears.
"Senior sister, I can't take it anymore, I really can't take it anymore..."
Wen Min was speechless, tightly hugging Lu Xueqi, who had never been so fragile, this cold woman who was once aloof and arrogant, now seemed to be the saddest person in the world.
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Silence covered everything again, the rain outside the window was in a hurry, and there seemed to be a low choking sound coming from the wind. Outside the hut, on the edge of the bamboo forest, Master Shuiyue stood silently, holding an oilcloth green umbrella in his hand, staring blankly at the house in the wind and rain.
Then, she slowly turned and left, disappearing into the bamboo forest.
Between heaven and earth, the wind and rain are rustling, and it is a desolate time.
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In Heyang City, it usually rains. Zhou Yixian, Xiaohuan, and Yegou Taoist walked out of another remote alley and merged into the crowded street. After trying to walk a few steps, they retreated to the side of the road and stood there. There are too many, it is difficult to walk, and secondly, we should take shelter from the rain and discuss it.
But this time the three of them have been divided into two factions. Xiaohuan insisted on going back to the Yin Mansion in Yizhuang, but Zhou Yixian refused no matter what. Wild Dog Taoist supported Zhou Yixian for the first time this time. stand up.
Xiaohuan is single and weak, but she has a dexterous tongue, one person argues with two people, and although Taoist Wild Dog has a different opinion from her this time, he is often speechless after being stared at by Xiaohuan, so most of the time he also Only Zhou Xian objected.
At the moment the three of them were standing by the roadside, Zhou Yixian said in a low voice: "You silly girl, what are you going to do in such a dangerous place, go back and die?"
Xiaohuan curled her mouth and said, "It's a good thing you've lived so long, Grandpa, do you know there's something called morality?"
Zhou Yixian said angrily: "Daoyi? Daoyi shit! Why are you talking about morality when you're dead? That ghost-like guy is so powerful. Aren't we going to die when we go back?"
Daoist Wild Dog nodded at the side and said, "That's right, it's not right to go back..."
Xiaohuan's eyes turned sideways, and he gave him a blank look, Daoist Wild Dog's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't continue speaking immediately.
Xiaohuan turned to look at Zhou Xian and said, "Grandpa, if someone hadn't saved us last night, we would have died long ago, and we wouldn't stand here arguing about morality and injustice. Isn't it right to go back and have a look now?"
Zhou Yixian's expression didn't change, he said: "It's because he saved us, so we should cherish our lives even more, otherwise if we fall into the trap and fall into the tiger's mouth again, wouldn't it be disappointing Gui Li's intentions? "
Xiaohuan was choked up, and couldn't think of anything to refute Zhou Yixian for a while, Zhou Yixian couldn't help feeling complacent when he saw this, and said with a smile: "Is there nothing to say?"
Xiaohuan said angrily: "You know that that person is very ghostly and unpredictable, don't you care about your savior at all?"
Zhou Yixian was calm and composed, and said: "Don't worry, that guy Gui Li wants to be righteous and to have a magic weapon. In terms of ghost spirit, I'm afraid he's more sinister than that coffin, it's really hard to die, what are you worried about?" After a while, he said again: "Besides, didn't you show him a picture ten years ago? You said it back then, this person is the one-of-a-kind 'chaotic appearance', although there are many twists and turns, But it’s not a short-lived life, so what are you worried about…”
"Why, have you ever shown me a photo?" Suddenly, a voice came from beside them, the three of them were startled, and turned their heads to look, only to see Gui Li suddenly appearing beside them at some point in broad daylight. It's like flashing out of the rain.
Although it was raining heavily at this moment, there were too many people fleeing in Heyang City, and most of them didn't take this rain into consideration because they were full of fear of the coming beast monsters. In fact, these days, people in Heyang City have seen people who lost control because of their emotional tension. Fortunately, Qingyunmen disciples have maintained order in the city, and most of them have arrived in a short time to deal with them, but people are panicked. , It also makes this city immersed in an atmosphere of madness all day long.
Xiaohuan and the other three were all taken aback for a moment, then Xiaohuan was overjoyed and couldn't help calling softly: "It's you..."
Zhou Yixian and Wild Dog Taoist both frowned at the same time, Zhou Yixian snorted and said the same thing: "It's you..."
Gui Li ignored Zhou Yixian and the two, first took a look at Xiaohuan, saw the obvious genuine joy on her young face, couldn't help but a trace of warmth in her eyes, nodded slightly, said: "It's me."
At this time, the monkey Xiao Hui who was lying on Gui Li's shoulder, whose hair was wet from the rain, also squeaked at Xiaohuan twice, and grinned, as if he was also very happy to see Xiaohuan.
Xiaohuan smiled happily, and said to Xiao Hui: "You still remember me! Hehe." After saying that, she raised her head to look at Guili, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You, are you okay last night?"
Gui Li nodded and said, "I'm fine."
Only then did Xiaohuan feel relieved, and looked at Gui Li a second time, suddenly for some reason, her face flushed, her eyes turned to Xiao Hui, she opened her hands with a smile, and said, "Come here, let me give you a hug."
Xiao Hui "Zhi Zhi" giggled twice, kicked his feet suddenly, left Gui Li's shoulders, and jumped straight into Xiao Huan's arms. Xiaohuan giggled and felt that the monkey was wet, and was about to take out a cloth to wipe it off, but the monkey seemed to feel uncomfortable, and at this moment his whole body trembled suddenly, and the water droplets were splashed everywhere. Xiaohuan screamed, but she didn't want to leave the monkey behind, so she quickly closed her eyes, and after a while, the monkey made water drops all over her face and clothes.
Xiaohuan opened his eyes, and glared at Xiao Hui, the monkey's three eyes blinked and blinked, and remained motionless. Xiaohuan snorted, flung his hands, and threw Xiao Hui back on Ghost Li, Xiao Hui climbed onto Ghost Li's shoulder, seeing Xiaohuan busy arranging his clothes, couldn't help but burst out laughing again.
Xiaohuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, bit her lower lip and took a peek at Gui Li, then lowered her head to straighten her clothes, Gui Li turned around and glanced at Zhou Yixian, Zhou Xian felt a little guilty, and said: "Hey, brat, I was your lifesaver back then Benefactor, you can't mess around."
Gui Li pondered for a moment, looked around, saw that the people nearby were all looking out for themselves, no one noticed this, so he asked Zhou Yixian, "Who are you?"
Zhou Yixian raised his head and said, "This old man is a master."
Xiaohuan and the wild dog Taoist next to him trembled, obviously this answer made people feel very strange.
However, Gui Li obviously ignored this "expert", and asked directly, calmly: "Your earth escape technique last night has been lost for a long time, but it is said that this kind of Taoism is from Qing Yunzi, the founder of Qingyun sect. How can you have the ability to walk the rivers and lakes?"
He looked deeply at Zhou Yixian, and said, "Do you have any relationship with Qingyun Sect?"
After a moment of silence, Zhou Yixian said: "Okay! Now that the matter has come to an end, I won't hide it from you..." Xiaohuan and Taoist Wild Dog were startled. Seeing Zhou Xian's serious expression, not like joking, they couldn't help but become serious.
I just heard Zhou Yixian slowly say: "The thing is actually like this. When I was young, the old man was handsome, romantic, talented, and intelligent... Uh, don't look at me like that, I'll just keep talking. When the old man was young , collecting herbs for a living, once went into a deep mountain to collect herbs, and accidentally fell into a cliff... "
Ghost Li, Xiaohuan and Wild Dog Taoist frowned at the same time, but Zhou Zhouxian seemed to be getting more and more happy as he talked, and continued: "However, the old man was so lucky that his clothes were caught by a pine tree in mid-air, blocking it. Most of it fell, and then fell again, unexpectedly there was a pool of water under the cliff, so the old man was lucky to survive..."
Xiaohuan couldn't help but interjected: "Grandpa, I seem to have heard your story somewhere, and it seems that many people have said it. Many heros in the storytelling books have to fall off the cliff once..."
Zhou Yixian glared at Xiaohuan, and said angrily: "I said it or you said it, shut up. Uh, where did the old man say, um, he fell off a cliff, but the old man was lucky and survived, and then unexpectedly I found a secret book left by a senior expert who didn't know how many years ago. The old man was talented and intelligent. He studied the secret book under the cliff, fed on the aura of heaven and earth, traveled through time, and finally let the old man cultivate the right fruit and become a fairy... "
Gui Li said coldly: "Is there anything else about you that looks like a fairy besides your name?"
Zhou Yixian choked for a moment, his face was a little embarrassed, but then he returned to normal, and said solemnly: "This old man is doing good deeds and accumulating virtue for the sake of the world, so he plays in the world."
Gui Li said indifferently: "Then do you want to tell me that your earth escape technique is learned from that secret book?"
Zhou Yixian nodded again and again, and said seriously: "Exactly, children can be taught." But after he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the people around him, not talking about ghosts, but he saw that Xiaohuan and Yegou Taoist also had clear faces. Clearly stated the word "do not believe".
Gui Li looked at this person, he naturally wouldn't believe such nonsense, but since Zhou Yixian said such words, no matter what, he was unwilling to reveal his identity after all. But although this person seems to be related to Qingyun Mountain, but he used to get along with him in the past, there is nothing wrong with it, not to mention that in Gui Li's heart, he always treats Zhou Xian and the other three people differently.
As soon as he thought of this, Gui Li stopped threatening each other, but he didn't want to say anything more, he was about to say a few words to them and then left, when suddenly at this moment, a group of people far away in the south of Heyang City There was a burst of terrified screams, the sound was extremely shrill.
Everyone was taken aback. Looking back, the people in the street next to them also turned their heads. They saw people's heads shaking on the street that was originally full of people, and the towering city wall in the distance was also full of people, but at this moment They were all running around. In the misty rain, a shrill scream sounded from the sky. A huge bird of prey opened its arms, and its big eyes gleamed with a blood-red fierce light. .
The huge wind was driven by this giant bird, and the strong wind hit. The mast on the city wall was broken by the strong wind and fell down. Everyone on the wall was terrified and ran around. The giant bird descended from the sky with a scream, and its huge and sharp claws were like the hands of a devil.
The whole Heyang City fell into dead silence for a moment, and after a long time, no one knew who was the first to scream loudly: "Beast monster, it's the beast monster coming, we are finished!..."
In an instant, the entire city fell into hysteria, countless people howled loudly, and the wailing was everywhere, causing chaos.
Only the misty rain between the sky and the earth is still quietly falling, as if nothing happened!