Author: Yueting A Cup of Wine

Another day passed, and there was only one day left before the formation would be opened. It was obviously a moment worth looking forward to happily, but Dong Zhu felt that as time passed, the atmosphere in the village began to become subtle.

The old village chief no longer asked people to go to his mud house, but the young people who went there began to behave strangely. They would always get together to talk, and then separate one by one to find other people in the corner to say something.

Some of the people who heard the words were in disbelief, and some looked gloomy. The villagers were like a plate of beans that had been artificially classified, vaguely forming two factions.

But Dong Zhu didn't care about this. She just wanted to guard the formation on the altar, lowering her head and playing with the still beautiful nameless flower. Whenever she wanted to find out her inner doubts about Luo Xuanyi, the soft petals

It melted her wariness.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Dong Qi's furious voice boomed, startling her. She had never heard Dong Qi so angry before. She couldn't help but move her eyes away from the altar. Following the sound, she saw the generous palms holding up the front of her chest. The scars on them made her

It was extremely familiar, but the person being yelled at was something she had never imagined.

"Eldest brother, second brother? What are you doing?"

"Ask what nonsense he is talking about!" Dongqi snorted coldly, grabbed Dongxian's collar, and dragged Dongxian to Dongzhu like a father disciplining his children. The crowd around them who were worshiping at the altar let out a wave of laughter.

Zhen sneered, Dong Xian hid his face in his collar and let his hair fall on his face.

Ling Yong, who had been watching from the side for a long time, put down the basket in his hand and walked over quickly, barely separating the two of them. "What happened? Don't quarrel in front of your sister! I wish sister, you are not scared, are you?"

Dong Zhu stared at Dong Xian closely, frowning: "Second brother, what did you do?"

Being looked at by the three people with angry or doubtful eyes, Dongxian did not show any signs of panic or uneasiness. He just straightened his clothes calmly and gently patted the dust on his sleeves. "It's okay, you will know in a moment."

Yes. I just want to give you a warning first, but it seems that the eldest brother can't accept it. It was my prediction that was wrong - after all, we are a family, so there are still differences."

"What are you talking about without starting or ending?" Even Ling Yong was confused. The three of them were still trying to say something, but suddenly they noticed that the atmosphere around them had changed.

There were no more whispers from those around them who were watching the joke just now, and the footsteps of many people stirred up dust on the brown soil, and then stopped behind them.

"Village Chief, Fellow Taoist Yi." Dong Xian walked into the group without looking back, leaving only three people who suddenly had an ominous premonition in their hearts.

The old village chief looked at Dong Zhu with some disappointment, and Dong Zhu just felt confused. When she saw the gloomy Dong Xian, she whispered a few words into the old village chief's ear, and then stood behind a group of young people in the village.

At the front. These people used to be either following Ling Yong or running errands to help Winter Prayers and Winter Blessings. But now they all stood up straight, with cold expressions on their faces.

"Everyone, I have something to announce to you."

Under the majesty of the old village chief, the worshiping villagers retreated. Soon people working in other places came one after another. Those who originally followed the old village chief mixed in with all the villagers, and everyone began to

Listen to the old village chief standing at the front, with his back to the altar.

"We are about to give up and leave Guning Village. After this formation is activated tomorrow, fellow Daoist Yi will convert the formation into spiritual power and leave on his own."

A bolt from the blue.

At first, the villagers couldn't understand what the old village chief was saying. Those who wanted to immediately raise questions were immediately surrounded by several villagers and covered their mouths. The old village chief seemed to have seen nothing and just talked about those complicated things slowly until the announcement was made.

Disbanded and left, leaving Luo Xuanyi standing there with a complicated expression.

"Everyone has heard it. I wanted to help everyone gain freedom, but I almost killed everyone. I'm sorry." She seemed to be arguing with people until her voice became hoarse. She smiled helplessly, "I'm leaving tonight.

It’s the last night before, and I brought some things with me. I originally wanted to celebrate with you after I left, so I might as well throw them out and hold a banquet today!”

All the villagers who wanted to question her were silenced. They gathered around her, silent and curious, seeming to be still digesting the heavy news. Luo Xuanyi did not give them time to digest, "Please give way, please, let me

Get the stuff out!”

The crowd spread, and Dong Xian frowned, but he still didn't say anything and blended into the crowd.

Among the three, only Ling Yong remained rational. Seeing how weird the atmosphere was, he deliberately shouted loudly: "No matter what, we haven't entertained guests for three days! At least let Taoist friend Taoist Yi taste the cold frost fruit."

Bar!"

"Hey, apart from filling your stomach, the cold frost fruit is no different from the northwest wind!"

I don't know who in the crowd answered this, everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed. Another person shouted loudly: "I know there is something delicious - the fibrous roots of the cold frost fruit! It tastes sweet when chewed.

It's sizzling, just like the sugar recorded in the book, but don't hurt the taproot. I'll go dig some!"

"Good guy, you know this is delicious, why didn't you tell us?" "Just a little bit is not enough? And you are so messy, are you as skillful as me? I'm afraid you just dug the cold frost fruit!"

Everyone started to make a fuss. The originally suppressed topic was put aside, because they didn’t know how to deal with it, so they simply didn’t think about it. The village chief’s attitude was too firm, and they were all a little undecided, so why not hold a discussion first?

There was a welcome banquet.

Ling Yong immediately got busy. At one moment, he asked people to bring in all the tables and chairs that could be moved in the village, and at another moment, he ordered the cold frost fruits to be placed on the plate. Luo Xuanyi smiled and watched everyone busy, walking frequently in the crowd, as if deliberately avoiding people

, Dong Zhu and Dong Qi wanted to catch her and ask her, but they couldn't.

Is it really okay to suppress the problem like this? Dong Zhu felt like something was scratching her heart, and she couldn't bring herself to enjoy the happy atmosphere. Even if everyone couldn't leave, she wanted to leave. Dong Qi wanted everyone to

They left, but the two guys with faces full of bitterness and hatred were finally pushed in the center of the several-tiered round table, very far away from Luo Xuanyi, who insisted on sitting at the outside.

Everyone sat down, and there were only three plates of cold frost fruits and a small plate of dark gray roots on the table. The cold frost spread along with the blue color across the entire table, reflecting everyone's faces with different expressions.

.

Luo Xuanyi stood up, took off the small storage bag from her waist, and swiped her fingers together, only to see a flicker of light. Several large jars half as high as a person, and the wine jars surrounding the two people suddenly appeared on the long table.

, even before the bottle is opened, the mellow aroma of the wine begins to float, catching everyone's nose.

Before she was done, she made another stroke, and countless eating spiritual fruits and even some body-building pills spilled out from the pocket. The colorful scrolls rolled on the long table, as if the Hong Bridge had been intercepted and spread out. Everyone was stunned.

breathe.

"What is this?" "Are these all edible?" "There are so many delicious foods outside..."

Smiling Luo Xuanyi gestured for everyone to open the wine seal, and said leisurely: "These are all the food given to me by like-minded Taoist friends outside. Of course it is not the best, but it is also everyone's heartfelt wish. Please enjoy it!"

"

The century-old wine made from hundreds of kinds of spiritual herbs and cannons was poured into the villagers' open clay bowls, and a curve of amber light lit up smoothly. Just smelling it made people drunk; the wine sprinkled with sesame seeds

The glutinous rice cakes and lotus leaf rice wrapped in oil paper were delicious and glutinous in the mouth, but the quantity was too small; the round pills were regarded by the villagers as jelly beans. After eating them, they were so shocked that they jumped three feet high and screamed.

A breath of energy flowed out of the body, and he became extremely powerful, so everyone competed to start a competition to see who could throw the stone farther...

The flowing colors covered up the world with only a single blue. The splash of wine fell on the ice edge of the table, and the heat melted the last thing that belonged to the village. Everyone seemed to have left this life for ten years.

A hundred years ago, I arrived at a place where I could be carefree and forgetful. My life was no longer depressing. I laughed loudly, savored the happiness I had never had before, and walked in a daze with someone I didn’t know was a friend or an enemy.

Hug each other and cry.

Tomorrow it will all disappear again like a dream.

Tomorrow such colors will disappear from my world.

First, one person started crying. He just wanted to drink another bowl of wine, but the wine tank was at the bottom, and he burst into tears. Then the person next to him, and then the person next to him, and finally everyone started crying together. "Why?

Leave us behind? Why do we have to live such a boring life?”

Alcohol makes people vulnerable, and they all gathered around Luo Xuanyi. I don't know who shouted first, "If the village chief doesn't go with you, we will go with you!" Then more and more people responded, and even Dong Zhu took control.

He kept shouting: "Take me away!"

Luo Xuanyi drank the wine but was not confused at all. She just smiled helplessly, like a hammer, breaking through the fantasy and bringing them back to reality: "No. If anyone wants to stay, they will probably die. Or all of them.

Leave or stay. The village chief won’t leave.”

The atmosphere became cold again.

"Why doesn't the village chief leave? If you stay here, life and death will continue to cycle, you might as well go out and have a try."

"But it doesn't mean that it's scary outside and someone will come to destroy us..."

"But there are powerful monks like Taoist Fellow Yi to protect us..."

Ling Yong, who was responsible for the lively atmosphere, also drank too much. Now no one could control their words and deeds. The few of them who were still conscious began to clean up the mess. People who drank too much gathered together and the discussion became more and more serious.

Loud.

"Let's go and make it clear to the village chief! The village chief will definitely understand!"

“What if it doesn’t work?”

"If you stay here all the time, it's better to die! Have you forgotten those warriors who died? Maybe this is the last chance to go out, and we have to give up because of cowardice?"

Drunk Dong Qi climbed onto the wine table, waving his strong arms, his lean muscles glazed with the color of wine, and shouted loudly like a leader.

"We don't live for fear of death! Our ancestors have been walking on Hongqiao for generations to leave, and we are not afraid of how many heroic souls have been sacrificed! Just so that we can leave this hellish place! Live the real life that people should live! Go and complete it.

The great deeds of our ancestors!”

"right!"

"Now the best opportunity is in front of us. Fellow Taoist Yi said that she originally wanted to give up searching for us, but it was the cries of the warriors when they were in distress that led her to the village! Isn't this God's arrangement?

?This is the meaning of their sacrifice! Who can say for sure that there will be another chance? Who can say for sure whether the next time someone is discovered, whether the person coming is friendly or evil? This is our only chance of a lifetime! Don't let the sacrifice of heroic souls be in vain!

"

"right!!"

Dong Qi jumped off the long table and raised his arms: "Let's go to the village chief and make it clear!"

"right!!!"

A group of people who had drunk wine and taken pills rushed straight to the village chief's house with Dongqi in their arms. They surrounded the village chief's earthen house, knocking on the door and windows, and kept shouting.
To be continued...