Feeling a cool feeling of dampness on his face, Chen Baiqi opened his eyes from his sleepiness.

She hadn't slept very well these past few days, so her eyes were a little dry. She squinted her eyes, feeling that the light of the sun today was a little gray. Through the cracks in the ruined temple, she saw the dark sky in the distance, which seemed to be slanted.

A soft gauze-like drizzle drifted diagonally.

She moved her somewhat stiff back. Last night she fell asleep leaning on the corner of the mud wall. Because she had maintained this position for too long, her limbs were a little numb.

Seeing that everyone else was still sleeping, she stood up gently and looked around at the other people in the ruined temple.

Sisi slept an arm's length away from where she was, while Yaoma and Qimu huddled together and slept next to the haystack. Changren and his disciple Chengyi found a broken wooden board and put it on two flat stones.

She fell asleep, and like her, Nanyue also found a relatively clean corner to stay overnight.

When Chen Baiqi woke up, Si Si also woke up.

He opened his eyes with water-piercing eyes, propped up his chin and looked at "Chen Huanxian" who was looking up at the sky with an expressionless expression.

The young man's elegant and slender back is against a dark background, with hazy smoke in front of her. She stands with her hands behind her hands. The pine needles of the white fir tree in the misty rain are gently swaying with green leaves, and the branches are gradually hanging down under the wash of droplets of rain.

, showing a bit of desolation and sadness in the coldness.

"Are you afraid?" he asked suddenly.

When Chen Baiqi heard the voice, he turned his head and looked down at him.

"What are you afraid of?" she asked.

Si Si's red lips were curled up under her veil, and the ends of her eyes were aroused with a hint of beauty, and her big Shuimei eyes were somewhat malicious.

"fear death."

Chen Baiqi pursed one corner of his mouth and smiled.

Her smile, like the sun behind the dark clouds, has an indescribable meaning of warmth and peace.

She said: "I will try my best to survive before fearing death."

Sisi casually listened to the sound of raindrops falling under the eaves while looking at her. For a quarter of an hour, he suddenly lost the energy to speak and just wanted to look at her quietly.

But Chen Baiqi turned around and saw that Nan Yue had also woken up.

Nan Yue didn't say anything when she saw them talking. Now that Chen Baiqi discovered it, she had no choice but to step forward and say hello. However, after a night, his expression still showed some discomfort left over from yesterday.

"You, you're awake." The handsome young man was facing Chen Baiqi, but his eyes dropped unconsciously.

"Yeah." Chen Baiqi nodded briefly, and then said casually: "I'm afraid the weather is not very good today."

Nan Yue turned her head and looked at the gloomy sky outside the temple.

The rain is not heavy now, and the ruined temple can barely provide some protection, but some corners have been soaked in large areas.

"I heard what you just said."

Chen Baiqi smiled and did not answer immediately.

Nan Yue withdrew her gaze and looked at Chen Baiqi properly for the first time. He said solemnly: "You said that before you are afraid of death, you must first work hard to survive. I think this sentence is very good."

Seeing his serious look, Chen Baiqi couldn't help but smile. She patted his shoulder as if encouraging a junior.

"Is this what you are asking but not answering?"

"No." Nan Yue shook her head, and something flashed through the pair of narrow black eyes of the handsome young man: "I was actually quite confused at first. Our Mo Bian is withering away day by day, and now there is no way out at all. Senior and Lao Mo are just

Knowing that they are devoted to academic research, they cannot consider the too complicated reality, but I know that if they continue, Mo Bian will face a dead end and retreat, and even... Regarding this fight for the Juzi Order, I

, I actually don’t have much confidence.”

He looked at Chen Baiqi. The young man's eyes were very serious, so serious that he said: "But just now, I suddenly realized that I am not at the end of the road yet. Before I am afraid of death, I must first try to save lives instead of just focusing on fear and shrinking." ."

After hearing what he said, Chen Baiqi put away the smile on his face, and looked at him quietly for a long time with his dark and clear pupils.

Just when Si Si thought that Chen Baiqi would take the opportunity to talk to Nan Yue about "Chicken Soup for the Soul" to brainwash him, she suddenly turned her head and said to him: "Si'er, take a look, Nan Yue's How high is your enlightenment? You respond silently to the same sentence, but he has a deep understanding of it, but there is really a huge gap between your understanding and his."

Si Si was startled for a moment, confused, but then she became angry.

"What does it have to do with me that he is enlightened? You...what do you compare him to me?"

And what the hell is this "Si'er"! She thinks she is calling kittens and puppies.

Chen Baiqi turned his head again at this time, and said helplessly to the confused Nan Yue: "My attendant's temper has always been spoiled by me, I hope Brother Yue will not argue with him."

Nanyue, Sisi: "..."

Hey, are you mistaken? He (I) is angry with you, so what does it have to do with (me) him?! You don’t treat a deer like a horse like that!

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Because it was still half a day's journey from Tianfeng Mountain, they did not dare to waste time. As soon as they woke up, the people in the ruined temple immediately packed up and got ready to go.

At this time, the wind and rain were blowing. Although it was not heavy, it was still wet and cold on their bodies, so they used this material to weave a pile of hay from the temple to put a crude hat on their heads, which could be used to protect them from the rain and wind.

It's just that the straw hat can only cover the head, but the shoulders and the clothes on the body cannot block it, especially the rain is blowing diagonally in the strong wind.

It's difficult to walk on this path when it rains. On the bumpy mud path, you can see half-exposure of the soil from time to time. The mud is wrapped around your feet, and your feet are very awkward. Especially Yaoma and the others are still wearing straw sandals. It's windy and rainy along the way. Staggering around, only Chen Baiqi and Sisi came out of the palace, wearing a pair of thick leather official boots and walking a little more smoothly.

The sky was getting darker and darker, the dark clouds were rolling, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier. The raindrops fell to the ground, like splashing, like pouring, pouring down from the sky, covering their heads and faces, making them all soaked, and the eyes were dripping. The rain blurred their vision.

"——Let's find a place to shelter from the rain first?" Yaoma wiped the rain off his face and shouted to the people behind him.

The rain was so loud that even if you spoke softly, you couldn't hear me.

Chang Ren raised his head and glanced up. His eyes were a little painful from the rain. He quickly lowered his head, shook his head and shouted: "There is no time. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid Mo Xia and his gang will think that we are defeated without a fight."

"But it's raining so hard, what should we do?!" Yaoma asked anxiously, taking a sip of water.

Chen Baiqi was also soaked from head to toe, but her expression was very calm. She also felt that if there was no rain gear in such a heavy rain, accidents would easily happen even if she was forced to go on the road.

At this moment, a group of people seemed to be coming in front of the foggy dark green belt. Raindrops were like curtains, and they were walking quickly in the dark rain.

"Teacher, someone seems to be coming up front." Chengyi tugged at Changren. His face was wet, and he had to shake the water off his head to see the person.

Chang Ren pulled the straw hat on his head, his beard under his chin was wet in strands, and he looked around. Then, he didn't know what he saw, and his eyes widened in surprise.

He turned around and shouted to Chengyi and Yaoma: "Look, it's Meng De and Uncle Changyun who are here."

Chen Baiqi glanced at them. It seemed that the people who came were acquaintances. She weighed the group of people again. There were twelve or three people in total. They were all wearing coir raincoats and holding something in their hands. Just look at their bodies.

They are all short and thin and not tall, and most of them are even a bit hunched. When they are walking quickly in a raincoat, their steps are messy and staggering, they are panting, and they look like round "hedgehogs" soaked in the rain.

.

The only way to talk in the heavy rain was by shouting.

Someone among the hedgehogs waved and shouted: "Yoma, Changren, come on, come on, we have given you a raincoat, put it on quickly!"

A voice that was full of energy, but old and hoarse.

After saying this, Chen Baiqi froze when he saw the expressions of Chang Ren and Yaoma.

Chang Ren's eyes turned red on the spot. He pulled off the already messy straw hat on his head and hurriedly raised his hands to greet it: "Here, it's raining so heavily, eh, why are you doing this?"

Chen Baiqi was also a little surprised...are these people here to bring rain gear?

The man's voice in the rain was intermittent, but he said with full force: "What are you talking about? This is something that Mo Bian and I work together to do. Although there are some things that I can't contribute, we still help with such small things."

Aren't you busy? Hurry up, it's raining heavily, hurry up, hurry up and put it on."

Chang Ren choked up for some reason. He took the coir raincoat from their hands and handed it to Chen Baiqi, who then passed one to Si Si.

After everyone had put on their raincoats and bamboo hats, Changren hurriedly said: "Uncle Changyun, the rain is too heavy, you should go back quickly."

"Okay, okay, we won't delay you, but Chang Ren, who is Chen Huanxian or Chen Langjun?" the energetic voice asked just now.

Changren saw that he wanted to see "Chen Huanxian", so he bowed and got out of the way.

Then the group of Mo Bian who came to deliver rain gear saw the young man standing straight and straight in the rain through the heavy rain curtains in front of him.

At the same time, Chen Baiqi also saw clearly what kind of people were here.

She was really a little stunned.

Because, these people who traveled a long way in the rain...are a group of old people who are all very old.

There were more than a dozen of them in the group. Although they were wearing raincoats and bamboo hats, their faces could still be clearly seen when they raised their heads. Most of them had gray eyebrows and white beards, with wrinkles on their faces and criss-crossing lines on their feet.

It was extremely muddy, the hem of his clothes and sleeves were soaked and dripping, and he couldn't even straighten his back.

In the rain, they looked so old and tired, yet energetic and stubborn.

Then, when these group of old men saw Chen Baiqi, they all bent down and gave her a kiss.

Chen Baiqi was startled, and immediately stepped forward, reaching out to help them up.

The rain washed her eyelashes, she blinked her eyes and said hurriedly: "Old people, if you have something to say, you can just say it. There is no need to do this."

"We are too old to do anything, and although we have aspirations in our hearts, it is difficult to express them. We place our hopes on Chen Langjun... and the younger generation..." They looked at Nanyue and Chengyi again, lowered their heads, and said seriously: "I'm really ashamed.

It’s so hard.”

Changren came over, not knowing what to say at the moment: "Uncle Changyun..."

"Ancestor, please don't say this." Chengyi said with a blushing face.

At this moment, Nanyue suddenly felt that his previous thoughts were wrong, very wrong. He felt regretful for his previous understanding. He said with red eyes: "I am a disciple of Mo Bian. This is
To be continued...