"Pa", a crisp sound came from the quiet room behind Yuqing Hall, which was particularly harsh in this quiet courtyard building. Qingfeng, a Taoist boy who was cleaning outside, was startled and hurriedly ran to the door of the quiet room.
I saw that the door of the room was open, and there was a person sitting at the table in the room, it was Daoxuan.
On the ground in front of Daoxuan, a teacup was broken and there were a bunch of water stains on the ground. It looked like it had been accidentally dropped and broken. And Daoxuan's expression seemed a bit strange, considering his Taoist behavior.
Under the circumstances, it seemed impossible that this would happen anyway, but at the moment, he was in a daze, as if he was distracted.
Qingfeng hesitated for a moment, knocked on the door with his hand, and then said: "Senior Brother Daoxuan, what's wrong with you?"
Daoxuan's body trembled, as if he had only suddenly come to his senses at this moment. He looked back, said "Oh" and then said, "It's nothing."
Qing Feng didn't dare to ask any more questions and just said: "Then let me come in and clean it up?"
Daoxuan glanced at the broken teacup at his feet, a wry smile flashed across his lips, then sighed, nodded and said, "Okay, come over and scan it, you're done."
Qingfeng said "It should be", then took the broom and dustpan, walked in and walked to Daoxuan, and carefully swept the floor. Daoxuan looked at Qingfeng's movements, and after a while, he suddenly said: "Qingfeng
Feng, do you and Shiraishi have a good relationship?"
Qingfeng nodded and said: "Yes. Senior Brother Baishi and I joined the Qingyun Sect together, and then we almost went to work in the Yuqing Palace together. It has been quite a few years."
Then he secretly glanced at Daoxuan and asked cautiously: "Brother, haven't you found Baishi yet?"
Daoxuan nodded slowly and said, "I haven't found him yet, and I don't know where he will go."
Qing Feng was a little nervous, but he still mustered up the courage to say: "Brother, I think Baishi must still be on Tongtian Peak."
Daoxuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "How do you know?"
Qing Feng lowered his head, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Senior brother, he is an orphan and has nowhere to go. When he was with me in the past, he often told me that Qingyun Gate is his home.
The luckiest thing in my life is to be able to come to Qingyun Fairy Mountain, and I will stay in Qingyun for the rest of my life."
Daoxuan was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, I understand." He paused for a moment, and then said, "You and Shiraishi are both good boys."
Qing Feng had already cleaned up the debris on the ground, packed his things and was about to leave the quiet room. However, when he walked to the door, he couldn't help but turned around and said to Daoxuan: "Brother, can I ask you something?"
Daoxuan was slightly surprised, looked at him and said, "What's the matter? Tell me."
Qing Feng gritted his teeth and said: "Brother, Bai Shi is timid, but he is absolutely devoted to our Qingyun Sect. I don't know why he hasn't come out for a few days. Maybe he did something wrong and hid because of fear.
But no matter what mistakes he made, if you find him, it doesn't matter how you punish him, just... don't drive him out of Qingyun, otherwise he really won't be able to bear it and won't be able to survive.
"
Daoxuan's face moved slightly, and then he sat up straighter, looked at Qingfeng, his face showed a dignified expression for the first time, and said seriously: "Don't worry, I understand." After thinking for a while, he spoke again.
He said, "Don't think too much. We still don't know whether Shiraishi made a mistake or did something wrong. We will wait until we find him. Maybe he will be fine at all."
Qing Feng didn't look too old after all. Hearing this, his face suddenly showed a look of surprise. He nodded repeatedly, thanked Dao Xuanlian several times, and then went out.
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After Qing Feng left, the quiet room became quiet again. Daoxuan sat alone, his expression gradually turning indifferent. His eyes swept across the quiet room and looked at all the furnishings and furniture in the room.
Tables, chairs, beds, cabinets, each one seems to be a lifeless and dead thing.
Not long ago, there was an owner in this quiet room. After being injured, Tian Chengzi, the head of the Qingyun Sect, was recuperating in this quiet room. After a while, he suddenly moved to a more secluded place in the back mountain.
Went to the ancestor's ancestral hall.
Daoxuan sat in the quiet room for a while, his eyes deep as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he suddenly stood up, walked out of the quiet room, and then walked towards the mountain behind Tongtian Peak.
The passage to the back mountain of Tongtian Peak is opened between mountains and forests. The trees on both sides are green and ancient. From time to time, you can see old vines hanging down, and you can hear the faint singing of birds. Coupled with the mist and breeze that often floats in the mountains, it looks like a fairyland.
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Daoxuan walked on the mountain road and slowly walked towards the ancestral hall. However, compared with usual, this time he walked very slowly, and his eyes were solemn along the way, constantly looking at the people on both sides of the mountain road.
The trees and grass seemed to be searching for something.
The mountain forest was quiet and green, and the mountain wind blew from a distance, gently fluttering the Taoist robe on his body. Daoxuan walked on the mountain road for about half an hour, and seemed to have found nothing, which made his face look even more gloomy and solemn.
But when he looked at the distance ahead, the stone tablet inscribed with Huanyue Cave at the three-way intersection was already vaguely visible, for some reason, Daoxuan breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had finally let go of a stone in his heart, and his whole body
It's all a bit more relaxed.
But just at this moment, suddenly the corner of his eye glanced somewhere. At that moment, Daoxuan's eyes suddenly condensed, and his face became tense instantly. He stood down where he was, neither moving forward nor retreating.
, it seemed that at that electric moment, he seemed to have a slight hesitation, and seemed to have the urge to turn around and leave.
After a while, Daoxuan slowly turned around, faced the grass under the trees on one side of the mountain road, and walked slowly over.
It was a clump of wild grass between two big trees. It was green and pleasant, almost the same as the wild grass in other places on the mountain. When the mountain wind blew, the green grass here swayed slightly, and a piece of grass in the grass was exposed.
A small wild flower.
The flowers are neither big nor small, with four petals. They bloom very white and beautiful. It is a very common white color that was really beautiful back then. Three of the four petals are like this, and one of the innermost petals is like this.
Above, there are a few more colors.
It was a deep brown, slightly black because it had dried up, forming a strange contrast with the other three petals. Daoxuan slowly squatted down, staring at this petal, and the muscles at the corners of his eyes seemed to be slightly
He twitched. After a while, he reached out his hand, picked off a petal, put it under his nose and smelled it gently.
A faint smell of blood came from the petals. (To be continued)