The moon is white as snow, hanging high in the sky, illuminating this originally dark world.
Taoist Master Lingbao has been walking with the woman on his back. Due to the person on his back, the footsteps are slightly heavier than before. His toes have been dragging the shallow water while drawing, and the line he draws continues for ten miles and ten miles.
"Fellow Taoist Seventh...where did he go?" Taoist Master Lingbao observed the surroundings along the way. His expression was calm, but his heart was extremely nervous, and his heartstrings were always tense.
He has been using the Dark Breath Technique to shield his own aura. Similarly, he also uses the Eyes of Deception to guard his surroundings.
This month, it seems that it will never set. Here, the sun does not rise.
Taoist Master Lingbao had been walking here for an unknown amount of time, and gradually discovered that this was not a place where bones were piled up. If corpses were piled up, there would be ups and downs, and bumps and bumps as he walked.
But during this walk, Taoist Master Lingbao didn't feel this touch at all, and the road was smooth.
The moon is white and not always bright. There are also clouds here. At this moment, the clouds float and cover the bright moon, and the moonlight becomes slightly dim for a short time.
Because of the snow-white moonlight, the flat beach on the earth was originally bright with stars, but the speckled shallow water lost the starlight.
Then, Taoist Master Lingbao lowered his head and saw clearly. When the shallow water collected the starlight, what was abundant was its color, a dim yellow light.
What he saw was that the road was flat and smooth. Even if there were no stars, this road could slightly light up the darkness.
This is more like jade, not a skeleton, and there is no so-called decay, only a smooth surface.
"Jade paved the road...So, where did the terrifying scene that Taoist Fellow Ah Qi and I saw go?" Taoist Master Lingbao lowered his head, frowned slightly, thinking in his heart, and murmured.
What he and Ah Qi saw were densely packed skulls one after another, piled up into thousands of mountains. Even everything on the mountain was made up of piled skulls. The color of the mountains outside was also the internal organs.
With the dryness and decay of blood.
The earth is also paved with countless lives.
"Those scenes are real. Otherwise, why can't my delusion break through this false curtain? But if it is real, why...doesn't there be any resentment or intention to die? Why can't I walk without seeing anything?
A skeleton?"
At this moment, Taoist Master Lingbao was a little confused.
He has always believed that the technique created by his master is the best magical power in the world. This method of breath breathing can not only shield one's own breath, but also see through the unknown. It also has an extremely strong sense of death and resentment.
But he didn't. Maybe, this is where the illusion lies. It's just because he is not good at studying and can't see through it.
Taoist Master Lingbao stopped there, motionless. He lowered his head and looked at the white land under his feet.
Until the clouds opened again, the moonlight shone again, and the starlight once again covered the shallow water.
It was at this moment that suddenly, Taoist Master Lingbao felt that his vision was getting blurry.
At this moment, he still lowered his head.
The stars in the shallow water began to get brighter and brighter, and ripples appeared in circles.
Taoist Master Lingbao, at this moment, saw countless stars appearing in the shallow water.
It's stars, not starlight. One after another, they cover the shallow water and the screen.
Taoist Lord Lingbao suddenly raised his head, and what he saw was no longer the white moonlight. Instead, there were stars, all over the sky.
"The bright moon is gone?" Taoist Master Lingbao frowned again.
Without the bright moon, the light between heaven and earth is getting brighter and brighter, even approaching daytime.
Taoist Master Lingbao felt the cool breeze again at this moment, and then there was the sound of falling leaves again.
He was confused. There was only flat land around here, and there was only shallow water and nothing else.
Taoist Master Lingbao even felt that he might not be able to get out of this world. Because this place is so big and big, it is comparable to half of the vast sky. With the power of light and sun being suppressed, even if he does not sink, he does not know how to survive.
You won't be able to get out of here until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
In fact, it is very likely that you will never get out of this place. Because here, there is only emptiness and nothing to use as coordinates, so it is easy to get lost.
But at this moment, Taoist Master Lingbao noticed the sound of falling leaves.
His vision seemed to be getting blurry. When he raised his head, there seemed to be something fiery red, falling from the corner of his eye, dancing like a butterfly, and finally landed in the shallow water.
"Why...I seem to see red fire all over the sky?" Taoist Master Lingbao murmured in a state of confusion.
Fiery red objects kept falling slowly from high in the sky, passing through the corners of Taoist Lingbao's eyes and cheeks. It was like a rain of fire, just like the stars in the sky that replaced the snow-white moonlight, one after another.
falling.
It gradually blurred, and finally the sky became dark. This red-hot meteor shower continued for a long time. I don’t know how long it took, until his vision gradually recovered, and Taoist Lingbao saw that in front of his eyes and around him, there were really red stars floating in the air.
Falling.
But this is not a rain of fire, nor is it falling stars one after another.
Another leaf fell from the sky again. This was a green leaf.
When this leaf slides into the stream, it turns into a light boat and sails forward slowly.
Taoist Master Lingbao is standing in this leaf, in this light boat.
Everything around has changed. There is no longer an endless void and no shallow water.
The creek is crystal clear, and the stones inside are like gems sprinkled in the creek, making the creek colorful.
The leaves fell one after another, causing ripples in the stream, forming layers of phantoms under the afterglow of the stars. The flow of this stream meandered into the distance. A breeze blew by, and ripples appeared on the water.
Ripples, under the starlight, the waves are sparkling, the golden light is shining, and the stream is filled with brilliance.
This water is like the flowing eyes of a beautiful woman. The mountains in the distance are also like the beauty of a beautiful woman's frown. There are mountains, mountains and rivers here.
"Here...where exactly is it? Why...I will appear here." Taoist Master Lingbao became even more confused.
From the beginning to the end, he did not feel the turmoil of heaven and earth. There was no forbidden fluctuation. Why did it appear here.
That shallow water and this mountainous water should not have appeared in this land of bones. However, this scenery changes again and again.
The water of this stream is indeed like the flowing eyes of a beautiful woman. Taoist Master Lingbao lowered his head and was immersed in it instantly, unable to shake himself.
The boat was gently rowing through the stream, sparkling all the way. I don’t know where it was going in the mountains and rivers. The stars seemed to be in the same position forever in the night sky, always shining on the boat and the figures on it.
superior.
The water surface was sparkling, and Taoist Master Lingbao was immersed in this water surface, as if he saw a beauty that could captivate the soul underwater.
There is indeed a face under the water, but it is not the face of a beautiful woman.
This is a face with clear features like a sculpture, as white as jade, and extremely handsome.
Taoist Master Lingbao stretched out his hand and touched himself, and saw the face under the water, which was also the same, making the same movements.
"This is...me."
Taoist Master Lingbao stood on the boat and looked at the handsome man reflected in the water. He suddenly laughed. The more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became. It seemed that this was his face.
"Is this me? Many years have passed since I entered cultivation. I have been wearing a mask when I go out. As time goes by, I have forgotten it. I am confused. My Lingbao is really confused. I obviously have such a handsome face, but I have always hidden it.
Are you hiding her because you are afraid that you will be kidnapped by those lusty female disciples and become the wife of the village?"
"Master's eyes were sharp and he saw me under the mask. He even told Senior Brother that I look very much like the Immortal King of Donghua back then. It seems that I can't escape the title of the most beautiful man in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
.”
Taoist Master Lingbao looked at the water and laughed loudly. A strong wind blew up, and with the falling leaves, his clothes were lifted up, leaving nothing behind him, swaying in all directions.
He didn't care about why he appeared here. For him, one face represented everything. The boat carried him alone and sailed along the stream to a distant place.
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The rice harvest is coming, and the adults in the village rarely have free time during the season. The village is quiet.
The rain has stopped, but there are still a lot of them left in the leaves and on the eaves. Following their respective trajectories, they drip down bit by bit, and then sway in the wind, like thousands of threads.
, dispersed.
So, for a moment, silk rain fell in mid-air, fine and moist. Looking from a distance, it was the sunlight and the colorful expressions that formed a curtain of light.
This piece of color is pouring in mid-air, as if absorbing the scenery of lakes and mountains all over the world. It is so beautiful.
This seems to have gathered all the beauties in the world. This gathering is the most beautiful in the world. It is far better than the late autumn when the city is full of golden rice.
But at this moment, Ah Qi's fingers trembled slightly, and the palm that had just tilted down trembled and stayed there.
The butterfly has not been buried, so it can stay under the bright sky for a longer time. But even if it can stay for a long time, it will be nothing more than a rotten body in the end.
Ah Qi suddenly laughed and cried again. Looking at the butterfly in her palm, it finally stopped struggling and cried.
He slowly turned his head and looked outside the courtyard door. There was a soft sound of footsteps, step after step, walking towards the small courtyard on the top of the hill.
At this moment, it was just after noon. The adults in the village were harvesting the golden fruits in the rice fields. The children in the village had always disliked him, so naturally no one would come here at this time.
But there are still footsteps, gradually approaching here.
As the footsteps approached, Ah Qi's fingers trembled even more violently. His palms flipped over and fell to the ground, accurately falling into the dug pit.
The originally colorful wings were stained with wet mud and sewage, and became no longer beautiful. When Ah Qi picked up the soil and covered it, it won't take long for this dead butterfly to return to the earth, and finally return to dust.
Earth returns to earth and becomes one.
The footsteps got closer and closer, and finally, a figure gradually appeared on the top of the hill.
At this moment, Ah Qi burst into tears. His figure gradually became smaller and became the appearance of a five-year-old child again.
At this moment, the figure finally walked to the courtyard and gently pushed open the door.
Ah Qi turned around and met the figure's eyes.
It was a woman with a beautiful and fair face. Under the sun, her long hair was spread out. The black strands of hair made her skin look like snow, and her eyebrows were delicate and delicate.
She has a fair and clean face, soft and thin skin. Her eyebrows are slender and picturesque, and her eyes are as clear as water. There is a small mouth under the bridge of her small and straight nose, with thin lips and slightly curved upward corners.
With a smile.
This woman, wearing a long black dress, looked like a white orchid blooming in a clear spring. Although she had traveled thousands of miles and was dusty all the way, she seemed to have no trace of human fireworks.
There is always a reassuring softness about her.
Ah Qi saw this woman smiling from the moment she first came in.
"Hello, my name is Hua Luo, Hua Kai Hua, Hua Luo Luo. I came from a far, far away place and heard that there was a lonely child in this village with no one to take care of him. He was just like me, helpless.
Unreliable."
"Because you are an orphan, just like me. That's why I came here. Now that I'm here, you and I will depend on each other from now on."
"From today on, I am your sister and you are my brother. Just like biological siblings, I will take care of you from now on, okay?
Listening to the woman's voice, Ah Qi's eyes flashed with a hint of complexity, which quickly disappeared. She just spoke softly and said, "Okay."
"Yes, as the aunt said, you are well-behaved, sensible and obedient." Hua Luo laughed and walked step by step in front of Ah Qi.
"Come on, call me sister!"
Ah Qi actually responded and kept looking at the woman.
Behind her, she carried a huge burden. But every step she took was extremely brisk. In just a few steps, she walked in front of Ah Qi, bent down and lowered her head.
"I see your eyes are red, as if you just cried. Why are you crying? Are the children in the village bullying you?" The woman saw the redness in Ah Qi's eyes and saw the tears were still wet, so she asked
road.
"This butterfly experienced a heavy rain, ruthless wind, and icy rain. Finally, it died." Ah Qi shook his head and pointed at the butterfly on the ground that was stained by mud and water.
The woman yelled, reached out and grabbed a handful of soil, and buried the small hole on the ground. Then she smiled and said, "What do you mean? Although you are still young, you are still a man after all. How can you cry? This life, old age, sickness, and death.
Nothing can escape. Look at me, sister, even though my whole family has been raped and executed, I don’t cry in front of you, right?"
She stretched out her hand to pat Ah Qi's head, but when she saw the stain on her hand, she quickly changed her hand and rubbed Ah Qi's head. She smiled and said, "Sister, I know you are distressed, and I know you are reluctant to let go. It's just...
..."
After a pause in her voice, the woman suddenly thought of something, straightened her body with a smile, and said, "I forgot, this butterfly turned into something else."
She turned around, walked to the corner of the yard, and squatted down again.
The woman stretched out her hand that was filled with muddy water and dug into the puddle of clean water for a while to wash away the mud in her hands.
After washing it, the woman reached out and grabbed a handful of hay. She began to pick one strand after another.
After a long time, Hua Luo stood up. Turned around, walked up to Ah Qi again, stretched out her hand, raised her eyebrows and spoke.
Ah Qi looked at Hua Luo's hand and the butterfly in her palm without saying a word.
"Look, this is the butterfly just now. It is by your side in another way. It will never leave you in this life."
In the hands of falling flowers, there are butterflies, butterflies woven from hay.
Ah Qi kept looking at the butterfly in the woman's palm, and suddenly said: "What about you?"
When the woman heard this, she was stunned for a long time. Then she laughed again, with no trace of sadness on her face. Although she was the only one who escaped from the Holy Capital years ago after being executed by everyone in her family.
"You're afraid that I'll leave first, right? That's right, I'm at least fifteen years older than you." Hua Luo reached out and put the butterfly in Ah Qi's hair, and spoke softly.
"If I die, I will definitely be by your side in other ways. Now that I am here and decide to be your sister for the rest of my life, I will never let you feel helpless and lonely again."
"Okay, I've come a long way here. It's been three days since the last time I had a good night's sleep. Let me get a good night's sleep first." The woman yawned and suddenly fell asleep.
At this moment, the child turned into a teenager again. He stretched out his hand to support the woman. Looking at the woman, the complicated expression came over again.
He picked up Hualuo, walked back to the room, placed her on the bed, and carefully covered her with a quilt.
Ah Qi placed her hand on Hua Luo's palm and frowned slightly.
The palm of my hand is like ice, really like ice.
"Back then, Hua Luo's family was full of loyal men, but she offended the treacherous ministers and had everyone in the family beheaded. I don't know how Hua Luo came to the Holy Capital thousands of miles away in the body of a weak woman.
here."
Ah Qi looked at the woman, the complex look in her eyes gradually turned soft, and she whispered to herself.
"Flowers are always as gentle and beautiful as the spring breeze. When they are quiet, they are like a landscape, and they are also like gorgeous clouds.
"She is the dawn of my life and my lifelong sister."
"It's just that when I was young, I never knew what Hua Luo was hiding in her heart. She didn't dare to reveal her blood feud. She was alone and afraid of being alone."
"Those years... Hua Luo never showed her hatred in her heart because she was afraid that I would be lonely. Maybe, after seeing me, she just didn't want to take revenge anymore. Because she decided to be my sister.
, I don’t want me to be lonely again one day. Or even involve me.”
Ah Qi whispered to herself, feeling the warmth on her face and tasting the salty taste at the corner of her mouth.
"For many years, as long as I have my sister around, I can feel at ease. It was like this before, it is like this now, and it will be like this in the future. The reason why I don't let my sister follow me is because I am afraid that I will sink here forever."
The warmth on Ah Qi's face is getting hotter and hotter, and she is still talking to herself.
"I thought that after that day, all the flowers would wither in April in this world. For me, it would no longer be spring. I regretted the passing of this spring and had nowhere to look, but I never expected that that
A withered peach blossom bloomed again, and it has been transferred to me."
"Just like back then, my sister traveled thousands of miles to come to me. This time, she once again came to me from afar."