It turned out that on that day, Lu Ling, under the orders of her master, led her disciples from Dusui Valley to chase Xiao Xingzhi and Yan Ruoshi for the "soul-fixing pearl". Although she and Yan Ruoshi were sisters, they could not disobey their master's orders.
Furthermore, Lu Ling had a prejudice against monsters at that time. She could not figure out why Yan Ruoshi, whose parents died due to monsters, could still make a white-headed mandarin alliance with monsters, even ignoring the kindness they had given her over the years.
She set out to steal the master's secret treasure. At that time, she only thought that Yan Ruoshi was deceived by monsters and fed ecstasy by Fei Lian and Xiao Xingzhi, so she hated Fei Lian so much that she wished she could cut him into pieces.
.
However, when everyone in Dusui Valley chased and trapped Xiao and Yan in the mountains, she felt something strange: even though he was in danger, Xiao Xingzhi never killed anyone, and he cared for Yan Ruoshi.
She was so prepared that she even risked her life to protect her sister Yan. Seeing these scenes, Lu Ling was confused and anxious. Seeing Yan Ruoshi, whom she regarded as her younger sister, she was determined to follow that
The monster even preferred to live and die with Xiao Xingzhi, but Lu Ling could not be cruel and really punished Yan Ruoshi on the spot. Just when she was extremely anxious, fortunately Xiaozhu, Gui Haiming, Mobai Xianjun, and finally...
The appearance of Fei Xingzhi and Yan Ruoshi saved Xiao Xingzhi and Yan Ruoshi, which also made Lu Ling feel a big stone fall to the ground. Therefore, she, who has always been unafraid of fighting, said: "Isn't the magic of Mo Bai Xianjun so powerful?"
Is it something we can resist? What’s more, there are monsters who know Yinglong’s fire technique. With just a few of us, even ten lives are not enough to save us! Let’s go if a hero doesn’t suffer the immediate loss!”
Just as Bi Fei had guessed before, Lu Ling has always been persistent and is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. She would rather fight the enemy until the last moment than give up. The reason why she ordered her disciples to retreat was actually the appearance of Xiaozhu and his party.
, is providing her with a step so that she can let Ruoshi and Xiao Xing get along with each other and no longer insist on chasing down the pair of fateful mandarin ducks.
However, Lu Ling did not expect that her actions would arouse the dissatisfaction of Hu Jiu, a disciple of Dusui Valley. On that day, a heavy rain suddenly fell on the mountain. A group of warriors from Dusui Valley were walking on the canyon suspension bridge. Suddenly, a thunderbolt exploded in the sky.
Then the earth trembled, the earth trembled, and the mountains shook. The suspension bridge shook violently, and the rope suddenly broke. Seeing that it was about to fall into the canyon and into the roaring waves, Lu Ling immediately swung his halberd, stabbed it hard on the bridge board, and was killed.
Hanging in mid-air. At that time, Hu Jiu was closest to her. As long as he rescued her, Lu Ling could escape from the trap and her life would be safe. But in fact, Hu Jiu just stood by and watched the old wooden board bloom.
cracks, eventually falling apart and falling into the abyss.
At that time, Lu Ling looked at her fellow juniors in shock, but she was unable to save herself. As the wooden bridge shattered, she fell into the rolling waves and was instantly swept up by the waves.
The river was icy cold and the waves were roaring. Lu Ling was floating up and down in the cold river, and was finally pushed to the bottom by the huge waves. Just as her consciousness gradually became blurred, she saw a white figure in her hazy vision.
The man was dressed in a snow shirt and looked like a dragon. He was at ease in the water and approached her leisurely. A smiling "Oh, oh, oh" was the last sound Lu Ling heard before he lost consciousness.
When Lu Ling woke up, what he saw was a place like a peach paradise. All he saw was green grass, long pear blossoms, and a small wooden house sitting on the bank of the blue waves. The breeze blew gently, and a pear tree swayed gently.
The fallen flowers are colorful and the flowers are falling lightly. The petals are flying like rain, or like flying snow all over the sky, dancing and whirling with the gentle breeze, gradually falling into the clear stream, rippling on the blue waves, and drifting with the current.
This situation almost made Lu Ling think that she had ascended to heaven after death. Just as she was dumbfounded and looking at the beautiful scenery in front of her, she suddenly heard a flute sound coming from the wooden house. The flute sound was gentle.
Melodious, gentle and affectionate, but with a bit of helplessness, like a sigh of regret, lingering, echoing among the fallen flowers.
Lu Ling couldn't help but stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door of the wooden house. The sound of the flute stopped suddenly. The next moment, the door opened slightly, revealing an extraordinary handsome young man dressed as a scribe. The man had delicate features and slightly raised lips.
, a head of smooth black hair, which was circled by a silver hoop in front of his forehead, and spread down from the back to his waist. Seeing that the other party was dressed in white, Lu Ling was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and said in surprise:
"Ah, I remember, the person in the water is you, you saved me!" At this point, Lu Ling held up his fists, gave the opponent a deep bow, and thanked him in a deep voice, "Thank you for saving my life."
Thank you for your kindness, may I ask your benefactor’s name?”
The man smiled softly, shook his head slowly and said: "It's a small effort, no need to mention it. Girl, since you are not in serious trouble, you'd better leave early and find your companions."
At the mention of the word "companion", Lu Ling's heart suddenly sank. Yan Ruoshi, whom she regarded as her biological sister, followed a monster and betrayed the school. The junior disciples she led, for the sake of power, responsibility and face, did not pay attention to the teacher.
She had been practicing martial arts for more than 20 years, and she had been upright, upright, and worthy of heaven and earth. However, she ended up like this, without even half a close companion...
For a moment, Lu Ling felt that her mind was in a tangle of thoughts, and all kinds of emotions were rushing into her heart. There was unwillingness, helplessness, anger, and sadness. She felt like her heart was in a state of confusion, and she suddenly asked: "This benefactor, please help me."
, could you please play the song again?"
The young man was startled, but after a moment, he agreed to her request. He took out a bamboo flute from his sleeve and brought it to his lips. Then, the long flute sound flowed out and echoed in the valley. Lu
Ling was fascinated by the sound, and she felt that the gentle sound of the flute was just like her state of mind just now, which was filled with helplessness and loss. She stood quietly by the door, looking up at the scattered pear blossoms, as if they were floating in the air.
Snow. Until the end of the song, she still stood in a daze, as if the flute sound had not stopped and the lingering sound was still lingering in her ears.
Although Lu Ling was not a person who was proficient in music, she could clearly hear the loneliness and loneliness in the sound of the flute, as well as a touch of sadness and a hint of regret. Without even thinking about it, she blurted out her question: "My dear friend, can you
Do you have any friends?"
The young man was silent. After a long time, he gently raised the corners of his lips: "It happened before."
"That's just right," Lu Ling said without hesitation, "we are destined to meet each other, not to mention that you have saved my life. In this case, how about making friends? My surname is 'Lu', and my single name is 'Ling'
, Dare I ask your name?"
"Is it fate...?" the young man murmured to himself. After a long time, Lu Ling couldn't help but remind him, and asked the other party's name for the third time, and the young man gently answered with one word:
"white."
This person is Young Master Xiaobai. Lu Ling insisted on repaying him for saving his life, but the other party would only say "it's just a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning" and declined her thanks. But Lu Ling had a stubborn temper.
Bai lived in this valley of ten thousand ridges, living alone by the cold pond, without friends or companions, so she simply stayed in the valley and slept several miles away from the wooden house. On weekdays, she would dig some when she had nothing to do.
Sweet potatoes, I went out to find some corn and chestnuts, roasted them and put them at the door of Young Master Xiaobai's house to express my gratitude.
As a warrior in the Crossing Valley, Lu Ling has been away from home for many years and has developed a good skill in making homemade dry food. She is accustomed to eating and sleeping in the open air. But what she never expected was that she has always been in good health and has long been used to sleeping in the open air.
, within a few days, her whole body felt heavy, and then she developed a high fever. Just when her eyes were dim and her body was weak, she reluctantly stumbled to the edge of the cold pool, wanting to wash her face with a clear spring to cool down, Lu Ling just
I felt a heavy weight on my head and fell into the icy cold water.
When she opened her eyes again, she was already in Young Master Xiaobai's wooden house. There was neither furniture nor decorations in the house. It was filled with piles of various classics, neatly organized into categories.
They were lined up on the ground. Being among the sea of books made Lu Ling, who was diligent in martial arts but not good at reading, feel even more headache. She followed the light and saw the young scribe who had not been seen for several days, sitting in the room.
He read at night beside the only furniture in the house. The flickering candlelight reflected on his profile, adding a touch of softness to his handsome face.
"Young Master Bai, who is still reading in the evening, could it be that you want to take the first prize?" Lu Ling couldn't help but say.
Hearing her question, the young man closed the book and smiled softly: "Who said that reading is only for gaining fame? The stories in the book are either happy or angry, sad or happy. They are written in thousands of words, describing the warmth and coldness of human beings, and the harshness of the world. It is rare.
Worth reading?"
"Ha, I thought you were reading the Four Books and Five Classics to test for fame. It turns out that you like novels. To be honest, you just like listening to stories." Lu Ling said with a smile, "This is simple! The small school not far from our Sin Valley
There is a tea shop in the town, and there is a powerful storyteller resident there. He can talk for three days and three nights without stopping. He can tell the strange things in the rivers and lakes, and the legends of gods and monsters from ancient times to the present in a vivid and colorful way.
Mr. Bai, I’ll invite you to listen next time!”
"That's interesting," the young man raised his lips and looked at her and said, "Do you feel better?"
Hearing his question, Lu Ling said sheepishly: "It's much better. I'm sorry to have caused trouble to my benefactor again. But this is also strange. I used to be on a mission and ran around in the wild for one or two months in a row.
I’ve never had a headache or a fever. But in the past few days, for some reason, I’ve felt colder and colder, and I fell down within a few days.”
"Miss Lu, you don't know something. This is Hanyuan Bingjian. The ice spring contains extremely cold air, which is not something ordinary people can withstand."
The young man's answer made Lu Ling nodded in realization: "I see, no wonder. I'm just saying, I'm stronger than an ox, how could I fall ill so easily? Wait, since it's extremely cold here, sir, why don't you leave?
?”
Young Master Xiaobaixing lowered his eyes and said slowly: "I have long been used to hiding from the world."
"You are young and have not seen through the world of mortals. Why are you hiding from this world?" Lu Ling said. "Although you live in Hanyuan, you love to read story books and listen to stories so much. It is obvious that you are still yearning for the outside world.
Well. But what's the use of just watching and listening? Although I don't like reading, I still know the principle of 'reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles', why don't you go out and travel, my dear benefactor?"
Her words made the young man smile slightly, and the smile was quite sad. He raised his eyes, looked at Lu Ling, and asked: "Miss Lu, are you qualified to say these words to me? You said it just now.
, you are a disciple of the Crossing Sin Valley, and you always have important things to do. I think you came to this barren land because of the mission. But you actually put down your mission and stayed in this cold abyss and ice stream for five days. Could it be that you
Isn’t it an escape from the world?”
"No, I just said two sentences, you can guess this?" Lu Ling said in shock.
Lu Ling has always been a forthright person, daring to speak and do things, and she can't hide things in her heart. These days, she has been thinking about Yan Ruoshi, who is like her own sister, and also recalls the time she had with her brothers in the Valley of Sin.
Everything she said and did while getting along, she wanted to figure out what offended Hu Jiu... The more she thought about it, the more it made her feel depressed. Until today, when she met Young Master Xiaobai, she couldn't help but pour beans out of a bamboo tube, telling all the previous stories.
It came out: including Yan Ruoshi and Fei Lian Xiao Xing's private life-long commitment, and stealing the secret treasure "Soul-fixing Pearl" from the Sin Valley; it was mentioned that the master sent her to capture Yan Ruoshi and Xiao Xingzhi, and even planned to execute them on the spot;
Seeing how Mo Bai Xianjun, Gui Haiming and others appeared to save Yan Ruoshi, which made her feel relieved; talking about how Hu Jiu refused to save her when they reached the suspension bridge in the mountains, causing her to fall into the surging river. In the end,
Lu Ling frowned in distress:
"...Indeed, I am escaping. I am hiding here and don't want to go out. Firstly, I am afraid of returning to the sect. Master also asked me to go to sister Ruoshi and ask her for the soul-fixing beads. Secondly, I don't want to go back to Du.
Sin Valley, I don’t know how to face my brothers and sisters, especially Hu Jiu who almost let me meet the King of Hell."
The young man listened silently, and after Lu Ling finished telling what happened, he said slowly: "In my opinion, Xiao Xingzhi stole the Soul-fixing Pearl because Miss Yan was pregnant with Liujia and was about to give birth, so she urgently needed it."
Only with the protection of the Soul-fixing Pearl can we give birth safely."
"Yeah, I guess so," Lu Ling sighed, "That's why I don't want to return to the sect, and I want to delay it for a while. But I'm worried that the Valley Master will send someone else to find Ruoshi's trouble, and I won't be able to do that by then.
Even if you are there, I can’t help you even if you want to.”
Hearing her slightly irritable tone, the young man said: "Don't be impatient, there is no room for change in this matter. Xiao Xingzhi kept the 'soul-fixing pearl' like a poem, but he couldn't do it to ensure that she gave birth to Lin'er smoothly.
, to keep their mother and child safe. I have a method, such as using the Qiankun Cauldron as a cauldron and refining Chunhui grass, it can achieve the effect of concentrating the mind and relieving the fetus. Its effect is the same as that of the soul-fixing beads. As long as this medicine is refined, it can be used to
In exchange for the soul-fixing beads, you can do business, and Dusin Valley will no longer cause trouble for Yan Ruoshi, right?"
"What a good idea!" Lu Ling was overjoyed and said, stroking his hands, "That's right! As long as I use medicine to exchange for the soul-fixing beads, and then lie again, saying that Xiao Xingzhi has surrendered, the Valley Master will not send anyone there again.
You’re disturbing Sister Yan and the others!”
Speaking of this, she suddenly turned from joy to worry, and frowned: "But the Qiankun Ding is the treasure of the Chiyun Tower, and it will not be borrowed easily? Ah, by the way, how do you know this method?
?I have never heard that the Qiankun Cauldron can be used to refine herbal medicine."
"Well..." Faced with Lu Ling's question, the young man smiled softly, "I once read about this ancient prescription in a book, but I can't remember which volume it is. Otherwise, you can find it yourself.
try to find?"
After saying that, the young man turned sideways and pointed to the books in the corner of the room. Facing the mountain-like pile of books, Lu Ling was frightened and hurriedly waved his hands: "No need to search, no need to search, I believe you are
.That’s all, isn’t it the Chiyun Tower? So what if I break into him for the sake of Sister Yan!”
Hearing her speak with such heroic spirit, the young man fanned his eyelashes lightly and lowered his eyes slightly: "Just now, you said that the person who saved Yan Ruoshi and others that day was a panda immortal named 'Mo Bai'?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?" Lu Ling asked suspiciously.
"Panda cultivating immortals, there are such rare things in the world," the young man said slowly, "I also want to go with you. I wonder if Miss Lu would mind?"
Lu Ling hurriedly raised his hands and refused: "No, I can't take you here!"
The young man raised his eyebrows and asked, "Didn't you just say that you wanted me to travel thousands of miles and go out more often?"
"That's different. That's travel experience. This is to steal treasures," Lu Ling said with a troubled expression, "You are a scholar and can't lift your hands or shoulders. What if something happens to you?"
The young man smiled faintly: "Don't worry, I have my own sense of proportion. Besides, even if you steal the Qiankun Ding and don't understand the refining method, what's the use? If I go with you, I can refine it quickly and return the tripod as soon as possible.
, won’t the incident come to light?”
"Well..." Lu Ling thought for a long time and had to agree, "Okay then. But I have a condition: my benefactor, you haven't told me your name yet!"
"..." The young man rubbed his chin with his right hand, remained silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "It seems to be called... white rice?"
Lu Ling's eyes widened and he said in shock: "How can there be such a name!"
"Maybe...cabbage? White flour? White sugar?"
"..." This time, it was Lu Ling's turn to be silent. Even a fool could see that the other party was joking on purpose. She frowned slightly and said displeased: "Hey, we have an appointment to travel around the world.
I can't change my name, but I can't change my surname. You are a man, why don't you even dare to say your name? Are you afraid that I will eat you?"
The young man raised the corners of his lips and outlined a slight arc. Although he was smiling, the smile was on his lips and the smile did not reach his eyes: "I am not deliberately hiding it. In fact, I have lived in the ice stream for a long time, and the cold has hit my brain. Many things happened in the past.
, I can’t remember it anymore.”
"Wow, the cold is so severe," Lu Ling was shocked. She hurriedly took the other person's arm and walked out of the cabin quickly, "Let's walk quickly, people will become stupid if we stay for a long time! In this case, I will call you in the future."
Young Master Xiaobai, how are you?"
The young man followed Lu Ling out of the ice stream. He chuckled and nodded, acquiescing to the title.
