This night was the longest night in the Tianxuan Sect. All the members were busy, either rescuing the injured or collecting the bodies of the deceased. Although Xiaozhu and the others were determined to return the Zixiao Sword, they also asked about "Yun Shengjing"
, but there should be no rush. Under the arrangement of Elder Yuanxu, the four of them were guided into the guest room of the side hall to rest. But in the face of this situation, who could sleep peacefully?
The night was as cold as water, and everything was silent. It was already midnight, but Xiaozhu was not sleepy at all. She opened the wooden window, sat by the window and looked at the crescent moon. When she was young, she loved that moon the most.
The full moon looks like a jade disk, and many beautiful childhood memories are related to the bright moon.
She remembered that during the Lantern Festival, when it was snowing heavily, Master would carry her on his shoulders and take her to the town to see the lanterns. The colorful palace lanterns, lotus lanterns, rabbit lanterns, each one surprised her so much that she couldn't bear to take her eyes away. And
During the Mid-Autumn Festival when the sweet osmanthus was fragrant, she and Master would sit in the yard, nibbling the fragrant and sweet, round moon cakes. Master, who had transformed into the original shape of a panda, would stretch out his big fluffy hands and wipe away the moon cakes.
The crumbs of hemp seeds stuck to her lips, the soft hair tickled her, and she couldn't help but giggle...
However, now, she has never been so afraid of the full moon. She wishes that time would stop and the crescent moon in the deep sky would never be complete.
"Master, I understand something," Xiaozhu held the panda stuffed doll in both hands and said softly, "I understand how you felt that day and why you don't want to be my master anymore... Big Brother Bi Fei Bi's time
Not much, today he sacrificed his cultivation to help the disciples of Tianxuan Sect exorcise the evil spirit. Intellectually speaking, I clearly know that what he did is a good thing, and I also know that this is the best way, but I feel aggrieved in my heart.
, I just couldn’t stand it. At that time, I just wanted to drag Brother Bi out and give him a good beating to make him sober and stop risking his own life...Master, the same goes for you, right?"
Of course, the puppet in her hand would not answer her. The only remaining proof of the master-disciple relationship was the pair of big dark circles, as if staring at the girl. Xiaozhu gently played with the arms of the panda puppet.
, raised them high, and continued talking to himself:
"I don't want my relatives and friends to risk their lives, even if I understand that it is the right choice... Master, do you think so too? That's why you are angry with me, so you don't want to see me anymore, I
I understand..."
Having said this, Xiaozhu stretched out her fingers and gently scratched the panda stuffed doll's nose. She gently raised the corners of her lips and smiled tenderly under the moonlight:
"Master, although I understand how you feel, but... there are some things in this world that you must do even if they make your relatives and friends sad...
"Just like Master, you didn't care about your life and took Yinglong's palm for me and Brother Little Snake. Just like Brother Little Snake, even if your whole body was corroded and riddled with holes, and your life was hanging by a thread, you still wanted to protect Qian Ying from me.
Blood. Just like Brother Bi, who knew he was facing death, but still had to block the poisonous water for Chiyun Tower, and wasted his remaining cultivation for Tianxuan Sect...
"Master, I am the luckiest person in the world. I have the best master in the world, and I have made the best friends in the world...
"This time, it's me who will protect you."
The soft tone expressed the most decisive belief. Xiaozhu's watery eyes reflected the moonlight, which was both soft and beautiful, but also flashed with a firm and persistent look.
At this moment, I suddenly saw a bit of silver light passing through the window, like stars in the night, scattered around the world. The starlight drifted into the window lattice with the night wind, and danced gently in front of Xiaozhu. Xiaozhu was stunned for a moment, and then raised his lips
He stretched out his slender white fingers, letting the silver light stop on his fingertips.
"Brother Little Snake, is that you?"
After hearing her soft question, the silver light danced up and down, as if nodding. Xiaozhu stood up with a smile, opened the door and walked out of the house. From a distance, he saw a tall, thin and tall figure standing in the courtyard in front of him. She quickly
Stepping forward, before she could say anything, the man took off his coat and put the thick blouse on her thin shoulders.
There was still warm body temperature on the inside of the outer shirt, which hugged her slender figure and blocked the slightly cool night breeze. Greedy for the gentle warmth, Xiaozhu couldn't help but close the skirt of her clothes, and at the same time a little question
The thought came to her mind and she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"What?" A deep voice sounded from above.
Xiaozhu raised his head, looked at the man with whom he had gone through many life and death situations, and said with a smile: "I just suddenly thought, aren't snakes cold-blooded? Why are you so warm, little snake brother?"
This question left Gui Haiming speechless for a moment. He was not a person who was good at words, and he would not answer her witticisms. Xiaozhu stopped embarrassing him and asked with a smile: "Brother Xiao She, you can't sleep either?"
Aren’t you also worried about Brother Bi?”
"Yes." Gui Haiming responded solemnly, his eyebrows raised again: Bi Fei and them had never known each other before, and they had gone through ups and downs together and became close friends. Now that Bi Fei's death was approaching, how could he
Indifferent? He had no intention of falling asleep, and he just transformed into a star shadow. He wanted to make it guard outside the small bamboo door, but he didn't expect that she didn't fall asleep either.
Compared with Gui Haiming's worried look with his eyebrows tightened, Xiaozhu was much calmer: "I was feeling uncomfortable at first, and I also blamed Brother Bi for helping Chiyun Tower, Tianxuan Sect, this, that, that, but he didn't take our feelings into consideration.
Keep it in my heart... But that is his own choice and what his heart wants. As friends, since we cannot dissuade him, we can only pray for him and accompany him for these ten days to make him happy.
.”
At this time, Xiaozhu's mentality is different from before. Bi Fei's time is running out, so why not her? When facing Ying Long, even if she peels off Yun Shengjing, the moment her body and soul are extinguished, she may only be better than Bi Fei.
It’s just a matter of living a few more days. Once you have this awareness, your thoughts and feelings will be completely different.
"..." Gui Haiming remained silent, just frowning and looking at Xiaozhu. After a moment, he stretched out a pair of big palms, held her shoulders, and asked in a deep voice: "What happened? Tell me."
"No," Xiaozhu shook his head slightly and said with a smile, "I just expressed my feelings."
"No, you must be hiding something from me," Gui Haiming made a decisive judgment. His black eyes were firmly locked on Xiaozhu, and he said in a deep voice, "You know love and hate clearly, and your feelings are extremely strong. You are by no means so indifferent to life and death.
Discriminating people, this is not what you are saying."
Xiaozhu was startled, but he didn't expect that Gui Haiming would see the clues out of her emotion. She wanted to make up a lie, but as Gui Haiming said, in the past, she didn't cover up her emotions, anger, sorrows, let alone
A person who is good at lying. For a while, it was difficult for her to find any excuse.
"Xiao Zhu, tell me, what exactly happened? You have changed a bit since you left Bingpo Hantan." Gui Haiming's eyes were unwavering. He felt a faint uneasiness in his heart, and he was determined to ask for answers.
"..." This time it was Xiaozhu's turn to be speechless. She could never say that she was Yun Shengjing. She did not want to bring the difficulties and contradictions that her master had faced to Brother Xiaoshe.
She doesn't want Brother Little Snake to struggle with her or feel uncomfortable for her...
Silently clenching the doll in her hand, Xiaozhu raised her eyes, a pair of clear eyes washed by autumn water, staring at the other party quietly. Having already made up her mind, she whispered a half-truth and half-false lie:
"Brother Little Snake, I didn't tell you before that I would never see Master again... Master has just recovered from his serious injury. Master Cangming will take him away from the world to heal his injuries and practice. From now on, he will probably never come to the world again.
"
Xiaozhu concealed the part about "Mo Bai severed the relationship between master and apprentice" and only said that they would never see each other again. After all, when talking about the reasons for severing the relationship between master and apprentice, it was difficult to avoid the topic of "Yun Sheng Jing". She wanted to raise the topic
She raised her lips and gave the other person a reassuring smile, but no matter how hard she tried, the smile was inevitably a little bitter:
"Master once said that there is no banquet in the world that never ends. Not to mention friends, even parents and relatives, who can stay with each other? Master has left the mortal world and will never be seen again. Brother Bi will also die soon. Brother Little Snake,
Even you and I will have to die one day...I can't change anything, and I can only pray that every day we get along will be happy."
For a moment, everything was silent.
Between heaven and earth, it seemed that these two people were the only ones staring silently.
Xiaozhu's soft words were meant for him in front of him and for him in the future. Until the day she leaves, I only hope that Brother Xiaoshe can remember what she said today, and there is no need to be too sad.
Gui Haiming was also unable to respond, unable to give the promise of "never give up". After all, what they were facing was the ancient god and demon Yinglong. And he had already made up his mind that if anything unexpected happened, he would definitely spare no effort.
He died just to keep her safe.
What is contained in the silent gaze is the unspeakable determination of the two. In order to protect the person in front of them, they are ready to sacrifice their lives. In this crazy and chaotic world, they cannot make a lifelong promise, and they cannot make a promise forever.
Vow. All he and she can do is to bury this fateful emotion deeply in their hearts.
Silent.
The cool night breeze lifted up the hems of their clothes and stirred the hair on their temples. Guihai's silver hair was like snow, and the small bamboos and green silk were like ink. They were blown together by the breeze, lingering and entangled, like an inseparable attachment.
Finally, it was Gui Haiming who took the lead. He stretched out his long arms, grabbed Xiaozhu's shoulders, and pulled her into his arms.
A deep sigh escaped from his lips.
Gui Haiming has wanted to do this for a long time. He doesn't know where to start. The benefactor he met once became his most cherished friend. They work hand in hand, fight side by side, face ups and downs, and live and die together.
Difficulties. Gradually, her smile, her tears, and every movement she made would touch the deepest string in his heart.
He was silent and not good at saying nice words. All he could do was to guard her side and accompany her silently. But today, he finally crossed the gap of being a guardian. Because of Xiaozhu's words
Quote: There is no banquet in the world that never ends, and who can stay with it for a long time?
Sealing Yinglong was obviously a path of no return, and Gui Haiming had already made up his mind. He had never regretted embarking on this bloody road. He was only afraid that this once in a lifetime would leave inexplicable regrets.
Come through life and go through death, don't be afraid of impermanence, just be afraid of regrets.
Xiaozhu had no way of guessing what Gui Haiming was thinking. She only knew that her cheek was pressed against Gui Haiming's chest, and the warm heat made her dimples feel slightly hot, and even her ears turned slightly red.
Except for Mo Bai Xianjun, who is both father and teacher, Xiaozhu has never been so close to a man. She knows that this is not like hugging a fluffy panda master. This hug is special and has a completely different meaning. It is the first time to embrace.
Shyness made her retreat uncontrollably, but almost at the same moment, Gui Haiming tightened his arms, as if he were treating some treasure. He carefully, but with extra care, held her tightly.
Locked in his arms.
The sound of steady heartbeats in their ears is proof that they are alive. After experiencing many hardships and seeing too many separations of life and death, in this turbulent and chaotic world, it is God's blessing that they can still stay together.
Slowly, Xiaozhu let go of her shyness and uneasiness, and her movements were no longer stiff. She gently hugged Gui Haiming's waist and boldly buried her face into his chest.
The warm touch made sweet heat surge up in her heart. She couldn't help but think of the snowy night in midwinter when they first met. When she was young and childish, she pulled a boy with a snake's tail out of the snow. At that time, his hands were cold and his face was cold.
Pale, with a fierce look in his eyes, his eyes were full of unconcealed cold murderous intent. Who would have thought that the one-sided friendship in the falling snow would actually become a bond for each other's life...
Old events from the past came to mind. Just as Xiaozhu was thinking about the moment they first met, she suddenly felt a glimmer of light flashing before her eyes. She raised her eyes and saw that at some point, Gui Haiming used his magic to transform countless silver light spots.
The silver light dances and drifts silently, just like falling snow.
The crescent moon reflects the green mountains, and the night wind blows the silver snow. The silver light flows all over the sky, like dancing snow. The brilliance of the stars sways with the breeze, like stars in the sky, gently falling into the world.
The scenery before his eyes was magnificent. Xiaozhu opened his eyes wide with joy, taking in all this scene like a firefly's dream, and it was deeply imprinted in his heart.
The snowy night in the middle of winter more than ten years ago gradually overlapped with the night with silver feathers and dancing lights in front of them. She and he were no longer the immature girls and angry teenagers they were back then. These days, they have gone through
Through the wind, frost, snow and rain, they finally listened to the most sincere voice in their hearts and embraced each other hand in hand. The flickering silver light fell lightly and gently on the two figures, surrounding them.
