As the most sunny thing in the vast universe, the White Pheasant Star can bring light and warmth to many worlds with countless afterimages of itself. When the energy of the White Pheasant Star afterimages is exhausted, it only needs to sink into the Styx River in the west. After waiting for a night, the lost energy can be recovered again. On the next day, it will rise from the easternmost Zhuzhu Ridge, dispelling the darkness of last night and illuminating today's day, and so on without stopping.
The afterimage of the White Pheasant Star at this time is called the warm sun at dusk. The light emitted by the warm sun in the west shines on the clearing in the forest, painting the entire clearing golden yellow. It is really beautiful when viewed from mid-air. At this time, the chatter and laughter of a group of students from Huashan Academy gradually spread. There were six people in total, four boys and two girls, all fourteen or fifteen years old. The main person who stirred up the atmosphere in this group was He Fangyuan Temple. The supporters were Mu Yougan and Yu Chu, who were both famous first-year students at Huashan Academy. The two girls were in the same grade but in different classes at Huashan Academy. The tall, thin and cold-faced one was named Zhonglianghua. , the short but cute-looking one is called Liu Lixiao, and the one who hangs up on the side without talking is classmate Aoba Amanaki.
Liu Lixiao: "The mountain road is really difficult to walk on. I just walked for a while and my feet hurt."
While talking, he leaned over and rubbed his ankles.
Mu Yougan: "Little sister, would you like me to rub it for you? I'm very professional."
Dui Shangdui said with a smile.
Zhong Lianghua: "Liu Li, don't listen to him, he has bad intentions"
He hurriedly stopped Liu Lixiao who was about to nod.
The rain and crickets have nothing to do with it: "Don't worry, sister, I will carry you down the mountain later. I have plenty of strength."
His undisguised expression gave people a very vulgar feeling, and the two female students naturally ignored him.
He Fangyuan Temple: "Two beauties, I am really grateful that you can accompany us for an outing today. As a thank you, how about we go hiking at Langyin Lake together in a few days' rest?"
He Fangyuanji, who couldn't stand the two's poor flirting skills, promptly changed the subject.
Zhong Lianghua: "Langyin Lake? It's very far there. How to get there?"
He Fangyuan Temple: "This is easy. We can take a horse-drawn carriage to Xiaoxiang Town not far away, which is the closest to Langyin Lake. We can arrive there in the afternoon if we leave in the morning, and then we can stay there at night."
Said with a serious face.
Liu Li smiled: "What? Live by the lake?"
He Fangyuan Temple: "Yes, there happens to be a house facing the lake near my house that is currently empty and no one lives in it. If we stay there at night, we can enjoy the Wolf Drinking Lake at night. Such opportunities are rare. "
The two girls were a little excited after hearing this, which was already shown in their expressions. When the three cheap guests saw this, they knew that the opportunity had come. Mu Yougan and Yu Cricket hurriedly played drums to let the two girls make up their minds.
Liu Lixiao: "But... isn't this good? We are still children, so we stay up all night?"
He Fangyuan Temple: "What's the point? We are already college students. Don't forget that there will be a study tour at the end of the year. This should be regarded as a rehearsal in advance."
Sanjianke was working hard to convince the two girls, while Qingye Tianqi was just sitting there in a daze.
At this time, several people suddenly heard a banging sound not far away, like logging (an ax hitting trees), and several people were curious about who was logging at this time.
Yu Cricket has nothing to do with it: "Shhh! Let's secretly watch a lively game."
Looking at a few people with evil smiles on their faces, the other two cheap customers immediately understood what he meant, and quickly greeted the two girls, and walked over quietly together, but it was obvious that the two girls could not understand their intentions, they were just instinctive
They followed behind and walked over. Several people came to the edge of the forest and secretly hid behind a big tree. They looked through the gaps between the trees to a small open space not far away. There was an unknown person.
The girl named is wearing a blue and white Taoist skirt. Only the two sleeves of the short-sleeved white top are blue. The tightly tied collar and thick cotton shoulder pads make the Taoist uniform even more unusual.
, under the top is a cyan knee-length slim skirt, which is worn as a middle coat under the top, while the girl wears an outer skirt with a white background and blue edges on the lower body. The top of the outer skirt is slightly higher than the waist and is tied with a buckle.
At the same time, a three-inch wide decorative belt is used to tighten the waist. Both the slim skirt and the outer skirt are extremely elastic and will not hinder the wearer's movements at all. This is the entry-level attire for soul practitioners.
Because the girl's back is turned to everyone, it is impossible to know the girl's appearance. We can only see her with a Kuiyang style hairstyle. At this time, she is holding a wooden sword in both hands and is pointing at a four-foot-tall wooden stake.
Practice chopping. The chopping action is very pure. The wooden sword is raised above the head and then slashed down. When the wooden sword body hits the wooden stake, a crisp sound will be heard. From this
The sound can also tell how strong the wooden sword is. I am afraid that an ordinary adult man cannot achieve this level, not to mention that she has been practicing here for a long time. If it were an ordinary person, she would have injured her wrist long ago, but
However, this girl seemed to be accustomed to such practice and was not affected by the backlash force at all. At this time, He Fang Yuanji became interested and boldly went to clear mines, while the other two lowly guests on the side were whispering.
Mu Yougan: "Wow, this guy He Fang actually went to clear mines. He is indeed our captain. He really has courage."
The rain cricket has nothing to do with it: "It's probably a fire thunder!"
Mu Youqian: "How can we see it?"
Yu Cricket has nothing to do with it: "Look at the beautiful girl who wields a knife and a gun in the mountains? Such a barbaric behavior must be an ugly girl."
Mu Yougan: "It makes sense...but what if it's not Huo Lei?"
Yu Cricket has nothing to do with it: "It's almost impossible that it's not Huo Lei, just look! She'll turn around later to scare you."
The two of them whispered in low voices, making wild guesses about the appearance of the girl they had never met before, and used this as a source of conversation to joke and joke around. The two female college classmates next to the second lowly guest were obviously disgusted with their behavior.
, both girls had unpleasant expressions on their faces, as if they were saying, "Boys are all lecherous animals who judge people by their appearance." The two lowly guests saw He Fangyuan Temple approaching the girl, and both of them had expressions on their faces.
With a playful smile, he was ready to watch the joke.
He Fangyuan Temple: "Hey, this girl, it's getting late, why are you still playing here alone?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the girl slowly turned around and saw an unattractive young man standing five or six feet away from her. Although the girl felt that the appearance of the person in front of her was a bit funny, her expression did not show any sign of it.
With no look of disdain, he just stood politely and looked at the young man in front of him, and the appearance of the girl was also revealed in front of everyone. She was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. Because she was close to adulthood, her appearance was already distinct and almost invisible.
He doesn't have the childishness of a child. Even in such a dusk forest, his handsome appearance is very eye-catching, and it is the kind of face that looks more and more beautiful the more he looks at it. The three cheap guests all stared at it with wide eyes.
The girl in front of me, the dim sunlight shines on the girl's body through the leaves in the forest, causing the girl's body to glow with a faint golden light. Combined with the righteousness of the girl's body, it makes people feel a sense of sacred and inviolable awe.
Even Aoba Apocalypse, who was not far away, felt a little moved by the girl at this moment. When Aoba Apocalypse carefully observed the girl's appearance, he suddenly remembered that she was the girl he had seen this morning. If he remembered correctly, she
His name should be Zi Nanxiang.
Zi Nanxiang: "I like the tranquility in the forest, so I practice swordplay here. I wonder if it disturbs you?"
He Fangyuan Temple: "I'm not bothering you at all. I just heard the noise here not far away, so I came over to take a look."
Zi Nanxiang: "Oh, that's right..."
He Fangyuan Temple: "I wonder if the girl can give her a good name?"
Zi Nanxiang: "You and I are just passers-by who met by chance in the mountains. There is no need to exchange names."
He Fangyuanji: "But... I don't know how to call the girl."
Zi Nanxiang: "I'm about to leave, so I won't disturb you anymore."
As he spoke, he glanced at the people behind He Fangyuan Temple and turned to leave.
He Fangyuan Temple: "Girl, please stay. Since we are destined to meet here, why don't we sit together for a while."
He hurriedly ran to the girl, wanting to make a final attempt to persuade her to stay. When the two humble guests on the side saw this, they immediately became energetic and ran over together. The three of them stood in a triangle and surrounded Zi Nanxiang in the middle.
Zi Nanxiang stood sideways vigilantly, wary of the sudden attack of these three men of unknown origin. Just when the situation was getting a little bad, a somewhat familiar voice came to the girl's ears.
Qingye Tianqi: "It's getting late, let's go back first."
Yu Cricket has nothing to do with it: "No, Qingye, let's play for a while."
He quickly winked at Qingye and asked him not to rush him to leave.
Qingye Tianqi: "If you want to play, you can play, I'll go back first."
After saying that, he walked in the opposite direction. Seeing this, He Fangyuan Temple had to give up and walked in the direction of Qingye Tianqi. When the other two cheap guests saw that the main force, He Fangyuan Temple, had left, they had no choice but to come along unwillingly.
Disperse.
Zi Nanxiang looked at the people leaving, and felt that the back of one of them seemed familiar. Just when he looked for the familiar voice and looked over, although the person was far away from him, he couldn't see clearly due to the darkening sky.
That person's appearance, but I still have an idea in my heart that that person should be 'him'.
As soon as the scene turned, there was a burst of curses from the outer wall of the academy, "You bastard, you dare to play tricks on us! I will beat you to death today, you bastard without a father and a mother." I could see under the darkening night.
, there were about four or five men about 170 centimeters tall standing next to the outer wall of the academy. Even in such dim light, their ferocious faces were a bit intimidating. At this time, they
They were yelling and kicking something with their feet, and among this group of people, or to be precise, under their feet, there was something like a sack rolling left and right. This group of people seemed to be kicking sandbags. This was to
Are you practicing football? Not long after, a man of about the same height standing not far from the group of people suddenly spoke.
Judah: "Okay, stop."
As soon as these words came out, the group of people kicking the sandbags quickly stopped and spread out around, proudly crossing their hands on their chests. Only then did we see clearly that these people were all wearing the uniforms of students from Huashan Academy.
They all look like they are around sixteen or seventeen years old. The leader is this deer Jude. This man has an ordinary appearance, with a scar on his forehead. Although he is not strong, he is quite tall. He should be nearly a year old.
About 180 centimeters away, the sack that had fallen on the ground suddenly started to move. When it gradually got up from the ground, we realized that it was not a sack, but a person, to be precise, a fourteen or fifteen year old.
The man was wearing a patched burlap jacket and some burlap pants that were not long enough. On his feet was a pair of black cloth shoes that were used for rough work. They were already covered with dust due to oil stains. He was about 160 centimeters tall.
, the limbs are as thin as hemp stalks, as if there is no meat on the bones and a piece of skin has grown directly. It is best to describe it as skinny and bones. Its appearance also has a small nose and small eyes, a typical unattractive appearance, coupled with a dull expression, giving
He feels like he is easy to bully. His name is Xiao Chunzi, which is his full name, because he has no surname. He is a handyman at Huashan Academy. He usually carries water, chops wood, makes fires and so on.
Carrying and other rough work.
Zhang Jud: "Boy, please listen to me clearly. Since you have become a member of our Triad Association, your monthly membership fee is indispensable. I don't care what difficulties you have in life. In short, the membership fee is not worth even one silver silk."
Less, otherwise you will know the punches and kicks of my brothers."
As he was talking and chewing tobacco sand, white mist came out of his nose. The contemptuous expression on his face and the way he looked down at others with squinted eyes seemed to be showing off to everyone that he was such a 'bad boy'. You
What about me? But Xiaochunzi didn't reply. He just sat on the ground and covered his chest with his hands, coughing uncontrollably. It seemed that the kick just now caused a lot of damage to him. At this time, another male student came from
He ran over from a distance and came directly to Zhan Jude's side. He whispered in his ear, "I got it!". Zhan Jude laughed happily and took out one from his arms.
Yansha rewarded the messenger.
【Detailed explanation】
Yansha: A somewhat expensive recreational drug, developed from a variety of herbs. It is generally round particles about the size of a thumb, similar to pills. It is white in color but has black fillings inside. It melts in the mouth and leaves a refreshing feeling in the mouth.
It is a kind of refreshing medicine. Depending on the herbs used, its taste and effect are also very different, and naturally the price is also hugely different.
At this time, the sky has obviously darkened, especially when a large cloud of rain clouds floated in the sky at some point, making the already dark forest path even more difficult to distinguish the road conditions. Qingye Tianqi and his party were rushing back.
On the way, the rain clouds once again made things difficult, and the rain fell into the forest in an instant. The three humble guests and the two female students hurriedly put their palms on their heads and ran forward, but Qingye Tianqi still took his time.
Walking on the road in the forest, because he knew there was no shelter from the rain nearby, and the rain looked like a thunderstorm, it was too late to hide at this time, so he simply walked in the forest with his companion, and it happened that a familiar man happened to be there at this time.
A figure flashed not far away. Qingye Tianqi looked at the figure in the distance curiously. Sure enough, it was a person. He was slightly shorter than himself. He looked like a woman. It was just the dim environment in the forest. He could confirm it with the naked eye.
It's hard to see her face clearly, but Qingye Tianqi still vaguely thinks it's 'her'.
She is Iori Azuha.
Love in the world is really wonderful. Although Aoba Apocalypse has never had any interaction with Aoba Iori for more than three months since he entered school, for some reason, similar situations have happened to Aoba Apocalypse several times. He obviously only wants to
If you take the first step bravely, you can really get to know her, but it is difficult for you to have such courage. Despite this, Aoba Apocalypse will still notice her as soon as Aoba Iori appears near him.
At the same time, the air around him will become a little tense, which directly causes Aoba Apocalypse's expression to become very unnatural, giving people the illusion that he is very cold and difficult to talk to. At this time, he is different from his usual
They really look like two people.
At this time, Weiye Iori had just come down the mountain from Chaoxi Temple. She was holding an oil-paper umbrella in her hand while walking on the stone road in the mountain. The scenery painted on the umbrella was exactly the style of Huashan Mountain. She was like this.
Walking in the rain, although the sound of the rain was a bit noisy, there was no trace of disgust on her face, and she still gave people a sense of calm.
Not far away, Qingye Tianqi also slowed down his pace at this time, watching Iori Weiye walking towards the stone steps going down the mountain...
At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came to my ears. The voice was soft, sweet and not artificial. It was the voice of a girl. I seemed to have only heard this voice in the classroom.
Iori Azuha: "Aoba-san, what are you doing here?"
When Aoba Apocalypse turned around, he saw Aoba Iori standing in front of him. Aoba Aoba's expression, which instantly became tense, became unnatural again.
Aoba Tianqi: "Eh!? You? Wasn't that just now?"
While talking, he looked at the stone steps going down the mountain. Just now, he clearly saw Iori Usaba walking towards the stone steps going down the mountain. Why did he suddenly appear behind him at this moment? Obviously for this
A situation that Aoba Apocalypse couldn't understand.
Aoiba Iori: "Aoba-san, you are so interesting. Why is your tongue tied when you speak?"
As he spoke, he started to giggle. The laughter shattered the tense air around Qingye Tianqi in just a moment, making the young boy laugh along with him. At that moment, the boy felt that he was really happy.
, as if my wish for many years has come true inadvertently.
Just when Aoye Tianqi was proud, suddenly the voice of his friend came from a distance.
He Fangyuanji: "Hey! Qingye! Stop being an idiot and run away. It's raining!"
When this annoying sound like a duck's quacking came, Aoye Apocalypse was instantly brought back to reality. It turned out that just now, he was daydreaming there again. Although this time could not be regarded as daytime, Aoye Apocalypse turned around.
He looked around and saw that there was no other person beside him. Then he looked at the stone road going down the mountain in the distance. The figure of Iori Weiye had long disappeared. Aoba Apocalypse, who was somewhat unwilling to do so, started running fiercely, even in the distance.
In the forest covered with stumbling blocks and messy branches, Aoye Apocalypse's running seemed not to be affected. He nimbly dodged the obstructing branches and crossed the stumbling blocks that appeared at any time on the dirt road. He quickly caught up with and surpassed the three humble guests.
They, this group of people, quickly accelerated to catch up with Qingye Tianqi. However, Qingye Tianqi was running really fast. They were completely unable to keep up with Qingye Tianqi's speed. In this way, Qingye Tianqi and his group went off to Huashan and ran away on their own.
Heading towards home.
At this time, halfway up Huashan Mountain, on the stone road leading to Huashan Academy, a woman who had also come out of Morning Sun View was holding an umbrella and walking with her head lowered, as if she was in a hurry to meet someone.
This sudden rain made the entire town of Hengyu become extremely quiet. This small town was not so lively. When encountering such a rainy day, except for a few people who like rain, they would enjoy watching the rain. More townspeople
People complain, especially those who do small businesses. On rainy days like this, there are almost no customers, so they have to close their stalls early. Aoye's family is no exception, because Aoye Tianqi's family sells tofu.
Yes, Aoba Apocalypse usually takes time to go back to the store to help out after school early, but these days Aoba Aoba is so playful and always looking for excuses to refuse to work, which has caused Aoba's mother to nag her.
It happened that it rained today, so there were no guests at night, and Qingye Tianqi was soaked in water because of his playfulness. At this time, he would inevitably have to be lectured when he went home. Qingye's family lived in the east of Hengyu Town, and their home was a one-room
Because the house faces the street, a small private house on the second floor was converted into a small shop because the family planned to run their own tofu shop in the future if Aoba Tianqi stopped studying.
The name of the small shop was decided as 'Qingye Tofu Shop'. At this time, Qingye Tianqi had already rushed back home.
Qingye's mother: "You brat! You're crazy where you are going. You don't come back to help with the family business. You just want to play. It's okay if you don't read well. You don't care about your own business. Are you planning to drink in the future?
Northwest wind!"
As soon as one of Aoba Apocalypse's legs entered the house, Aoba's mother hit Aoba Apocalypse on the head hard with a stick made of oil paper and started preaching.
Qingye Tianqi: "Please, I am not playful, I am just discussing world affairs with my friends."
He covered his head that was hit with a paper tube stick with his hand and started talking nonsense.
Qingye's mother: "A major event in the world? Just you? Bah! Don't fool me."
Qingye's father: "Hahaha, forget it, kids at this age are all playful, it would be weird if they don't, right?"
As he spoke, he nodded slightly to Qingye Tianqi.
Qingye's mother: "Playfulness is not allowed. In this era, everyone is working hard. How can Tianqi be playful? You must know that if you continue to be playful like this, you will never be able to win over your mother-in-law in the future."
Qingye's father: "This... this is a bit too early. I am only fourteen years old. How can I start worrying about these things at this time?"
Qingye's mother: "Early? What's early? You married me at the age of eighteen. Isn't it early?"
Aoba's father: "Haha, our era was indeed early, but things are different now. People in this era don't get married so early."
Aoye Apocalypse watched his parents talking here about some things that seemed to be related to him but were very far away from him. He couldn't laugh or cry. He had to ignore them and went straight up the stairs to the second floor. Soon Aoye Apocalypse came to the
In my room on the second floor, I took off my student clothes that had been soaked by the rain and put on my home clothes, which were a loose short-sleeved top and knee-length pants. Then I opened the window of the room, and the rain hit the ground.
The sound immediately became clearer. Qingye Tianqi just sat by the window and looked at the rainy scene outside the house, but his thoughts returned to the forest just now. Her beautiful shadow lingered in the dark forest. Now,
When the time came to mind again, the innocent young man just thought that he had just seen her, and felt extremely happy in his heart. I don't know when the proud giggle has been reflected on the young man's face. He is handsome, but it also makes people feel a little bit handsome.