The night was dark, and the sky was as solid as dark ink. You could only vaguely see the thick dark clouds moving slowly in the sky. From the boundless black, silent rain fell. From the far horizon, there was a faint rumble of thunder.
, I don’t know if there will be a violent storm coming.
The disciples of Qingyun Sect who went to southern Xinjiang have been back for a few days. Among them, Lu Xueqi returned to Xiaozhu Peak after meeting the elders of the sect and never appeared again. Even in Qingyun Sect, Master Daoxuan and Tian Buyi disappeared mysteriously.
It was as if she had never noticed the undercurrent it caused.
The steep and beautiful Xiaozhu Peak is still as peaceful as it has been for thousands of years. The bamboos all over the mountain are still whispering the sound of rustling bamboo waves on this stormy night, silently gazing at the people on the top of the mountain.
The green lantern in the hut, the candlelight is like a flicker
The door is lightly closed, but the window is still half open. The wind and rain from the mountains come quietly. Rain powder flies into the house from time to time, wetting the window sill made of Xiuzhu, and slowly condenses into water droplets, which slide quietly down, leaving behind a trail of water.
Water marks The wind blowing from a distance gently shook the window, making a gentle 'squeak' sound in this silent rainy night.
The candle placed on the table in the room swayed and flickered, flickering on and off. Several times it seemed like it would be blown out, but it always struggled and persisted until the mountain wind weakened, slowly regained its brightness, and became bright again.
There is no other light in the night, and a place slightly far away from this candlelight is shrouded in shadow.
Lu Xueqi sat under the lamp, silently looking at the candlelight
Green lanterns and beauties, in such a night, seem to be the melancholy that cannot be condensed, silently engraved in the time, but I don’t know how much time can be retained?
Outside the door, soft footsteps sounded in the distance. Lu Xueqi's head moved slightly. A mountain breeze blew from the window. The candlelight on the table swayed and waxed and waned. Her hair on the temples also fluttered gently in the wind.
The door made a low sound, and someone pushed it open. The wind and rain outside suddenly became louder, as if the wind suddenly became stronger and was about to rush into the house. Fortunately, after that moment, the visitor had already walked into the house, and returned.
I closed the door, blocking out the wind and rain outside, giving the house a sense of tranquility.
Lu Xueqi stood up, lowered her head slightly and said, "Sister, why are you here?" The person who came was none other than Wen Min. She glanced at Lu Xueqi, walked to the table, and sighed slightly: "Since you returned to the mountain, you
It's rare to see you out of this room. If I don't come to see you again, I'm afraid I won't know what's going on with you now?" Lu Xueqi raised her head and looked at Wenmin. She saw a smile on the corner of the senior sister's mouth, her eyes were soft, and she was clearly full of care.
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She smiled in a low voice and said: "What can happen to me? Thank you for caring, senior sister." Wenmin looked at her for a long time and saw that except for Lu Xueqi's face being slightly pale, her expression was as usual, and she slowly felt relieved.
He came, and then said: "Junior sister, it's fine that you're fine, but as a sister, seeing you become like this, I feel really sad in my heart. After you returned to the mountain, you only saw Master once that day, and then you
She shut herself up in this hut and never saw her again. No matter what, you can't blame Master in your heart. You know, we were all raised by her." Lu Xueqi shook her head and said: "Senior Sister
, what did you say? I definitely don’t dare to blame Master at all. I don’t dare to go to see Master. I just know that I am unworthy and am afraid of making Master angry and hurting me.” Wen Min was startled for a moment and looked at Lu Xueqi.
, after a long while, his face was complicated, he hesitated to speak, he just sighed in a low voice and stood up.
At this moment, in the distance in the sky, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed, followed by a thunderous sound, which sounded like cracking silk, but it seemed to echo above the head, and the echo lingered for a long time.
The sound of wind outside seems to be a little tighter
Wenmin frowned, walked to the window, took a look outside, and said, "Looking at the sky, it seems like the rain is going to be heavy again." Lu Xueqi stood up, walked slowly to the window, stood next to Wenmin, and said
Looking outside, in the night, two slender figures stood side by side, staring at the dark night and the endless wind and rain.
In the distance, the sound of rustling bamboo waves and the sound of rain hitting bamboo leaves could be heard faintly. For a moment, they wondered if they were still in this tranquility. Both of them were speechless.
After a long time, Wen Min took a deep breath, smiled slightly, and said, "Speaking of which, it's been a long time since we watched the rain together like this?" Lu Xueqi showed a smile at the corner of her mouth and said, "Yes, actually, I also remember that when I was a child.
When I went up the mountain, you were the one who took care of me from the very beginning. I was not sensible at that time. Whenever there was a stormy night and thunder roared, I would be particularly afraid. She slowly turned her head, her eyes full of softness, and whispered.
Said: "Senior sister, you take me with you every time, sit by the window and watch the rain together, and tell me not to be afraid." Wenmin shook his head and laughed, stretched out his hand to gently touch Lu Xueqi's long, silky hair, and suddenly let out a sigh, saying
:'In a blink of an eye, you have grown up.' Lu Xueqi felt Wen Min's palm gently patting her shoulder, as if there was a bit of warmth coming from there.
After a moment of silence, Lu Xueqi looked at her senior sister and said, "Senior sister, if you have anything to say, just tell me." Wenmin was startled for a moment, and finally smiled bitterly and said, "I know you have always been as smart as ice and snow, and I can't hide anything from you."
...' She paused and said: 'Junior sister, in fact, your intelligence is far superior to that of my sister, but why can't you see through it and understand it, and you are suffering in vain?'
The smile at the corner of Lu Xueqi's mouth slowly disappeared, replaced by a familiar indifferent expression. However, facing Wen Min, she no longer felt that cold feeling.
"I'm not bitter," Lu Xueqi said quietly as she stared out the window at the night.
Wen Min looked at him in astonishment. Lu Xueqi's eyes drifted far away, not knowing where she was looking in the deep night. But the tone of her words could not be clearer: "I have never been miserable. Senior sister has never been a teacher."
Preaching means that we should be free from worries, be at ease, understand nature, and seek immortality, right?" Wenmin nodded and said, "Yes, in fact, in terms of practice, we are both Taoists and Buddhists.
Similarity' Lu Xueqi gently held the bamboo handle of the window sill. A gust of cold wind blew, and she seemed to be a little chilly. She shrank, but she still stood. Crystal drops of water quickly condensed on her white palms.
"But, what do I want to do if I want to live forever?" Wenmin opened his mouth slightly and frowned.
'I know that the teachings passed down by the ancestors of Qingyun Sect for thousands of years are absolutely correct. We mortals want to escape from reincarnation, and by practicing this, we may be able to achieve immortality before passing through. I also think so.
, so I only focus on cultivation now..." Lu Xueqi smiled in a low voice, as if looking deeply into her heart, and said: "If you want me to be heartless and loveless all my life, if you want me to become an immortal with a heart as white as a piece of paper, then how can I live forever and be such an immortal?
How can it be what I want?" Wen Min said: "Junior sister, you, what on earth are you talking about?" As if she didn't hear Wen Min's words, Lu Xueqi continued speaking on her own: "I know what you are thinking in your heart.
, Senior sister, you are probably scolding me for being ignorant of human affairs and the hardships and dangers of this world. Most of the things I think about and ask for are difficult to achieve. In fact, why don’t I know? If I say I am suffering, I have indeed suffered for it before. But now
, but I just thought about it. People say that the world is intolerable and unforgivable, but after all, I can't be like him and become a monk. But even so, I just want to have someone in my heart who can love me, and I also know that in his heart
As long as this is the case, I will be satisfied." Wenmin snorted and said, "Don't you know that there will be no results between you two? Don't you care about this?" For the first time, Lu Xueqi's face
Her expression changed, as if a deep sadness passed by quietly. After a while, she whispered: 'Of course I care. If possible, who doesn't want to stay together forever, who doesn't want to last forever? But knowing that it is difficult to achieve,
Anyway, who knows what will happen in the future, but I will never forget it. Wen Min looked deeply at the beautiful woman in front of him. In the night, she was as beautiful and elegant as a lily, blooming in loneliness.
She sighed softly and said: "Anyway, I knew I couldn't persuade you. You will go see Master tomorrow morning." Lu Xueqi was startled for a moment, turned around and said, "Although I am not unwilling to see Master,
But if she goes, she will probably make her old man angry again. Wenmin shook his head and said: "Master asked me to come to summon you in private today. What I am doing is business, so don't worry." Lu Xueqi hesitated and said:
"In the southern Xinjiang group, the beast god has been destroyed, and Zhengdao's serious trouble has gone away. Is there anything else?" Wenmin hesitated for a moment and said: "It's the demon sect that has resurrected." Lu Xueqi's body was shocked, and at the same time, what flashed in her eyes was
A complicated and unreadable look said: "What?" Seeing Lu Xueqi's strange look in his eyes, Wenmin sighed in his heart, but still said calmly: "There have been constant rumors in recent days that the beast god was defeated by the beast monster in the catastrophe that day.
There are still remnants of the demon sect thieves in our hands, and they seem to be making a comeback. Moreover, our Qingyun Sect is currently experiencing internal and external troubles. Master, she seems to be worried too. You know that she always values you the most, and it is probably for this reason that she called you over.'
Lu Xueqi was silent for a long time, nodded and said: "Yes, I will go to see the master early tomorrow morning." Wenmin nodded and said: "Then you should rest early, I will leave." Lu Xueqi did not stay long and walked to the door. Wenmin suddenly paused
She stood up, turned around and looked at Lu Xueqi, and said: "Junior sister, if something happens to you in the future, don't keep it in your heart. If you trust me, you can talk to me. It's better than keeping it in your heart." Lu Xueqi slowly said
Nodding, he whispered: "Yes, senior sister, I know." Wenmin looked at her expression and expected that although she agreed, with Lu Xueqi's temperament, she probably had some troubles that she wouldn't tell, so she had to do it now
He smiled bitterly, turned around and left
Lu Xueqi leaned against the door and watched Wen Min go away.
She slowly withdrew her gaze, and saw that the night was like ink, the wind and rain were rustling, and the world was silent, as if there was a sense of desolation.
She was so crazy looking at it for a moment that she seemed to wake up from a dream for a long time. She turned around silently and gently closed the door.
The wind and rain in the world are also shut outside the door
Just as the Qingyun Sect secretly received the news, the once deserted Huqi Mountain, thousands of miles away, suddenly became lively. Large numbers of demon sect disciples returned to the headquarters of the Ghost King Sect, and the once sealed institutions
They were opened one by one, and the abandoned checkpoints were restored one by one under the orderly command.
On a clear day, the Ghost King Sect, the last sect of the Demon Cult and the most powerful sect at the moment, returned to Middle-earth under the leadership of the Ghost King.
The endless queue of packages, large and small, looks like a group of ants returning to their nest from afar. And among this queue, the most eye-catching thing is that there are hundreds of them every few dozen feet.
The demon sect disciples escorted a huge creature, which was covered with thick gray cloth and had a huge square shape. From under the cloth, frightening low roars could be heard from time to time, and the roars were full of ferocity and anger.
, but for some reason, it sounds like he is out of breath, as if he is some kind of extremely tired monster.
This huge mysterious thing was quickly transported into the huge cave run by the Ghost King Sect of Huqi Mountain for generations by these demon sect disciples who seemed to be familiar with it. In the air, there were only unknown sounds that gradually faded away and echoed low.
The monsters whined and roared, and at the same time, for some reason, a strange bloody smell gradually emerged from the surroundings and floated in the wind.
The Ghost King clasped his hands and stood on one side of the cave, watching the last mysterious giant being transported into the depths of the cave with an expressionless face.
At first glance, it seems that nothing has changed about him, except for the hair between his hair and the temples, which was once white because of his daughter.
Behind him, there are two figures standing. One is You Ji, still wearing the same black gauze mask, silent, the other is covered in black shadow, it is Mr. Ghost.
When almost all the demon sect disciples entered the cave, several people quickly ran forward and reported to the ghost king in a low voice. The ghost king listened silently and did not say anything. He just nodded slowly. Those demon sect members were very surprised.
Disperse quickly. Under the silent command, the huge stone mechanism at the entrance of the cave slowly fell down, blocking out the light from the outside world.
In the darkness, the Ghost King gently exhaled the familiar smell of the cave.
In the deep cave corridor, light slowly lit up. It was the demon sect disciples who lit the torches hanging above the passage one by one. Under the familiar dim yellow light, the shadows began to shake.
Behind you, You Ji slowly took a step forward and said softly: "Sect Master, do you want to go see Gui Li?" The Ghost King's eyes seemed to flash and said: "I haven't seen him since I came back. Others
Where?" You Ji whispered: "He has always been at Baguio's place." The Ghost King was about to move forward, paused, and after a moment, said: "I'll go over, you don't have to follow."
You Ji responded and watched the Ghost King walk away until the figure disappeared.
She turned around, but was suddenly shocked. The mysterious shadow beside her had disappeared at some point. Under the black veil, Youji's eyebrows slowly wrinkled, with complex expressions flashing in her eyes.
Outside the ice stone chamber deep in the mountain cave, it is completely different from the bustling situation outside. There is no hustle and bustle here, and it is still as quiet as before. Perhaps in the eyes of some people, there is so much here, it should be lonely.
The Ghost King stood outside the door of the Ice Stone Chamber for a long time, facing the stone door. For some reason, he never reached out to open it. The thick stone door lay in front of him, but his eyes seemed to have penetrated it.
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Behind the stone gate, in the cold place, is my daughter still lying peacefully?
Will a person as strong as him also have a moment of weakness and be unwilling to face his daughter?
I don’t know how long it took, but time passed quietly. The Ghost King moved his body, slowly stretched out his hand, and turned the mechanism. A low roar came, and the stone door slowly opened in front of him.
A blast of cold air came from behind the stone door, and there were faint curls of white air floating in the stone chamber.
The Ghost King stepped in, and the stone door closed behind him.
Nothing has changed the figure lying calmly, not even the man who has been sitting aside in my memory.
Ghost Li didn't even look back, he still just looked at Baguio, and the Ghost King didn't say anything, silently walked to the other side of the ice stone platform, staring at his daughter
Baguio still had that calm expression with a hint of contented smile, lying quietly, with the magic sect treasure Albizia Bell resting quietly in her hands between her folded hands.
A faint, golden brilliance seems to be reflected from the body of the Albizia bell, emitting light of different lengths in the silent stone chamber, but somehow it always gives people the illusion that there is a low echo from somewhere.
Yes, the clear ringtone, but if you listen carefully, you can always find no trace, only the faint brilliance of the bell that is always flashing, as if it is gentle eyes, watching the two men in the stone room.
"How is she these days when I'm not around?" The Ghost King said calmly. His eyes have been on his daughter since he entered the stone chamber.
Gui Li slowly raised his head and looked at the Ghost King. The Ghost King also withdrew his gaze from Baguio and looked at Gui Li.
The eyes of the two men met in mid-air, like a silent thunderstorm
Between them, the light on the Albizia bell in Baguio's hand flows gently
"She's fine," Gui Li stood up and said calmly.
The Ghost King nodded and said, "I feel relieved that you are here." He paused and then said, "Did you go to southern Xinjiang this time and find any news about reviving souls?" Ghost Li's face flashed.
After a moment of sadness, the Ghost King silently shook his head, glanced down at Baguio, and sighed softly. In fact, the main reason why Ghost Li went to southern Xinjiang this time was to track the beast god and to capture the strange beasts around the beast god under the secret order of the ghost king.
Taotie, but at this moment when the two of them were talking, it seemed that they had already forgotten about this matter.
In the stone chamber, there was another silence
At the end, the Ghost King looked solemn and said calmly: "I still have something to tell you, but this is not the right place. Let's go out." Ghost Li nodded and didn't say much. He glanced at Baguio for the last time and didn't know why.
, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes, and then he turned around and walked out. The Ghost King followed him and walked out of the stone door. The thick stone door slowly fell, intercepting the silence again. In the huge ice stone chamber, only Kong Zi was left.
The faint light of the flowing acacia bells
The two men walked side by side in the spacious corridor. Along the way, the demon sect disciples they encountered stepped aside and bowed their heads. The sound of footsteps echoed softly.
After going around a few corners, the two came to the residence where Gui Li lived. The Ghost King glanced at Gui Li and seemed to feel something. Gui Li frowned slightly, but did not look at the Ghost King and just smiled.
After hesitating, he reached out and opened the door.
Two people walked in
'Squeak, squeak, squeak...' Roar...' Monkey Xiao Hui's familiar cry is also accompanied by several strange roars. The strange beast Taotie, who used to follow the beast god, is now lying on the ghost bed.
On the ground in Li's room, it seemed to be very depressed and lazy, with its eyes as big as copper bells closed, lying motionless on the ground.
However, the monkey Xiao Hui was still as energetic as before, jumping around Taotie, touching him on the left, hitting him on the right, pulling Taotie's tail, patting Taotie's head, and even occasionally throwing his hands.
Stretching out to Taotie's bloody mouth, he opened Taotie's mouth and looked inside with a bit of curiosity.
From the look of Xiao Hui, it seems that he wants to cheer up Taotie and play together, but it obviously has no effect on Taotie.
After the Ghost King and Ghost Li walked in, Taotie turned a blind eye and still lay on the ground lazily. The monkey Xiao Hui let out a cry of joy, jumped on Ghost Li two or three times, and lay on his master's shoulder.
Ghost Li touched Xiao Hui's head and said to the Ghost King calmly: "That's it." The Ghost King didn't speak, but looked at Taotie lying on the ground at the corner of his mouth, and slowly showed a faint smile.
There is a hint of unfathomable meaning in the smile