The sky is high and the clouds are light. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up, all you can see is blue. The gentle breeze is blowing, which is refreshing.
Lu Xueqi looked at it for a long time. There was no one around. Naturally, no one would notice that at the foot of the secluded mountain, there was such a beautiful woman quietly watching the sky and the breeze blowing. Her shawl hair was fluttering gently, and she looked slightly embarrassed as she passed by.
thin face
Master Shuiyue's instructions before leaving echoed in her ears.
'From the conversation between Senior Brother Daoxuan and Senior Brother Wan, we knew that all the masters of the Qingyun Sect would tell this secret to the next generation of disciples who would pass on the throne while they were still awake.
The purpose of this death is for the reputation of Qingyun Sect and the common people in the world, and to avoid causing too many killings. When the last resort comes, the disciple who passes the position can kill his master..." This time, for some reason, Senior Brother Daoxuan didn't tell Xiao Yicai this.
The secret, in my opinion, is due to two reasons. One: before Senior Brother Daoxuan made up his mind to tell Xiao Yicai this secret, he was already backlashed by the demonic spirit of the Zhuxian Ancient Sword; secondly, Senior Brother Daoxuan relied on his profound Taoism.
Especially in a fierce battle ten years ago, he used the Zhuxian Sword Formation but did not see the inner demon backlash, so he thought he could resist it this time. By the time the real demon came back to bite him, it was already too late. "It's just that although
Things have changed like this, but as the children of Qingyun, we cannot stay out of it in any case. Tian Buyi is missing, and Junior Sister Su is in chaos. I am the only one who can make this critical decision. I just hope that everything will end on the mountain. You don't have to get involved, but if it really happens.
I found them at the foot of the mountain. You should also shoulder this important responsibility with all your heart. The ancestors of Qingyun have spirits and will definitely protect you and me, master and disciple. Lu Xueqi slowly opened her eyes and took a deep breath.
She turned her head and looked around. The majestic mountains and rivers behind her were handsome and tall. The mountains in the distance were undulating and dark, and the dangerous rocks up close were abrupt. Everywhere was graceful and beautiful.
Towering into the clouds, towering over the world
It’s for Qingyun
A faint and warm smile slowly appeared at the corner of her mouth. This mountain range was, after all, the place where she grew up. There were teachers she respected, close senior sisters and junior sisters, and what she once had...
remember
She turned around and walked away, her white clothes fluttering like snow. The world is so big and the sky is infinite. Even if she has a peerless appearance and a world-class hero, she may still be just a drop in the ocean.
Speaking of which, this is the first time that I have come down the mountain under the command of my division commander, but there is no clear place to go. Although I have a heavy responsibility, I don't know where to go to complete this task. Think about it, there are several
quite ridiculous
Tianya is held quietly in the hand, but there is no familiar feeling. It should be said that it has become a part of the body. The faint blue light has also been condensed into the scabbard. Each person has a sword and walks slowly.
Where to go?
The world is so big
There was a fork in the road in front of her, and Lu Xueqi stopped. It wasn't that she didn't know the way. Among the Qingyun Sect disciples, she was the one who went down the mountain more frequently. She had walked on the flat road in front of her countless times.
The most convenient way out of Qingyun Mountain leads directly to Heyang City, the largest town at the foot of Qingyun Mountain.
The other fork in the road seems to have been abandoned for a long time, with weeds growing all over it. Only a section near the fork in the road is vaguely visible. Looking in from a distance, the distance is already covered by weeds.
In fact, there are countless such trails and mountain roads that go down from Qingyun Mountain. Many of these trails are made by villagers living in villages near the foot of Qingyun Mountain. They go up the mountain to cut firewood or pick wild fruits for their livelihood. There are also many roads, because
For various reasons, over the years, it has become this desolate look.
Who knows where this road leads, and who will remember who has walked it before?
Lu Xueqi shook her head slightly and smiled bitterly in her heart. After returning from southern Xinjiang and being separated from that person, her state of mind has really changed a lot.
She shook her head slightly, trying to put this thought away, and was about to walk back to the road. At this time, villagers in twos and threes came from the other end of the road, old and young. Judging from their clothes, most of them were wearing clothes.
The ax, hemp rope and shoulder pole seemed to be woodcutter from the nearby village who went up to the mountain to cut firewood.
When they got closer, when these woodcutter saw Lu Xueqi, they all stepped aside with a look of respect on their faces. The disciples of Qingyun Sect were already respected by people within hundreds of miles around, not to mention Lu Xueqi's peerless appearance, so ethereal.
Immortals are something that people dare not look at
Lu Xueqi stopped, nodded slightly to them in return, and then planned to leave.
At this moment, suddenly one of the old woodcutter, whose hair had turned white but was still energetic, seemed to be very enthusiastic and said with a smile: "Girl, don't you know the road?" Lu Xueqi paused slightly.
, stopped, looked around, glanced at the old woodcutter, hesitated, and shook his head slightly.
But before she could speak, the enthusiastic old woodcutter said: "I know you immortal cultivators from Qingyun Sect are very powerful. You fly around a lot of the time, but when it comes to the road under your feet, sometimes
On the contrary, they are not as familiar to us country people." When the woodcutters next to him heard this, they all laughed. Looking at their kind faces, Lu Xueqi felt a warmth in her heart for some reason, and the steps she was about to take stopped again.
down
The old woodcutter chuckled and said, "The road in front of you leads to Heyang City in the south. It is the busiest place within a hundred miles nearby. Once you get there, it will be much easier to go to other places."
As he said that, he pointed to the abandoned path and said, "Don't go down that road. It was a lively village many years ago, but now it's all destroyed and there's no one left." Lu Xueqi smiled slightly and said:
'I understand, thank you, husband.' The old woodcutter waved his hand, laughed twice, and continued walking towards Qingyun Mountain with the others.
At the same time, a woodcutter who was slightly younger than him sighed and said: "There used to be a temple in that village. I heard it was very spiritual. More than ten years ago, my wife and I went there to worship the Bodhisattva and ask for a child. As a result,
Sure enough, it existed, but it's a pity that it's gone now." The old woodcutter nodded and said, "Yes, I remember it too. It's a pity that the temple is gone..." The words gradually became lower, and their figures gradually faded away, disappearing in the distance.
In the mountains and forests, their cheerful and generous laughter seemed to be still there in the breeze blowing in the distance. Lu Xueqi turned around, the smile on her face was still there. Somehow, her mood seemed much better.
Smiling, she raised her head and walked towards the main road.
Her steps were originally brisk, but for some reason, her pace suddenly slowed down. Her delicate eyebrows wrinkled slightly, deep in her heart, it seemed as if something important suddenly passed by, but she couldn't catch it for a moment.
Deep in the memory, something seems to have quietly awakened...
She stood still and remained still. The scene just now was quickly replayed in her mind, and the woodcutter's words echoed again: "Don't go down that road. It was also a lively place many years ago."
The village, but now it is all destroyed and there is no one left..."There used to be a temple in that village, and I heard it was very spiritual..." Lu Xueqi suddenly felt a shock all over her body. After a moment, she slowly turned around and said again
Yes, looking at the path that is overgrown with grass, as if it has been lost in the afterimage of time...
How many things can be changed in ten years? Appearance, mood, or hatred?
No one can understand others, and sometimes even oneself cannot truly understand it. But this is the only way to truly change.
Because there is no road here
The densely growing weeds, growing year after year, cover up the past history and witness the ruthlessness of time until a white and lonely figure quietly approaches the dusty place.
Among the weeds, you can still vaguely see the ruins of the ruins. In the breeze blowing in your face, there is no longer the bloody smell of the past, but only the slightly green and fragrant smell of the weeds.
After passing through one broken door after another, looking at the stone steps and walls that were swaying here and there, quietly covered with moss, all the laughter and joy that I had during my lifetime, and the happiness that I once had, have all disappeared with the wind?
Lu Xueqi's face was slightly pale, and her slender and delicate hands held Tianya tightly. In this abandoned village, it seemed as if someone's eyes were watching her quietly. She even felt like she couldn't breathe.
a feeling of
But she never stopped, just walking quietly, passing every house. Once upon a time, who still remembers the people here?
Until she saw that ruined temple
Unlike the surrounding environment, for some reason, there was no grass growing around the dilapidated temple. It was a room, but it was better to say it was a few pillars. They were just fallen on the ground, and the remaining broken stones were scattered in twos and threes.
On the block, there is still a vague appearance of a statue of a god, and only then can we see where this place once was.
Lu Xueqi walked over slowly
There are no weeds or moss. Everything here seems incompatible with the surroundings. I don’t know why. Even the weeds that grow so tenaciously don’t want to enter here.
Or is it that all the resentment and resentment in the past are gathered in this place?
So in the dead of night, will there be people crying and whispering, talking about the past?
Lu Xueqi suddenly turned around, and at some point, tears flashed in her eyes.
Caomiao Village
This place has long been forgotten...
She quietly sat down in the corner, motionless, as if she was quietly listening to something, or feeling something.
There was wind blowing in the distance, blowing her black hair and gently fluttering around her temples.
The sun rises and the moon sets, morning and evening, day and night, morning and evening, stars change
The white clouds in the sky are like dogs, disappearing like shooting stars, time is like water, and finally go away like this, never stopping for anyone.
In the distant weeds, the sound of insects came from nowhere. Apart from the sound of the wind, this was the most lively sound here. Maybe, in another ten years, this place will become a prosperous place again?
Or, it's still the same old thing
Who cares?
For three days, Lu Xueqi sat quietly in this remote place for three days. The world was full of constraints and heavy responsibilities, but it turned out that only in such a place could she find a place to breathe and escape.
Quietly, just treat it as indulgence and let yourself hide
But, she still has to leave after all
The white clothes swayed and came quietly. Lu Xueqi's figure reappeared, leaving the dilapidated small temple and walking past the doors of the huts under the ruined walls. For some reason, her eyes looking at this place seemed to contain Yiyi.
Reluctant affection
In the distant sky, sky clouds were floating, and among the vague clouds, as if blown by the wind, there was a white line quietly crossing the sky. Lu Xueqi took one last look at these houses, turned around and left, and never looked back. That figure in white clothes was fluttering.
, walking away quietly in the grass
Above the sky, the white clouds are still silent
Just from among the clouds, a swift glimmer of light suddenly flashed out, silently and quickly, with a few lingering white clouds on the clouds, dispersed in the air and quickly, this light fell on this abandoned small village.
middle
'Zhizhi, zhizhi...' The familiar monkey cry made the three-eyed gray-haired monkey jump to the ground and look around. It was obvious that it was far happier in this wild place than in the heart of Huqi Mountain.
After a while, the monkey jumped away on its own and got into the thick weeds, not knowing where to go to play.
Gui Li stood silently in the center of the village with an expressionless face.
Except for the tiredness and pain that cannot be concealed in the eyes
He stared blankly at everything around him and slowly turned around. Everything he once knew about the place slowly emerged in his mind. Even the wind blowing in the distance had a familiar smell.
The fragrance of my hometown land...
And far behind him, behind the dense weeds, the white and slightly lonely figure finally disappeared into the distance.
He walked slowly, and the same things that once caught Lu Xueqi's eyes appeared in front of him: ruined walls, mossy stone steps, and finally, the dilapidated small temple.
It's just that he didn't walk over, he just looked at the small temple from a distance, and was lost in thought. It was there that a young man's life was changed.
He stood for a long time and looked for a long time, but in the end he did not pass. After a long time, he turned around, stepped on the weeds on the ground, and walked on the path where he could barely distinguish the distance between the houses. He walked very slowly, as if every time
Each step was extremely heavy, until he stopped in front of the third cabin in the second row.
This is a house that is no different from other dilapidated houses, with the same doors and windows falling off, the same desolation, and even the moss on the stone steps seems to be more than other houses.
Gui Li's lips began to tremble slightly. For the first time in many years, he could not suppress tears in his eyes. Slowly, he knelt down in front of the hut and buried his head deeply on the ground in front of the hut.
In the wild grass
What vaguely came from the wind was a strangled and struggling whisper: ‘Father, mother…’ Heyang City
After the beast monster catastrophe, the vitality of Heyang City was severely damaged, and there were countless casualties. However, after the disaster, life will always go on. People entering the city from all directions, as well as those who fled home, made this ancient city gradually lively.
Get up
On the busiest street, the best restaurant in Heyang City is still the Shanhaiyuan where Zhang Xiaofan lived when he first came down the mountain. Although due to the disaster, the business seems to be deserted compared to ten years ago.
Quite a few. After all, people barely escape death and rarely have much thought to come here to eat and drink.
But on this day, a strange guest came to Shanhaiyuan. This person was a young woman. She looked very beautiful, so that was fine. However, under this beautiful face, there was something about her every frown and smile.
It was a mind-blowing and strange feeling, as if just one glance at this woman's water-like eyes made the bones of the men around her soften by three points.
That woman was none other than Xiaobai, the nine-tailed sky fox who was separated from Gui Li and Lu Xueqi after the great changes in southern Xinjiang.
She walked into Shanhaiyuan Restaurant so openly and elegantly. For a moment, everyone from the shopkeeper to the waiter, including the only two tables of guests, were stunned. No one came up.
greet her
Fortunately, Xiaobai seems to have been used to this kind of situation, and he is not angry. He just smiles and says: "Is there no one to entertain you?" This sentence wakes up the dreamer. After all, the shopkeeper is old, and he still has some energy left.
Dingli, he quickly composed himself, and then he felt dazed. The waiter standing nearby hit the back of his head and said angrily: "The guest is here, why don't you go and greet him?" The waiter staggered, wondering if there was something wrong in his heart, and Qiqi Ai Ai left.
When he came up, he didn't dare to look at Xiaobai and said with a smile: "Girl, do you want to eat or stay in a hotel?" Xiaobai thought for a while and said: "Let's eat something first. Do you have a seat here?" The waiter kept asking.
Nodding, he said: "Yes, yes, please come upstairs." Xiaobai nodded, walked upstairs, and said: "Find me a quiet seat by the window." The waiter smiled and said: "Don't worry, girl, upstairs
You are the only one in the private seat. You will be given any seat you want. It is also guaranteed to be quiet and no one will disturb you." Xiaobai was slightly startled and said: "How come there is no one? I heard that business here used to be very good.
"?" The waiter at the shop had already walked upstairs. Hearing this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Who says it's not the case? The business was so good back then. Everyone in Heyang City wanted to come to our place to have a drink. God damn it."
, The beast monster that caused trouble a while ago caused people to panic, and ended up with countless casualties. At this time, not many people would want to come here. Xiaobai nodded slowly, sighed softly, and said:
'So that's it, no wonder.' At this time, the waiter had taken Xiao Bai upstairs to sit down at a table next to the window, and was wiping the table with the rag he brought with him.
Xiaobai sat in his seat and looked out the window. He saw pedestrians coming and going on the street. It was quite lively, but there were very few smiles on most people's faces. Instead, there were more people with sad faces.
Xiaobai watched silently for a moment, and suddenly asked the waiter: "Waiter, I want to ask you something, please answer me honestly." The waiter nodded and said, "Miss, please ask me." Xiaobai hesitated for a moment and said, "This is Heyang City."
Do all the people here, including you of course, hate that beast in their hearts?" The waiter snorted, with a look of resentment on his face, and said loudly: "Of course, that beast in Heyang City
In the midst of the monster disaster, ten houses and nine empty houses, just go and ask anyone on the street. I guarantee that he will definitely have relatives who died under the claws of that beast and monster. We ordinary people are defenseless and cannot resist. Fortunately, there are people from Qingyun Mountain.
The immortal showed great mercy and showed his power, and drove away the beasts and monsters that were killed by the gods. Only then did we live a human life again. Xiaobai looked at the excited expression of the waiter and smiled bitterly in his heart. He didn't know what to do before his eyes.
Why, the figure of the man lingering under the residual fire in the depths of the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Cave in Southern Xinjiang passed by again.
Who can tell clearly what is right and wrong in this world?
The waiter seemed to realize that he was a little embarrassed. His face turned red, he took a step back and said in a low voice: "This, I'm just talking about this casually. Girl, don't take it seriously. Do you want to order?" Xiaobai smiled.
, said: "Okay, but there's no need to order any dishes. You go down and tell the shopkeeper to make three or four plates of your specialty side dishes. In addition, you can bring ten jugs of good wine." The waiter was startled and stunned.
"Ten Hu?" Xiaobai glanced at him, nodded and said, "Ten Hu" The waiter at the shop choked for a moment, then hesitated for a long time, and whispered in a low voice: "Girl, do you have any friends coming? If so,
, I might as well add some bowls and chopsticks in advance." Xiaobai said with a smile: "Don't think too much, I'm the only one, I need ten jugs of wine, please bring it up quickly, don't ask about anything else." The waiter left with a promise.
But there was obviously a look of disbelief in his eyes. In fact, you can't blame him. The most powerful ordinary people can only drink one or two pots, and there are a lot of people who can drink four or five pots. They are either drunkards or drunkards. It's just this
The infinitely charming woman is obviously an 'ordinary person' who cannot be judged by common sense.
Because there were not many customers, the waiter quickly brought the dishes that Xiaobai ordered and placed them on the table. The ten wine bottles with Shanhaiyuan engraved on the outside were also neatly placed in a short time.
Put it on the other side of the wine table
Fortunately, this is a time when the restaurant's business is light. Otherwise, if it were busy, all the guests in the restaurant would be attracted to watch? But even so, Xiaobai probably wouldn't care.
The waiter quickly went down, and Xiaobai was the only one left in the booth. She poured herself a glass of wine, and soon the bottom of the bottle of wine was gone, and a faint pink color appeared on her cheeks.
Not even half drunk, but more charming
'Alas...' She suddenly, so lightly, sighed
The wine is as pure as amber and as thin as a line. It is poured from the mouth of the pot into the wine glass, causing tiny splashes of water. Xiaobai stares at the wine glass in front of her, looking at her own vague reflection gently swaying on the water, and then she smiles.
, there was a trace of bitterness in his smile, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
On the streets outside the window, people were making all kinds of sounds and rushing past. Those sounds seemed very far away, as if they were in another world.
She put the sixth empty wine bottle aside
The gentle blush on her cheeks reflects her ageless and eternal beauty, and her eyes are still clear.
I've never been drunk, never drunk
Her white teeth gently bit her lower lip, and she smiled softly, then shook her head and raised her hand to pour wine outside the window. On the street, for some reason, it seemed that the noise suddenly became a little louder, and Xiaobai frowned.
Frowning, he moved to the window and looked towards the street.
When she glanced away, she was suddenly startled. She saw a woman in white walking slowly down the street downstairs. Her appearance was as beautiful as a fairy, but who could she be if she wasn't Lu Xueqi?
The people around her seemed to be attracted by Lu Xueqi's peerless appearance, but were also intimidated by her cold temperament. They did not dare to go directly forward, and gathered to watch from a distance, talking about it. But it was for this reason that Xiaobai looked at Lu Xueqi's figure, and the corners of his mouth slowly moved.
A smile appeared
"We meet each other everywhere in life..." She said to herself with a half-smile, then stood up, looking like she wanted to take the initiative to say hello to Lu Xueqi.
She just stood up, and suddenly her expression was startled. Her eyes left Lu Xueqi under the street and drifted to a remote corner in the distance of Heyang City.
A familiar black figure flashed past very quickly, and then disappeared into another dark corner. Just a moment later, another gray figure who was not unfamiliar to her followed closely.
Xiaobai stared at the corner for a while, and then a sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Today is a coincidence. If I didn't join in the fun, I would be really sorry for myself and that old ghost Shangguan, hehe, hehe..."
Amidst the sneers, her figure suddenly disappeared from the upper floor of Shanhaiyuan like a ghost. After a long time, the waiter came up to clean up, and only saw one ingot of silver on the table and six empty ones.
The wine flask, and the other four flasks, have disappeared.
And on the street, Lu Xueqi's figure suddenly disappeared from the street at some point.