It was a dark night, with no moon or stars in sight, and no trace of light in the night sky.
Zhang Xiaofan has been kneeling at the entrance of the cave for almost six hours. Most of the disciples from other sects have fallen asleep, and even the last fire, the one in the Dazhu Peak cave, was gradually extinguished with great reluctance.
In the cave, Tian Buyi seemed to say something, and Tian Linger shouted out almost immediately: "Dad!"
There was no sound, no content, Zhang Xiaofan didn't know what happened, but soon, Song Daren walked out.
Zhang Xiaofan raised his head and looked at Senior Brother. Song Daren had a look of unbearability on his face, but in the end he still said cruelly: "Junior Brother, Master said that you are annoying him by kneeling here, and if you want to kneel, kneel further away. "
Zhang Xiaofan's heart sank, but his face suddenly felt cold and icy. It started to rain on this dark night.
Without saying a word, he silently got up, walked far away, and knelt down under the ancient trees at the edge of the dense forest.
Song Daren looked at him for a long time, but saw the figure of his junior brother gradually blurring in the night rain and fog. He sighed softly, shook his head, and walked back.
There was a loud "boom", and there was thunder from the sky, and white lightning flashed across the sky, as if the dark night sky was split into several pieces. After a while, big raindrops fell down like pebbles, hitting the rocks, There was a crackling sound. Later, it rained heavily.
In the blink of an eye, the sky and the earth were filled with mist. Zhang Xiaofan's whole body was completely soaked in a moment. His clothes clung to his body tightly and felt indescribably cold. He raised his head and looked forward. The original dark night and the heavy rain made it impossible to see. I don't know what's going on in the cave.
It seemed that he was the only one left in the world, suffering here.
He lowered his head and remained motionless.
This heavy rain seemed to be punished by God. It kept falling, and the rain did not recede at all. Lightning and thunder roared wildly on him!
Rainwater flowed from his wet hair and slid down his face. Zhang Xiaofan could hardly open his eyes. But at this moment, in this windy and rainy moment, he suddenly saw that behind him In front of him, a figure appeared, and a pair of feet stepped in front of him.
He raised his head with difficulty, and lightning flashed in the sky, and huge thunder roared. Through that glimmer of light, he could clearly see the poignant and beautiful woman standing in front of him.
Zhang Xiaofan was completely stunned.
Lu Xueqi was soaked from head to toe, and the lightning flashed away, and her figure turned into a hazy shadow in the darkness. But Zhang Xiaofan could clearly feel that she was in front of him.
On a rainy and stormy night, such a gentle figure squatted down gently in front of him.
The heavier the rain, the wilder the wind!
Deep in the woods, there seemed to be a demon roaring and making noises.
A cold palm, with a slight tremor, stroked the ends of Zhang Xiaofan's hair, and a voice like a dream voice said in a low voice on this stormy night: "Don't be afraid, it will pass soon!"
"..."
"I'll be here with you!"
"..."
"Boom!" The thunder seemed to crack the night sky and shattered the soul. Where the lightning flashed, the wind and rain roared, and the icy rain flowers danced like monsters, that gentle face and those gentle eyes, Like the sweetest figure in a dream, by your side.
In the wind and rain, she whispered to herself, to Zhang Xiaofan, and as if to herself, she said softly, softly: "You save me and protect me at the risk of your own life, and I will treat you the same."
God knows the pain in your heart, and I know it. I can’t share your pain, so I bear it with you. I always hope that one day you can be happily together with the love in your heart..."
The words became softer and softer, and gradually disappeared. The wind and rain became more violent, and the figure was so weak, swaying like injured grass in the wind. Zhang Xiaofan's mind was in a trance, like a dream.
The night is dark and the sky is speechless!
The wind and rain raged for a long time and finally subsided a little. Zhang Xiaofan's whole body was cold, and the cold air invaded his body. His hands and feet were already cold. He knew that if it continued like this, he would definitely get seriously ill, but no matter what, he did not want to get up to hide from the rain.
In this coldness, a faint warmth came from the arm of his right hand. It slowly traveled through his body and offset a lot of the coldness. It seemed to come from the arm tied to his right hand. That magical weapon, the Mysterious Fire Mirror.
Zhang Xiaofan suddenly thought of the ghostly woman just now, and thought in a daze that it was Lu Xueqi, but at this moment, he could no longer see where the figure was, and he didn't know whether he had left or never appeared.
Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared on his lips, and he shook his head, water splashing everywhere. But at this moment, he clearly heard a voice: "Silly boy!"
Zhang Xiaofan was startled, turned around quickly, and almost called out "Senior Sister Lu". But deep in the dense forest, he saw a woman slowly walking out, holding an umbrella in her hand to protect her from the wind and rain, looking at him with a smile, but it was him who could never Someone I didn’t expect to see here──Baguio, a girl from the Demon Cult.
At this time, in the night, although the rain was lighter than before, it was still quite heavy, and it was difficult to see clearly from a distance. Zhang Xiaofan thought he was dazzled, but when he took a closer look, he saw that it was really Baguio, so charming. He walked over with a smile on his face.
I saw that she was still wearing aqua clothes, and she was still holding the green oilcloth umbrella in her hand. However, the wind and rain were too strong, and the edges of her light clothes were wet in several places. When she walked closer, she saw it more clearly. , those few spots were soaked by water, softly sticking to the skin, looming.
Zhang Xiaofan suddenly lowered his head and stopped looking at her.
Baguio was startled for a moment, squatted down in front of him, looked at him up and down, chuckled, and said: "You are really weird. You have to kneel here in such a heavy rain. Could it be that this is your Qingyun Sect too?" Is there any way to practice in China?”
Zhang Xiaofan glared at her angrily, but saw Baguio's pretty face in the night, unexpectedly gentle as water, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Boom!" Thunder rumbled, coming from the dark clouds on the horizon. Almost at the same moment, a huge lightning flashed across the sky, splitting the night sky in half, flashed for a moment, and then faded away. Along with this There was lightning and thunder, and the rain all over the sky became heavier again.
Baguio frowned and leaned forward. Zhang Xiaofan suddenly realized that the pain from the raindrops that hit his body suddenly decreased. His whole body seemed to be suddenly liberated and relaxed under the heavy pressure. Got up.
He looked up and saw that it was Baguio who had moved half of the umbrella over to block the rain for him. But the rain was so heavy that Baguio couldn't care about Zhang Xiaofan, so he inevitably made some omissions, and half of his body was wet in the blink of an eye. .
Zhang Xiaofan felt warm in his heart, and he couldn't help but stretched out his hand to push the umbrella over, and whispered: "You just got seriously ill in the Blood Cave, be careful of catching a cold."
Baguio seemed stunned for a moment and looked at Zhang Xiaofan.
Zhang Xiaofan looked strange at her and asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"
Baguio pursed her lips and smiled, but her expression seemed to be very happy, and said: "So you, a kid, still care about my body?"
Zhang Xiaofan's face turned red, but fortunately it was difficult to see it in this stormy night. He immediately said: "I'm afraid that if you get sick later, you'll blame me again."
Baguio leaned towards him and immediately squatted closely side by side with him. The difference was that Zhang Xiaofan was kneeling on the ground, while Baguio was squatting next to him. At the same time, Baguio's hand
The umbrella was moved over again, blocking the two of them from the wind and rain.
Zhang Xiaofan only felt that despite the wind and rain, there was a gentleness and faint fragrance coming from his side. He couldn't help but look to the side. He didn't expect that Baguio was also looking at him. The two looked at each other, and he was stunned immediately.
After a while, Zhang Xiaofan first looked away, but for some unknown reason, his heart began to beat violently.
But Baguio, who had always been very talkative, became quiet at this moment, squatting quietly next to Zhang Xiaofan, accompanying him, but when he wasn't paying attention, she quietly moved the umbrella towards Zhang Xiaofan.
Some, shielding him from the wind and rain a little more.
"Ah!" Zhang Xiaofan, who was silent and confused, suddenly remembered something and couldn't help shouting out. He immediately looked back at Baguio, with an anxious look on his face, and said anxiously: "You, how can you come here?
?”
Baguio was not too surprised by his reaction. She just smiled faintly and said in a faint voice, amidst the sound of wind and rain that filled the sky and the ground, with a bit of sadness: "I'm here to see you!"
Zhang Xiaofan lowered his voice, but the anxiety in his voice was palpable, and said: "We are surrounded by people from the righteous path, not to mention the seniors from Tianyin Temple and Fenxiang Valley, just a random elder from our Qingyun Sect, you
He will die without a burial place. Why don't you leave quickly?"
Baguio seemed to be indifferent, just looked at Zhang Xiaofan's anxious look with a smile, and suddenly sighed and said: "You brat, you do have some conscience!"
Zhang Xiaofan was speechless for a moment.
I could only hear Baguio whispering: "Don't you consider yourself to be righteous? Don't you have no balance between good and evil? Why don't you call someone to arrest me?"
Zhang Xiaofan was anxious in his heart. After hearing her words, he felt like he was enlightened. He was shocked and broke into cold sweat all over his body. Although in the eyes of outsiders, he was not as talented and smart as Lin Jingyu and his senior sister Tian Linger.
, but he is not a fool after all. It’s just that no one has taken him seriously in these years on Dazhu Peak, which makes him feel a little inferior.
After hearing Baguio's words of anger and joy, Zhang Xiaofan immediately realized that his situation at this moment was really wrong. Not to mention that he was still punished by his master, but he was discovered by a member of the same sect at this moment.
He seemed so intimate with this demon sect girl that he was covered in mouth and couldn't tell the difference.
When Zhang Xiaofan thought of this consequence, there was a "buzz" in Zhang Xiaofan's head, and he didn't dare to think about it any more. His heart was in confusion, and he was about to call out to his classmates, but when he glanced over, he saw Baguio's shoulder leaning against him.
At this moment, it was windy and rainy, but she covered most of her head with the umbrella. That half of her body was already soaked.
The clothes stuck tightly to her skin, reflecting in his eyes. Even on her snow-white face, there were a few drops of rainwater, which condensed into beads and slowly slid down.
Zhang Xiaofan could not utter this cry no matter what.
"You, why are you doing this?" Zhang Xiaofan lowered his head and said softly: "I also guessed that your father must be a big shot, and you must be a pampered young lady on weekdays. Why do you do this for me, a small Qingyun disciple? Take such a big risk and suffer here?”
The wind and rain were blowing, the sky and the earth were killing each other, and in the vast night rain, it seemed that there was only this place left in the whole world, just the two of them.
Baguio seemed to feel a slight coldness, and moved closer to Zhang Xiaofan. This action was both intimate and familiar, just like the scene when the two of them were at the critical moment of life and death in the Blood Cave.
Her voice was a bit erratic at this moment: "No, I have not suffered. You don't know that the real suffering in this world is in the human heart..."
Her voice gradually became lower and her subsequent words became inaudible, but Zhang Xiaofan suddenly realized that she quietly leaned her head on his shoulder.
The sound of wind and rain roared by, but Zhang Xiaofan only felt that his mind was blank.
Only the faint fragrance beside him lingered around him so truly in the cold wind and rain.
In the early morning, the clouds opened and the sun rose, the rain stopped and the wind stopped.
Tian Buyi walked out of the cave alone, and saw his little apprentice in the distance, still kneeling on the edge of the dense forest in the distance, motionless.
He frowned and walked over. As he got closer, Zhang Xiaofan heard a voice and raised his head. He saw that it was Master Tian Buyi. He moved his mouth twice and called out in a low voice: "Master."
Tian Buyi saw that his clothes were soaked through, and there were drops of water dripping from time to time in his hair. His face looked even pale. It was obvious that he had suffered a lot from the heavy rain last night.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown. At this moment, he heard faint voices coming from the row of caves behind him. It was expected that disciples from various sects were getting up. Tian Buyi snorted and walked towards the woods. Go, when passing by Zhang Xiaofan, he said calmly: "Come with me!"
Zhang Xiaofan responded quickly and was about to stand up. Unexpectedly, he was only halfway up when his feet suddenly softened and he fell down again. He only felt that his two feet were numb and sore. He thought it was caused by kneeling all night.
Tian Buyi was walking in front. He paused and seemed to hesitate for a moment, but he still didn't look back and walked straight forward.
Zhang Xiaofan gritted his teeth and stroked and massaged his legs with his hands. Fortunately, he was not a spoiled person. The body he had trained while chopping bamboo at Dazhu Peak began to respond. After a while, his energy and blood improved. It feels a little better and I can walk.
Zhang Xiaofan stood up and looked forward, only to see Tian Buyi's figure almost disappearing in the woods. He quickly ran to follow him. Soon, when the disciples from the various sects in the cave came out, they could no longer be seen. The two figures appeared.
In the woods on Liubo Mountain, there are towering ancient trees everywhere, and there are many big trees that can be hugged by one person. Even giant trees that only two or three people can hug are often seen. I think it’s because this place is located in a remote place. Due to lack of human habitation.
Zhang Xiaofan followed Tian Buyi and walked slowly in the forest. The early morning light filtered through the treetops and sprinkled on the shrubs in the forest.
In this forest after the rain, everything seems to have been cleaned, and everything is green. Occasionally, there are unknown flowers blooming in lonely places, exuding a light fragrance.
Tian Buyi walked in front, silent and speechless. He was short and fat, and Zhang Xiaofan was already half a head taller than him at this time, but in Zhang Xiaofan's eyes, that man's figure seemed as tall as a mountain god. What's more, in his heart at this moment, Baguio's affairs are weighing on him like a mountain, making him upset and not knowing what to do?
Just when Zhang Xiaofan was upset and thinking about whether to tell his master about Baguio, Tian Buyi suddenly stopped and turned around. Zhang Xiaofan's heart skipped a beat and he also stopped.
I saw that this place was already in the depths of the woods, surrounded by quiet and deserted trees and dense old trees. Except for the faint chirping of birds in the distance, there was no sound.
Tian Buyi looked him up and down and said expressionlessly: "You've been soaked in the rain all night, are you okay?"
Zhang Xiaofan shook his head and whispered: "This disciple deserves his punishment, it doesn't matter."
Tian Buyi snorted and said, "You say it's easy, but do you hate me in your heart?"
Zhang Xiaofan was startled, his originally pale face turned even whiter, and he said anxiously: "Master, I, I never had such thoughts. I deserve all this, and I never dare to blame Master."
Tian Buyi looked at the young disciple in front of him who had been the most neglected by him all these years. Seeing the anxious look on his face, he moved the corner of his mouth and sighed, and the expression on his face became gentler.
"Okay! There's no one around now. Do you have anything to say to me?"
Zhang Xiaofan's heart tightened, and he thought to himself that master already knew about Baguio. The relationship between Zhang Xiaofan and Baguio is quite subtle now. When Baguio came last night, he was even more afraid of being known by the elders of each division. Could it be... …
He was thinking wildly, but Tian Buyi was a little impatient. Seeing that he remained silent, he said: "Let me ask you, why did you suddenly treat your senior brother like that yesterday?"
Zhang Xiaofan was startled for a moment, and then he felt relieved after realizing that Master was not referring to Baguio's matter.
But then he opened his mouth and couldn't speak. He couldn't say that he lost his mind because he saw Tian Linger and Qi Hao together? What's more, even he himself couldn't explain clearly, the feeling that controlled his emotions in a moment What exactly is this strange evil spirit?
Tian Buyi waited for a long time and saw that Zhang Xiaofan was still speechless. He suddenly sneered and said, "Are you dissatisfied because you saw Ling'er and Qi Hao's intimate behavior together?"
Zhang Xiaofan was so shocked that he felt a loud buzzing sound in his mind, and his whole body froze in place.
His unrequited love for Tian Linger was originally one of his deepest secrets and had never been told to anyone. Unexpectedly, his most revered master suddenly said it out coldly at this moment. It was really worse than the shocking incident last night. The huge thunder that shook the earth also shook the soul.
For a moment, he could barely move, and he didn't even have the strength to deny it. He just looked at Tian Buyi, his mouth wide open, and couldn't say a word. (To be continued)