The deep forest is withered and the snow has not melted.

The wind in the mountains blew in the face, and the cold woke up a little bit of confusion in my heart.

The ink hair hangs lightly, the brush is chaotic for three points, the green is like ink, and the quiet is like a pine.

Yun Xiao stood beside the mountain road, looking at the snow on the mountain and was slightly distracted.

Clearly afraid but uncontrollable, clearly afraid but reluctant, he suddenly felt very confused and faintly panicked.

What does that feel like?

wanted to think about it, but felt a hidden pain in his heart and was unable to think deeply, he finally turned around silently and walked respectfully to Duanmu's side, gentle as usual.

The green pines are lined up next to the mountain road, and the wind is clear.

There were already a few people standing in the place where the earth and water array were arranged before, and at a glance, the ghost elder was the leader, blocking the road.

Lan Suwan and Ah Zi got out of the carriage and stood behind Duanmu, and Ye Luye pushed the wooden wheelchair forward in front of the thieves.

The mountain wind was cold, Duanmu Xiaoxian coughed lightly twice, and said in a shallow voice: "I don't know how the seniors want to gamble?"

The ghost ghost old man waved his cloak without saying a word, and a thief next to him immediately stepped forward with an incense burner, and a stack of incense sticks more than a foot long was inserted on the stove, which had not yet been lit.

"The old man placed a strange grass within the original range of this water array, as long as you send a person to find out the little old man before the incense in the furnace is burned, you will win. ”

Duanmu listened and did not speak.

Ah Zi immediately said: "You shabby old man is really shameless, you said that if you don't do light work, you will hide some grass for us to find, the ghost knows what the grass you said looks like! What if we find it and you say that it is not this plant! It is obvious that you are bullying my master and can't see it!"

The ghost ghost old man sneered, and said in a ghostly voice: "Girl, what are you in a hurry, the little old man hasn't finished speaking." ”

Ah Zi snorted coldly and glared at him.

The ghost old man smiled faintly and glanced at the young man on the side of the wooden wheelchair, then turned to the white-clothed man in the chair, and said: "That grassland is not strange, but if it is placed in this position, it will gradually change color after the incense is lit, from the usual blue-green to red, and when this incense burns out, it will turn red all over." ”

Lan Suwan was stunned, and couldn't help but say, "There is such a strange grass in the world?"

The ghost ghost old dark eyes looked directly at the woman in the chair: "This grass has distinct characteristics, it will definitely change color when you wait to find it, it is a strange grass in the world, and the incense in the furnace will return to normal after burning for a while, and the little old man will put it in the original range of this wind and earth water array, a pillar of incense, girl, you send someone to find it out, so I will stop destroying the old formation...... But if a pillar of incense cannot be obtained, then I will ask you to keep the man who sent him to find it in my Qingfeng Village from this day forward. ”

Duanmu Xiaoxian raised his head lightly and looked in the direction of the ghost elder: "The seniors want to leave Xiao Er behind?"

The ghost old man laughed loudly, and only said: "Little Lao'er never said that who to send to find the grass is your master's decision, I don't want to ask, old man!"

Duanmu Xiaoxian said lightly: "Placed within the range of the Earth Water Array, naturally it can only be taken by those who know about this array, I am inconvenient, and the person sent can only be Xiao Er." ”

The ghost old man's eyes showed a cold light, and Sen Liang said: "This is your decision as a master, you want to use him to risk being left behind, what is the matter with the old man." ”

Duanmu Xiaoxian said lightly: "Duanmu is a human teacher, and the four of them are all equally important in my heart, and I don't say who will take this risk." ”

The ghost ghost elder snorted coldly, and said in a cold voice: "Since this is the case, then let's start." He flicked his sleeve slightly, and another bandit beside him stepped forward and lit the incense in the furnace.

Ye Luye always stood solemnly on the side of the wooden chair, and at this time he glanced at the incense.

Yun Xiao took two steps forward and gestured to the person in the chair, "Master?"

Duanmu Xiaoxian frowned slightly, looking at the void in front of him very quietly.

Lan Suwan said softly: "Senior brother, you know this water array, and you have studied medicine with my master, and you also know a lot about medicinal herbs, don't worry, if it is really as he said, you will definitely be able to find it." ”

Ah Zi also said: "This broken old man said that there is only one person, I don't care, if Ah Zi sees it, he will immediately point it out to Xiao Yunzi!"

Lan Su smiled wistfully.

Yun Xiao nodded, and Duanmu Xiaoxian called at this time: "Xiao Er." ”

Yun Xiao immediately looked down at the wooden wheelchair of the ancient wood Jinglun, but only saw that the person in the chair shook his head slightly, and finally said in a shallow voice: "...... Go ahead. ”

Yun Xiao answered yes, turned around and walked forward without hesitation.

The ghost old man always looked at him coldly, and from time to time he also turned his eyes to the woman in white who was silent: Girl, if it is really as Gu Lao said, today's law will definitely be able to leave this son from your hands!

Yun Xiao silently searched the place in his memory from the outside to the inside, and the dead grass was as far as his eyes could see, and the snow was still deep, and there was no green grass color.

Frowning slightly, Yun Xiao stood in the forest and thought about it, feeling the mountain breeze and the chill, he suddenly thought: "The ghost old man said that this grass will change color when looking for it, but it only changes because of the influence of the stack of incense, if this is the case......"

Time passed with the wind, and the foot-long stack of incense burned extremely fast against the wind on the mountain road, Ah Zi couldn't help but be anxious when he looked at it: "Why hasn't Xiaoyunzi come back yet, haven't you found it yet!"

Lan Suwan's eyebrows twisted slightly, and she looked at the small furnace lightly, and couldn't help but turn her eyes.

The old ghost's face was always cold, and he didn't see a trace of gloom or joy.

The snow-colored sideburns were gently brushed in the wind, and Duanmu Xiaoxian's eyebrows moved slightly, and he suddenly raised his head.

At this time, the green man was blowing through the snow, and he was turning back, but there was nothing in his hand.

Ah Zi shouted, "Little Yunzi!"

The incense in the furnace was burning to the end, and it was about to burn out.

Lan Suwan lightly locked her thin eyebrows, and looked at the young man who had no long things in her hands, and couldn't help but worry lightly in her eyes.

When the ghost elder saw him turn back, his face was still worry-free and happy, and he only sneered: "What, don't you kid go to get that grass?"

Yun Xiao only shook his head slightly, and said gently: "No, Yun Xiao came back to take the strange grass that his predecessors said." ”

Ye Luye frowned slightly and looked at Yun Xiao, and then saw the young man walking straight to the incense burner.

"The ghost old-timers said that the strange grass was affected by this stack of incense before it changed color, and I felt that the mountain wind was very cold in the mountains, and the wind direction was difficult to determine, so it was really difficult to distinguish which direction this stack of incense would drift to...... If it is really as the predecessors said, this grass will definitely change color during the search for it, then what distance should this grass be within the distance of the stack incense, and the ghost seniors can be so sure?"

The figures walked, the forest breeze blew lightly, and the residual fragrance shimmered.

"I just think that the dark lines on this incense burner are a little deep...... Yun Xiao stretched out his hand to touch the small and ordinary incense burner: "The strange grass that the ghost old man said is these thin vines that are attached to the dark grooves?"

Ah Ziwei looked at Yun Xiao with her mouth open, and under her gaze, she saw that the vine pattern was turning red, and her eyes couldn't help but swell with joy.

Lan Suwan also breathed a sigh of relief silently.

The ghost elder only sneered: "If you find it before the incense burns out but don't have time to get it, you still have to wait for you to lose, and this kid will stay here." ”

The stack of incense is about to run out, the embers are about to be extinguished, Yun Xiao's excessively white and beautiful five fingers are lightly closed, and he stretches out to the middle without hesitation, wanting to twist a thin vine between them and pull it out.

But at this moment, a glimmer of light, a silver needle passed in front of the young man's eyes, Yun Xiao only felt a sharp pain in his fingertips, five fingers and a numbness, involuntarily retracted his five fingers, and took a few steps back.

The mountain breeze blew, and the residual incense was exhausted, gently falling on one side of the furnace, and the remaining smoke dispersed and disappeared into the wind.

The ghost old man laughed slowly and gloomily: "The incense has burned out, and if you can't get this grass, even if you find it, you will lose, the little old man has already made it clear, girl, can you admit it?"

Yun Xiao looked at the small furnace in a daze, and only after a while did he turn his eyes to the person sitting upright in the wooden wheelchair.

Ah Zi exclaimed, "Master...... Master?!"

"Master...... ...... you" Lan Suwan's eyes were shocked and painful, and her lips were half bloodless, and she looked at the woman in white in the chair in a daze, and said in a dumb voice: "You...... Why don't you let your junior brother take out the grass......

It was Duanmu Xiaoxian who shot out the silver needle with his own hand and stopped Yun Xiao.

The forest wind was cold, and there was another breeze in the silence, and the wind suddenly rose, and the fine snow slowly drifted down.

Duanmu Xiaoxian's face was calm and indifferent, and after a long time, he only said: "This bet, Duanmu admits defeat." ”

The ghost old man let out another gloomy smile, and said coldly: "Since you have admitted it, this son should stay in my Qingfeng Village from now on......" The dark cloak on his body was half raised, and the ghost old man walked to Yun Xiao's side silently, and sneered: "I will accept him as an apprentice today, and in the future, he will return to Yungu and Yunmen with you, and he will have nothing to do with you!"

"Master!" Lan Suwan called urgently, and her voice was already faint.

The snow is drifting, and the rare winter sun has quietly disappeared at some point, and the sky is blue and the snow is cold.

"The ghost seniors only said that they would leave the person, and they did not say that the person who stayed needed to leave me and return to Yungu to join the name of the senior, this point, Duanmu could not agree. ”

The long hand swayed lightly, Ling Ling was in the cold wind of the fine snow, and the thin young man stood there very quietly, looking over with blank eyes.

The ghost elder snorted coldly: "Since he will stay in my Qingfeng Village, he will naturally follow me in the future, what's wrong with him cutting off your Cloud Gate and worshipping me as a teacher!"

Duanmu Immortal's voice was also slightly cold: "Stay in the predecessor village, you have your own return day, Yun Xiao is my disciple of Duanmu Immortal, this is our master and apprentice, Duanmu has no intention of a day, there will be no change in half a point, the ghost seniors don't need to be vain." ”

"Hmph......" A sneer, the ghost ghost old man said coldly: "You girl, you have been walking in high places for too long, have you forgotten that you are just a young female doll!"

"Shut up!" Ye Luye said coldly: "Ghost Ghost Elder, my master respects you for being a long man and is polite to you, if you have to make an inch, be careful of blood splashing here!"

Sen Ran's old eyes glanced coldly, and his eyes were as cold as ice on the green leaves, and he was cold for a long time, and the ghost ghost old man twisted his eyebrows, opened his eyes, and said: "Even if you don't ask him to worship my disciple, you must call him my mantle heir, and comprehend and learn all my light skills, if not, he will keep me forever in Qingfeng Village...... Duanmu girl said that after this son inherits my mantle, if he wants to return to Yunmen, unless I recognize that he has achieved light achievements, otherwise, he will never be able to leave my Qingfeng Village for a few years or decades!"

Ah Zi exclaimed, "Master, Master, this is not true, do you really want to leave Xiao Yunzi here alone?"

Lan Suwan's face was full of pain, and her five fingers couldn't help but hold it tightly.

The person in the wooden wheelchair was silent for a moment, and then said indifferently: "In this way, when Yun Xiao will take the seniors lightly in Qingfeng Village, he will ask him to return to Yungu." ”

The ghost elder said coldly: "Hmph...... When he learns, he can leave. ”

The voice slowed down, the snow fell in white, and Duanmu Xiaoxian said slightly: "...... Within a few years, I was tired of taking care of my predecessors. ”

The ghost ghost elder glanced at the person on the chair lukewarmly, and only said: "Since he is the heir to my mantle, Xiao Lao'er will naturally not treat him badly." ”

The chair shaft turned slightly, and Duanmu Xiaoxian said indifferently: "Ah Zi, Xiao Lan, and Lu'er, go back with your teacher." ”

The snow hair brushed through the clothes, drawing two strands of alienated indifference.

Ye Luye glanced at Yun Xiao, lowered his eyes and pushed through the wooden wheelchair, and silently walked to the carriage beside the road.

Lan Suwan looked closely at the thin young man who had stood in the snow for a long time, gritted her teeth and said tremblingly, "Senior brother...... You take care of yourself......" Her voice was hoarse and choked before she could finish her words, and she smiled softly and slowly turned to the carriage.

Ah Zi cried for a long time, and finally couldn't beat the neighing horse, she searched for a long time, only from her arms turned out the black iron pattern given by Gong Yiyun, while wiping her tears while stuffing the black iron pattern into Yun Xiao's hand, the girl in purple said while crying: "Little Yunzi! I don't know what happened to Master She...... But you must study hard, don't forget Ah Zi! We will wait for you to come back! This Xuantie pattern Ah Zi has given it to you, Xiao Yunzi must remember to go back to the valley as soon as she finishes learning with this broken old man! Master, she must have some reason to deliberately lose this bet, so she wants to keep you here, there must be some reason...... Don't blame Master, you must remember to go back to the valley early!" The delicate purple figure rushed towards the carriage, and waved his arm to him when he turned over and got into the car: "Xiao Yunzi must remember to go back to the valley early!"

The chariot walked by, rolling out a long tooth print, the wind whistled softly, beside the mountain and forest road, I don't know when the snow was flying, the young man stood in place in a daze, just like that, watching the two carriages slowly go away, for a moment I didn't know, only felt the wind and snow cold.

Division...... Master......

Finally moved, Yun Xiao took two steps forward in a daze, looked at the carriage in the distance, and suddenly felt that his eyes were hot and moist, and his heart hurt fiercely, and it was difficult to breathe like this: "Master......"

His boots were wet and mud and half cold, his hands and feet were cold, and his still thin body staggered to his knees on the snow, and the tears in his eyes couldn't help but roll down, melting into the snow, a damp heat.

The young man was in tears, speechless, covered with snowflakes, and the wind was far away.

The sorrow of this separation, he tasted it in his heart at this moment, so many things that he didn't understand, sad and dazed, overwhelmed him...... Yun Xiao knelt in the snow for a long time, his heart was unsettled, and he was silently in pain.

Maybe it's loss, maybe it's gain, but it's pain, it's sad, but it's ......

His voice was hoarse, and he didn't say a word.

The wind and snow are as scheduled, and the eyes are full of fluttering.

He was simply and even inexplicably placed behind him by her.

Shuofeng ...... Cold.