In a world where temperatures are constantly rising everywhere, the so-called winter is not very cold compared to a long, long time ago, but humans are very resilient creatures, but this adaptability is also a double-edged sword, allowing them to adapt to extremely harsh environments and sink in comfortable environments.

But sometimes if you want to break your own shackles, all you need is a small opportunity...

"Jiutian, aren't you monsters afraid of the cold?" Even if he was already wearing a mink sweater and a tweed coat, the temperature was still a little cold for Lin Shujian who was walking on the street, but he looked at Jiutian who was thinly dressed as if he had nothing to do, and his attention was all on the novelties on the street, and he couldn't help but feel that the gap between people and monsters was really big... Ye Qingfeng, why are you wearing such lightweight, aren't you afraid of the cold?

"Ah, I don't know, the temperature is not cold now, is it?" Jiutian, who was walking in front, turned his head curiously and asked Lin Shujian.

"I seem to have told you to exercise more of my body, but now my physique is so weak. Since Lin Shujian is still pretending to be ordinary on the surface, then he only needs to cooperate with his words, so Ye Qingfeng joked in the tone of ordinary friends.

"I've practiced before, but I can't practice now..."Lin Shujian said in a rather distressed tone.

There are not a lot of pedestrians coming and going on the street, but more of them are wandering together in twos and threes, even if there is a single action, it is also a very small number of existences, but without exception, their clothes are fresh and bright, and this winter seems to have become a fancy fashion show in early spring, the season has been unable to stop the pace of human beings from pursuing beauty, except for people like Lin Shujian who are lazy and don't like to be in the limelight, basically everyone can become the "male god and goddess" of the bad street.

But to be honest, due to the company of Jiutian, this kind of boring walking seems to add a lot of fun, and there are a lot of people selling things on the street, and Jiutian is precisely the kind of character that is easier to satisfy, so while walking and playing, although passers-by and a few bold people are indispensable on the way, but it just adds interesting fun.

Well, it's really good to come out and play, at least... It doesn't feel too bad right now...

Under the action of the three of them getting more and more deviated, they finally arrived at the pedestrian street that Qingfeng said three hours later, Een, it seems that there is no need to go to tonight's evening self-study, and he also brought Ye Qingfeng with him...

But I have to say, sometimes it's better to walk around more... Lin Shujian arrived at the pedestrian street only to find that he still had the attribute of a road idiot?!After turning a few corners and visiting a few shops, he found that he couldn't remember the exact location of each direction, although he said that he remembered the route he walked and would not get lost because of it, but he couldn't tell the direction of the southeast, northwest, or a little bit of that...

"Shujian, what's the name of the thing sold in that store?" was still biting the skewer she had just bought, so Jiu Tian's pronunciation was really a little vague, and after she repeated it three times and added the abstract body movement explanation, Lin Shujian and Ye Qingfeng barely understood that this item was probably asking what was sold in this store.

"This, bamboo flute, seems to be very regular. Following the direction of Jiu's gesture, it was not a magnificent storefront, or it could be said to be a relatively simple and dark tone, but the light was enough to be just right, without too much dazzle or too much depression, enough for people outside to see the situation inside.

"What's the matter? Do you want to learn this?" Although the contact time is not very long, only four days, but Jiutian does not seem to have revealed that he has a hobby in this area, so Lin Shujian will be a little strange.

"No, it's just that Master has a friend who brings this thing with him when he visits, and it can make good music, so I'm more interested in what this thing is. Looking at the bamboo flutes quietly arranged on the wall in the store, Jiu Lean's expression showed an intoxicated expression for the first time, it seems that the kind of melody she had heard did bring her an indelible image, Een... Immersed in her own memories, she now shows a girl's heart, and I have to say that she has a strong attraction...

"Uh-huh, ahem... Nine tilts, wait for me. Lin Shujian's expression was a little subtle and embarrassed, and he coughed twice, and then walked into the quaint little shop quickly.

"This kid, emotional intelligence is not zero. Qing Feng looked at Lin Shujian who acted directly with some surprise, he didn't choose a seemingly heart-warming inquiry like those love losers, but chose to act directly without being taught by others, seeing that Lin Shujian was not an incompetent and cowardly person as he usually showed.

Although it makes him a little uneasy that Bai is not by his side now, but fortunately, Qing Feng has gradually become accustomed to the strange behavior of this unknown Grim Reaper, and sometimes Qing Feng will feel that it is more convenient for him to act in the absence of this Grim Reaper.

To be honest, Jiutian hadn't thought that she would need a bamboo flute, because in her impression, the existence that could produce that kind of wonderful melody must be quite noble, and she seemed to be uncontrollable just by virtue of her, and she was a little overwhelmed by Lin Shujian, and then subconsciously stuffed the skewer in her hand into her mouth...

The experience after coming out this time is actually still full of peculiarities for her, and it is a new improvement for her worldview, although it is also interesting to follow the master, but it seems to... It's a nice place too...

"What are you thinking? Do you monsters also have times when they fall into deep thought?" Looking at Jiu Tian beside him, Ye Qingfeng asked curiously.

"Is there a big difference between monsters and people?" Jiu Tian's rhetorical question also made Ye Qingfeng stunned, because in his consciousness, humans and monsters don't seem to have much in common, but now that they can live in harmony with Jiu Tian, it seems that monsters can also integrate into human society very harmoniously.

"No, I'm just thinking about which one is better. "Jiu Tian's smile is not the same as the smile with a perfunctory pretense in Qingfeng's consciousness, her smile is very sincere, what she shows is completely her inner world, that... The human world is almost non-existent... Pure heart...

"Something interesting. Seeing Jiu Tian enter the store, Ye Qing Feng Mu was stunned for a second, was her performance real? Could it be that she really didn't think about the darkness of this world?......

"Hey, your eyes are about to follow people into the store. Just as Ye Qingfeng was thinking, the voice of the grim god "Bai" suddenly sounded beside him.

Although they have only been together for a short time, fortunately, Ye Qingfeng has become accustomed to this guy's elusiveness, so he did not show his faux pass in a public place like the street, but glanced in the oblique direction very calmly and confirmed Bai's arrival.

"I'm just curious. ”

"Curious about what?"

"How long can a person with an extremely pure heart survive in a group environment. ”

"It depends on what type she is. A little surprised that Bai would really answer his own question, Ye Qingfeng vaguely realized that this question might have something to do with his past experience, after all, this seemingly indisputable and unsmiling god of death only occasionally unconsciously said a few more words when mentioning some very tendentious questions, although the words he said were inconsequential and there was no key content, but since those topics were worth his nonsense on this, it meant that it must have something to do with him, and maybe he could take this opportunity to learn about his past。

"For example?"

"One is that they have not experienced the world at all, so out of a state of chaos and ignorance, this kind of creature will eventually be assimilated by the environment, or they will soon die in the environment. Bai looked at Jiu Lean, who was carefully selecting the bamboo flute on the wall with Lin Shujian, and once again showed that kind of incomprehensible smile from Qingfeng.

"The other is that after going through the world, they are completely immune to the surrounding environment, and they will carve out a world of their own in their hearts, and that world depends on people, of course, most of the time, it will be so pure. ”

Bai's words are very simple and easy to understand, but they can't be theoretically applied to practice, because the feeling that Jiutian brings to Qingfeng is different from the two kinds of people described by Bai, there is no stupid idiot of people who have not experienced the world, and there is no free and easy indifference after experiencing the world.

"So, what kind of person do you think she belongs to?"

"She's a nondescript hybrid. Bai Qian smiled, and from his expression, Qing Feng suddenly felt that Bai seemed to know Jiu Tian, of course, even if he knew him, he wouldn't tell himself.

"What do you mean, you can still maintain the purity of your heart when these two states coexist?" Ye Qingfeng felt incredible.

"That's because you haven't met her master yet, oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, Master of Nine Tilts, even if you know the name, you really don't have to kill you, even if I do it, I can't be sure. ”

"Her... Master..."

"Well, today's conversation seems like you're telling you a little too much. Bai smiled and patted the shoulder of Qing Feng, who was afraid of falling into deep thought, "I'm here to see the play tonight, when will you be able to start?"

"It's already started. Ye Qingfeng replied with a smile that he could wait to see a good show, and then took a step, and followed the two of them into the store, leaving Bai standing quietly in the crowd.

"You two, how did you choose?" Walking into this quaintly decorated store, Ye Qingfeng looked around the layout, everything here is arranged with the characteristics of the most ancient Chinese style, stepping into this ochre-red door, it seems to have crossed a long history, and returned to the era when poetry and songs were full of vitality, although the store is not very big, but with the potted plants of green bamboo and orchid, it is quite a hermitage in the city.

"Ahh ”

"This shop is really good. Ye Qingfeng was a little surprised, he had visited here many times, but he hadn't noticed that there was such a serious shop here.

This kind of thing is made by hand on site, unless it is done by craftsmen who are extremely confident in their own craftsmanship, and the difficulty and skill required are far from what those mass producers can do.

"Eh, the owner is also very beautiful. Lin Shujian added, and Qing Feng looked at him with some surprise, but he found that Shujian seemed to be serious... It's rare to see Lin Shujian praise a person seriously, you must know that this kid is born with the ability to be immune to girls, and I don't know if Shujian's taste is too high or what's going on, anyway, Shujian's feelings for girls in college can really be said to be zero, the first time Qing Feng saw him The object of praise was Jiutian, and now this shopkeeper is estimated to be no worse than Jiutian.

"These paintings..."Qing Feng didn't care much about the opposite sex, on the contrary, his attention was instantly attracted by the picture scroll that Shujian was looking at.

This is a very long painting, but the body that melts into the wall does not cause discomfort to others, and the paint applied on the scroll is also very light, but it is clearly layered, and it must have been the work of a famous artist to be able to paint such a complex painting in such a simple color.

And what is depicted on this scroll is a very strange story, at the beginning of which is a blank space, but there are scattered traces of depiction, perhaps it is to express a trace of nothingness, and as the scroll extends, the content on the scroll begins to be enriched.

The sporadic traces on the picture at the beginning became thicker, and then began to spread, although the painting was a little abstract, but with the movement of Qingfeng's footsteps, he gradually recognized it, this is a creature with the image of a Western dragon, but how to say it, it is not very similar to the dragons depicted in Western legends, these creatures are not similar to the ugliness of lizards, on the contrary, there are only a few brushstrokes on the scroll, which actually made Ye Qingfeng feel a very extreme sense of beauty, and even produced a considerable degree of empty inspiration。

On the one hand, it shows that the painter who painted this picture scroll is quite profound, and can draw this object so expressively, and on the other hand, it may just show that this creature on the painting should indeed exist, after all, it is unlikely that illusory things will have such a strong sense of reality, even if it is a two-dimensional product of anime, it is also due to the creation of the foundation of human society, but although this creature is close to the Western dragon in image, but somehow, Qingfeng's intuition tells him that maybe the dragon in Western legends is modeled on this is not accurate...

After that, the content on the screen began to become extremely complicated like "Qingming Riverside Picture", just now Lin Shujian was shocked when he was stopped by Qingfeng because he had been looking here.

It's complicated, so complicated that Ye Qingfeng doubts that he can read one or two in such a short period of time, the huge system makes Qingfeng seem to feel that it is the history of the rise and fall of a race, from the birth and growth of dragon-like creatures, to the rise of another race and resisting them, and then to the prosperity of the race like a hundred flowers... At first glance, this picture does not attract much attention, but under this closer inspection, it hides such a huge connotation... Smallness and fear, Ye Qingfeng, who never knew what the two were, felt his smallness and inner fear for the first time, it was just a picture scroll, which actually caused a gap in his indestructible inner world on weekdays...

Taking a deep breath, Ye Qingfeng chose to skip the huge content segment in the middle, and moved his gaze back, but although the content drawn in the back was simple, it made him even more incomprehensible.

A very huge dragon-like creature, its back has four layers of wings that are different from the dragon-like creatures seen before, and the feathers at the tips of the wings are more like a sharp blade, this sense of sharpness makes Qing Feng feel very dangerous, even through the abstract painting, it seems to be able to pierce him entirely, but this feeling is not too strong, maybe because of the wrapping that shrouds the four layers of wings, the sense of sharpness that overrides everything has been weakened a lot, and around the wrapping, the scattered patterns completely make Qing Feng unable to understand what he wants to express, but then the latter thing Qing Feng can understand...

Genocide... After a blank scroll that separated, the huge wrapping disappeared, and the dragon-like creature inside that was larger than everything else also disappeared on the scroll, compared to the species on the previous scrolls, there are only a few on the scroll now, and the races that once competed with the dragon-like creatures, although there is a corresponding decline in numbers, but they seem to have occupied the top of all species...

"Are you interested in this painting?" The rather gentle and crisp words came from behind, making Ye Qingfeng as nervous as Lin Shujian before, and then turned his head a little embarrassed, standing behind him was a very classic-looking woman, dressed in a long costume with a simple outfit, and her hair was scattered on her back very casually... Ye Qingfeng noticed that her hair was not only waist-length so eye-catching, her hair color was a rare pure white, without any variegation, and there was no sense of withering belonging to the elderly, that pure white had its unique charm, and did not lower the image of its owner, on the contrary, an unpredictable sense of mystery was born spontaneously.

"Eh... This painting is very good. He didn't know how to explain to the other party how this picture made him feel, so he could only answer like this.

"Yes, there are very few people who can understand the general idea. The other party glanced at Ye Qingfeng meaningfully, it was just a simple look, Ye Qingfeng did not feel any discomfort and abnormality.

"Book sword, the thing is finished. The door of the back room was pushed open, and Jiu Tian took the long box in his hand and shook the belongings in his hand towards Lin Shujian and Ye Qingfeng with some excitement, and he could see that she was very satisfied with her current expression.

"Hmm... If you like it very much, it's fine. Since Jiu Tian was very satisfied with this gift, then Lin Shujian naturally had nothing to say, and he also picked up his wallet very happily, because he didn't seem to support electronic payment, he turned to the owner of this shop, "Then, what is the price of this bamboo flute?"

I guess the price won't be too high... Anyway, when the time comes, it's too high, so I'll go to Uncle Gao Feng to reimburse it, and say that it's good to find the funds for the information...

"All the custom-made items in our store are only 100 yuan. ”

Well, the price is not expensive, or it is cheap, which is a bit unexpected by Lin Shujian, such a high-quality production and service in place, even if it is aimed at the temperament and appearance of the shopkeeper, then it can't say anything wrong, so Lin Shujian paid directly to complete the transaction.

"If you want to continue visiting the shop, feel free to do so, as long as you don't spoil the interior of the shop. The shopkeeper said with a gentle smile, then turned around and pushed open the wooden door of the back room again.

"Okay, thank you hostess ha. Lin Shujian replied politely.

"That's right..."The other party's footsteps into the threshold suddenly froze, and Su Li's face seemed to remember something, although she was still facing away from the three of them, but her face turned sideways, and half of the evil smile looked at Shujian and Qingfeng felt weird, "Forget it, don't destroy your worldview." ”

After leaving this unclear sentence, she stepped into the back courtyard by herself, and at the same time closed the small wooden door to enter it, leaving only three people in the outer room.

"Jiutian, what does the bamboo flute she made look like? Why don't you take it out and take a look at it first?" To be honest, everything here seems to have aroused Lin Shujian's curiosity, but this curiosity was not satisfied, so he had to find catharsis on the bamboo flute made by the same shop.

Jiutian also opened the wooden box very obediently, but the delicacy of the wooden box alone is probably far more than a hundred, what does this store rely on to survive...

The wooden box looks very simple and valuable, but the book sword didn't expect that the things inside gave him a bright feeling, almost the blood-red dragon pattern that wrapped around the entire body of the flute made Lin Shujian, who looked at this bamboo flute from afar, a little stunned, what a meticulous workmanship it takes to carve such a detailed pattern on a slender bamboo, from carving to dyeing and even the final blending, every step is so perfect and meticulous, which makes Ye Qingfeng, who has a little understanding of the production process, feel quite incredible。

"This pattern... It's very special..."Ye Qingfeng praised on the side.

"Well, of course, I've memorized this pattern completely, though... I don't know how to use this thing yet..."Jiutian said a little embarrassed, after all, it was something she liked very much, but she didn't have a clue about it...