Chapter VII: Counterreckoning
In the blink of an eye, the cold winter has passed, and it is the season of spring cold.
On this morning, Lan Chengyi was blowing a song "Cold Plum Introduction" under the plum tree in the Plum Pavilion, and Rouyi, who was dressed in red like fire, was dancing his sword in the courtyard, stirring the red all over the ground to dance with the sword qi.
There is a small green space in Xunwu Pavilion, planted with some medicinal herbs, some medicinal herbs bloom in spring, and Boyan and Jingqiu are taking care of it well.
Feng Zhiling was holding a scripture book "Ancient Ginseng Tongqi", and was reading it carefully in the alchemy room, and the Dan furnace next to it was emitting wisps of green smoke.
Suddenly, there was a loud "bang", everyone was startled, Lan Chengyi stopped the flute and said to Rouyi: "Go to the alchemy room and have a look." β
When Lan Chengyi rushed into the alchemy room, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. The room was full of smoke and the strange smell of medicine, the Dan furnace was blown apart, there were sparks and black medicine residue everywhere, the medicine rack fell to the ground, and the ground was in shambles, but Feng Zhiling was gone.
"Lan Xi!" Lan Chengyi shouted.
"Ahem...... I...... I'm ...... here" A medicine shelf moved, and Feng Zhiling showed a charcoal burnt face, and there was still an unextinguished fire on her clothes.
Lan Chengyi hurriedly walked over, lifted the medicine shelf that fell to the ground, took her out of the spark pile, rushed out of the alchemy room, and extinguished the fireworks on her body.
"What are you doing, refining explosives?" Lan Chengyi said angrily, "Let's see if you can blow yourself up, right?"
Rou Yi glanced at her, and was about to say something, when Bo Yan and Jing Qiu hurried over.
Jing Qiu stared at the smoke-billowing alchemy room, and said incredulously: "Lan Xi, what kind of elixir are you refining?
Bo Yan looked at Lan Xi's black appearance, and said with concern: "Is the Dan furnace blown up? Are you injured?"
Feng Zhiling blinked her red pupils, nodded, shook her head again, looked at herself, and suddenly smirked.
"Scared stupid, aren't you?" Lan Chengyi said helplessly, "Where is the injury?"
"Lan Xi, you are the first person to blow up the alchemy furnace of the Tianyin Pavilion, what a strange person. Rouyi said.
"Right...... Not great. Feng Zhiling opened her mouth, feeling that she could still breathe smoke, she took out a charred corner of the "Ancient Ginseng Tong Deed" from her arms, and handed it to Lan Chengyi, "Book...... I burned it out too. β
It was night, Feng Zhiling sat under the plum tree, holding her chin, quietly looking at the vast cold starry sky.
Lan Chengyi walked up to her and sat down, looking up at the sky with her.
"In the past year, except for occasionally following everyone down the mountain, treating some ordinary people and administering medicine, you have hardly left Tianyin Pavilion. Obsessed with asking about medicine and alchemy all day long, ignoring other things, although I appreciate your studious spirit, but ......" Lan Chengyi said slowly, "Are you still blaming yourself for the Taiyimen matter?"
Feng Zhiling sighed and said, "It's impossible to say forget." I still seem to have residual memories of the power of the magic elixir in my body, and I feel uncomfortable just thinking about it. I've been trying to find a way to suppress the elixir, but I don't have a clue. β
"How many more times do you want to blow up the alchemy furnace?This kind of thing must not happen again," Lan Chengyi knocked on Feng Zhiling's forehead, "Losing your mind is a taboo in alchemy, and if you are not careful, you will die." I told you that when cultivating the Qi of the Inner Dan, you are required to return the Qi to the True Yuan and hold the Yuan to keep one, otherwise you will go mad and fall into the Demon Dao, and the heavy ones will fall into the Demon Dao, and it will be difficult to turn back. The same is true for the practice of waidan. If we are too attached to what we are thinking in our hearts, we will easily deviate from the right path of cultivation and get farther and farther away from our goals. β
Feng Zhiling nodded: "Well, don't dare to blow it up again." I'll be careful later. β
"What you mean by this means that I will continue to do this in the future, but I will do it carefully, right?" Lan Chengyi said angrily.
"I mean, I listen to you, try not to be obsessed, what about alchemy in the future, just staring at the alchemy furnace with two eyes, never distracted, satisfied?" Feng Zhiling hurriedly changed his words obediently.
"That's pretty much it. β
This day is the Shangsi Festival, Lan Chengyi took his disciples down the mountain to join in the fun, and Feng Zhiling also followed.
Spring is in full bloom, the peach blossoms on the riverside are blooming, there are many people visiting the suburbs of the city, the sound of cars and horses is bursting, and many places are holding the spring outing of the Shangsi Festival. The young women were dressed in bright clothes, swaying with pearls and greenery, and wearing heavy makeup, as if competing with a hundred flowers; the young men gathered together, holding bluegrass, playing and bathing by the water, and the bold began to shout to the girls, and the girls also boldly responded, and so on, and slowly began to sing love songs.
The four of them came to a wine shop built by the river on the outskirts of the city, which has a long terrace near the river, on which some tables and chairs are neatly arranged, and the musicians are invited to play the sound of silk and bamboo, which is quite elegant. On the terrace, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery and beauty on both sides of the strait by the railing, and many sons and gentlemen are here today to drink and feast on the water, and the winding water is a good scenery that is pleasing to the eye.
The four of them did not go to the riverside terrace to join in the fun, but found a private seat by the window on the second floor, where they could see the downstairs terrace and the river view on both sides, and the view was more extensive.
"The grass grows and the warbler flies, the willows are green and the flowers are numerous, and the beauties are like clouds, which is really a grand scene in the world. Lan Chengyi held a folding fan in his hand and shook his head and sighed.
The smoke mirror poked out his head and chattered about the annual "beauty like clouds, the grand scene of the world".
"Senior Sister Rouyi, there are so many beautiful women over there, they are singing, do you want to go too?" Bo Yan encouraged.
"Yes, Senior Sister, you are much more beautiful than all of them, and you are guaranteed to attract a group of little brothers to sing love songs for you!" Jing Qiu said with a grin.
"Which beautiful girl do you two have a crush on, right? If you want to go, you can go by yourself, you don't have to pull me, it's okay, Master won't be unhappy. Rouyi laughed.
A word expressed the thoughts of the two, and Bo Yanjing looked at the master with autumn eyes.
Lan Chengyi nodded at the two of them, and when the two got their approval, they immediately jumped up from their seats and wanted to go downstairs.
Before leaving, Boyan asked, "Lanxi, do you want to go?"
Because of her red hair and red eyes, Feng Zhiling will wear a hat whenever she goes out, and the tulle hangs from the brim to the chest, covering both her hair and her eyes.
Today, she is wearing a water-green cross-collared skirt and a pale green thin juan hat, with a delicate figure, and she is a beauty who is suitable for the occasion.
was hesitating to agree to Parking, but Jingqiu took Lan Xi's hand and said, "Think about it for so long!"
As he spoke, he rushed down the attic with Lan Xi.
There were two masters and apprentices left in the private room, Rouyi poured a glass of wine for Lan Chengyi, Lan Chengyi put down the folding fan in his hand, raised his glass to drink, and said to Rouyi: "I don't want this day, young apprentice." You should go down and play with them, too. β
"If the master doesn't go, the apprentice won't go. Rou Yi replied softly, filled Lan Chengyi's wine glass, and poured another glass for herself, "Apprentice respects Master with a glass." β
Lan Chengyi watched the green figure gradually disappear among the tourists, and raised his glass and drank it all.
Rou Yi looked at Lan Chengyi's gaze and said, "Master's ...... to Lan Xi It's really good. β
Lan Chengyi chuckled lightly and asked nonchalantly, "Is there one?"
Rou Yi drank the wine in her cup and asked, "Lan Xi's red-haired and red-eyed master can't cure it?"
Lan Chengyi sighed and said, "Even if the medical immortal is clear, there may not be a way. I'm afraid that if the magic pill doesn't return to her one day, she will be like this one day. β
"Does she know that herself?"
"I mentioned it to her, but she didn't want to do it. She was worried that Lan Yuan would lose his life if he returned the magic pill to him. β
Rou Yi filled the wine glasses of the two of them and asked in a low voice, "Master." Are you, still thinking about that person?"
Lan Chengyi's expression moved slightly, and at that moment, he was immersed in some kind of memory. He didn't answer, but instead picked up the flask and drank it straight into the spout.
"Xiao Er, let's have another pot of wine!" Lan Chengyi shouted to Xiao Er downstairs.
"Okay, Childe, you wait a minute, this is coming up!" Xiao Er replied.
Feng Zhiling and Bo Yan were scattered by the crowd, and they were walking by the water's edge by themselves, and several young men saw such a beautiful woman, behaving like an immortal, so they fell in love with her, and called to her through wine: "The girl in green is not as happy as everyone else, spring is lovely, but if you can have a partner to drink and enjoy together, wouldn't you be even more happy?"
Feng Zhiling glanced back at them and shook her head, she was not interested in joining the banquet, and still looked at the scenery by herself.
At the end of the terrace, there was a sudden commotion, and someone shouted, "There are monsters!"
"He seems to be a man, a madman!" "This man is so scary, stay away from him!" "Come on, catch a monster!"
When the blue city heard of it, an unkempt, dark-skinned man was going berserk over there, rampage through the crowd, biting and not speaking when he saw anyone, and lifting tables and stools everywhere like a mad dog. On closer inspection, the man's face was still a little familiar.
Once the riots began, the crowd gradually became chaotic. Not far away, Feng Zhiling also seemed to hear something, and before she could see anything clearly, she saw a man with a few little drunken bumps into her, and said stickyly: "Girl, don't be shy, come and drink two glasses with my son, just drink two glasses, and I won't be embarrassed by you." β
Feng Zhiling avoided the man and wanted to go back to the restaurant, but she was about to resist when a few small people behind the man came up and wanted to pull her, and she was about to resist, when the crowd scared by the madman suddenly crowded over there and squeezed her back a few steps, she fell backwards with an unstable figure, and fell into the water with a thud.
"Someone has fallen overboard! Someone next to him exclaimed loudly.
"It's just that she was invited to drink two glasses of wine, why can't she think of diving?" The boy's face was puzzled, and he was drunk and pushed away by someone else.
"Don't crowd around!" "Save people first!" It's a little girl, who can go down in the water to save her!"
Someone in the crowd was about to strip off and jump into the river, only to see a boy in a dark green robe fly out of nowhere, submerge into the water with lightning speed, scoop the woman in green from the river, tap the water with her toes, and fall back to the shore with the woman in her arms.
"Wow, fairyβ" The visitor exclaimed in surprise when he saw the blue city flying around, entering the water without getting wet.
Feng Zhiling choked on a few mouthfuls of water, was shocked, took a sharp breath, opened his eyes, and saw Lan Chengyi with a worried look in his eyes.
However, her hat fell into the water, and her red hair and red eyes were exposed in front of people, and when the people next to her saw it, they exclaimed again: "Female ghost!"
"This is water, water ghosts!" The people next to him were frightened and their eyes straightened, and they turned around and ran, and the others didn't know why, so they just scattered together, and the originally chaotic riverside was even more chaotic.
Feng Zhiling's face was full of shame, and she unnaturally covered her eyes and hair with her hands.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here. Lan Chengyi took her hands away.
The crazy madman happened to bump into Lan Chengyi's back at this time, and opened his mouth to bite the back of Lan Chengyi's neck. Seeing this, Feng Zhiling hurriedly pulled Lan Chengyi: "Be careful!"
Not far away, Rouyi quickly picked up a leaf and flew towards the man's neck, and the man fell to the ground in a daze.
Lan Chengyi was pulled by Feng Zhiling like this, and just pounced on her, almost face to face, showing a posture of holding his hands tightly, and the corners of his mouth smiled slightly: "With such great strength?ββ little guy, have you forgotten who I am?"
Feng Zhiling didn't expect Lan Chengyi's immortal body in a hurry, it looked like she took the initiative to take Feng Zhiling into her arms, and wanted to push him away, but the person didn't move like a mountain, she said with an embarrassed face: "I, I forgot." You, you get up. β
Lan Chengyi looked at Feng Zhiling under her, at such a close distance, the astonishingly beautiful face was magnified at a glance: her goose-egg-like little face was slightly red, her two big almond eyes flashed with long curved eyelashes, and her red eyes were like fire foxes in the snow.
In just a short moment, a familiar feeling surged in the bottom of his heartβhe had such a similar heartbeat experience many years agoβLan Chengyi's heart chuckled, and he said: It's not good. immediately slapped himself in the face, and then slowly teased: "Well, the spring is intoxicating." β
"Have you finished hugging?" Rouyi frowned beside her.
Lan Chengyi slowly moved away from Feng Zhiling, the more he pretended to cover up, the more he couldn't suppress the throbbing growing in his heart, and he looked at the attacker who fell to the side in distraction.
"This madman is very strange, as if he has been poisoned by something. Rouyi said.
Feng Zhiling got up, glanced at the madman, and exclaimed, "Isn't this the lame man?"