The first time I saw Xiao Yao smoking was at his eighteenth birthday party, Xiao Yao stood beside his father with a cigarette in his right hand and happily greeted his classmates, friends and relatives, he looked so cultured and gentlemanly, but I saw that he kept looking at something out of the window, and I also noticed the imperceptible sadness in his eyes. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Finally, everyone arrived. Xiao Yao's father raised his glass high and said: "Today is my family's Xiao Yao's eighteenth birthday, and it is also an important day for Xiao Yao to be admitted to university. This is a great honor for our Xiao family, and I hope that you will give you the help you can on the road of Xiao Yao's life in the future. After speaking, Xiao Yao's father raised the wine glass and drank it all, and everyone present also stood up and faced Xiao's father, raised the wine glass in his hand, and slowly poured the liquid in the glass into his throat. Xiao Yao, you can say a few words. Father Xiao said kindly to Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao shook his head helplessly with a smile, and said to everyone: "Ahem, this, today is my birthday." Thank you all in advance for coming, uh. It seems to be a bit repetitive with my father's words... I would like to thank Qin Yi for being admitted to university. Speaking of this, Xiao Yao looked at me, "Actually, I haven't been very good at studying, and everyone must know it." Qin Yi helped me a lot a few months before the college entrance examination, and I didn't expect to be admitted to Nanhua. Hehehe, it's really luck. Father Xiao's face changed when he heard Xiao Yao say this, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. Seeing that the atmosphere was not quite right, everyone immediately coaxed:

"Even if it's luck, it's okay to get in, right? It's a pity that my unlucky son didn't have such good luck! ”

"Xiao Yao, everyone has seen your efforts in the past few months, don't be modest!"

"Hehehe, Xiao Yao is really humorous enough, Nanhua's admission conditions are notoriously harsh, and it is luck to be humble. If I'm lucky, buy a lottery ticket right now! ”

There was a lively argument below, and the atmosphere of the banquet was pushed to a climax by everyone's words, Xiao's father toasted table by table and talked with everyone, while Xiao Yao lit a cigarette and was silent by the window.

"Qin Yi, you come out with me." Xiao Yao came over at some point, bowing his head and whispering in my ear. I followed Xiao Yao's footsteps out of the banquet hall, beside a green bamboo outside the Xiao family's courtyard. Xiao Yao asked me, "Qin Yi, I think something is not quite right. Is she really the Nanhua who reported it? I wondered why Xiao Yao asked like this, and said, "What's wrong with you?" As far as I know, she had always wanted to go to South China before. Xiao Yao listened to my words, lowered his head and thought for a moment: "I always feel that things are not quite right, I hope your information is accurate."

When I heard Xiao Yao say this, I smiled and said, "There shouldn't be anything wrong, but then again, you are really, I gave you a huge help in what I said at the banquet." Didn't she just tell you that she was going to South China? Xiao Yao said: "I don't know anything about her now, and the news you provided is indeed my biggest motivation for learning."

I nodded and said noncommittally, "Others don't know you, don't I know you yet?" With your talent, as long as you work hard, what is Nanhua? Xiao Yao smiled bitterly: "You also don't have a backache when you stand and talk, Nanhua is so simple, you still go to Yunhu?" I couldn't cry or laugh: "I like the environment of Yunhu, that's why I chose to go to Yunhu, let's talk about it." I am thankful that I can be admitted safely, and I dare not ask for Nanhua. ”

Xiao Yao didn't continue to answer, but asked, "Did she know before you came?" Did she say anything? I said, "She should know, after all, it's your birthday." But I didn't contact her either, you know. She's a person, hey. Never mind. Xiao Yao nodded and said, "You did the right thing, the situation tonight will be very dangerous, maybe I can't control it." The guqin taken out of the spring water of Daitian Dakuang Mountain last time has been targeted by masters from all walks of life, and it is correct that you don't contact her. I'm afraid that there will be despicable people who will be unfavorable to her in the future through various channels and shameless means, since she has chosen this path, that is, she should try not to put the people around her in danger. ”

I was stunned, "Why did the news spread so quickly?" Didn't you go to Dakuangshan that day and investigate it in advance? Xiao Yao thought for a while and said: "The fairy music in the spring has not sounded for thousands of years, and it is said that the last time the fairy music was played was when the poet Taibai traveled to Dakuang Mountain, there must be a great connection. But three days ago, when we went to Dakuang Mountain, the fairy music in the spring sounded again. This will definitely attract the attention of all the masters in Shushan, but I am afraid that we will be targeted when we take the piano, and the other party is just afraid of our strength and dare not act rashly. In three days, this matter will inevitably spread throughout the cultivation realm. Tonight, the East Side is going to change the sky..."

I understood the meaning of Xiao Yao's words, so I asked, "You mean, they will do it tonight?" And you're going to deal with all the cultivators alone? It's too dangerous! Xiao Yao took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and said, "Yes, your strength is too low." Going with me is also a drag on me, as for the danger? Hehe, the worst result of my cultivation of the Carefree Mind Method is the loss of memory, the collapse of the Dao foundation, and there will be no danger to life, you can rest assured. "It's the first time I've heard of this kind of exercise, and I can't help but be puzzled: "Easy Heart Method? Is there no danger to life? How can it be? It's not like I haven't read fantasy novels. As soon as those cultivators make a move, the sky is dark, the sun and the moon are dark, there is no danger to life, you are teasing me. ”

Xiao Yao smiled slightly: "You also take the things in the novel seriously, this free mind method is my self-realization and obtained from Confucianism." Forget it, I will make an exception to tell you that the first two major levels of the Carefree Heart Method are self-preservation and wisdom. Even if they are strong and powerful, they can only beat me to the stage of self-preservation, and it is impossible to kill me. I continued to ask, "I know the idiom of protecting one's self, but why did you turn him back?" Xiao Yao glared at me and said, "What kind of philosophy do you know when your life is gone?" Can't think about it with your head? I acquiesced to his almost scoundrel and logical explanation, and asked, "The Mind Method... This name sounds like it's more Taoist, but you have a wise mind to protect yourself in it. I really don't understand you..."

Xiao Yao said to me angrily: "What Taoism is not Taoism, the world is one family!" All came out of single-celled organisms, from an Earth, from the Big Bang. Why do you know so well! After listening to Xiao Yao's words, I was speechless, so I could only change the topic and stop staying on this topic: "Then how should I pay attention to tonight's battle, and how will you deal with the guqin?"

Xiao Yao seemed to have thought about it in his heart, and took out a milky white spherical object from his trouser pocket for a long time. said: "This thing is called Watching the Fire from the Other Shore, uh." Whatever the name is given, it was made by working overtime last night, you find a candle at night, hollow out the center, and stuff this thing into it to see tonight's scene. As for that guqin, no matter what the result is, I will not keep it in my hand, and the hot potato is better left for someone with a hard mouth to gnaw. ”

When I heard Xiao Yao say this, I couldn't help but be surprised: "That guqin was made by the two of us who worked hard to get it at the bottom of the spring, are you really going to give it away?" Xiao Yao shook his head helplessly and said: "This thing doesn't belong to us in the first place, if I say that I have a relationship with it, then it will come back to me no matter what." If we force it, it will lead to our death! ”

After hearing this, I also felt some truth, and said: "It's a good wisdom to protect yourself, but how do you go out at night, your parents are so strict with you, you won't have to open the window again, right?" Xiao Yao's eyes flashed with a hint of pride: "Anyway, I'm also an adult, I can't keep going through the window, and besides, even if my parents don't let me come out, can't I get out of the chimney?" Make sure God doesn't know it, hehe. I was speechless, at this moment, Father Xiao came out of the living room and was waving at us, I could see that he had drunk a lot of wine, and even walked with a feeling of wind under his feet: "Xiao Yao, Qin Yi, what are you two standing there doing, come in!" Xiao Yao glanced at me and said, "Let's go, let's drink, there are only a handful of opportunities to drink in the future."

Before the words were finished, Xiao Yao's mobile phone in his trouser pocket rang, Xiao Yao looked at me and answered the phone apologetically, only to see that his face slowly became gloomy like water, and I hung up the phone and asked him what was wrong, Xiao Yao raised his head and looked at me disappointedly and said, "Qin Yi, you made a mistake in this information." She did not go to South China, but to North China. ”

"How is that possible!" I exclaimed, this news was indeed unexpected to me. You must know that I have put a lot of effort into knowing her wishes, but who knows that it is actually wrong information.

I heard that she was indeed going to Nanhua, but she hesitated when filling in the volunteer and filled in Beihua. Hehehe, I don't know what she thinks, maybe this is what people often say. Xiao Yao's voice seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, not like a vigorous teenager anymore, but like a declining old man. Under the repeated urging of Xiao's father, Xiao Yao and I walked into the living room to continue to participate in the unfinished banquet.

At the meeting, Xiao Yao didn't say a word, just blindly drinking, I never thought he was so good at drinking... Just like drinking water, a lot of white wine, beer, and red wine are poured into the stomach. I can't stop it, and in the end, the guests all fell to seventy-seven, eighty-eight, if it weren't for Xiao's father arriving in time to stop Xiao Yao's almost crazy behavior, I'm afraid that everyone in this room will go to the hospital for gastric lavage...

The banquet lasted about four hours, everyone left in a daze, when I left, Xiao Yao sent me out of the door and threw the "watching the fire from the other side" to me, I asked him if he had drunk too much at night, and he said that it was okay just to let me remember to use the "watching the fire from the other side".

I'm pinching this "watching the fire from the other side", what! It's just a lump of wax and oil. There is nothing peculiar about it, if there is one, it is that you can feel a faint fluctuation of spiritual power. I said to Xiao Yao, "Then you have to be careful tonight." Xiao Yao didn't seem to take my reminder to heart, and said, "I have a few things to tell you, I hope you can promise me and do it." I had an ominous premonition in my heart, as if he was telling his last words.

Xiao Yao seemed to see through my thoughts, stared at me with wide eyes, and said viciously: "Don't think nonsense!" It's just an ordinary entrustment, uh. No, it's a warning, that's the right word! Xiao Yao's mother seemed to hear Xiao Yao's voice, poked her head out of the window sill on the second floor and asked, "Yaoyao, what kind of warning?" Why are you talking to Qin Yi like that? "I saw Xiao Yao's face full of black lines, and I saw that the form was not good, and hurriedly said, "Auntie, it's nothing." Yaoyao' just warned me to study hard when I go to Yunhu in the future! "Oh, I see. That's good, that's good. ”

Mother Xiao listened to my words and stuck her head back, I saw that Xiao Yao's eyes were full of hostility, and asked, "What did you just call me?" Did I hear me wrong? I hurriedly waved my hand and said, "I called you Xiao Yao, you must have heard it wrong." You're drinking too much and hallucinating, oh, yes. What the hell are you going to tell me? I changed the topic, and Xiao Yao didn't stop much on the question just now, and said, "Okay, let's get down to business." No matter what I do, you're not allowed to show up, and. If the other party goes to her house, you will definitely stop you with death! Don't talk about it to anyone. If I unfortunately fail in the Fa fight, you are not allowed to talk to me about the cultivation world again. I want to be a normal person, and that's good. ”

I didn't ask anything, nodded, and solemnly remembered what Xiao Yao said. When I left Xiao's house, Xiao Yao kept watching my back leave, but I didn't dare to look back at him again...

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