01 Volume 1 Turning the clouds and seeing the fog and being frivolous Chapter 8 That year, the wishing tree at the end of the long street
The tip of the nose is the breath of the cold wind blowing in the mountains, and the cliffs under your feet protrude from the mountains and forests, facing the lights of the city.
Everyone in the city looked up at the sky, and their faces were full of despair.
It didn't take long for countless huge fireballs to fall from the sky and crash into the otherwise thriving city-state, and people kept running, screaming, and fleeing...... It's a hell on earth.
Mu Yanzu suddenly came to his senses.
"It's ...... Where?"
He remembered that he seemed to be ...... before
"It's your dream. ”
Mu Yanzu stood on the cliff, and there was a black-robed person beside him, his face was covered by a mask and he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but judging from the graceful figure that the wide black robe couldn't stop, it should be a woman.
Mu Yanzu: "Who are you?"
Woman in black robe: "It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that you know who you are?"
The black-robed woman stepped forward with her back to the purgatory in the city.
"Is the world you see really real?"
Mu Yanzu: "What do you mean?"
The black-robed woman seemed to smile, she raised her hand with a move, and suddenly the earth-destroying fireball flew towards her hand, whether it was the fireball that was still falling in the sky, or the fireball that had caused disaster in the city, in an instant, it seemed that the flames of the whole world were flying towards her, condensing into a small red light in her palm.
Heaven and earth returned to darkness, and the only source of light was the red light of the black-robed woman's palm, but the devastation behind her reminded Mu Yanzu that everything was not an illusion.
Mu Yanzu wiped her face, and the woman said at first...... Was it his dream?
The woman in the black robe seemed to be able to see through people's hearts: "It's a dream, but what I say is true." ”
Mu Yanzu: "What do you want to say?" Don't say it, this dream is quite interesting, and the people in the dream say everything that has such a deep meaning.
The black-robed woman clenched her palms and let go, countless fire-filled debris slid down her fingertips and flew down the cliff.
"At the beginning of heaven and earth, there was an aura in the world. ”
"Among the thousands of living beings, there are a small number of people who have found that the aura can be absorbed, and there are even the best of them, who have an endless lifespan and the ability to change the world. They were the first batch of cultivators in later generations. ”
"You can also be that strong. ”、
It turned out to be a retarded ......
Mu Yanzu rolled his eyes, "Oh." ”
The black-robed woman was a little angry: "You don't believe it, would you rather believe that woman's so-called true qi cultivation than believe the aura theory I told you?"
Mu Yanzu: ......
She said it, it can't be a little mother, right?
The black-robed woman sneered: "Then how do you explain the yellow light on Liu Da's body, who have you ever seen whose body protection qi is colored? and the gourd that the old man Tong can fly?"
Mu Yanzu: ......
The black-robed woman: "Do you still want to ask that woman?" Come on, she will only tell you that it is a kind of prevarication such as a manifestation of the cultivation of true qi to the extreme. ”
Mu Yanzu: ......
Can I go to this woman to read minds?
The black-robed woman grabbed Mu Yanzu's collar and said in a solemn tone: "Let me tell you, what true qi you have, you can't practice it even if you practice it for a lifetime! Because what you should cultivate is aura, and the reason why you can't feel the aura between heaven and earth is because you have been under a forbidden spirit spell! As for who did it, you should know in your heart." ”
Mu Yanzu's eyes flashed, his hand was like lightning, and he grabbed the mask on the face of the black-robed woman, revealing a face that he was all too familiar with.
"Little, little mother?"
He had been looking for an opportunity to find out the identity of the black-robed woman, but the moment he saw the face behind the mask, he froze.
The surrounding scenery seemed to be distorted for a moment, and the black-robed woman seemed to curse lightly, revealing an unfathomable smile to Mu Yanzu:
"If you don't believe me, go see that mirror in the woman's room!"
As soon as the black-robed woman finished speaking, the surrounding scenery shattered like a mirror.
......
Caiqing personally took the food early in the morning and sent it to Mu Yanzu, but she didn't see any figures in the small black room.
Cai Qing: ......
Secretly sent someone to look for a morning but couldn't find Mu Yanzu's traces, Caiqing was helpless, originally wanted to find the little young master back while the valley master didn't know, but after so long, he definitely couldn't hide it from the valley master.
She walked to the room and knocked on the door, and when she heard movement inside, she pushed the door in.
As soon as Caiqing bypassed the screen, he knelt on the ground without raising his head, and said bitterly: "Valley master, little young master...... Gone......"
Xi Mustard didn't get angry at all, just shushed softly and motioned for Caiqing to make a little noise.
Caiqing looked up at this time and found that she had found Mu Yanzu in the morning, and she was sleeping soundly on the bed of Xi Mustard Bone!
Xi Jiaogu sat on the edge of the bed, holding an embroidered silk fan in his hand, slowly fanning it, so that Mu Yanzu could sleep more comfortably.
"The little guy didn't know when he came running, and when I woke up, I saw him lying on the side of my bed, and he wasn't awake yet. ”
Caiqing was angry and funny in her heart, but seeing that Xi Mustard didn't show any signs of anger, she didn't seem to care about how Mu Yanzu slipped out of the small black house, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief for Mu Yanzu.
Sure enough, if the valley is the best at coaxing the valley master, the little young master will admit that no one will dare to take the first.
Yesterday, the valley master was so angry that the whole person was about to explode on the spot, but the little young master was able to coax people to fan him today.
However, Caiqing thought about it for a while, and when she woke up in the morning, she saw a hairy head lying aggrievedly on the side of the bed, and she seemed to be a little unstable......
High, really high.
Caiqing slowed down her movements and gently leaned over to Xi Jiaogu's side: "Gu Master, there is one more thing, someone found the corpse of the Liu family brother not far from the town. ”
Xi Jiaogu fanned for a moment, and then continued to fan: "I know." ”
Mu Yanzu slept directly until the afternoon before waking up, and before he opened his eyes, he felt the gentle breeze blowing on his face, Mu Yanzu hummed and stretched his body, stretched his waist, and then rubbed into the arms of the person sitting on the side of the bed, hugged his waist, rubbed!
"It's early for the little lady. ”
Xi Jiaogu rubbed his head indulgently, "It's almost dark, is it early?"
"Huh?" Mu Yanzu raised his head from her arms, and saw through the propped up window frame that it was indeed nearly west outside, "I've slept for so long?"
"yes, what are you dreaming about, sleeping so soundly? I can't wake up no matter how I scream. ”
Dream......
Mu Yanzu buried his head in the quilt, and a muffled voice came from the quilt: "Little lady, do you have something important but hide it from me?"
Xi Mustard made a move, and Mu Yanzu under the quilt also slowed down his breathing.
“...... There are a lot of them. ”
Mu Yanzu couldn't say how he felt, but he did breathe a sigh of relief, "...... Why didn't you tell me?"
Xi Jiaogu: "Because, I haven't figured it out yet, how to tell you." ”
......
Mu Yanzu suddenly jumped out of the quilt, opened his hands to hug Xi Jiaogu, rested his chin on her shoulder, and looked unprecedentedly relaxed: "Then when the little lady thinks about it, tell me later." ”
Xi Mustard put his hand on his back and smiled softly: "Okay." ”
"I almost forgot!" Mu Yanzu pushed her away violently, "Today is the Prayer Festival in Fengnan Town. ”
Mu Yanzu jumped out of bed and tidied up his messy clothes, stretched out a hand to Xi Jiaogu, and smiled kindly: "I promised you to accompany you a month ago, let's go." ”
Xi Jiaogu bent her eyebrows, put her left hand on Mu Yanzu's hand, and gently jumped up and fell on Mu Yanzu's shoulder to sit down, in the process, her figure gradually shrank, and when she sat down on Mu Yanzu's shoulder, she had changed from a twenty-year-old adult woman to a five- or six-year-old little girl.
"Hmm. ”
......
The Prayer Festival is arguably the most important day in Fengnan Town, and every year, many people from nearby towns come to hang a wishing note carrying their wishes on the wishing tree in the center of the town. Therefore, this day is also the most crowded day in Fengnan Town, the streets are crowded with people coming and praying, and the surrounding is full of small stalls and vendors shouting one after another.
The sun was setting, and the evening fiery clouds covered the sky.
In the center of the town, towering ancient trees rise from the ground, as if supporting the whole canopy, the branches and leaves also change color under the reflection of the sky, wisps of red cloth strips hang lightly all over the branches, countless red wishing notes are mixed in the middle of the red cloth strips, beautiful and beautiful, like a dream.
Xi Mustard couldn't see this beautiful scenery, but the cold wind with a slight humidity in the evening and the lively voices around her seemed to pull her back to the scene in her memory, at that time, she saw the wishing tree burning like a flame......
There was some nostalgia on her face: "The last time I came here with you was when you were a child. ”
Mu Yanzu's eyes unconsciously showed a smile: "Really, I don't remember much." ”
Xi Jiaogu turned his gaze back to Mu Yanzu, and when Mu Yanzu couldn't see it, his face quietly revealed a trace of sadness, a trace of helplessness, and a trace of distress......
Mu Yanzu looked at the wishing note full of trees, and suddenly felt something, raised his hand and took off a wishing note that was already a little yellowed, with four big characters written on it: I Changning.
It is Zu'er who settles down.
"It's ......"
Xi Jiaogu smiled slightly, "This is the wish you made when you were a child." ”
"My ...... when I was a child" Mu Yanzu understood, "You hung it up!"
It is impossible for the wishing note he made when he was a child to remain on the tree until now, let alone be so well preserved, it could only be put away by Xi Mustard Bone, and then quietly hung it up when he was not paying attention.
Mu Yanzu looked at this wishing note, but there was a trace of strangeness in his heart, speaking of which, he didn't remember anything when he was a child, all his memories started from the Divine Medicine Valley......
Mu Yanzu shook off goosebumps: "I actually made such a wish when I was a child?"
Because that was a kind of luxury for you in the past, Xi Jiaogu sighed silently in his heart.
Reaching out and rubbing his head, "Let's go look elsewhere." ”
"Hmm. ”
Two figures, one large and one small, were stacked on top of each other, slowly walking towards the end of the long street until they disappeared into the night when the lights and shadows were drifting......
It wasn't until many years later that Mu Yanzu recalled this scene, and the corners of his mouth would still unconsciously hook slightly, but his heart couldn't help but throb.
He regretted it countless times, why didn't he spend more time with her, accompany her, and walk that long street over and over again, forever......
Xi Jiaogu was so sleepy that she fell asleep on the way back, Mu Yanzu carried her back to the bed, pulled the quilt over and covered it, and then left.
When passing by a one-man tall glass mirror, he unconsciously stopped and remembered the voice in his dream.
[If you don't believe me, go see that mirror in that woman's room!]
The young man in the mirror is slender and delicate, whether it is the longevity lock around his neck, the silver bracelet and bracer on his wrist, or the jade ornament on his waist that is valuable at first glance, all of them show the love of the person who prepared these for him.
As long as Mu Yanzu closed his eyes, he could remember the doting in his eyes when Xi Jiaogu hung the longevity lock around his neck for the first time.
She was the one who taught him to speak and walk, she was the one who taught him to write benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, and she was the one who patiently taught him until he could clearly identify every acupuncture point......
He is not from Xi Jiaogu, but Xi Jiao Gu really treats him as his own, and even more......
This little lady, he called it willingly.
Xi Jiao on the bed breathed weakly, she slept so peacefully, Mu Yanzu couldn't help but ask herself:
Why shouldn't I trust her?
Mu Yanzu smiled self-deprecatingly, reached out and knocked on himself in the mirror, as if reproaching.
However, the moment his hand touched the glass mirror, there were circles of ripples on the mirror.
Mu Yanzu chuckled in his heart, and he couldn't let him think about it much, and a huge suction force came from the growing ripples, sucking his whole person into the mirror......