The rain began to fall.

Falling on the large array of smoke and swaying like a mud cow into the sea, only slightly stirred up a slight ripple, and the mist beaten by the rain rose again under some mysterious force and never dissipated.

The mist that runs through the mountains and the water vapor looms under the gray sky.

The invisible circular barrier under the white fog intercepted the falling water droplets, and the accumulated rainwater gathered under the smoke into a cascading liquid surface and slid down, knocking on the grass and rocks, adding a little noise to the somewhat peaceful atmosphere.

It's just that the heavy rain didn't stop those figures hovering in mid-air, perhaps due to the limited eyesight, the number of people increased a little. In those sheep intestine mountain roads that few people can pass on weekdays, there are also people lurking here, and the atmosphere of slaughter has become more and more permeated around the Baiyang Sect.

Ten miles away, Wenyun City is a different situation, the matter of the Dry Grass Valley has come to an end, and the local forces of the five parties are in the midst of internal fighting, so the monks active in this city have greatly decreased compared to before, and mortals have begun to be active in the streets after being less frightened, restoring a lot of red dust and fireworks to this ancient city.

The sudden heavy rain caught the pedestrians off guard, with exclamations and cheers one after another, scattered footsteps with the sound of "clicking" treading water, and each of them put their hands on their foreheads to cover the rain that floated to their eyes to find a nearby shelter from the rain.

The long eaves of Xiangdanxuan naturally attracted a lot of guests to shelter from the rain, but none of them dared to enter the store, and the ordinary people around naturally knew that this shop was a monk on weekdays, and the identity of the shopkeeper was naturally not comparable to them.

It's just that seeing that there are no customers in the store now, they dare to take advantage of this temporary convenience, at most, a few acquaintances occasionally whisper some whispers.

The sound of the rain hypnotized people, and even the always hard-working shopkeeper Sun dozed off on his cabinet, and only the little maid was bored looking at the waterfall rain curtain dripping from the eaves outside the door in a daze.

The occasional whisper of the rain-sheltering pedestrians at the door brought him back to his senses from his fantasies, and only then did he remember to wave the feather duster in his hand to sweep away the little dust that had only drifted on the table today.

A wooden window on the second floor was quietly opened, and a shadow sat on the windowsill, and under a slightly loose red skirt, the intact silhouette of the figure could still be faintly seen, and the jade-like calves leaked out from the end of the skirt.

It's just that the charming and gorgeous face has no look at this time, and the head is leaning against the edge of the window, just looking at the complicated place through the rain curtain in a daze, with a little anxiety and irritability.

Stretching a jade hand out of the window and letting the falling rain drip on the back of her palm, the cool rain calmed her anxiety a little, looking at the pedestrians who occasionally shuttled through the street or ran with their heads in their hands, or walked by with oil umbrellas.

The slight voice of words came downstairs, and it was rare to eavesdrop on the parents of mortals for a while, and finally made the woman show a smile, like a flash in the pan, and the crown was gorgeous.

The door was gently slammed a few times, but the woman's smile suddenly disappeared, and she withdrew her wet hand and replaced it with an emotionless expression. Subconsciously took out a neatly folded handkerchief from his close-fitting bosom, ready to wipe his wet hands.

The style of the handkerchief fabric taken out was like a man's thing, and the color was plain and slightly ordinary, but it was such an ordinary plain handkerchief that made her move stop, and the wet hand was reluctant to wipe it up. The eyes resided on it, and the gentle eye waves rippled with it.

There was no sound, the door was pushed open after a period of silence, Liu Jing's tall body walked in, and what he saw was the scene in front of Yuan Nu's heart sinking into this handkerchief, and his somewhat helpless expression was added to a little annoyance.

But the woman in front of him was still his master after all, so she could only interrupt respectfully: "Miss, the beast control envoy sent by the clan has been waiting outside the city for more than a day with the four-winged Fengpeng, should we wait for this rain to stop and go on the road." ”

Without an immediate answer to Liu Jing's culture, Yuan Nu lingered his gaze on the handkerchief for the last time, then took it back into his arms and tucked it to make sure it had been safely put away before saying slowly: "It's okay, there are many beast masters and such animals in the clan, so it's okay to let them wait a few more days." ”

"It doesn't matter how many days they wait, but the point is that you need to go back, Miss, your time here has come, and we are already a few days later than scheduled. I have already received inquiries from the elders of the clan yesterday, and I really can't delay any longer. ”

"Uncle Liu, don't worry, if the old ancestor and these uncles are to blame, I will resist with all my might. ”

"The subordinates are not worried about themselves, there is a sentence that Miss doesn't like to hear, but I still have to say more, you have a marriage contract with the Pan family, and the elders of the clan are okay to say, just be afraid...... I'm afraid that there will be criticism of you. Liu Jing hesitated, but still gritted his teeth and said it.

Indeed, as he expected, when he heard this thing again, Yuan Nu's expression was a little sad, and he bent his head tightly against the edge of the window, and let a few raindrops blown by the cross wind hit her face, and he didn't care, a pair of charming eyes had already lost their brilliance, and after closing it tightly, he took a few deep breaths of cool air, and only then did he suppress the depression that wanted to stop breathing a little bit.

She looked up at the dark sky.

The next words seemed to tell each other, and they seemed to have hollowed out all her mental strength: "In the eyes of outsiders, I am a famous lady who is loved by thousands of people, but so what, in the end, I am not used by the family as a bargaining chip to maintain stability." This land of the human race is vast, but if you look closely, it is all under the control of these families. Even though the sky is ten thousand acres high, I am like a bird in a cage, and there is no escape. ”

"Miss......" Liu Jing rarely saw Yuan Nu so powerless and hesitant, and he exhaled and wanted to do some comfort, but when it came to his mouth, there were only two words that were slightly choked.

"I have already accepted my fate, and I should repay the kindness of the clan for raising me. Yuan Nu turned her head to look at him, and when these weak words came to her face, an indifferent smile appeared, as if she was at ease with the life that had been arranged long ago.

And the face that had just smiled suddenly showed a hint of red, a little shy. In other words, he said: "Ben came to this Cloud Wind Country, I just wanted to come to the barren place of the cultivation realm, the farthest place from the family's eyeline, but I didn't expect to meet such a fool......"

A foolish smile appeared on Yuan Nu's delicate face and then disappeared, and she took the handkerchief into her arms again, as if to cut off the infection of the object that made her show the appearance of a little daughter, and she changed it into that cold and shrewd picture again.

"Uncle Liu doesn't need to worry too much about the Pan family, what they are most nervous about now is not the marriage of the two children, but that old guy broke through the cultivation barrier, and everything else needs to be after this incident. And before I left the clan, I also asked my grandfather, the Pan family's ancestors are not stable, if they really have to wait until the cultivation is complete, whether it is successful or not, it will take more than 20 years, and they will not spend extra energy investigating the situation on my side before that. ”

Nodding approvingly, Liu Jing also said without hesitation in front of this little master who grew up watching him since he was a child: "This is on the one hand, if it weren't for the Pan family's side taking care of themselves, considering the reputation of the young lady and the Yuan family, I would have killed him long before you had such an attachment to the kid surnamed Du." ”

The tender white onion's fingers trembled, and a faint killing intent was generated from this red dress, which hovered around Liu Jing and then dissipated, and the Yuan slave with frosty eyes actually smiled: "It seems that the fool really walked around the ghost door closed, and I don't know if Uncle Liu let him go in other ways in the first place." ”

Liu Jing turned a deaf ear to the murderous aura that came at her, she used to be a young lady in the clan who was known for her decisiveness, but she had restrained a lot of temperament in the past two years in Yunfeng Country, and during this time, she had an untouchable scale.

The previous words of hypothetical killing of Du Rong were obviously wandering wildly on the edge of Yuan Nu's scales, and it was not strange that Liu Jing touched her killing intention, if it wasn't just a hypothesis, and seeing that he had been with her for many years, maybe he would have to be punished, even if his cultivation was a great realm higher than her, if he was punished, he could only bury his head and bear it.

"I admit that I had an element of gambling, and I thought that the young lady was just a whim for him. And his original qualifications were inferior, even if he really liked it, it would be separated over time, and the status of the two became separated. Secondly, I see that he has a lot of alchemy talent on the premise that it is also a good choice if he gives a start to the alchemy room of the Yuan family.

Now it seems that my person's gambling luck and vision are really average, I really can't imagine how a person can cross almost a realm in a month, and now I am curious about how far he can go. ”

Liu Jing generously admitted it, and at the same time changed his words: "Miss, you are naturally intelligent, you should know that the longer you stay, the easier it is to make the family suspicious, and the beast control envoys sent can directly report the situation to the clan elders, and if you stay like this, the boy will be exposed under the eyelids of the clan elders." ”

"I know this, the situation in this small place is turbulent at the moment, I just want to know that he is okay, and I will be relieved to go back. Uncle Liu, give me another ten days...... No, half a month, no matter what happens here, I will go back with you. In the eyes of outsiders, the Yuan slave, who has always been arrogant, also put down his posture, and there was already a hint of pleading in his words.

After a slight hesitation, Liu Jing also admitted: "Well, half a month is not a long time, and I will fight for the beast master for Miss to delay the departure." ”

He is also a resolute character, and as soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and strode out of the boudoir, thinking that he was doing things in a hurry.

Leaning against the window again, Liu Jing, who watched out of the door, turn around and disappear into the rain, but these mortals who were hiding from the rain didn't seem to notice that someone around them had passed through here.

I didn't hear the leisurely sigh of the woman upstairs, and she was already scattered by the sound of rain and wind.

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