Chapter 285: Snow Falls
Xue Luoju, missing the excitement at the beginning, did not return for two years, and only Tang Ling and Nalan Zihan were left with the original brothers and sisters who did not enter the inner sect. At this moment, it was the cold winter snowfalling, Fan Chenliang was walking in the snow settlement, and suddenly a figure came out, holding a sharp sword and said: "Who are you? Why did you appear in my snow settlement!"
The person who spoke, Guo Xin, was Shen Mengyao's disciple who had just been accepted, so he didn't know Fan Chenliang!
"Are you Aunt Yao's new disciple?"
"Bold, I'm asking you!" Guo Xin's tone was stern, startling Fan Chenliang.
"Guo Xin, what's wrong?" Hearing movement in the Xueluo Pavilion, a figure slowly walked out.
"Senior Sister Tang, someone is good at my snow falling, and I caught it!" Guo Xin looked proud.
"Senior Sister Tang, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here unharmed!" Fan Chenliang saw that the person who came out was Tang Ling, and took the lead in saying hello.
"Where... Senior Brother Fan, is it really you?" Tang Ling couldn't believe it, all the six or seven figures in the Xueluo Pavilion walked out, except for Nalan Zihan, Fan Chenliang had only seen Shen Xiuwen and Yi Ru, and the rest of them were all new faces.
"Senior Brother Fan, you're back!" Nalan Zihan also stepped forward to greet him, with a hint of sorrow in his smile, trying his best to hide it.
"Senior Sister Nalan, I haven't seen you for a few years, but I'm getting more and more beautiful!" Fan Chenliang quipped, not wanting to make the atmosphere too embarrassing.
"You, it hasn't changed after so many years, come in first!" Nalan Zihan led Fan Chenliang into the Xueluo Pavilion, and everyone also saluted to see this legendary senior brother. Only Guo Xin was stunned on the spot, and muttered in his mouth: "Senior Brother Fan, is he Senior Brother Fan Chenliang?" After reacting, he slapped himself hard, and then ran into the Xueluo Pavilion in a hurry, and kept shouting: "Senior Brother Fan, my name is Guo Xin, the new year..."
"Are you all okay?" In the Xueluo Pavilion, Fan Chenliang looked at everything he was familiar with, and asked Tang Ling and Nalan Zihan.
"It's all good, Senior Sister Yin and they are all cultivating in the Inner Sect, so Senior Sister Tang and I haven't entered the Inner Sect yet!"
"That's Senior Sister, you don't want to enter, you obviously have the opportunity to enter this year, but you finally choose to give up!" Guo Xin pursed his lips, looking unwilling.
"Senior sister, why are you doing this?" Fan Chenliang asked puzzledly, according to the time, the assessment of the Inner Sect should have just ended, Fan Chenliang faintly felt that Tang Ling and Nalan Zihan did not enter the Inner Sect because it was related to him.
Nalan Zihan smiled bitterly and diverted the topic: "It's nothing, there's nothing good about the Inner Sect!"
Fan Chenliang trembled in his heart, and said with some guilt: "Xiaoxue is recuperating in a safe place, but it will take a long time to wake up!"
"How long is it?" Tang Ling hurriedly spoke.
"Almost ten years!"
Tang Ling was speechless!
"It's good to wake up, ten years is not too long!" Nalan Zihan didn't want to make the atmosphere embarrassing, so he said something to ease, and then Tang Ling made a look.
"Yes, it's only ten years, and it's gone soon!" Tang Ling hurriedly agreed.
"Senior Brother Fan, why did you choose to come back at this time?" The moment Fan Chenliang first appeared, Nalan Zihan realized that Fan Chenliang might have come back for the purpose of falling into the mortal army, so her eyes flashed with sorrow while being happy, but she still had a glimmer of hope in her heart: Fan Chenliang didn't know this
Affair!
"It's nothing, I'm homesick, come back and see!"
Nalan Zihan's palms trembled, and she naturally understood that Fan Chenliang knew about the Falling Mortal Expedition, the corners of her eyes couldn't help but moisten, and she quietly turned her figure around, and said to Guo Xin: "You send a letter to the Inner Sect, please Senior Sister Yin and them go back to Xueluoju!"
"Oh, I know, Senior Sister Nalan!" Guo Xin responded, but he still stood still.
"What are you still standing for, go now!" Nalan Zihan rarely lost her temper, at least in Fan Chenliang's impression, she had never lost her temper, but at this moment, she had a tantrum against her junior brother, which made everyone puzzled and didn't dare to say more.
Guo Xin nodded, and retreated with a face full of grievances!
"Senior Sister Nalan, why are you doing this?" Fan Chenliang said comfortingly.
"It's okay, Senior Brother Fan, go and see the master!" Nalan Zihan wiped the corners of his eyes lightly, and then turned to Fan Chenliang and said.
"I'm still wondering why I can't see Aunt Yao! Is she in the room?"
"Well, since the master knew about you and the little junior sister, he has been staying in the room and rarely goes out!"
"Then I'll go see her now!" Fan Chenliang got up and left the Xueluo Pavilion and walked towards Shen Mengyao's residence.
In the Snow Falling Pavilion, after Fan Chenliang left, Tang Lingcai, who looked naïve, asked, "Senior sister, what happened to you just now?"
Nalan Zihan replied in a low tone, and replied with a little choked: "Fourth Senior Sister, Senior Brother Fan knows about the Fallen Mortal Expedition, he came this time, and he came back to die!"
"What? But didn't Senior Brother Fan say that he just came back to have a look?"
"That's just an excuse to not worry us!"
Outside Shen Mengyao's residence, even the road was covered with snow, it can be seen that he has not gone out for many days, Fan Chenliang slowly approached, knocked on the door a few times, and a haggard voice came from inside: "Ling'er, didn't I say that I would retreat for a period of time, so don't you want to disturb me?"
"Aunt Yao, it's me!"
In the room, a sound of hitting the seat came out, Shen Mengyao hurriedly opened the door, Fan Chenliang had never seen Shen Mengyao so haggard, her hair was unkempt, the corners of her eyes were dark, her face was pale, and her whole person looked lifeless.
Shen Mengyao looked at Fan Chenliang, the corners of her eyes trembled, she couldn't hold back her tears, and suddenly scolded: "What are you doing when you come back, hurry up, you are not welcome in this snow house!"
"Aunt Yao, why do you bother? I know all about the Mortal Expedition!"
Shen Mengyao was stunned on the spot, looked at Fan Chenliang and stopped talking, and said softly for a long time: "You know everything, then you came back on purpose?"
"Let's not talk about this, let's go into the room first!" Fan Chenliang helped Shen Mengyao into the room, picked up the stool that he had just knocked down, and asked her to sit down.
"Aunt Yao, Xiaoxue, she..." Fan Chenliang said to his lips, not knowing how to speak.
"Xue'er, how is Xue'er?" Hearing Shen Qingxue, Shen Mengyao's eyes lit up, and she regained a little vitality, although Shen Mengyao accepted many disciples, but only Shen Qingxue was brought up by her since childhood, although the two are masters and apprentices, they are like mother and daughter.
"Don't worry, Xiaoxue is fine, but it will take a while to wake up!"
"Really? That's great, where is she, why don't you take her back to Xueluoju?" Shen Mengyao heard that Shen Qingxue was fine, and her mood improved a lot.
"Her breath is still very weak now, and she needs to constantly absorb the vitality of all things, I have placed her in a very safe place, and she can't leave for the time being, and when she wakes up, she will definitely come back to see you immediately!"
"Oh, then let her stay well, as long as it's okay, it's okay!"
"So you should cheer up too, Xiaoxue wakes up, I don't want to see you like this!"
Shen Mengyao looked at herself and replied a little embarrassedly: "It's a little decadent, you go to Xueluo Pavilion and wait for me, I'll wash up!"
Fan Chenliang nodded, retreated, and returned to the Xueluo Pavilion, and found that everyone had left, and the Xueluo Pavilion was empty, Fan Chenliang climbed the stairs and unconsciously came to the third floor, remembering the situation when he went to the Xueluo Covenant, Shen Qingxue's figure appeared in front of him, and the past was vivid!
Shen Qingxue turned around from Fan Chenliang's body, Fan Chenliang couldn't help but reach out to grab it, and his palm passed through Shen Qingxue's body, making Fan Chenliang almost fall down, only then did he understand that everything was just an illusion, he smiled helplessly, and walked towards the fence, looking at the snowfall; The oath, looking at it at this moment, the snow scene is still beautiful, but the beauty is no more, and the entire gray sky is extremely depressing, which makes Fan Chenliang feel infinitely sad!
"Are you thinking about Xue'er again?" Shen Mengyao's voice came from the attic, at this moment she was dressed in a white robe, and she no longer had the decadent appearance she had before, but her face was still a little haggard.
"Well, that's where I watched the snow with her in the first place!" Fan Chenliang turned back to the attic and swept away the gloom.
"Yes, time flies so fast, it's five years in the blink of an eye!" Shen Mengyao looked around in the attic, and through the window, she saw five or six figures not far away coming towards this side, and said softly: "Go down, they are coming!"
Fan Chenliang turned around and found that Yin Qiushui, Wei Wuyi and others were coming towards this side, nodded, and followed Shen Mengyao downstairs!
"Senior Brother Fan, you're back!" When Wei Wuyi saw Fan Chenliang, he was still as enthusiastic as ever, and rushed up to hug Fan Chenliang, and several other people also stepped forward to say hello one by one. The originally deserted Xueluo Pavilion has returned to its previous liveliness, everyone reminisces about the past, but in the lively atmosphere, there is always something missing, Shen Qingxue is not there, Xia Yuqing is not there, Wu is not there, and Qi Yuanxiang is not there.
While chatting, Tang Ling and Nalan Zihan pushed open the door, and brought a few other people to bring up the wine and food that had been prepared for a long time, everyone hadn't seen each other for two years, and now so many things have happened, only wine is the best recipe!
After a while, everyone drank about the same, and Shen Mengyao said to Fan Chenliang with some loss: "After you leave, Xueluo Pavilion is rarely so lively!"
"Didn't Aunt Yao take in a few new disciples? I don't think their talents are weak!"
"Well, but we have never been as cordial as you were at the beginning, and we have experienced far less things than you did!"
"Why doesn't Aunt Yao enter the Inner Sect? With your current strength, it is definitely not a problem to enter the Inner Sect!" Fan Chenliang was a little puzzled, Shen Mengyao was now a second-order puppet emperor, even among the disciples of the Inner Sect, he was not weak, but he had always stayed in Xueluoju.
"When you get used to staying in Xueluo, you don't want to go out, you see them, they are all children of poor families, and some of them have parents who died early, here, at least there is a home!" Shen Mengyao's tone was flat, but it made Fan Chenliang admire it very much.