Volume 1: Yellow Springs December Chapter 173: Deep Ditch and Strong Wall
This is the unknown first few days that Dai Luan has been rescued.
She had no concept of time, she just stayed in the dark cave all day long, and she didn't want to go out a single step. The campfire was always burning and couldn't stop for a moment, and she began to fear the darkness. Although I am always sleepy, I don't want to close my eyes. As soon as she closed her eyes because she was sleepy, she would be awakened by terrible nightmares, even the brief darkness of falling asleep frightened her. She was even more reluctant to go down the mountain, afraid to look down from a high place.
This made it a little difficult for her savior. He had planned to carry her down the mountain on his back, but she was reluctant to move. It's not that he can't understand her state of mind and situation, and he doesn't force her, but still brings her firewood and food every day.
He was an old acquaintance of her childhood, the swordsmith of unknown origin.
Dai Luan thought that she would have a lot to say when she saw him, such as his goodbye and why he came to her house in the first place. There are also some life trivia from the past, and some promises that have almost been forgotten. But she didn't, she was too tired. And when Dai Luan saw him again, she was completely sure that those eyes belonged to the six impermanent eyes.
He is indeed a water monarch.
Shui Wujun is not very tall, similar to Rin Shanhai, wearing a blue-gray hexagram and binding his waist. It's just that he has six swords on his body. I carried three handfuls, two on my left waist and one on my right waist. They looked like ordinary swords before they were unsheathed, but they were probably heavy in numbers. He wore a high ponytail, waist-length, and a hazy blue forehead band tied around his eyebrows, and his features were upright, and there was nothing particularly noteworthy about him.
Shui Wujun got the news from Muzuki-kun. Mu Yuejun seemed to be plain when he said this, and Shui Wujun, who had always been silent, suddenly became a little anxious. Although he didn't say much, he immediately set off for Juan Yun Mountain. It's a pity that at that time, the master and apprentice had been climbing the mountain for many days.
Dai Luan hung on the edge of the cliff alone, not counting the wait for too long. After saving a person's weight, the dead vine that was almost half broken will no longer crack, perhaps the weight of Ah Luan is within the limit of its bearing. She couldn't muster her strength, and she didn't dare to let go. Although for a moment, she did want to let go of her hand, and she desperately fell down and went to her master.
But he said, live.
She didn't have the time or strength to cry. She spun her wrist around the vine twice, pinned her wrist to it, and pushed her foot into the gap between the staggered dead vines to save some effort. She didn't know what to do, and time slowly wore away her strength and will. Her mind was dizzy, and she thought a lot about what she didn't. For example, she thought that if she could talk to birds like Xie Hualing of the Snow Yan Sect, maybe she would be rescued, and she could pass on the word to others. It's just that it's too desolate for anyone else to be there. Maybe she can only hang here all the time, air dry, and if she is lucky, her hands and feet will get stuck, and she will not be able to fall, and she will become a dried corpse hanging on the cliff. But perhaps before that, there were already carnivorous birds or youkai that ate themselves.
Before dawn, Shui Wujun came to her based on the traces of sliding on the ground and rescued her.
And then, that's what it is now. Dai Luan did not show the joy of seeing her old friend, nor the relief after being rescued, but only the indescribable loss of soul.
Now, he sat across from her in front of the campfire. She was wearing Shui Wujun's gown and wrapped herself tightly. Shui Wujun sometimes looked at the fire, sometimes at her. After a long time, he sighed.
"You're really not going back?"
Dai Luan shook her head, not sure if she wanted to say that she would not go back, or if she didn't know. But eventually, she asked a question that she had been preparing for a long time.
"Why did you leave? And why come? Because I...... Is it similar to her? β
"With whom?" Shui Wujun showed momentary confusion, but quickly reacted, "Ah, do you know everything?" It doesn't matter, I think you'll have to know sooner or later. In terms of appearance alone, it is a little similar, but if you look closely, it is different. β
"So you're just coming to see me?"
"Well, that's one of them." Shui Wujun said calmly, "Besides, I'm investigating Yun Gong's matter. I don't know if you remember him, but he was invited to the palace by your father, and then he was invited into the palace. At that time, someone had already contacted him to make an imitation of Huangquan Bell. He'd already started researching, and the lord wanted to let it go, but ...... With his craft, it doesn't seem to work. After he was summoned to the palace, I chased after him. β
"I know these things. He has struck the lock of my peace. β
As she spoke, she took out the safety clasp. It wasn't lost, but it was somewhat deformed, and it was pitch black again. Dai Luan didn't know why, maybe it really blocked some disasters, after all, it oxidized very slowly in the past, and it didn't do so in less than a year.
Shui Wujun took it, pinched it and looked at it by the fire. He stretched out his other hand, hovering it over it, and wiped it through the air. The black part, like ink being soaked in water, suddenly dissipates completely. The peace lock engraved with the divine bird was brand new again, and Dai Luan's eyes widened slightly, and she retrieved it.
"I heard that he died later. Because he was too tired, he died in front of the workbench. β
"Nope. He was killed by me. β
ββ¦β¦β
Dai Luan's eyes widened again. Previously it was amazement, but now it is amazement. Shui Wujun's tone was extremely flat, as if it was an inconsequential matter to take a human life. But she was soon relieved, after all, that's what they did. What's more, such as Tang He and Saki Mianlang, the Immortal Moon Monarch in the Six Realms of Impermanence...... I heard too many amazing things, and I became numb.
"Your eyes are bloodshot." He said, "Your heart is beating too fast and you should rest." β
"I can't rest."
"Just close your eyes."
"I can't." She clasped her legs, "I don't want to blink." β
"Maybe you can sleep over the campfire."
"Then how can you sleep?"
- How can I sleep?
Shui Wujun couldn't hear what she meant, but he probably knew what she was upset about, but he had nothing else to do.
"If I take you to your master, you may be better."
He didn't expect that Dai Luan's emotions suddenly became excited, her voice was much higher, and she was also a little hoarse.
"Do you think I haven't thought about it! But I, but, but...... But how can I find it! β
From that height, no one will survive. She hadn't seen anyone fall off the cliff with her own eyes, but thinking about the time on the outskirts of Wule City, Mu Wan fell from that already amazing height, and her body didn't recover for a long time.
Shui Wujun explained: "Under this mountain cliff, there is water in some places. If he falls into a river at the right depth, there is still a chance of survival. But if the water is too deep, it's easy to get swept away......"
"Alright, shut up!" Dai Luan shouted angrily.
Shui Wujun's character, she learned it when she was a child. But at that time, she didn't grow up, and she still had a little child's dead eye, and so did Shui Wujun, and the two of them died together, so I didn't think it was wrong. And now, in Dai Luan's eyes, this man can be summed up more than just incomprehensible style. Sometimes, he made her feel that he was ruthlessβin the truest sense of the word, emotionless.
Dai Luan took a deep breath and softened her tone: "At home before, someone gave me chicks. Later, the chick probably thought he could fly and jumped off the windowsill on the third floor. Its wings are too tender to fly. Below is a tree, in winter, with bare branches...... And then it is conceivable that it did not fall to the ground and did not survive. β
Shui Wujun nodded as if he didn't understand. He wanted to ask bluntly, was the chick disemboweled? But seeing that her face was pale even in the light of the fire, he kept his mouth shut to avoid further irritation.
Or...... Do you know that kind of divination spell? I think my master, Jiyue-kun, and other onmyoji will do. You are the six impermanences, you should be able to understand some of them, right? As long as you have something from him......"
As she spoke, Dai Luan suddenly came to her senses, turned around and began to rummage through the medicine box. The medicine box is very strong, and even if it is scratched like that, it will only lose some paint and break a corner. The gown slipped off her, but she didn't notice it, she didn't feel cold, and just continued to rummage through the cabinets. Shui Wujun didn't want to hit her, but he couldn't learn to be tactful, so he said it directly.
"I won't. I'm a swordsmith, not an onmyoji, and I can't take it up. Or, I'll go and see it myself and come back and tell you. If he's still alive, take him back to ......"
"You're going to leave me alone!" Dai Luan turned around and screamed, "I'm alone again!" How many hours, or a night, or more? I've been waiting for a long time! I regret that I shouldn't have taken the risk. It's so stupid, I'm so stupid, he has already said that he doesn't want to gamble anymore, why can't I understand? β
ββ¦β¦ Maybe you understand, but you're just a little stubborn. Shui Wujun said, "The same is true of the Red Xuanqing Girl, and the eight cows can't pull it back." β
"Don't mention her, I'm not her at all!"
ββ¦β¦ I'm sorry. β
Although she didn't understand why she was so excited and sad, Shui Wujun still kept her mouth shut honestly. At least, he didn't want her to continue to be sad.
Dai Luan is no longer looking. She pushed the little boxes back, grimacing. But she was stunned for a moment, then quickly pulled out a small drawer and pulled out a box from inside.
It was something that the mountains and seas had put in, a relic of his mother.
Shui Wujun saw it and said, "That's Yingyue-kun's thing." β
Dai Luan didn't nod or object. She knew that the Yingyuejun he was talking about here was the mother of the mountains and seas. She opened the box, and the faint fragrance of flowers still remained, and it would never go away.
The wooden comb is very delicate, and the distance between the wooden teeth is just right, not sparse or dense. A few peach blossoms and cherry blossoms are carved on each end of the comb, which is layered and lifelike. If you dye them with color and add a faint fragrance, it is estimated that people will not be able to distinguish the authenticity. The owner of the comb should like to use it, and if this gift can be kept, it must be delivered to the heart.
"She used to live in what you call a paradise." Shui Wujun said, "However, there are many other flowers there. β