Chapter 7: Apprenticeship
I stared intently at the reflection in the water, the appearance of an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl in the mortal dust, with a beautiful little face with a kind of mystery and holiness, and her posture was slender and moving.
It is the beauty of the alluring city that makes everything lose its color, the bright and moist eyes are like stars in the sky, with loneliness and coldness, exhausted, as if carrying something, full of what is about to overflow.
I don't know why, since I left the rabbit's body this time and became an adult woman, I always felt that there were a lot of things blocked in my heart. I don't know what it is, but it's not just some kind of responsibility of being a cold ice.
It's suffocating, but is this me? I'm not like that.
I stared at the man in the water, restlessly brushing back the broken bangs on my forehead. The dark red irregular scar many years ago has turned into a white and beautiful snowflake, and it still feels cool to the touch.
I retracted my hand as if I was frightened, and suddenly I felt like I had lost myself. The next moment, he quickly covered his face with his hands and opened it carefully. Looking at the surface of the water again, it is still the person in the water just now.
In the confusion, there was a sound of the hem of the clothes rubbing behind me, and when I looked back, the young man in white was standing about two or three meters away from me, looking at me intently.
When he saw me turn around, he seemed to be stunned, and a pale pink appeared on his slightly pale face. Under the bright moonlight, the figure of Yuan Feng is clear and lonely, moist and lingering.
He didn't take any further steps. Because I have become accustomed to seeing him for the past hundred years, he will pick me up kindly, and I am not used to being so far away from me at this time.
"I ...... I don't know how I ......," I paused.
"Don't be afraid, this is you, the real you. The previous description of immaturity was the transformation of an ice sculpture, just like my real body was a dragon. Now you, just like me now, have cultivated to the form of an immortal. ”
I carefully understood what he said, and looking back at the Six Realms I had read before, I seemed to understand that what I am now is what I should be, so I don't need to be surprised.
I suddenly remembered something, walked quickly to him, and was about to touch him, but he subconsciously retreated.
I was careless, I was already a woman at this time, and he was such a cautious and polite person, and he remembered that men and women could not kiss each other.
"I wanted to ask, Night Feather said you were injured, do you feel better?" I asked softly, a little embarrassed by what I had just done.
He smiled softly: "It's okay, it's just a demon ghost who came to inquire about the news." It's just that he didn't take precautions, and he was a little injured by his surprise attack, and now it's out of the way. ”
"The little ghost...... Are you here to inquire about me, are you from the Demon Realm Yanyi Clan, are you trying to arrest me? I ......"
"Don't guess. He interrupted me firmly.
Suddenly, I felt something rubbing against my ankles, and when I looked down, it was the Bai Ze rabbit, rubbing against me with a cute look.
"Bing Ning, because you and I have to be free from the sea of suffering. You've used my body for so long, it seems to be in love with you. My Bai Zetu is physically and mentally united, and I will follow you in the future, okay? ”
The girl's voice is still soft, but it is not as weak and weak as before, but now it is full of vitality and playfulness.
I feel good to see that I have become a fairy form, that I don't have to continue to be a rabbit, and that I don't have to worry about people who have seen my statue recognize me. Squatted down and picked up the Bai Ze rabbit, and asked her with a smile: "Little rabbit cub, how do you know that my name is Bingning?"
"That, the scorching prince of our predecessor Spirit Fox Demon King, was on the East China Sea a hundred years ago, didn't he call you Bing Ning?"
Yuan Feng listened, squinted his eyes, and a look of thought appeared on his face.
Bai Zetu looked at Yuan Feng in a daze, then at me, and continued: "I slipped out of the demon world to play in the mortal world. Once, when I was practicing in the mountains, I was in a hurry and fell into a demon, but I happened to encounter a woodcutter who went up the mountain to chop wood, and disturbed me. I lost control and killed him...... But, but I was really unconscious, I really didn't mean to......" The voice grew softer and softer, and it seemed that the choked voice began to choke again.
"How did your Yuan Shen escape from the Torture Demon Ding? Guilty of such a big crime, it is impossible for Emperor Wuyang to let you go. ”
Yuan Feng stared at her closely, and although his tone was still gentle, it was very unquestionable.
"That day, when you took my body, my Yuan Spirit desperately grabbed Bing Ning. I am also a demon beast that has been cultivating in the demon realm for 10,000 years, so I tried my best to go out of the Ding with you.
After that, I was so weak that I didn't dare to speak, so I could only quietly follow Bing Ning all the time. ”
Bai Zetu suddenly looked at Yuan Feng and said, "Who would have thought that since the East China Sea incident, your Xuanqiong Palace has set up an enchantment to block demons. For a hundred years, I could only wander outside the palace, occasionally trying to cast spells and communicate with Bing Ning in my dreams. But the longer I was away from my body, the weaker I became, and finally I couldn't enter her dreams. ”
I patted her rabbit on the head, "So how did you get in today?"
"I don't know, the enchantment suddenly became a lot weaker today, I think it was caused by the serious injury of the person who clothed the enchantment......" Bai Zetu said, a pair of red eyes cautiously glancing at Yuan Feng.
What else is said is just a sneak attack by a little ghost, and it's no longer in the way. The barrier is so weak that even a faint spirit can enter, and it must have been seriously injured. The one who attacked him was certainly not an ordinary imp. With such a serious injury, he still had to hold on to see me, and he had to pretend that he was fine.
"Ahem......" Yuan Feng interrupted Bai Zetu with a light cough, approached me slightly, stretched out his hand to caress the soft white hair on Bai Zetu's back, and then looked at me, his eyes were clearer than water, and his appearance was more comfortable than Yun, and said:
"This rabbit is a monster beast that is not shallow. The Six Realms are full of species, Bai Ze Rabbit, witty and psychic, fierce, and loyal to the Lord. She has followed you for so long by chance, and since she has chosen you, you are her only master in this life. ”
When the rabbit heard Yuan Feng say this, he also laughed: "That's right, Bingning, I will accompany you in the future, and no one will dare to bully you." I know who you are, but don't worry, if you want me to die, I won't betray you. ”
When Yuan Feng heard this, his face changed slightly, and the hand that gave her smooth hair suddenly stopped.
Bai Zetu looked at him weakly: "I have heard your conversation in the Torture Demon Ding, I have been practicing for 10,000 years, I know that the sky is cold and the ice is cold, and I ......"
She raised the front paw of her left foot, and I looked at it, and the jade bracelet faintly appeared in the white hair. But when I saw her blow a breath of fairy breath on the bracelet, the bracelet turned into a blue light and flew up, wrapping around my left wrist.
"You use my body, and the Hidden Bracelet will automatically be worn on my rabbit's paws. As soon as I entered the rabbit body, I already sensed that you were indeed cold. The rabbit said proudly, as if recognizing me meant that she was very good.
But she is really powerful, even Yuan Feng still needs to detect the pull of the Spirit of the Cold Moon Ice Sword and my power to recognize me, and she is a little demon beast that can recognize me in an instant when it comes into contact with my Yuan Spirit.
"The holy relics of our demon realm, since the prince of the scorching string has given it to you, you must not take it in the future. With it, no god or demon will recognize you. ”
"Burning strings......" I murmured to myself, but nothing unusual flashed on my face. I don't know why, I don't dare to mention the strings in front of Yuan Feng more and more.
When Yuan Feng was leaving, Yun Qingfeng asked me lightly, the name Bing Ning was scorching, and I was a little inexplicable.
"I started it myself. The corners of his mouth rose when I said this, which was extremely incommensurate with his weak complexion tonight.
"In this case, I will call you Ning'er in the future. ”
......
On the way to Kaiyang Palace, I vaguely felt that the Bai Ze rabbit hidden in my sleeve was trembling.
Because Bai Zetu is a psychic demon beast, and I have used her body for more than 100 years, I have been with her. Even if I am not a very skilled immortal now, I can still communicate with her in secret words.
"Shake what, coward. ”
"I ...... , Yuanfeng, this kid, why do you have to let you worship Emperor Wuyang as a teacher, he just wants to trick me......"
"The emperor, his old man, has subdued thousands of demons, how can he remember you, people are worried! Also, can you call the word Yuanfeng!?"
"Ice Condensation...... You're like this, so heavy and light!"
I didn't want to pay attention to her anymore, so I followed Yuan Feng's steps and walked into the Kaiyang Palace, which didn't match the name and looked gray.
Seeing this emperor this time, I am no longer afraid, anyway, I am not the statue girl he has seen before.
I had the courage to look into his eyes, and this time I could see clearly, I was really a handsome uncle who couldn't see through his eyes and couldn't see his thinking, with an expressionless face that was as cold as ice.
We sat down in the main hall of Kaiyang Palace, and Emperor Wuyang swept me and Yuan Feng, and called Yuan Feng to the side hall. I was the only one left, and there was a rabbit in my sleeve, and I was disgusted with a few fairy servants standing aside in the hall.
After a while, they returned from the side hall. Yuan Feng whispered something in my ear to practice battle spells seriously, and then prepared to leave alone. I hurriedly grabbed his sleeve swing: "When are you coming to see me?", he smiled softly, "Soon, don't be afraid." ”
Yuan Feng walked to the door of the hall, and the emperor suddenly called out to him, although he still had no expression, he said very seriously: "Heal carefully."
It's really good, it's very good! From the Palace of Love to the Xuanqiong Palace, from the Xuanqiong Palace to the Huoyun Palace, from the Huoyun Palace to the Xuanqiong Palace, and now from the Xuanqiong Palace to the Kaiyang Palace!
The wing rooms of Kaiyang Palace are very simple, and I suddenly have a feeling of pure cultivation. This feeling is completely different from eating, drinking, and reading idle books in Huoyun Palace, and the feeling of reading books in the Rabbit Eye in Xuanqiong Palace.
This is my first night in Kaiyang Palace. After Yuan Feng left, the emperor only asked someone to arrange me in this room, and he didn't tell me anything, which made me very nervous now.
Tossing and turning on the hard collapse until midnight, I was just a little confused, and a voice suddenly sounded in my ears. At first, I thought it was Bai Zetu calling me, but I quickly came to my senses that it was a man's voice, telling me to go outside the wing.
Do you like to scare people in the middle of the night these days? The voice is clearly in the ear, but in fact the person who is speaking is not in the house at all. I whispered to Bai Zetu, who still doesn't dare to come out of my sleeve.
"Xiaobai, a man told me to go outside the wing, did you hear it?"
"Oops, you scared the hell out of me, I was just about to fall asleep. What a man's voice, I didn't hear it. “
It seems that this person also whispered to me. I got out of bed, crept to the door, and cautiously opened a crack in the door to look out.
It is estimated that seeing that I was so nervous, Bai Zetu didn't dare to make a sound, and whispered to me: "Bingning, don't act like a thief." This is the Kaiyang Palace of the God of War in the Heavenly Realm, which mortal demon dares to come here to harm us? Rest assured to go out, don't be afraid. ”
Walking out of the wing, I closed the door and looked around. Suddenly, a light breeze struck, wrapping me and the white rabbit in my sleeve like a pair of arms, and after a slight dizziness, I stopped in a place that was a bit like a school field.
In the moonlight, you can clearly see the gray flying sand around you, but you can't see the edge.
Where the hell is this? Is this still in Kaiyang Palace? It should be gone, how can Kaiyang Palace have such a big and boundless school field?
"This is the Void Sky Sand Sea Mirror of Kaiyang Palace, it seems that the emperor brought you here. Bai Zetu whispered.
"You rabbit, how do you know everything?"
"I'm one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, I can't count how many long lives I have!"
"Yuan Feng said that I have existed since the beginning of the world, and you are older than me?"
"Cut, you have been making ice cubes for thousands of years, where is it worth me to be a living creature for millions of years......"
But this time Bai Zetu was right, Emperor Wuyang didn't know when he was already standing in front of me, as always, his face was expressionless and cold as ice.
The emperor was facing me, as if he was looking at me, but he didn't seem to be looking at me. After a while, with a wave of my hand, a futon appeared on the ground in front of me.
I wondered for a moment, thought for a moment, and quickly sat cross-legged on the futon.
Uncle Wuyang was still expressionless and silent, but he was standing and I was sitting, and I suddenly felt that the picture was not very harmonious.
Bai Zetu's body began to tremble a little again, presumably being so close to the emperor made her very nervous. It is worthy of a 10,000-year-old demon beast, and you don't need to stick out your head to see who is around.
"Fool, who let you sit?" Bai Zetu whispered to me.
I suddenly realized that this time I came to Kaiyang Palace to worship the emperor as a teacher, and this futon should be used for me to worship the teacher, how did I sit down! It must be that the futons of the previous Treasure Society were used to sit cross-legged, and the impression was too deep.
I hurriedly changed to bow down: "Master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship!"
The emperor finally opened his mouth and said, "Do you know your situation?"
I was stunned in my heart, I thought that only Yuan Feng and Bai Zetu knew my identity, I don't want this emperor to see it? Could it be that this hidden spirit bracelet is broken?
"Since you worship me as a teacher, how can I not ask you for details. The Emperor's tone did not show any emotion.
Hearing him say this, a pile of doubts that have filled my heart for many years came flooding my heart, and I couldn't help but ask, "Master, do you know why they want to get rid of me, why do you want to help me, Prince Yuanfeng and Master?"
"The specific reason why the Demon Realm Yanyi Clan wants to destroy you and Frozen Sky City is still unknown to the teacher. ”
What a disappointing answer.
"Yu Gong, you are the Heavenly Cold Ice Supreme Treasure of Frozen Sky City, the god of the Heavenly Realm, and you and your Frozen Sky City cannot be allowed to be destroyed by evil demons. ...... privately"
Excitedly waited for him to go down in private, but he didn't say it for a long time.
"You've been staying here for the past few days. There's a wooden house over there that you can live in temporarily. The emperor raised his hand and pointed in a direction, and I hastened to make a note of it, for I could not see any room at all.
"From now on, you must be cautious and diligent. After I'm gone, someone will come and learn battle spells with you first. After the emperor finished speaking, he turned into a gust of wind and disappeared in an instant.
I felt a sigh of relief in my sleeve. Now, Bai Zetu and I were inexplicably thrown into this boundless place, as endless as a desert.
I turned and walked in the direction of the hut. Strange to say, after walking for a while, I actually saw a small wooden house. Why couldn't you see anything before? There are really a lot of unbelievable things in the heavenly realm.
The next morning, I woke up on a wooden bed in a wooden house. When you open the small window, you will be in a good mood. The barren desert at night has changed into a lush and purple scene in the daytime.
I opened the door excitedly and went out, running among the flowers, so fast that Bai Zetu shouted again and again.
"There are no outsiders here, come out!"
"No, if someone comes suddenly, I don't want to enter the Torture Demon Ding again!"
"Coward......
Just as he was fighting with Bai Zetu, a dark light flashed, and a gloomy black shadow appeared in front of him. When you look closely, it's Night Feather!
With a gloomy face and an eerie tone that was very different from this beautiful scenery, he saluted me: "Ice Condensation Fairy, come down to accompany you to practice your sword." ”
Well, that's what Master said about the forerunners who will come and learn from me.
"That, Nightfeather, you know I've never wielded a sword. You know, I've been a well-read rabbit for a hundred years......"
"Didn't you use your sword to cut through the dragon rope of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please make a move. After speaking, he was ready to take the call.
The sky was so thunderous that I couldn't say a word. The legitimate defense of entering the Xuanqiong Palace that night also lost the Cold Moon Sword, can this also be called a sword?
Stretch out two fingers of each hand, gather in the center of the eyebrows, and sacrifice the cold moon.
This round of cold crescent-shaped is obviously more like a knife, let's call it a sword. I raised my sword in both hands and swung it at Nightfeather. He dodged and quickly retreated, not fighting back.
Yes, although I am a 10,000-year-old heavenly cold ice, the immortal root created by heaven and earth. It has only been a short time to transform into an immortal, and he has never practiced the art of fighting. The immortal attendant beside Yuan Feng should not be an ordinary immortal attendant. And this night feather is not a simple person at first glance.
In this way, I advanced and retreated, not so much as a tactical exchange, but a race run and cloud speed. After a long time, we retreated to the wooden house.
Night Feather gestured to stop, and I hurriedly stopped. I didn't want to, but when I stopped, he suddenly slapped me and bounced me away. I flipped in the air a few times until my back hit the outer wall of the cabin and then stopped, sliding down the wall to the ground.
Bai Zetu in his sleeve was also gasping for a while.
"Ice Condensation Fairy, you must remember this time that your current situation does not allow you to trust anyone. ”
There was another thunderbolt, and I was speechless.
After Night Feather left, I lay tired on the wooden bed. The doors and windows were open, and the sun was shining brightly, but I couldn't be happy anymore.
For several days, Ye Yu did not come, and neither did the Master. Bai Zetu and I are about to die of boredom.
After Ye Yu's education on trust, I was not only bored for a few days, but also sullen.
"Bingning, are you unhappy?"
"Nope. ”
"Why have you become as fond of hiding as that Wind Kid now? He hides his injuries, you hide his losses. "Bai Zetu is really smart and clear, but I'm really not in the mood to argue with her whether I'm really hiding. “
"I, Bai Zetu, have practiced for many years, and I know everything about the Six Realms. She boasted again with great pride. Although I didn't understand the purpose of her abrupt boasting, I still asked very considerately, "Miss Bai Ze, who knows everything, what advice do you have?"
"Since I know that this is the Void Sky Sand Sea Mirror, I also know how to get in and out! Hahaha......"
Hearing this, I sat up suddenly, grabbed her out of my sleeve, and held her in both hands: "Dear Miss Bai Ze, you don't want to encourage me to go out without Master's permission, right?"
She looked at me with innocent eyes: "If you don't want to, forget it." ”
After a moment's hesitation, I said to her, "Yes." ”
Bai Zetu's red eyes were shining, and the corners of his three-petal mouth were slightly raised.
With her muttering strange incantations, I only felt that the colorful scene in front of me was unpredictable. It was as if I had fallen into a rapidly spinning void again.
"Where did you get away with this spell?"
"Should, probably, maybe you can go back to your wing room in Kaiyang Palace......
"What do you call maybe! Probably! Don't mess around, Bai Zetu!"
"Hey, I don't know if I'll be able to go back to the original wing this time, Bingning. “