Chapter 3: Chang'an Immortality (1)
"What's wrong with you? Is there anything wrong with me doing this? Natsumu asked weakly.
"Can you blow it?" Situ Lan did not answer the rhetorical question.
"Can you blow it? But I really can't blow, I haven't learned. Xia Mu answered honestly.
"Try it."
"Huh? Okay" Xia Curtain was no longer entangled, and raised it to his mouth and blew it seriously.
Moments later......
"Is this flute broken?" It's understandable that you can't blow a tune in the summer curtain airway, but it shouldn't even sound if it doesn't even sound! That's a shame, isn't it?
Situ Lan sighed silently and said, "It's nothing." ”
All right! Even if you say something, you can't do anything, if you can't blow it, you can't blow it. Xia Mu said in his heart: I really blew hard. He put the flute back in and asked, "Is there a sword here?" Didn't you bring me to find the sword? ”
"That is." Situ Lan was still staring at Chang'an.
"What?" Xia Mu followed his eyes and looked at the jade flute, don't bully me for reading less, can't I tell the difference between the flute and the sword?
"Chang'an is also a sword." Situ Lan explained.
"Are you kidding me?" Xia Mu couldn't cry or laugh, grabbed Chang'an again, and stuffed it into Situ Lan's hand: "You turn it into a sword for me!" ”
Situ Lan didn't answer, just looked at Xia Mu and said, "When the sword is swords, it calls immortality." ”
"Huh?! Chang'an becomes immortal? A flute is a sword? "Forgive her for not being able to make up for it." …… So how does it turn into a sword? ”
"When necessary."
Hehe! When necessary? It's the same as not saying it. "You said you brought me here to find the right sword for me, is it difficult to achieve it?"
"Yes."
“…… Okay, you say yes, that's it. "It's all your mountain, you're the biggest. Besides, it seems that this jade flute is worth more than those swords in the sword room, so he can be regarded as picking up a big bargain. "Shall we go, then?"
Situ Lan nodded: "Let's go." ”
When he returned to the sword training platform, Xia Mu had an extra jade flute in his hand, and Situ Moxuan asked with a blank face: "This is what you chose...... Sword? ”
"Hehe, your master said it was a sword, then it was a sword!" Finally I know what it means to be a deer and a horse.
"......" Situ Moxuan.
"I'm on my first day of class today, so I'm sure I won't be able to get started. Even if you are just starting monks, I am not an opponent if you pull it out, I still have this self-knowledge, so I'll take a look at it today. "Xia Mu is serious, after all, the sword has no eyes, if you are stabbed or scratched here, it is extremely wronged.
"That's good." Situ Moxuan nodded in agreement, and at this moment, a monk about forty years old walked over to the crowd, still wearing a standard green shirt and clothing, meticulous. He was followed by three young monks, but they looked like they were in their twenties, much more mature and sophisticated than the group of children on the sword training platform. "That's Elder Meng of Linyue Peak, and behind it are the senior brothers under the main seat of Linyue Peak, assisting Elder Meng in teaching swordsmanship."
"Oh, teaching assistant!" The summer curtain is clear. Looking at the four men who are not smiling and have a heroic face, everything is good here, but the atmosphere is too serious and depressing.
Learning from the other monks, Xia Mu picked the corner of the last row and stood still, watching everyone practice swords seriously, not to mention, it is indeed quite like that, one move and one style are like flowing water, and everyone practicing together is even more imposing like a rainbow, like a mountain and a sea. Even she, the audience, can't help but want to try it.
Two hours later, it was almost dusk, and Xia Mu felt that this afternoon was fast, like watching a large-scale martial arts show, and he was still unfinished. At the end of each course, there would be a period of time for the young monks to practice and compete, or to challenge the three assistant brothers, and this time was no exception.
Xia Mu took Chang'an to join in the excitement outside the crowd, and a few young people who felt good about themselves challenged the three teaching assistants, and in some cheering and coaxing, those young people were defeated one after another, probably this kind of scene happens every day, so everyone didn't think it was strange. Until a girl's voice sounded again: "Miss Xia, in Xia Situ Xiangling, I want to learn a thing or two from you, and I hope Miss Xia will give me advice." ”
I was stretching my neck to watch the excitement, but suddenly I heard someone talking to me, and then I clearly felt that all eyes were focused on me. Xia Mu turned to look at Situ Xiangling with a calm face, she is really a head or two big, what's the matter with this little girl, she is still entangled with herself?
Obviously, some of the people have heard the rumors of 'Miss Xia', and they began to whisper, after all, the person who can make the master of the door take a fancy and put his mind to it, must have something special about her.
"Miss A-Ling, you are exalting me too much. You see, how can I, a person who doesn't even have a sword, fight with you, right, I'm willing to lose. Xia Mu felt that he was a good man who could bend and stretch, why should he be stubborn when he knew that he couldn't beat him, looking for death?
"Xia Mu, if you don't have a sword, you can find someone to borrow one. Before you even started this, you admit defeat, are you looking down on me? Situ Xiangling was unrelenting.
"That's right! I just look down on you and don't want to fight you, what's wrong? "Some people, it's useless for you to tell her well, so you have to use it.
"You! Summer Curtain, you're too arrogant! Situ Xiangling's face turned red with anger.
"You're so weird. I throw in the towel, and you think I look down on you. I said I looked down on you, and you thought I was arrogant. Little beauty, how can I say that you think I mean it? ”
"Miss Xia, it's just an after-class practice, why hurt people like this, Ah Ling just wants to learn from you. You just came, I don't know, but this rule is normal with us. Liang Shulan came out to speak for Situ Xiangling again.
"Where did I hurt her? You also said that I just came, and I didn't have a sword, so you came to me to fight? Are you sure you didn't want to bully me and kill me? "Xia Mu is too lazy to be polite.
Before Liang Shulan could reply, Situ Xiangling over there actually drew his sword directly and stabbed at Xia Mu, and even Situ Moxuan, who was standing not far away, didn't have time to react.
Xia Mudi's intuition was: It's over! Dead! Is it possible to go back if you hang up?
With his instinctive hands in front of him, Chang'an was naturally in the air. It was just a 'bell', and the pain of being stabbed by the sword for a long time did not appear for a long time, Xia Mu had to open one eye, but found that Situ Xiangling had already flown out of the sword in her hand for some reason, and she herself fell into the arms of Liang Shulan next to her.
"Huh?" What happened?
"Ah Ling, are you alright?" Liang Shulan helped Situ Xiangling and asked eagerly.
Situ Moxuan also walked up quickly, but he just stood between Xia Mu and Situ Xiangling, and froze again, not knowing which way to go first. It was here that a loud voice suddenly sounded: "Nonsense! ”
Everyone immediately moved out of the way, and Xia Mu saw clearly that the person who spoke was none other than Elder Meng. I saw him come over with a menacing face: "Ah Ling, why do you need to make a killing move, if I hadn't stopped it, could it be that you wanted to cause someone to die on this sword training platform and let her blood splash on the spot?!" ”
"Elder Meng, I don't, I just want to ......" Situ Xiangling said aggrievedly, if this crime is confirmed, it is not fun.
"Shut up! How coquettish you are in Situ Yuan, the Lord of Heaven and Earth Peak, that's your business. This is the sword training platform, which is my Meng Ran's territory, if you want to make trouble here, don't blame me for being polite! ”
Roar! It seems that the little beauty usually has a bad reputation!
"You...... Is it summer curtain? Meng Ran looked at the woman who was still protecting her hands in front of her. There was an angry curse in my heart: how stupid it is! Someone stabbed with a sword, and she didn't fight back, didn't dodge, and blocked her eyes with her hand, did she think she was invulnerable, or did she think that the sword would disappear when she closed her eyes?
"Well, it's me." Xia Mu felt a kind of prostration from death, and I really wanted to thank this Elder Meng in front of me for saving her life.
"You're holding a ...... Changan!!! When Meng Ran saw the jade flute in Xia Mu's hand clearly, his pupils suddenly shrank.
"Yes, do you know this flute?" As he spoke, Xia Mu handed Chang'an forward.
"You, you, you! Where are you from? You, you, how can you have Chang'an? "The younger monks were all stunned, how could Elder Meng, who had always been vigorous and resolute, suddenly stutter, and several older monks, after hearing 'Chang'an', first lowered their heads in contemplation, and then looked surprised like Meng Ran.
"Situ ...... It was given to me by your master. "In front of people, it is better to maintain respect for Situ Lan and try not to call him by his name.
"Door Master?!"
"Well, I just took it out of the Holy Maiden Temple today, and he said it was a sword ......" Xia Mu said the second half of the sentence, his voice immediately lowered, and he didn't have any confidence at all, saying that it was a sword, and he didn't believe it.
"Immortality?" Meng Ran answered.
"Huh? You know that too? Could it really turn into a sword? Xia Mu was stunned, could it be that Situ Lan really didn't fool her.
“…… Maybe you'll find out for yourself in the future. Meng Ran didn't say anything anymore, just turned his head and glared at Situ Xiangling fiercely, and Xiao Aling also turned her face away with a weak heart.
This night, Xia Mu did not return to the Cosmos Palace, the reason is simple, the steps are really going to climb the dead. Will she have to climb down again tomorrow morning to go to class, will it kill her? So I asked Situ Moxuan to find a place to sleep at the foot of this mountain, anyway, I have followed the crew for many years, and I have a super ability to be at peace with what I encounter, and I can often fall asleep on the chair when I am on the set. After seeking the consent of their door master, Situ Moxuan arranged a clean room for her in the guest house, which was still a single person, and it was still a small suite that was more spacious than the small room he rented. But the summer curtain was so happy that he turned around twice inside and out.
After nightfall, Xia Mu thought that it would be a good night's sleep after a tired day, but he didn't expect to have insomnia. There were no cell phones, no computers, no music, and it was surprisingly quiet. I couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, so I just sat up and played with the 'Chang'an' I just got today. But no matter how hard she tried and how skillful she used, 'Chang'an' never made any sound, but the summer curtain had already blown until her face was green, she couldn't breathe, and she was seriously deprived of oxygen. If it weren't for its precious material and exquisite carving, Xia Mu really wanted to throw away this stick that played around himself. After fumbling for a long time, I didn't find any mechanism buttons or anything like that, and the flute turned into a sword! How? Isn't it like a deformed steel plant? I can't imagine a headache! I was so angry that I tucked it back under the pillow.
Helplessly, he collapsed on the bed, spread out in the shape of large characters, and recalled the events of the past two days, like a movie, one scene after another played in his head......
"Huh? Where is this? "Natsumu found himself standing under a cherry blossom tree that was in full bloom. Why is this scene so familiar? After turning around in place, I remembered that this was not exactly outside the Holy Maiden Temple on Linyue Peak? She remembers that there was a very thick cherry tree, and even in winter, it could bloom brightly and brightly. When did you look down and find that your clothes had changed? Obviously, I was wearing a blue and white linen shirt today, but why was I wearing a set of silk shirts as bright and pink as cherry blossoms and even eye-catching? If you look closely, you can see that it is embroidered with fine petal patterns, and I don't know what thread it is embroidered with, but it can flicker like fluorescence. The long skirt is clearly tailor-made, but it is not cumbersome, and there is a light gauze at the sleeve hem to cover it, even if there is no mirror, Xia Curtain can imagine that he must be beautiful at this moment.
It was night, cloudless, only a round of curved moon buds dotted in the sky. There was silence all around, and there was no one. Strange, didn't I sleep in the guest house? How did it suddenly appear here?
Xia Mu had to move around, but he had no direction and didn't know where to go. Just walking and walking by feeling, she actually saw the Holy Maiden Temple, the sun was in the sky at noon during the day, she felt that this Holy Maiden Temple was creepy, but at this moment when she walked to this door at night, she didn't have any fear at all, as if she was going home. I knew that the seemingly heavy wooden door would open even if I didn't push it hard, and sure enough, as soon as my hand touched it, the door automatically opened to both sides.
Summer Curtain slowly walked in. Remember that there was no wind or sound in the barrier. But for some reason, a breeze blew from nowhere, and the leaves on the branches trembled lightly, and the octagonal copper bells under the eaves also swayed lightly, making a crisp 'ding bell' sound, ethereal and distant......
Then a little starlight suddenly flew out of the grass and scattered all over the sky. Take a closer look at the summer curtain, it's a glowing firefly?!
How can there be glow fireflies this season? Will there be living creatures in the shrine? But under the soft night sky, the glowing fireflies flew so beautifully, like a dream, so beautiful that Xia Mu couldn't spare any extra thoughts to think about anything, just stayed in place, raised his head to look at them.
"I'm here." A voice rang out.
Not frightened by the sudden voice, but as if she had known that there was another person, Xia Mu naturally turned her head to follow the voice, and in the blurred darkness, she saw a figure standing in the shadow under the corridor, and only the silhouette was visible. It was a man's figure, but who was he......
didn't walk towards the figure, just picked up the Chang'an in his hand and put it to his mouth.
Hey? When Chang'an was in his hands, I can't remember. I took a breath evenly, and then slowly blew it out, and Chang'an actually sounded. In the silent night, the sound of the flute rises melodiously, crisp and soft, euphemistic and clear coexist. It's like a natural sound, pleasant! Moreover, while Chang'an was playing, the flute body also glowed with a soft and silver luster, which seemed to echo with the glowing fireflies flying in the sky.
A series of knocks sounded in the ears of the "tuk tuk tuk ......", which finally woke Xia Mu up, and opened her eyes in a daze, only to find that the sun had already entered the room and sprinkled on her bed. What! After doing it for a long time, I dreamed again. Alas! "I'm awake, don't knock again."
Xia Mu sat up very reluctantly, it was rare that he was as beautiful as a protagonist in his dream, but he was interrupted by such a life, and he was not in a good mood at all. When I opened the door, I saw a female cultivator about the same age as myself standing outside the door: "Who are you looking for?" ”
"Miss Xia, I am a disciple of Yingxue Peak, my name is Situ Mengyan. It's already hour, everyone has already eaten, and it's going to be morning class in a while. Senior Brother Mo Xuan asked me to call you to get up. ”
"Chenshi? What time is it? Xia Mu scratched the back of his head and asked shamelessly.
"Uh...... Everyone has already had breakfast. You're still ......," Situ Mengyan said.
"Oh, that's it, that's fine. Thank you, I'll be there in a moment. Natsumu narrowed his eyes and nodded. Oh yes! What's the morning class? Wouldn't it be another 'piece of' chanting? ”
Situ Mengyan held on to the door so that she didn't fall to the ground. A piece of!! Is she talking about Elder Yin? forcibly squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying: "In the morning, it was Elder Tan of Penglai Peak, and he took a herbal medicine class. ”
"Oh, got it, thank you. See you soon! Natsumu struggled to endure a yawn. This is the opposite of insomnia and waking up early.