In the next few days, the summer curtain passed very dullly, perhaps thinking day and night, and dreaming of the scene in the shrine of the Holy Maiden several times, and also meeting the man standing under the porch in the dream, but every time it seemed to be to see the other party's face clearly, the dream would always wake up, and the cycle repeatedly.

Until this day, I learned that Situ Lan finally came out of retreat. But Xia Mu didn't need to ask him anything anymore, everything he wanted to know about was similar to Situ Xuan's before. As for where the body of the saint - Situ Wankong went in the end, whether she was dead or alive, it is unknown, he also said that no one was present when Situ Wankong disappeared, so it was destined to be a puzzle.

This night, Xia Mu still lay in his bed as usual, and today during the day, he took the class of the 'piece of' old man again, and he didn't hold it up, and finally fell asleep in class. But this time, the old man Yin didn't hit himself with a brush again, but chose to ignore it directly, probably thinking that she was hopeless as a student. So now, Summer Curtain is not sleepy again. Alas! There is no entertainment, it's really boring. I couldn't sleep, the colder it gets, so I just got up and ran to the front hall to dance, but I used to be a singing and dancing player, and I also participated in the competition, although I lost.

A person danced like a fool for a long time, and finally felt a little hot, this morning just had a first snow, it was cold, but fortunately, the summer curtain is perennial as long as the demeanor can't control the temperature, and it has also been over the years to make her very cold. Turned back to the house, made himself hot tea, held the chair in the palm of his hand and watched the moonlight on the door frame. It's strange to say, Xia Mu always thinks that he has made a mistake in the day, or if his brain is confused. It seems that in the sky between the moon buds and clouds, no matter whether the weather is sunny or snowy, there is always the moon bud hanging every night, and it is only a new moon.

Chang'an couldn't blow a sound, everything was quiet, and Xia Curtain was so bored that he unconsciously hummed a small tune:

"Whose clear flute is getting farther and farther away

How many years have passed

Who's singing the broken silk strings

Startled the west wind and cold building

Who has a moth eyebrow and a sleeve dance

Who is comparable to the sword at the end of the world

Whoever has been in the past and the present has lingered several times

The flowering period is fading away

The year was broken

It's better to forget about the world

Tonight, there is no wind, no moon, and the stars are hanging in the sky

Listen to the sound of the flute

Look at it, but the flowers are gone

See you soon

Fang knows that the floating life is not endless

……”

The tea in the cup had gradually cooled, and even though he was wearing a cloak, he could still feel the chill in the snow, and Xia Mu brushed his long hair, sighed silently, and closed the door and returned to the bedroom. After a few more rolls, I finally fell asleep.

Everything was as quiet as a vacuum, except for the little moonlight in the sky outside the window, which was completely insignificant. However, in the corner of the bedroom, there was a person standing, and when he confirmed that Xia Mu had fallen asleep, he finally came out of the shadows and came to her bedside, just standing with his hands in his hands and not moving, quietly looking at the sleeping woman on the bed.

This person is none other than the master of the Moon Bud Cloud Sect - Situ Lan.

Situ Lan even controlled the sound of breathing very well, and did not make any sound, his eyes were originally as light as glass, but at the moment they were deep and terrifying, as deep as the abyss. His face was still expressionless, and it was impossible to guess what he was thinking, but the hand in the sleeve behind him was clenched into a fist, and the bones were clearly white, and it seemed that it would take a lot of effort to restrain himself from doing something out of the ordinary.

Finally, he mustered up the courage to reach out and touch the sleeping man, but in the end, reaching into the air, he still retracted it, turned around fiercely, and disappeared in place......

"Miss Xia, didn't you rest last night, okay?" Situ Moxuan looked at Xia Mu yawning on the left and yawning on the right, and asked.

"Well, I've been dreaming all night." Xia Mu rubbed his eyes and said in a muffled voice.

"Hehe, it sounds like Miss Xia has a lot of thoughts."

"Is that so? My friends have always said that I am a person who uses my brain to set things up but never thinks about things, and this is the first time someone has said that I think a lot, haha. Xia Mu smiled, but remembered Ye Xiaofei.

"Miss Xia is an interesting person, and your friends are probably as interesting as you." Situ Moxuan said. "By the way, in three days, I will go down the mountain to practice for a month, and then I will rush back for the New Year."

"Huh? You're going down the mountain. It's also oh, counting it, there is still a month to go before the New Year. ”

"Yes, Mu Xiufeng's Disaster Elimination Pavilion will receive different petitions from all over the world to eliminate disasters, and they will take turns arranging monks who have or will have the ability to eliminate evil spirits in order to deal with it, no, this time it's our turn." Situ Moxuan patiently explained: "If it goes well, it shouldn't take more than a month to rush back for the New Year in advance." ”

"We? Who else but you? ”

"I'll pick two more of my siblings to help me."

"Oh, I see." Xia Mu held her chin, in fact, she also wanted to go down the mountain to see, after all, it has been ten days here, and she is doing the same thing over and over again every day, and there is really nothing fun on the mountain. Although it is not like the school of pure cultivation and bitter meditation in the Garan temple, it is not much better, there are many rules, and the people are indifferent. I don't belong to this world in the first place, and I don't have a common worldview with everyone, so it's really not easy to fit in. The main thing is that Xia Mu feels that he doesn't know when he may be leaving, so he doesn't want to take the initiative to get too close to anyone, if he is destined to separate, why bother to be enthusiastic about his heart, and then be sad!

In the evening, on the way back to the guest house, a person lowered his head and kicked the small stone on the side of the road as he walked, until the small stone rolled to a pair of snow-white boots not far away, and Xia Mu raised his eyes along the boots and looked up: "Situ Lan? Are you out? Belch...... I mean, your retreat is over. ”

"Yes." He's still so indifferent, just one word.

"Then you come...... Patrol the mountains? ”

"You're not happy?" Situ Lan did not answer the rhetorical question.

"Huh? No, why should I be upset. Xia Mu looked confused, although there was really nothing to be happy about.

"No energy."

"Hehe, maybe, I haven't slept well lately, and I'm always dreaming." Xia Mu smiled and covered it. "What about you? What do you do in retreat? ”

"Practice, meditate."

"You still have to meditate?!" If you meditate, you will probably be no different from a dead person! Xia Mu muttered in his heart.

"......" Situ Lan.

"Situ Lan, when do you think I can go back? I've tried the cultivation you said, but I'm the same material at all, I didn't like reading since I was a child, and now I still want to study, it's really too difficult for me. The key is that this kind of thing should also be gradual, there is no quick fix. A lot of the cultivation on your side should have started since childhood, and the practice was all child's skill, and you said that I was at this age, and I started from scratch with them. Alas! Xia Mu approached him, lowered his head and coiled the pebble in front of him back to him with his feet, kicking in circles little by little. Besides, I don't know how far I have to cultivate, do I have to be like you? As far as I know, that's not possible in a lifetime. ”

"How are you doing?"

"I don't know, I just don't know what I'm going to do. So, a little bit...... Sad, I want to go back, I really want to. It's really boring to stay on this mountain every day, and as long as I think about how long I will have to live like this in the future, I feel that life is hopeless. Xia Mu didn't know why, in front of others, she could be casual, but in front of Situ Lan, she didn't want to pretend, not at all.

"You want to go down?"

"What's the use of wanting to go down the mountain, I don't know anything about you, I haven't figured out anything about things on the mountain, and I don't know anything about things down the mountain. I heard Mo Xuan say that they were going down the mountain in three days to take over the task of subduing demons and eliminating demons, right? Actually, I want to go too, but what can I do if I go? Slowing down? I can't do anything, I can't do anything, I can't even blow it. As he spoke, he raised Chang'an in his hand in front of Situ Lan.

"It's going to blow." This can probably be regarded as Situ Lan's comfort.

"Really? I heard it in my dream, and it sounded good. Xia Mu smiled helplessly.

"Let's go down the mountain too."

"Hmm." Xia Mu nodded. "Huh? What did you say? "React.

"I'll take you down the mountain."

"You're taking me down the mountain?" Muttered repeatedly. "Really! Are you going down the mountain too? Can I be together? You're so good, even if I drag my feet, you can pull me back, right? Natsumu jumped up happily.

“…… Be. ”

"Ahh That's great! That's great! "I was so excited that I went around in circles." When are we going down the mountain and what am I going to prepare? No, I don't have anything, what are I going to prepare? Well, that, that, does it cost money to go down the mountain, but I don't have any money from your side! "It's a real thing to worry about not having money.

"I have."

"I know you have, but I don't. Forget it, you can borrow me first, and I will pay you back when I make money. I started to learn to make a living on my own when I was in junior high school, and I still don't believe it, and when I come to you, I can starve to death, huh! Xia Mu nodded confidently, and his fist clenched to cheer himself up.

“…… Good. We'll leave tomorrow. Situ Lan said lightly.

"Good! Belch...... Tomorrow? But Mo Xuan said that they would leave in three days? Xia Mu tilted his head and wondered, wouldn't he go all the way with them?

"You're going to be with them?"

Xia Mu felt that this question was not easy to answer, and she really felt that she should be with a few of them. But Situ Lan asked like this, he definitely didn't have this plan, and if he thought about it carefully, he was an elder, the master of the door, and the boss, how could he act with a group of children. "Nope! I still think it's safer to be with you, don't I? You're better than all of them combined. ”

Situ Lan didn't speak again, but turned around and left first with an expressionless face, but Xia Mu just felt that the man was suddenly happy for some reason.