Chapter 32: Awakening
"Uh————!"
It was like having a nightmare, but I couldn't remember what I was dreaming about. Xia Fanxing sat up from the bed suddenly. His eyes darkened, and he gasped for air. It took a long time to rub my eyes before I could see what was in front of me.
"Wake up, drink this. ”
Xia Fanxing took a wet hand towel in a daze and wiped the cold sweat off his neck. A feeling of weakness immediately enveloped his whole body. Xia Fanxing blinked, finally came back to his senses, turned his head to look, and saw Senior Sister Hou sitting on the edge of her bed with a food table on her lap. There was a steaming bowl of soup on top, and a few leaves of herbs floated on it.
He slowly put the table on himself and moved the spoon, but he felt no appetite.
The face, which was originally quite handsome, was now full of paleness. This paleness can be experienced by oneself. In fact, anyone who sees it will be shocked.
"Let's drink some water first. Seeing him like this, Hou Ying thoughtfully handed him a cup of tea brewed next to the bed.
"I... I slept for two days?" gulped down the warm tea in his cup. This is still Hou Ying's own kind of tea, but now that I drink it, the taste is much better than before.
"Hmm. Everything is already fine, nothing more. The situation in the sect has also stabilized temporarily. Don't worry. ”
Xia Fanxing hung his head, feeling a little lost for some reason. He shook the spoon, but he felt a tumbling in his stomach, and there was not the slightest aura in his body that could gather. He sighed deeply.
Senior Sister's warm plain hand pressed his right hand and said with a smile, "You won't even have the strength to drink soup, do you want me to feed you?"
Xia Fanxing smiled awkwardly, but he really had no appetite, and responded casually, "Yes, I'm still tired." Okay?"
As soon as the words came out, he felt that something was wrong. However, Hou Ying had already snatched the spoon from his hand and sat on his lap, the expression on his face seemed to be holding back a smile, and said, "Open your mouth!"
"Huh?" he was really surprised, this is too inconsistent with Hou Ying's character... And Hou Ying had already scooped up a spoonful of hot soup, and when he opened his mouth, she gently put the spoon into his mouth. Xia Fanxing had no choice but to lean his head forward and drink the spoonful of soup into his stomach.
"It's delicious... What kind of herbs is this black chicken soup? Is it the tonic that the Pan Tao Daoist prepared for me?"
"Hmm, is it really as good as you say? I'll try it. After listening to his words, Hou Ying showed a slightly surprised expression, and also filled half a spoonful with a spoon, and sent it directly to his mouth.
"Division... Senior sister, this, this can't be done by you, right?" Xia Fanxing was stunned for half a second after seeing her very straightforward action, and then asked hesitantly.
"Not long ago, you woke up when you were ready to bring it here. I didn't try it myself. Why, I can't do this?"
Hou Ying nodded with satisfaction, and said, "It's just that I haven't done it for too long." And these flavors of Yuanshou Mountain spiritual herbs don't know how to cook in. But... I didn't expect it to taste pretty good. ”
Xia Fanxing smiled. The hot soup seemed to activate his stomach and intestines at once, and the hunger pang followed. hurriedly praised a few words of senior sister's ability. She's too good today. Xia Fanxing thought that he also knew the reason for Hou Ying's attitude, and even thought that she must have stayed by his bedside all the time in the past two days. This is Hou Ying, like her master, who values love and righteousness.
It's a rare opportunity. It's just that this bowl of spiritual soup from Hou Ying's hand lacks some food that can satisfy the stomach. He frowned, moved his legs, showed an uncomfortable expression, and said to Hou Ying, "This is black chicken soup... Uh, senior sister, that, just ask, where is that chicken?"
"Hungry?" she said faintly, reaching out to hold his restless legs under the covers.
"Uh-huh! I don't know what's wrong, there's no way to gather spirits. So it's inevitable that there will be some ......"
"It's up to you. The three medicinal leaves that Pan Tao asked me to put inside, the effect is to keep your dantian, as well as the liver, spleen, kidney, and stomach in contraction, so as not to absorb some residual Gu poison. The rest of the Gu poison must be slowly expelled by your body. If you eat something and make your stomach and intestines active again, it is very likely that you will absorb the residual Gu poison into various organs again. ”
"It's good to be able to make you drink soup, at least it saves you a lot of trouble in your stomach. For the next few days, you'll only have to drink the chicken soup I made, but there will be no chicken. Hou Ying showed a playful smile, "Wronged!"
Xia Fanxing smiled bitterly, so he had to say, "No, no, if you can drink the soup made by Senior Sister, how can there be any reason for grievances!"
"And you won't be able to gather spirits for the next few days. In other words, you are an ordinary mortal these days. You have to endure the trouble of eating and drinking Lazar every day for mortals. After two days, the Taoist friends of Yuanshou Mountain will come to check your body again. Xia Fanxing's face couldn't help but darken, it was really depressing!
There was a knock on the door, and the bedroom door was pushed open. The morning sun is shining brightly into the house.
Hou Ying immediately got up from the bed and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the visitor who was closing the door.
"Sister Hou, I, I'll stay here for a while. ”
"Are you...... Liu, Liu Se?" Xia Fanxing saw the girl in black standing by the door, carrying a spirit sword on her back, and she was at a loss. After seeing her face clearly, I couldn't help but say in surprise.
A slender figure in a black dress and a black skirt is the fifth disciple of the younger generation of the Yin Sha Sect, Liu Se.
The last time I saw her, it was in the Yin Evil Sect, when I was walking with Shang Meng. And Liu Se left the deepest impression on him than the good show she had with Shang Meng in the boudoir that day. At that time, Hou Ying was also there, and under the instigation of Ji Yanliu, Xia Fanxing saw the way of female and female double cultivation for the first time, and she couldn't see it boiling.
And while he was sleeping, Hou Ying and Liu Se seemed to have met. She pulled Lyusee to the side of the chair and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xia Fanxing looked at Liu Se, who was cramped and uneasy beside Hou Ying, her pretty face was flushed, and her expression was very embarrassed and bitter. He understood what was going on. At that time, when she was in the Yin Sha Sect, she was also more resistant to him. Perhaps it was the deep-rooted prejudice against men, so that after two days, she still couldn't adapt to life in the Tu Feng Sect.
It's just that... Looking at the shy appearance of her sitting on the side now, it seems that she has been wronged by something. The unrestrainedness of the monk Meng with her in bed is really like two people.
Liu Se saw Xia Fanxing lying on the bed, and subconsciously moved to the other side. "It's okay, you know each other. Stars, I forgot to tell you just now. ”
While comforting Liu Se, Hou Ying told him about the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven and the disciples sent by various sects. As everyone knows, after the conversation with Xuan Neng and the battle of annihilation, Xia Fanxing had already guessed all this.
"I know it's him with you... That's why I came to you. Well, anyway, Little Smoke Willow still trusts him. I don't particularly hate him......" Liu Se said hesitantly, glancing at Xia Fanxing.
After all, this is not in the Yin Sha Sect. Xia Fanxing thought of it, smiled kindly, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Is someone bullying you?"
When the female disciples of the Yin Sha Sect come to the sect, they will definitely make every male disciple's eyes shine. Among the twenty-four disciples, there are a few who are more virtuous and smelly. Xia Fanxing thought of the sixth senior brother Ouyang Ren and the twelfth ranked junior brother Lin Jianyang, the two of them had very high cultivation talents, but they were notoriously unscrupulous. So like Ouyang Ren and others, maybe they won't be able to control it all of a sudden......
"It's okay, you tell me. If any of the six generations of disciples of my sect dares to bully the girl of your Yin Sha Sect, I will reason with him!" Hou Ying also said.
"Not your disciples. It's that, a few sword-taking disciples of the East Liuli Palace. Didn't you let the head of Xinheng take us to visit Lingshan and get familiar with the environment in the past two days? It's just a few guys from the East Palace, and along the way, their eyes have been staring at me and a few of my junior sisters. Everywhere you go, you feel like you're staring at your eyes, and it's the same when you go back to your accommodation. Elder Zheng asked us not to have any contradictions with the East Palace. I really didn't want to go with me this morning, so I shirked the practice and didn't go over. And then... I was so anxious that I didn't know where to go. I'm coming to you. ”
"Everyone else is fine, even the demon clan disciples of the Hong Demon Sect are also safe. Those few Donggong disciples are really ......"
Xia Fanxing couldn't help but laugh, and hurriedly put the quilt on his face. It's not a big deal. It is nothing more than that the disciples of the East Glass Palace are arrogant and rude. In fact, he just glanced at a few of them, and in his opinion, it was really a big deal, and he didn't care where to go.
But after all, many of her juniors and sisters were in contact with the outside world for the first time, and they were with so many men. It's understandable to feel bored. But now that the alliance has been formed, these complexes will have to be overcome sooner or later. Give them some more time.
When Hou Ying heard this, she didn't know what to say, so she could only squeeze out a comforting smile and say, "It's okay." They can't do anything about it, right? After a while, you'll get used to it. ”
Lyusee hung her head and nodded nonchalantly. Indeed, it is not easy to imagine that it is not easy to change such a long-ingrained stereotype in such a short period of time.
"Do you want tea?"
Hou Ying made a cup of tea for her, the two girls chatted casually, and Xia Fanxing was embarrassed to be put aside, so she had to drink chicken soup. Lyuse's chatterbox gradually opened. She talked about the days in the Tu Feng Sect in the past two days, said that the scenery was still magnificent, the Twelve Spirit Mountains, the amiable Heart Heng Dao people, and how the sisters of their Yin Sha Sect looked at men unpleasantly...... He also said a lot about the battle two days ago that shook the sect realm and wiped out the array. When he participated in the mourning that night, the heart-warming oath and decision of the people of Zhaodao were shocking. Xia Fanxing listened more and more seriously.
Finally, I talked about the Yin Sha Sect.
"Elder Li... I don't know why he didn't come. After all, he was the first to come to support during the war. ”
"We didn't have a lot of people. The five generations of disciples all thought it was a chore, and only Elder Zheng himself asked to lead the team. Among our six generations of disciples, in fact, the second senior sister is also a sword cultivator, but thinking of dealing with so many men, she resolutely refused to come. Mmmm, I'm actually very brave......"
"Other sects usually send five or six, but we only have four. Originally, my swordsmanship attainments were actually not good, but I was the highest among the several sword cultivators. How to say it... I always feel that our sect has finally gone out of the mountain to participate in this kind of thing, but we don't have much hope. With the four of us, how could we help the sect get the ancient sword......
"Eh, that, Yoo Michiyu. Taking advantage of the gap between their tea, Xia Fanxing hurriedly put down the spoon and asked, "Is there a friend I know?"
"Smoke willow? She's not a sword cultivator. Why are you here to join in the fun? Lyusee glanced at him and replied.
"Uh-huh...... Uh, that, and ......" Xia Fanxing twisted and pinched, in fact, Ji Yanliu would definitely not come, he knew. He wanted to know the news of another girl, but the name couldn't be twisted, and could only hint at her. It's weird, it's a feeling.
However, he soon realized that Liu Se was Shang Meng's junior sister.
"Senior Sister Shang?......" Liu Se stared at him, suddenly thinking of her. His expression became strange, as if he was hesitating about something. Finally, he sighed deeply.
"Is it your third senior sister? What's wrong with her?" Hou Ying felt strange, she didn't know what Xia Fanxing was doing in the black prison of the Yin Demon Sect, and asked suspiciously.
"After you left, I didn't see the third senior sister in the sect again. Lyusee hesitated, but decided to speak.
Xia Fanxing's heart tightened, but his expression was well controlled, and he asked suspiciously, "Is this ......?"
Half a month later, Hua Xianshi seemed to have disappeared. Before I left the sect, I didn't see the two of them or even one of them. It's been almost two months now. Yanliu seems to know something, and she has been led by Elder Li recently. I don't know what's going on. Lyusel sighed.
A great uneasiness enveloped Xia Fanxing. What kind of calculation is Hua Rongyu making? Through Shang Meng, he was matched with Ji Yanliu, and now he has disappeared out of thin air with her for two months? He feels that he really can't understand it, and his brain is not enough.
"Why do you care about her?" Liu Se glared at Xia Fanxing, who was full of incredulity. At that time, the matter between him and Shang Meng was known to the entire Yin Demon Sect, and from that time on, Shang Meng disappeared from their sight. Lyusel also had a hint of suspicion. You know, how good the relationship between the third senior sister and her is. Like such an excellent double cultivation partner, the same sister, she naturally felt sad and worried when she disappeared after Xia Fanxing left.
He felt a pang of weakness. Xia Fanxing always felt that this strange thing had nothing to do with him! He could only shake his head and bow his head. Only Hou Ying, who didn't know why, looked at the two strangely.
What is Hua Rongyu calculating?
At this moment, the bedroom door was kicked open again.
"Senior Brother Xia. ”
As soon as this voice sounded, Xia Fanxing and Hou Ying knew who was coming. Hou Ying stood up with some anger and said to him, "Can't you knock on the door before you come in?"
Wang Yunming, whose face was extremely weak, smiled helplessly and stretched out his two hands. His hands were wrapped in two white cloths from his forearms, and he said lightly, "The sword vein is injured, and I don't know why I have to heal from my hands." I had no choice but to kick in. I'm sorry for the offense. ”
"This is, Liu Se Daoist of the Yin Demon Sect. I didn't expect to see you here. I'll just come and deliver a message to the Sect Master, and then I'll leave. ”
Lyuse's sight of this ugly face, although it was not the first time it had seen it, it was the first time it had been so close. For some reason, she didn't show strong resistance. On the contrary, Wang Yunming's politeness reduced the discomfort in her heart. She hurriedly replied, twisting her head to the side. I didn't have the same discomfort as when I faced other men.
"Tea no!"
Hou Ying couldn't say anything when she saw Wang Yunming like this. Pointing to a pot of tea on the small table at the bedside, he glanced at him and asked.
Wang Yunming stretched out his immobile hands forward, shook his head with a wry smile. A serious look immediately appeared on his pale face, and he said, "This matter, the two of you must take it seriously. ”
"Senior Sister Hou, you have been selected to enter the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven in the near future, I believe you have no doubts. The remaining disciples who were selected were the third Mingshen, the fourth Zhang Han, the fifth He Qiongjiu, and the next. There is still a position left, and the sect cannot make a decision for the time being. After the stars broke through the foundation building period in the secret realm of Yongmei, their strength has made great progress. Senior Brother Ouyang's cultivation is close to the middle stage of foundation building, but the foundation building grade is low, while the seventh junior brother Qin Liang's cultivation is on par with Senior Brother Xia's strength. ”
"Originally, at the next meeting of the six generations, the three of you will be able to distinguish the superior and re-set the seats. However, there is no such time anymore. The Sect Master and the elders can't choose the last one among the three of you sword cultivators. Then, the three of you will participate in the next events such as the alliance talks. After a period of observation, the final participant will be selected from among you. ”
Xia Fanxing was stunned. It didn't take long for him to start learning swords. And the seventh senior brother and the sixth senior brother are both sword cultivators who have been practicing swords since the condensation period. At least in terms of strength on paper, Xiuwei is also stronger than himself. Why......
However, he soon got the answer in his heart. There must be a Xuanneng Immortal Master in this. For him, he must have hoped that he would be in the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven. I have to say that when he thinks about this layer, he has some gratitude.
Xuan Neng has done so much, maybe he really wants to train him.
In Xia Fanxing's heart, it is not that he does not want to participate in such a rare opportunity to experience. Even in his opinion, compared to those wealthy families of the Nine Lotus Sect's Soul Suppression Sect, it was almost impossible for a monk who had not been in the foundation building for a long time to win that ancient sword. However, that didn't stop him from eagerly wanting to take part in the training.
It's just that... There is one thing that can be in conflict. Before leaving the Yin Sha Sect, Hua Rongyu mentioned the Winter Solstice Tang Martial Arts. She said she would arrange for Ji Yanliu to meet him before the winter solstice. Moreover, in the interaction with Qin Blind and others, it seems that this Tang Dynasty Martial Arts Association has a very deep connection with Qin Daxia's past and old friends.
"Senior brother, do you know the specific opening time of this Ancient Sword Cave Heaven?"
"It should be two or three months away. No one can say exactly when. During that time, the ancient sword sword mound may sacrifice a new divine sword at any time, and we all have to wait in the Lingnan wilderness. No one will be able to know when it will be turned on until the day it is opened. ”
Oh no, isn't it possible that the times will overlap, and it's very likely that they will overlap. Xia Fanxing's secret path is not good. After hesitating for a moment, I also made up my mind.
If there really is a lot of overlap with the martial arts time, then... Xia Fanxing will give up this opportunity and let the other two senior brothers participate.
Anyway. After listening to Lyuse's words, this feeling of his was even stronger. Xia Fanxing will not let his girl down. Xia Fanxing knew that after he left Liyang, Ji Yanliu continued to follow Li Wan and others to stay in the tiger's den in Longtan, and paid a lot. Moreover, there is an agreed plan between them. didn't tell Li Wan and the others, it was completely a secret between the two of them. For this plan, she stayed in Liyang until a few days ago, and did not return.
Therefore, he knew how much Ji Yanliu had paid to help him. He won't let her down.
"I see. ”
"Tonight, the alliance took the kendo for talks. Each sect had Daozi from forty years ago come to listen to their experience of taking swords from the last Dongtian. ”