That night, Po had another dream.

She dreamed of that morning, when she struggled to get up, and the ground was covered with frost, so cold that she couldn't stop shivering.

There are corpses everywhere. Lying beside her was her mother and father, who was holding her two-year-old sister in her arms, and her brother, who was less than four years old, in her arms.

A gray mist hung over the village for a long time. She sat in the middle of the pile of corpses, as if she had lost her soul, and felt that the whole person was light and fluttering, and a gust of wind could blow it away. It was as if she had died with her family, and all she was awake was a shell.

She didn't know how long she sat like this, until her whole body was stiff, numb, and unconscious, when she accidentally caught a glimpse of a figure standing in the middle of the forest in the distance, looking in her direction.

The fog was too heavy for her to discern the man's face, except vaguely to see his robes curling in the wind, like an ethereal cloud, tangled with his long ink-splashed black hair in her increasingly blurred vision.

Moments later, she fell back into the pile of corpses, completely unconscious.

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When she opened her eyes again, it was already the above three rods, and the dazzling sunlight shone directly on Po's face through the window, stinging her eyes sore, and she had to close her eyes again, until a few tears were squeezed out of the corners of her eyes.

Fanxiang Zhenren's medicine is still very effective, and after taking it for only one night, Ah Bao feels that the pain in his body is no longer so unbearable, but because he has been lying down for too long, he is a little weak and numb. She sat up with her hands on the bed, and felt the world spin around.

After a while, the dizziness gradually subsided, and was replaced by a flood of memories in the brain. She remembered the mountain of corpses in the valley yesterday, the ghost-like demon man, Wen Huang who obviously knew something but repeatedly wanted to speak, and Chu Zhaoran, who was seriously injured and unconscious, and two other disciples......

Fanxiang Zhenren is proficient in medical skills, and she has always been comfortable and calm in this regard, and she rarely shows such a dignified expression. As soon as he thought of this, Ah Bao's heart swelled with deep unease, and he didn't know whether it was a fire in his heart or a thorn in the bed board, and he couldn't lie on the bed for a few more moments.

Not only Chu Zhaoran's injury, but also too many other problems made her faintly feel that behind these things must be inextricably linked to the great change that happened in her hometown ten years ago.

Now that she has just recovered from her injury, although her body is no longer in as severe pain as yesterday, she still has some mobility difficulties. Ah Bao didn't bother to dress up, he simply wiped his face with cold water, hastily pulled his hair, put on a wide robe, and was anxious to rush to Fanxiang Zhenren's Dan room.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a figure standing in the backlight outside, with a jade figure, like a pine and a green. The man seemed to have been standing outside the door for so long that he didn't know that a few leaves had fallen on his shoulders and on the top of his head. Hearing the door open behind him, the man turned around.

"Senior sister sleeps well." Xiao Se's eyebrows were gentle, and he smiled. In fact, he had been waiting outside the door before the hour, and had stood for more than an hour by this hour, but he did not feel impatient or unhappy at all because he had waited too long.

Ah Bao was a little embarrassed to sort out his untidy clothes, and asked awkwardly, "Why is Senior Brother here?" ”

Although Xiao Se is not as proficient in sign language as Chu Zhaoran, he can also guess Ah Bao's meaning with his intelligence, and replied with a smile: "On the order of the master, take the junior sister to practice." ”

Ah Bao was stunned, and then remembered that on the night he won the competition, Gu Aweng had said that he wanted her to learn swordsmanship with Wufang Zhenren in the future. It's just that there is such a big thing happening now, and Wufang Zhenren only came back from the mountain yesterday, and all the mysteries are still clueless, and she has to start practicing in a hurry today, which makes her feel a little unacceptable for a while.

Xiao Se saw her hesitant expression, so he said: "Senior sister must have recognized her strength when she went down the mountain this time. There are more than 10 million cultivators in this world, there are people outside the world, there are heavens outside the sky, and we are just a drop in the ocean when we are in it. ”

He paused, although he still had a warm smile on his face, but the words changed, and there was a little more doubt in his tone: "With all due respect, it is really lucky that my senior sister missed the meeting this time." The competition relies on strength rather than luck, and the first game can still be caught off guard by winning others by surprise, but if the junior sister has not gone down the mountain, but stays on the mountain to participate in the subsequent competitions, with the younger sister's current vision and ability, it is impossible to stand out. ”

Ah Bao was speechless by him, and he only felt that although the person in front of him was smiling, he could say lightly what sounded like a knife to others, which made people embarrassed and unable to refute. At this moment, she realized that the fairy-like senior brother in front of her was actually a hidden smiling tiger, and that seemingly gentle smile made her feel a little creepy at the moment.

In desperation, she subconsciously glanced in the direction where the Dan Room was located.

Seeing this, Xiao Se said: "Fanxiang Zhenren has been in retreat yesterday and is doing his best to heal Senior Brother Chu and others. I think that on the day she left the customs, it was when Senior Brother Chu woke up. ”

At this point, the word "retreat" finally completely dispelled Po's thoughts.

The elders' retreat has always been forbidden, and with disciples guarding the outside, it is unrealistic to sneak in to take a look. If you are caught accidentally, you will either be sent to the precept hall to kneel or sent to the library to copy books, in short, you will not be free for a month.

"It's not necessarily a good thing to have more trust in the elders of your own sect." Xiao Se saw that she looked depressed, and added.

Po seemed to hear it, but it didn't seem to hear it, but he nodded weakly.

From the firewood house where Ah Bao lived, to the courtyard where Wufang Zhenren lived, he had to pass through the square in front of the main hall, where several high-level disciples were guiding the new disciples who had just started to cultivate their internal strength. At the entrance of the main hall, disciples were constantly coming in and out, reporting the progress of the task to the elders, or hurriedly preparing to go down the mountain after receiving a new task.

Everything is back to its usual orderly and undisturbed state, as if yesterday's events had never happened.

A passing disciple saw Xiao Se, first saluted him respectfully, and the next second saw Ah Bao following him, and said hello with a strange expression, and then whispered to other companions.

Regarding the thoughts of these people, Ah Bao can also guess a little.

In the half day that she and Wen Huang and the others were trapped in the spatial rift, half a month had passed on the mountain. In this month and a half, all the martial arts competitions have ended, and the eight disciples who represent Shangyao to participate in the sword trial conference have also been determined, and in general, they are all expected.

She was the only one who had set off a lot of waves in the first game, but in the end she was out of the game by being absent. This made people who were already skeptical of her victory in the competition with Zhong Caiwei more convinced, what she did was just grandstanding, in order to avoid losing too badly in the future, so she escaped before the second competition.

"You don't have to feel lost about it." Xiao Se walked in front and said without looking back, "People's hearts are like this, the vast majority of people always do not hesitate their malice when evaluating others. If you want to make a difference for them, you need more than just a simple win. ”

Po listened, but didn't respond.

In the past, she would have been troubled by this, but now her heart is filled with so many doubts and worries that these questions are completely unable to make the slightest wave in her heart.