Chapter 25: Afterword
It's winter again, and this is at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, when thousands of miles of ice are frozen and everything is dry. In a small valley at the foot of the mountain, there is no place where the cooking smoke curls and there is no one to live, and I really don't find such a house without looking carefully.
A young man in a cloth coat is holding a bowl of medicine and carefully feeding it to the person lying on the bed. The woman lying on the bed seemed to be intoxicated with sleep and didn't want to wake up at the moment, if it weren't for the faint breath that came and went, it was really like death.
The man's face was haggard, his face was full of stubble, but his expression was gentle, and he carefully sucked the medicine from clean cotton, and then slowly squeezed it out of the sleeping woman's lips, and slowly, bit by bit, a bowl of medicine took almost an hour to complete. But he was so careful from beginning to end, so gentle, as if he was doing something very important, day after year.
"Ling'er, it's been a year, and you've slept long enough! I have already inquired that the Tianshan Snow Lotus is about to bloom, I have asked Bai Yi and Nangong to guard there leisurely, I will also rush there tonight, no matter what method I use, I will definitely bring the Snow Lotus back. You must wait for me, wait for me! The man gently grasped the small white hand, which was almost transparent, placed it on his face, and rubbed it gently, his closed eyes were deeply hidden with regrettable affection, and slowly, tears dripped down the slender hand. His Ling'er has been sleeping for a year, this time he is only allowed to succeed and not to fail, even if he loses his life, he will get the Tianshan Snow Lotus. He put the woman's hand in the quilt, checked it again, covered her tightly, he will leave for a night, and tomorrow he will definitely bring back the Tianshan Snow Lotus.
In the dream, Ethereal returned to her childhood, when she was five years old, she hid from her father, ran to the valley to play, but accidentally got lost, and stayed in the valley for a night. Dad was looking for her like crazy outside, and when he found her, she was already dying. Now she still remembers how much her father's hands trembled at that time, she had never seen her wise and martial father so out of shape, he was always so calm, so omnipotent, but he was afraid of himself. At that time, she wanted to comfort him, but unfortunately she could not speak, and her eyelids became heavier and heavier, until she fell into darkness.
Later, she learned that in order to save her, her father gave her the 10,000-year-old blood lotus that had been stored for many years, in order to let her suppress the blood lotus and not burn her body, her father asked her to practice the burning heart, and asked her to restrain herself from anger. In order to allow her to survive safely, he arranged for a boy to follow her, and asked the boy to practice the cold ice decision that specifically restrained her internal strength, and created a set of gentleman's swordsmanship for her, he was afraid that outsiders would know that she had a 10,000-year-old blood lotus on her body, and he was afraid that she would be harmed, so he would not allow her to go out of the valley, and she would not be allowed to contact the outside world, so as to protect her properly. But by the day he died, she couldn't be by his side either.
Ethereal dreams that she has jumped off a cliff, she doesn't want to live alone anymore, she wants to be with everyone, even if she is dead. So after she had killed all of them, she jumped without hesitation. The 10,000-year-old blood lotus can be brought back to life, and people have the karmic fire of the red lotus that can burn everything, but that person will be counterattacked, and after entering the demon, he will never come back, and he will have to endure the pain of burning his heart day and night. When she jumped down, she had all her life's cultivation gone, she thought she was going to die, this body was no longer loveless, what was the use of preserving those cultivations? Unexpectedly, she was rescued. It's just that I can't wake up from then on, I can only stay in my dreams, keep walking in my dreams, but I can't get out.
That day, the red cloth fell off the cliff in the palm and suffered extremely serious internal injuries, if it were not for the peerless light skills of the white clothes to pull him down, it is estimated that he would have been crushed. Thinking about it later, Bai Yi didn't know why she would follow Red Yi so desperately, and at that time there was only one voice in her head, that is, she couldn't let him die, and she couldn't let him die no matter what. She spent all her strength to chase him down the cliff, and when he was about to fall to the bottom, she used Bai Ling, found the nearest tree, and hung him in this way, narrowly saving his life.
At that time, he was seriously injured and fell into a coma. Bai Yi looked at him, his thoughts were complicated, and he didn't know when he left traces in his heart, maybe when he was taken captive in front of the young master in Yixianglou, she was already attracted to him. No matter when, all she knew was that she couldn't let him die. She took out the pill from her body, quickly fed him it, and then used her skills to heal him. She didn't expect Nangong Youran to jump down with her, hey, that idiot.
In this way, they healed at the bottom of the valley, not knowing what was happening in the valley. They didn't know anything about what the ethereal spirit was doing, and they originally wanted to go up to help after saving the red clothes, but they didn't expect to find the same unconscious ethereal spirit on a big tree at the bottom of the valley. At that time, Bai Yi and Nangong Youran thought that she was knocked off the cliff by those people, and after saving her, the four of them found a small cave to hide, and after a few days, they let Nangong Youran go up to inquire about the news. Unexpectedly, Nangong came back leisurely and said that there was no one in the valley, all the people had disappeared, but they saw that there were scorched marks on the ground, and there was nothing else. He also helped bury Xiao Jing. Except for Xiao Jing's corpse, none of the other corpses were seen, not even bloodstains. This matter is indeed too strange, there was no one else except the ethereal presence that day, and now that neither of them has come to their senses, it seems that they can only wait for them to wake up and ask.
Hongyi suffered internal injuries, but fortunately did not hurt his heart and lungs, and after half a year of rest, he has recovered eight points. But Ethereal wasn't so lucky, she didn't get any better, and there was no reaction other than the vague heartbeat. The red clothes looked at the sleeping man, and his heart was like a knife. He vaguely remembered that the valley lord had said that once the ethereal spirit entered the demon and was counterattacked, there was no other way in this world except for the Tianshan Snow Lotus to save her life. But the snow lotus of the Tianshan Mountains is rare in a thousand years, if you can't find it, then ...... He didn't dare to think about it anymore, he would definitely find it, at any cost. So, a few of them came to the foot of the Tianshan Mountain, built a home there, and in order to find the traces of the snow lotus in the Tianshan Mountain, the red clothes walked almost every corner of the Tianshan Mountain. It was also from an old man's mouth that he learned a little clue, and after several lives and deaths, he found the location of the Tianshan Snow Lotus.
In the past year, Nangong's leisurely infatuation has been exchanged for a response from Baiyi, and the two have married a month ago, which can be regarded as a great joy. As long as the ethereal spirit can wake up, a few of them can live a fairy-like life outside of this red dust. So this time, no matter what, several of them must bring back the Tianshan Snow Lotus.
The emperor lived up to his wishes, although it was a lot of hardships and nine deaths, but the Tianshan Snow Lotus was finally in hand. When Hongyi held the holy and flawless snow lotus with trembling hands, his tears flowed involuntarily. Ling'er, saved!
After the ethereal spirit drank the Tianshan Snow Lotus, Hongyi stayed by the bed for a day and a night, his eyes were full of hope, hoping that the person on the bed could open his eyes, call him again, smile at him again, or say to him again, "Boring!" In short, no matter what the situation, it is better than lying in bed without a sound now.
The hand of the person on the bed moved slightly, although the movement was very light, but it made the red clothes guarding the bed ecstatic. He held the hand tightly and whispered her name in her ear, "Ling'er!" Ling'er! Wake up! Ling'er, wake up! ”
In her dream, Ethereal heard someone calling her name. Who is it? Who's calling her? It sounds so painful, so tear-jerking! Why does her heart hurt so much?
"Ling'er!"
"Daddy? Dad, is that you? Ethereal shouted loudly.
"Go back, Ling'er! Live well! Again, the voice was heard, just much farther away than the last time.
"Dad, Ling'er misses you so much! You come out to see Ling'er, Dad! ”
"Go back, go back, go back to him! Go ahead! ”
"Daddy!" The ethereal spirit on the bed suddenly cried out, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the emaciated man in front of the bed.
"Ling'er, you're really awake!" Hongyi's voice trembled a little, afraid of scaring the person in front of him, he was even more afraid that this was his hallucination, reached out and touched the ethereal face, and found that his face was wet, he was in a hurry, wiping the tears on her face with his fingers, but he couldn't finish wiping it.
The two figures standing at the door, looking at everything inside, looked at each other and smiled, and quietly walked away.
It is rumored that the rivers and lakes have seen the appearance of the Red Devil Sword at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and some people say that they have seen the people who have seen the empty valley, and some people say that they have seen the rumored dead Nangong Youran, and some people still want to find people in the empty valley to come out and preside over the overall situation.