At one o'clock in the middle of the night, the wind outside the teahouse whined, rubbing hysterically through the gap between the window and the door, as if some strange instrument had been played by an unknown person, and every melody in it could be heard in a low voice.

If it were in normal times, the guests would have been gone, and even those who came to listen to my stories at night would have left a long time ago.

Today is February 25th, just a week after the Spring Festival, 365 days a year, the closing time of the tea house has always been very different, but today is different, today I have to be alone and wait for that person to arrive, I know that he will come before dawn.

The cold winter is not over yet, the cold air is still permeating this small town, I wrapped in a thick coat still can't dispel the chill that wants to cover up, in order to fight this long night, I have to make warm tea, drink cup by cup.

Maybe it's because it's too cold, or maybe it's because the night is too long, drinking tea is supposed to be refreshing, but I doze off unconsciously.

Squeak, the door of the teahouse was opened suddenly, and the cold wind stabbed in like a sharp knife, waking me up from my half-sleep, I rubbed my sleepy eyes, and found three figures standing at the door of my teashop, like three crystal clear ice sculptures in the moonlight.

Standing in the center is a man with long hair, his image is really weird, his hair is gray, but there is no wrinkle on his face, so you don't know whether he is old or young, his deep eyes reflect the condensation of time, and his sunken eye sockets seem to hide countless unknown secrets. He was wearing a fashionable Tang costume, and with that long hair, he really looked like a person who had traveled from ancient times.

If you think this man is strange enough, then you really underestimate them, and the other two people around this man are really strange if you look at them from the eyes of ordinary people.

The man was now supported by two young women, both of them were so beautiful and beautiful, both with thick eye shadow, long eyelashes, heavy fat powder, and bright red on their lips, although similar but different, one of them wore a white velvet coat and combed her long charming hair, but there was an extra white tail behind her, and the other was wearing a tight leopard print coat with a small black leather skirt, but there was a pair of small cat ears on top of her short golden hair.

That's right, they are all sultry goblins, one is a fox demon and the other is a cat demon.

"Young Master Liu."

"Young Master Liu."

The two of them greeted me seductively to relieve the chilly atmosphere.

You must think that the sudden appearance of two goblins in my teahouse on such a night must not be a good sign, but in my heart, it is not the case, these two goblins are not profound, and more importantly, it is not the first time I have met them, I know that these three people actually have an important matter to find me, and this matter is actually difficult for me to escape.

"Liu Quan......" The man looked around the tea house and finally spoke, his voice was so vicissitudes, and there were traces of time between the tone and the frustration. I'm sorry I'm a little late, it's all because the Hades Mansion has been intensively expanding over the years, and the Huangquan Road has been built longer and longer, old man, I really can't go fast. ”

Although I was yawning, I still had to quickly admit it. "Teacher Pu, don't say that, you actually came to me to help me, how dare I blame you."

The teacher Pu in my mouth listened to what I said, and nodded kindly, in fact, he himself said that he was an old man, which could not be regarded as completely accurate, after all, looking at his appearance, he was still very "in his prime".

"Liu Quan, you really can speak, which is also in line with the identity of us psychic." The man slowly approached me. "When we walk between these three realms, we really need to be exquisite on all sides."

"Teacher, don't say anything polite, sit down and have some tea." As I spoke, I gestured to the seat in front of me that had been prepared for him, with a thick blanket on it.

Two beautiful yokai walked slowly over with the man in their arms. "Yes, I didn't expect the world to be so cold now, I really should have a cup of tea to warm up, so we can talk and talk."

As soon as he finished speaking, he made a face at the fox demon on his left. "Pine ......"

The little demon was meticulous and quick, and immediately picked up the cinnabar pot in front of me, and then walked swiftly to the pool, and poured out all the tea I had brewed. I'm not angry, because I know that the teacher Pu in front of me only drinks the tea he brought, and he has always had this strange habit all these years.

Sure enough, after a while, the fox demon named Song'er took out a small tea bag from the velvet coat, tore it gently, and then sprinkled a few small pieces of tea leaves in my cinnabar pot.

"Ling'er ......"

The man whispered again, and the feisty cat demon began to walk up behind him and rub the man's back with her slender fingers.

"Liu Quan, in fact, logically speaking, you are a psychic in the world, and I shouldn't ask about many things." As the man spoke, he had already picked up the teacup and tasted it to himself. "But, after all, you're still too young, I'm afraid you'll take a detour."

"Of course I know this, otherwise I wouldn't have waited for the teacher to come."

"Well......" the man pulled a long note, then looked at me with a smile. Then let's do what we have to do, and tell me all the things you've encountered in the past few years. ”

There is a reason for choosing such a late-night conversation, because the world is only so quiet at this moment, so quiet that I can even hear the sound of tea leaves fluttering in the water, and in such a silent world, I can tell him more details about the strange things I encountered.

The story I tell him is essentially the same as the story I tell you, but the world he hears is not exactly the same as everyone else, because he is a person who has a deep understanding of the world like me, and I will have a harder time telling it, not as relaxed as usual, for fear that something will be wrong and not satisfy him.

Before I knew it, two hours had passed.

"Liu Quan, the times are different, the stories are naturally different, people are progressing, and these gods, demons, and demons are naturally changing, and the stories about them are naturally becoming more and more exciting." When the man heard my story, he smiled with satisfaction. "From this point of view, although you have only been working for ten years, you can already say that you have surpassed me."

I don't know if he's really complimenting me, or if he's just being polite, but for me, a compliment doesn't really mean anything, because I've been depressed in my heart all these years.

"Actually...... Teacher, a lot of times I struggle with ......"

The man still maintained that kind smile, and there was no tiredness on his face. "I know, I can see it in your eyes, so let me guess your distress."

I breathed a sigh of relief and looked at him with longing eyes.

He tapped his hand lightly on the tabletop, making a rhythmic vibration. "Old man, guess you sometimes feel like you're going numb."

He really said what was on my mind, and I nodded quickly. "At the beginning, it was still very fresh, but as I experienced more and more at any time, I felt that these things became boring, what kind of demons and monsters, in fact, they are just animals with seven emotions and six desires just like people."

"You're not wrong, but I don't think that's why you're really tired."

"I ...... I feel like I'm a powerless bystander a lot of times, watching tragedy after tragedy happen and there's nothing I can do about it. ”

The man suddenly became serious, and although he still smiled warmly, he could see that he was thinking about it seriously. "Actually, I also experienced this when I first became a psychic, and it was earlier than you, and you didn't get bored until ten years, and I actually got tired of it when I was a year."

"Think about it, Liu Quan, my time was not as free as you, I still have your teahouse, and I don't have anything, in fact, nothing can avoid this irritability, because this is a part of our life, just like everyone has their own job, it is our destiny to be a psychic to observe the real world coldly."

"Teacher......" I sighed. We know it's true, but no one else wants to believe it, and the reason why they listen to our stories is just because they think it's fun and novel, so we don't really change anything. ”

"Quan......" The man lowered his head and took another sip of tea, his tone becoming meaningful. In fact, you know the answer yourself. ”

"Huh?"

"The reason why you are entangled is that you have forgotten the essence of our psychic, and you have forgotten your mood when you first became a psychic."

"Maybe, but I feel like I can't get it back once I lose it." I frowned and looked out the window at the bits and pieces of moonlight.

"You might as well remember the story of our encounter, that was the beginning of your becoming a psychic, and I want to hear you tell me your own untold story as you tell any other story."

I was shocked, not because of the man's request, but because he suddenly asked me to recall my own affairs, and I had some amnesia for a while.

I've always told other people's stories, but what is my own story?

We are back on the shores of the lake, which is deeply pampered by the moonlight.

Next to the mirror-like lake, there was really a rockery, and Long Shao had hit it heavily that day. Yu Ge carried me around the rockery several times before I found the small hole that was hidden by weeds.

"I've been on the island for so many years, and I've never realized there is such a cave." Yu Ge said puzzled.

"Naturally, you have no way of realizing that this used to be the place where your mother and I practiced, and only the two of us knew about the island, so we made a very effective camouflage through the surrounding plants for safety." The woman said with a smile. "If I hadn't told you in advance, how would you have noticed this place."

Yu Ge cautiously took a few tentative steps, and as soon as he entered the cave, a warm wind hit him.

"Don't be afraid, just go inside." The woman said. "I'm too lazy to set up any traps in my cave."

Yu Ge moved down the rugged and winding road little by little, and the deeper he went, the more he felt the air getting hotter and hotter, as if he had melted into the earth's crust and fallen into the center of the earth.

"Izumi. If you bear with it a little longer, you'll be fine in no time. Yu Ge saw that I was still in unbearable pain, and unconsciously quickened my pace.

At the end of the dark corridor, a dazzling red light enveloped us for a moment, and we entered a very large space. I didn't expect that under this rockery, there was such a cave place, the walls around were constantly flowing with red magma, the ground was full of criss-crossing ravines, and the walls were full of birdman language. There are many ice-crystal-like flowers growing on the vermilion ground where the lava is constantly flowing, and between this fiery red, they are like dazzling crystals, and they are full of vitality in this place where ordinary living beings will dry up and die.

The scorching air made me sweat profusely, and the wounds on my body were even more painful. "Senior, you won't be lying to us again, how can this place treat burns."

"Senpai, we're here, and then what?" Yu Ge asked eagerly.

"Then you can untie the sachet and throw that red feather in a lava."

Suspiciously, Yu Ge took the sachet from me again and gently pulled out the red and yellow feather. "Izumi, this feather is really hotter than fire now." She hurriedly threw the feather into the lava beside her, and in just a few seconds, her hand was already red and swollen.

Zizizizi! The red feather instantly turned to ashes in the magma, emitting a puff of white smoke, and then there was no movement for a long time.

"Senior! Predecessor! We shouted anxiously, because Bi Fang's behavior was so weird that we didn't know what she was going to do.

"That's it! It's noisy! The woman's voice suddenly came out of the magma, and then a flame rose into the air, and the flames flew in all directions, and a red bird flew out of the magma, and after landing on the ground, it instantly turned into a human form.

I saw her wearing a thin cyan white gauze and a white floor-length skirt that completely covered her legs, and her fiery red hair was coiled into a chic bun with a light blue belt wrapped around it. This outfit is indeed somewhat similar to the portrait on the Book of Mountains and Seas. The only place where there is some way out is Bi Fang on the portrait, with a sharp gaze and an unapproachable aura. And the one in front of us looks like she is pure and pure, pure and lovely.

Her fiery red eyes looked around, pursed her thin lips, and then stretched long. "I'm finally back, and I'm still comfortable at home."

"Senpai!" Yu Ge was thrilled to see her sudden arrival. "I didn't expect it to be you, senior."