Chapter 10: Sakura
Ice Tower.
The ice tower is located at the top of the Sansheng Mountain of Penglai Immortal Island, it is said that there is a white-clothed master who comes to the thunder, sits here, the body becomes a tower; the body of the tower is as white as snow, transparent as ice, faintly visible in the middle of the immortal faint shadow, or sit or stand, lifelike; the ice in the tower hangs upside down, the cold air is pressing, and those who are not deeply cultivated can not live for a long time. Legend has it that the ancestors of Wuzheng Villa had an epiphany here, breaking through the realm of immortals, and there is a treasure of the town, which is the forbidden land of the villa.
In the tower where there is no ray of sunlight, the copper lampstand is staggered in two rows, and the dim candle flame is flickering, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, as if afraid of the cold air from the top of the tower. The copper furnace was placed in the center, this time it seemed that Junluo was afraid of the cold, and he specially changed to a larger stove, and the bright flame looked warm, but it couldn't dispel much cold. Strange to say, this ice tower looks crystal clear on the outside, but it is a dark tower inside, I don't know what stone it is, it is cold and silky to the touch. In front of Cherry Wood's bookcase, a white-haired old woman sat quietly, looking at the ancient books in her hand, her expression was quite depressed, and the bookcase in front of her was already full of thin or thick ancient books.
"Alas. Granny Gu sighed, closed the book, raised her head slightly and said to the red figure upstairs, "Sword Master, come down." ”
Jun Luo answered, put the book in his hand back in its place, and jumped down. She understood her mother-in-law's expression, glanced at the ancient books on the table, and asked softly, "Aren't they?" Seeing that Gu Mother-in-law shook her head, Jun Luo was still calm, as if this matter was not about her life and death: "There are at least 10,000 ancient books in this tower, and we have only read more than 100 today, and there are still more than 200 days before my Gu poison attack, so don't worry." ”
This girl...... Granny Gu smiled bitterly in her heart, laughing at herself that a hundred-year-old man was not as good as a yellow-haired girl, obviously she couldn't find a way to save her, but she comforted herself first. But-"I've been in this Ice Condensation Tower for nearly a hundred years, and I've never read all of them, and I've read seven or eight tenths of them, and that book is related to Gu poison, so I naturally remember it clearly." But if the two layers I asked you to find just now don't have them, I'm afraid they're really gone......"
"No, could it be that someone else will steal books?" Jun Luo frowned slightly.
Granny Gu shook her head and pointed to the ice pick on her head: "It's naturally impossible to steal books, it should be said that it is to return the books." ”
"Also?" the woman in red looked up, only to see that the ice pick was crystal clear, and there was a faint shadow in it, but it was too far away for her to see it really. Granny Gu didn't explain anything, just looked at the ancient books on the table, and sighed softly.
She muttered something, and Jun Luo only heard the word 'gift'.
The tower door closed gently, Jun Luo stretched out his hand to cover the sunlight slightly, and there seemed to be a half-confused look in front of him. She was one hundred and nineteen years old, was she really as sober as she thought she was? The woman in red sighed lightly and walked away.
Behind him, the Ice Tower is like a white-clothed fairy, towering on the top of the mountain, overlooking all living beings.
Yingxia Pavilion.
When Junluo walked into the courtyard, he saw the sliding door open, and Wuyong was sitting in the middle of the house, looking at the courtyard thoughtfully. The woman in red was startled at first, and then looked at the medicinal food on the small table next to him, only to find that it was already in the middle of the day, and I am afraid that the owner of the big village has been waiting for her for a while.
"I've been waiting. The woman in red said hello, Wu Yong came back to her senses, and answered lightly: "I just arrived." ”
Jun Luo smiled, sat down across from him, and picked up the chopsticks: "Mother-in-law said that I can't find the book, but it's okay, there is still a lot of time, and I will definitely be able to find it." ”
Wuyong nodded, and when he saw her moving, he also picked up his chopsticks: "There are many ancient books in the Ice Tower, and it is really difficult to find." Let 300 help you find it tomorrow. ”
"What about you?" asked Jun Luo, holding a lotus root in his mouth. Wuyong was slightly stunned when he heard this, the two looked at each other, the woman in red blinked, the man coughed lightly, looked away, and did not speak. Only then did Junluo realize that he was rude, bowed his head and continued to eat, and said softly: "It's Junluo who is abrupt, don't care about the owner." ”
After all, since he arrived in Penglai, Wuyong has been in Yingxia Pavilion basically every day, only that day he went to Shiyuxuan, and the two of them met by chance, so it can be said that Junluo has always been with Wuyong in Penglai. That's why she subconsciously blurted out just now, and she lost her manners all of a sudden.
Wuyong looked at the woman in red who was eating with her head down, her long hair tied into a ponytail made her whole person more and more neat, both in appearance and temperament were very different from that person, the only similarity was the red of this clothes...... The man lowered his eyes slightly, as if he said casually: "Today, my cousin came from Dongying all the way to stay for a few days, and I want to entertain her these days." ”
"The medicinal diet will not stop, so the sword master does not need to worry. Thinking of something, the man smiled faintly, and his tone was a little playful.
Sure enough, Jun Luo choked on a mouthful of cucumber in his throat, and coughed violently: "Ahem, there is the owner of the farmer who bothered." "I thought I could improve the food by myself, but I didn't expect that this man would learn badly and squeeze people.
After eating, he left, Junluo was reluctant to go to the Ice Tower for the time being, and had nothing to do for a while, so he climbed onto the roof of Yingxia Pavilion to blow the wind and drink. It's funny to say, Junluo also knew that he couldn't drink alcohol when he drank medicine, but that day he saw a servant serving wine to the small kitchen, and he was greedy, and he sneaked over late at night, smelling the smell of wine to satisfy his hunger, and took a big sip before he found out that it was medicinal wine, and he didn't dare to spit it out for fear of being discovered, so he drank it hard; After speaking, he glanced at her and said, "It's not easy to make wine, don't waste it." It's clear that it's deliberate.
It seems that it can't be bullied, but it's actually a teenager's heart. Jun Luo smiled and shook his head, looked at the wine glass at the bottom, and drank the rest of the wine. The woman in red stood up, crossed her waist and overlooked the huge Wuzheng Villa, with a high platform of jade Xuan, green bamboo and flowers, and the white shadow shuttling between them was the servant guard of the villa...... Suddenly, Jun Luo's gaze stopped in one direction, and she narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at the red that fell on the roof of Tingyuxuan.
As if feeling something, the man also turned around and looked at Jun Luo.
"Sakurahime, what's wrong?" the blue-clothed maid asked respectfully when she saw her master stop. Sakura watched the red figure jump off the roof and disappear, thoughtful: "That woman ......"
"I heard that it was the immortal cultivator who was rescued by the owner of the village and placed in Yingxia Pavilion. Huali said softly.
"Immortal cultivator?" Sakura's brows furrowed, her pronunciation was very standard, not at all like a Dongying person. Seeing that the master frowned, Hanali hurriedly stepped up, but Sakura turned around and said no more.
When Wuyong walked into the courtyard, he saw his cousin and maid sitting on Shi Yuxuan's terrace, looking at him.
The man was wearing a red and white kimono, with a delicate plum blossom pattern embroidered with silver thread on the skirt, and his long hair coiled behind his head, which made the whole person gentle and elegant; his appearance was not beautiful, and his eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to those of the three hundred, but there was some sadness under his eyes, his thin lips were slightly pursed, and he was a little cold and repulsive. She is like a cherry blossom tree in the courtyard at night, through a layer of mist, only smelling the fragrance, seeing the fragrance, but not seeing the real one;
She gave birth and really looked like a mother.
Wu Yong stood still in the open space, did not continue to move forward, and raised his head slightly to the person above: "Why did my cousin come here?" he referred to Shi Yuxuan.
Sakura's gaze swept over the lotus corridor and returned to the man: "This is my aunt's residence, and it will also be my residence." ”
Wuyong looked at her quietly and did not speak. Sakura didn't seem to notice the indifference in that person's eyes, met that gaze, and said lightly: "Since the ancestors, my family has been married to Penglai Island for more than 800 years. Now Sakura has crossed the ocean, the so-called 'intention', why does my brother not know?"
Lost Valley. Cave.
The breeze blows a lotus flower on the shore of the lake, and the green leaves and white flowers dance gracefully in the wind, as if occupying the color of heaven and earth. He sat quietly under the shade of the tree, looking at the cyan shadows dancing in the sun, his hands and the beat, and there was no longer half of the Heavenly Dao Law in his heart......
"Dark witch, black witch? Someone above him seemed to be calling out to him in a low voice, his voice soft and ethereal.
Is there anyone else in this cave but me?
"Dark Witch, wake up, wake up. ”
The blue lotus-like face flashed, and the white-haired man opened his eyes, startling Xia Han. She let out a long sigh of relief, let the black witch sit up, and said, "You're finally awake." ”
"Why did you come back?" he frowned, and looked down at his right arm, which was as white as ever, not a single black was missing, and the Gu poison had been drained. When the black witch turned around, he saw that Xia Han's left forearm was wrapped in a green cloth, which should have been torn off his skirt, and all the memories came to him for a while: he entered the ghost state to get rid of the Gu poison, and his anger made him smash the entire cave, and Xia Han suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave, looked at him in surprise, and moved his hands with him, and finally ......
She cut her forearm and wrote a trick in blood to force him out of his ghostly form.
"Why didn't you kill me?" asked the black witch faintly.
Xia Han was stunned for a moment, then smiled, lowered his eyes and said, "Maybe it's because you are pitiful." I've read about it in books...... Ghosts. "Practicing ghosts and immortals, you must be half-human and half-ghost, when you are about to die, find a substitute for your life, jump out of the two ways of people and ghosts, and practice to the peak, so that you can become a ghost immortal, and your strength is still above the heavenly immortals. Although the process of substitution is not written in the book, Xia Han also knows in his heart that it will not be too simple. However, although it is difficult, this is a shortcut for ordinary people to cultivate immortals, although it is too evil, but some people still try.
The black witch glanced at her and said, "Back then, my master wanted me to take my place, but I killed him and took my place. I don't want to cultivate, I just want to practice Gu. ”
Xia Han was just about to speak, when a sharp pain suddenly came from her heart, the pain was so painful that she couldn't breathe, she reached out to grab something, but she lost her balance and rolled down the stone steps - "Wow!"
The woman spat out a mouthful of black blood, and both ears also began to bleed, but it was a symptom of Zhong Gu. The black witch hurriedly sealed a few of her acupoints, grabbed a spider the size of a fingernail with one hand and put it into Xia Han's mouth, Xia Han pinched his neck and coughed, the blood in his ears gradually stopped, but his face was still pale.
"You've fallen for the Gu. The black witch's words were a little helpless, and the Gu poison in his body was probably transferred to Xia Han's body. The woman was stunned, and then listened to the man: "You help me once, and I will give it back to you." ”
"Then you can help me solve the Gu, and I have to go back to participate in the Xianmen Meeting. Xia Han breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking that sure enough, this person still had a conscience.
"This favor will be returned later. It just so happened that I wanted to try Gu, and now I don't have to arrest people, don't worry, I won't let you die, just make sure it's the effect I want. ”
"......" Xia Han suddenly regretted why he saved him, and he regretted it very much.