At this time, Chu Nantang already had the appearance of the person I was familiar with, and gradually faded away from the youthfulness of a teenager, and became more calm and restrained.

"I'm going to eat." My cheeks were slightly hot and I ran to the cafeteria.

In the past few days, Gu Xi and I have always been nowhere to go, and I don't know where to go.

It was rare that Chu Nantang didn't preach to the master today, so he saw him sitting alone on the stone steps, teasing the little fox, and walked over.

"Why did I only see you today?"

When the little fox saw him, he left me and gathered at his feet. I sighed: "Does this little fox judge people by their appearance?" ”

Chu Nantang smiled and hugged it: "Will it?" Then it should like you very much. ”

"You'll make fun of me." I said angrily.

Chu Nantang sat down beside me and asked suspiciously, "Why do you look sick?" Got something on your mind? ”

"No, it's just a little boring."

Chu Nantang sighed lightly: "It seems that the little junior brother is not here, and you feel lonely." ”

I glanced at him, "I've been on my own lately, weird. ”

When he mentioned this, Chu Nantang said, "Last time I came back, didn't I ask you?" Even you don't know why, and I don't. ”

"Nantang, the three-year deadline is almost up, will you really go down the mountain?" I looked up at him.

He thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes, but you can stay here." ”

My eyes were slightly astringent, and I secretly took a deep breath: "I came here because of you." If you're gone, there's no point in me staying. ”

After a moment of silence, he said, "And I am with you, you will not be too lonely." ”

I was speechless for a while, as if I had pressed a big stone in my heart, and I held my breath and had nowhere to say.

"Nantang, don't you feel it at all?"

"Huh?" He looked back at me in surprise, full of doubt.

This made me not have the courage to ask any deeper, so I quickly retracted my gaze, smiled and shook my head: "It's nothing, today may be really lonely, I'll go find the little junior brother." ”

"It's almost time to eat, don't come back too late." He admonished behind him.

I had already run away without looking back, and staying by his side made me feel a little suffocated, I never thought that loving someone would have such a strong desire to possess.

My feelings may never be reciprocated in this life.

It's not that he doesn't have a heart, it's not that he doesn't have love, it's just that he wholeheartedly wants to carry forward the spirit of the nameless way.

He has a lot of things hidden in his heart, but he doesn't have any personal feelings for his children.

Gu Xi, I have been mysteriously missing for a month, so I deliberately hid in the corner to catch him, and quietly followed him to the bamboo forest in the back mountain.

Because I heard Master say here that this mountain belongs to the land of extreme yin, so for the sake of safety, let's not go near here.

What is he doing here? I hid in the grass and watched his every move.

I saw that he took out a few small puppets, and some incomprehensible runes were engraved on the puppets, but this kind of similar runes was not unfamiliar.

I saw him change a few gestures, chanting incantations in his mouth, and the leaves moved without wind.

The eerie aura grew stronger and stronger, and my back was cold, and in the next second, I just felt that something was rushing around me.

I wanted to escape, but because of this strong sense of oppression, my body was like being filled with lead, and I couldn't move.

It didn't take long for me to hear a howl like a wild beast, which was not unfamiliar, and reminded me of the night in a deserted village, where I met zombies.

My eyes widened suddenly, staring at Gu Xi me, could he ...... Quietly practicing these evil arts?

After a while, I saw many zombies surrounding from all directions.

Gu Xi and I were at the mercy of the two puppet dolls in my hand, and those zombies were at the mercy of the movements of the little puppets in his hand.

He didn't know that I was hiding in the grass, the zombie was getting closer and closer, I jumped out of the grass and tried to escape, but I didn't know that there was a zombie in ambush nearby, and it pounced on me and bit my arm.

Hearing the movement not far away, Gu Xi and I looked back, and when I arrived, I was shocked, and used a spell to shake the zombie that bit me far away.

"Senior Sister!!" He rushed over to check on my injuries.

The place where he was bitten was turned black, and he tore a strip of cloth. Tie his arms: "The corpse poison enters the body, you must go back to detoxify it first!" ”

"Zombies! It's over, it's coming!! ”

Gu Xi looked around, only to realize that because of my injury just now, it was completely out of control now.

He tried to go back and get back the puppet doll that had been left aside, but the zombies quickly surrounded him and trampled the puppet doll into the mud.

As a result, the zombies are completely out of control, and new rotting corpses are constantly crawling out of the ground and closing in on here at an unusually human speed.

It seems that this time the paper can't contain the fire, and Gu Xi and I are not good at spells, so we set up a formation to barely protect ourselves and isolate the approach of these zombies.

"How...... Why are there more and more? What to do? "We're back to each other and there's nowhere to run.

Gu Xi wiped my cold sweat: "Senior sister, I'...... I'm in trouble. ”

Actually, I'm not worried about whether these zombies will tear us apart now, but I'm starting to worry about Gu Xi and me, this time it caused such a big movement, Master and Chu Nantang wouldn't be unaware.

The strength of my formation is getting smaller and smaller, and I can no longer stop so many zombies from attacking at the same time, just when I broke through the last line of defense, Chu Nantang took the lead in rushing over.

Sacrifice the soul and draw a few talismans to strengthen the power of the formation.

"Senior brother!" Gu Xi sighed, but then put it down again.

"Get them back!" Chu Nantang turned back to Gu Xi and shouted, "You must have a way to send them back!" ”

"Yes, there is a way!" Gu Xi closed his eyes and chanted a spell, broke a few branches, and rearranged the formation.

Sweating profusely, those zombies finally began to slowly retreat and walk back, Chu Nantang didn't dare to take it lightly, and continued to bless the formation.

Looking back at my wound, he said in a deep voice, "Your wound needs to be treated as soon as possible." ”

Gu Xi ran out of the formation and took back the two puppet dolls, it seems that after having the puppet dolls, he is even more handy.

After a while, the zombies were all sent back.

Chu Nantang took back the Soul Bead and collected the formation, and he didn't care about Gu Xi and me, but just pulled me back to the Taoist Temple quickly.

He took a pill and gave it to me: "Eat it." ”

I listened to him and took it, and he brought me medicine and gauze to bandage the wound, but I didn't feel much pain.

just asked him tentatively: "Nantang, will I be fine?" ”

He buried his head in dressing my wound and didn't answer my words as if he were serious, and after a while he said, "I don't know, anyway, I can't hide it from Master this time." ”

I took a breath: "You think of a way, I didn't mean it, he didn't mean it, he didn't have any malice, just let him stay in the mountains forever." Don't let him go down. ”

Chu Nantang looked up at me in surprise: "You care about him very much." ”

"I ......" I pursed my lips and sighed lightly: "Anyway, it can be regarded as an acquaintance, and staying with him all day long, what is he like, I know very well in my heart, as long as I guide him well, he will not make any more big mistakes." ”

Chu Nantang replied lightly: "The little junior brother is indeed not a great evil person, but he has just taken the evil path, in fact...... Master suspected that he was manipulating those carrion corpses to attack us, so he proposed to let him go up the mountain with us to cultivate his self-cultivation. Let him stop touching these evil things. ”

"What will Master do?"

"His magic is very different, Master said that in ancient times, there was a mysterious race, they were born to manipulate carrion to fight, and the emperor took a fancy to their unique powers, and made their patriarch a high priest. It was an evil force, with a devastating effect. ”

After hearing this, I got up from my chair, didn't care about anything, and said, "Now, let me go down the mountain immediately." ”

"No way!" Chu Nantang stepped forward and stopped me: "What is the difference between you doing this and betraying your master?" ”

"But I can't just look at me. Caught in this desperate situation. ”

"Master is kind-hearted, when have you ever seen the murderous intent? At most, it's just grounding the junior and younger brother. ”

I looked at Chu Nantang, he tried his best to convince me, and I didn't argue with him anymore.

Late at night, they all fell asleep. I took out the baggage that I had secretly packed up a long time ago and went to find Gu Xi and me.

Gu Xi was uneasy in my heart, and before I could sleep, I saw a knock on the door outside, and came to open the door: "Senior sister." ”

"Hey, take it." I shoved the burden into his hands, and he looked up at me suddenly.

"Senior sister?"

"Let's go. There is no place for you here, and Master will never forgive you. ”

Gu Xi pulled the burden in my hand tightly and lowered his head: "I don't want to leave Senior Sister, Senior Sister, you can go with me!" ”

He clasped my hand back: "I will take care of you and will not let people bully you!" ”

I shook my head: "I...... I can't go. ”

"Why? Do you have to stay here? I thought, I thought ......"

He didn't say any more, and I silently withdrew my hand: "Where Nantang is, I am there, and I will not leave him." But you, you have to learn to take care of yourself, there is some money in the baggage, that is all my savings, you can hold it for some days. ”

His eyes were red, and his eyes were burning at me: "Senior brother is so important?" More important than me? ”

I secretly inhaled: "That's different, I treat you as my own brother, different from Nantang." ”

"What's the difference?! In your heart, he has always been more important than me......" He smiled in disappointment, and turned his face away from me.

"I'm sorry."

I looked at the sky, stepped forward and hurriedly pushed him: "While it's still dark." Don't bother, maybe this is your only chance to escape. ”

He rolled his Adam's apple, buried his head and ran forward frantically, running and stopping, and looked back at me: "Senior sister, I like you." ”

I didn't know how to react to his feelings, so I bit my lip and didn't say anything.

"I know you don't like me and only treat me like a brother. But that's fine, I'm willing to be your brother, you are the best person in the world, to me, I will keep you in my heart for the rest of my life. ”

Until his figure disappeared into the night, I breathed a long sigh of relief, both for his departure and for the feelings he could not respond to.

When I turned around and was about to go back, I was startled when I saw the slender and upright figure under the moonlit night, and staggered back two steps.

"Nan, Nantang?"

He frowned and walked over to me: "Do you know what the consequences of doing this will be?" ”

"I ...... Senior brother, for the sake of the friendship in the past, you should not tell Master, just treat it as if you don't know. All right? ”

He pursed his lips, more serious than ever, and finally sighed lightly: "Do you really think he can escape?" I don't think I saw what happened tonight, so go back to sleep. ”

"Thank you, senior brother." I didn't dare to look him in the eye again, afraid of his reproachful eyes.

I fell asleep very quickly after I got back, probably because my nerves were too tight and I was really tired.

When I woke up the next day. I heard a commotion outside, and when the light broke, it was gray and gray, and there was a fire outside the window.

I rolled over from the bed and ran out, only to see the nameless disciple holding a torch that had not yet been extinguished, with dew on his head, as if he had just returned from outside.

Hearing their discussions, I realized that Gu Xi and I had been arrested and were now locked in the Nine-Fold Stargazing Tower.

"I didn't expect that such a quiet person would be so evil."

"Yes. After hearing about what kind of witch clan it is, it can manipulate carrion corpses. ”

"Isn't the legend that this people are all extinct?"

"Huh...... Maybe he'll be the last. ”

……

Nine-fold stargazing tower? I looked up at the towering nine-storied tower of the Taoist temple, and stood there for a long time.

It seems that the matter is a foregone conclusion, and it is useless to find anyone, and I don't know if I can see him.

When I went to find Chu Nantang, he was washing his face and hanging the towel on the wooden washstand.

"Nantang!"

He raised his eyes to look at me, his face solemn: "If it's his business, don't talk about it." ”

"I just want to look at him again and say a few words, okay?"

"You know, you can't."

"Are you angry?"

He frowned and stared at me for a long time: "Master didn't subdue him on the spot, he wanted to give him a chance." After more than two years of meditation in the mountains, not only did he not improve, but secretly practiced evil arts, and if he did, did you know what kind of destruction this kind of evil magic would bring? ”

"I don't know! I didn't think about it either, I just knew, I wouldn't! ”

"How can you be sure that he won't?"

"I ...... I won't tell you. I ran out in a huff and came to the Nine-Fold Stargazing Tower.

There are disciples guarding here, and I saw someone coming. Before he stepped forward, he stopped the person: "Uncle Zen Heart, you can't break in here casually, please go back." ”

I picked up the food box in my hand and squeezed out a smile: "I'm here to deliver food." ”

"Delivering food? There have always been fixed people delivering meals, why do you suddenly change people? ”

"There was a bit of a delay in delivering the food, I ...... Alternatively. ”

The man stared at me suspiciously, refusing to let me go, until Chu Nantang said, "Ah Da, let her in." ”

"Uncle Nantang."

I looked back at him, and he took the food box from my hand and didn't look at me. He just said, "Let's go, there's not much time." ”

"Thank you."

I went into the tower with him, remembered the scene when I first came here, and said to him, "Do you remember? You said you wanted to take me to the stargazing tower to see the moon, but you never had the chance. ”

He said, "I don't think you're in the mood to enjoy the moon with me tonight." ”

"Nantang, I ......"

He didn't look back at me, but his steps quickened a little, and it was a little difficult for him to climb up the nine-storied pagoda, and finally he climbed to the top and saw the person locked in the tower by iron chains.

"Xi me!"

"Senior sister! Masters!!! He struggled desperately. But the heavy chains simply could not break free.

Seeing that the skin on his wrists was worn off, I stepped forward to stop him: "Don't move, your wrists are bleeding." ”

His red eyes looked at me, "Why are they locking me up like this?" I didn't kill anyone! I didn't make a mistake! Why?! ”

"I hope I, calm down! I will find Master and ask him to let you go, don't be afraid. ”

"Senior sister, senior sister save me...... I don't want to...... I don't want to be stuck here! ”

He choked and was helpless.

I handed the food box to him: "Xi me, you eat something first, Xi I ......"

He looked at me in despair, staring at the food box in my hand for a long time. I opened the box and took out the food.

"These are your favorite foods, and I specially prepared them for you."

He couldn't swallow and looked up at me: "When will Senior Sister come to see me again?" ”

"I ...... I'll be coming back to see you soon, you have to pick yourself up. ”

"Senior sister, will I never be able to get out again?"

"No, no, no......" I don't even believe in myself.

Gu Xi's gaze crossed me and settled on Chu Nantang, who had been silent behind me.

"Senior brother, there are some things I want to say to you alone."

I looked back at Chu Nantang, then at Gu Xi, stood up and said, "You guys talk, I'll go out and wait for you." ”

After waiting for a long time, I don't know what they talked about, until Chu Nantang walked out of it.

I subconsciously looked up at him: "Xi me, what did you talk about?" ”

"Go in and say goodbye to him, and don't set foot in here again."

His coldness and ruthlessness sometimes seemed strange to me.

I answered lightly and walked into the tower, Gu Xi's spirit was not very good, leaning on the cold wall alone, through the window in the tower, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside, and the birds passing by.

"Nozomi me."

He slowly turned his head and pulled a pale smile: "Senior sister, no...... I've ...... was expelled from the division, and you can no longer be called senior sister in the future. ”

"Then, just call me by my name, Xi me."

"Zen heart ......" Gu Xi smiled a little shyly: "Do you want to know, what did I say to Chu Nantang just now?" ”

"What did you say?"

He smiled: "I told him, I like Senior Sister." ”

I was stunned, and then he added, "He didn't respond, and then, I said that the person you like is him." ”

I asked nervously, "What did he say?" ”

Chu Nantang said that he would not fall in love with anyone in this life. He will take care of you as if you were his sister. Senior sister, he doesn't have a heart at all, you like him so much, it's not worth it. ”

I laughed, and although I was disappointed, the answer was already clear to me.

"It's not that he doesn't have a heart, his heart is very quiet, far away from the worldly things, and it's not easy to be tempted. I have time to spend with him, and one day, he will like me. ”

"You like him so much?" Gu Xi: I can't understand it.

"What about you? Why won't you let me go? Seeing that he couldn't answer, I reached out and gently rubbed his hair: "Don't think too much, trust me, I will definitely save you from here." ”

When he went out, Chu Nantang rarely looked restless, and seemed to be troubled by something.

I thought about it and asked him, "Senior brother, what are you thinking?" ”

He turned to me and said, "What is love?" ”

I laughed out loud: "What's the use of thinking? If you can understand what love is by thinking about it, then there are not so many people in this world who suffer from love. ”

He sighed lightly: "That's right. ”

"Do you want it?"

He raised an eyebrow. Wondering: "What do you want?" ”

"Love, you want to know, don't you?"

"Master said that if you want to break through the red dust, you must first enter the red dust, I naturally want to understand what this feeling is like, but you can't force everything, maybe I will never encounter it in my life."

"Senior brother, senior brother, I finally know what it means to be the opposite of things."

He laughed. Touched my head. I took his hand down: "You touch my head like this, it feels like you are touching a little fox." ”

"How so?" He was surprised: "How can Xiaobai compare with you?!" ”

I was about to rejoice, but I heard him say, "Xiaobai's fur is much more comfortable to touch." ”

"Chu Nantang, you're getting more and more disagreeable!"

I wondered where the key to my iron lock was trapped in Gu Xi, as long as I could steal it, I could let Gu Xi out.

So for the time being, I can only stabilize Chu Nantang first, after all, he has always had the same heart with his master.

I said that we would meet again soon, but after two months in a row, I never saw Gu Xi and me again.

I wonder how he is doing alone in the tower? Isn't it lonely? There is not even a single person to speak, this kind of thing is put in modern times. It's also so inhuman.

Finally, I waited for the opportunity, the master wanted to retreat and practice, and Chu Nantang took care of all the affairs in the Taoist temple for the time being.

Chu Nantang must know where the key is, but he will never be 'embarrassed' with me, and I am embarrassed to drag him into the water again, after all, he is a good student and wants to be dedicated to the Tao.

That night, I brought some rice wine from my disciple and wanted to get him drunk.

"Nantang, what do you think this is?"

He sniffed and frowned: "Rice wine?" ”

"You guessed it." I took two small cups: "Senior brother, we are also adults, let's have a drink like adults." ”

"I can't drink, you can find another junior disciple to have two drinks with you."

"No way!" I stopped at him: "I just want to drink with you, how can you be so unappreciative?" ”

He said helplessly: "I can't drink enough." ”

"We do what we can, and we won't force you to drink. It's a good time to drink, senior brother, senior brother, you are the best! "I pestered him, and he couldn't help me.

"Okay, I'll drink with you."

One comes and goes. After three rounds of drinking, I shook my drowsy head and became drunk.

Chong Chu Nantang smirked for a long time: "Nantang, you don't remember anything, Nantang...... We all have children, and it's too much for you to be so indifferent to me! ”

Chu Nantang smiled: "When did I have a child with you?" It seems that I am not drunk, you are drunk first. ”

"I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk......" I waved my hand: "I, I want to get you drunk!" ”

"Drunk me? Why? He stared at me with half-squinted eyes, serious.

My mind is so muddy now that I can't remember the original purpose of my drink with him, and said with a smile: "Of course, I will get you drunk and drag you to bed, and make you my person." ”