Chapter Forty-Eight: The Storm Rises Again
(a)
The morning mist flowed slowly through the forest, coiling like a light veil along the top layer of the trees. The mountain forest, which had slept all night, gradually woke up to the cheerful call of birds.
The cool breeze is slightly rippling, mixed with the aroma of young buds. The wind blew through the forest, inadvertently taking away the morning dew that had formed on the leaves.
White smoke curled up in the forest, a drop of dew fell from the tree, and the slightest coolness on the face woke up the sleeping man.
"Ah, my hands are numb, and my feet are numb. Bai Hua shouted as he straightened up.
Qin Binbin, who was leaning against the tree and resting with his eyes closed, was also awakened by Bai Hua's moaning at this time.
"Senior Brother Qin, it's early. Bai Hua slowly stood up with the dead wood and beckoned to Qin Binbin.
Qin Binbin rubbed his eyes sleepily, yawned, and replied vaguely: "Bai Hua, it's early!"
Bai Hua twisted his waist and looked into the distance. At this time, the sun floated on the top of the mountain like an egg yolk, and the sky gradually became a layer of pink.
"Bai Hua, let's go, today is Master Kongming's teaching for a whole day, it's not good for you to go late. Qin Binbin shook the weeds on his body and beckoned to Bai Hua.
Bai Hua simply straightened his unkempt hair, then smiled faintly at Qin Binbin and said, "Let's go!"
(b)
Kong Ming stood on the stone steps with half-squinted eyes, and the complexion on his face did not look very good.
Sheng He stood aside respectfully, but he also pursed his lips and did not dare to raise his head. Dozens of disciples on the cultivation ground stood respectfully in two rows, without exception, all of them hung their heads, and they didn't even dare to come out.
At this moment, Bai Hua hurriedly ran in from outside the door. At this time on weekdays, the senior brothers and sisters should be warming up, so Bai Hua, who arrived late, wanted to sneak in a little.
I didn't know that the abacus was not set properly, and as soon as I stepped through the door, I was a little overwhelmed by the scene in front of me.
When he was hesitating whether to advance or retreat, Bai Shi turned around, hurriedly beckoned to Bai Hua, and lowered his voice again: "Senior Brother Xiaobai, come quickly, come quickly." β
Although his voice was lowered, it was strange that the cultivation ground was too quiet at this time, and Bai Hua finally trotted to Bai Shi's side under the gaze of everyone.
Bai Shi poked Bai Hua on the shoulder and asked in a low voice, "You went to the Nether Heavenly God yesterday, why did you come so late?"
Bai Hua also lowered his voice, approached Bai Shi's ear, and said, "I practiced late yesterday, and I spent the night in the forest with Senior Brother Qin. β
"Qin Binbin!!" Bai Shi suddenly raised his voice and looked at Bai Hua in surprise.
This voice successfully attracted the attention of the rest of the people again. Bai Hua hurriedly covered Bai Shi's mouth, and his face darkened in an instant. Just when he turned around, he put a polite smile on his face again, and apologized quietly to the brothers and sisters around him.
After apologizing, Bai Hua pinched the flesh on Bai Shi's waist again, and spun vigorously.
Shiraishi grinned in pain, but he only dared to call silently.
At this moment, the empty voice in front of him was furious, pointed at the disciples below, and scolded: "You disciples who have been in the business for decades, or even more than a hundred years, do you still have a face?"
Could it be that seeing Kong Ming blowing his beard and glaring, Bai Hua touched Bai Shi with his elbow and asked curiously, "What's wrong with this Kong Ming Daoren today?
Bai Shi pouted and touched his waist, don't overdo it, and didn't pay attention to Bai Hua's meaning.
Hey, a big man's, just pinched his waist twice, as for it?
Bai Hua rolled his eyes, and asked Ruan Guan, who was diagonally ahead, "Ruan Guan, what's wrong with Kongming Daoren?"
Ruan Wan didn't expect Bai Hua to come to ask her, and her face turned red with some surprise for a while, and she whispered sideways: "Master is angry with the senior brothers who participated in the Heavenly God Sacrifice. β
"Heavenly God Sacrifice?" Bai Hua scratched his head, a little puzzled, isn't this Heavenly God Sacrifice just about eating and having fun, what's so angry?
At this time, he said with a puffed negative hand in the air: "That's it, a few of you will stay for me today to practice strictly, and the rest of the disciples will practice in pairs." β
"Yes, Master!" everyone clasped their fists, except for a few senior brothers in the front row, who stayed behind, the rest of the people scattered in all directions.
Bai Hua was looking for Ruan Guan to ask again, but at this time, Hongling, who had always looked at him unpleasantly, pulled Ruan Guan away.
Bai Hua shrugged his shoulders, and was thinking about who to practice again, when he suddenly felt that his right hand was tight, and he was pulled all the way to the side by someone when he stumbled.
Bai Hua shook off his hand, looked at Bai Shi and asked a little stunned, "What are you pulling me for?"
Bai Shi faced Bai Hua, gave her another look, and whispered, "You should thank me, who do you see over there?"
Bai Hua looked sideways in the direction she had just run, and just happened to see Senior Brother Sheng He waving at her. Bai Hua was shocked, blocked Bai Shi in front of him, and after taking a long breath, he patted him on the shoulder gratefully, and said, "Hey, thank you." β
Since the last invitation to discuss with Senior Brother Sheng was unsuccessful, he has been thinking about the Fa all day long. I didn't succeed once, and I tried to compare it several times. However, with the obsession of not doing things in my heart, I silently recited the word 'calm' in my mouth, and finally tried to find a way to avoid it.
(c)
On the edge of the cultivation ground, Bai Hua and Bai Shi were making fake gestures in their hands, and they were also chatting casually.
"Second Senior Brother Bai, isn't that the god sacrifice just a happy three or five days in the Four Realms, eating and drinking, putting lamps on the lamp, putting a few pillars of incense on the gods, praying for blessings or something. Why do I see that old man is very nervous?!" Bai Hua turned around leisurely, and slowly stabbed towards Baishi with a wooden sword.
Bai Shi flashed the wooden sword sideways, and then raised the sword and slowly slashed towards Bai Hua's shoulder, "Oh, that's what you said about the Four Realms. But here, the Celestial God Sacrifice once every ten years is to test the results of the cultivation of the disciples of the two sects of Yesha and Cangxuan. Hey, junior brother Xiaobai, look at the sword. β
Bai Hua slowly raised his sword sideways, and then squatted down and swept towards the soles of Bai Shi's feet, "Oh, it turns out that the disciples of the two sects are going to compete in martial arts, and this is going to be easy to deal with." It's always not good to lose face, huh, Second Senior Brother Bai, jump quickly. β
Shiraishi jumped backwards when he heard the sound, but unfortunately when his foot landed, he stepped on a leaf and slipped, and then fell to the ground with a thud.
"Ouch, my ass. Shiraishi touched his ass in pain and howled.
The senior brothers and sisters who were practicing swords on the side looked at the two curiously, and saw Baishi lying on the ground with his back and shouting, and ridicule and ridicule followed.
Bai Hua hurriedly covered half of his face and pinned his body to the side.
Hey~ Shiraishi, Shiraishi, you can wrestle like this, and I can also throw myself to the ground.
Hongling trotted to Bai Hua at this time, still with a proud expression on his face, "Bai Hua, you have a competition with me." β
Forget it, I'd better keep a low profile. Bai Hua picked his face, smiled twice at Hongling, pointed to the white stone on the ground, and said, "My second senior brother Bai fell on his buttocks, I want to take him to rub some medicinal wine." β
After speaking, he reached out and was about to pull the white stone.
This polite refusal made Hongling frown when he heard it, "Do you look down on me?"
The general pulled Bai Shi up halfway, and when he heard Hongling's voice glowing with anger, Bai Hua immediately let go of his hand in a hurry and explained to her: "No, Hongling, you misunderstood." β
At the same time, with a 'bang', Shiraishi got up half of his body and sat down heavily on the ground.
Bai Hua turned around, only to see the person on the ground with a blue face, tears in his eyes, and a trembling hand pointing at Bai Hua, and mourning: "You, did you do it on purpose?"
Bai Hua hurriedly squatted down, wiped the tears that Baishi was about to flow with his cuffs, and said with self-reproach: "Oh, I'm sorry, I was just in a hurry to explain to Hongling." β
Bai Shi gritted his teeth and opened Bai Hua's hand, then touched his ass and stood up slowly.
Bai Hua wanted to step forward to help, but before his hand reached Bai Shi's shoulder, he heard him whisper: "Senior Brother Xiaobai, people hate you to death." β
After speaking, he limped towards the gate, leaving Bai Hua alone to stretch out his hand and lean over and stiffen in place.
"Okay, he's gone now, you can compare with me, right?" Seeing that Bai Shi was far away, Hongling stood in front of Bai Hua with a wooden sword.
Bai Hua slowly straightened up with a headache, looked at Hongling with an extremely sincere look, and replied politely: "Hongling, Second Senior Brother Bai is walking like this alone, I am not very relieved." β
After finishing speaking, he bypassed Hongling again, thinking about chasing Baishi.
Hongling still didn't hesitate to stop in front of Bai Hua a few times, stiffened his face, and shouted: "Don't go, if you don't compare, you will look down on me." β
This noise attracted a lot of onlookers from the senior brothers and sisters, Bai Hua's black eyes swept around, and he tried his best to hide his anger, and said in a good voice again towards Hongling: "Hongling, I really don't want to compare, I'm really embarrassed." β
After speaking, he waved towards the red ridge, turned around and walked towards the door again.
"Oh, people and Sheng Li have been tied, this euphemistic excuse is to give you a step down. β
"That's right, junior sister, why do you have to be embarrassed again and again?"
"Yes, yes, if you want to compare, junior sister, otherwise you can practice with us. β
"Hey, yes, yes, Senior Sister Hongling, come on. β
The people watching the excitement on the side are not too much, and you persuade me one by one.
However, Hongling heard it very harshly, and in an instant, a cold star burst out of his black eyes, and the anger of the two ribs suddenly surged to his chest.
He turned to Bai Hua and shouted, "Bai Hua, you stop for me." β
Hearing the call, Bai Hua slowly turned around, only to see Hongling angrily rushing towards him with a sword. In the blink of an eye, the wooden sword coming towards her was already close to her chest, and Bai Hua instinctively held the sword to block it, and then turned sideways, and took several steps back.
At present, Hongling was already furious, and seeing that Bai Hua easily blocked the sword, he was even more unwilling to lift the sword and run towards Bai Hua.
The anger made Hongling full of flaws, and every sword that came out after that was full of brute force without skill. Bai Hua pursed his lips tightly, raised his wrist slightly, and blocked the wooden sword coming towards him again and again.
The onlookers could actually see that Bai Hua, who had repeatedly retreated against the sword that was being entwined with the Red Ridge under his eyes, had only defended but not attacked to a great extent.
At this moment, suddenly a vigorous and powerful hand grabbed Hongling's right hand holding the sword, "Hongling, stop!"
Hongling's eyes glowed red, and he glared at the side angrily. But the next moment, when she saw the person beside her clearly, her eyes returned to clarity.
Kong Ming shook off Hongling's hand, and shouted with anger on his face: "Bastard, is there such a strong body as you in this competition? You really don't want to practice in the Pure Sky Hall anymore?!"
"I..." At this moment, no matter how much Hongling explains, it is powerless and pale.
Kong Ming faced her with his hand, and scolded again: "What are you, don't you go back to me soon, face the wall and think about it for three months." β
Hongling bit his lip with tears, although he was unwilling, he still had to do enough to respect the teacher. Calm down, bow to the empty sound, and then turn around and run out.
Bai Hua put the sword behind his back and swiped it towards Kongming, "Kongming Daoren, don't blame Hongling." Actually..."
Originally, I wanted to say a few words for Hongling, but Kong Ming raised his hand to signal, and Bai Hua stopped talking.
(iv)
In the woods not far from the Pure Sky Temple, a man was slashing at the trunk of a tree with a sword to vent his anger.
On the delicate little face, the facial features were almost wrinkled, the eyes were shining with tears, and the lips were also scarlet.
Today, you dare to make me embarrassed in front of Master and all my brothers and sisters!
Thinking of this, Hongling clenched his fists and squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "White... Hua!"
There was a rustling sound in the forest, and Hongling came back to his senses, took a few steps towards the woods with his sword, and shouted, "Who?!"
"Hello junior sister!"
At this moment, an unhurried voice came from the tree.
Hongling looked up when she heard the sound, and saw a man leaning against the trunk of a tree, looking at her with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Because the place where the man was sitting was obscured by the dense foliage, Hongling couldn't help but take a few more steps forward.
When she saw the man's face clearly, she couldn't help frowning, and said lightly to the man: "It's you?!"
βKusai Jun Small Theaterβ
Red Mist-kun: "Do you know who has the smallest breasts in the fairy tale world?"
Cao Xijun shook his head curiously, "I don't know." β
The Red Mist Monarch laughed to himself for a long time, "You guess?"
"You are the big pit in my book, can you not learn to talk like the two brothers?"
"Little Red Riding Hood. Red Mist Jun instantly collapsed his face and said coldly.
Cao Xijun thought for a long time, but was still puzzled, "Why?"
"Because her grandmother was eaten by the big bad wolf. β
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(A few drops of thin sweat run down your cheeks to the soles of your feet!) What a vulgar cold joke~