Chapter Eighty-Three: The Hardest Parting
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Lu Yifan sat quietly on the edge of the bed, looking at Lu Jun and the others who were constantly packing their bags for him, the dim candle flame swayed on the table with a meager figure, somehow, tonight's candle flame always gave people a particularly dim and desolate feeling.
The small courtyard that used to be lively was unusually quiet tonight, and Lu Wencai and Lu Wencai were carefully packing their bags for Lu Yifan, while Luo Xiu was helping Ji Yuan to carefully stack the two sets of Vermilion Bird robes that had not yet been worn out, and these two sets of robes would not be taken out of the wardrobe again in the next two years.
The room was silent, everyone was silently doing their thing, and no one said a word.
Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and it is also the fifth day after Lu Yifan met Qiu Ming, he told his few friends the news that he was leaving the academy, and at the same time, he also set his itinerary in the early morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, that is, a few hours later.
Since it was a violation of the rules for Lu Yifan to leave the academy without permission, although it was approved by Qiu Ming, it was still not suitable to set off in broad daylight, so the time when he and Ji Yuan were about to leave could only be set in the early hours of the morning when most of the students in the academy were still asleep.
Lu Yifan sat quietly on the edge of the bed, now his injuries have fully recovered, and the whole person has returned to his peak state, but somehow, at this moment, instead of the joy in his eyes, he seems to be filled with a touch of sadness, which is unique to parting.
Lu Jun and Lu Wencai packed Lu Yifan's package over and over again, and they couldn't wait to tie a button again and again, Lu Jun's mouth could occasionally come out with some words complaining about Lu Wencai's clumsiness, and Lu Wencai was also unconvinced to call two sentences, which also made the occasional forced laughter of a few people in this dull room, and in addition, there was no other ridicule in the room.
The hustle and bustle of the past, the noise of the past, somehow no longer exists tonight.
Lu Jun, Lu Wencai, and Luo Xiu have been complaining for several days, and they always want to go out with Lu Yifan in every possible way, but unfortunately the rules of the academy must not be violated, so under Lu Yifan's repeated persuasion, these three people have gradually calmed down, and they will naturally not mention this unpleasant matter again tonight.
"Oh, Wencai, you are really stupid, the material of this dress is relatively thin, you have to put it on top of the baggage, you will be easily pulled and damaged if you stuff it underneath!" Lu Jun, who was carefully folding the clothes, glanced at Lu Wencai sideways, and then hurriedly put down the work in his hand and said with a dissatisfied face.
"Just now I said to put it on it, and you said that it's still cold now, so let me put my winter coat on it. Now you say that the material is thin, let me put the winter coat underneath, Lu Jun, I think you are really stupid!" Lu Wencai retorted with an unconvinced face, "It's you, that dress has been folded seven or eight times, why hasn't it been folded yet, at your rate, I don't think Yifan will be able to get out next year!"
"It's good that you can't get out! What kind of southwest do you go to somehow? Wouldn't it be nice for us to be in the academy together?" Lu Jun muttered quietly.
Seeing this, Lu Yifan couldn't help but smile, and then looked around at Lu Jun and the others with a soft gaze, and then laughed softly: "Lu Jun, how can I not know your thoughts? Actually, this trip to the southwest, I just want to prove one thing! If I don't go, I'm afraid I will regret it for the rest of my life!"
"Yifan, don't listen to my nonsense, you go to yours, my words are funny!" Lu Jun heard Lu Yifan's words and hurriedly explained.
"Lu Jun, don't you come, is this young master so easy to be teased by?" Lu Wencai pursed his mouth, pretending to be fierce.
"Wencai, there was a fan who protected you before, and when Yifan is gone, you can see who can stop me from teaching you a lesson!" Lu Jun snorted coldly, and then deliberately pinched his fist bones with both hands, and there was a crisp sound of "click" in his fist, and Lu Wencai's face changed color when he listened.
"Haha......"
Seeing Lu Wencai's funny expression, everyone in the room couldn't help laughing again.
Luo Xiu looked at Lu Yifan with a smile, and then showed a helpless look on his face, and said loudly: "Brother Yifan, you must be careful when you go out this time, I really want to go with you, but I don't dare to violate the rules of the academy, unless I don't want to continue to practice in the Holy Soul Academy, but if that's the case, my father won't let me go!"
"Luo Xiu, your cultivation is still shallow, you need to practice well in the academy!" Lu Yifan nodded and smiled, "What's more, my trip this time is not like never going back, maybe I will be able to come back in three or five months!
"Yifan, I've already checked it for you, on the Sacred Continent, from Jinling City to the southwest, there are a total of seven imposing mountains, these mountains are quite famous in the Sacred Continent, but I don't know which one you are looking for! If that's the case, it's really a needle in a haystack!"
"En!" Lu Yifan frowned slightly and nodded, and said softly, "If Ji Yuan and I go out to look aimlessly this time, I'm afraid that I won't find out anything in two years, it seems that I have to think of a way!"
"Brother Yifan, many mountains have their own legends and stories, but you can only know the stories behind these mountains by asking about the nearby local areas, and you can't see the names of the mountains we find out for you!" Luo Xiu reminded, "Brother Yifan, you can ask the locals while walking south, maybe there will be some unexpected results." β
"I wrote it down!" Lu Yifan nodded with a smile and asked again, "Which is the closest mountain to Jinling City?"
"Three thousand five hundred miles southwest of Jinling City, there is a little-known lonely city called Wenyang, and the reason why this Wenyang City is so little-known is precisely because its entire city is built at the foot of a huge mountain range, and this mountain is called "Wenyang Mountain"! As for the name Wenyang, whether the name of the mountain is given after the name of the city, or whether the name of the city is given after the name of the mountain, it is unknown!" Lu Jun pondered for a moment and said softly, "This should be the nearest giant mountain on your trip to the southwest!"
"Three thousand five hundred miles, I think even if there is a dragon horse to help, it will take you four or five days to arrive!" Lu Wencai smashed his mouth and analyzed, "The key is that this is still the most recent, and then go southwest, the distance between the mountains will be thousands of miles away, not counting the time you are looking for, not counting the time you delay, even if you walk non-stop day and night, if you want to run all over these seven mountains, I think it will be difficult for you to achieve it without three or five months! You only have two years, is it enough?"
"Bah, it's really unlucky!" Luo Xiu said loudly, "Maybe what Brother Yifan is looking for is on this Wenyang Mountain, and he doesn't need to run all over the seven mountains at all!"
"That's it, Wencai, can't you say something good? Lu Jun echoed with a smile.
"I also don't think our luck will be so bad!" Ji Yuan put the packed package on the table, and opened his mouth with a smile, "Maybe, we will be back in ten days and half a month!"
"That's right!" Lu Yifan laughed.
Between the words and ridicule of several people, the originally depressing atmosphere eased a little, but several people knew in their hearts that what they said about ten days and half a month was just a joke, so the sadness of parting still lingered in the hearts of each of them.
"Bang bang bang!"
At this moment, a dull knock on the door sounded from outside the courtyard, and then I saw Tang Ruoxi walking into the courtyard alone and walking towards the room.
"Master Tang, you're here!" Seeing Tang Ruoxi's figure, Lu Wencai was the first to run up and greet him warmly.
"En!" Tang Ruoxi agreed in a low voice, and then projected a pair of bright and moving eyes directly onto Lu Yifan's body, "Are you leaving?"
"Well, let's go in the early morning!" Lu Yifan nodded and smiled, his originally suppressed mood seemed to brighten up a little after seeing Tang Ruoxi, "You came to see me off?"
"Well, I want to talk to you alone!" Tang Ruoxi said bluntly.
"Okay!" Lu Yifan raised his eyebrows, and then nodded undeniably, and at the same time, Ji Yuan and the others also pushed and shoved out of the room very appropriately, went to the outside room to drink tea and chat, and closed the door with him, so that only Tang Ruoxi and Lu Yifan were left in the room.
"Tang Sect Master ......"
"Add me Ruoxi!" Before Lu Yifan could open his mouth, Tang Ruoxi took the lead in speaking, and then she also glanced at Lu Yifan deeply with meaningful eyes, "The title of Tang Sect Master is too foreign, besides, you haven't called my name...... Tang Ruoxi's words couldn't help but whisper.
Tang Ruoxi's words made Lu Yifan stunned, and a touch of embarrassment couldn't help but appear on his face, he hurriedly changed the conversation and said loudly: "Ruoxi, it just so happens that I also have something to ask you for!"
"You say?"
"After I leave, Lu Jun, Wencai and Luo Xiu, the three of them, I have to ask you to take care of them, after all, the contradiction between me and Qingmen is very deep, I am afraid of ......"
"Don't worry! As long as I'm here, no one will dare to trouble them!" Before Lu Yifan finished speaking, Tang Ruoxi already understood what Lu Yifan meant, "I will also introduce them to other mentors in the Vermilion Bird Academy to help them practice!"
"Thank you!" Lu Yifan glanced at Tang Ruoxi gratefully, "There is still this time, I really want to thank you for taking care of me, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have made a big mistake on the first day I came to the academy!"
Hearing Lu Yifan's words, Tang Ruoxi seemed to think of the day he entered the school again, his originally cold expression couldn't help but smile, and said softly: "I scolded you on the first day we met, I hope you didn't hold a grudge against me!"
"How could it be? If it weren't for your scolding, how would I be sober?" Lu Yifan smiled, "What's more, you helped me through the crisis more than once later, and I can't thank you too late......"
"Yifan!" Tang Ruoxi suddenly looked straight and said with a serious face, "Are you blaming me?"
"What do you blame?" Lu Yifan obviously didn't understand the meaning of Tang Ruoxi's words.
"Blame me for handing over the Wind Tiger Claw cheats to Mr. Yan, blame me for telling Mr. Yan about our plan!" Tang Ruoxi said quickly, "Blame me for not telling you these things in advance!"
"Ruoxi, in fact, I did blame you a little at first, but now that I understand it, not only should I not blame you, but I should thank you!" Lu Yifan's expression also began to become serious, and Lu Yifan also felt relieved about Tang Ruoxi's confession today, at least Tang Ruoxi didn't plan to lie to him all the time, "If it weren't for you and Mr. Yan secretly helping, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to go out so smoothly!"
"Really?" Tang Ruoxi looked at Lu Yifan in disbelief.
"Really!" Lu Yifan nodded righteously, and then his eyes turned slightly, and he said helplessly, "Although the result is not as simple as we imagined, although many things are far beyond our expectations, although ...... This incident made Liu Qing and Mu Ming difficult, but in the final analysis, Mr. Yan's words are very right, if it were not for us, everything that should have happened would still happen, we just did what we wanted to do...... I don't want to mention the past, I only have gratitude to you, no blame!"
When Lu Yifan mentioned Liu Qing, Tang Ruoxi's expression couldn't help but dim a little again.
"Yifan, I actually came here today to explain all this to you, I don't want you to leave with doubts!" Tang Ruoxi said softly, "But I'm really surprised that you can think about this clearly." β
"What's so surprising? Actually, the truth of this matter may have nothing to do with the fight between our students at all, isn't it?" Lu Yifan asked with a smile.
Tang Ruoxi stared at Lu Yifan for a moment before he nodded heavily.
"Let him pass the past......"
In this way, Tang Ruoxi and Lu Yifan chatted in the room until late at night, and the atmosphere of the two of them gradually became cheerful from the dull at the beginning, and the topic also changed from Qingmen to recalling the events of the past three months, Lu Yifan and Tang Ruoxi burst into laughter from time to time, especially Tang Ruoxi's moving laughter like a silver bell, and Lu Wencai outside the house was "jealous" of Lu Yifan.
From Tang Ruoxi's expression, Lu Yifan can always feel a trace of reluctance, Lu Yifan didn't dare to find out the subtle feelings between him and Tang Ruoxi that didn't know whether they existed or didn't exist, let alone confront Tang Ruoxi face to face, so the two of them were deliberately avoiding some topics, but they always couldn't help but talk about some topics, which also made the two of them embarrassed for a while, Tang Ruoxi's face even appeared a burst of intoxicating crimson, which looked particularly charming under the dim candle flame reflection, but this intoxicating beauty brought him a very unreal sense of ambiguity in Lu Yifan's eyesγ Although the two of them didn't find out some things until the end, when Tang Ruoxi was leaving, she couldn't help but give Lu Yifan a deep hug, surrounded by the charming fragrance exuded by Tang Ruoxi's body, this hug that almost made time freeze for a long time, so that the already subtle atmosphere between the two instantly added a touch of charm.
Tang Ruoxi's eyes flashed with a hint of ruddy when he left, while Lu Yifan just stood there quietly, staring blankly ahead, not knowing what he was thinking.
Soon after Tang Ruoxi left, Han Cheng also came on a special trip, but this time Han Ling'er did not come together, Han Cheng came to see off Lu Yifan alone, and after greeting for a while, the two dispersed in a hurry.
In the early morning of the second day, Lu Yifan and Ji Yuan packed up, and quietly left the courtyard in the farewell of Lu Jun and others.
After bidding farewell to Lu Jun and the others, Lu Yifan and Ji Yuan chatted while setting up the carriage, and the carriage shuttled quickly through the mountains and forests, and soon left the territory of the Holy Soul Academy.
"Yifan, you and Tang Ruoxi chatted until late at night last night, and she was able to come to see you off, is your heart a lot more stable?" Ji Yuan glanced sideways at Lu Yifan, who was thoughtful, and asked.
Hearing Ji Yuan's words, Lu Yifan was stunned at first, and then he shook his head with a sad face: "Ji Yuan, I admit that I was restless last night, and I was indeed waiting for someone to come and see me off." And I admit that I was waiting for a woman!"
"What? Isn't the person you're waiting for Tang Ruoxi?" asked Ji Yuan in surprise.
"When I first met Tang Ruoxi last night, I did think so. But......" Lu Yifan's words came to an abrupt end at this point, and looking at his unbearable face, Ji Yuan was puzzled, "But then I found out that the person I was really waiting for was not her...... It wasn't until yesterday when Han Cheng came to see me off that I figured out who I was really waiting for. β
"Who is it?"
"Yes......"
However, before Lu Yifan's words were finished, in the dense forest in the mountains, a slightly thin female figure suddenly came out from behind a big tree, and then she directly slammed her hands left and right, forcing the galloping carriage to stop, and the carriage shook violently, making Ji Yuan and Lu Yifan, who were driving, unable to turn over in both directions.
"Lu Yifan, you are so bold, you dare not bring Miss Ben when you sneak out to play?
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