Chapter Twenty-Three: A Midnight Tryst
"It's two hundred and fifty-three! Ouyang, you've got a bye!" Lin Xiaodie exclaimed excitedly.
After all, Ou Yang was not as wooden as Chen Xiaomo, and when he heard the news of his first round of bye, he immediately jumped up from the ground happily. And the people of Juyan Peak also quickly transferred from Chen Xiaomo's side to Ou Yang's side.
This time, Bai Sickle and Qian Wansan's reaction was much stronger than just now, and they actually lifted Ou Yang up and threw him into the air, cheering while throwing it back. Looking at this vastly different treatment, Chen Xiaomo could only laugh at it.
It may be the first manifestation of the Juyan Peak in the past dynasties, this draw ended with a complete victory for the Juyan Peak, and the two byes were all covered by the disciples of the Juyan Peak, which was really envious of others, and even Lin Shitong, who had always been serious, showed a pleased smile.
In the afternoon, the order and names of the competition were posted in the square in the form of a notice. When everyone in Juyan Peak took a look, they found that almost all the disciples of Juyan Peak were crowded between No. 129 and No. 255, which meant that before the finals, the disciples of Juyan Peak had to kill each other first, but judging from the results of previous years, the disciples of Juyan Peak couldn't even enter the top eight, let alone the finals.
It was only one afternoon, and eight rings rose up in the square, and everyone couldn't help but admire Ling Yunfeng's magical efficiency.
After that, it was evening, and Ling Yunfeng arranged housing for the disciples of each lineage. Although Lingyun Peak is the one with the largest number of people among the six veins, the houses on the mountain are also the largest. However, once the Tianshan Conference was held, nearly two thousand Tianshan disciples gathered on Lingyun Peak at once, and even if there were more houses, they could not accommodate so many people at the same time. So, like the Giant Rock Peak, it's a myth that each person lives in one room. On the contrary, it is not uncommon for seven or eight people to be crammed into one house.
Due to Bai Yao, Qian Wansan and others, Chen Xiaomo lived in the same room with Liu Dashan, Tian Guangguang and other six senior brothers. There was no room for seven people on the bed, and a few of them made bunks. And Lin Xiaodie is a daughter's family, so she can't live with them, so she has to live with a group of female disciples from Ethereal Peak.
After a long night, Chen Xiaomo really couldn't stand the crowding and stuffiness in the house, so he went out alone to relax.
The bright moon is in the sky, and the moonlight is like water, pouring down from the nine heavens like a clear stream. Chen Xiaomo wandered around Lingyun Peak aimlessly, feeling the bleak and quiet atmosphere of the night, enjoying the lingering moonlight shrouded in his body.
On Lingyun Peak, there was silence, and everyone was closing their eyes and recuperating, waiting for tomorrow's competition. Since Chen Xiaomo had a bye in the first game, it didn't hurt to rest for a while.
Standing on the overpass, pinning his sorrow on the bright moon, Chen Xiaomo remembered the scene this morning, the person who appeared in his heart thousands of times, actually stood in front of him alive. However, the appearance is the same, but the people are different, and the voices are similar but the people are no longer the same. Perhaps, in this life and this life, they will be separated from the world like this.
It is difficult to say goodbye when we meet, and the east wind is powerless. At this time, Chen Xiaomo could only send his lovesick sorrow to Mingyue.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, slow and soft, Chen Xiaomo guessed, this must be a woman! He didn't have time to think about it, he hurriedly ran off the overpass and hid in the woods.
The footsteps gradually became clearer, and finally, a woman in pink clothes appeared, Chen Xiaomo looked at the woman, and his heart was immediately full of surprise and doubt, because the woman was his senior sister Lin Xiaodie.
"It's so late, what is Senior Sister doing here alone? Is it because I can't sleep?" Chen Xiaomo muttered to himself.
I saw Lin Xiaodie stop when she walked on the overpass, holding the railing with both hands, looking at the bright moon in the sky. The expression on her face was a little delighted and a little excited, as if she was waiting for someone to arrive. But who is she waiting for at such a late hour?
After a long time, no one else came, Chen Xiaomo was a little impatient, and he was about to come out.
At this time, a white figure walked onto the overpass, and from a distance, it was so chic and elegant. When the man approached, Chen Xiaomo finally saw his face clearly, it was a face that he would never forget, but at this time he also understood the reason why Lin Xiaodie came out in the middle of the night.
"Senior Brother Wu, you're here!" Lin Xiaodie's face immediately showed a sweet smile, as bright as a pearl.
Wu Huaicheng smiled and said slightly apologetically: "Senior Sister Lin, there was something on Master's side just now, so it was delayed. That, come out of me so late, what's the matter?"
Lin Xiaodie raised her head slightly, looking at Wu Huaicheng, the breeze blew, messing up her hair, and she was so charming and moving in the dark night.
She said in a low voice, "I have always been very grateful to you for helping me out of the siege last time. In my heart, I have always remembered you!" During the conversation, her eyes were full of watery tenderness all the time.
Although Wu Huaicheng is not a master of the love field, how could he not know Lin Xiaodie's intentions? It's just that his heart has long been filled by another person.
He thought for a while and said, "Senior Sister Lin doesn't have to worry about it, you and I are both disciples of the Tianshan Sect, and it is appropriate to help each other." ”
Lin Xiaodie couldn't guess what Wu Huaicheng was thinking, she thought that she was too direct, and Wu Huaicheng might not be able to accept it for the time being, after all, they had only met twice.
"Senior Brother Wu, how long have you been getting started?" Lin Xiaodie asked.
Wu Huaicheng thought for a while and said: "I was originally a son of the Nanjun official family, and then the family was framed, and I had no choice but to defect here. ”
Lin Xiaodie was surprised: "Senior Brother Wu, then you are a one-in-a-million cultivation genius, that Hao Jian of Feiguan Peak started twenty years earlier than you, but he was beaten by you!"
"Hehe, it's nothing, that Hao Jianren is as his name suggests, he is ruthless, and I should teach him a lesson. Wu Huaicheng said modestly. Lin Xiaodie was amused by these words, and her voice was like a warbler singing softly, which was melodious.
After a long time, Lin Xiaodie looked at Wu Huaicheng's handsome face and said earnestly, "Senior Brother Wu, can you accompany me for a walk?"
"Okay!" Wu Huaicheng didn't know what would happen next, but he couldn't refuse, so he had to reluctantly agree.
The two walked down the bridge together, and just as Lin Xiaodie took the last step, her feet suddenly went soft, and she was about to fall to the side on one side of her body. Wu Huaicheng's eyes were quick and he hugged her.
"Senior Sister Lin, what's wrong with you?" Wu Huaicheng asked with concern.
Lin Xiaodie said with some pain: "Oops, I accidentally broke my foot just now, it hurts!"
Wu Huaicheng helped Lin Xiaodie to the steps, and then said, "Come, take off your shoes, I'll show you." But as soon as he touched Lin's feet, Lin Xiaodie screamed in pain, leaving him at a loss for anything.
"Senior Brother Wu, help me back first!" Lin Xiaodie said softly.
Wu Huaicheng nodded, but there were more than a thousand steps of ladder in front of him, and it was really not easy to help a person with an injured foot go down. So, he turned to Lin Xiaodie and said, "Senior Sister Lin, I'd better carry you down, you may make your feet hurt more when you walk like this." ”
Lin Xiaodie shyly agreed, and then Wu Huaicheng carefully put her weak and boneless body on his back, and where the two came into contact, a warm current came instantly. Lin Xiaodie quietly lay on Wu Huaicheng's shoulder, enjoying the warmth of this moment peacefully.