The days are short, the days are wonderful and the times are dull, and a month has passed in a hurry. At this time of year, Ai Li will return to Kunlun, to that place with ice and snow but a different kind of warmth.

This year is no exception, only one day away from Kunlun, Ai is full of joy to return home, but he meets the third junior brother and says that the fourth junior brother has an accident.

Ai Li rushed back, and when she thought of the fourth junior brother, she couldn't help but get anxious. The fourth junior brother Xu Shaofeng has been cold and arrogant and stubborn since he was a child, he fights everything by himself, and he is always covered with injuries, what a worrying child!

Day and night, Kunlun is in sight. From a distance, Ai saw four horses chasing a white horse, a man and a woman on the white horse. Then, the white horse was surrounded, and immediately the man was knocked to the ground.

Ai Li stared at it, and the person who was knocked to the ground was none other than her fourth junior brother Xu Shaofeng! But seeing him staggered up, he protected the girl beside him. The sword in his hand waved, and the cold light suddenly appeared, and the sword light that should have been blue turned blood red, and a large cloud of red snowflakes rose from his sword in the blood mist, striking at the enemy in front of him with a decisive sword aura.

This trick Ai Li had never seen him use, and it was so gorgeous and gorgeous that it was heart-wrenching. She was shocked in her heart, this was a blow that burned her life! It turns out that the fourth junior brother already has someone to sacrifice his life to protect?

After one move, he fell to the ground, as if exhausted. The middle-aged man walked up to him with a sinister smile and stabbed his sword into his heart. In desperation, Ai Li threw the Red Flame Farewell Knife and blocked the fatal blow for him.

When the fourth junior brother saw that it was her, his cold eyes instantly showed a look of joy.

Seeing that he was so injured that he couldn't even stand up, Ai was in pain, and scolded him with his head and face, and he responded with a chatter, and the joy in his eyes remained the same.

The fourth junior brother Xu Shaofeng was an outcast, and was picked up by Ai Li when he was four years old. Because his physique is different from ordinary people, he is arrogant and untamed, and he was often ostracized by other people in the door when he was a child, so Ai Li protected him the most, and he seemed to only remove his cold armor in front of her alone.

Ai Li looked at the joy in his eyes, and the face of another person flashed in his heart. The fourth junior brother is very similar to that person's personality, he is silent and cold to anyone, but he only shows a smile in front of himself. When he saw the fourth junior brother, it was as if he saw the shadow of that person.

Ai Li knows very well the personality of the fourth junior brother, although he has a stubborn personality, he has a good heart and will not casually form a mortal enmity with others. Seeing that the people in front of him wanted to kill him, Ai Li was furious, and bright red flames ignited on the Red Flame Parting Knife.

Ai Li's nature is fire, and her martial arts are on a fierce path, anger increases her strength, and no one is invincible under her angry knife, and she knocks down two of them after dozens of moves. And the other two were also captured by the third junior brother Qiao Zhiye and the junior sister Mo Xiaoyu who came one after another.

After cleaning up the offenders, Ai Li asked Mo Xiaoyu, a junior sister who was proficient in pharmacology, about the injuries of the fourth junior brother, but the answer he didn't want was that he had been poisoned by a poison called "Liren's Tears", which needed a blood lotus to crack.

On the snowy mountain, the red figure moved quickly from one snow top to another, and Ai Li was running.

According to the little junior sister's inference, the fourth junior brother only had less than three hours before the next poison attack.

The little junior sister said that this blood lotus is a red snow lotus that can only grow on the top of the snow-capped mountain. Snow lotus is rare, and this red snow lotus that only grows on the top of snow-capped mountains is even more difficult to find. After looking for a few snow tops in a row, Ai Li didn't find any trace of the blood lotus.

On the snow-capped mountain, the howling and cold mountain wind cut like a knife, ruthlessly setting off a memory from the depths of Ai's memory: when she was five years old, a famous monk came to her family and divined for her, saying that her fate was too heavy and would definitely affect the people around her. Sure enough, within a few years, her family was wiped out, and she was the only one left in a family of 100.

Could it be that she is really destined, and everyone around her will go because of her?!

Ai Li pursed his lips vigorously, almost wanting to bleed.

On the empty snowy roof, the vast wind and snow are rolling in a steady stream, and the boundlessness is maddening. Ai Li angrily slashed his sword and slashed the red flame towards the ruthless wind and snow.

A little red swayed at the corner of the cliff, so dazzling in a white expanse of ice and snow.

It's a Blood Lotus! The safflower buried by the wind and snow was blown away by Ai Li's knife wind, revealing a delicate face.

Ai was overjoyed, hurriedly put away the knife, and reached out to pick the life-saving flower.

Without warning, it looked like a powerful snow top, and when the blood lotus flower left the earth, it collapsed violently. Ai Li held the blood lotus in his hand and fell down the cliff along with the ice and snow.

Anyone who lives next to the snow-capped mountains knows that once an avalanche occurs, even the most advanced martial arts person will not be spared, and no one can resist this powerful force of nature. But Ai Li was not reconciled, she stepped on the falling snow and struggled upward.

The ice fell like an arrow, and the snow was so soft that it was impossible to draw on it, and several attempts were unsuccessful, only to reduce the momentum of her descent slightly.

Finally, the ice and snow still ruthlessly buried everything. Ai Li clenched the blood lotus and was gradually buried in the ice and snow. She knew that the struggle at this point would only sink her deeper and deeper.

Could this be her fate, no matter how hard she tries, she will only sink deeper and deeper, and in the end she still can't escape the end of being buried?

In the darkness, something seemed to shake in front of her, and she immediately held it tightly. The sunlight was infinitely amplified in an instant, and she felt her body soar into the air, constantly soaring upward......

"Senior sister! Are you okay? An anxious voice rang in his ears.

Ai Li opened his eyes, and in front of him were the worried eyes of the second junior brother. It turned out that she was holding on to the rope thrown by her second junior brother Ji Lianyue. At the critical moment, it was Ji Lianyue who saved her. This second junior brother started later than several others, because he was in charge of affairs outside the door, he didn't often meet on weekdays, but he didn't expect to save her today.

The poison in the four junior disciples was finally lifted with the efforts of everyone. A few days later, the master also came out of the jade cave.

Ai Li walked into the master's room to greet him, and to her, the master Song Yu was like her reborn father.

Inside the house, a gray-robed master was standing in front of the window, his silver hair was simply tied behind his chest with a black cloth rope, and he was wearing a pair of black-faced cloth shoes under his feet, and there were no other ornaments on his body. Looking at the master's back, Ai Li secretly thought: The master's dress has always been casual, but it is difficult to hide his dusty temperament, no wonder there is a reputation of "Jade Cave Immortal" on the rivers and lakes. One is to call it clever, and the other is to praise its temperament.

"Master!" Ai Li stood behind him and snorted softly.

When the master heard her voice, he turned his head, and the white-haired master had the appearance of a young man, but at this time his face was tired.

Looking at the master, Ai moved slightly, the master often retreated in the jade cave, in recent years, the retreat time has been longer, often not out for several months, every time the master out of the customs is always tired, but I don't know why. She sighed secretly in her heart, the master's age is actually not too old, just over forty, but his hair has turned gray prematurely.

The master also observed her carefully, paused for a moment, and asked, "You are not young anymore." Twenty-six this year, right? ”

Ai Li nodded yes.

The master sighed for some reason, and suddenly said, "It's time to get married for you." Do you have someone you like? ”

Ai was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "I don't want to get married." "If she is really as the fortune teller says, the fate of the righteous and evil is too heavy, and it will definitely affect the people around her, then why should she bother others.

The master looked at her with pity and said, "Silly child, women always have to get married." I didn't pay much attention to your business before, and it was the teacher's fault. ”

Ai Li hurriedly said: "I can't blame the master, it's because I don't want to get married." ”

The master sighed again and said, "It's the things in the sect that have delayed you, and the master has neglected to manage, and over the years, the sect has basically relied on you to support you." It's really not a good teacher to be a teacher. ”

Ai Li said: "The master has his own important things to do, and it is appropriate for the apprentice to share the worries of the master." Moreover, the affairs of the sect are not the work of one person, and all the juniors and disciples are working together. But in the past two years, I have nothing to do, and it is very leisurely to wander the rivers and lakes. ”

The master listened and asked, "When you were wandering in the rivers and lakes, did you meet someone who was tempted?" ”

Ai Li shook his head slowly.

The master pondered for a while, and then said, "Don't you like Xiao Si Shaofeng?" Let him marry you, and choose an auspicious day for you to marry within the year. ”

Ai Lixiu frowned slightly, he was slightly better to the fourth junior brother than other junior brothers, but that was just because he didn't know how to cherish himself, and he had suffered more than others since he was a child, but he wanted to marry him himself......

"Master," Ai Li raised his head and said seriously, "My senior brother is six years old, and I have never regarded him as a younger brother, and it is impossible for me to marry him." Besides, I really don't want to get married! ”

The master smiled and said, "What is the difference in age, is my disciple the kind of person who cares about worldly opinions?" After a pause, he said softly: "It's not for the teacher to force you." Calculated for the teacher, you are now in a bloody calamity, if you can't survive this calamity, I am afraid that you will have to worry about your life. The only way to do this is to use it to break it with relatives. You are a fire by nature, and you are the fiercest thunderbolt with blood, and it is very difficult to find someone who is compatible with you. Shaofeng is extremely ice, and ice becomes water when it meets fire, which can just overcome your fire. The two of you are both restrained and born together, and if you become husband and wife, you can break the calamity of your love. ”

Ai Li shook his head and said, "Master, this won't work. The fourth junior brother already has someone he likes, and the girl on the other side also likes him sincerely, they are a real couple. ”

The master said angrily: "Nonsense, I have only been in retreat for a few months, how can there be such a thing, you don't need to say more, I have decided on this matter!" ”

"Master......" Ai Li was about to persuade again, but the master waved his hand to her tiredly and said, "You go first." I'll arrange this. ”

Ai Li looked at the master's tired expression, and the words could not be spoken. She thought to herself: The master is very tired every time he goes out, let's wait for him to feel better. Anyway, the fourth junior brother is still recuperating from his injuries, and he will slowly explain this matter to the master.

Later, I heard that the master recruited the fourth junior brother that night, but the fourth junior brother disobeyed the master's order for the first time and resolutely refused to agree to the marriage. The two finally broke up.

After not seeing the master mention his marriage again for several days, Ai Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief and put the matter down.

The women of the world began to talk about marriage at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and at the beginning of their twenties, they were already considered old girls, and compared to her "advanced age" of twenty-six, she had already looked very lightly on the affairs of men and women.

It was the beginning of her favorite green plum blossoms, and Ai Li walked slowly to the garden alone.

Turning a corner of the house, she suddenly heard someone faintly mention the word "senior sister", and she couldn't help but stop and listen carefully.

I only heard the unhappy voice of the second junior brother Ji Lianyue: "Senior sister is so good to you, why would you rather disobey your master's order than marry her?" ”

Xu Shaofeng said in a low voice: "Senior Sister is good to me, of course I understand. But it doesn't matter if I marry her or not. ”

Ai was nervous, and it turned out that in the room next to him, the second junior brother Ji Lianyue and the fourth junior brother Xu Shaofeng were talking about themselves.

Ji Lianyue said: "How many disciples in the door admire Senior Sister, the master pointed out this happy event to you, but you don't know how to refuse!" ”

Xu Shaofeng said: "Second Senior Brother, you don't understand, I respect Senior Sister and love Senior Sister, I can do anything else for her, I can even die for her, but I can't marry her." The senior sister only has a sister-brother relationship with me, and what I like is Lu Xiaohua. ”

Ji Lianyue reprimanded him: "You are talking nonsense! How can you live up to the affection that Senior Sister has had for you since childhood. ”

Xu Shaofeng said: "Second Senior Brother, I have always respected you, but this marriage between me and Senior Sister is impossible!" ”

"Do you know that Senior Sister almost died under the avalanche in order to collect a life-saving blood lotus for you, how can you do this to her!" Ji Lianyue, who has always been mild-mannered, seems to be angry.

After being silent for a while, Xu Shaofeng said: "Senior sister's kindness to me, I will not be able to repay it with a hundred deaths!" But this has nothing to do with marriage, and I can't say yes. Second Senior Brother,...... Senior sister, she has someone else in her heart. ”

"You!" Ji Lianyue was suddenly angry.

Ai moved and silently turned his head away.

The memories of seventeen years of dusty hearts were lifted up, and the feelings that even I didn't understand were lifted out of the water.

It turned out that the fourth junior brother, who seemed to be silent and cold, actually understood her like this.

Ai Li stared at the green plums full of white trees, and his gaze gradually softened.

Most of the flowers on the snow-capped mountains are short, but the green plum is one of the few plants that grows tall. The white and delicate little flowers are hanging on the branches, as if they are the bright smile of a little girl who does not know the taste of sorrow.

"So you're two months younger than me!" The little girl smiled and said, "Then you have to call me sister!" ”

"Yes, miss." The little boy who stood straight behind her and was not good at speaking said with some nervousness.

"That's wrong, it's not Miss, it's Sister!" The little girl didn't give up: "Call sister!" ”

"Little ...... Sister. The little boy lowered his head and changed his words under the little girl's unkind gaze, and his grim face turned red.

"Since you called me sister, I will protect you in the future. If anyone dares to bully you, just tell me and I'll clean them up!" The little girl said vividly.

"Yes!" The little boy lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Let's go to the mountains to see the flowers! I heard that the mountain over there is red, but it's beautiful. The little girl took the little boy's hand and ran back to the hill.

On the back mountain, the red of the mountain blooms all over the mountain, and the hillside seems to be ignited by flames. But the little boy's eyes kept following the little girl in red clothes, and he didn't leave for a moment.

Little girl didn't know that it was the most carefree, relaxed and happy day of her life.

……

"Senior sister, go over and take a look! The master wanted to arrange a marriage between you and the fourth child, but the fourth child refused and quarreled with the master. The third junior brother, Qiao Zhiye, suddenly appeared in front of her, interrupting her fugue.

Ai Li was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly got up.

Before I walked to the lobby, I heard the master's angry voice from a distance: "You get out of here!" I don't have a disobedient apprentice like you! ”

Pushing open the door, the fourth junior brother Xu Shaofeng was kneeling straight on the ground with his head down.

Ai Li walked up to his side and whispered to the angry master.

Raising his head and seeing that it was her, Xu Shaofeng's eyes showed a look of extreme pain: "Senior sister, I'm sorry!" I can fight hard for my master, I can spare my life for you, but I can't marry you. ”

As he spoke, he drew his sword, and stabbed it into his abdomen.

"Stupid!" Ai Li hurriedly grabbed his wrist with great force, but his movements were extremely fierce, the sword was sharp, his abdomen had been deeply cut by the blade, and bright red blood gushed out like a spring.

"You've learned to threaten me with death, well! Good! The master was so angry that he couldn't speak.

In the pool of blood, Xu Shaofeng still held on to the sword, and after a while, he struggled to straighten up and kneel, as stubborn as the cold sword in his hand.

Looking at his upright body, Ai Li seemed to see the shadow of the man, and they were just as clumsy in the way they expressed their feelings.

It turned out that the stubborn and shy four-year-old boy she picked up from the street had grown up unconsciously......

Ai Li looked thoughtfully at his angular silhouette, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook slightly.

Yes, she can't marry him. She spoiled him and protected him, all just to find the shadow of another person in him. However, he is not him after all, and he is not him after all......

Thinking of this, Ai Li knelt down in front of the master with him, and said like broken gold and jade: "I, Ai Li, swear here, that I will not marry in this life!" If you break this oath, you will do so! After saying that, she resolutely cut off a strand of her long hair.

Jet-black hair slowly floated from her hands, scattered in pools of his blood, expressing the same determination between the two of them.

"Senior sister!" Xu Shaofeng looked back at her in shock.

She gave him a firm, warm smile back. What he swore to insist on was also what she was willing to support.

Xu Shaofeng lowered his head with a sad face, his originally straight back suddenly lost his momentum, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground with a "bell".

The master pointed at them in a trembling voice and said, "You ...... I'm! ”

The master's disappointed look made Ai Li feel uncomfortable, but she didn't regret it!

Looking at the unflinching gaze in her eyes, the master said dejectedly: "Let you go." "In a moment, it seemed to be much older.