04 | Fragment memories
The demon followed Xuan Qing into the apse ancestral hall, and the moment she stepped into the main hall, the door slammed shut behind her.
The light in the room dimmed in an instant, and the demon looked fixedly, the hall was very empty, and the interior furnishings were very simple.
Two rows of wooden columns extend to the end of the main hall, where several worn-out Nanmu long tables are placed, on which are placed the tablets of the ancestors of Jishitang, and under the tables are scattered several round futons.
The demon followed Xuan Qing to the tablet, Xuan Qing knelt on a futon, and the demon was about to follow suit, Xuan Qing said to her: "No need to kneel, just think about it." ”
So the demon clasped his hands together and said silently in his heart: "I'm sorry to disturb your rest, and I ask you seniors to bless me and my friends." ”
Xuan Qing stood up and led the demon to a wooden table, on which a white candle with the thickness of an arm burned, and the leaping candle flame reflected the row of tablets red.
At this time, the demon noticed the familiar name engraved on one of the tablets - Xuanqing.
"Surprised, see my name?" Xuan Qing Road.
"A little." The demon said honestly.
"I'm over 1,400 years old, and although I can't call me dead, I'm not alive." Xuan Qing Road.
The demon was silent, Xuan Qing smiled indifferently, and then said: "Luan'er's tail feather is in my tablet, if you are brave enough, you can take it with me." ”
"Why don't you dare?" The demon replied cheerfully.
"Your personality is very similar to hers." Xuan Qing slowly spoke, "Be brave, don't want to compromise fate, and do whatever it takes to pay for the belief you hold." ”
"I'm still sorry for my life." The demon replied.
"Is there one?" Xuan Qing asked rhetorically.
"Of course." The demon replied a little unconfidently.
"So be it." Xuan Qing didn't say anything more, and put his hand on his tablet.
Xuan Qing looked at the demon, and the demon followed his example and put his finger on the tablet.
A warm current spread all over the demon's body along the place where her fingers touched, and an indescribable feeling of comfort made the demon drowsy, and then Xuan Qing's voice sounded in her ears-
"Follow me, beware of getting lost."
The demon seemed to be drenched from his head by a basin of cold water, and he was completely tired.
Only then did she realize that she was in nothingness.
The sun, moon and stars continued to pass by the demon, and the starlight went from bright to annihilated, and it seemed like eternity for a moment. The demon stabilized his mind, and finally saw Xuanqing's back not far away.
She hurriedly followed, and every step was as fluttering as if she were stepping on cotton.
The demon followed Xuanqing deep and shallow, and kept moving towards the unknown distance, seemingly endless.
Just when the demon was a little impatient, Xuanqing's back suddenly disappeared.
The demon was shocked and ran forward quickly. Immediately after, her feet were empty, and she lost her balance in an instant.
The demon's center of gravity was unstable, and she fell into a piece of nothingness, and when she looked closely, she found that the nothingness under her body had transformed into a human landscape.
At this moment, the demon is like being in a dark room, peeking through the window of the scenery outside the house.
The demon saw a sparkling river, the night fog on the river was like a veil, the moonlight flowed on both banks, and the white sand was lightly caged, like an endless white jade.
The demon recognized it, this is Luoshui.
The demon saw a familiar figure staggering forward on the bank of Luoshui.
It turned out to be Luan'er.
The demon didn't care much, and directly chose to jump out of nothingness.
The imaginary feeling of weightlessness and falling came as expected, as if she was going straight down one staircase to another.
The demon appeared on the white sand beach behind Luan'er, and she called Luan'er's name, but the other party continued to move forward as if she didn't hear it. Helplessly, the demon had no choice but to speed up and chase after him.
The demon was about to pat Luan'er on the shoulder, but his hand went straight through the other party's body.
The demon didn't have time to be surprised, but he saw that not far away, Xuan Qing was secretly observing.
It's Xuanqing when he was young.
The demon also realized that what she saw at this moment should be a memory of Xuan Young Man's childhood.
So the demon followed Luan'er all the way to a small town.
It's the town where the demons are staying right now.
However, at that time, the scale of the town was much smaller than it is now, and Jishitang was not included in the planning scope of the town.
Luan'er enters the town, but the demon finds that she can't go in with her.
She hurriedly looked for Xuanqing's traces, only to see Xuanqing watching Luan'er from a distance and not following her into the city.
The demon was helpless, but after all, this was Xuanqing's memory, so she had to walk to Xuanqing's side and wait boredly.
I don't know how long it took, just when the demon was drowsy, suddenly a dazzling white light shone into the sky from the direction of the town, dispelling the endless night and making Luozhou as bright as day.
This is Luan'er breaking her tail.
The demon's heart twitched inexplicably, she looked at Xuanqing on the side, but saw the other party standing with his expressionless back, looking at the direction of the white light from afar.
The demon sighed lightly, and said secretly in her heart: "I'm afraid Luan'er herself couldn't have imagined that this broken tail feather would become her lifesaver in the future." ”
This is really a blessing and a curse.
The demon was sighing, but Xuan Qing suddenly walked in the direction of the town. Seeing this, the demon hurriedly followed, and entered the town with Xuanqing.
Outside the inn where Luan'er stayed, a group of sleepless onlookers had gathered at this moment, and they surrounded the entire inn, pointing at the window of Luan'er's room, but no one dared to take a step forward.
Xuan Qing stood alone outside the crowd, also silently looking in the direction of the inn, the demon looked at Xuan Qing with some curiosity, but was surprised to find that in his ancient eyes, a trace of loneliness faintly flashed.
But soon, the demon decided that he had seen it wrong, and mistook the first rays of morning light from the rising sun for the loneliness in Xuanqing's eyes.
The sun was up, and the crowds of onlookers grew.
After a short time, Xuan Qing was squeezed out of the street by the crowd watching the excitement.
Xuan Qing simply found a tavern nearby, ordered a pot of wine, and a few side dishes.
In a short time, the food and wine were ready. The demon couldn't help but step forward, but unfortunately he couldn't smell anything. She thought with some regret about the drunken immortal brew of Mengze Sect and the moondew elixir of the Falling Star Cliff, swallowed her saliva silently, and watched Xuanqing eat and drink again.
At this time, a veiled woman suddenly walked into the tavern. She walked straight to Xuanqing's table, pulled out a chair, and sat down.
"I have half a jug of wine left." Xuan Qing shook the celadon wine jug in his hand and said.
"Half a pot is enough." The woman said, and with a wave of her sleeve, the next moment the jug appeared in her hand.
The demon finally heard her identity through her voice - Mermaid Six.
No wonder her figure looked so familiar.