Chapter 229: The Great Avalanche
On the second day of the martial arts conference, the calm was still there.
On this day, Lin Shouxi didn't go anywhere, only stayed by Gong Yu's side, quietly looking at the low sky.
It's time to tell Xiao He the end of the story today.
He could feel Xiao He's warmth, like spending a cold winter and going to winter, but the more he was so, the more scared he felt, the snow piled up in winter would only melt when exposed to sunlight, but Xiao He obviously covered it in his heart and pretended to forget, but the snow was always there, and when it piled up into a mountain, it collapsed out of control.
"These martial arts people are not honest at all." Gong Yu said suddenly.
Lin Shouxi came back to his senses, moved his gaze from the sky back to the world, swept the crowd, and asked, "Why did the ancestor say that?" β
"On the surface, they talk about the primeval universe, life and death, but in fact, they have their own ghosts, and if I wasn't here today, they wouldn't be talking about that." Gong Yu said.
"And what will they talk about?" Lin Shouxi asked.
"Extinguish the saint." Gong Yu replied: "The matter of destroying the saint is spreading among the people, it is by no means groundless, these cultivators, the realm is rising, the power is greater, they are dissatisfied with the status quo, and some sects are still negotiating with the imperial court on the surface about 'Zhao'an', but in fact, they have long had the intention of rebellion." β
Lin Shouxi remembered all the rumors he had heard in the past few months, and asked, "If it weren't for the Daomen, I'm afraid the world would have been in chaos." β
"Hmm." Gong Yu nodded.
This is also the reason why she has not left for a long time, the world still seems to be harmonious, but secretly it is a bow that is getting tighter and tighter, and it will shoot arrows through the Central Plains at any time.
"Why does Daomen support the imperial court?" Lin Shouxi asked curiously.
"Because it's solid." Gong Yu replied: "In terms of maintaining the stability of the world, the dynasty is much better than these worldly sects that seem to be immortal wind bones, only when the world is stable, can more people practice, although the royal power is destined to be replaced in the future, but it is definitely not this group of robbers, they will only make the world chaotic." β
In the past, people regarded His Majesty as the supreme, thinking that the monarchy was divinely conferred, and the god was high in the realm of illusion and omnipotent, if he angered Long Yan, it was equivalent to angering a supreme god, but over the years, the world has ridiculed the king more and more, such as what God who granted royal power is indeed omnipotent, but it has a flaw, that is, it does not exist.
Such a god did not exist, so Gong Yu temporarily acted as him.
Lin Shouxi nodded, he knew that the most important reason why the Daomen wanted to destroy the Demon Gate was also that the Demon Gate wanted to destroy the cultivation method, in the eyes of the Daomen, the law could not be destroyed, and the Daomen did not kill his senior brothers and sisters, the main reason was not benevolence, righteousness and kindness, but because his senior brothers and sisters were all first-class cultivation seeds, which were beneficial to the Great Dao of the human race.
"Why does the Master Ancestor go all out to promote cultivation?" Lin Shouxi asked.
"This is one of the great plans of Yunkong Mountain and even the human race." Gong Yu said.
"What?" Lin Shouxi immediately asked.
"Preaching to all worlds."
This was originally a secret, but Gong Yu didn't shy away from him anymore, she didn't immediately explain the meaning of the word, but asked, "What do you think of the path of cultivation in this world?" β
"If the four seasons are used as a metaphor, it should be spring...... Spring passes over the earth, and the willow trees begin to bud, for this world, the cultivation is only a few decades, it should be just budding. Lin Shouxi said.
"Yes...... Gong Yu said softly, "If I say that it is late autumn, do you believe it?" β
"Why?" Lin Shouxi was puzzled.
"Before the patriarch died, he said a terrifying prophecy - the end of the law is coming, and the universe has entered the official stage." Gong Yu slowly opened his mouth and said, "It doesn't matter whether the Dao Law of this world has just been reborn or has been multiplied for tens of thousands of years, the important thing is that the end of the Dharma is coming. β
"The end of the law?" Lin Shouxi was terrified.
"Like the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, as the Buddha said, the end of the Dharma means the cold winter and the emptiness of silence, it is the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new cycle."
Gong Yu lowered his finger like jade, pointed to the earth, and said quietly: "In the study of ancient history, such reincarnation has happened many times, and at the end of each time, the glacier will cover the entire earth. β
At this point, she said in a conclusive tone like a coffin: "Cultivation is to fight against the end of the law. β
When Lin Shouxi asked how to fight, Gong Yu no longer gave an answer, Lin Shouxi realized that this was not a secret that he could know now.
Sure enough, as Gong Yu said, these cultivators finally couldn't bear it anymore, and faintly revealed the knives and daggers hidden under their clothes.
In the afternoon, the heads of several factions gathered together and talked about the 'dragon vein'.
Lin Shouxi immediately understood that the so-called dragon vein was likely to allude to the current imperial power.
But in any case, in front of the master of the Daomen, the heads of the sect did not dare to make a mistake, but they really discussed it around the dragon vein, and the head of the Kunlun faction even took out a map and unfolded it.
The map is huge, almost including the footprints of the human race, the mountains and rivers are clearly marked, and beyond the earth is the boundless sea, and there are occasional islands on the sea.
"Look, everybody."
The head of the Kunlun faction spread out his hand, and the disciple hurriedly brought a large pen, a large inkstone, and the head of the sect dipped the pen in ink, waved a large pen, and began to paint on the map.
The pen slowly swiped across the drawings, if you look at it according to the real scale, this ink is a few miles away, many mountains are connected together, like a dragon entrenched on the earth, looking extremely bluffing.
"In ancient times, there must have been a dragon falling on this land, the dragon died here, the bones were buried deep in the earth, where it meandered, the mountains were uplifted like humps, its head stood as a snow peak, its tail dived into the ocean with the river flow, the earth was supported by the keel, and the Kunlun Mountains were just famous dragon's neck......"
The head pointed to the complex terrain, and began to explain the location of the dragon's horns and dragon claws, saying that it was very godly, but he really drew a dragon on the map, he said: "The dragon has come to have it, it is not a lie, our ancestors have seen its descendants on the earth, and the royal inheritance has also come from this, otherwise there will be no real dragon son of heaven." β
Everyone nodded one after another, some were skeptical, some were convinced, some nodded and smiled, thoughtful...... Suddenly, the head of a small sect stood up, squinted his eyes, leaned forward, and asked, "Why is there a crack under this dragon's neck?" β
"It's not just the dragon's neck, this dragon's tail is also incomplete, it's okay to look at it from a distance, but if you get closer, you can see countless cracks." Someone else said.
"Not only the tail of the dragon, shouldn't the real dragon have four claws? Why did you only draw three, and where did one of the claws go, could it be that this is a crippled dragon? A burly man stood up and spoke quickly.
"Yes, although this dragon has a shape, it is too far-fetched to study it carefully...... What's more, why don't you have Huashan in your dragon vein? β
Finally, Yue Shanjun, the head of the Huashan faction, spoke up and raised objections.
"Huashan and this dragon body are far from each other, how can they be forcibly contacted?" Kunlun said.
"That's big nonsense." The head of the Huashan faction also took a pen up, and he drew a dragon headed by Huashan.
The head of Kunlun saw it, he was not convinced, and he argued fiercely, in the process of arguing, the head of the Diancang faction also joined in, the head of the woman snatched the pen, with Cangshan as the core, and also drew a long dragon with teeth and claws, and did not forget to ridicule Yue Shanjun, saying:
"You dragon is crookedly drawn, where is the majesty? After the head of Yue is also a famous family, the difference between this sword skill and painting skill is too big...... It's better to look at me, it's a real dragon. β
The quarrel between the two turned into a trio.
During the quarrel, the head of the Diancang faction proposed to let the other heads evaluate and see whose dragon was real, so the heads of Shaolin, Wudang, and Kongtong also came to this huge map to draw dragons.
Each person's dragon drawing is different, but the dragon body will definitely pass through the mountains where their own sect is entrenched.
So the dragon on the picture changed from three to six, and when it was Xin Sisu's turn, the fairy-like woman got up, quietly glanced at Gong Yu, lifted the pen, but did not fall on Mount Emei, but hung the pen and ink overseas, connecting several islands.
"What does Master Xin mean?" Kunlun's face changed slightly and asked.
"Who said dragons can only be on the earth, not in the sea?" Xin Sisu smiled faintly and said: "The sea is vast, the anger is unpredictable, if one day I take off the identity of this head, I want to go boating on the sea, away from this worldly strife." β
"The dragon may be in the sea, but Mount Emei is in the world." The head of the Diancang faction said.
"Mount Emei is in the world, the Daomen is also in the world, there is a master of the door sitting in the world, how can the troubles of the world be worried about the little woman?" Xin Sisu smiled softly, and a pair of beautiful eyes couldn't help but cast in the direction of Gong Yu.
Gong Yu didn't echo anything, just meditated, his expression hazy among the fences.
Whether there is a dragon vein, or whether it is a matter of words and aspirations, Gong Yu does not care about the discussion of the dragon vein.
These real people in charge discussed the matter of the dragon vein for a whole afternoon, citing scriptures and classics, and everyone had different opinions.
When it was approaching dusk, the sky was overcast, and dark clouds slowly surged in from all directions, gradually enveloping Wudang, as if it was about to condense a torrential rain.
The martial arts conference on the second day was about to end, and everyone was about to end, and the head of Wudang Mountain called them to stop and talked about tomorrow's arrangements.
"It stands to reason that each faction will elect a disciple tomorrow to test martial arts, do you have any arrangements?" Lu Shu asked.
The various sects have shown their proud disciples.
At the time of the introduction, every disciple was born a legend, with superb talents, and various titles emerged in endlessly, as if he was the pride of the world.
But they also knew in their hearts that even if they praised their disciples to the sky, the opponents of tomorrow's decisive battle would only be Lin Shouxi and the Holy Bodhisattva.
They were too dazzling to overshadow all their peers.
Everyone began to look forward to this battle that was bound to come, except for Lin Shouxi.
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The darkness is coming, the clouds are accumulating in the sky, but the rain has not fallen.
The martial arts conference dispersed.
Lin Shouxi came to the appointed store, and Xiao He was a little late, for the same reason as yesterday, he was dressing up.
Today she wore a red skirt, which reduced the coldness of the green skirt and replaced it with the unique brightness of the girl.
Between the two was a pot with iron sheets separating the middle of the pot, and the bottom of the pot was on fire, and soon after the soup was poured, the water was boiling.
In the same pot, the soup was divided into two colors, one was extremely spicy red and the other was light white, which were precisely separated by iron sheets and did not blend with each other.
Soon, a variety of dishes were served, mostly meat, and the slices of meat were thinly sliced, as fine as paper, and as fat as snow.
"You've picked a good shop." Xiao He said.
"I said before that I would bring Xiaohe to my hometown, but I have not been able to fulfill my promise, I am really ashamed." Lin Shouxi picked up a piece of meat and put it in the white soup.
"Do you like white soup?" Xiao He asked faintly.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Shouxi was stunned for a moment, and he didn't react immediately, and then he realized that Xiao He was wearing a red dress today.
Without waiting for Lin Shouxi to make up for it, Xiao He had already spoken again, she said: "It's nothing, the white soup is very good, mild and dense, fragrant and soft, and the gentle country of a fairy, it is reasonable to like it, it is not like this red soup, although it looks beautiful, but the peppers are hidden underneath, it tastes spicy and exciting, it will only come to tame your tongue, not to be tamed by you, right?" β
The girl's words cut like a knife, and Lin Shouxi immediately sat up straight.
The young man's face remained unchanged, he took out the meat put in the white soup, put it into Xiao He's bowl, and said, "This is boiled for you." β
Then, he sandwiched another piece, put in the red soup, and said: "As Xiao He said, the white soup is dense and gentle, and the red soup is warm and stimulating. β
The meat slice was quickly cooked, and before it could be cooked, Lin Shouxi fished it out and put it in his mouth.
Like a flame entering his throat, hot and spicy poured into his mouth, Lin Shouxi chewed twice, only to feel that what was squeezed out of the meat was not juice, but fireworks that could not be suppressed by true qi.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"
Lin Shouxi reluctantly swallowed the meat, only to feel that fire could erupt from his mouth, he raised his head, and saw Xiao He chewing slowly, while taking a glass of water and handing it over.
"Drink?" Xiao He asked indifferently.
Lin Shouxi didn't take it, took it after thanking him, and drank it quickly.
"If you can't eat it, don't eat it, hide in this white soup honestly, gentle and gentle, isn't it?" Xiao He's tone was flat, but his eyes were murderous.
"I wasn't ready before."
Lin Shouxi took a deep breath, thinking that he could withstand the thunder and fire, how could he stop him with this spicy food?
"I don't think it's appropriate if I'm not ready." Xiao He took a sip of tea, combed his long hair hanging on the red dress, and said, "You obviously found a suitable one for you, why do you have to make extraneous branches and suffer the torture in vain?" This is what happens to greed...... I see you, it's better to be honest, since you can't control the red one, it's better to forget it. β
"Can't forget it!" Lin Shouxi's tone was firm.
He sandwiched several large pieces of meat together, slipped them into the soup one by one, picked them up together after they were cooked, stuffed them into his mouth without saying anything, and ate them, occasionally coughing twice, but his face still did not change, and Xiao He frowned.
After eating, Lin Shouxi only felt that his lips and tongue were stiff, and it became difficult to speak.
Listening to Lin Shouxi's stumbling words, Xiao He couldn't help laughing.
"It's useless." Xiao He laughed while also sandwiching a piece of meat and putting it in the red soup.
Although Xiao He also has a light taste, she grew up in the wild since she was a child, and spent a long time in drinking blood from Ru Mao, she doesn't think there is anything about this spiciness.
The juice-soaked flesh swept through the girl's ruddy cherry lips that could be broken, and was sent into the delicate and small sandalwood mouth, and then ......
"Ahem, ahem, ......"
Xiao He clutched his chest and coughed violently, his slender body trembled, coughing so much that tears were about to come out.
Seeing this, Lin Shouxi hurriedly poured tea and handed it to her, Xiao He drank it all, but felt a little spicier, and hurriedly opened his small mouth wide, and his jade hand kept fanning his lips, trying to relieve it, but it was useless.
When Xiao He came over, it was already half a pillar of incense, she raised her head, her cheeks were slightly red, her eyes were full of tears, and her original cherry crimson lips were completely red, so red that she was bewitching.
"What are you laughing at...... Xiao He said aggrievedly.
"The invincible Xiao He in the world also has things that he can't deal with?" Lin Shouxi asked with a smile.
"It's just careless, I can't count." Xiao He said softly.
As soon as the words fell, the shopkeeper came to their table, as if he saw their predicament, and the second boy asked cautiously, "...... Do you want to change the pot? β
Lin Shouxi and Xiao He glanced at each other.
Xiao He bit his tender lips that were still spicy, opened his mouth with Lin Shouxi, and said in a slightly shameful tone: "...... Change! β
Out of sight and out of mind, after replacing the mandarin duck pot with a clear soup with white flowers, Xiao He felt much more pleasing to the eye.
While enjoying the deliciousness, she thought about Fang Cai's analogy of white soup, and felt like she was asking for hardship.
Is this gentle fairy really so inclusive...... Xiao He stroked his chest and frowned.
It didn't take long for the meat on the table to be swept away by them.
After resting and chatting, Xiao He didn't ask anything, but Lin Shouxi rarely took the initiative to speak, saying:
"I'll finish the rest of the story."
"Hmm...... Okay. Xiao He touched the tip of his nose and said.
Lin Shouxi told the last story.
This story takes place more than half a year ago, not far away, and the content of the story is concise and to the point.
Lin Shouxi spoke slowly and confessed everything.
Xiao He sat opposite, sipping tea slowly, listening.
The soup that was boiling before had also fallen silent, slowly cooling between the two of them.
At first, Xiao He would interject and joke:
"Aren't you happy when the divine servant order is released? This kind of fairy, it is better to accept it as a little slave and a little maid. β
"Straight to the point? Scold...... Is the second peak in the world beautiful? Is the view from the top of the mountain beautiful? β
"Add some grains of salt...... It's also a shame that she can figure out that there is a total of one stone in the world, and Chu Yingchan is afraid that she will monopolize the eight buckets. β
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Gradually, Xiao He stopped talking, she knew that no matter how much she joked and ridiculed, pretending not to care, she still couldn't hide the deep emotions in her heart, this kind of emotion was complex and unspeakable, like loss, jealousy, and resentment...... She couldn't tell.
When the story was still in the realm of immortality, she could understand the horror of the curse and the horror of the shadow of death, so she could give birth to tolerance and understanding, but after the story, this feeling gradually disappeared, this is still her story, in this story, she is like a silly girl, happy every day, ignorant of deception.
As Lin Shouxi thought, Xiao He's heart was indeed snowing, in the past, the snow was once covered up, but at this moment, with the revelation of the story, her heart was pierced again, and the hidden snow was exposed.
The story has come to an end.
Lin Shouxi talked about the events of that night.
Even if Xiao He was mentally prepared, he still couldn't hide the shock on his cheeks, and his eyelashes and lips trembled together.
"Did you do it while I was sleeping?" Xiao He shook his head lightly and said in a cold voice.
"Yes." Lin Shouxi closed his eyes and nodded in a deep voice.
Boom β
The teacup in Xiao He's hand was suddenly shattered, turned into powder, and the water was also steamed, turning into white gas crushed in the palm of his hand.
If there is no her, then there will be a touching master-apprentice story between Lin Shouxi and Chu Yingchan, if she is not her, then she can also listen to this story as a pleasure, but ......
But she is Xiao He, and Lin Shouxi is her fiancΓ©.
Anyone can be moved by the story of the Immortal Kingdom, but she can't!
For a moment, the inn was cold.
Xiao He Huo Ran stood up, her chest rose and fell violently, and the red dress seemed to be burning in full swing, she stared at Lin Shouxi, suddenly stern:
"What about me? What am I? β
Xiao He's voice was like thunder piercing the night sky, she changed her appearance, no one knew that she was a holy bodhisattva, but her words of sadness shook the entire inn.
The resentment suppressed in his heart surged into his heart for a while, Xiao He gritted his teeth, and his body trembled.
"I like you, and I want to go back to the Wu family with you and live the life of two people, I thought you would be very happy, but...... So you don't want to leave at all...... What am I? Is it your fiancΓ©e, or Chu Yingchan's good sister? Or, I'm nothing, I'm just the spice when you master and apprentice are stealing joy, making you more exciting and happy! β
The sights in the inn were projected in unison, and everyone was terrified when they heard it, and they all stopped their chopsticks for a while, but no one dared to say a word.
Xiao He pressed her hands on the table, leaned forward, she stared at Lin Shouxi's eyes, as if she wanted to see the answer from them, and also seemed to be looking for proof of his change of heart.
Lin Shouxi closed his eyes and breathed deeply, he didn't escape anymore and met Xiao He's gaze.
"I ......"
"I don't want to hear your answer!"
Lin Shouxi was about to speak, but Xiao He directly interrupted him sternly, "I don't want to listen to your answer, what if you have ten thousand reasons?" I like you, you are my everything, but why, why do you have to share everything with me and Chu Yingchan? Why? Why can't I have everything for you! β
"You can give you to Chu Yingchan and me today, can you give it to more people tomorrow? Will you still persuade me to accept them, one by one? Oh, not only accept, but also want me to live in harmony with them, I can't be angry, I can't be jealous, wait for the time to come, do you still want to ask to be slept with them......"
"Why? Why! β
Xiao He's voice was almost roaring, she was no longer a girl in Buddhism, no longer a little fairy in a Taoist skirt, she seemed to have returned to her childhood, back to the reckless primeval jungle, back to the time when she was fighting against the black mountain ghosts and monsters, she howled at the moon like a wolf.
The girl's voice was strong, but the pot of soup between them was cold and sticky, and it didn't stir up any ripples.
Xiao He stared at Lin Shouxi, his petite body trembling.
I don't know if it's because of the emotional out-of-control, Cai Phantom Feather lost its effect, and she revealed her original appearance.
She said that she had been dressing up for a long time, but her cheeks were plain with tears and no makeup.
Her face was so pale, heartbreakingly pale.
The girl's chest was still undulating, and the sound of heart-rending questioning was constantly echoing in the room...... Why? Why!
Lin Shouxi's heart was like a knife, he wanted to speak, but found that he couldn't make a sound at all.
Xiao He used the spirit root to block out all sounds.
She seemed to be the only one left in the world, standing alone.
For a long time, for a long time......
"Do you really like me? Do you really want to spend this life with me? Or is it just wishful thinking on my part......"
Xiao He looked at him in a daze, her undulating chest gradually calmed down, and she laughed, a little cold and a little stupid.
She was just asking herself, not trying to answer.
Bang Dong β
The lightning went out, and thunder sounded outside the building.
The clouds that had been accumulated for a long time collided in the sky, and finally converged into a real rainstorm, venting to the whole world.
Xiao He stood by the window, her red dress and snow hair fluttering gently.
Torrential rain falls, and the rain is noisy.
Xiao He seemed to be quiet.
She looked into Lin Shouxi's eyes and said her last words:
"I don't really believe in Buddhism, the temple is just a temporary resting place for me, tomorrow's battle, I wanted to refuse, but now, I will do my best, not for Buddhism, not for Shaolin, only for myself...... If you want to give me your answer, don't be afraid. β
"I'm waiting for you in Wudang, and I'm waiting for you at the end."
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