Two years later.

Xiyan calendar, the twenty-first year of the Qing Dynasty, late spring.

A lake of clear water, an elegant open-air pavilion, the breeze of the Buddha, with water waves, with the green filament of the people standing on the pavilion.

Dressed in white, standing on his side incognito, with one hand behind his back, his eyes swept over the endless landscape, and he said softly: "Is the scenery good here?" ”

Behind the woman in white, dressed in brown, with a long sword in her left hand, and the broken hair that was not pinned in front of her forehead covered her eyes, she saw the man's lips activate: "You say good, it's good." ”

The woman smiled, smiled softly, and slightly tilted her head to meet his eyes: "Long Yun, are you perfunctory to me?" ”

"Don't dare." Long Yun was almost completely irresistible to her laughter.

It's just that this question, every time she comes, she asks, if she says perfunctory, is she perfunctory to the scene, or does she want to get a better answer from his mouth?

In a corner of the woods, birds and beasts flew suddenly, the leaves were fluttering, and a trace of vision passed slightly.

Long Yun's eyes turned cold: "Someone is coming." ”

"Who are you going to bet on this time?"

"It's you, naturally." Long Yun's answer never seems to change.

"Looks like I shouldn't have let you down." Shan Liye sighed lightly.

As soon as the words fell, the moment she turned around, she pulled out the long sword in his hand, the snowy sword body, and a pair of slender hands on the hilt, attacking in that direction.

And in that direction, the same long sword, dressed in gray, came towards him.

The words of the two had already been heard by Qin Chuxiao, Qin Chuxiao smiled evilly, and the voice gently passed in her ear: "I'll bet myself!" ”

The two swords collided, slashing across the sword bodies of both sides, and Qin Chuxiao instantly looked at the sword in her hand, obviously stunned.

She actually used such an ordinary sword, did she underestimate him?

There are countless phantoms of the long sword in her hand, every time she draws at every death hole, and her sword can always resist the death hole accurately before he draws it, Qin Chuxiao is fast, and Shan Liye is not happy.

On the surface of the rippling lake, there are two fast-moving shadows, one white and one gray, and the traces of flight are in the lake, and the water droplets dance messily, and then fall back into the lake little by little, like a light rain.

The shadow of the sword overlapped like a mountain, surrounding the two people with the sword crossed.

And Long Yun on the pavilion seemed to be enjoying a gorgeous sword fight, and his eyes did not leave the two of them.

"Smack!"

One of them's sword was picked off, shocked into the pavilion, tilted slightly, Long Yun squinted at the sword, and at this moment in the blink of an eye, the victory and defeat were divided.

Shan Liye's long sword was already on Qin Chuxiao's thin neck, and if she advanced one more point, she could easily take her life, and the silver needles emitted by Qin Chuxiao's fingertips grazed her neck, and it was only a few miles away from her life.

It's a tie again.

Long Yun rarely flashed helplessness.

The woman in the white shirt had returned to Long Yun's side, the long sword in her hand was returned to his scabbard, and she chuckled at Long Yunwan'er: "I've disappointed you." ”

"Hmph, you did it on purpose." Qin Chuxiao was indignant, and every time he competed, he seemed to have a feeling of being teased by his apprentice.

This apprentice's martial arts, I'm afraid it's already above him, I'm afraid I don't want him to lose face, so that he can only engage in sneak attacks, after all, she has decades of internal strength, and there are famous teachers to guide her, plus hundreds of cheats in Cangwu Cave, it is difficult for her to win if she doesn't want to.

It should be natural for the apprentice to win over the master, but every time she concedes, it gives him a headache, but it also proves that his original vision is indeed not wrong.

Long Shifeng's ......

didn't let her practice martial arts, I couldn't figure it out.

Shan Liye said quietly: "Master's bone-shattering plum blossom needle is very good, I was negligent, Master asked me to come this time, but is there something?" ”

"Big deal." Qin Chuxiao's face was slightly gloomy.

Shan Liye shook slightly, restrained his face, and let this master say that it was a big deal, how could he not let her listen to the lecture well.

"Tomorrow is your seventeenth birthday, the position of saint, you should take office."

A brocade box was silently handed to her.

Shan Liye took it, the wooden box pattern, the unique pattern of the Liyue Sect, and Qin Chuxiao personally created a Holy Maiden Order for her, which was an acknowledgment of her status in the Liyue Sect, and she pondered deeply: "So this is the case. ”

A person like Qin Chuxiao, who is happy to be at ease, doesn't like to be bound by some inexplicable things, and the Liyue Sect is undoubtedly a burden for Qin Chuxiao, so when she becomes an adult, she is anxious to throw this burden on her.

She is also a saint and a young master.

In case he still takes the position of sect leader......

It's a bit of a burden.

Qin Chuxiao sighed in his heart when he saw that her face was slightly embarrassed, the Liyue Sect was a heavy burden on him, and he was never willing to do it, but he had to do it, and he couldn't bear to destroy the Liyue Sect that Master founded with his bare hands.

He wanted to get rid of this shackle earlier, but he had no choice but to tie this shackle to her, and he could only catch him, a disciple, and bully and squeeze him.

Who made her an apprentice?

However, he has figured out a lot of his child's temperament, although he is always calm on his face, but in her heart, she may also be calculating something.

"There's a moment now." Qin Chuxiao smiled: "Sword Casting Villa recruits heroes from all over the world, you might as well go and join in the fun." ”

"What about you, Master?"

Qin Chuxiao's face narrowed a little: "Netherworld Tower has suddenly made a big move recently, and it is rumored that it is coming back to the rivers and lakes, I want to go and see it." ”

In the past, the Netherworld, four halls, twelve gates, and forty-eight rudders, were all over the four countries, and it did not let go of any corner, all the time, silently, not only specialized in collecting meaningful information, and then using the information difference to sell it at a high price, and profited from it, but as long as the price was affordable, it could find out everything for anyone, a bit similar to an agency such as reconnaissance.

Netherworld, a search for unknown secrets.

And in the world, in the rivers and lakes and in the imperial court, there are always many people who are afraid that their secrets will be known by others, so that when they mention the Netherworld, they look down on it and want to eradicate it, but they are invisibly afraid of it.

However, this Netherworld Tower has disappeared for seventeen years, and now it is suddenly rumored that it is going to reappear.

"Is Master looking for my aunt?" The light pupils lit up in the distance, Shan Liye looked at Qin Chuxiao and smiled softly: "It seems that Master has never given up." ”

Qin Chuxiao seems to have wandered the world in the past few years, without a trace, but she has been silently looking for someone.

Moreover, it has not been found.

"Your aunt is probably trying to avoid me."

Qin Chuxiao held the sword, his eyes flickered, looking at the front faintly, his wry smile could not hide a trace of complexity in his eyes, and he was silent.

Shan Liye gently pulled off the wine jug in his waist, took a sip, turned his wrist lightly, and the wine jug fell firmly into Qin Chuxiao's hand: "Knowing that Master likes to drink, he prepared a little thin wine." ”

Qin Chuxiao opened the lid of the gourd, smelled the tip of her nose lightly, and the aroma of wine wafted away: "It's good wine." ”

took a sip, and praised again: "A drunk relieves a thousand sorrows, or a futile child understands me, and it's not bad to come to you occasionally to drink in vain." ”

"I heard that the Liyue Sect's Ning Protector has saved a lot of famous wine, so if Master wants to drink it, why don't you go back and ...... it?"

"Hey, stop!" Qin Chuxiao waved his hand, "Don't try to trick me into returning to Liyue Sect in this way, since I have given you full authority to teach on your behalf, I will not interfere again." ”

Qin Chuxiao's eyes were firm, she was already determined, Shan Liye was not good to talk about, so she had to sweat for herself, there was such a master who was just carefree, I don't know if it was a blessing or a curse for her?

"Xie Tu'er's good wine!"

Holding the wine gourd in his palm, Qin Chuxiao walked while drinking, his voice was fluttering and far away, and the back of that person was chic and natural.

There were only two people left in the gazebo again.

Shan Liye turned to look at Long Yun and said, "Before dark, I will go back to the village." ”

As the words fell, the white shadow spread out and walked away.

Long Yun knew that she was going to Butterfly Valley again, and she didn't need him to accompany her, seeing her leave, Long Yun stared slightly and walked in another direction.

Since she practiced martial arts, she has often acted independently, she needs people around her, but she is not the one who restricts her steps.

He was also a loner, and perhaps fate was destined at the beginning, and he never needed anyone, let alone rely on her.

Longyi Villa, Ruyi Xuan.

Shan Liye lay on the bed, rubbing the wooden box with his palm, his fingertips gently pried open the chain mail, his eyes followed the box open, and looked inside, a token was lying quietly, and the three words on it were engraved in his sight.

Order of the Holy Maiden.

Liyue teaches saints under one person and above ten thousand.

She sighed.

Locked the brocade box, her eyes fell on the door, the long-lost sound sounded at this moment, her door was open, the sound did not enter the ears, but she had seen the person at the door.

Looking at the clear sky outside, she retracted her gaze: "Back?" ”

"Hmm." There are no superfluous words, Long Yun only has one word as always.

Looking at her sleepy eyelids, Long Yun stepped into the room, saw her get up and half-leaned on the couch, and unconsciously walked to the edge of the couch, his eyes fluttered: "You waited for me all night?" ”

"Hmm." Her voice was nasal: "I'm a little used to it." ”

Accustomed to him disappearing for no reason, accustomed to seeing him relieved, accustomed to this time of year he would come to greet her, last night, he never came, and he waited for so long unconsciously.

The temple meditation room......

"You don't know what day it is?"

"Your birthday." His eyes were clear.

The wind blew away her scattered strands of hair, Shan Liye's tired eyes were much clearer, and she looked at him with a smile: "What a coincidence, it's also your birthday." ”

Her smile is always refreshing.

After a long time, she will be infected.

He seemed to be tender with her tenderness, her joy and joy, and when he stayed with her, there was an inexplicable feeling, and the factors in his heart changed unconsciously.

But what his father-in-law said to him is still in his ears, and his father-in-law said, "When you and my daughter were born one after another, you almost kissed each other, if you hadn't given birth to those things that followed......

Who is she, who is he, such a destined boundary, can only stop here, there is a limit to what he can do, atone for his father's sins, may she be safe.

May 17.

He remembered this day, he was two years older than her, two different people, different identities, different ages, but they were born on the same day, such a fate, it was really strange.

"You really didn't say anything to me last night?" Staring at him with both eyes, Shan Liye really wanted him to open his heart, maybe he had hatred and secrets, but she didn't want him to be bored alone and never be able to get out.

She can be the one who listens.

"You wouldn't have asked that before."

Knowing that he wouldn't answer, Shan Liye lowered her eyes and smiled shallowly, there was always some inexplicable estrangement, she couldn't ask him, she couldn't interfere with half a point, and he didn't dare to answer.

Although she is the eldest lady of the villa, she can't do anything tough, after all, he is her brother-in-law, and he is the young master Yun of Longyi Villa.

"I haven't slept all night, do you want to sleep?"

The hand moved, but she stopped it.

Shan Liye got up from the couch, walked behind the screen, and after coming out, she changed into clothes, she smiled: "Today is not suitable for sleeping." ”

"Want to get out of the bank?" He glanced at her dress, like a handsome boy, and like a delicate woman.

Some people can recognize her as a woman at a glance, but some people have to guess that the peerless appearance of a man and a woman has indeed attracted many people.

The sky was bright, and a red and green figure outside the room walked in, holding the prepared toiletries and breakfast in their hands, the two maids obviously didn't expect Long Yun to be here, and the breakfast in their hands was only enough for one person to eat.

"Girl, do you want to prepare another one for Young Master Yun?"

Green Sleeves asked softly, asking for her opinion, because her own young lady didn't like the title of Miss next to her, the two maids consciously changed their words, and the girl screamed one after another, feeling extremely unfamiliar.

"No need." Shan Liye glanced at the two of them slightly, and in front of the two of them, he pulled Long Yun out of the room.

Hong Yi felt a little helpless in her heart, the owner and Mrs. had been trying to break up Miss and Young Master Yun, and this young lady liked to play on the spot, as if she wanted to silently resist this dissatisfaction.

The green sleeves looked slightly wrinkled, and secretly whispered: "Sister Hongyi, Miss is getting bolder and bolder, you say, shouldn't Young Master Yun stay in Miss's house last night?" ”

Young Master Yun is lukewarm to anyone, except with the girl, as if his whole person has changed.

Hongyi looked at the two wipes and left, and said indifferently: "How can I know what Miss thinks." ”